With the decision made about how they were going to test the temperament on lefmew, they immediately got to work. Heading back to their dorm with Sundrop in tow, they collected a couple small toys and other bits and baubles they thought might be useful to distract the pokemon with. After all, they didn't want to leave them with nothing to do. Even if they did like to just sunbathe for hours at a time. It was different having stuff available for them to do by themself than it was to just leave them alone without any distractions.
"Ok Sundrop. So I gotta do these tests for research. They're gonna pay me good money if I turn in quality work and this helps them write the pokdex entry for you guys. So I know that you like to be around others, and you know you like to be around others, but I am gonna have to leave you alone for a couple days ok? Please don't get too sad about it," Eulalio took the time to explain what they were doing to Sundrop. Even if the pokemon didn't fully understand, it make Eulalio feel better to at least try to explain what they were doing. They set up everything so that Sundrop would have access to whatever they needed. Their little pot was nice and full of good soil to lay in, there were a couple water bowls set up for easy access. A couple of toys were set up, a feather on a string was attached to the desk, a small plush toy for them to chew was on the floor. There was even a lumpy ball set up to get nudged around.
Eulalio worried that it maybe wouldn't be enough, but they took a deep breath and decided it would work. Sundrop was settled in their pot and sunbathing by the time Eulalio had everything ready. It wasn't too late, thank goodness, so this day could count as one of the days Sundrop needed to be alone. Gathering Baby, and thanking the stars that Rose was out doing whatever Rose did normally when she wasn't being a menace to Eulalio, they left Sundrop alone in the room.
They'd have to pop in every now and again to check on them, but otherwise they'd be left to themself for the rest of the day. The last thing that Eulalio heard as they shut the door was a confused mrrrp before the door was shut between them. Baby started to squirm nearly immediately after the door was shut, not wanting to be held, but Eulalio contained them as best they could.
"Baby, I know you want to be in the room with Sundrop, but we're doing experiments here now! I gotta finish this research properly so that they give me money so I can get more things for when we go out of town. And I know that you can kick the butts of whoever is out there, but Sundrop can't just yet." It was difficult to talk with Baby complaining the entire time, but they stilled by the time Eulalio was done explaining things. "Alright, we're gonna go. . . .see whose around town, I guess?"
Hefting up Baby, Eulalio turned and meandered away from their dorm to go see who they could talk to. Neither of them much wanted to leave the lefmew alone, but it was necessary for research. The day dragged on as it did when nothing fun was happening. Eulalio managed to stay away from their room aside from a brief check in once or twice. Each time, lefmew seemed so happy to see them and then sad when they left once more without them. Every time they did it, the lefmew seemed to get more and more sad about being left alone. The last time Eulalio checked on them, they tried to leave the room with them, and Eulalio had to gently encourage them back into the room. It nearly broke their heart. Especially since they were going to have to do it again the next day.
Trying to be strong about it, Eulalio wrote down meticulous notes about it and vowed that after this they weren't going to be doing anything like this again. When they went to bed that night, Sundrop was cuddling them so hard that they nearly fell off the bed. They just seemed so happy to have their presence that Eulalio didn't have the heart to push them away. It was going to be hard enough in the morning.
