[At the knock at the door Jo ceases fidgeting with the heavy bangles around her wrist, takes a slight breath, and steps out into the hallway with forced deliberation. She smooths out her dress (plain, black; nothing too fancy but something to denote a sense of occasion, at least) and pulls the door open knowing that it's already far too late to decide this whole set-up was a bad idea.
...Her expression barely shifts as she lays eyes upon her guest and her companions, though an eyebrow or two certainly raises. Jo doesn't know what on Earth the...thing on Elisa's head is, but it looks flammable. And more than a bit silly. A few of the pre-date jitters promptly scrabble out of Jo's mind in a snickering gaggle, but Jo herself remains as even toned as always as she extents a cautious hand out to the barbs on the Pokemon's head.]
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...Her expression barely shifts as she lays eyes upon her guest and her companions, though an eyebrow or two certainly raises. Jo doesn't know what on Earth the...thing on Elisa's head is, but it looks flammable. And more than a bit silly. A few of the pre-date jitters promptly scrabble out of Jo's mind in a snickering gaggle, but Jo herself remains as even toned as always as she extents a cautious hand out to the barbs on the Pokemon's head.]
Interesting hat. Where did you get it?