"Something about this just doesn't feel right." Hana spoke, moving another gem into her fingers and looking it over. She was collecting them across the beach for various reasons. One, she thought it was strange a merchant showed up and said, 'find me gems plz' at the same time the gems just so happened to show up. Secondly, the place was haunted, and Hana loved a good ghost story. So why not investigate both things at once??

Hawlucha was just as cautious, if not more so, as his trainer. In the small time they had spent together he'd learned that Hana often got into situations that stacked the odds against them almost as if on purpose, like she was challenging the world to make her stronger. In a way, he admired it. In another way, possibly as her self-proclaimed guardian, it worried him. Though mostly he was excited, because he loved a good challenge. < The gems do seem something to remain skeptical toward. However, I'm sure the ghost stories are all hogwash. >

A smile brightened Hana's face. "Hogwash, huh?" She loved how he spoke, so strange, so out of his time, so brilliant all at the same time. She shrugged and put the gem in her bag, continuing to collect a few more. "I'd like to get enough gems for that egg, and then possibly see what comes from that, and maybe it'll answer some questions."

There was judgement clear in his beak. < You're... 'investigating' for the sake of an egg? >

Hana glanced over at him and then huffed. "Well, when you put it that way..." It sounded selfish. "I'm just saying while we're here I wouldn't mind gathering something that can help us on the journey!"

< An egg? And then a child? It's not as if they come forth from their hatch in full knowledge. > Hawlucha thought the egg would slow them down, and he was trying to make his point clear.

And Hana would have none of it. "No worries, I'll take care of it and teach it the ways. Plus, maybe it'll take you on as a sensei, hm?" She was enticing his ego now, which seemed to work decently since his feathers ruffled and he puffed out his chest a bit. "There ya go, wins all around." She pointed out before her eyes landed on a boy with white hair and his companion. "Oh look! We aren't alone." She grinned down at Hawlucha. "And imagine that, they're not ghosts... at least, they aren't so far."

Hawlucha rubbed the feathers just above his beak and between his eyes. < I doubt they are. >

"Well let's go find out!" Hana grinned and took his feather, pulling him up into a hug that made his feathers ruffle and his face contort. Regal as he was, he did love cuddles, but not publicly and usually he showed a face of discomfort to prove that point. As she jogged up, she was a grinning mess. She stopped just sort of the trainer and his companion and smiled brightly. "Hello! You're not ghosts, are you?" She could practically feel Hawlucha shrinking a bit. While Hana was brilliant in battle, she was a social derp, and her Hawlucha often got a bit embarrassed by her.

Oh, clearly she had offended him. She leaned back a bit, shifting her hold on Hawlucha a bit before finally setting him down. He quickly fixed his feathers and huffed, shaking quickly, a few feathers hitting the ground before finally settling to cross his hands over his chest. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offended. I'd just heard the area was haunted and thought how better to mask yourself than a trainer and their cute little Phanpy?" Hana grinned down before her eyes landed on Hawlucha, who was eyeing the trainer 'Minske' and then his eyes moved to the Phanpy, Kanna was it?

Once again her gaze shifted and she smiled at Minske. "Sorry. I'm Hana." Her smile widened. "This is Hawlucha, we're a little new to the area." She admitted, leaning back and holding out her hand for a proper greeting.

Like... Like the egg. It was true, Hana had her eyes on the blue egg more than she did anything else from the pedestals. It was strange, because she wasn't much of an egg hatcher. Baby Pokemon meant raising Pokemon that were children. As a child herself when she was a coordinator, it didn't seem much like a good idea. She was too focused on dressing her Pokemon and winning. But now? Now she had time to calm down, chill out, and explore the different perks of being a trainer as well as a coordinator. She realized this would make her a bit rusty on the coordination front, but she couldn't help herself. This new journey was already giving her so much. She didn't want to deprive herself of other opportunities either!

All that to excuse her want to get an egg. Either way, she gave a small laugh. "I think the egg looks really promising. I like how they're making it easy to get the evolution stones as well, because those aren't cheap..." She glanced around. "At first I sort of thought the gems were a little... I dunno, strange? But now? Now I'm just interested in what I can get." Her eyes got a bit wide and she covered her mouth. "Oh. Well. That sounded selfish..." She let out a small laugh at herself.