speed dating: round 2 (room 1)

Walking out of the second room and into the first one was both a blessing and a curse. The moment those two doors opened in the previous room the female was elated for a second only to be knocked down when forced into the next room to continue the onslaught. Several people including Noah and the red head that got into a fight with him had also been escorted into the next room. Seeing that alone made it feel like she was jumping from one sinking ship into the next.

Upon walking into the more situated room, she was happy to see that it was mostly in order. There was questionable amounts of green strands of hair gathered near one of the tables. The sight of it made Syndra instinctively raise her hand to brush through her own locks to make sure they were still there at the proper lengths. Affirming that it was not her hair in question she exhaled. Next she spotted Evan and a relieved smile broke through her current haphazard expression at the sight of him and Noah in the same room. With some luck everything would be fine and she would not end up having to deal with the antics of the angry man again. Evan himself didn't look too happy or great but who could really blame him?

Finding her seat Syndra sat down without causing much of a scene. Her pokemon, Spheal, had managed to waddle his way next to her with enough speed to keep up. Plopping down as his trainer had sat the ice type cooed. Syndra eyed the rest of the room and everyone that had walked in and out of it in case something was bound to happen. Noticing the scizor standing in the room she figured Miles had been there as well. It didn't seem like she was paired with him however as a foreign name unknown to her appeared on the screen next to her own. "Let's hope this doesn't end in another train wreck..."

To her surprise her partner managed to find and sit at the table at a relatively timely fashion. At least she believed it was the person she was paired with. "Ah... hi!" she said hesitantly with a small wave. Being unused to this type of thing it showed in her actions. To be honest her initial impression wasn't all that great of the man. His outfit was sharp but she could not understand what was with the shades. He didn't seem blind. The glass of champagne she glanced at momentarily and for a split second thought about getting one herself after all that had happened. Luckily this stray thought was broken out of as her partner followed up with... a pun?

Chuckling at the attempt as she took note of the cute pink pokemon in his lap, she shook her head in mild disbelief. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad. "Nice to meet you as well. I'm Syndra," her voice relaxed into a more chipper tone as she offered a smile to the male. Since the man had his hands full, she didn't offer her hand like she usually would though fiddled about with her own fingers under the table to keep the antsy feeling of not doing so in check. Trying to remember if she saw this person in the previous room, she didn't recall him so she assumed that he was in the other room at the time of the train wreck. That in mind she figured he was having a better time at this ball that she was so she decided to ask about it to start a conversation. "How has the gala been for you so far?"

Watching the scene of the happiny moving around in the trainer's lap, the female giggled at how cute it was. When the male finally let the pokemon out of his grasp Syndra's jade eyes followed the pokemon to where her own was sitting patiently. As the pink baby pokemon joined the chubby ice type on the floor, the Spheal blinked and cooed a simple hello as he attempted to wave his small fin. It was a cute sight. Knowing she had to refocus the female turned back to her speed dating partner who was answering her question now.

"Oh." So he was in the room with her when the fighting broke out. At least it meant that he wasn't one of the people that managed to draw her attention or took sides in the matter. She kept her uneasiness at the memory off her expression as she listened to what the male had to say. With everything that happened in the previous room it was all to be expected. "I was in that room too... pretty scary." After she said that her eyes glanced over to the root causes of the unease that migrated to the same room. The freaky red haired guy whose name she missed and then to the tall angry male that she knew as Noah. So far it didn't look like anything would spark between them again so her eyes traveled back to Niko. "It's actually my first time at one of these types of things so I'm not sure what to expect. Fighting was actually the last thing I thought would happen." She smiled to keep things light.

With the black shades, the young woman could hardly read the male's expressions. She couldn't even distinguish if he was actually looking at her. His comment towards her apparent ability to fit into such fancy events was taken with a bit of mixed feelings. Luckily her mask hid that for the most part. "That's nice of you to say but I don't think so..." she admitted with some hesitance. The way that the male was dressed and relaxed in such an environment gave him the vibe that it was not his first formal gathering. It was the complete opposite of how Syndra felt who believed that she had to think and take care of what she did at all times lest she got judged.

Upon Niko actually removing his shades Syndra gave him another look over now that his whole face was visible. He didn't look like a particularly bad person now that he took off shades. It still mystified her as to why he had them on in the first place. When her Spheal had saw the tinted lenses however he waddled over to look them over as the baby pokemon played with them. Giving them a look over he motioned for the pink pokemon to wear them. He didn't want to take the shades from the smaller pokemon but he did offer to let the Happiny place them on him if that route was taken. Alas these actions were overlooked by the green haired girl who had now confirmed that Niko was used to these sorts of things via his invitation. She held up a hand and waved it as if telling him to hold on and slow down as she was not sure how else to handle the offer.

"Ah-ha thanks for the offer but you'll have to give me time to think about it. I'm not sure I can handle another high class event like this." Yes this was partially due to her money straits. Plus if any of the future events were like this one she would likely worry for her own sanity. Before she could say anything further the feeling of something landing upon her head had the female's eyes glance upwards, barely managing to spot a tuff of familiar white cotton-like feathers. Giggling once she put the pieces together she gave the flying type a small poke to show that she was noticed before looking back to Niko. "As long as there won't be fighting though it sounds fun."

It was only now that Syndra noticed the events happening a few tables away over her date's shoulder. A little girl was walking to the one she recognized as Sylvester which someone else in tow. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, other than a small girl being in a speed date session, but it was what was yelled out that threw the trainer off completely. The shocked expression struck across her face and while her mask hid some of it, her parted lips due to her jaw dropping in awe would have made it obvious. "Oh..."