“Hi!” The teen greeted brightly, lifting her own arm to wave back and upping her pace to a job until she reached the other trainer. “Thanks for meeting me!” She beamed, bouncing lightly on her toes once she drew to a stop.

A silence fell for a few moments and Tam grinned. She should probably explain why she’d asked Taylor to meet her, huh? Might be a good start! “Soooo…” she began with a sheepish smile. “I was wondering if you’d be willing to do me a favour?” She waited for something of a go on gesture before continuing. “See, I caught a Ponyta, but it’s the fire-type form. I heard that the Shrines over on Beta Island allow you to change things to their Alolan forms, but I don’t have a ferry pass yet, soooooo…” She trailed off, giving her very best hopeful puppy-dog eyes.

She’d taken several steps down the street before it hit her, and she halted. Turning back, she spotted the blue-haired teen skipping away and shouted in an attempt to call her back. “Tamara, wait!”

Fortunately, it worked, and the dancer turned back, blinking in confusion. Striding over to close the distance between them, Taylor handed back the Ponyta’s ball. “It doesn’t need taking to the beta island shrines,” she explained. “The other form for Ponyta is Galarian, not Alolan. You can visit any of the shrines in Asper and they should work.”

Taylor waved a hand, dismissing the apology. “Don’t worry about it,” she reassured. “It’s not like I was doing anything important – just hanging out.” She fell silent for a moment as a fight seemed to break out across the street, two people stumbling out of the saloon across the way getting into some sort of disagreement. Eyeing them, she shifted to place herself between them and the teenager in front of her, forming something of a makeshift wall.

“Oh, actually,” she hummed, pulling a pokeball of her own from her bag. “I had something for you.” Well, it hadn’t been specifically for Tamara, but she’d figured it would suit a player like her better than it would, Taylor. Handing it over, she offered out the Eevee.