Mark listened carefully to the instructions the professor offered, he honestly didn't find much excitement at the thought of the league, but a few film crew members had warned him that stronger pokemon would be easier to bond with if he had a few badges to prove himself, kind of a pack alpha thing. the coordinator contests however had his undivided attention, putting on a pleasing performance was what he was born into after all and this could prepare his two new friends to become co-stars of him and the perfomer contests sounded like he might do well there too. "So the pokedex can now work off the hardware of a simple smartphone? that's a leap from technology back at unova, trainers there still carry it around separately."<br/><br/>Over the course of this exposition Popplio had apparently decided that his hood and head made for comfortable resting spots, so while he recalled Litten he finally just shrugged and let the guy get comfortable as he clipped his Pokeball to his belt.<br/><br/>As the professor gave him his phone back and informed him of the Digimon myth his eyes lit up, film aspirations aside he loved mysteries and this seemed to be a big one, he was quick to promise to relay any findings he made back to her in detail and left with a smile.<br/><br/>Having overheard the offer to travel together, and seeing as it was literally on his way, he decided to approach Kiki and ask if he could join too, he had no idea if the offer extended to him, but he'd rather have someone to watch his back in case Litten and Popplio lost their fights. He arrived just in time to hear the two boys. "why would you need to bribe a professor? anyone that isn't too scared can try their luck at becoming a trainer. which disqualifies you two but clearly not her."