Somewhere along Turia's vast coasts, a group of newly-hatched Squirtle crawled across the sand to embark upon their maiden voyage across the surrounding seas, all completely unaware of the mighty Exeggutor lurking amongst the palm trees which loomed overhead. Six lazy-lidded eyes leered upon the little Pokemon as the three-headed tree stood perfectly still, ensuring that they remained blissfully oblivious to his presence. As the Squirtle siblings neared the water's edge, he lifted a heavy leg, then stomped upon the ground, loudly declaring his presence. Kicking sand, he emitted a low, harmonic cry. All of a sudden, a Pelipper swooped down upon the hatchlings.
The lower portion of his beak briefly dipped into the water, revealing to the four baby Pokemon the mass of red and white balls within its pouch for but a split second before they too became trapped along with them. Pelipper's jaws tightened as the smaller Pokemon struggled, his flight becoming somehwat unsteady as he neared a nearby sand bank. Upon making a safe landing, he shook his head violently until the muffled cries for help from within his bill were silenced and the weight significantly lessened following a series of popping sounds and mechanical notes. His beak parted once more, allowing the large water bird Pokemon to catch his breath prior to taking off yet again.
The bird flew onto, then past the shore and into a patch of nearby forest, skillfully avoiding obstacles such as trees and the Pokemon who lived in them. At last, he landed, bowing his crested head forward as if to greet the ones he had come to meet. Before him stood his Exeggutor comrade accompanied by a dwarfed Alakazam, whose ears were being gently scratched by a petite, swarthy youngish woman who not only looked far too well groomed to be staying on this island, but also happened to be dressed in a laughably impractical outfit consisting mostly of a short polka-dot dress and bright red platform heels.
This woman was Candy Attridge-Huang, their once honest trainer who had been corrupted by poverty and as a result had stooped so low as to snatch wild Pokemon from their natural habitats on request by the Silph megacorporation. Needless to say, she wasn't very bright, though bright enough for the job as she was able to operate the simple, yet advanced devices supplied to her by her employer.
Looking down at her Pelipper, Candy gave a warm smile. "Good boy, Pepper! You're getting treats tonight!" She exclaimed, hiking her dress up slightly so her bare knees rather than the unfortunately lightly-colored garment touched the forest floor as she knelt before her Pokemon.
"Now, spit out the little Pokeballs so mommy can pick out the ones she can send back to Silph."
Without question, the Pelipper obeyed, emptying his bill of its contents which spilled out along with copious amounts of water upon the grassy, dirt-lined ground.
Pleased with her Pokemon yet disgusted by the mud which spattered uncomfortably close to her dress, Candy reached into one of the many pockets of her handbag, later retrieving a small, cylindrical item upon which was a button. Pointing the device at the cluster of Pokeballs before her, she pressed said button, causing the item to emit a buzzing sound as one by one, the balls began to pop open like cooked Shellder. This continued until seconds later, only four remained shut. Candy quickly gathered the sealed Pokeballs, placing them into her handbag. She then pressed the button on the little cylinder still clutched between her fingers, causing the empty balls to snap shut before she stuffed each of them back into Pepper's bill. Brushing a stray strand of hair from her face, she looked up at the bird and gave a slight giggle. "You're definitely getting treats." She then glanced behind her at her Exeggutor. "You too, Janus..." She tilted her head slightly, gesturing towards her Alakazam. "And Clare. You're all such good Pokemon..."
Candy hadn't at all picked up on the irony of her last comment, as what she was doing wasn't quite 'good'. In fact, it could be construed by many as downright cruel, considering the fate the Pokemon had to face upon being delivered to Silph Co.
Candy rose to her feet, brushing the dirt from her knees before barking yet another command at Pepper. "Pepper, lead us back to the big building where we sleep, okay?"
Again, the bird did exactly as he was told, proudly striding further inland followed closely by his trainer and her other Pokemon. Janus' three faces kept on the lookout for any hostile individuals whilst Clare gingerly locked her weak, frail arms around one of Candy's, levitating as to allow herself to be dragged along with her. Though it would have been far easier for Candy to have merely placed her most recent catch into her Pelipper's bill to have him fly it to Silph Co., she had found out the hard way that it was by far safer to follow and defend him as he led the way for the his course for Turia's Silph base had many a time been disrupted. In one case, the Pelipper was shot down by a poisoned dart crafted by a young researcher, which baffled Candy somewhat as there wasn't much about Pepper other than the route he had taken that would suggest a connection to her or her occupation.
((OOC: Fail short post. Shoot me. Dx))