The Grab

Welcome. Are you comfortable? Good. Do you want anything? A glass of water, something to nibble on?

I'm really glad you could come on such short notice. You see, I was once the second hand man to Giovanni, leader Team Rocket. Then I was leader myself when he left. Then, unfortunately, the team fell apart because of the efforts of a boy and girl from New Bark Town and Giovanni's own son.

I am truly embarrassed. I am personally ashamed, and will be for the rest of my life. I am not fit to run a second Neo-Rocket operation. Or any other Syndicate. I'm a failure.

And now that I look back upon my defeat, I'm grateful for it. Team Rocket was a team without any purpose rather then to make the world a horrible place for all and was fueled solely on greed.

I am failure.... because I allowed myself to become tainted.

But you are pure. You are actually out to help the world.

And I'd be happy to give you all that was left behind from Team Rocket to help your cause. Bases, machinery, Pokemon, members.... anything you ask for.

I will spend the rest of my existence helping you. I must become clean.

Introduction

Oh, dang! I'm so sorry I'm late! I was up all night researching Pokemon last night and overslept this morning.​

Well I guess this is no time to dilly-dally. I bet you're all eager to become trainers! So, I'll just get to the speech. Ahem,​

Welcome to the World of Pokemon!​

Even though you were living in it all your life, but, you know. Heh.​

I'm Professor Elm, and I research Pokemon breeding patterns and eggs! And if you have amnesia, let me remind you you're in the Johto Region!​

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Now, here is your own PokeGear. These work as a Pokedex, Radio, Telephone, Clock, and Map! You're going to need it on your journeys. It's already got my number in there, so if your need any advice, just give me a ring! Oh, and about the map, it lists all major cities and routes. Hint, Major, there are plenty of towns and cities not listed on there. ​

So, now that you're set up with those, here are your choices for Pokemon, guys. They are all level five:​

Pichu
Taken by Nideous​

Electric​

Static Zap: Electric Type; The user covers themselves in static electricity and makes contact with the foe somehow to cause damage.
Growl: Beast Type; The user growls cutely at the foe, making them lower their guard by instinct. Makes them easier to hit.​

Cleffa​

Aether​

Metronome: Magic Type; The user wags its finger and unleashes a random attack. The attack will change every mission.
Defense Curl: Colorless Type; The user curls up in a ball of sorts. It makes them take less damage from an incoming attack.​

Igglybuff​

Magic​

Pound: Colorless Type; The user lightly hits the foe.
Sing: Noise Type; The user sings a soothing and enchanting melody that makes the foe fall asleep.​

Togepi
Taken by Skymin​

Colorless​

Present: Magic Type; The user creates a ball of energy and throws it at the foe. It has a fifty-fifty shot of doing damage or healing the foe.
Charm: Dark Type; The user uses dark energy to make the foe hypnotized into thinking the user is highly adorable. Makes the more foe do less damage with attacks out of reluctance to hurt user.​

Tyrogue​

Beast​

Tackle: Colorless Type; The user throws itself at the foe.
Helping Hand: Magic Type; The user uses a special clapping maneuver that increases its attack power a little. The downside? It has to stand still to do the maneuver correctly, so it's prone to attacks. If the User wants, it can use this maneuver to power up an ally instead.​

Smoochum
Taken by Miss Doronjo​

Snow/Light​

Powder Snow: Snow Type; The user unleashes a small snowstorm of flurries to attack the foe.
Sweet Kiss: Light Type; The user infuses psychic power into their lips and cutely kisses the foe on the cheek, causing the foe the fall over unconscious of a few moments.​

Elekid
Taken by Name7aken​

Beast/Electric​

Quick Attack: Colorless Type; The user runs and attacks the foe with ample speed. Doesn't do a lot of damage.
Meditate: Light Type; The user sits down and calms all the muscles in its body to increase its attack power. Once completed, the user will become faster, too. However, they are prone to attacks while meditating.​

Magby
Pending for Roserade​

Temperature​

Smog: Haze Type; The user releases a mist of special gas, causing the foe slight damage and possibly poisoning them.
Flame Body: Temperature Type; The user cranks up its internal temperature so that when the foe makes physical contact, it will leave them with a burn.​

Also, here are five regular Pokeballs to catch new Pokemon. Be careful, though. If the desired Pokemon manages to break out, the ball is busted and unusable!​

Well? What are you waiting for? Get out of here and enjoy your journey! Good luck!​

Present Day Affairs

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Approximately five years after the fall of Neo Team Rocket, a woman with a pack of followers appeared with a message.​

"Downfall shall be brought upon the Pokemon League."​

The woman, only known by her alias "Ms. Jade," claims herself to be the leader of the Representatives of Justice. The message she sends is not to invoke fear, but instead, hope. Ms. Jade strives to have Pokemon be seen as equals to humans, and any act forcing Pokemon to battle disgusts her. She was once a member of Team Plasma, a group that was in the Unova Region. However, the group disbanded because their leader N disappeared and his father, Ghetsis, only created the group to selfishly control the world.​

Team Plasma's message spoke to her, but, segregating Pokemon and humans was a bit off to her. She instead thought equality was the best choice, befriending Pokemon rather than catching them. They battle because the want to battle. They protect because they love you and want to, not because they have to.​

Joining the group to become a "Representative of Justice" is simple. You don't have to sign up anywhere. The only requirements are to release your Pokemon from their Pokeballs and have them instead be your friends, rather than slaves, and push the movement's message. That's it. No contracts, no entitlement. It's kind of an "anonymous" thing. ​

There are officials, however. There is of course the leader Ms. Jade and her second in command. He goes by "Right-Hand," and masks his identity. There are also five executives to appear publicly for rallies and promoting because Ms. Jade is nowhere to be found.... in fact, she hasn't been seen by anyone. All her decrees are sent out by the executives. ​

Their final goal is to make the Pokemon League break apart due to the lack of participation.​

....But there is a bigger rumor going around here. Some circles have said that there may be dimension tampering involved with the group. What could they be up to?​

But then again, it's just a myth. Pth.​

You the Player


You are a brand new trainer on the Pokemon scene having just got your Trainer License! You just got your first Pokemon from Professor Elm, and you're about to take on the Johto Pokemon League!

You will have many events happening to you and you'll have to make a lot of choices along the way. And of course, that Representative of Justice stuff isn't exactly what you'd call underground, so prepare to get all mixed up with that.

It's a journey RP, after all! Your journey is your choice!

There are the sixteen Kanto/Johto gyms in their usual places. Due to the change of types (which you will learn about in the Mechanics section) the gym types are as follows:

Spoiler:

Brock = Mineral
Misty = Liquid
Lt. Surge = Electric
Erika = Plant
Janine = Venom
Sabrina = Light
Blaine = Temperature
Blue = Ground

Falkner = Wind
Bugsy = Insect
Whitney = Colorless
Morty = Dark
Chuck = Beast
Jasmine = Magic
Pryce = Snow
Clair = Fable

All of the elite four and the champion use miscellaneous Pokemon.

Mechanics

Hey, remember that Type system from Sophrosune? BAM!

Now the Pokemon system. It differs from the usual RP's, too.

Welcome to a Pokemon universe where they are twenty types. Yep! Each individual type has five defenses and weaknesses, and all the Pokemon you've come to know and love will have different typing. There are also new moves they can learn, making even Pokemon you've raised before in other RPs or actual games a new and exciting experience.

Key: The type on the left are defending, which mean the top are attack types from opposing. Blue is Not very Effective and red is Super Effective. (Take for instance, if you travel the horizontal line for Colorless, you'll find out that Beast type attacks are good against it.)

Here are the matchups:

Confused to what the types mean?

Spoiler:

Colorless is like normal type.

Temperature is like fire type, but can pertain to anything that deals with rise or lowering of temperature.

Fluid is like water type, but it pertains to any Pokémon dealing with any type of fluids. Like Grimer.

Plant is like grass type.

Ground is like ground type.

Wind is like flying type, but it pertains to anything that can control air.

Light is psychic type, but it also includes to the ability to control light rays, etc.

Aether is a new type, pertaining to the mystical abilities of space matter.

Dark is like the ghost and dark types.

Mineral is like the rock type, but slightly different.

Ersatz is a new type, dealing with artificial abilities of the Pokemon.

Beast is like fighting type, but it is much more broad and pertains to a lot of bestial creatures.

Snow is like ice type.

Magic is a new type, dealing with having abilities of mystical power.

Electric is like electric type.

Insect is like bug type.

Venom is like poison type.

Haze is a new type, pertaining to the ability to create fog, expel misty or smoky attacks, etc.

Noise is a new type, dealing with the ability to expel loud of soft sounds or control sound as a whole.

Fable is like dragon type, however, much more broad and deals with Pokemon who have powers of old ages passed on to them that they can tap into.

???? is a new, mysterious type spreading around genes of all pokemon. Any Pokemon can apparently be tacked on with this type, but it is rare. New attacks having this type are also popping up, even if the Pokemon itself is not ????-typed.

This is to keep the types as balanced as possible.

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However, unlike Sophrosune, This is a non-statistical RP.

To level your Pokemon, you must train them. You can battle them on a route; battle an NPC trainer, etc. Any way that gets them battle experience.

The more creative and detailed your training experience, the more levels! (Limit to two levels per mission)

To catch a Pokemon: When in a place containing Pokemon, there will be encounter rates. (Common-Uncommon-Rare.)

You will also have different kinds of Pokeballs, so please specify what kind of ball you're going to use. Take note of possible advantages to the situation! What works best?

When you want to catch something, make sure you have balls in your bag, write about the battle up to the ball being thrown. Depending on what ball you used, the rarity, and the descriptiveness of the battle, I will judge whether or not the capture was successful.

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To battle a fellow RP'er: I expect you to decide the winner. If you want me to decide, I certainly will be glad to do so! But no complaints on my decision. And I won't be biased. I don't care who wins.

To battle Gym Leader: You will battle me! I will assess your chances of winning (no complaints) and ask you to pick a number between a certain amount. I will assign secretly what numbers lead to your victory and what lead to defeat. The better suited for the challenge you are, the more likely you will win!

And I'm honest, so don't worry about cheating. If anything, I want you to win. But, I got to make it balanced without stats!

To battle NPC: You can create NPCs and beat them (or not) as you wish. However, in gym challenges, I will create gym trainers. In contests, in the final battle rounds, I will create NPCs that you must face.

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Gym Challenges: Go in and refer to (To battle a Gym Leader and To battle an NPC) above for more information.

Contest Challenges: There are three levels of challenge.

Modeling: You will dress up your Pokemon with the props in the Contest dressing rooms (Get creative with what you find!) then have your Pokemon strut its stuff on the catwalk. The more creative and descriptive model gets higher points!

Musical Presentation: To all that survived, your Pokemon must now perform an appeal to music. The genre of music will be at random and told to you before you go on. Get creative, as usual. The more suited to the genre the appeal is, the more likely to survive.

Showcase Battle: The best of the best go head-to-head in a special kind of battle where the opponents aren't so focused on knocking out the other, but looking awesome doing it! Battle the NPC in a stylish way and show me you're a good sport by showing them try to beat you, the more likely you'll win. I will decide if you won or not. You will go through two of these kinds of battles to see if you're the winner.

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HAPPY HAPPY FUN TIME!

Occasionally, we will have the Chansey Grab Bag game. A Chansey will appear in the OOC and have a bag filled with Master Balls, Ultra Balls, Great Balls, and Regular Pokeballs!

Pick which type of ball you'd like. Once all players pick a ball, they will get a prize or hindrance happen to their player character. Two balls contain prizes, two contain hindrances. What type of ball will contain what is random each time Chansey appears.

There is the Best Prize, the best thing to get.

There is the Minor Prize, the next best thing to get.

There is the Minor Booby Prize, the second-to-worst thing to get.

And there is the Worst Booby Prize, the worst thing to get.

(There are multiples, so what you want is not limited. E.G. everyone can pick a Great Ball.)

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As you may have guessed form the pictures, we're going retro! Only the first two-hundred-fifty-one!

So, even though these Pokemon are associated with first/second generation Pokemon, they will not appear:

Magnezone, Lickilicky, Happiny, Tangrowth, Mime Jr., Electivire, Magmortar, Leafeon, Glaceon, Porygon-Z, Munchlax, Togekiss, Azurill, Bonsly, Ambipom, Yanmega, Honchkrow, Mismagius, Wynaut, Gliscor, Weavile, Mamoswine, Mantyke.

About

This was created to be a neat RP that I can actually join myself, and it's pretty Crystal Version with new mechanics and twists to make it original and interesting. I tried my best to make it user-friendly and easy to understand. XD;

General Rules

• I am GM, what I say goes. If you have any complaints, questions, or comments, please VM/PM me. In the occasions when my character has to judged or something that needs a GM, I will appoint someone as my stand-in GM for me specifically, so it's fair to everyone. Anyone that's interested in being my personal GM, please contact me.

• There will be no bunnying, which means taking full control of someone else's character without their permission. If you feel that your character has been bunnied, PM me with the post url. I will check it over and see if this is a true-blue offence. If it is, that bunnying user will have 1 pt against them towards being kicked.

• There will be no godmodding, which means acting like you're the game master and creating important details in your post without my permission. If you want to add something that would completely change the course of your story, please PM about it first for good measure. Since I want you to be creative, I'm usually gonna be very laid-back with this and unless it does something that changes what I have in mind for this RP. Also, your character is not perfect. They can be the very best if the work towards it, not because you just say that your level 2 Bagon beats the champion's level 100 Charizard. Besides, I've enacted a lot of stuff to prevent this, so you're actually gonna have to try to godmod.

• All usual RP Corner rules apply, of course.

• No magically appearing anything. I will also be taking tally of your Pokemon, their moves, stats, your bag items, etc. If you have no Pokeballs, you cannot snatch that Abra by pulling out your surprise great ball your grandpa gave you when you were five and kept in your pocket that you've never mentioned until this point. Oh, by the way, the password to the sign-up sheet is "glasses." If you are dead broke and you do find a Pokémon you'd like, well.... you could write something creative to get it. Like shoving it in your backpack after you beat it unconscious.

• Inactivity is bad for this RP. If you think you will be gone for more then a week, please PM me your situation and I'll give you a break. If you think your absence will be longer then two weeks, well, sorry, but you'll be kicked from the RP. You'll also be kicked from the RP if you are too far behind.

• Be creative, be creative, be creative, be creative, be creative, be creative, be creative....

• If you are caught breaking the rules, you will get what I like to call a "point against you." Bunnying, Godmodding, etc. will get you 1 pt against you. Three points and you're kicked from the game.

Sign Up


Name: (No, "I don't have a name because I'm all mysterious" will not suffice.)

Gender: (Male, Female, Neither, or Both?)

Age: (You just finished High School, so think older teens-early twenties)

Appearance: (Prim and Proper? No-Nonsense? Big Feet? What?)

History: (Unless you appeared out of nowhere [which will not suffice, btw], you had to start somewhere.)

Personality: (Would you be the kind of person who would take the midnight train going anywhere?)

Aspiration: (Breeder, Coordinator, Gym Battler, Professor, Other, Combination, or Something Else? Get Creative!)

Choice: (Which starter?)

Password: (Did you read the entire first post? If so, this should be easy to fill.)

RP Sample: (Show me how good you are. If this is your first RP, I will give you something to write about.)

I will not be taking reservations. First come, first serve.

Please input your SU into the OOC thread located in the Roleplay Lounge.

Tyler walked out of Elm's lab with his new pokemon. He called it out.
"Pichu!" it said happily. He smiled. It was so cute! It would be perfect for contests! He remembered what Elm had told him. It was level five. Well, that was pretty stronger for a Pichu.
"Well, aren't you just a cute little guy!" he said picking it up. It's ears flopped back and it glared at him.
"Pichu!" it said angrily and zapped him for all he was worth. He dropped it.
"Yeowch! Why'd you do that?" Tyler asked. It glared at him and then turned it's head.
"Wait a minute... Are you saying you're a girl?" Tyler asked sounding dubious. Pichu walked back over to him and used Static Zap again, and touched his ankle, flattening him. He got up and dusted himself off. Great, now his suit was dirty. She glared at him like it was obvious she was a girl. It may be to others, but not to him.
"Fine, you're a girl Pichu. Let's just go already. Return," Tyler said. He sent her back into her pokeball and walked out of town.

Tyler grimaced at the state of affairs. This place was a wreck! All muddy and swampy. His shoes felt dirty already. He sighed and shook his head. You'd think the people living around here would clean this place up a bit. With a sigh and a heavy heart, he set off into the muck. This was so wrong. But... He wasn't going home a loser. He had set off on this journey to prove something to his parents. He wanted more, and he had to prove he could take it for himself, by himself. All he needed were his pokemon. And speaking of pokemon, he needed some more. pichu didn't seem to like him all that much because of the little mix up in front of the lab. He looked around and didn't see anything.
"I wonder where all the pokemon are?" Tyler said aloud. A shadow flew over his head. He looked up and saw a pidgey. Not a rare or exotic pokemon, but if trained, they would be powerful! Many pokemon champions from Kanto used them. They all couldn't be wrong, could they? And he would groom his Pidgey to be the best looking and strongest one ever! But first he had to catch it. He chased after it, now oblivious to the mud he was getting all over his expensive clothing. It landed and began looking at him.
"You're mine! Pichu! Let's go!" Tyler said. He sent out the little girl and she glared angrily at him. Oh, for goodness sakes!
"Come on Pichu! I'm sorry about earlier. But we're in a battle, and I need you!" Tyler said. She continued to glare at him as though she thought he was lying. He looked at the ground contritely. Finally, she turned to face the bird, that had flown away. Tyler glanced up and saw it standing further away from him.
"Pichu!" Pichu yelled at it.
"Hey! Get back here you over grown bird!" Tyler said as he ran after it. Pichu chased it down as well.
"Static Zap!" Tyler yelled, feeling a slight rush. This was his first battle! How could he not be excited?

(OOC: I'll post the rest of the battle when Kiyoshi answers the questions I asked him.)

((OOC: Read and behold! My attempt at a bad comedy. xD))

IC:
Chapter 1: You are cute... even when you are angry...

Outside of Professor Elm's lab and near the entrance/exit of New Bark Town, two figures could be seen, one small and one large.

"Cle... Cleffa?" A small voice muttered as she looked upwards at the small but towering shadow before her. With puzzled eyes, the small Cleffa watched it's male trainer as he began to circle around Cleffa awkwardly.

"... ... A Cleffa huh..." The teenager named Cy, said to himself as he inspected his newly acquired Pokemon, who is also categorized as a baby Pokemon. Cy circled his Cleffa like a vulture while inspecting her. Every aspect of Cleffa looked exactly like one of the dolls he had seen in a store once except that she was alive and was much more cuter than her man-made counterparts. Finishing his inspection, Cy crouched down to lower himself to his small Pokemon's level and stared at her some more. Cleffa started to feel disturbed by her new master's actions and began taking a few steps back. Cy noticed it and reached his hands out.

"... Don't be scared..." Cy took a soft but odd tone which frightened Cleffa even more. Unable to contain her discontent, Cleffa sprinted off in the direction of Route 29. Cy wondered why she ran away from him, and began chasing after his fleeing Pokemon. 'W-Wait!" He shouted after his Cleffa.

Cleffa was too frightened to want to look back and ran towards the nearest blades of grass that were surprisingly as tall as she was if not taller, that were off of the paved road. Parting some of the blades, Cleffa found herself intruding on a family of Pidgey, who weren't very happy with the intruder. Their small screeches made her cower backwards and the small flock of bird Pokemon, began their ascent into the sky as they hovered over the intruder. Cleffa was frozen with fear, as she barely hatched from her egg not so long ago and wasn't accustomed to the new world. The group of Pidgey began a diving strike upon Cleffa who was still grounded with fear and was a perfect immobile target for them. As they came closer, a large figure jumped in front of Cleffa, breaking the Pidgeys' assault as they regrouped once more. The collapsed figure slowly picked himself back up, and the familiar face reassured Cleffa.

"...Heh... I came in time." Cy spoke and weakly smiled at Cleffa. Cleffa clearly saw the small scrapes and claw scratches upon his arms that were apparent from the previous assault. Seeing her master in a new light, Cleffa decided to fight.

"Cleffa!" She shouted to affirm her new found confidence as she stepped in front of her trainer. Cy saw that his little Pokemon looked even cuter than before with her focused and unhappy look and decided to bring the fight to the Pidgeys. Cy couldn't remember what moves Cleffa had as he was distracted by Professor Elm's talk of research but he remembered that Cleffa knows a... luck of the draw, move.

"Okay, ready for your first battle?" Cy asked Cleffa, who answered with a shout and nod. The Pidgeys' began their second wave and dived at the two. "Use Metronome!" Cy shouted and allowed luck to play it's hand. Cleffa, upon hearing the command, began wagging her tiny little index fingers on both hands, back and forth like a metronome, as the attack suggests. In a few mere seconds, Cleffa suddenly stopped and her eyes grew crimson red as if it was filled with dark intentions as a black aura began to emanate from her body. Closing her eyes to focus it's power, Cleffa opened it once more, releasing the aura into a dark wave blast from her body as it traveled across the air. The dark wave collided with each Pidgey, without a hint of slowing down, and knocked them out of their path. They began plummeting downwards towards the ground one after another. Cy was shocked at the attack, because he had never seen anything like it before. It probably doesn't even exist, or so Cy assumed, but he found the skill to be just perfect for the situation they were in, and decided to name it Heartbeat. The collapsed Pidgeys began to get up again, ready to continue once more, but when they saw the tiny Cleffa's red eyes begin to flare up once more, ready to attack, they cowered and began fleeing. Cy stood awestrucked as his tiny little baby Pokemon drove off a small flock of Pidgey, however, he felt she would gain no experience should she only cause them to flee. Cleffa's attack ceased as her eyes became white once more and the dark aura emanating from her body dissipated. She turned around and looked at Cy with big and grateful eyes.

"I guess we have more work to do..." Cy compromised as the star-shaped Pokemon's eyes suddenly caused his obsessive nature to surface once more. Knowing that look in her master's face, Cleffa started to run away once more, still unable to feel comfortable of his stare. Cy took off after the pink Pokemon, as she began running towards the direction of Cherrygrove City.

"Waaaait, Clefffaaaaa..." Cy's voice echoed as he disappeared into the distance.

((OOC: Hahahahaha.... Now that was fun. xD ))

(OOC: Yay! Someone else posted! ^.^)

Tyler grinned as Pichu charged toward the bird, her little paw beginning to spark furiously. A small flock of Pidgey's took off nearby, but Tyler couldn't be bothered to care. Why should he worry about what the rest of them were doing when this one right here was in his sights? Pichu leapt in the air and flew at Pidgey, who simply stepped out of the way. Pichu fell flat on her face and the sparking in her paw stopped. She got up and looked around, rather emberrassed.

"Pichu..." she said sadly.
"Don't worry! You'll get 'em next time!" Tyler said emphatically. Wait, didn't Pichu know another move? One that might help in this situation.
"Pichu, use Growl!" Tyler instructed. Pichu let out the cutest noise he had ever heard, and the pidgey cocked it's head at her.
"Pichu!" she said with glee. She was happy! That is, until the Pidgey rammed into her with a full body tackle. Tyler frowned as Pichu went rolling back towards him. He wasn't quite as good at this as he thought... None the less, he wasn't about to lose here!

"Pichu! You ok? Good! Use Static Zap again!" Tyler said happily. Pichu charged at the Pidgey, who tried to move out of the way, but didn't react in time, and got zapped by the small paw that touched it's wing. Pidgey shierked abgrily and took off, flying low to the ground as it Tackled Pichu yet again. Pichu slowly got up after the force of that blow and staggered around. It flapped it's wings hard and Pichu hung on for dear life to the grass as the winds whipped up around her.

"Pichu? Use Static Zap one more time!" Tyler shouted. Pichu simply looked up at the Pidgey in fright, who flew at her in another Tackle.
"Pichu move!" Tyler shouted urgently. Hearing his plea snapped Pichu out of it. She leapt out of the way as Pidgey flew past and finally followed her last order. She chased after it with a sparking paw and hit it on the rear, sending another zap into the bird.Tyler ran towards them as Pichu jumped back.
"Static Zap one more time!" Tyler yelled. Pichu charged toward the Pidgey and touched it again with her sparking paw, causing it's feathers to become oddly ruffled and it grimaced painfully before falling to the ground unmoving. Tyler chucked a pokeball at it and watched with a smile as the ball shook slightly, and then dinged.

"Alright! Pidgey is all mine!" Tyler said picking the ball up with a smile. He grinned at Pichu. She looked at him oddly.
"Great job Pichu! You were amazing! Now, take a rest for a while. as soon as I hit Cherrygrove City, I'll look up were the closest gym or contest hall is. But for the moment, Return!" Tyler said, calling back the little Pichu. He clipped the two pokeballs to his belt. The first thing he would do would be to send his suit off to the cleaners and put on his jeans. Then he would find a pokemon center to heal his two pokemon. Then he would do what he promised Pichu. He watched with interest as a small pink pokemon ran past. A guy ran past him shouting at it.

"Idiot! That won't work! If your pokemon doesn't like you, shouting at it won't help. Just return it to it's pokeball for a while!" Tyler shouted after him. God, what a moron. He was glad he wouldn't have to deal with people like him on a long tem basis. But, they seemed to be headed the same direction he was, so he followed them in the direction of Cherrygrove City at a slow walk.

Chapter 1: Part 2- That baby face...

Cy was still chasing after Cleffa until the small pink Pokemon became tired from the running. Cy had passed by one of the trainers he saw at the lab, but paid no attention to the person because he was trying to catch up to his small but rather fast Pokemon. Cleffa stopped nearby a large and awkward growing tree and decided to take a rest with Cy joining her shortly after. He wasn't accustomed to running in general, so the small sprint worked his lungs more than usual. Cy felt the base of the tree and the mound of dirt to see if it was moist like the rest of the area, however, it wasn't. He brought himself down and sat next to his Cleffa as the both slowly recovered from their gasping of air. Cleffa's face was brimming with joy despite her gasps, and Cy felt relaxed at the sight of his happy Pokemon and the feeling of nurturing a baby was just beginning. Cy looked down at Cleffa's Pokeball on his belt and then back at Cleffa. Maybe Professor Elm was right, and that letting his Pokemon outside and walking with them would build a much stronger bond. Taking note of the thought, Cy decided he would only call back Cleffa in times of emergencies to allow her to see the world as much as she can.

As Cy chuckled at Cleffa, Cleffa turned to look at her master. She wondered what he was chuckling about but put it off. Cy finally managed to calm himself down without trying to cuddle his Cleffa with his weird antics, and basked in the heart warming moment. A sudden pecking noise, however, interrupted his rather short moment of peace, and Cy turned his head upwards to face where the sound was coming from. The tree's branches were large and grew tall. Within the inner branches, Cy spotted something brown resting on a large branch high above them. Pushing himself off the ground with his right arm and standing up, Cy looked with squinted eyes.

"Hoo..." A single cry came from the object, and it stepped into Cy's view to reveal... a Hoothoot. The Hoothoot wasn't as aggressive with it's actions compared to the flock of Pidgeys Cy had encountered earlier, however, Cy didn't want to take those chances. Turning back to his Cleffa, who was now also looking up into the tree following after Cy, he thought maybe it would be a good idea to get her some real training. He wasn't sure if Cleffa's Metronome attack would grant them the luck they had last time, but he was willing to risk it.

"Cleffa, shall we go one more time?" Cy asked his pink Pokemon. Cleffa looked back at Cy and nodded. She was rather curious about the owl Pokemon before her and wanted to gain more courage in battle. With Cleffa's approval, Cy looked around for an object, in hopes of slightly provoking the Hoothoot out of it's nesting quarters. Plenty of twigs and small branches were about and Cy bent down to pick the closest to him. Disliking the method of encounter, Cy lobbed the branch up towards the Hoothoot, and as it knocked the wooden trunk nearby, it sent the Hoothoot into a frightened frenzy. The unhappy Hoothoot glided down with much anger in it's eyes.

"Ahh... Now I really made it mad." Cy weakly said. "Let's go, Cleffa!" Queue battle music

Cleffa stepped in front of her foe with traces of fear but her brimming confidence negated the negative emotion. Before Cy could utter a command, Hoothoot charged at Cleffa with a full bodied Tackle attack.

"Quick, use Defense Curl, Cleffa!" Cy tried to react quickly to counter the attack. Cleffa curled herself into a cute but compact and sturdy ball just before Hoothoot had landed it's attack reducing much damage that would had been inflicted without the defensive curl. As Hoothoot fluttered back around to attack once more, Cy continued with his commands.

"Let's try Metronome again!" Cy called out and Cleffa complied as it shook it's fingers as it once did. Hoothoot, seeing Cleffa's finger wagging, stopped itself and began to observe. As Cleffa slowed her wagging, her eyes turned red once more with the black aura around her body, just like last time, and she began her Heartbeat attack. Hoothoot had never seen the attack before, and as Cleffa closed her eyes and opened it just after, a quick aura wave dashed towards Hoothoot, knocking it out of the air and down to the ground. The collision with the ground dealt considerable damage to Hoothoot from it's elevation, but Hoothoot slowly picked itself up as it tried to recover from the surprising attack. It suddenly stood on one leg, tilting it's head 45 degrees, as it tried to access more brain bower for a better plan. Cy decided to attack Hoothoot as it took a vulnerable stance.

"Cleffa! Attack it, once more with Metronome!" Expecting to see a different attack, Cy saw the same occurrence of Heartbeat once more as Cleffa's red eyes and dark aura took over again. Cleffa blasted her power at the immobile Hoothoot, however, it turned upright and took to the skies to dodge the attack.

"No... Almost had it." Cy clutched his fist at the failed attempt and focused on Hoothoot once more. The flying owl circled the sky twice, and suddenly dove at Cleffa, who was unable to act quickly enough. The Hoothoot started pecking furiously at Cleffa's tiny head causing her to be frustrated and disoriented from the pain. Hoothoot took off once more before diving back at Cleffa.

"Cleffa, dodge it!" Cy cried out, but to no avail, his pink Pokemon was much too slow to keep up with Hoothoot's speed as it pecked and ran. Cleffa's strength was slowly sapping away and Cy tried to think up a scenario to end it. Cleffa was clutching her head in pain as she tried to withstand the Hoothoot's consecutive attacks. Cy could only hope with another Heartbeat attack. Hoothoot began his circle of attack and Cy commanded her once more.

"Cleffa, use Heartbeat but hold it until Hoothoot gets close." Cy remember seeing her hold it in for a few moments before she unleashed it and that may be their only chance. Hoothoot shot down once more, eager to finish the battle and walked right into their trap.

"Now Cleffa! Jump and use Heartbeat!" Cleffa barely dodged Hoothoot as she let loose her aura attack. With Hoothoot's velocity and the extra velocity from the Heartbeat attack slamming it to the ground, the Hoothoot couldn't stand anymore with it's depleted strength and collapsed to the ground. As Cleffa returned from her jump, she began to collapse to the ground as well, but Cy sprinted over and carried her into his arms, preventing her weakened body from colliding with the hard, rocky surface. Cleffa's eyes were droopy from fatigue and her strength was barely gone. She saw a heartwarming smile from her master before she closed her eyes, and fell into a peaceful slumber.

"... That was tough... I'm sorry I put you through all that... but you did good out there... Eri." Cy softly whispered the new nickname he decided for his Cleffa while trying not to disturb her as he watched over her sleeping baby face like a parent would do. "... So this is how it feels... to take care of a Pokemon..." Cy slowly shrugged his shoulders around to situate his backpack that had managed to slip off one side but not completely. Cy felt bad for causing the Hoothoot such trouble and to just leave it there, but Eri was of a higher priority and he began making his way towards the nearest Pokemon Center in Cherrygrove City with her in his arms.

Tyler walked through the route with great disdain. He stopped when he saw a fainted Hoothoot. He considered throwing a pokeball and catching it. After all, when it evolved, it was very powerful. He decided against it. Someone had left it here like this for a reason. He shook his head. Even if he wanted the bird, he wasn't about to live off of someone elses scraps. He continued on toward Cherrygrove. What a day he'd been having! He had recieved his first pokemon! Granted, she was a fickle little thing that would rather zap him than listen, but still! And then with her help, he had caught his first pokemon! He was very proud of himself. Ane he would just keep doing. This was the start of something new! This was perfect! He stopped when he reached Cherrygrove City. Now, this was a place! But, before he entered, there was something he needed to take care of. He pulled out his pokegear and punched in Darrel's number. Darrel was his drycleaner back in Kanto. Tyler had chosen him because he also had many locations in Johto as well. The phone rang and Tyler found himself growing impatient. Finally, he picked up.

"Hello, Darrel?" Tyler said.
"No, this is Tammica, how may I help you?" Tammy said. Her musical voice made Tyler's heart leap. He was a little happy she had answered. He had been best friends with her and her father before he left. He fiddled with Pichu's ball and sent her out.
"Hey Tammy, this is Tyler. How are things going?" Tyler asked cordially. Pichu blinked sleepily and glared up at him for interupting her nap.
"Pichu!" Pichu said angrily.
"What was that?" Tammy asked. Tyler smiled. Perfect.
"That was my partner Pichu. She's just the cutest thing you've ever seen!" Tyler said excitedly. He didn't have to act like he was happy. He was very pleased with what was going on so far!
"Oh! You got a Pichu! That's awesome Ty! I'm so happy for you! How's your journey going?" Tammy said, just as excited. Tyler frowned. She still wouldn't drop that stupid nickname.
"Things are going great! I caught a Pidgey earlier! I've made it to Cherrygrove City! Now, can you put your father on the phone? This is about buisiness," Tyler said. He smirked at Pichu, who gave him a flat look.
"Pichu! Pi!" Pichu said. Tyler really needed to come up with a name for her. Calling her Pichu was just so... Second Class. She needed a name that matched her standing in life. But, he couldn't just give her a name like Sparky or Bolter like the other kids. She was a cut above the rest of their pokemon. She needed a name that would match his own standing, for she was on his level. Hmm... He'd have to think about it.
"Only if you catch me a pokemon while you're out there!" Tammy said. Tyler promised he would and she shouted for her father. A moment later, a man got on the phone.

"Tyler! How's it going kid?" Darrel asked. Such a greeting was only tolerated from Darrel and his daughter. Tyler had tried to get them to stop, but that had failed.
"I'm doing well. I caught a pokemon, all because of my new partner, Pichu! Anyways, would you send someone over to Cherrygrove? My suit got filthy, and it needs to be cleaned. I know it will cost more, but you have all the information to just take it out of my account. I want you to hold it for me once it's cleaned. I'll call you back when I need it for a contedt or something," Tyler said.
"Fine. I'll send someone right over. Meet him outside the pokemon center in Cherrygrove," Darrel said. Tyler smiled. That would be perfect. Now, he had to get to the pokemon center and change into something he didn't mind mucking about in. That wasn't to say he minded mucking about, but what could he do.
"Thanks Darrel. You're the best!" Tyler said as he hung up the phone. He looked down at Pichu, who looked away.
"Come on, Pichu! Chill out!" he said. She ignored him and he picked her up.
"What did I do this time?" Tyler asked as he pet her kindly. She still didn't respond, but he could tell she was relaxing a little in his arms. Now, he set out for the pokemon center.

A New Bark Beginning.

Adelle stood at the edge of New Bark Town, her hands on her hips and a bleak look on her face. She could see the long grass of Route 29 and the 'boundless wonders' they seemed to hold. It's not that they scared her or anything, no; Adelle wasn't scared at all. She looked at her feet, her eyes following the invisible line that separated New Bark Town from the so-called wilderness. The significance of her first step as a real trainer into a place infested with Pokémon. It was one of those times that people remembered for the rest of their lives. This memory should be written into brains, for it was a mem--

"Okay, this is getting a little gay," Adelle made a face and nonchalantly stepped forward and into Route 29. Who really cared for that kind of crap anyway. If Adelle wanted it to be a memory, she would take a picture of it. And of what, grass? Boring. Her eyes floated to her arms, which were carrying a small Pokémon - her first to be exact. A Togepi, shrilling a small, happy tune. It was like a bell chiming. Adelle couldn't help but smile. She would probably be doing this more often; according to the PokéGear Elm had given her, this Pokémon's joy was contagious. So, she gave the Togepi a name; Pythagoras. Or just Py. It made sense, the thing had triangles all over it.

It didn't take long for the innevitable; a Pidgey flew across her path, causing her to stop dead. Her first, wild Pokémon battle. Better get a move on then before the bird pecked their eyes out. She flicked out her PokéGear and fiddled with the controls until she came across Py's moveset. Present and Charm. Well, whatever.

"Pythagoras, use.. uh, charm!" Adelle thrust her finger out but kept her eyes on the screen. The Togepi jumped out of her arm and rolled forward, using it's magic on it. The Pidgey staggered a little, then swept itself forward, ramming Py backwards. He rolled for a little, then bounced back up; the Charm must have worked then since he looked practically unharmed.

"Present then, I guess," the Togepi conjured a little ball of energy in his stubby little hands and threw it at the Pidgey. Instead of a colossal explosion, which was almost what Adelaide expected, the Pidgey hummed happily. Adelle pulled her PokéGear back up and reread the description. ... Fifty fifty in damage or healing. Fantastic. The only attack that Togepi had and it could negate the damage. "Spam it, Py."

The two flurried a little, until finally Pythagoras got three damage dealing presents in a row and knocked the poor thing out. Adelle nodded. Excellent. Moving on. The two made it through the grass and into a clearing, near a building. Adelle frowned at it. Why was there a building in the middle of nowhere? Curious, she pulled the door open and entered. Oh. It was a pass to another route. Right.

Witthoefft was in desperate need of a pick-me-up. He was supposed to be laughing, running around in circles playing with countless Pokémon, and preparing techniques for his first contest! But so far, all that he had managed to do was get his Eevee bruised and a fainted Pidgey in his arms. Bwah.

And as if on cue, a person appeared from the woods and entered the clearing. They obviously didn't notice him because they strode right past him without a word and opened the door to the police terminal building. A little Togepi trailed after its trainer as fast as it little feet could take it, as cute as could be. Hey.... this individual seemed familiar. Oh, right! Togepi! They must be a trainer that just got their starter Pokémon today. Excellent! We have an icebreaker! This must be a sign.

Witthoefft moved the unconscious Pidgey into his right arm, snatched his Eevee companion strategically in the same limb, and walked confidently towards the person walking into the doorway. Upon closer inspection, they seemed to lack any "defining lady parts" on their chest, so it was probably easy to assume they were a male.

The teen poked the Togepi trainer on the shoulder to catch their attention. When they turned around, they were met with an overzealous, but notheless friendly smile.

"Hi sir," Witthoefft started, "I can see you're a new trainer! I'm Witthoefft, and I started today too with this Eevee here," he raised his arm to bring focus to the feline. "Named Vici. Nice to meet you!" He said as he grasped and shook the hand of the trainer without invitation.

(OOC: Wow, Pichu isn't the only one to have an attitude anymore. :D)

Tyler walked confidently into the minors wing of the hospital. He stepped around some other kid and walked right up to the counter, with Pichu trailing behind him.
"Hey, can I get my pokemon healed?" Tyler said as he placed Pidgey's pokeball on the counter, and then picked up Pichu and set her on the counter as well. The nurse nodded and took them away.
"Hey! Is there anywhere I can change? Look at me! I'm absolutely filthy!" he said as she walked away. Another nurse smiled and pointed him toward the bathroom. He frowned, but he needed to change, so he made do. When he emerged, he was looking spectacular in his comfortable clothes. While, he was quite as impressived as he was in the suit, his appearence still said (screamed may be more appropriate) that he was a cut above the rest, and his posture and attitude only enhanced that. He strood back to the counter and recovered his two pokemon. Without so much as a thnk you he walked out. Time to stand around and wait for Darrel's employee to get here. About ten minutes later, he finally pulled up.

"Finally! Waht took you so long? I've been waiting forever!" Tyler said. The man mumbled some kind of excuse, which Tyler ignored.
"Whatever, here! And if they are damaged, you're going to be sorry. Those clothes are worth more than you make in a year!"Tyler said. The man nodded and drove away with his suit.
"Pichu!" Pichu shouted after him.
That's right! You tell him girl!" Tyler said happily. She looked up at him and then looked away angrily. Oh right, she was still mad at him.
"Look, are you still mad about the mix up we had earlier? How the heck was I supposed to know you were a girl? It's not like I'd ever seen a Pichu!" Tyler said. She huffed angrily. Was this about her not having a name? Well, Tyler would get pretty tired if someone called him 'human' all the time. She was different! She was an individual! She needed a name that suited her! But, what to call her?

Adelle poked her head into the new route ahead, the man on duty at the pass hardly paying her much attention. As far as she could tell, this route led to nowhere. Fantastic. A dead end. What was the point of having this place if it was just a pass to a big patch of grass? Maybe the Pokémon there were rabid or they were hiding something. Whatever it was, she didn't care too much about it.

"Hi sir," there was a tap on her shoulder, "I can see you're a new trainer! I'm Witthoefft, and I started today too with this Eevee here named Vici. Nice to meet you!" The kid (well, he was probably about 18 or 19, but to Adelle he looked like a kid) took her hand and shook it. Adelle returned the hello with a raised eyebrow.

"Sir?" she pulled her arm back when the handshake had gone on long enough and picked up Pythagoras from her feet. She quickly inspected the boy. Glasses, funny looking nose, a shaggy mop of hair, unshaven (though the look seemed quite intentional). He was quite tall too, almost towering over Adelle. But his smile. It was a little too sickly sweet for Adelle's taste. "I don't know how many guys you've seen, but I'm sure as hell ain't one of them." She bit her lip a little. Oh. Now she remembered where she had seen him; this morning at Elm's lab (though Adelaide had left before she had seen him get whatever. Obviously the Eevee). Okay, so that tone may have been a little harsh, but whatever.

"Adelle. And this is Pythagoras," she scratched at her brow. "Nice to meet you, uh, Witt. And Vici. And... uh, is that a dead Pidgey in your hands?"

Withdrawing their hand from Witthoefft's grasp, the trainer looked cynically at the boy. "I don't know how many guys you've seen, but I'm sure as hell ain't one of them." They said. Oh. So the person was a female. Now that Witthoefft had a chance to really examine her face, it was easy to see the feminine tone of it regardless of her lack of "other" womanly elements. How embarrassing; not five seconds into meeting this girl and he had already screwed up his first impression. "Adelle. And this is Pythagoras," the girl spoke again, gesturing towards the Togepi she just picked back up. "Nice to meet you, uh, Witt. And Vici. And.... uh, is that a dead Pidgey in your hands?"

"Eevee!" Vici replied in the absence of Witthoefft's answer. The cat began to purr and smile, feeling great despite her injury or disheveled appearance. Witthoefft was lost in a bit of thought, pondering what the last words of the girl had meant.

"Dead Pid- Dead Pidgey? What to do you mean dead Pidge-" He whispered as he looked over to his arm that contained Vici. There, as broad as broad as daylight and nestled right next to Vici, was the knocked out Pidgey he had so carelessly forgotten about moments previously. "Oh!" he shouted in realization. "He's not dead, I-"

Witthoefft glanced at the guard on lookout and back to the girl. Biting his lip, he raised his index finger as if to signal "one moment please." Witthoefft dashed over to the guard, nearly bumping into Adelle, and stood in front of the counter. The Guard, noticing movement, unenthusiastically raised his eyes from his magazine to find a tall young man with an expression on his face like he'd just won the freaking million-dollar lottery.

"Yes, do you need my services?" The Guard droned with a sigh.

"Hi, yes, um, I'm Witthoefft, and I accidentally stumbled into this Pidgey here's territory just a couple of minutes ago and to make a long story short, it ran into a tree and is all bruised up. Can you take it and patch it up in preparation to release it back into the wild?" The boy said quickly and awkwardly. The Guard has his annoyed glaze about his eyes that yelled "I don't give two sh-"
"Why don't you just catch it?" The Guard wondered aloud with a particularly mean tone like this solution was obvious. Witthoefft blushed (more then what was already there) and looked at the man in befuddlement.

"Well I don't see it fair if I intrude on a Pokémon, beat it up, and then steal it from his life. That's just wrong. I want Pokémon to come with me because they want to not because I-"

"Freaking- freaking whatever, kid." The guard interrupted him, distain in his voice. "I'll beam it over to Cherrygrove Hopsital so they can get it all nice and whatever. Happy?"

Witthoefft didn't like this man one bit. Who does he think he is? But, Pidgey needed the medical attention. Witthoefft picked Pidgey out of his arm with his free hand and placed it on the table in front of the guard. "Thanks. Oh, and, stop being such a douchebag while you're at it."

The Guard staggered a bit with his head at the seemingly out-of-character statement as Witthoefft walked back towards Adelle.

"Sorry Sweetie for the interruption," He said nicely. "Shall we head in?"

Adelle sighed as the boy excused himself briefly to talk to the guard. Okay, so it wasn't dead. Was it his? Why wasn't it in a PokéBall if it was? It would have been easier to carry. Bah, seriously, who cared? Though Adelle's ears perked up as her questions were somewhat answered.

"Why don't you just catch it?" Good question, Mr. Guard. Though this kid was probably from Greenpeace and would spout something about stealing it from the wild or something? Adelle gave a smile as Witt-blah-blah pretty much took the words out of her mouth. Sure, it wasn't the norm but it didn't bother Adelle as much as it bothered this guy. Each to their own, yeah? A small quarrel and an insult later, the kid rejoined Adelle.

"Sorry sweetie," Adelle made a face at the name. First sir, now sweetie? She wasn't twelve. In fact, she was probably older than this kid, "for the interruption. Shall we head in?"

"Head in there?" Adelle bobbed her head to the dead-end grassy area she had looked at a few minutes before. "It's a patch of crap, a dead end. There's probably a few Pokémon in there, but nothing too special. I seriously just want to head to Cherrygrove or something. But you can do whatever you want, I don't care." Adelle shrugged at him. If he was heading towards gate to nowhere, she wouldn't follow.

Adelle casually refused to continue. Witthoefft looked at her with some disappointment; being let down by his new acquaintance. But, he wasn't about to let his supposed pick-me-up get him in the dumps, too!

"Come on," He encouraged. "Where's your sense of adventure, missy? We could find some wild Pokémon to befriend; we might find a trainer to have a mini-contest with...." Witthoefft looked at Adelle's crossed arms that held her Togepi. "We can let our Pokémon play together, too!"

The boy smiled with enthusiasm. Seeing Vici play would cheer him right up! Witthoefft looked down towards the aforementioned Eevee. The grin disappeared off his face as he truly saw the shape Vici was in- although she acted like her cherry and energetic self; her fur still looked like it was drenched in transparent paint, dirt scattered her entire coat, and the side where the Pidgey pecked her was still kind of maroon-colored. She looked like she was deranged and feral. But, hopefully that wouldn't be a deal breaker?

Tyler wandered around until he reached the edge of the route leading out of town. Unfortunately it was blocked by construction. He sighed and turned back. Now what was he supposed to do? He walked down to the coast. It wasn't a beach. There were a lot of really sharp rocks, and it would be impossible to go anywhere from here without risking permanent injury. In short, the only way he could go was back. And that wasn't going to happen. He'd have to wait for tonight. Then he could sneak through the construction site when all the lower-class workers went home. He sat down on a large rock and stared out at the sea. What the heck was supposed to be fun about this?
"Pichu!" Pichu said interupting his thoughts. He looked at her, and saw that she still had a displeased looke on her face.

"Oh, so now you want to talk? And I was just starting to enjoy the silent treatment," Tyler said quietly. He reached over and pulled her into a hug, and got zapped.
"Yeow! Cut that out! What the heck is wrong with you? Why do you keep zapping me?" Tyler said as he set her down.
"Pichu! Pichupi!" she replied. He scratched his head. What the heck was she saying?
"I don't unsderstand what what you're saying!" Tyler said. She flattened her ears and narrowed her eyes at him. She used Static Zap on him again. He fell over and twitched a bit.
"Stop zapping me! That hurts! You're acting like you're some kind of spoiled princess that isn't getting her way!" Tyler said. That gave him an idea for a name.
"Hey, I finally came up with a name for you. How about I call you Isadora? She was a princess a very long time ago," Tyler said with a smile. Isadora gave him a look that he understood perfectly. It shouted out 'finally!' Was that what she had been going on about? Her name? Wow, what a load of bull. Isa... Well, she lived up to her namesake, that's for sure. Tyler now needed to name Pidgey. That one was obvious as he remembered the powerful Gust he had used on Isa. He pulled the bird's pokeball off his belt.
"And I'll call you Cyclonis (Transformers FTW!)" Tyler said. Isa walked over to him and he picked her up. She wasn't angry anymore, but she didn't exactly look pleased either. She'd get over it. Now, he still needed something to do...

Adelle cringed then forced a painful smile. Missy? Who was this kid, Adelle's uncle or something? No post-teen talks like this unless their pet's name was Missy or they were making a joke about it. What would be next? Love, deary, princess? Gross.

"Just stop with the names, okay? It's Adelle. Or Adelaide," she cocked her head to the side and blinked slowly. "And you can do whatever, I don't care, really. I'm going this way." Adelle brushed passed the boy and headed out the door she originally came through, back to a way that made sense. As she walked back out into the clearing, she looked towards Cherrygrove; she couldn't see anything through the trees, but Cherrygrove definitely had to be this way. So said a quick glance at a map she had seen back in New Bark Town. There was a small shrill noise and Adelle looked down, only to see a small frown, almost crying back at her.

"What, you wanted to play with them?" The Togepi nodded slowly. "Oh, come on Py. I'll catch another Pokémon or something." Pythagoras shook his head and thrust a hand back towards the police terminal. Adelle frowned back at him. What could you do with a child like this? Adelle definitely wasn't the kind of trainer that would fold to a Pokémon's request. Then again, Py was absolutely adorable and saying no would be a hard thing to do.