Rustling came from under the desk. A few seconds later, a very grumpy looking Stunky poked her nose up and stared Bailey down. < Weh. > Blinking, she glanced around her before huffing and rolling her eyes. With a bit of effort, she pulled herself into the chair behind the desk and started to paw at some of drawers, tugging them open roughly and making the contents rattle around.

The Stunky snorted and seemed to find what she was after, a moment later a clipboard full of papers in her mouth. She dropped it where Bailey could reach, then pointed at a little bowl full of ink pens. She wanted him to fill this stuff out. It was basic stuff, like age and name and other legal things involved with getting a pokemon.

A second later, she dropped a half crumpled pamphlet on the desk. It detailed the process in how the pokemon here were chosen, plus info about how most pokemon were rescues and were all technically wild. Making a grumbling noise again, she hopped down and went to stand over by a set of elevator doors with her head held high. She was a haughty little thing.

< Yea. > The Stunky sniffed and glanced up at the button of the elevator in question. She was much too short to reach it herself, which was a travesty really, so either this guy was going to have to take the incentive to do it or they were going to have to wait on her Trainer to come back. Great time for a bathroom break. Leave it to Ben to leave all the hard work to her.

"Hey Princess, I was thinking that after work we could... uh...." Speak of the devil. From around the corner, Ben stopped and half froze in place. He gripped the paper towel he was drying off his hands with until it crumpled, blinking dumbly at Bailey before his cheeks flamed up. "O-oh! A guest! S-sorry!" Clearing his throat, Ben glanced at his desk and saw the paperwork and various other things already completed.

"L-looks like Princess already took care of you. We can head up, now." Looking down and trying to hide his red cheeks as he opened the elevator up. "We'll be going to a random floor, and the first pokemon we find will be your Starter, okay?" Ben stepped in and pressed the button, giving a moment to wait for Princess and the Trainer to step inside. He plucked an empty pokeball from his belt to offer to Bailey.

"I'm Ben and this is Princess. We'll be observing you and keep you, or the pokemon, safe in case of something happening, okay?" Ben gave a weak smile when the elevator started to move- sideways, not up or down. When it stopped and the doors opened, it looked like the three of them were stepping out into a cavern.

The darkness couldn't be seen into past the glow from the elevator's light. Ben wrinkled his nose and stepped out into the darkness, plucking something off the wall. He offered it to Bailey a moment later, showing it was a heavy duty flashlight. He then took his own. "Looks like we'll have to hike a little to find your partner. Remember- first one you see is your Starter. No take backs."

Ben and Princess hung back as they followed after Bailey. It wasn't really their time to shine after all. That spotlight would be taken by whatever pokemon appeared to the young man first. It was just their job to observe. At least it didn't take that long for a pokemon to show itself. Longer than Ben would have liked, but after a few twists and turns a pokemon did indeed show up.

A Makuhita was sitting in the path, humming a little tune to herself. A few nicely colored rocks were sitting next to her; they weren't precious gems, but streaked with various colors and patterns anyway. She seemed to be taking the time and concentrating very hard on wrapping bits and twine and wire around each one to carefully form something of a pendant. When she was satisfied with her work, she would sit it down in front of her and move on to the next one.

She didn't seem to notice the sudden light or the humans behind her. She was very focused on her work.

< Oh! > Makuhita jumped at the voice, fumbling with the stone in her hands and dropping it on the ground. She whipped her head around, startled, but relaxed when she saw it was just a silly human and a silly Ranger. Her shock morphed into a wide smile as she pushed herself to her feet. < Hi there! You gave me a fright! Nice to meet you! >

The Makuhita had a very soft and motherly demeanor about her. She walked over and offered her hands to Bailey; she knew that humans touched hands in greeting and wanted to be polite. < Please don't mind my mess. Do you need me to move? Sorry if I was in your all's way. > She laughed softly to herself, smile still wide but just a bit sheepish. < Sometimes I get so caught up in my work I don't notice anything around me! >

When Bailey looked back, Ben nodded and gave him a thumbs up. As long as the pokemon wasn't attacking him and Bailey wasn't upsetting the pokemon, then it was going great so far. Ben had seen a lot of idiots come through but Bailey didn't seem like one of them so far. Plus, the Makuhita seemed to be very relaxed. That was good, too. The pokemon weren't always nice.

< Little old me? Aw, you're pulling my leg. > Makuhita brushed that off with a small and bashful laugh. She wasn't really anything special, so why would someone come out here to see her? < A name? Not like how you humans do it. I have a name, but it's one other pokemon know, you know? Human's can't tell it. > Pokemon had to have a way to tell each other apart, after all. Most humans just couldn't pick up on it like pokemon could. Not that they could help that, so Makuhita didn't blame Bailey for not knowing it.

Walking back over to her pile of rocks, Makuhita picked up one of her finished products and offered to Bailey. < I like to make little good luck charms from the rocks I find around here. Why don't you keep that one? The rock has some agate streaked in it. It means balance and should help you find some if you need it! >