**Pewter City -- Outside**<br/><br/>As Renna emerged from the pokemon center, the cool night air greeted her with hushed whispers of breeze in her ear. On the breeze rode voices, faint but surprisingly nearby, and if Renna turned her head to look, she would see shadows -- the forms of men -- shifting around the trunks of nearby trees.<br/><br/>A noctowl cried from somewhere distant.<br/><br/>"You think he's really here?"<br/><br/>"All sources say the CELLmaster's son came here looking for something or other. Probably something relating to the incarnus."<br/><br/>"In that case, we'll just have to go on rumors until we either catch him or prove otherwise." A burst of light in the darkness was blinding when the eyes already adjusted to the night. The familiar<em>pop, whoosh</em>of a pokeball releasing its contents preceded another figure, this one of monstrous form, joining the shadows.<br/><br/>One of the men held something out to the beast. "Mightyena, hunt."<br/><br/><hr/><br/>**Pewter City -- Museum**<br/><br/>Holding out her hand, the woman offer Al a sheet of notebook paper--old fashioned, perhaps, but always useful in her field. "I wrote down the names of the people I spoke with, and the location of the ranch. It's in Jhoto, just north of Olivine City. They might be able to tell you a bit more about it than I can, but I'm not sure they know where it is precisely."<br/><br/>"It's alright." Samuel said, thanking the woman with a polite nod. "We'll look into it. We probably needed to go to Jhoto anyway, but I had been hopeful that since you had the medallion in your possession, Ace may have given you the feather as well."<br/><br/>The woman looked surprised. "Why no. Ace never mentioned anything about a feather to us." She looked down, a bit disappointed. "He's been so open about everything, I just supposed that if he knew something he would have told us." A glance back up. "Maybe you should ask him where the feather is."<br/><br/>"I would....." Samuel looked away, feeling a lump catch in his throat. For a moment, he lost the ability to speak.