Jules Firenze, Along Route 3 with Hardhat

"Jules." He says curtly, without much emotion behind them, at least until he begins running his eyes up and down the new Pokémon in his sights, at which his mood improved, and he lets out a little smile. "Good to meet you, Tank. How long have the two of you been working?" Jules directs that question to Preston, but his eyes never leave Tank, wondering things such as its top strength, its moves, and the like.

"Nice to meet all of you," the professor said, going up to each trainer. "Now, my Lucario is going to take a look at your Auras. Don't be alarmed. Aura is a kind of natural life force energy, all living things have it. It will help to determine your perfect Pokemon partner." He stepped back.

Lucario walked up to each trainer. Raising a paw towards their hearts, its paw flickered with a sort of ethereal blue flame and its eyes started to glow blue. Maura tensed up, while Molly looked amazed. Brandon, for his part, looked fairly indifferent. Lucario lowered its paw, and its eyes stopped glowing. Then it made its way towards the wall of Poke Balls behind it. It searched the wall with purpose, grabbing four Poke Balls. Then it handed one to each trainer.

"Go ahead, let out your Pokemon," the Professor urged. Molly excitedly took her Poke Ball and threw it into the air, opening it and releasing the Pokemon. It was a tiny pink Pokemon with a rounded little body, a large head, and two long spindly arms. On top of its head was a dark-colored wavy hat-like appendage with a white-tipped orb. Its dark beady eyes glistened excitedly, and it had a round red shiny nose in the middle of its face.

"Wow!" Molly exclaimed, putting her hands to her face in wonder.

"Miiiime!" the tiny Pokemon said in much the same tone, mimicking her body movements playfully.

Brandon was next to throw a Poke Ball. When his Pokemon emerged from its ball, it was a small round-bodied blue Pokemon with huge purple bat-like wings which flapped frenetically and large pointed ears. It had no facial features save for a huge gaping mouth with four tiny fangs. Two long pointed tails jutted out of the bottom of its body, which had no legs. The Pokemon chirped and squeaked, looking around constantly and flying in circles around Brandon.

Finally Maura released her own Pokemon. With a flash of light her Pokemon emerged. It was a couple feet tall, standing upright and almost resembling a cat or a small weasel. It was dark in color, with a prominent red "feather" on the top of its head and three similar-sized feathers jutting out from its tail. Its hands and feet had razor-sharp claws, with its hand claws wickedly hooked. It had a yellow marking on its forehead and chest, and it smirked up at Maura, standing cool and collected.

The professor looked at Ollie expectantly.

Sal tossed his Poke Ball and the Bug-type was sucked inside. The ball landed on the ground, shaking once, then twice, then three times. The ball then burst, and the Pokemon emerged in a bright flash of light.

"Tarountula!" it chirped, skittering back and forth for a bit. Then it turned and launched its ball of silk into Jose, pounding into the Puppy Pokemon. A dark aura surrounded the ball of silk for a moment, as Tarountula landed its Assurance attack.

Ollie Loto – Professor Hawthorn’s Laboratory

Ollie kept the same impassive look on their face, even as Hawthorn's Lucario came up to them to scan their aura.

“Alright… let’s see who we’ve got here…”, Ollie threw the Poké Ball she received into the air.

The Pokémon that came out was something akin to a living pile of sludge with two three-fingered arms. The sludge that made up his body was primarily of a greenish color, except for a yellow stripe that was on the back of his head that also outlined his lower lip. He had a big toothy smile on his face…

…well, he only had two teeth, so it wasn't that toothy…

”Grrriiiiiiimerrr!”, the new Pokémon cried out happily, spreading his arms out.

Ollie perked up at the Pokémon, instantly recognizing the kind of Pokémon that he was.

“A-A Grimer?”, she asked, with a bit of excitement leaking through. “From Alola??”

Sal, Route 1

Sal’s eyes widened in shock, before calming down when he realized that nothing serious had happened. “It’s okay, little buddy! You can do it! Try using Stomping Tantrum to get this guy off you!” He smiled encouragingly at his partner, and gestures for José to do so.

Edited by J99908 on Apr 25th 2024 at 4:39:56 AM

"Nice to meet you, Preston and Tank," Phillip says, as he and Pudding follow him towards Route 3 alongside Adela, Jules, and their teams. He takes a drink from a water bottle he got on the way over.

Pudding notices Adela occasionally checking on Phillip, so they move a bit closer to their Trainer, ready to catch them with their free hand if he stumbles.

Phillip notes how Jules acts around Preston and Tank, and decides to wait for a better moment to introduce himself to him. He's prepared to have Pudding or Euka act as a focus for Jules' attention, if needed.

Jacques, Betata City Gym.

"Ah, n-nice one! O-Only two more, n-now...!"

Moments spent attacking those bubbles was less time he had to worry about Aqua getting hurt. Either way, it was best to try and finish this before the aquatic mouse had run out of energy and sit on the sidelines. Being carried to victory or losing wasn't really ideal.

"I-It'll be a little t-tricky, but we b-better stop t-that colorful b-bird...P-Pokemon...t-thing...before it attacks a-again...d-do the best you can and h-hit it with an Aqua Jet!"

That was certainly the order she wanted to hear. Even if the Azurill was a little shaky on her feet at this point but the idea of really showing off by swatting the weird bird out of the air HAD to result in a lot of praise and attention, surely.

As usual, she spun around, using her tail to build up speed before giving a small jump once, twice and then stopping to use all the stored momentum to hurl herself at the Sigilyph with as much force as she could muster.

Outside Betata Gym

Adrian turns to free Flint as well.

“Oh, hey there Flint.”

He tries to turn one way, but as Luna is, in fact, a cat, she hasn’t let go of his finger.

“Curry huh…heard that’s really popular in Galar.”

He takes a moment to think, “So uh…I mean I could join you for shopping I suppose, it’d be handy to have something to cook on the way to the next town.”

Harriet gave an awkward rictus of a grin. "Heh... Yep! Just gotta get Vern down, then let's get out of here." She reached for the cat, who scampered up onto a higher branch. "Vern, it's ok, it's - Waugh!" The moment she grabbed Vern's perch, it broke with an almighty crack. Harriet's surroundings lurched as she and the Sprigatito tumbled from the tree, landing with a muffled thud in the tall grass.

"Oww... You alright Vern?" The cat, thankfully unhurt, jumped up and shook grass seeds from her fur, glaring up at the Pineco who ascended back into the tree. Wincing, Harriet staggered to her feet and dusted herself off. Her limbs twinged, but the grass had done a good job of cushioning the fall, and her body wasn't as bruised as her ego. "Eheheh..." Retrieving her hat from the ground, Harriet glanced around the group and cringed. "Looks like we needs to work on our escape artistry. Please, pretend you never saw that!"

At Danny's suggestion that they should keep moving, she nodded. "Not a bad idea." She hurried along with the others, away from the Pineco.

The further the group wandered, the thicker the air seemed, and the heavier Harriet's eyelids grew. This wasn't like the effect from Vern's scent earlier. There was nothing relaxing about this atmosphere, which felt as if someone were watching. When Jen asked if anyone else was tired, Harriet yawned and nodded. "Yeah... What is this?"

Vern, meanwhile, fluffed up and growled at something glaring out of the bushes.

Route 3

With the clash of fang and claw, Trouble's eyes gleamed with a light that spelled bad news, and he could be seen baring his own fangs at the Mawile.

Then just like that, he was gone, only to reappear at the Mawile's side for a Quick Attack, confident in his ability to take on this foe without guidance or backup.

Once the trainers and their Pokemon had gotten acquainted, Professor Hawthorn walked up to each trainer and handed them a small hand-held red machine with a large screen, as well as five empty Poke Balls.

"These are Rotom Pokedexes. You can use them to scan Pokemon you encounter and figure out their information and capabilities. Like so," he said, activating each one to scan their partners. The Pokedexes floated out of each trainer's hand and chimed in once they had finished examining the Pokemon in front of them, showing information such as moves and abilities on the screen as the Pokedexes spoke in turn.

The Pokedexes then floated back into their owners' hands.

"If you'd like to get started on your Pokemon journey, train your new partner and catch new Pokemon, I'd recommend taking the gym challenge. The nearest gym from here is the Betata City gym. Just go north from here into Route 1 to get there," Prof. Hawthorn suggested. "Best of luck to you all on your journeys!"

"Yay! Thank you, professor! Come on, Joker! Let's go!" Molly giggled, picking up her Mime Jr. and running excitedly out of the lab. Brandon nodded, gesturing for his Zubat to follow him, and Zubat indeed did so, flying in circles around its new trainer as they exited.

"I'll think of a name for you soon. In the meantime, let's get going!" Maura told her Sneasel, which followed her out of the lab.

Jose stomped its feet, growling and pounding into the ground, stomping at Tarountula a few times. Tarountula chirped in pain, then it glared at Jose, a red aura surrounding the Bug-type, before the aura lashed out at Jose in a Struggle Bug attack. Luckily, the attack didn't seem to faze Jose much.

Aquelapin, with blinding speed, shot off with the force of a geyser, slamming into Sigilyph. Sigilyph let out deep chimes and struggled for a bit, its eye glowing with power.

"WAKE UP!!" Sarah shouted, and finally Hadoo wobbled to its feet, cooing. "That's much better!"

"Put that Azurill to sleep! Use Hypnosis!" Jonas commanded.

"Not so fast! Use Quick Attack on Sigilyph!" Sarah commanded. With similarly blinding speed, Hadoo zipped over and pounded its beak into the Psychic-type Pokemon. Sigilyph shot hypnotic waves in the direction of Aquelapin, but the Azurill managed to roll away from the waves in time to avoid them.

"You too, Yanma! Use Quick Attack on Chinchou!" Skye exclaimed. Yanma used its own burst of speed to zip towards Jesse's Chinchou.

"Use Thunder Wave!" Jesse commanded. Sparky winced and tumbled back as it was slammed by Quick Attack, but its eyes glowed a bit and it shot a wave of electricity from its antennae right at Yanma. Yanma stiffened up and crackled with electricity.

Mawile cried out, growling a bit as it was slammed with Trouble's Quick Attack.

"Maw! Mawile!" Mawile chirped, and it leapt at Trouble, slamming into the Dark-type with its arms and legs and leaping in circles around it. As it did so, colorful stars and hearts erupted from its strikes, as it slammed into Trouble with a Play Rough attack.

Preston nodded at Adela, Jules and Phillip.

"It's nice to meet all of you too. I've been working with Tank for about... 3 years now? The company gave him to me, but he almost seems like family at this point," he explained.

"Machoke!" Tank replied in assent, flexing. The Superpower Pokemon stopped, however, when the grass nearby began to rustle. "Choke!" it exclaimed. A flock of multicolored parrot Pokemon with black pompadours on their heads flew out of the underbrush, as well as a pack of small black and grey canine Pokemon with large yellow eyes and fluffy bodies. They seemed to be fleeing from something.

"You should probably get your Pokemon ready, I think something big's coming," Preston urged. Barrelling out of the grass came a Pokemon that resembled nothing less than a wheelbarrow made of black stone, four wheels turning and racing towards the party. It was piled high with glowing hot coals, and a face poked out from the front of the pile of coals, with wild-looking eyes and a toothy "grin" that glowed orange.

"Tank! Vital Throw!" Preston commanded, and Tank leapt in front of the trainers to grab onto the oncoming Pokemon, slamming it off to the side to make sure it didn't slam into the humans.

Edited by AllHailThrall on Apr 29th 2024 at 7:24:06 AM

Sal Martinez, Route 1

Sal jumps with joy at José’s performance. “You’re doing great, buddy! I believe in you!” He then stopped to consider his options. He could just scare it off, but maybe now that the Tarountola was a bit weakened, he could catch it? “Ah, geez, I hope this works.” Sal took out another Pokeball, and again tossed it at the Pokemon.

Jules Firenze, Route 3 w/ Preston

"Alright, let's do this again." Jules lets his fingers rest on the Pokéballs he owned.

Curiosity overwhelming him, however, he instead pulled out his Pókedex and scanned the rocky Pókemon. He didn't wanna guess the type wrong and send out the wrong Mon. If he needed to use Ako again, so be it.

Betata City Gym, Jacques.

Moments away from being about to give a panicked order to try and evade, both trainer and Pokemon were surprised by the Quick Attack from his team-mate which, really, was probably why they'd managed to avoid the Hypnosis.

"T-Thanks f-for the save, hopefully w-we can return t-the favor..."

Still, even with Aqua being saved from the 'attack', the aquatic mouse couldn't help but give a slight tired yawn regardless, causing Jacques to hesitate with his next order. With the Thunder Wave slowing the Yanma down, it was best to focus on what would likely be the bigger and more mobile threat.

"O-Okay, d-don't let up...! O-One more Aqua Jet, A-Aqua! L-Let's t-try and take that, um, Sigilyph down!"

Edited by TheRealWren on Apr 30th 2024 at 12:33:40 AM

Ollie Loto – Exiting Professor Hawthorn’s Laboratory with the New Pokémon

The Pokédex pretty much confirmed what Ollie deduced. This was an Alolan Grimer.

They had seen Alolan Grimers here and there while they lived in Malie City. They always found them cute. Dangerous if not handled properly...but cute.

“I think I’ll call you..."Oobleck".”, They put on a protective glove and pet their Starter on the head. The newly-named Oobleck cooed in happiness under their palm.

“Thank you, Mr. Professor...”, She did a little bow and began exiting the lab, following the other Trainers, with Oobleck following her as well.

"You're quite welcome! Have a good journey!" the professor responded as the group exited. Lucario gave a little salute as well.

Molly turned towards Ollie as they both exited the lab, and she grinned towards the trainer and her new Grimer.

"Your Pokemon's funny looking! But cute at the same time!" Molly insisted. "We should team up. It's dangerous out here... what do you think?"

Sal had thrown a second Poke Ball, and again the ball connected, sucking Tarountula inside. The Poke Ball shook once, then twice, then three times. Then with a low chime and a red flash of light, the ball went still. Tarountula had been caught.

The other two Tarountula, noticing their friend had been captured, raised back into the tree to flee the encounter. The route was quiet again.

Again Aquelapin shot off, its Aqua Jet attack slamming into Sigilyph.

"Get it off your back! Use Psywave on Azurill!" Jonas exclaimed, and with a low chime and a blue glowing eye, Sigilyph assaulted Aquelapin with waves of psionic energy. Indeed, Aquelapin was starting to look exhausted. Then again, so was Sigilyph.

"You heard him! Let's all take it down!" Sarah exclaimed, pointing with a grin. "Use Steel Wing on Sigilyph!" Hadoo flew into the air, wings glowing silver, as it flew in the direction of Sigilyph and swiping at it with its wings. Slicing into Sigilyph, the Psychic Pokemon seemed like it was struggling to maintain lift.

"Electro Ball on Sigilyph!" Jesse commanded, and Sparky put its two antennae together.

"Chou chou chou!" Sparky chirped, and summoned another electrical orb between its antennae, then fired it at Sigilyph. Sigilyph was electrocuted by the orb, and it twitched, its low tones becoming lower and lower, then it collapsed from the air into a heap on the ground, the blue glow receding, making a high pitched crystalline clattering noise as it hit the ground. The referee raised a flag.

"Sigilyph is unable to battle!" the referee exclaimed. Jonas sighed.

"Return!" Jonas commanded, raising his Poke Ball and returning Sigilyph. He looked at his Poke Ball. "Good job," he assured Sigilyph. Skye furrowed her brow.

"All right, Yanma. Time to go on the offensive! Air Cutter!" she ordered. Yanma seized up for a bit, but looked determined.

"Yan yan!" it chirped, then fluttered its wings and fired a crescent of air at all three opponents, slamming into Hadoo, Sparky and Aquelapin. Hadoo also was starting to look weak.

The Pokedex floated out of Jules' hand to scan the wild Pokemon attacking them:

Among other things, it explained that Carkol was a Rock and Fire type Pokemon.

Edited by AllHailThrall on Apr 30th 2024 at 7:11:26 AM

Betata City Gym, Jacques.

Jacques visibly flinched, almost giving a very distressed squeak at not just his Pokemon, but his partners' also getting harmed. Aquelapin struggled to stay on her feet, with it being fortunate her tail was just enough support to keep her falling over completely from the Yanma's Air Cutter

And before Jacques even had a chance to issue an order to retreat or attack, the tiny aquatic mouse launched a Bubblebeam in defiance as she stumbled, if not fainting, then probably out of energy to continue the battle.

Sal Martinez, Route 1

Sal jumped up with joy and took José into a big hug, and the Pokemon responded by licking his face earnestly. “Oh, good boy! You did such a good job! You’re gonna do great! Yes you are! Okay, now stop licking, it’s kinda gross.” Putting José down, he picked up the Pokeball and tossed it back out. The Tarountula looked up at him, tilting his head. “Uh… hey. I’m gonna be your trainer now. So, we gotta work together. So, let’s start with giving you a name. How about… Carlos? Yeah, we can go with Carlos. So, I’m gonna let you now.” He rubbed Carlos’ head, who chittered happily in return. After placing Carlos back in his ball, Sal and José continued on their way.

Ollie Loto – Outside The Lab, Aleph Town

w/ Oobleck

Ollie chuckled a bit. “Of course little Oobee here is a cutie”, they said monotonously while seemingly having a warm gaze and a faint smile.

“Molly, was it?” they asked, “I guess we can group up…it’s better safe than sorry…”

Edited by Noussibonne on May 4th 2024 at 8:56:04 PM

Outside Betata City Gym

"Yeah, a simple curry is pretty easy to make, the hardest part is making the rice, so I could show you if you want" Flint nodded in response, smiling slightly at the antics of Adrian and Hyde's pokemon. "And that prize money should buy some nice ingredients and have some left over for the ferry, and if we're travelling together we could probably bring more ingredients for meals"

He paused for a second "Actually, do you guys have any plans for where to go after Betata? Not sure we ever really talked about at"

Phillip is first startled by the bird and canine Pokémon bursting out of the underbrush, and then by the massive coal-like Pokémon that barrelled out of the grass. It was like a Graveller that had the heat and fury of Wela Volcano.

"ARGH!", Phillips screams, just before Tank intercepts the Carkol with a timely Vital Throw.

"Machoke!", Pudding cries out, dropping Phillip's pack and getting in between him and the Carkol, in an approximate fighting stance.

"Oh, right," Phillip says, trying to recover his composure. "Pudding, help out Tank! Try a, uh, Vital Throw on the other side!"

"Choke!", Pudding affirms, leaping at the Carkol to help Tank pin it down.

Meanwhile, Phillip starts looking around him. If any more Pokémon showed up to try attacking the group, he only has Euka for defence, and he hopes that will be enough on top of whoever else the group brought along.

Jules Firenze, Route 3

"Alright, Scorpius, while it's pinned down..." As the two Machokes dogpile the Carkol, Jules opens the Tropius' Pokéball, sending it out away from the scuffling and close to the humans. "Use Sweet Scent. Calm it down." Jules orders, and the Tropius nods, beginning to flap its wings and releasing a sweet-smelling mist that floats over to the Carkol.

If the Carkol were to still resist, Jules wasn't entirely out of options. Ako could use Confuse Ray. However, his two Pokémon aren't very effective against the Fire and Rock type (not to mention Ako's feistiness), but he would cross that bridge when he got there.

Edited by Jules-Firenze on May 1st 2024 at 6:58:02 PM

Adela - Route 3 - No Active Pokémon

Adela was contemplating move combinations when Tank's alarm and a rush of fleeing Pokémon forced her to divert her train of thought. Following Preston's advice, she stepped off to the side, about to drag Phillip off towards her before Tank slammed the incoming Pokémon down onto the ground with a Vital Throw. All the while, the only apparent sign of any stress on Adela's face was her widened eyes.

"You okay, Phillip?" she asked before letting go of his shoulder. Satisfied that he was safe, she joined the rest of the team in making their first move.

"Gaffer," she said as she activated his Poké Ball and threw it forwards, "come on out." It burst open, and the white light revealed the newly-caught Nuzleaf, head leaf swaying to try and catch the sun's rays. He stretched his spindly arms up and over his head before a fleshy hand fell into his line of sight.

This was Adela pointing to the Carkol's head, exposed despite the restraints. "There's an opening here. Use Astonish!"

But, instead of the acknowledgement and execution she was expecting, Gaffer turned away!

"Nuz!" he tutted, folding his arms and turning his entire pointy nose up at the idea of obeying Adela's command.

"Oh, great," she muttered. She had to admit, however, that the reaction she got made sense. When you're so used to leading with dignity and authority, to suddenly go from that to having orders barked at you by a stranger would be jarring for anyone. No wonder his instinct was to refuse. But if Gaffer didn't act soon, the Carkol would break free and put its type advantage over him to use. So, maintaining her posture and authority, Adela gestured towards Tank, Pudding and Scorpius.

"Well... Think of these other Pokémon as being like your Seedot from before. You want to set a good example for them, right?"

It was as good an attempt at persuasion as she could think of on short notice. And, judging by Gaffer turning back to face the action with a shrug, it had just about worked. Adela let out a hard huff. Sure, there was a second or two of stalling on her Pokémon's end, but she did it!

All it took was for the Carkol to lose concentration for a second, and Gaffer was swift to capitalise. He lunged forward as if from out of nowhere, grasping his target's head and making an awful sound from his mouth, best compared to the summoning calls of a hundred enraged Honchkrow. As he did so, an inklike shadow obscured his face and thin, red waves of energy diverged towards the Carkol's head.

Edited by Riolugirl on May 4th 2024 at 6:02:12 PM

Molly giggled and grinned, excitedly stepping in place. Her Mime Jr., evidently named Joker by her earlier statement, mimicked her body movements and excited demeanor.

"All right! Let's go! I wanna catch some Pokemon!" Molly cheered, rushing towards the entrance to Route 1.

As Sal made his way along Route 1, the grass shook again, but not much seemed to come out. There was a soft nibbling sound coming from a nearby patch of grass surrounding a low Oran Berry bush.

"One more time! Air Cutter!" Skye commanded her Yanma, but this time, the electricity surrounding the Bug-type crackled and seized it up completely, causing Yanma to drop to the ground before struggling to regain its airborne posture.

"Now's your chance! Electro Ball one last time!" Jesse ordered Sparky. Sparky again shot off an electric orb towards Yanma.

"Air Cutter of your own, Hadoo!" Sarah yelled. The crescent of air, the Bubblebeam attack, and the Electro Ball all connected at once.

"Yan Yaaaaaaan!!" Yanma cried out, lifting off before swirling in the air wildly, unable to maintain lift. Finally it crashed to the ground, falling still and looking weak. The referee raised two flags.

"Yanma is unable to battle! The victory goes to the challengers: Jacques from Kalos, Jesse from Sinnoh, and Sarah from Hoenn!" the referee exclaimed. Sarah cheered, looking like she could barely contain her excitement.

"We won? I mean, we won!" Jesse responded, dumbfounded. The crowd went wild. Skye sighed and raised a Poke Ball.

"Return, Yanma," Skye stated, returning her Pokemon to its Poke Ball. "You fought well." The aide returned with the box of Poke Balls, and Hawke, Jonas and Skye all returned their Poke Balls to the box. Hawke clapped a bit.

"That was an excellent showing. Especially from a baby Pokemon such as Azurill. I'm very impressed. You all trained your Pokemon wonderfully," Hawke said. "Step forward and receive your badges, all of you." Jesse and Sarah began to step forward.

As Tank and Pudding held down Carkol, Scorpius began to waft a sweet-smelling aroma over the battlefield, and the Carkol's struggling began to slow down and it looked less frenzied. It still looked upset with its current situation, however.

Gaffer's Astonish attack made Carkol grunt and its eyes widened, as a puff of steam surrounded it for a moment and it tensed up, flinching away.

"Keep it up, Tank!" Preston ordered.

"Choke, Machoke!" Tank replied, still trying to hold down the rampaging Rock- and Fire-type.

Betata City Gym, Jacques.

The battle was over, that much was certain. Celebrating was a far secondary priority as it didn't really stop Jacques from dashing across the arena to pick up Aquelapin before she keeled over completely and a bit oblivious to all else until making sure his partner was safe and carefully picked her up.

"Y-You did great out t-there, Aqua."

The praise would've normally gone to the aquatic mouse's head, but she simply gave a simple 'Ril'. ...She was happy she'd won, not so much that it'd been this much of a trial to get through. Although when noticing the trainer offering an Oran Berry, she was feeling a little better already.

Focusing back on everything else around him, Jacques gave a flustered smile and nod in response.

"Ah, um, m-merci. I was a l-little nervous b-being our f-first real battle but...t-two really good t-team-mates and a partner, um, 'baby' or n-not...um, well, s-she's certainly g-got a lot of power f-for being s-so small. I'd s-say everyone did really w-well out there." The rookie trainer nodded, referring to both his opponents and Jesse & Sarah.

...Hawke's comment however, made the Azurill a bit more of her usual self that it was others recognizing her power with a cheerful, if somewhat smug 'Azu!' in response.

Ollie Loto – Outside The Lab -> Route 1

w/ Oobleck the Alolan Grimer

Ollie stared at Molly as she and Joker rushed towards Route 1’s entrance.

“What an energetic little girl…”, they commented, turning their gaze towards Oobleck. He gazed back, a fire in his eyes.

“You wanna try catching up to her?”, they asked him, a bit surprised.

”Grimer, Grime!”, and with that determined cry, he began rushing, to the best of his abilities, towards Route 1.

A thin smile appeared on Ollie’s face as they followed him, keeping up with him with ease (they don’t try making it look too obvious, though…).

Edited by Noussibonne on May 4th 2024 at 8:55:13 PM