'Hey! It's been a while~' the brunette exclaims, 'so what's been goin' on?'

'Oh, nothing much. You?' her sibling responds.

[He sounds one good prick away from deflating, as if he hasn't had a good night's rest in over a month. Hazel frowns at her 'gear before shaking her head. "...I'll need to call more often."]

'Well, the town I'm in had this festival for showing off a breeder's best pokemon, ya know?' She starts.

'...What? I didn't know you liked festivals? And you're there by yourself?' he immediately questions.

Her language turns whimsical, 'Yeah... Didn't you know? I never exactly hid it.'

[Titian stares in disbelief into his phone, pride warring with skepticism versus want. "What else don't I-? ...Can I travel, too?" Turning, he spots his baby girl, all soft snores and disheveled hair cuddled into his morpeko and deddene, both of whom are leaving fur all over her smoochum pajamas. Shoulders drooping, the man lovingly caresses his child's hair as he gives them both his halfhearted response.]

'No, I didn't. What's it like?' he asks [hoping she'd paint her experience well enough for him to believe he's there, too].

'It was awesome! I got to pet this ponyta that looked like cotton-floss and managed to buy a prism scale for Viru [they're along a port, dude]! Other than that, I caught up with some o' my friends I hadn't seen in years and tried out the local cuisine~ I swear, their pizza-! They made everything right in front of you with the help of their magmar- cooked everything so perfectly, the flavors blended together in a way you could practically eat it by smell alone! Still not better than our home town, though!' the woman defends loyally.

'Man, you should send me some!' he laughs out, crinkly smile felt through the receiver.

[Sounds relieved, as if he can't believe his sibling's enjoying herself. Doesn't recall the last time Hazel sounded this excited over- "well, anything..." He shoves the thought to the side as he continues to listen to his sister recount how many children there were skipping the lines to the ferris wheel and water slide and how their parents didn't care, and even how this one lady was getting into it with an officer since he was 'obstructing justice!' As though he had been the female she'd been in fisticuffs earlier! Heartily, the woman recounts how the lady ended up arguing with her man and three officers due to calling backup over his female cousin who dared to hug 'im whilst insisting he was 'flirting with his bodacious lover'!]

The brunette bounces in place, eyes sparkling in recollection before deflating slightly. She gives a nervous chuckle before admitting that her gluttonous vulpix kept trying to wolf down any and every type of bread there was; even charred a few people's meals in order to claim them - that she had to pay for. ['Swear, bloody ginger menace, she is! And proud, too! Scarfed down at least seven hot dogs and tender chicken skewers and still claims she's starving!'] Then was accused by the police ['After their tussle with the jealous lady, mind.'] for abusing StarFire, which she managed to clear due to a nurse's timely intervention. ['Honestly, I think she just wanted to pet 'er.']

And then someone wanted to trade their ice-type vulpix for StarFire since she's apparently not native to their region. ['Didn't seem to think her appetite was a problem; in fact, he kept insisting that it'd make her more compliant.'] All this before she had to relieve her furret of the group of children that were basically giving Sly surplus amounts of candy! ['He had started another cult!' Do you know how difficult it was to extract him?! Man, those kids could give a trained Stoutland a run for their money! Not to mention all their parents asking to buy 'im off o' me to shut their kid's whining-!']

'...What the heck, Hazel?! You've only been gone a month!' Titian chokes out as he runs a hand through his short afro-curls.

The petite woman could practically see her older brother shaking his head whilst blinking excessively in incredulity, stress lining his forehead.

'I mean,' she shrugs over the line, 'it only happened yesterday. Beyond that, I've simply been too busy getting into the groove of travelling again.'

'...'

'...I'll send you photos.'