The Start of a Long Road

[Darksol88]

"Yeah..." Aden nodded, wondering if maybe he hadn't put quite enough trust.... no. He had lost, and that was that. There was no excuse for it. He'd just have to try harder. "In that case, I better hit a mart on the way. I have a feeling I'm going to need a lot more than I anticipated."  

[Darksol88]

Blizzard120

"Well, I'll point you out to the mart as soon as we are done here." I said to him. "Just relax first, alright?"

"Right, right." If anything, Aden hadn't quite realized how far along he was with the club sandwich. When he had gone to pick it up again, he found there was nothing but air to grab. Or a few crumbs. But it was enough of a cue that he might want to relax. "...Yeah, got it."  

[Darksol88]

"Pretty sure I did... but yeah, I get it. I'll try to relax." He said.  

[Darksol88]

Blizzard120

I sipped on more Coke then ate a couple of french fries afterwards. It kind of bothered me a little. Aden is so wound up right now its crazy. Trying to get things done in a timely order, with perfection at that, but the fact of the matter is, in a gym tour, that's never going to happen. I only can help but to wonder how the rest of this gym tour is going to work out. Heh...just one of the many test the tour provides...

"...Say, Blizz?" Aden spoke up. "Don't mind me if I get nervous and all. I know I got worked up earlier, still am a little. But I think I'm better off now than I would've been at ten." He didn't want to think about how he might've taken things then. He knew that back then, he wasn't ready for the tasks he imposed on himself now.

"I'm sure I can do this. I just have to persevere. Besides, the 'practice' will help in the long run."  

[Darksol88]

"Really? The idea kinda scared me at the time, and I didn't feel like I was ready. Dad tried a lot to get me involved, but I didn't take it that well. Probably didn't help that Orre's known for how different it is from the other regions. The only 'gym' is more like a trainer's school, the coliseums are the closest thing to a league, and new trainers are assumed to have obtained their first Pokemon by the time they receive their license." Aden explained.

"Anyway, he eventually stopped until I finally told him I was ready... at sixteen. That's when I was given the Arcanine and Rhydon, so that I might be able to venture a little further and catch my first Pokemon. His methods from there weren't so good, as you already know." As he spoke, he made a mental note to pick up at least Arcanine next time he got to Ecruteak. He felt like he had betrayed him a little. "I guess it's better late than never, though seven years late probably doesn't look that good either."  

[Darksol88]

"Yeah?" Aden couldn't help having a bad feeling at what was to come.  

[Darksol88]

Blizzard120

"Something bothered me about your father the first I set my eyes on him. I don't know if I should be asking you this, but instead maybe your sister...let alone your father after all." I said. "But I'd figure I'd give it a shot anyways. I sensed something not all that right about him. When I sensed him at first meeting, he...well...didn't seem all that strong. To basically put it in comparison, he was just ROUGHLY about how I was before we all met Miles, which lead me to possibly theorize one thing. Your father wasn't always a hybrid. Was he?" I asked.

"From what dad and sis told me when I was younger? You're right, he wasn't." Aden answered. Not as bad as he feared, but it was still a subject he wasn't too knowledgeable on. "I don't know much of the details, just that he was human until a few years before I was born. He's never told me how it happened when I asked, though. Sis hasn't either. Still wonder if it was something kinda bad that led to it, though by now, I've probably seen and heard worse..."  

[Darksol88]

"Ah, no, you're fine." Aden had found he wouldn't be sticking to Coke much, though he had finished his by the time he had finished speaking a minute ago. It left him feeling a little more jittery than usual, and he doubted all of it was linked to the caffeine. "I was kinda waiting on you."