There were various aides walking around the vast laboratory, handling machinery or studying Pokemon, all of which looked full comfortable and happy in the scientific setting. The professor was at the very top with a clipboard of his own, a white lab coat over casual clothes, blue hair standing out against the more dull colours of everyone else's appearance.
Eventually, he made his way down, smiling. "Hi there. I wasn't expecting you, all of my starters were booked and given away." He said, "And the rest of the Pokemon here belong to someone else! I'm sorry about that. Besides," He noted Lance's one Pokemon on show, "You already have a Pokemon. My starters are only for beginner trainers who haven't caught anything yet."