Last night, post-Coordinator performance:
"Hello, Raiza, sweetie?"
"Oh hey, mom! I thought you guys would be here tonight, pon?"
"Yes, I thought so too, but your father had a last minute meeting to take care of." Sighs. "We won't make it tonight, but we will be there tomorrow to see your battle, I promise!"
Gulp.
"Yeah, mom, I hope you guys do make it! I mean, after all that training and schoolwork, and if you guys don't see it-- I mean, it'd be a kind of downer if you guys don't make it."
"Mm, yeah, we're looking forward to seeing what you've learned from school. I know that Breeding doesn't center on battles, but you know what they say; brain over braun! Show 'em what Breeder know-how can do!"
"Mm. Yup. I sure will."
"Okay, I've got to go now-- I'm packing up our things and I've got to get the Pokemon settled and ready for the trip. Lucille's been excited about seeing you and Lucifer again, you know?"
"Heh, tell her I missed her too, pon! And okay, you guys take care coming here, all right? Love you."
Raiza sat down on her bed in silence, clasping her phone. The Trainer sighed and rested her head against her hands. She'd seen enough movies and series to know that they were probably going to show up right as her battle began, or in the middle of it all, and that would throw her concentration and nerves into whack. Falling back, she groaned, inwardly. It was going to be a long, sleepless night...
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Raiza hated alarm clocks, but she didn't want to be late for Henry's battle, either. Last night she'd tossed, turned, nearly tossed the bedsheets, tossed herself into the bed facefirst, tried to turn the bed over, and so on and so forth. Basically it was a sleepless night. As much as she would've wanted to toss the alarm, she didn't want to hurt Toothless, who was crying for breakfast and jumping on her gut. After staring at her cereal and milk, she got ready and took her place in the waiting room among the other Trainers. Henry started off with a preemptive attack. At least he kept a cool head as usual; she wished she could be like him, level-headed and stuff. Lucifer and Toothless cried out at the sight of the Coordinator on the monitor while their Trainer watched, distractedly.