<span style="font-weight: bold">"I know it looks bad, but I reallyâ€¦ sincerelyâ€¦" He watched the strange boy, "â€¦ have no idea what is going on here."</span><br/><br/>Isaac sighed and ran a hand over his face, exasperated. He knew this was going to happen, somehow--someone would show up, shit would go down, and all of a sudden he wouldn't just be kicking ass and taking names, he'd be apologizing for some kid. While he didn't really mind all that much, he had to at least pretend he did. Negative reinforcement, or whatever.<br/><br/>"Pretty sure the murkrow jacked the kids badge, the kid freaked out, and..." The penny dropped. He'd never really thought about it before, but now that he did he guessed that the kid really might not know about dark pokemon. He'd forgotten they didn't have them in Kanto, and all things considered he can imagine it being a little weird for the kid if he didn't know it was coming. Especially since he seemed a little out of it at the best of times.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">"I-i thought he was stealing my badge. Perhapsâ€¦ perhaps we can rest at the fire. And then when abra is well again, I can teleport those who wish it toâ€¦ which town comes after Pewter? My name is Odd.â€ </span><br/><br/><br/>"You know, I'm<span style="font-style: italic">pretty</span>sure this is all just a wacked out problem, and we should just pretend it didn't happen." He said slowly, looking between them all. "Everyone cool with that? Apologies on all sides? Good. I'm with Odd, I'm heading back to the fire. If you all want to crash then by all means--the center's not going anywhere."<br/><br/>Honestly, he was kind of interested in heading through Mt. Moon--ought to be all sorts of zubat to clear out, and with luck a few trainers to warm him up for Misty. Water was dangerously close to ice, and as much as Dragon's Breath dealt with now he would take hits soon enough. The scenery was a nice draw, but he was more interested in the chance for competition than anything else, really.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">â€œSo did you all get through Brock okay? Pretty nice guy. I hear Mistyâ€™s kind of a bitch.â€</span><br/><br/>"Never met her myself. All I know is she trains water types, so aside from boring my charmander I'm not too concerned. Rock and then water... good thing I've got other ways to deal with that shit, or I'd be mighty pissed." Unlike the other trainer he had no problem swearing in front of the kid--he probably heard worse from his parents, or whatever--and he tried to motion them all towards the fire if only because he was lazy enough to feel like flopping for the duration of this little pow-wow.