[With his attention currently focused on his chimchar, Joey had a higher probability of success. Tristan definitely wasn't expecting any of the other trainers to be the ones to jump him.

When the figure came leaping out of the foliage, the pokémon was the first to react as it flailed it's limbs and shrieked loudly to warn it's trainer.]

Huh? What's got your tail in a tw-hihist?!

[The question crescendoing into something incomprehensible when Tristan felt the sudden increase in weight threatening to topple him over. Reacting first, he reached up to grapple with whoever it was regardless of what he heard. If successful, he was going to shrug this guy off and catch him in a tight headlock. Either way, he'd realize it was Joey soon after. Although pleased to have met up with one of his friends so quickly, that didn't stop him from shouting at Joey for nearly giving him a heart attack.]

Are you out of your mind?! I could have actually hurt you, you knucklehead!

[The chimchar just canted it's head to one side in bewilderment.]