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{{Hey, another .//hack fan. =D Welcome to the guild. I'm Astral, one of the mods here, along with Requiem of Whyspers. If you ever have any questions, feel free to pm one of us. :3 I'll be a little innactive this week, since I'm out of town, but I'll be back home tomorrow evening. ^^

Also, check out the Events forum. I still have the guild b-day thread going on, where you can pick out a shiny Pokemon of your choice (as well as a normal-colored fossil) for the rp. :3 That'll be ending soon, however. ^^

Aaaand, we'll be having an event starting very soon. If you have your character head to any port town (Olivine in Johto), you can take the ferry to Harmony Island once its open. We're having a plot event start there soon, run by Whysp.}}

Professor Elm watched as Kyo made his decision, nodding when the boy selected Totodile, "Sure thing," he offered kindly, picking up the small croc's Pokeball, handing it over to Kyo, along with a Pokedex and some Potions to get the boy started.

"I'm sure the two of you will make a great team," he grinned, "I look forward to seeing what you encounter on your journey!"

Kyo has received:

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Totodile
Female
Lv 5
HP 40
Attacks
Tackle-20
Growl-10
Exp (10/15)

{{You can use either sprite you wish. Also, as thanks for pointing out our Houndour predicament, I'll start your exp count at 10 for your Totodile. Thanks for pointing that out to us! ^.=.^}}

Roka approached Professor Elm's lab. He took a deep breath in, then exhaled. This was where his journey would start. He flicked the pointed tip of his left ear, "Hopefully those scientists won't think too badly of me." He said to himself. Almost everywhere he went he was being analyzed, whether it be from up close, or afar. Roka slowly turned the knob to the Laboratory. He walked inside, towards Professor Elm, bowing when he reached him. Professor Elm was a respected man, especially in this region, and the last thing Roka wanted was to be rude. He brought his head back up, to meet the Professor. "I request a Pokemon."

Roka took in everything he was being told, and took about 2 seconds to decide. "I'd prefer a Cyndaquil, if you don't mind?" He had seen one once before, but had never heard of the others that were just introduced to him.

Roka accepted the empty pokeballs, the pokedex, and the Cyndaquil, along with the healing potions. Roka looked over Cyndaquil as he held her in his arms. He opened his new Pokedex and scanned over Cyndaquil, really quickly, he had seen a few other trainers do this. "So, you're a girl." He placed the Pokedex into his jacket, which was lined with many pockets, as if it was its own sort of bag. "Thank you Professor." Roka was smiling as he was holding his new Pokemon, sort of awkwardly, not knowing how to hold it.

Roka left the Lab, with an undroppable smile upon his face. He said his goodbyes, and thank yous, yet again, before setting off on his journey.

((Sounds fun.))

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Chikorita (Female)
Lv 5 HP-40
Tackle-20
Growl-10

{{Sorry about the slow response. Had to reboot and take care of a few other things about the house. >.<}}

Professor Elm looked up from his microscope, hearing someone walk in and speak. "I'm sorry, didn't mean to be rude. Was engrossed in this slide here." He spoke more to himself than to her. "Ah yes, you're here for a Johto starter? Then you've most certainly come to the right place. I do have a few Chikorita left, and I'm proud to hand this off to you. You seem to have the makings of a good trainer," he spoke swiftly, wanting to return to his research, but not too fast that he'd come off as rude or hasty. He turned towards a pale gray case sitting on a nearby desk. With a small click, it was opened, and inside were several Poke'balls, one of which contained a Chikorita. "Here you are. Take very good care of her," he continued on, outstretching his hand towards the girl. With his duty taken care of, he turned back towards his microscope and tweaked the nozzles before mumbling to himself, happily busying himself in his studies.

A young teen was walking around New Bark Town. Hands in his pockets, he strode with a confident, smoothly composed expression spread on his face. The male was here in this particular town due to the fact that he had arrived to recieve his first pokemon. His parents had allowed the boy to choose his beginner and out of all the pokemon, he had chosen a Cyndaquil. A fire pokemon, his parents had agreed with him choosing due to the fact that it was one that represented strength. A silent sigh escaped his lips, quite bored with the whole fact. But this town itself was quite fascinating. Having explored in the free time he had since arriving, he found the place amusing in the least. After greeting people politely, he found the nearest directions to Dr. Utsugi's house, or Professor Elm as the Americans referred to him. The boy stood back, spotting another boy hurrying through the door. Waiting a couple seconds after the other boy had rushed through the door, Kiba politely knocked. When he recieved no answer, he knocked again and waited. Maybe the older gentleman was busy trying to attend to the needs of the young boy from earlier.

Making sure that he waited a considerable amount of time that would seem like he had waited, the boy walked through the door. Walking slowly through the hallway, it led directly to the lab in the back part of the house. Various pictures of the Professor scattered across the walls, and there were even some flower vases. Pictures of interesting, normal and rare pokemon also littered the walls. Kiba quietly let his gaze wander across some of the pictures, storing them in his mind to remember. The names were not ones that he would forget. Then he came across the Legendary dogs, Suicune, Raikou and Entei. That was one of his goals in life was to catch some of the Legendary dogs and obtain them as his own. His gaze took in Lugia's majestic figure, the guardian of the seas. Worried he was taking too much time, he made sure to glance over all the pictures and just stored it in his mind to think about later. The lab emerged, and across the room was Professor Elm and the boy that were supposedly talking. Kiba stood politely back, waiting for the two to finish their conversation and for the boy to be awarded his first pokemon.

Thank you professer Elm for my first pokemon. then Takeru ran out of the labortory.