Domestic Tourism (Gastly) [F]

[Tiki]

OOC: swapping Bayleef with Taillow now for EXP share mon
switch out Azumarill for Breloom
gonna try out this quest as a lab rat and also without "shady Pokemon" unless Victreebel is shady enough or it's just creepy
Moving H Lilligant to Ethan Box 3
added personality to Breloom
Does "healthy" in the guide meant like no hp loss or no status effect? are we just RP-ing out in a non-battle way? It's not clear and might affect how I RP this

After her victory against Whitney, and catching up with her family regarding her previous gym badges and her ordeal with getting lost in Ilex Forest, Penelope spent the next day to explore the city herself since she was barely born in Goldenrod City before moving to Kalos. There were much to see in one of the major cities in the Johoto Region! Although most of the sites were consumer centric or cuisine focused, one tourist site she couldn't help but look into this.

A haunted house? Coming from her fresh experience with banishing ghosts in Ilex Forest, she figured she would go visit that estate. However, during her dinner with her parents last night, she didn't expect to be pulled aside by an elderly man in last decade or two's clothing to had a chat with her privately. He mentioned of his haunted house wasn't actually haunted and it's just a smokescreen to bring foot traffic into the place.

She stood in front of the gate and opened, to see a film crew setting up their thing. Well, he didn't mention the film crew, but she figured she could try to keep the old man's secret. Hopefully this won't turn the old man into a Gengar, right?

[Caramell 🍬]

Nelli and Travis laughed in the living room as they managed to set up the last of their motion activated cameras within the corners of the room. The house was ancient and there was no telling how well these new cameras would work, but they sure took up a lot of their time prepping the room. “I really hope we manage to catch footage of these ghosts once and for all!” Nelli smiled brightly, showing off her braces to her partner, who nodded firmly with a wink. “Something tells me we will. I can just about guarantee it!” Though they may have sounded serious, their loud laughter gave away their real intentions.

When Penelope arrived, they turned their attention to her and the old Groundskeeper. “Alright, team. This young lady here has graciously offered to help us out with our mystery. Right…Miss Reed, was it?” He nodded to her then gestured to the crew. “However, the mystery is our small fabrication. I want you to help bring the mystery to life for us…if you don’t mind. Really keep people on their toes. These old estates here are surrounded with mystery and so many tall tales, I don’t want their lore to be lost forever you see…you understand, right?” He asked, hopeful that Penelope would still help them out.

After they managed to settle in and set everything up, Travis’ Chatot swooped up high in a nice, hidden spot and began screeching strange sounds. Some were loud screams and yelps, like someone or something being hurt in the distance. But most of the sounds were strange hisses and animalistic calls that didn’t seem to fit one thing or the other. Then, the slamming of thick wooden doors echoed through the room. “What’s that?!” Travis asked, as Nelli led the charge. “Perhaps its our ghost friend!” They approached the large doors and noticed that they were locked, trapping them there. Travis gulped as he searched for the master key the groundskeeper had given him. “I’ve lost the key! Shoot! Hey, Miss Reed…mind going back and searching for it?”

Penelope called out a shaggy looking dog who glared at Penelope where he stood. Stranger. Nope! Pfft! That is a thing which I do not like! He curled his lips with a soft growl while holding his tail firmly high in the air. “Take Sammy with you, he’s really good at finding things. Hey, Sammy, knock it off! You go with Miss Reed and help her out, you understand?! She’s really nice and is helping us out!” She snapped at her own canine.

Explore with Sammy for the missing Key?

So the battling options all imply knocking out if you go that route, or otherwise distracting / doing other tasks. Healthy in this case would be not KOing them [or nearly KOing them] and no hurtful lingering status effects on the mons like poison / paralysis. Sleep might be ok though, lmao.

[Tiki]

Penelope walked into the expensive house with wallpapers that were likely older than she was. Strangely, there were camera and electrical equipment set up in this vintage home for a young woman and young man filming whatever was going on inside the home. She looked around and spotted furniture and decorations that were of a different time period's appeal. She was pretty sure she could smell the "old wood" smell around here too.

She listened to the elder gentleman speak before nodding and then replying. "Uh-- sure." She nodded along as she's trying to grasp this play-along concept. Then, the videographer's Chatot perched somewhere up high as it made a bunch of weird noises. She wasn't sure if those were the "sound effect" for the video or it was being annoying. Then, as if that wasn't enough to get the tone going, the door suddenly slammed shut.

She put her hands by her head and pressed into her head and let out a short scream, not a scared one but more like a frustrated one. "Aahh!" She can't believe she would have to deal with some ghostly business, again. She sighed and then calmed herself down. "How did you forget your keys? My mom always keep her keys in her pockets when she's not using them." She don't know these adult strangers well enough to tell them they're idiots for losing the key so soon.

As if that wasn't enough, the two sent out their Herdier to find a key. She wasn't bought into how a canine could find a key by sniffing. "Um... how would Sammy find the key?" She put her hand into her pocket and reached for a Pokeball to toss into the room. "Come on out, Horizon, come help us look for the key! Use Light Screen" While a Vivillon don't have Keen Eyes like those feathery flying type Pokemon, having a Light Screen around could act like a lens filter for the bug to look for... things. Penelope also helped by looking under furniture and opening drawers. "Do you guys remember the last place you left it? Can you jog your memory?" She asked, trying to sound like her parents or mentor whenever she lost something.

OOC:
if i understand the guide correctly, after next mod post i might need to react to distracting herdier or something after klefki appeared. this is just set up and intro?

trying to do NON-BATTLE route. The Light Screen is for RP only!

I think we're all in the same room.

I have no idea what I'm doing in this quest

[Avalon]

Sammy the Herdier huffed at the assertion that he would be anything less than the most helpful and most useful member of this film crew. With a grumble, the hound began to sniff around the room, searching for something or anything that might catch his attention. Nelli rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly at her Pokemon's sudden burst of attitude, looking to Penelope sympathetically. "Well, if someone took the keys than we might be able to follow a strange scent. Or maybe he can follow the scent of metal? Herdier are pretty smart Pokemon, so just leave it to him!"

With that, Sammy seemed to find something. With a gruff bark, the hound ran through the halls, leading Penelope deeper into the "haunter" manor. Sammy would lead Penelope into one of the hallways leading into the mansion, before ducking into a side room. The room was seemingly abandoned for storage, containing only old furniture with white cloths draped over them. The whole thing reeked of cliche pageantry, perhaps the result of the mansion owner laying it on a little too thick. In the room, a living keyring could be seen hovering in the corner, giggling to itself as it held an ornate old key in its hands.

Sammy the Herdier froze in the door way, preparing to bark and snarl at the Klefki and the master key that sat in its hands. It was clearly the inhabitant of the manor that Walter had mentioned. He wanted to keep this little Fairy undiscovered and off-camera for as long as possible, and Sammy's growling and snarling would be sure to attract some kind of attention from the rest of the film crew. Penelope would need to act quick if she wanted to help the Klefki escape. Horizon was floating nearby, and gave one potential out for the duo. But she would only have a few moments to think before having to do something to continue with the old man's request.

Sammy found a stray Klefki!
The film crew is on their way, find a way to distract or stop Sammy from alerting the crew!

[Tiki]

"Okay..." Penelope heard Nelli's response to her question, but didn't have time to ask them again how did they lose the key when the Herdier began running through the corridor. She quickly ran after the canine through the corridor in this mansion. The mature pup ended up in a storage room or something, where it stopped moving. She peered into the room as the door creaked, and heard giggling sound in the corner. She turned her head to see a Klefki, assumingly it had stolen the Master Key.

Oh! It wasn't a ghost type Pokemon that was part of this ghostly mystery! It was a Klefki! She figured by now since she's from Kalos and some fairy types were more mischievous than the others!

She looked down and watched the Herdier made a grumbling growling sound, and figured she don't have much time before the dog would bark and catch the attention of the filming crew members. She would definitely have to do something quick about this! She thought fast on her feet on what to do... She then shouted. "Ooh! Horizon, look what Sammy found!" She called out bother her own Pokemon and the Herdier. Then, without thinking how this would go, she called out a move. "Use Stun Spore!"

Horizon flew into the room and once she flew past her human friend, she spread yellow spores from under her wings. If anyone did came by and inquired, she would feign ignorance and said she thought the spores would help identify the ghost or ghost Pokemon moving or something. A mischievous Pokemon should be smart enough to use the chance to escape or something.

OOC:
Vivillon "use stun spore" on Herdier.

[Caramell 🍬]

Sammy’s attention immediately turned to Horizon as the vividly painted butterfly soared high above in the air. He pulled his lips back in a menacing snarl. Hairs raised along Sammy’s spine as he pinned his ears back and growled a low, rumbling sound just under his throat as a warning. He knew that Penelope and her Pokemon couldn’t be trusted! Were they trying to help the Klefki escape from the area?! “Move out of the way!” Sammy barked once, ears moving to point forward in alert. “I have to let my human know! Before the Klefki gets away!” He snapped firmly.

Klefki floated around from behind Sammy with a mischievous wink. The key would remain firmly within its grasp as it turned and faded, seemingly teleporting off somewhere else where it would remain hidden. Nelli rushed into the room and looked around. “What’s all of this?” She asked Penelope curiously about the Stun Spore that spread across the room. Strange tracks might have been made in them, but they were mostly of the Herdier trying to chase Horizon around the room. “I heard Sammy barking!” She said with a tilt of her head. “We found the culprit who stole your keys, but they stopped me!” Sammy barked, to which thankfully Sammy understood none of it.

“Was the ghost just here? I can feel a presence. Hold on, I’ll go retrieve the others!” Nelli stated, tapping her leg to call Sammy to follow her. “Come on, boy. It’s no longer here right now. Let’s go check on the others and let them know what’s up.” They would bound out of the room together. Once they were completely gone, Klefki would reappear just in front of Penelope with a strange smile. It seems that it might have taken a shining to Penelope, but she would need to try to convince the Klefki to work with the groundskeeper. As the strange Pokemon floated near Penelope, it was obvious that if Penelope didn’t try to convince it soon enough, it would just float away.

Penelope must convince Klefki to help!

How will Penelope achieve this?

[Tiki]

Penelope heard Sammy barking in protest. She wasn't sure what she had heard, but she was pretty sure the Herdier wasn't happy with the yellow spores being flung around in the room, or with them being in the way. However, the normal type wasn't helping with this situation either. Thankfully, none of the humans could understand Pokemon speak here. The mischievous fairy type used this opportunity to find a new hiding spot and faded away, just in time for Nelli to step into the room to ask what was going on.

"OH!" The young trainer gasped in surprise, as the tension was high earlier, and using this surprise gasp to give herself a few seconds to think of words to say, while she was looking at Nelli in the eyes. "It's you! I thought it was the ghost! We're trying to use Stun Spore to slow down the ghost, but I'm not sure if it worked. You see, I was battling some ghost Pokemon in Ilex Forest very recently, so I figured this strategy might have worked here too!" She blushed and lied a little, although she didn't even use Stun Spore on the Ilex Forest ghosts, and more like using Psybeam to blast through them. Soon enough, Nelli and her Herdier disappeared into another room trying to find the "ghost".

"Hey, Klefki, what are you doing here?" Penelope looked at the steel type and whispered. "You need to hide better! Don't let them see you!" She made hand motion with crossing her arms with a "no", pointing at the direction where Nelli and Herdier just left, and hand motions with two fingers pointing her eyes and then at the Klefki and another crossing her arms with a "no". She wasn't even sure if this Klefki spoke Johtoan, maybe this one was also from Kalos and her Kaloan was extremely rusty.

OOC:
thought Nelli is the woman lol.

[Caramell 🍬]

Klefki tilted its head, which was virtually its entire body. It couldn't understand what Penelope was trying to say at first. This young lady helped it escape from that strange mutt who had some way of sleuthing it out, though Klekfi hadn't seen anything like that very often in its lifetime. When it turned and glanced in the direction Penelope was motioning as she kept signing an x with her hands, it shook its entire body with a bright smile. She wanted it to avoid them for some reason! That should be pretty easy to do.

It would fade into the background almost completely, though if Penelope squinted she should still be able to see Klefki. It reached out with its long, thing noodly arm it used to grab onto stray keys and tugged on Penelope's arm. She was too sweet to stay around such a mean dog. What if its owner was just as mean and Penelope suffered the most from it? Or maybe this was an elaborate game of keepaway? Then Penelope just had to come still, so she could join in the fun too! Besides, it wouldn't be nearly as entertaining without her! As Klefki tugged on Penelope's arm, a very masterful looking key would slip off and fall at her feet.

Should she follow Klefki, it would lead her to two large doors that led to the study. It vanished through the door for a moment, then popped halfway back through to check and see that Penelope was still coming. If she tried get out of following Klefki, it woild place its noodly arm on the side of its body-head and huffed like a parent about to scold their child for doing something naughty. Then it would gesture to the knobs insistent that she just open the door up and walk on in. Like, hurry it up already, would ya? This was going to be the best place of all to play the prank, Klefki just knew it!

Klefki wants Penelope to come along!

Will she follow Klefki to the study? Its locked! How will she get in?

[Tiki]

Had you ever tried to talk to a Pokemon who don't have regular arms and legs like other Pokemon? Or if they did have one, it wasn't what one would normally call arms and legs. Penelope watched curiously and tried to understand what the Klefki was communicating. When it finally tugged her arm, she sighed and shrugged as she seemed like she had no choice but to follow this strange Pokemon. It was a strange little Pokemon fading in and out to check on her, and made all sorts of motions to communicate a certain message.

Penelope understood, and grabbing the fallen key on the ground, inserted it into the keyhole into another likely big room of the mansion. The mechanism clicked and rattled as she slowly opened the door. The heavy and guarded door opened with a soft creak, and the young trainer entered the room, curious why the Fairy type was leading her in there.

OOC:
omg forgot this thread
short post

[Caramell 🍬]

As soon as Penelope opened the door to the study she would notice the chill that clung in the air. It was a noticeable difference, creating a nearly perfect ten degree Fahrenheit drop from the rest of the house. There were no fans in the study – none affixed to the ceilings above and none placed on the ground or within the windows nearby. Yet somehow, there was a gentle breeze that circulated throughout the room, as though someone left a fan on low above Penelope’s head.

Klefki nodded towards a strange looking bookcase that opened to a secret passageway with the click of a button. There were long, winding stairs in the center of the passageway with thick metal railings. It spiraled upwards towards an attic whose door was left slightly ajar, though there was no one of interest inside of the room. Something roamed inside of the attic just out of view, causing forgotten dresses to dance of their own accord and scattered books to flip lazily about to different pages as though someone hidden were reading them.

As soon as Klefki appeared, puffing its face as it turned to Gastly, the gaseous orb made itself apparent and stretched its body out to large proportions. Its large eyes narrowed angrily as it spotted the other ghostly apparition. “You!” A loud screech from the top of his lungs in a strange, almost humanish voice. “Why are you here?!” Klefki ignored Gastly and its questions quite firmly and nodded to Penelope instead, trying to get her to understand that it thought Gastly could help her.

Something else would catch Penelope’s attention though, and cause Gastly to easily vanish so that it couldn’t be spotted along with Klefki. A strange looking bird with a large musical note shaped head crest and bright blue plumage. Barry landed on a nearby clothing pole and twisted his head in different directions. “SQUAWK! Who goes there?! SQUAWK! I tell Travis now?!” His sharp eyes turned to Penelope with a mischievous twinkle as though perhaps there was another option…just one Barry wasn’t mentioning? Maybe she could convince Barry to help Gastly with scary sound effects?

Barry is keeping close watch!

Can Penelope convince Gastly? Will she also convince Berry, or maybe battle him?

[Tiki]

The room Penelope entered felt cold. Was this part of the house under a large tree, or this house was so ancient it predated modern air conditioning and ventilation? She wrapped her arms around herself and constrained a shiver. It wasn't that cold, but it certainly was a little chilly. She then watched curiously as the Klefki unlocked a passageway going upward. She followed slowly, wondering what the steel type was trying to show her this time. Clearly, the Klefki wasn't giving a house tour!

As she was going up the stairs, she met the Chatot and the Gastly, who seemed to be not friends with each other, but they were not rivals either. She probably could call her Vivillon over, but that would be making noise, and she wasn't sure she wanted the camera people to come over yet. Since she can't speak Pokemon, she decided to send out her brightly yellow colored but creepy looking grass type Pokemon. Her Pokemon blinked and looked around, initially disappointed by lack of green shrubbery, but the mood gave Nectar an idea.

"This place just has a... oldie, vintage vibe to it. Maybe I can practice scare off other grass type dudes. Now, can I stand behind you for a minute?" The Victreebel whispered, then hopped behind the Gastly's inflated gaseous self and then angled his own body to make a creepy face, as stinky but sweet aroma seeped from his mouth.

"Wonderful! I haven't tried being scary before, but when I was a tiny Bellsprout, it's hard to do that when nobody takes you seriously. Gastly, I think maybe the Klefki wants us to be scary. How about we do a little early Halloween practice?" He proposed an idea, looking at the ghost type directly.

Horizon flew up toward the Chatot, and quickly hushed it. "Shh! We're following the Klefki, and it's planning something. I think it's a prank, but I'm not sure!"

When Penelope and her Victreebel, as well as the Klefki and Gastly, returned downstairs, she wasn't sure if the steel type was trying to explain the plan. However, the Victreebel was hopping around or behind various furniture trying to make a spooky face or stare. When you have eyes below your teeth, it's found to make someone scared! "What about behind this table? Nope, I'm too tall! Or this cupboard? I'm too wide. Or maybe this couch! Looks about right! Horizon, am I scary now?!"

"We're trying to be scary!" Horizon turned to the Chatot and spoke to let it think about that idea, and then flew closer to the Vicetreebel. It might be easier to explain by demonstrating, and she wasn't expecting the Victreebel to be creepy so fast. "Yup, you big mouth, but I need you to stare straight or downward!"

OOC:
I understand this as happening in two different spaces. I can't both be up in the attic with Gastly and talking to Chatot at the same time, at least not together!
IMHO, the quest guide didn't explain where the heck Belesse came from. She wasn't there initially with the reporters?

[Caramell 🍬]

Gastly turned to the large, carnivorous plant and stretched a wide grin across its gaseous Orb. Nectar was certainly creepy and off-putting for most humans. "Why just stand behind me?" The playful apparition inquired. It would then stretch its entire form around Nectar, though not in a way to hurt the other Pokemon. If Nectar didn't struggle or try to stop Gastly, the gaseous ghost would temporarily inhabit the plant to give it an Eerie glow and cause strange, purple energy to envelope Nectar's entire form. "Together, we're extra scary! Don't you think?"

Barry harrumped underneath his breath and narrowed his eyes skeptically on Horizon. "Why? I tell?! I tell!! Why not?!" Barry demanded to know, folding his wings in a manner that made it look like he was putting his wings on his hips (hands on hips) as though to chastise Horizon patronizingly. Until the bug started to help Nectar demonstrate why they needed Barry to basically look the other way. "I like pranks." The naughty, colorful bird hummed softly to himself. They were creating the exact scene that his owners wanted and while it wasn't exactly what they would expect from Barry, it would be a lot of fun! So what could be the harm in a little fun anyways?

"I'll make Eerie noises. Yeah?" Barry asked, hissing as though he were a banshee, then switching to sound like a bunch of metal clattering about. Gastly smirked, haunting one of the chairs by the table and causing it to rock back and forth. The legs knocked against the floor, making it sound like someone was knocking from underneath the floorboards and desperately trying to get out. It was clear that Barry wasn't going to turn Peneloep and her friends in. "Can you tell your human she needs to return the key? Then we can spook my trainer good!" Barry whispered loudly to Horizon and nodded expectantly.

Barry is going to help Gastly!

Now Penelope just needs to return the key!

OOC: Guide didn't say Barry was in Another room just you had to get passed him first for Gastly to help. I was trying to wrap them close by so it would be easier than holding you up for every minute step when Gastly spookifying house step can't happen without Barry convincing step, but you run into Gastly step first, lmao! Unless you wanted to be here come July.

[Tiki]

"Wait, what are you doing?" Nectar initially protested, confused by what the Gastly was trying to do. When the ghost type did possessed the grass type briefly, the luring plant felt a strange feeling. His eyes stared menacingly and mouth moved on his own as the Gastly took possession. Once the Gastly briefly left his body, the Victreebel wiggled and stretched as he adjusted himself from the involuntary movement. Turning to the Gastly, he spoke, "OOh! That felt strange! Don't possess me for too long though."

Horizon watched as the Chatot processed what she said and began to understand their idea. Barry understood and replied enthusiastically, and even began making scary sounds as a test run. After the avian had voiced its agreement to the prank, Horizon flew over to Penelope and pointed at the master room's key with her tiny little hands.

Horizon hummed back at the pranking Pokemon waiting on standby. "I'll be back soon, get ready everyone! This will be fun. I should do more pranks with other Pokemon."

"Oh, right! I should lead the crew over here. Horizon, come with me. Everyone, hide and prepare!" Penelope whispered, and slowly opened the door as she ran back toward the camera crew. Her feet stomped loudly on the wooden ground as she moved along the corridor. It's a mystery how her small body made so much sound on the ground, unless the floor materials were getting old and deteriorating. 

Once arrived, she half-panted as the air was lacking the kind of ventilation she was used to, but she also wanted to look like she was scared or something. "Guys! I think I see something unusual! Do you want to come take a look?" She shouted back at the crew, wondering what their answers would be. Horizon followed behind her, flapping her wings slowly until they would be running back to the master room again. Should they believe her, she should then lead them back to the Master Room.

[Caramell 🍬]

Gastly snickered at Nectar’s response and nodded her entire body. She would make sure to give the large, scary plant that looked like something out of your worst nightmare plenty of space away from her haunting it. While Penelope rushed off to collect the crew, the Pokemon would all work on preparing to spook them so that they could catch something on camera to show how haunted the house truly was. Barry ducked behind a large vase stationed on a high shelf, while Gastly vanished in thin air and prepared itself to haunt random objects, such as shoes that it would cause to walk across the ground while hidden from plain sight.

Travis shifted the large camera on his shoulders and spun on the tips of his heels. He pointed it at Penelope with a wide grin. Finally, they might actually capture something to help really show how spooky the house was and increase their own ratings for their show! “That’s great news!” Had she managed to truly pull it off, then, to help them prepare for the big show? “Did you also manage to find the missing key we were looking for?” Nelli followed alongside Penelope and her crewman as the young lady led the way, narrating the experience partially off-screen. “This house has been rumored to be haunted for centuries, with some claiming that the ghost of an old war veteran lives within its walls…!”

Belesse jumped out of seemingly nowhere as they neared the study. Seriously, where did this woman come from?! She was decked in a long white outfit and waved some strange stick fixed with blessed tags around in the air. “You must all stand away at once! The air is thick with the dead!” She warned them and turned to the door that led into the study, waving the stick around in rapid motions. “Let me cleanse this area for you! I will send the wandering soul back into the afterlife where it belongs!” Belesse insisted, a windchime named Ling floating nearby and chiming away softly.

Belesse the White wants to vanish the Gastly!

Will Penelope DISTRACT, BATTLE, or ALLOW Belesse to Banish?
She will use her Level 27 Ling the Chimecho and Level 28 Drought the Ninetales if engaged in battle.

[Tiki]

Penelope returned to the Master Room this time with her Vivillon and the camera crew. Footsteps hammered on the vintage and wooden ground as they tapped anxiously to see the "unusual activity" that Penelope spotted. She answered their questions either while running or before running. "Yeah, I found the key....... It was in a very dusty area. I am sure I will sneeze later like it's spring allergy." She wasn't sure if this reply would cover her tracks, but who wouldn't associate an old house with dust! The homeowner must have never stepped into that room if there were a lot of dusts! Then, the next question was, how did the dusts get into that room if the doors were closed?

Nelli began narrating to the camera, and Penelope whispered to Travis if she was expected to speak on camera too. Well, she didn't get to hear an answer to this question when suddenly, a woman appeared in the room. She was dressed in some strange garb, the kind that it seemed like exorcist or medium would wear in Johto or Kanto, or so she assumed. She whispered to Travis and Nelli, "Is she part of your crew?" She wasn't sure if this was a ritualistic cosplayer or an actual effective medium, but either way, she should do something.
"Heey... Miss? Misses? Are you married?" She began, not that if the status of this woman's marriage is important part of the conversation. "Uhh... Ma'am, where did you come from? How did you get in here? If you're an intruder, you should leave. I don't think Mister Walter had let you in here?" She began her questions, as she was confused, since this person wasn't introduced with the filming crew. Was she those people hiding in hidden closets or something and was just caught today? Even if she was, they wouldn't have a traditional medium looking outfit and wear it. Penelope also couldn't tell the crew that this woman definitely wasn't here a minute ago, so she was in here somehow.

Regaining her posture, she answered some questions for the rolling camera while trying to avoid looking at the camera directly. "I am sure you're just smelling old dusts; this is an old house after all. Or maybe it was the homeowner's Gloom. No one knows how far a Gloom's smell travels. Do you want to clean just this area or the whole house? Maybe we can ask mister Walter where he or his custodians keep the mop and buckets..." She could play off as someone who hadn't seen... a Johto version of Hex Maniac that she had seen in Kalos. She could bring that up later, but then she was trying to remember if she even brought up she's basically from Kalos and some things in Johto might be foreign to her. "Is that a scrubbing thing? It's kind of thin." She pointed at the tool the woman was waving supposedly to cleanse the ghost.

Ooc:
Distract by questions