... Agent (PG-14)

Sara grinned wider as she once again heard about the mission that she was about to go upon. She also chuckled as she heard about her agent name. Agent White, huh? Maybe that was probably another reason for handing out the many multicoloured Pokedexes.

Indeed...she couldn't help but think that the colours really seem to match up with one or the other. Red and Blue have always been put together. Red usually being rash and quick tempered, while blue is calm and thinks more. Gold and Purple are traditionally the colours of royalty so they seemed to fit eachother. Then there was her as White and another was called Black and...well...that one probably didn't need an explaination.

Sara flipped open her Pokedexes and aimmed it at Tavi who seemed to be asleep at her feet. After making sure that he was at the center of the picture, the trainer pressed a button and there was a very faint 'click'. She straightened her back and watched as a picture of a Zangoose appeared on the screen along with a mechanical voice.

Zangoose, the Cat Ferret Pokemon. Zangoose usually stays on all fours, but when angered, it gets up on its hind legs and extend its claws. This Pokemon shares a bitter rivarly with Seviper that dates back generations.

"Wow, this is amazing!" Sara said as she looked at all the info that the little device that knew as much as she did. As she fiddled around with some more features, she found that there was information on another Pokemon.

This Pokemon seemed much like a deer, but green. There were some feathers that were pink and green. It looked to have boots on its feet. Sara had to admit that she was a bit disappointed. This Pokemon didn't seem quite...Legendary. Indeed, it didn't seem like it would be all that strong in the first place. The trainer sighed a bit, but didn't say anything out loud. If this was the Pokemon she was told to go after, then she would. Maybe she could help the others out with their Pokemon in the mean time.

"Well, I'm going to head out," Sara said, gently nudging Tavi awake. "I'll head to Oldale. I've got a flying type so it shouldn't take me long. Actually...if someone wants a ride I have room for one more." She couldn't help but grin as she added. "So, first come first serve. Who wants a ride?"

.Agent Gold



It was dawn, the pale pinks just turning the sky into some kind of blushing maiden. Riku had been sitting on the rocks by the sea, meditating peacefully to forget about the obnoxious trainers back at the lab, he abruptly left as soon as he found out what his objective was. To find Suicune. They were all obnoxious, every single one of them, even that professor. A girl even had the nerve to ask him if he needed help getting to Oldale, he had ignored the stupid question and walked out the door. He sighed, there were no humans, as far as the mind could see. Only sand and an infant sun on an even younger skyline.

It was then, among so much stillness, that he sensed them. The traiers from the lab. He watched as one by one they left the limits of the tiny town. He turned back to the ocean and watched as the endless void of clear blue liquid washed up at the base of the stone he was sitting on. He liked this...a quiet place void of human life. He looked down at the Poketch on his wrist and sighed, it was about time to leave.

Riku jumped off from the large stone he was sitting on and adjusted his hair, the other trainers had also started to make their ways to the town. He opted to stay around the town a little while longer than the others, he didn't need a head start with Starla as his means of transportation. She was as fast as they come, Master made sure of that when they trained. He looked down at the Quick Ball on his belt, the transparent blue casing allowed him to see her. The bird pokemon pecking at her feathers, he smiled. His pokemon were his only soft spot, "Starla, let's go." He said calmly, within a matter of micro seconds he released Starla in a flash of white sparks. He had always released his Pokemon fast, or so his master said.

The Staravia flapped her wings, a smile curving on the edges of her beak. He smirked and closed his eyes calmly, "Well, our mission starts here." He flipped open his golden pokedex, the azure dog pokemon was the only image there. His eyes narrowed, he would capture this legendary. For his parents. He slapped the Pokedex shut, clipped it to his belt and leaped into the air. "STARLA!" He called. The Staravia, rather big for her species, clasped her talons around his backpack and zoomed off. He smiled, the wind whipping against his face felt good. The sun was about to set, and he had already made it half way to Oldale.

Kiren looks at her Pokedex, thinking out loud. "Agent Purple? Wow. Such a simple choice, but it has such a huge effect. I wonder what else this thing does!" She scrolls through until she finds her legendary. "Huh? It's a tiger cat! Meow! Ha ha!"

She hears a click behind her, noticing Sara using her 'dex on one of her Pokemon. "Hey, how'd she do that?" Kiren is still trying to figure hers out when Sara offers a ride to Oldale. "Ooh, me! I wanna go!" She raises her hand high, shaking it slightly to catch the other girl's attention.

The professor smiled, seeing the trainers accepting their code names and mission. Content, he left the room and walked through the corridor to an office. Some lab assistants were still in the room where the trainers had been.

In the office, the professor turned on a computer and picked up an old mug of coffee, absentmindedly. He tasted it and frowned. Cold. Of course. Concentrating on reading his mail, he didn't notice the shady character sneaking up on him from behind.

"Professor."

Birch jumped and spilled his cold coffee out over the table. Luckily, it missed the computer. He turned around, wildly, and recognized the intruder.

"Oh... How did you get in? Shouldn't you be-"

"I wanted to see the agents with my own eyes. So... do you think they will stay true to the mission?"

"Of course. We handpicked them. I feel they take it seriously."

"So many find reasons to stray from their paths though... so many fall for the lure of making allegiances with others that maybe aren't for the best."

"You worry too much," the professor said, once again taking a sip from his coffee cup, frowning and cursing slightly when he noticed again it was too cold.

"We'll see," the shady man said and started to walk out from the room.

"Why don't you talk to them yourself?" Birch suggested, meaning the agents.

"Not yet. They'll come to me eventually. Until then... I'm going to watch them."

Birch wrinkled his eyebrows.

"If they notice you, they might think you're... well, that you have bad intentions."

"We'll see," the man said again, and was gone.


((OOC: I like your posts! Draginja, make sure to not write too short posts. Your last post here now was perfectly fine though ^^ Oh, and none of you will find the shadowy man. For now. ))

Sara grinned when she saw another girl about her age wave her hand back and forth egarly at the battler. What did the professor say her name was? Kiren? And wasn't her agent name Purple? Yes, that did seem to be the colour of her Pokedex. Interesting, she seemed to be a well intentioned girl and she couldn't wait to figure out just what made her tick.

"Alright, then meet me outside," Sara said with a smile as she started to head out the door. "I'll get Mango out and we can get going whenever you're ready."

That being said, Sara stepped outside of the lab and made sure she was a good distance away from the buildings. Tavi was by her at all times and looked around, as if trying to see if anything was up. This made the battler smile and she took out her other Pokeball and threw it up into the air. The ball opened up and in a flash of light a Tropius appeared. This one was different then others of her kind, for instead of banannas under her chin, she had mangoes. This is how her last trainer came up with her name.

When the flying-type Pokemon fully formed she looked down at her trainer and lowered her long neck to nuzzel Sara's shoulder. Sara smiled and patted Mango's cheek, then moved to her side and pulled herself on. Tavi climb on right after in front of his trainer. Sara looked back to the door to the lab and waited for Kiren to come out and hop on with her. Hopefully this could be the start of a good friendship with a least one of the other Agents.

In the sky above route 101, Riku soared on Starla, completely focused on his mission. He therefore didn't notice when someone on the ground called to him, until the one on the ground made her pokémon send a ray of bubbles in his way. They reached high up in the sky and just barely missed the Staravia. A Bubblebeam. The one who had sent them away was an Azumarill, running on the ground below. Its trainer ran behind. She was an energetic, young girl with swirling, dark hair flying behind her.

"Oi! You up there!" she shouted, rather happily. "I challenge you to a battle! My pokémon just evolved and I swore, as a Pokémon battler, to challenge the first person I spotted to a one-on-one fight, and that's you! Come down here and battle me, you coward!"

- Charizard_Man can choose to hear or not hear the girl, and to accept or not accept her challenge. You're allowed to bunny her and her Azumarill completely. Regardless of if you win or lose, you can give your fighting pokémon a level, unless the battle is a very short one :p
- The Azumarill is her only pokémon, at level 20. Use your imagination or look up the attacks it should have.


Meanwhile, as Marko walked the grassy way of route 101, something stirred in the bushes beside the road. Marko didn't notice at first, but then someone shouted from behind: "There you are! You stole my food, didn't you?!? Give it back, or I'll send Marowak at ya!"

It was an angry looking girl with huge glasses and also huge muscles. She was looking rather odd. At her side stood an equally angry looking Marowak with a shaking bone as its weapon. Clearly, the girl is accusing Marko for something he hasn't done. Will Marko try to talk his way out of this, or will he battle? (Or run for his life? XD Anything goes)

- BinaryTara~ handle the situation any way you'd like. You are allowed to completely bunny the girl and the Marowak. If you battle, your battling pokémon will get a level, unless the battle is too short :p
- The Marowak is her only pokémon, at level 20. Use your imagination or look up the attacks it should have.



((OOC: Oh yeah, maybe I should add something. RPing isn't all about battling, of course, even if it's a pokémon RP. I'm even thinking of implementing some kind of skill/attribute system... but it's not a finished idea yet.

So! If you choose to solve a scenario by battling, your post has to be an interesting read for your pokémon to get a level. If it's a really short or non-detailed battle, I might deny you the level...

If you don't feel like posting a thick, detailed post at the moment, you can solve the scenario in any other way than battling and I won't demand overly advanced posts ^^ Hopefully this adds to the challenge!))

EDIT: forgot the levels. Not that it's THAT important... but still.

"Yes! Thanks! I'll be right there!" Kiren turns around to look at the others, most of whom have left already. Even Birch is gone. She hurries after Sara, grinning widely. "Thanks for letting me- whoa!" She stops when she sees Mango, never having seen a Tropius up close before. She rushes over, looking her over before hopping on.

"Woo! Anyway, thanks. Nice Tropius. I'll help pay for fuel. Let's go before the others get to Oldale."

As he had been studying his Pokedex, Nick is the last to leave. He notices that he is the only one still in the lab, and puts away the device, going outside. "They could've said something. I get the feeling I won't see much of them after today."

As he sets out on the road, he calls out his Pokemon, his Golem walking beside him and his Vulpix draped over his shoulder. "Alright, guys. Our journey has begun! The other agents may have left us behind, but Team Red will not stay in the back forever!" Vixen has dozed off, so Nick stops talking. I wonder how far behind I am.

Sara laughed at Kiren's comment on paying for fuel. "That's possibly the best thing about Tropius," the trainer said as she gently plucked a mango from under the Fruit Pokemon's chin before she straightened her neck. She tossed the fruit to Kiren and added, "They have refuel themselves and eveyone they know around them!"

Mango grinned as her trainer's compliment before flapping her wings a few times. It was slow going at first, she could only lift them a couple inches at a time in the air. Soon, though, she was going up by feet and, when she was about three feet over the trees, started to fly over to Oldale. It wasn't fast going, Tropius were never known for their speed, but they would reach the next little town long before night fall. Normally Mango would have been contented at the height they were at, but since she had a guest riding her, she decided to go higher then normal, high enough that they could see other towns in the distance.

Sara laughed at what Mango was doing and turned to Kiren with a grin. "So, how you'd liking the view? I gotta say, still makes me catch my breath every now and then. Can't say I can thank Mango enough for this."

"Trop!" Mango cried out happily as the outskirts of Oldale could be seen.

Sara chuckled again and patted her Pokemon's shoulder. Soon, they could see more of the city and Mango started to slowly lower herself onto the ground. They just reached the inside of the, slightly larger, town when the Fruit Pokemon finally landed. Sara and Tavi were quick to jump off of the trainer's Pokemon and turned to Kiren.

"Hope you've enjoyed Air Mango. Please jump off of her in a safe manner and we hope you enjoy the rest of your journey!" The girl said with grin, then asked, "Hey, who are you after anyways? I'm after Virizion myself. To be honest...I'm kind of disappointed...it doesn't seem like much of a Pokemon, let along a Legendary one."

Kiren smiles widely as Sara laughs and gives her the fruit. As Mango takes off, Kiren looks down, watching the ground slowly fall away. As they level out abovwe the trees, she looks up longingly. "Is this as high as she goes?" Tropius starts to ascend halway through the sentence, causing Kiren to laugh. "Never mind."

Kiren returns Sara's small talk, enjoying the company. "View's great! Never thought I'd fly before. It's nice. Kind of like a nice jog, but higher up." Kiren watches the land drift by, starting to doze in the midday sun.

Once they land, Kiren swings her legs off Mango, sliding off and falling over when her feet hit ground. She jumps up quickly, hoping no one saw. Sara doesn't seem to notice, asking, "Hey, who are you after anyways? I'm after Virizion myself. To be honest...I'm kind of disappointed...it doesn't seem like much of a Pokemon, let along a Legendary one." Kiren pulls out her Pokedex, fumbling with it before finally pulling up Raikou's picture. "I got the tiger cat. Raikou's probably the least known of it's group, which is sad. I kinda like how it looks. By the way, where are we going?"

The shadowy character stood arount the corner of a house. He had been watching the agents on their way to Oldale, and had many thoughts spinning in his head now. He was unsure. But he would let things go their way and keep watching them.

At the moment, his focus was on two girls, agent White and agent Purple. They had just landed in Oldale on a Tropius and seemed to get along well. The mysterious man smiled under his hood. It was usually a good thing when people got along with each other. The world didn't just need strong loners; it needed kindness as well.

Content, he made himself disappear by blending in with the townsfolk of Oldale town.


Oldale was pretty cheery, unusually at that. Normally it was a calm place, often called boring, but this week there was a market going on. Farmers from around Oldale and Littleroot were coming into town to sell fruits, vegetables, accessories and other things, and there was a live band playing country music and several artists making their pokémon dance or perform little tricks to entertain the crowd.

It's called the Spring Dale Market. At night time it's pretty much closed.

OoC: Hey everyone, sorry I'm late to the party, I've been meaning to write my first post, but I was a little busy on a college visit. I'm still there, I just have a little bit of free time right now, so I'm trying to write something fairly quick. Forgive me if it's undersized, it won't be the norm

Ic:

Agent Black, eh? Elodin thought to himself, rolling the words over in his mind. Has a pleasant ring to it. Taking the professor's offer up, Elodin chose to go visit the lavatory and grab a bite to eat before setting out to Oldale and beginning his pursuit of Entei. Apparently, he was the only though, as the rest of the group had set off immediately to the town, not wasting any time.

"Busy bodies," he muttered under his breath, as his peers filed out of the room. Moving towards the cafeteria, he thought he heard the professor speaking to someone, but dismissed it and returned to his quest for nutrition. Once Elodin dove into a double bacon cheeseburger, there was little to stop him. Of course, one could only satiate himself on the beautiful mix of succulent, perfectly brazed meat and delectably melted American cheese for so long. However, in Elodin's case, "so long" meant 5 hours and 3 of the burgers. Needless to say, he was in no state to be walking anywhere, let alone a different town altogether, that day. Resigning himself to his slothful ways, the young Battler went to take a nap in a room that the professor had provided for him.

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Sunlight kissed the side of Elodin "Agent Black" Gyre's face as he laid stretched out on a cot that was far too small for his large frame. Unfortunately for him, that oh-so-uncomfortable cot was the cause of his awakening that morning. Stirring and grumbling before as he awoke, Elodin began to move much quicker once he saw that he had lost an entire day of his journey, according to the clock at his bedside.

Rushing to get a move on, he took a quick "cologne shower" and set out on the road, pulling his shoes on as he stumbled out of the laboratory doors. His Nikes on his feet and the clouds parted, the day ahead seemed beautiful to Elodin. As was his custom, he called Gabite out of his Pokemon ball to begin their morning jog. The Dragon-type, set a brisk pace, as always, but allowed his trainer to stop and rest every once in a while. The two old friends had set their course on Oldale though, and would arrive soon, one way or another.

((OOC: Nice battle and nice use of Marko's personality, Tara! You may certainly give Wartortle a level. ))


As Agent Black made his way towards Oldale through the grassy and tree-y (is that a word? :p) countryside, the Gabite running alongside him piqued the interest of someone else. A young man with long hair and thin glasses who had come back to the road from walking in the tall grass spotted them and started to follow them on a moderately safe distance. It was a dragon pokémon after all... a DRAGON! Dragons were so cool, so awesome it was incredible. He hadn't seen a dragon pokémon before with his own eyes, and here it was, where he was looking for Mightyenas. He completely forgot about the Mightyenas now. He had to meet the dragon pokémon! Looked like they were going to Oldale Town. Well, he was going to follow them there and wait for his chance to get close to the pokémon and touch its scales and hear its roar...

- Elodin may notice the follower. If he does, the young man will be so annoyingly crazed about Gabite so that you'll have to battle him to get him to go away. The young man gladly accepts the challenge in that case, since he wants to see a dragon in action. If you write a nice battle post, you can give your battling pokémon a level.
- He has a Manectric, level 20. Look up the attacks if you don't feel like being creative.

Sara sighed as she heard what Kiren was going after. A tiger with large fangs? That sounded way cooler then her green deer-thing. If only she could switch, but she doubted that anyone would switch for her's. Oh well, there wasn't anything that the trainer could do about it so she might as well go with the flow.

Sara looked around herself and saw that the usually quiet town was pretty active at the moment. The girl was confused and as a young woman in a green dress walked passed them, the trainer stopped her and asked, "Hey, what's going on here? Seems pretty exciting if you ask me."

"Well of course it is," the young woman said with a smile. "It's the Spring Dale Market. We always have a whole bunch of things going on. If there's something you're looking to buy, chances are you'll find it here." The woman looked to the sky and, noting its orange colour added, "But its almost so most of the booths wil be closing soon. Still, look around and see what you can for now. This Market is a whole week gig so you can always come back tomorrow morning."

"Alright, thanks a lot!" Sara said with a smile, which the woman returned before walking away.

The trainer returned Mango, since she was much to big to have out in a crowded area, and walked towards some of the booths. Indeed, quite a few of them seemed to either be already closed or closing. Though there were some berry stands and a Pokemon accesory shop. Thus far, nothing too grand. Sara turned to Kiren and said, "Hey, why don't we come back in the moring? We haven't gotten any instruction as to where to go from here, if we even get any in the first place. Still, maybe someone here knows something about the Legendaries we're seeking. If these guys travel around, then they should know. What do you say?"

Nick arrives in Oldale as twilight is setting in. He is covered in dust, and his pokemon are safely in their balls. "Whew! Finally made it! That road takes a lot longer to walk than I'd imagined!" He looks around at the town. "Huh? What's going on here?" He finds a flyer, reading it quickly. "What?! Spring Dale Market? And I missed it? Darn the luck!"

He sighs, heading deeper into town. "I guess it's for the best. I should find a place to rest, and I can get a fresh start tomorrow. I wonder where everyone else is..."

Kiren had been looking at one of the stalls while Sara gathered information. The owner patiently waited for her to finish browsing. As Kiren turns to talk to Sara, he closes it down and packs up. "Hey. I was still looking... Oh well. Yeah, we should probably find a place to rest. This place is winding down." Kiren stays close to Sara, not wanting to lose her in the crowd. "Do you think we'll see anyone else here?"