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Sorry for the Delay, Sinus Infections complied with a Cold and an Ice Storm (Sometimes I really do hate Iowa) can delay these things. Or prolong them further (We may lose power with the ice storm. Rather, we WILL lose power, it's just a matter of WHEN)
-IC-
If you're going to fall asleep on a boat, remember to wake up when it docks, such is the proper etiquette for a traveler of any sort and if that traveler is a trainer, one might do themselves good to remember that getting off the docking ship is the means of starting a new adventure on time when the rest of one's group (That one might not even know exists yet) is starting. One must follow all verbal and visual cues, exit the ship as quickly as possible, not forgetting to leave ones luggage behind lest it be confiscated on grounds that it might harbor suspicious items, and after making ones way thru the brief, if existent, customs facility, and then, after making sure everything is in order, one must make their way to the Pokemon Lab Facility to claim a PokeDex to start their newest journey.
Unforuntately, Arianna hadn't read this chapter of the book. Being a fire-lover by nature, she hadn't exactly been thrilled at the prospect of a boat, a
big freaking boat mind you, on the water, rocking and rolling and barely anything to keep her on except those metal bars which, if sawed through by a syndicate organization, wouldn't hold her if the boat rolled on a side or whatnot. The engines moved too slow for her taste (Couldn't they just fly over the water? What was the bloody purpose of sailing on a bloody ship over some deep water filled with who knows what when you could fly over the mass in a much safer manner in half the time for just a bit more money? Why, according to her trainer's manual, the purpose was simple. All the best trainers sail to their new destinies. It is the sign of a new beginning.
"New beginning my arse…" she couldn't help but think, slamming the book closed before shoving it in her black satchel-bag.
"I'm never getting on a ship again as long as I live… so… help… me…" Sighing, she rolled over on the little reclining chair she'd confiscated on the deck and snuggled into it, ignoring everything and everyone as she tried to settle her once again queasy stomach.
"…Miss… Miss?" A young looking Sailor, with nothing but the uniform to even make him appear to be a Sailor in the first place, was shaking her arm almost brutally, the worried expression on his face rather obvious, "Miss! …Miss, wake up please miss!" When the physical shakings only lead to a death glare and a wave of the arm, he took more drastic measures. With the ship pulling away from the dock, she had seconds to hurry and get off or she wouldn't get off at all. Taking an ice cube from the tray being offered to travelers who were not docking here, he firmly applied it to the skin visible on her ankle. The coldness caused the girl's eyes to snap open and, sitting up, she sent him a glare the poor man would probably never forget. Puling into a deep bow, he managed to keep himself together, "Miss! Miss you must get off the boat NOW. You'll have to jump but you can make it, you grew up in a mountainous place, yes? I mean, your body is well toned and…augh, I shouldn't be saying any of this should I? Well the problem still remains, you must get off this ship if you want to stay in this region of Roanoke!" Yes he'd been looking at her while she'd been sleeping, he'd been trying to get her up you know, and it wasn't hard to notice that past the black capri pants that stopped just past her knee, the metal toed black lace-up hiking boots, the black tank top with a symbol fire symbol across the front, was a very well toned but still strangely pale-skinned girl who was obviously from the mountains with just how firm her leg muscles were. He wasn't staring, he wasn't a pervert. He was just trying… to do his job!
She however, had payed no more attention beyond the point at which he'd said she had a limited amount of time to get off the ship. Throwing her hair back into a ponytail, she gathered her things quickly, attached her P*DA to her belt and, after making sure the poke ball decorated with a tiny little flame sticker, was firmly attached as well, she wiffed a farewell to this stupid boat and jumped over the edge of the rail, waiting til just the right moment when, praying she wouldn't hit the water, she jumped. She slammed her face into a tree but other than the red mark and possible black eye, she didn't see any more real problems arising. Rubbing the mark, she went up on tip-toe and waved a final goodbye to that blasted ship before she turned towards the town. Now. To find the stupid lab.
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"UGH. How many stupid signs can one town have? That one says this the lab is this way, this one says it's the other way and if I go the one this one says, I get to that one! It's like a children's book where the characters are just going in circles!" Rubbing her forehead, she pulled out her town map, "I'm just going to follow
you dear old friend. You've never let me down before…" And sure enough, she managed to find her way, though, when she ran into that large Laboratory sign, she had half the mind to burn it down with her Cyndaquil's flame, to the stupid lab, "Now to get my pokedex" she mumbled, "and never deal with idiots like that ever ever again… Nope, I can stay on good solid-"
"Oh snap, I completely forgot about that!"
Her head turned, tilting slightly at the scene that was going on not too far from the lab's entrance. From the looks of things, some girl who shouldn't really be in the middle of such a matter was being unfairly stressed-upon. And from the looks of her pokemon, who was happily munching on some sort of apple, and the pokemon of one of the people talking to her, who seemed as though he'd been the munch lax's first choice of a meal, she had reasons to be stressed. Sighing, Aria wandered over, cursing her heart for being so kind. The girl seem frazzled… and for some odd reason she was cursing her heart over right now, Aria really wanted to help. Turns out tho, the girl knew how to cover her tracks and redirect things so they didn't focus on her one hundred percent of the time. Stopping just behind her, she cleared her throat, "Sorry… to interrupt but is that the pokemon lab where you can get your PokeDex or am I in the wrong area?" She knew her strange red eyes would be flashing right now, sunlight always did that to them, she just hoped they could see pass it or this... might not go so well, "Just...need my Dex."
