(OOC: Woah, this got a bunch of replies. Apparently I picked a horrible time to sleep in. Sorry guys!)
Meanwhile, while Aria and Diamond were taking care of the Pikachu, Kimberly hadn't come to work that day at all. She'd had a little incident during the night in which her second Pokéball, holding her Girafarig, had opened. Of course, the curious little Pokémon couldn't help itself, using its psychic prowess to unlock and open the door and stepping straight outside. Kimberly's Pyroar, Zara, seemed to care less, having become extremely lazy, but loyal after capture. Other than flicking an ear and briefly looking out, she did absolutely nothing to help, contented to sleep on the rug.
It was only when Kimberly woke up for work, on time for once, that she realized her giraffe-like Pokémon was gone.
"Oh nononononono…" the trainer said, frantically shaking her head in distress. "Arceus, please no!" She checked all around the small apartment. Bedroom? Nothing. Bathroom? More nothing. The combined room that was both living room and kitchen? Other than a sleepy Zara now laying on her back like a dog, yet more nothing.
Girafarig had indeed gotten out.
Kimberly shot up like a bolt of lightning, quickly sliding on something that looked remotely decent before bolting outside. "Hannah! Hannah!" She shouted, earning a few grumpy looks from disturbed neighbors, but the Trainer didn't seem to care. It made sense how the Pokémon had gotten out, all it would have to do was open the door. There were no stairs to climb down, no security to pass, no inconveniences whatsoever for the relatively young Pokémon.
The better half of the day was spent calling for it, eventually stumbling upon it in a patch of the forest. The giraffe Pokémon had wandered off in search of berries, which she had eventually found. Luckily, no wild Pokémon had gotten to her (or if any did, Hannah had found a way to scare them off with her psychic abilities) and she was returned to her Pokéball, safe and sound.
Unfortunately for Kimberly, however, she was late to work… again.
"Sorry guys, I had a little… incident," she looked down at the Pokéball containing the palindrome Pokémon. "…with Hannah. She got out and… well," she decided to tell the truth. "She took priority over work."
Of course, the daycare had happenings without her there, and she looked to the ditto and the Eevee, quickly putting two and two together.
"Oh Arceus… it seems we may have a problem…"