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Post by DataNinja on Mar 26, 2017 5:14:25 GMT
After a long trek from Ponoca, and significantly shorter treks from Kanadario, you've all managed to make it to the Kouchi Pokémon Laboratory, in time for the meeting with the Professor. The building itself is unmistakably a laboratory, a sprawling complex of flat, white walls, in contrast to the mostly-wooden houses of the rest of the village of Kouchi. It has a bit of the air of the foreign, as though it doesn't quite yet belong.
Entering, the lab itself seems to be a mixture of organization and chaos. The first half of the expansive room is fairly organized, with a waiting area all set up. But, after getting past the empty (of both people and clutter) reception desk, there seems to be papers strew around, as well as gewgaws and doodads around, that do who-knows-what. Around the walls of the room are several closed doors that lead further into the lab. What space isn't filled with doors, or a sparse few windows, seems to be filled with bulletin boards and posters. The largest most prominent one, that actually has a little space surrounding it, reads 'Never stop following your dreams, for they will lead you to great things.'
The only other people besides yourselves are a trio of similarly-aged young adults. Leaning back on the reception desk is a girl with a ponytail of long brown hair, dressed in black, and a somewhat sullen look on her face. She's in conversation with a boy slightly shorter than she is, with a mop of blond hair, who's dressed in much more formal clothes. Almost as if he was expecting to go to work in an office, rather than visit a laboratory. The third occupant of the room takes a moment to notice, despite her long red hair and bright clothing. She's sitting as far in the corner as humanly possible away from both the door and the other two, seemingly concentrating on the sketchpad in her hands, drawing something.
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Post by Tsushimii on Mar 26, 2017 5:32:12 GMT
There was a bounce in her step, moreso than usual for the bubble of sunshine of a girl. Excitement filled her eyes, though it was soon mixed with curiosity as soon as she stepped foot into the lap. So many things she didn't know what was for, so many possibilities of their uses, she couldn't help but have a broad grin spread across her cheeks. It took a moment for her to realize she wasn't quite alone, her grin not even faltering as her hand bolted up in a small wave towards the three which already occupied the room.
"Ah! Hello! Are you guys here for the invite too? It's exciting isn't it? There is still so much that we can find out about this place!" she beamed, projecting her cheerful voice to the room before her attention was once again lost to the various gadgets and gizmos. She began to wander, idly looking over everything as she mentally resisted the urge to reach out and touch EVERYTHING. "..I wonder what this is for... and this... and-.. ACK!" she lurched, pulling herself back as she rubbed at a now rather sore thigh. "...Stupid counter corner..." she grumbled...
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Post by Nocturne on Mar 26, 2017 7:56:57 GMT
Though the trip from Kanadario to the lab was relatively short, Desiree enjoyed every little bit of it, taking in the sights outside of, and inside, Kouchi Village. The city girl remembered the rustic look of the village from when she had first come to Vesperia only a few weeks ago, but hadn't had much opportunity to look around. She didn't now either, which was regrettable, but the sight of the village kindled Desiree's desire to see more of the region than she already had. In the lab itself, she looked around curiously. She took note of all the things strewn about and the neatness of the other half of the room and wondered about whether this reflected on the personality of the good Professor Maple at all, smiling to herself a little. Of course, she also smiled just because she was happy and excited. This was an incredible opportunity to go on an amazing adventure after all, who wouldn't be excited? It seemed she wasn't the only one to be excited either. She had walked in as a red haired young woman - one of two red heads in the room, Desiree noted - greeted the other three occupants of the room. She sure seems cheerful, Desiree thought. While the red headed girl took her time wandering about the room, Desiree sized up what she was assuming would be competition. She gazed at the sullen looking girl conversing with the formally dressed blonde boy and if they noticed her, would smile in their direction. She didn't have time to give the other girl a look, as she heard a loud thumping noise and the sound of someone in pain. Looking at the girl who had apparently bumped into a counter corner, Desiree grew concerned. With casual, but graceful steps, she walked over to the girl. "Hey, are you alright?"
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Post by Breakthelevee on Mar 26, 2017 19:47:07 GMT
The trip from Kanadario to Kouchi reminded Donovan a lot of back home, mostly the temperature, but Vesperia and Sinnoh did have more than a few things in common. For most of the trip, he carried Rose in his arms, spending the time pruning the little grass type and making sure he looked his best. Though as they entered the town, Rose entered his Pokeball, Donovan didn't want to deal with his trying to spend an extended amount of time in front of every reflective surface after all.
Upon entering the Lab, Donovan noticed that five other people were already there, and his eyes grew a little wide. Was he the last one there? Was he late? He shook his head as he slinked in, removing his hood and attempting to find a seat somewhere in order to wait for the professor. For a moment, he considered the idea of trying to start a conversation with one of the other people in the room, but he was never really one for starting conversations, especially not so far from any one or anything he knew.
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Post by Tsushimii on Mar 26, 2017 20:04:19 GMT
A voice turned her attention to a woman of darker complexion, a look of concern upon her face. Though it was only met with Avani's grin reappearing, straightening out as a hand was waved in a dismissive manner. "Oh I'm fine. Me an objects have a very intimate relationship by now. Just one of those things I'm used to!" she paused, taking a look over the woman before her hand shot out towards them. "Avani! And you are?"
Her grin softened into a smile, gaze flickering away as the door once again opened to reveal a young man entering. She watched as he removed his hood and if he were to catch her gaze she would merely beam at him before her attention returned to the woman at hand. "Have you been here long? My family only moved to Vesperia about a week and a half ago or so."
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Post by Nocturne on Mar 26, 2017 20:46:46 GMT
Desiree couldn't help but grin back at the other girl's response. She laughed a little, "Well, far be it for me to get in the way of you and your inanimate objects. I'm Desiree. It's nice to meet you!" Concerns alleviated, the city girl defaulted to her regular energetic self. She followed the other girl's gaze to spy a young man entering the lab. Just like Avani, she would smile in his direction if their gazes happened to match.
"Oh, not long at all! We only moved here a couple of weeks ago ourselves," Desiree answered, her expression softening as she thought of her family and her mother especially who was increasingly showing the effects of pregnancy. Desiree remembered the fuss that had been caused over the idea of flying over to Vesperia while her mother was pregnant. The memories came and went quickly, and Desiree refocused on the conversation. "So, are you here to register for the Vesperia Pokemon League too?"
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Post by Tsushimii on Mar 26, 2017 20:55:01 GMT
"I am!"
She gave a nod, giving a once over the lab once more. "Though I never expected anything like this! We never had a lab in my hometown so it's so interesting to see all this stuff," she added, waving a hand towards all the whachamacallits that littered the lab. "We just had forests. Lots and lots of forests and a local Gym."
She motioned a slight nod towards the others that occupied the room, giving a gentle bounce as she stood in place. She never could stay completely still, after all. "So, I guess they are probably here for the league too. I have to say, I'm a little intimidated. I've never actually done training before... I was given my only Pokemon as a parting gift. I mean, we do everything together but I've never battled before. I just.. I'm a bundle of excitement and nervousness all in one!" she laughed a bit.
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Post by Nocturne on Mar 26, 2017 21:08:08 GMT
Desiree looks almost shocked, her eyebrows threatened to fall of her face, they'd risen so high. "You've never battled? That's such a shame! Pokemon battling is quite likely my favourite thing to do full stop. It's great fun and tests you and your Pokemon both. We need to get you a good battle as soon as we can!" She nodded decisively and then relaxed a little. She laughed, "Sorry, like I said battling is my favourite thing, I get excited when people mention it, especially not having done it before. Maybe, we should go find some wild Pokemon to battle once we're done here. How does that sound? Oh, speaking of the wild, your home town sounds beautiful. Where did you come from? I used to live in Lumiose City in Kalos myself, there aren't really any forests to be had around there."
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Post by Tsushimii on Mar 26, 2017 22:10:34 GMT
The woman's demeanor was infective, another grin pulling across her face as she listened to the enthused talk. "I think it'd be great to try out battling! I mean, I suppose it'd be a good thing to learn since I am here to challenge the league after all! Though, I guess that is just an excuse to be able to get out there and explore everything I can. I'm hoping to find some fossils actually! I figured, it's Vesperia! It's still new in comparison to all the other regions so surely there are untapped secrets and hidden places to discover!"
She listened a bit more, tilting her head a bit at the mention of her hometown. "I'm from Celadon City. It's in Kanto, so pretty far off. It's pretty green for a city though, nothing like Saffron near us. At least from the stories I've heard, I've never actually been there before but it's definitely not as in tune nature wise as we were. Of course, I suppose that may also be because we were host to a grass gym. And now we're just living in Ponoca, my dad got a job as a miner, so it's not much of a big city either. It's still pretty in it's own way though! Lots of ranches so you get to see baby Pokemon sometimes."
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Post by DataNinja on Mar 26, 2017 22:44:23 GMT
After a short time to begin to get acquainted with the people around you, one of the doors opens, and a dark-haired woman in a lab coat walks into the room. She looks at each of you in turn, before seeming to look around the room for something. Or someone. "Is the Professor not out here, yet?" she asks.
"No." comes the blunt response from the girl leaning on the reception desk. "I take it you aren't her, then?"
The woman in the lab coat gives an exasperated look, before saying, "No, just an aide. And apparently her timekeeper, too. Wait here a moment." She heads directly for another door, disappears within, muttering to herself as she does so.
There's a bit of awkward silence from the others in the room. Well, in the case of the girl in the corner, more awkward silence.
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Post by Nocturne on Mar 26, 2017 23:05:53 GMT
Desiree grinned at Avani. "Well, isn't this just awkward. I wonder what could be keeping the Professor from her appointment with us. No doubt it must be something exciting." The young woman seemed entirely unconcerned by the silence that she had just broken. "I live in Kanadario now, so I guess I'm getting used to having to wait for things. I haven't been to Ponoca yet. Oh, I can't wait to see more of Vesperia!"
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Post by Tsushimii on Mar 26, 2017 23:13:57 GMT
A laugh bubbled up from her, continuing to further break the silence with Desiree. "I agree! A whole new land to see!" she grinned, eyes looking around at the others that still crowded the room. "So, who are all of you? I'm Avani. We might as well introduce ourselves until the Professor's Aide digs up the actual Professor from whatever bundle of distraction she's in!"
She waited with a beaming smile, rocking forward and back upon her heels as her hands shoved into the pockets of her jeans. "I wonder if we're the only ones or if there are more coming."
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Post by Nocturne on Mar 26, 2017 23:22:25 GMT
"Oh!" Desiree exclaims. "Hi everyone, I'm Desiree! I hope we can be good friends and rivals." She smiles warmly at everyone, likely looking like the very picture of calmness next to the practically bobbing and weaving Avani, though Desiree was of course no less full of energy. Charm to endear herself to the others: 0DLiC1kS3d6+1
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Post by Breakthelevee on Mar 27, 2017 6:02:24 GMT
As the Professors aide came into the room, Donovan had found himself absentmindedly playing with Rose's Pokeball, almost releasing the small plant before thinking better of it. A sigh escaped his lips when the woman announced that she wasn't the Professor, quiet enough that it could only be heard by someone directly next to him. As the woman goes into the back, he goes back to toying with the Pokeball.
Donovan looks up as the two girls go from talking to each other to addressing the whole room "I'm uhh....I'm Donovan Fleur, pleased to make your acquaintance" His voice was quiet and there was a hesitation in his introduction, but he followed it up with a small smile towards everyone in the room
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Post by DataNinja on Mar 27, 2017 6:23:00 GMT
There seems to be a little bit of surprise in the air, as Avani blatantly goes icebreaking. The girl leaning on the desk is the first to respond, giving a small chuckle, and a half upturned mouth. "My name's Lynne. I suggest you remember it, because it's eventually going to be plastered around, I'm sure. Vesperia doesn't have many standout trainers - yet - after all."
The boy she was talking to rolls his eyes a little bit - facing away from her, of course - and introduces himself as "Wilson Montgomery. Pleased to make your acquaintance. You may have recently heard of the Montgomery name in connection with reorganization in the most recent Devon branch expansion. That would be my mother." Needless to say, you haven't... and haven't even heard anything much about Devon - besides its existence - even to you who live in Kanadario. It's not likely anyone would have heard of something like that unless they studiously follow business news.
The second girl just glances up and gets a flush on her face to match her hair when looked at, before going back to determinately staring at her sketchpad - though without actually drawing. She almost seems to be attempting to slide into the crack between the back of her chair and the cushion.
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Post by Nocturne on Mar 27, 2017 14:37:30 GMT
Desiree resisted the urge to frown in dismay. Did Avani and her make the other girl feel embarrassed? That was awful. She hadn't thought that the red headed girl was going to stay silent, but there was probably a reason for it. Maybe she was mute? Or just painfully shy.
Either way, so the cute and timid guy was Donovan, the cool cat was Lynne and the fancy guy was Wilson. Easy enough to remember. "Well, it's nice to meet you all."
Desiree was somewhat interested in what Wilson said. His mother apparently had a high rank in Devon? Though Desiree didn't know anything about the corporation beyond its existence, she felt a certain kinship with Wilson, as her father was also high up in the Kanadario Silph Co. branch. "Your mother is an executive with Devon? That's funny because my father is with Silph. I guess that makes us sworn rivals or something." She grins at him.
"So, what Pokemon do you have so far?" Desiree thought changing the topic to something everyone loved would make them forget the awkwardness that the third girl in the group must now be experiencing. Hopefully they did all have a Pokemon, so no one would be embarrassed again. Desiree was honestly curious about their Pokemon, but also wanted to see who had an advantage or disadvantage to Amprex already. Those could be evened out later on, but knowledge was power after all.
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Post by Tsushimii on Mar 27, 2017 19:06:45 GMT
Avani kept her grin all the while, finally seeming to calm herself as she listened to the names. Donovan, Lynne, Wilson, and.... nothing! A quizzical look crossed her face only a moment before it once again returned to a smile. She wasn't one to push anyone into speaking, after all. Her pale eyes flashed to Desiree as she spoke once again, listening as she talked to the blond boy about some sort of corporations. She never really cared much for big business since her family did own a little shop before sales went bad.
"Ollie!" she beamed in response to the question of pokemon, giving a little laugh afterward. "Oleander is my Venipede. He's my brave little explorer! We like to hunt around the Ranches and safe mine areas to see if we can find stuff. He's really good at getting things up high with the whole... wall climbing thing."
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Post by Nocturne on Mar 28, 2017 0:59:04 GMT
Desiree listened with interest. Being a city girl, she'd never seen herself as the sort to go hunting for anything, let alone go digging around in mines. It sounded fascinating though. She felt incredibly happy once more to be given this opportunity to travel around the region and experience things that she never had before.
"Ollie sounds cool! I have a Helioptile named Amprex. He's a sweetheart, but very fierce in battle. Did you know that a Helioptile's frills have cells which generate electricity when exposed to sunlight? And they can generate their own energy from sunlight, so they can thrive without food, but will still eat if needed. Amprex is pretty amazing." She doesn't look one bit apologetic for the info dump she just forced on everyone.
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Post by DataNinja on Mar 28, 2017 3:03:31 GMT
"Oh, another bug type," Wilson says, nodding at Avani. "Marvelous creatures, such a wide range of talents. Mahjong is a particularly fine specimen. I find it fascinating that neither of Nincada's evolutions share a secondary type with it. That will be interesting to adjust battling styles around. Perhaps at some point we should compete."
"As long as you mean battling," interjects Lynne, a half-amused look on her face. "Because in Hearthome, 'compete' tends to mean in contests. And I've had enough of the whole showcase. You've honed amazing talents, so actually use them in battle. It's such wasted potential. Siren's not going to be like that. She's going to evolve into a beautiful Milotic, yes, but I'm not going to squander her parading her around like a trophy. Championship or bust, here."
"Yes," Wilson continues, chuckling, "I meant battling. I must say, you've got some spunk. Be careful you don't burn out before the end."
"Fat chance."
He shrugs, turning to Desiree. "Silph, eh? Well, I don't expect it to be much of a contest, then."
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Post by Nocturne on Mar 28, 2017 4:35:39 GMT
Desiree is annoyed by Wilson's words, even though she doesn't show it beyond the raising of an eyebrow. "We'll see," she says neutrally. Another thing she doesn't like is the mention of his Pokemon partner. A Nincada is one of the worst match-ups for her Amprex. She resists the urge to frown and turns to Lynne. Now this one she liked. It seemed like she had real fire in her, which was ironic seeing as how her starter seemed to be a Water-type. Desiree had a feeling they could get along, or at the very least, have a good rival relationship. "You're shooting for Championship huh? So am I. Amprex and I are going to the top, one way or another."
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