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Keiko beamed happily when she heard this. "That's very kind of you. I'm sure she'll appreciate it."

With that, Keiko left the pair and started heading to the Pokemon Center. From there, she knew, she could begin attempting to locate the Police Office. Though, she'd have to leave the poor side of town without event, first,

Keiko would have an easy time leaving the poor area of town, surprisingly. The lady Snagem would leave the dilapidated side of Nimbasa with a sense of pity and respect, they were surprisingly kind to her despite the situation they all find themselves in. They weren't bad people like others try to make you think, just unfortunate. Regardless, the Nimbasa Police department was on the far side of town, the east side that is towards the city exit.

Lelsie would eventually find herself leaving Nimbasa City and entering Route 16. It was a paved street coming out of Nimbasa and heading straight east towards Marvelous Bridge and eventually Black City. The forested roadside was pleasant enough to look at as you strolled along, the giggles of Gothita could be heard from the woods. Good few people would cross paths with Leslie, coming to and from Nimbasa, mostly cyclists and hikers. An Emolga flew overhead on a breeze as it gave chase to a Mincinno with an arm full of berries. This was nice.

A lady officer would look up from her desk work as Keiko entered, the older (but not really old) woman setting her pen down with a sigh and raising an eyebrow at Keiko. "So that's a Riolu, huh?" The woman questioned. "Well you got some bad timing. The man, a sailor, looking for that Pokemon just left town about an hour ago." She plainly stated before picking her pen up and went back to her work, as if she could care less about all this. Rude.

Continuing her path through the now exceedingly idyllic park that she had appeared to have stumbled into. The Pokemon were cutesy, the people were kind and clueless, and the environment was pleasant and calm to those around. What this translated to for Leslie was boring, useless for information, and boring. Why couldn't she find the damn sailor and just get this mission over and done with? All it would take was one simple way to get this progressed.

"Thank you!" Keiko said before turning to face the door. "Sorry for bothering you!" she added before finally leaving.

"Don't worry, little one," Keiko said as she petted the Riolu behind the ears. "I'll find your trainer for you." For a moment, she considered why she was out in this part of the world to begin with. How far could she go before Leslie called saying she had handled everything and there was no point in her having come in the first place?

But then, helping a lost Pokemon find its trainer was a lot more emotionally satisfying than watching Leslie beat up random strangers.

Leslie would walk up to the stand and its barker, staring at him for a moment. "So then. You seen a sailor come this way? I need to track him down for reasons." Leslie told the salesman, waiting to see what the response was. Knowing her luck, it would be ignore what she said and continue on with his spiel.

"Sailor? Hm...I did see a sailor come by earlier, he seemed in a hurry to get where he was going. Asked me for some water, was out of breath by the time he got to me...he sat with me for a few minutes and we talked...I could tell you what he said but I'm out here to make money, not give away free information!" The man said with a laugh. "Welcome to Magical Carp! I'm selling the elusive, the incredibly rare, in fact never found in Unova, Magikarp for a limited only! Such a desirable Pokemon in foreign markets can be yours for the low low price of five hundred Pokedollars! This Pokemon is used by champions the world over! Don't let this opportunity pass you by!" The man shouted, going off on his marketing speech.

Leslie would dully stare at the man before rolling her eyes and turning on her heel. "We're from Johto. So shove it." She grumbled over her shoulder, marching her way forward after Keiko with hopes that she would have found a spine while she was on her own. She wanted to lead, so she must have gotten something together.