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Making mental notes, here. "Professional team? What capacity do you use these creatures in?"

"Exhibition matches in the Pokemon League!"

Very proud, here.

"I could be better at the more technical aspects, but I'm the best in the business when it comes to bringing out a Pokemon's full strength!"

"This is some form of sporting event, then?" Not something he's ever been an expert in, that's for sure...

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Nod nod.

"Yeah! I'm the strongest in Unova, the best of the best!"

She flashes a sly grin.

"Bet you didn't think someone you knew was a famous celebrity, did you?"

Unfortunately, he might not seem as impressed as she might hope. "I hadn't expected to hear it, no," he says, though, politely. "Congratulations on your success in the field. And your team's, too, I suppose."

Kotoha gives him an ironic little bow; she doesn't seem to be taking her overwhelming fame too seriously.

"So! You go on patrol often?"

"It's not something I've made a habit of in the past." That is to say, not something he's ever done.

Kotoha is about to reply when Solar Logos lets out a buggy rumble.

"Hold that thought!"

All around them, small figures start to ooze out of the shadows. Kotoha clicks her tongue and grins.

"Oh, these guys? This'll be a cinch!"

... He'd heard that this could be a possibility, but faced with it? Even's gripping Frozen Pride all the more tightly, and his other hand's come up to his chest.
To his heart, crossing it across his body in a protective gesture. No, no, he's not had it back long enough...

He's having a hard time keeping his tone level and professional, but once again, Kotoha's cheer is forcing him to not give into the alarm rising within.

"You think so? Very well. My girl, you may be an expert when faced with your own world's creatures, but I doubt there is anyone in this world who knows more about these than I."

Kotoha blinks a little.

"Oh, they're from your world?"

She pauses to summon her Soul Persona, Victini, and fires off a Mahama. Fully a third of the Shadows vanish in bursts of light and fluttering paper.

"All I know is that they're weak to Light spells."

Even nods - he's still a little unused to the concept that Light falls under a Persona's domain as easily as any other element. Still, the evidence is there, and he can see just how useful that particular spell could be against them...

"They are. They're called Heartless." After last month, he doesn't feel the need to specify that this particular breed are named Shadows.

One of the Shadows leaps at Kotoha's back as she mulls over that piece of information, only to be blow out of the air by an intense burst of spiraling flame from Solar Logos. Kotoha doesn't react beyond absently patting the moth in thanks.

"Are they called that for a specific reason?"

"The simplest way to put it is that they're formed from the darkness within - excuse me -"

As he's saying that, he gestures towards one of the Shadows, having his Persona fire off an ice blast in its direction.

"- Within the human heart, forced outside of its body. Born of the heart, and yet not it, seeking to consume them."

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As Kotoha processes what the Heartless actually want from attacking them, her demeanor changes, losing the cheerful unconcern that is her normal hallmark. Victini settles on Kotoha's head like a fuzzy hat as she spins around, making sure she can see all the Shadows as she unleashes a Maragion. Between the power of the spell and her Persona's facility with Fire, the torrent of flames lights up the area like a floodlamp for a few brief seconds before dying down, most of the Shadows gone.

Kotoha focuses in on the few remaining as Solar Logos contributes his own fire to the task of making sure their hearts remain uneaten - there is so much fire flying around, in fact, that the ambient temperature has risen by a few degrees, which is well within tolerance levels for the moth and his Trainer but most likely less so for Even, ice-aspected as he is.

Hm. It's good to know that she's taking it seriously now she knows, at least, Even thinks. As the waves of flame sweep the area, the situation's decidedly uncomfortable on both a physical and mental level.

(He can't help but think of Axel for a split second, but pushes the thought out of his mind, not wanting to even acknowledge the other's existence... he's here now. Alive.)

Even wipes his forehead with his sleeve, breathing heavily, steadying his nerves. "Very efficient."

As the last of the Heartless collapse into piles of ash, Kotoha notices Even's reaction. Combined with the spell she saw his Persona using before, it's not hard for her to arrive at the appropriate conclusion.

"If you're sensitive to heat, then we should probably get out of here...I'll switch over to my secondary Persona, okay?"

As the tiny fuzzy creature on her head fades out, it's replaced with a thousand circling masks that trail along behind her. Just to up the comfort factor a little more, she returns Solar Logos to his Pokeball and summons Tomoe in his stead.

He takes a few more deep breaths as the worst of the heat sources are removed. That's better, to be sure, although he'd be glad to get away from this spot.

"That's ... very considerate of you. Thank you." Then again, should he really be surprised, by now?

No he shouldn't.

"Welcome!"

Of course, no sooner has the temperature dropped back down to normal than a trio of bird-like monsters swoop down on them.

These are very definitely not Heartless, and it catches Even on the back foot as he dodges and shields himself - it takes him a moment to realise that he can, in fact, get some intelligence on them before this fight starts. Daedalus throws out a Weakness Scan - ah! This is helpful.

"They're weak to ice. While I can handle that myself, will you be able to?"

Kotoha herself? Nope.

Tomoe, on the other hand, immediately snipes one out of the sky with a freezing ray shot from her mouth.

Excellent! He's rather curious about what those - Pokémon - can do, seeing these demonstrations... there's no time to think on such things, though. He's quite literally handling the next Eagle himself, hurling Blizzard spells at one while Daedalus fires off a Bufu at another.

Tomoe follows up with another Ice Beam as Kotoha switches over to a more support-oriented role, casting Goldeneye on the remaining Eagles.

A role reversal, for now, but he's not going to complain - for once, he's got this under control.
(He hopes.)
Another round of Blizzard and Bufu, then: will that be enough to drop the Eagles to the ground?

When backed up with Tomoe's Ice Beam? Absolutely. As the Eagles sublimate into nothingness, there's a sound of something clattering to the ground. Kotoha darts in and snatches them up, revealing a pair of masks.

"Ooo, neat!"

...that's new. Even peers at what she's gathered - "Hm. Is there any point to collecting these trinkets?"