Naomi had nodded when the word came to knock off work for the day.<span style="color: #6495ED">"I think I've figured out how it's supposed to go. Slide the lower board into slots in the pillars, cap it with the curved beam, fasten the center board to keep the cap and the lower board in alignment, loosely shim it in place, then lift. And when it's settled, knock the shims in tight. Then paint. But it'd be well into the evening before we got halfway through, I think."</span><br/><br/>Naturally, she followed to the gathering, and listened to the banter, until the question of what they were doing here came up.<br/><br/><span style="color: #6495ED">"Yes, well. The League announced they were going to open the islands here to trainers, and naturally that drew a lot of young men and women here. That was four, five days ago? My company is very interested in field testing prototypes, and I had my 'Tai and an associate's degree in engineering, focusing on pokemon-oriented gear. So I was assigned to come out here, survey the islands, and eventually they were going to send things for me to test. It's literally my job. I'm also doing field observations for the Professor in Saisho."</span><br/><br/>She looked around the gathering.<span style="color: #6495ED">"I believe the fact there aren't any Rangers out here came up, something I mentioned the second night out. That was after Eleyna ran into a Milotic that had claimed part of a small lake, and Jake, Steven and myself discovered a grotto where... well... we got into a small misunderstanding with one of the residents, a Magneton.. and just as that was calming down, a rather pissed off Gyarados erupted from the depths. Being in the middle of a Hydro Pump is, uh, not a fun experience in a confined space. Hard on the clothes, too. After that, we decided we'd be better off staying all together instead of wandering every which way."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>