The rest of the pre-inspection went rather quickly, and with troublemakers pretty much confined to Ula'ula, the need for patrols would be reduce, it would be either every other day or every other week. Helping Guzma with team skulls lessons, or just helping at the school for lessons, or looking over professional studies Creig could give some input on, were decent ideas for what to do with extra time, it would probably be a mix of them. The pokemon media from Creigs old world focused on the wacky stuff that happened, but, like most realities one had to make their own events, Creig added studying pokemon holidays a thing to his list. When others had plans, it was easy to follow along, when they suddenly didn't and you had to plan around when the plan the were coming up with would come into play.
It was such that when Creig got to his temporary home that day and found an immediate problem, he was actually a bit grateful. Whether the problem was big or large was dependent on ones perception, most in this world wouldn't even see it as a problem. Crazy Joy was on his porch and trying to make herself "comfortable" I.E. take her clothes off, comfey and banette were preventing this.
"So, Tabby, what are your intentions?"
Crazy person stop motion, then lock on look "Creig, Creig?, Creig!, Creigggg"
"If you let go of your shirt, it will no longer be blocking your view." visible relief of pokemon as shirt is allowed to be worn properly.
"Crystals and Kiddies all ran out, Ma, and Pa, and Aunties always so busy, before I was group, was also busy, now I can't they say" Creig was just nodding, glad she was coherent. "Boring all alone, outside, Creig outsider, be with Creig I thought, outside group!!"
"Your aunties were part of the group, but you didn't go to their places and undress did you?"
"uhhhh..... normally nopes....."
"And you didn't mean me and you group to be become a Ma and Pa together?, yeah?"
"No, no, no!, uhhh, not considered, don't know if you would make good Pa, maybe later?" Creig was, temporarily at least, relived at her answer, and kept listening for the rest of her actual intent. "I stay with Creig, I talk with Creig, I learn new things to do with Creig!"
"Well, you should have asked about hanging out by calling me, or otherwise contacting me to work out a schedule to meet at an appropriate time. Does any of your family know your here? Were you counting on sleeping on my couch, or were you going to stay with your Aunts?"
"Originally I planned your bed, but..., I not make baby with you anytime soon, not girlfriend, want be friend who is girl" This is what Tabby liked about Creig, he was very patient, and, separately, helped people realize things they hadn't thought about, specifically to her he knew that despite having broken thoughts, she did have thoughts with rationality. "I not tell Aunties, Ma, Pa at work"
"Well, we should at least go to the pokecenter and let your Aunties there know you're here, and see what can be done, and we can talk a bit on the way"
"Okays!"
Creig gave an eyebrow raise to the employee in the entrance/common space while passing through who hadn't bothered to let anyone know Crazy Joy had come to visit. They avoided his look, and went to phone the pokecenter regular line. On the way down Tabby told her favorite stories from the trial, namely Rosa with her poses, and people like Kiawe who tried to run through. Creig told her the story of the attempt to jump him around when the trials started.
Tabbys' aunt scolded her not making proper plans when they got to the center, on the other hand they had a room for her for the night. Creig was thanked for being one of the few people capable, via having the patients via tolerance, to deal with Tabby, and they tried to puppy dog eyes Creig into making promises, he made no promises. He had nothing against Tabby, it was just that he was one person and needed breaks as well, and Tabby couldn't be fully independent. When he got to his accommodations, rather than the usual training everyone just went to bed, he half expected Tabby to be waiting just outside his door in the morning.
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Tabby was not just outside of Creigs door, she was in the courtyard, which was reasonable. They then headed over to the school, so Creig could consult with either professor on available things to do. They passed by Hala on the way, Hala suggested that Creig could visit the orphanage as an activity to add to his list of possible to dos'. It made Creig worried that they were treating him too much like an islander, but Hala laughed it off assuring him that his good values were a good influence and his restraint was worthy of being a role model, Creig reluctantly accepted.
When they got to the school, Guzma was helping out as a T.A., expanding his abilities to be a better leader and teacher for team Skull. Kakui was out looking over the trial takers, so Samson was looking over the rest of the class. Samson thought that when Creig was on an off day and wasn't taking a rest day, or doing another possible activity, giving witness testimony to the class about real experiences on the other side of a journey/trial would be welcomed, or watching a self study day. Spending time with the students, Creig decided to introduce Sudoku to them, only the professor, Molayne, and Mina managed the hard puzzles, Tabby managed Jumbo Sudoku as long as it was medium difficulty.
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When they went to leave, prof. Samson suggested that hunting for new team members available in Alola. This gave Tabby and Creig something to talk about while Creig escorted her home. Tabby was a mix trainer, though not a complete one, more a Joy/ghost dual typing, one thing Creig has to ask before they got too into it was checking if Tabby had a storage, or carry limit. She knew there was an a few ranches, but didn't know specifics, like if they only handled medic pokemon, or any pokemon. Creig had a ranch with interpol managed by prof. Lore, and his mentors were willing to stable pokemon, if he got his own gym some point in the future, a stable would be up to himself. Since it was premature to talk about what Tabby might want to catch, Creig told her about the three he hoped for that were possibly findable: Eevee, Mime Jr.(hoping to use an ice stone to influence its evolution), and the rare pokemon Lapras who would be good for personal transport.
Tabbys' parents were at home when they got there, and asked Creig to come in, a bit of thanks, a bit of talking about Tabbys' future. Tabbys' parents hadn't really taken in that her inability to be a nurse or take nurse adjacent roles left her adrift in purpose and belonging, being a trial captain was very temporary as she mostly stabilized. They came to accept that Tabby felt a certain amount of shelter being around Creig, and that Creig, to a certain extent was willing to be impositioned upon. They begged of Creig, in the polite sense not the desperate sense, to aid them in shopping for appropriate travel/adventure clothing and gear. Which then led to asking about what support Tabby would have for pokemon.
Tabby couldn't compete, so there was no need for a carry limit, but feeding was a consideration, too many at once would be problematic to cook for. Joy ranches unfortunately for Tabby focused on medic type pokemon, so she would need to find someplace else for her ghosts if it came down to that. As for Joy pokemon, having a couple of minders to rotate out would be helpful to Tabby, and her moms' worries so two who couldn't make full nurse at the least could be delegated potentially, it was still an ask even if it was likely to happen considering it was for medically valid reasons. Which left the ghosts, Creig pointed out that the more unique of Alola should be considered first, since if she left the region they would be the hardest to find if she desired them later.
So the pokemon on discussion were Rowlet, Cubone, Sandygast, Mimikyu(unknown as of yet apparently), Dhelmise, Creig didn't bring up legendaries or ultra beasts. There were a few rowlet in the wild, but hard to find, so it was technically out. Cubone, there was worry about the fact that Tabby had an unconscious, uncontrolled desire to club people who treated their pokemon badly, even if it was from youthful mistake or just from ignorance, too high of a negative trait compatibility(she would probably end up with one anyways). Sandygast seemed alright, Creig didn't know about the status of beach parasites, but if they existed sandygast could kill them before anyone came to harm. Mimikyu being unknown meant it would be really hard to find, but its need for love and acceptance fit with the natural Joy desire to give those things, they would walk around a bit. Dhelmise was a no, too hungry, too lacking in consciousness. Creig went to his accommodations before it got too late, letting Tabbys' family look up the care and feeding of ghost types beyond the norm of pokefood.
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Rosa was fullfiling the last shift she would have for a few weeks at a pokemon center, the trials from here on would take a full workday approximately, some deliberately set up in that fashion. Nate stumbled into the center, yeah the roughest part of the grand trial was getting back to town, the losers at least got an escort in case of attack. Nate handed over his pokemon before going to a bench to rest a bit, Rosa decided to sit by him for a bit.
"So..., I hear Jenny is already on Akala"
"Uhhhg, alright then." came a reluctant Nate "The fast and slow ones are getting a greater gap, I overheard that some might finish by the end of next month, and that the really talented, or the pre-trained, who are determined to pass all Grand Trials, might by the seasons change, like the military league, there is no need to wait for a tourney."
"The class are supposed to be elite right?, there's a possibility about hearing more about Creigs world and mythology, maybe details instead of just basics."
"I mean, I guess it's somewhat interesting, but math, electronics, and science would be more overall useful, his lessons are recorded for reference by more than just the class."
"It's a combo of the.... all things are pre-defined, but not pre-named philosophy, and the hypothesis of idea resonance across dimensions, that I don't understand, but vaguely feel" Rosas' face scrunched at the confusion she slightly felt from the ideas before focusing on another thought and putting the too complicated thoughts on a backburner "I feel like they help us understand the legendaries better, and that will help Lord N!"
"You know, we could just ask him directly if he has ideas about the legendaries, Alola may be the safest place to bring it up, and I heard Looker complain a while ago about Creig nearly going on a tangent about the subject at an inopportune time" Nate started to ponder that Rosa was onto something, even if it was for slightly different reason than what was getting Nate interested, though if Creig was right Rosa and himself would also be directly dealing with legendaries and could use the information themselves.
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Kyurem was looking out from a cliff, looking upon the two who would attract his escaped parts, the one aware of his destiny was playing his part well. The discussion between the two was making Kyurem understand Creigs' point about the two being unable to complete him, Kyurem kind of wanted to just walk away from it all, but he had his part to play, a little over three years, and he would be free himself, but for now he watched and thought.
