Red blinked at her. "Neither," he told her. "The professor made Pikachu sound like a great choice. Which he was." He paused for a moment. "Eventually."

"Interesting," Ithica said. "I did not know that." She was quiet for a moment. "What about you? Any questions you just have to ask? Because I can keep going, there's a lot of knowledge I need to compare against."

Red snorted quietly. "I'll think of some things and let you know," he agreed.

"Cool," Ithica said. She sighed and leaned back. "Okay. Harder questions, then." She glanced around, making sure they weren't overheard. "I know Giovanni is Boss Rocket. But what about Sabrina? And Koga, and Blaine, and Surge? Are they all Rocket Admins?"

Red side-eyed her at that before he huffed a bit. "Giovanni is, yes," he told her quietly. "The rest of them... it's complicated. Sabrina is harder to tell, she never just says." He made a bit of a face. "The others do still seem to be, yes, but they don't actually tell me these things."

"Well, yes, I knew about Giovanni already," Ithica said. She glanced around again to make sure nobody was listening in. "But now I kind of want to find out about the others." She 'hmm'ed softly as she turned some things over in her head. "I mean, Jessie and James probably wouldn't know, Rocket grunts tend not to... I wonder if Mewtwo knows anything...?"

Red shrugged. "Sometimes I think so," he said. "But he's rather secretive about it, doesn't usually actually answer." He made a brief face.

Ithica grinned a bit.

"Aw, you do get annoyed," she teased. "Well, sometimes no answer is answer enough." She contemplated it for a few more moments. "I doubt there's anything left to find at Silph Co, and they were all run out of Johto..." She paused. "I wonder if Mr. Sparkles is still at the Lake of Rage... That might be fun to find out."

"Mr. Sparkles?" Red's eyebrows shot up at that. "Who the hell is Mr. Sparkles?"

Ithica grinned.

"Okay there was a plot point, playing through the Johto game," she said. "Something about Rockets at the Lake of Rage, north of Mahogany Town, they were messing with the radio tower and making the Magikarp and Gyarados angry. Long story short, there was a shiny Gyarados in the middle of the lake that you had the opportunity to catch, and its stats are usually terrible so it's sort of tradition to give it a stupid nickname if you catch it. Ergo, Mr. Sparkles. Because shinies sparkle."

Red shook his head a bit. "Well, I don't know about that," he said, "but there's always been a shiny Gyarados at that lake. Refuses to be caught, or leave."

"That sounds like a challenge," Ithica said, grinning a bit. "I may have to make it a point to stop at the Lake of Rage when I finally wander through Johto." With a sigh, she flopped back onto her cot, and promptly yelped when Dragonair flopped down on top of her.

Red snickered and shook his head but didn't say anything more, just relaxing on his own cot for now.

Ithica managed to get herself situated and eventually drifted off to sleep.

She slept the next morning as long as her pokemon would let her, only getting up when she started getting prodded incessantly.

Red was already up and getting a quick bite, his stuff packed and ready to go. Because clearly he could get up and get shit done when needed. He glanced at her and smirked.

"Shut up," Ithica said as she got up. She didn't even need to look at him to know he was smirking. "I'll be ready in a few." With that, she got up and started tending to her pokemon, making sure they were all set before gathering her things and going to shower.

Red's smirk just widened and he waited patiently for her, munching on his food. He did offer her some when she returned, though.

Ithica took the offered food with a grin.

"Thanks," she said. She checked to make sure all her pokeballs were on her belt and hefted her bag onto her shoulder. "Ready to head out when you are."