↳Tsubin felt that he shouldn't get too curious about other people's scars. Sure, it was a minor fascination, but he was aware of things that could be brought back up, not like he had much in comparison. Trauma was something he was aware existed for other people and in stories, and he wasn't sure how badly affected Aelin was from her experience. From her seeming lack of response to the burn that had just happened in front of him, she didn't seem too bothered. Or was that just shock? Or was she just used to getting burns on herself? "Well... only if you're comfortable with it," he said, waving a hand. "Otherwise, no need. Don't want you getting distressed if that happens when you talk about it." He took a moment to process the age he was told. And to make sure his math was right; he was still a little burnt out from exams just a few days ago. Nineteen.... and he was... Right, right. That was two years. "Ah, so not too far off from you. I'm still seventeen." Ah, still going on about touching the rock. "Careful, fate might get tempted to make me one-up you on that," he said, smirking playfully.
A thought crossed his mind as he looked at the two dog pokemon. Do Pokemon centers even treat wild pokemon? "Hm..." Were they actually wild in the first place? They seemed quite friendly. And what was this fluffy one? Curiously, he pulled out his pokedex again, pointing the sensor at the obvious Houndour first just to record it, and then at the other. The image on the screen didn't seem to change, but the individual information changed. His eyebrow raised at the sight. His pokedex wasn't malfunctioning already, was it? He pointed it at Yuu, and it gave a proper reading, changing the picture to match. "Weird." Scanning the odd dog again, he stared carefully at the screen and back at the canine. "I think.... I do see some similarities. Are you really a Houndour?" he asked him. At least now Tsubin knew this was a male. He got a nod in response. "Well, you know what you are better than me, so... I'll take that."
Putting his pokedex away, he reached out to the normal looking one, looking to pick her up to walk her to the counter, but she yelped and jerked away at the pressure of his hands under her ribs, forcing him to pull away. "Ah, s**t. You're bruised there too. Uh..." Sitting back on his his feet, he raised his hand to stroke his chin, wondering how to deal with them. He didn't want them to have to walk much more after seeing them limp a bit. Feeling something jostling him from behind, he turned his head to see his Lampent pulling open a zipper. "Hikari, what are you--- oh!" That was the zipper for his pokeball pocket on his bag. He held his hand out for the pokeballs she was pulling out as he redirected his attention back to the two. "Come with me after this, okay? I'm traveling now, but I'll bring you two to my home after. I think you'll like my family." The male let out a bark, his tail wagging furiously. "Sounds like a yes," he noted as he felt the cool metal of the capsules meet his outstretched hand. Managing to press both buttons at the same time, he rolled the empty pokeballs at the two, watching them flash and vanish upon contact before picking them up and standing. There was a very mild sting in his right knee that he nearly forgot about until he looked down. It didn't hurt much, but he still found it mildly annoying.The vague thought of if he remembered to pack a small medical kit into his bag crossed his mind as he picked up the larger one on the table and brought it along with him.
Walking back to the PokeCenter's front counter, he also dug around in the pocket on his backpack's strap for the pokeball of the Wurmple Hikari had unceremoniously for him caught earlier. Gazing down tentatively at the three capsules now in his hand, he puffed his cheek out. He still hadn't thought of anything to call his new Wurmple. And besides, it had different evolutionary branches. He supposed he could wait for now. And also the other two... "Eh... too much effort for now," he huffed, handing them over to Nurse Joy before turning to Aelin, looking her over from her feet up to her face. Oh, right. She skinned her knees when they threw themselves out of the way of the rock. "I suppose we should get ourselves patched up before we head out, huh, " he mused, poking at the small packets of alcohol wipes in the kit. "Can I see your hand? We might be able to just put some ointment and bandages on it until we get to the hospital."
Sage | Natu | Lvl. 12 | Male Calm Ability: Early Bird HP: 120/120 | EXP: 8/16 Moves: Peck - 35 Leer - Lowers target's physical defense one stage Night shade - Inflicts damage equal to user's level. Type Effectiveness Not Included Teleport - Allows User to Flee Wild Battles; Also warps player to the last Pokemon center they visited.
Yuu | Riolu | Lvl. 6 | Male
Ability: Prankster HP: 60/60 | EXP: 7/16 | FP: 1/5 [19/50 posts] Moves: Foresight - Allows fighting and normal attacks to hit a targeted Ghost Quick Attack - 40: (Priority +1) Endure - Survive any attack in one turn with 1 HP. If used in succession however, it has a 1/5 chance of working the second time, and every subsequent round after, a 1/10 chance until another move is used. (Priority +3)
Lime | Treecko | Lvl. 5 | Male
Ability: Overgrow HP: 50/50 | EXP: 8/15 Moves: Leer - Lower targets physical defense one stage. Pound - 40 Absorb 20: Restores HP to the user equal to 1/2 of damage dealt.
Inactive Party
Wurmple Lvl. 3 | Male Ability: Shield Dust - Damaging moves used by the opponent will not have an additional effect HP: 0/30 | EXP: --/15 Moves: Tackle- 40 String Shot- Lower targets speed two stages
Aelin shook her head as Tsu waved off her offer. Mostly to discourage it if she felt uncomfortable with sharing. "No it's okay, I actually really like the burn. It's shaped like a Phoenix, and it's kind of like... A renewal in my life. So I don't mind at all." She said happily. She didn't mind at all. Infact, it was rather weird that she hadn't already mentioned the scar. Or... That she was wearing something that kind of covered it. What was with her recently? Wearing something that kind of covers her Phoenix? She shook her head to clear out her questioning. She was just super nervous about leaving home a few days ago. That's all. As Tsu did some mental math, he seemed to brighten a bit. Oh! He was just a couple years younger! Not that much. "Oh that's not that far at all! I was suddenly worried you were a really tall 14 or younger year old.. Or... A really tall 14 year old or younger.... Whatever, words are hard..." She jumbled, blushing slightly. How should she have said that. When Tsubin teased her about possibly one upping her, she giggled. "Oh no fate. How terribly destined." She giggled again.
As Aelin talked to Nurse Joy, she looked at the burn on her hand. It pulsated painfully whenever she did anything with it. She would probably have sobbed for hours if it had been just her. She was holding her tears in rather well she thought. She took in a deep breathe, the Nurse looked at her as she looked at her hand. "Oh my goodness! Your hand? Are you okay?" She asked concern lacing every word. Aelin smiled sadly and shook off the woman's concern. "I did something dumb, but it's okay. We are heading to the hospital in Rustboro after this... But thank you for the concern." She sighed quietly, taking an internal look at her wounds. She had completely forgot about her skinned knees with all that had happened within the last few moments.
She looked up as Tsu came inside without the Houndour or the... Other houndour? Raising an eyebrow as he entered, she then realized that he must have caught them to make them easier to bring inside. She watched as he puffed out one of his cheeks and chuckled, she did that sometimes when she was thinking. That or chewing on the cheek... She should really stop doing that. As he handed the pokemon to Nurse Joy, Aelin stood from the counter that she was leaning against. While they waited to see the pokemon healed, she should probably get some provisions. Good thing she technically took her next several months of unearned allowance from her home with her. Her parents would probably learn to lock their safe after that incident. Oh well. As she started to turn away, he asked for her hand. "Want to hold my hand again?" She teased playfully, she nodded and handed over her hand. Chuckling softly. She helped put some ointment out of the big kit Nurse joy had pulled out. "After we fix ourselves up, i was gonna get some provisions. Figured we could make our way quickly to Rustboro just in case. You never know with your leg and my knees. Let alone my hand. So, if that's okay with you... I'll grab some stuff and then we can have lunch when we get there?" She mentioned. When they got her hand all wrapped she turned to the alcohol wipes. She cringed.
"This will hurt, but i'll get yours if you get mine." The girl squatted and cleaned Tsubin's injuries best she could and bandaged them. She helped with her own as well, and then carefully moved towards the poke mart side of the center to purchase food and drink supplies... And medical supplies to make sure they both kept clean. She took a deep breath and paid for everything and walked back over. When she got back, Tsubin's pokemon were healed of what could be healed in a pokemon center. She handed Tsu a sandwich she had bought, just ham and cheese and some poffins they could toss to their team as they walked. She took a deep breath before leading the small group towards The next town. Petalburg she believed. *Exit to Petalburg*
♫ Team ♫
⇨xxN A M E: Celery - Torchic
T Y P E: L E V E L: 6 G E N D E R: ♀ N A T U R E: Curious A B I L I T Y: Blaze - When HP is below 1/3rd, fire type attacks do x1.5 damage H O L D I N G: N/A A T T A C K S: Scratch - 40 Growl - Lower targets physical attack one stage Ember - 40: 4/10 Chance to burn target
60/60HP | Status: None | 6/16 EXP | Evolves at Lv 16 | Next Move: Sand Attack (Lv. 10)
⇨xxN A M E: Broth - Axew
T Y P E: L E V E L: 11 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Easily excitable A B I L I T Y: Rivalry - If the target is of the same Gender as this Pokémon, then this Pokémon's attacks do x1.25 damage, but if the target is the opposite gender, attacks do 3/4 damage. H O L D I N G: N/A A T T A C K S: Scratch - 40 False Swipe - 40; Always leaves at 1 HP Bite - 60: 4/10 Chance to Flinch target Assurance - 60: Damage doubles if target already took damage in the same round
110/110HP | Status: None | 4/16 EXP | Evolves at Lv 38 | Next Move: Taunt (Lv. 12 )
⇨xxN A M E: Matzo - Voltorb
T Y P E: L E V E L: 6 G E N D E R: 0 N A T U R E: Strict, Robotic A B I L I T Y: Soundproof - This pokemon is unaffected by sound moves H O L D I N G: N/A A T T A C K S: Tackle - 40 Lightscreen - Reduces damage from special attacks by 1/2 for 5 rounds Sonicboom: 20: Unaffected by weaknesses/resistance, does not ignore type immunity
60/60HP | Status: None | 15/15 EXP | Evolves at Lv 30 | Next Move: Thundershock (Lv. 9)
⇨xxN A M E: Potato ~ Trapinch
T Y P E: L E V E L: 6 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Serious, Adventurous A B I L I T Y: Hyper Cutter - Opponent cannot lower this Pokémon's Attack value. This Pokémon may still lower its own Attack value using a move of by itself H O L D I N G: N/A A T T A C K S: Sand Attack - Lower targets accuracy one stage Astonish - 30: 4/10 Chance to Flinch target Laser Focus - Ensures that the next attack will critically hit
60/60HP | Status: None | 15/15 EXP | Evolves at Lv 35 | Next Move: Bite (Lv. cool
Danger noodle hatches in 3/30
Hatches in 3/30
♫ TMs/HMs/TRs ♫
1 x TR Attract
♫ Consumables ♫
1 x Energy Drink 1 x Cowboy Hat 1 x Taiko Drum 5 x SweetHearts
♫ Pokeballs ♫
Regular ~ Unlimited
♫ Equipment ♫
None Yet!
♫ Berries ♫
5 x Belue 5 x Spelon
♫ Misc ♫
Three Change of clothes (Including Pajamas) Notebooks Pens Pokedex Several pairs of socks, A pair of extra shoes Teddy
↳Tsubin blinked. He wasn't exactly sure why he was expecting to hear the opposite. Then again, maybe he had gotten into reading too many of those kinds of internet articles and forum stories. "Oh? In that case, I wouldn't mind hearing about your cool scar story later," he said, grinning. It really did sound like an interesting form if she came around to appreciating the aesthetic. And that symbolism too.... Ah. He didn't want to get too curious about seeing something on a girl that wasn't just obvious clothing or wasn't already covered by clothes. Oh... What an awkward thought. He consciously decided he was going to stop thinking about it and focus on anything else, like Aelin's comments about the possibility of him having been a tall 14-year old. "Well... yeah, I guess I would be at a weird height for a kid, though not record-breakingly," he noted, tapping his chin as his head tilted back in thought. He was pretty sure that wasn't a real word. "Fourteen though.... Geez. Inversely, you could probably have been one of those ladies who doesn't physically age until their mid-fifties, if you didn't mention your age first," he said with a smirk.
"Oh, now you're offering to hold hands. How bold. How lewd," he chuckled. Ah, internet. How could he live without you. His phone was already out again as he turned Aelin's palm upward, comparing a picture he found online to her injury. "Looks like second-degree," he stated. "Good news is that you likely don't need a skin graft, but oof, those blisters." He hadn't looked up the procedure for skin grafting before, but it sounded quite unpleasant. This current task at hand was simple enough though. He pulled out a clean cotton ball and took the tube of ointment from her, dabbing a small dollop of the medicine onto her reddened palm before picking up a roll of gauze and wrapping it loosely around her hand and securing it at her wrist. Oh, right, he nearly forgot about his own knee already. "They're only scrapes, so I don't think we'll have too much trouble getting there," he said, leaning over to roll up his pant leg. He was used to pain with the way he and his siblings grew up. All the roughhousing was enough to give them all a fair share of cuts, bruises, and scrapes over the years. And occasionally splinters. Tsubin didn't think it was too bad on his end. He looked back up at her as she laid out a plan for the time being. "You might wanna get yourself some painkillers too. And uh, lemme know if you need me to carry anything."
It didn't take too long for them to get cleaned up and bandaged. He rearranged his party (at Sage's insistence, he moved the Natu into his inactive party along with the Wurmple, and Miso) as he waited for the Houndours to heal and for Aelin to finish shopping. Neither took too long to finish, luckily, though he did seem surprised at the amount of supplies she bought. He insisted on carrying the heavier bag as they left.
Kuroko | Houndour | Lvl. 5 | Female Sassy Ability: Flash Fire HP: 50/50 | EXP: 1/15 Moves: Leer - Lower targets physical defense one stage Ember - 40 || 4/10 Chance to burn target Howl - Raise user's physical attack one stage
Yukikaze | 𝛿Houndour | Lvl. 5 | Male Lax Ability: Flash Fire HP: 50/50 | EXP: 1/15 Moves: Leer - Lower targets physical defense one stage Ember - 40 || 4/10 Chance to burn target Howl - Raise user's physical attack one stage
Yuu | Riolu | Lvl. 6 | Male
Ability: Prankster HP: 60/60 | EXP: 8/16 | FP: 2/5 [20/50 posts] Moves: Foresight - Allows fighting and normal attacks to hit a targeted Ghost Quick Attack - 40: (Priority +1) Endure - Survive any attack in one turn with 1 HP. If used in succession however, it has a 1/5 chance of working the second time, and every subsequent round after, a 1/10 chance until another move is used. (Priority +3)
Lime | Treecko | Lvl. 5 | Male
Ability: Overgrow HP: 50/50 | EXP: 9/15 Moves: Leer - Lower targets physical defense one stage. Pound - 40 Absorb 20: Restores HP to the user equal to 1/2 of damage dealt.
Inactive Party
Wurmple Lvl. 3 | Male Ability: Shield Dust - Damaging moves used by the opponent will not have an additional effect HP: 30/30 | EXP: --/15 Moves: Tackle- 40 String Shot- Lower targets speed two stages
Sage | Natu | Lvl. 12 | Male Calm Ability: Early Bird HP: 120/120 | EXP: 8/16 Moves: Peck - 35 Leer - Lowers target's physical defense one stage Night shade - Inflicts damage equal to user's level. Type Effectiveness Not Included Teleport - Allows User to Flee Wild Battles; Also warps player to the last Pokemon center they visited.
To next area: 8/3+ Encounter!: 24/3 Battle!: 47/20 Next Item: Next TR: Secret Power - 17/30
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 10:28 pm
Ryou • Yagami
The first thing he did when arriving at the Oldale was locate the poke center. Ryou knew from stories of trainers who visited Blackthorn to challenge the gym that letting your pokemon go without treatment could be disastrous. And besides that, he wanted his pokemon to be okay. Entering the pokecenter he found himself unreasonably shy. He realized he had never really had to heal any pokemon. Luckily the nurse joy at the desk seemed to realize this and offered a friendly smile. Much like back at Proffesor Birch's lab, Ryou gave a small bow of his head in both greeting and respect before asking her if she could take his newest pokemon and heal him. While he waited for the pokemon to heal, he headed to one of the phones in the poke center. He knew his parents and the rest of the dragon clan would want to hear from him. After all he hadn't contacted them since he arrived at Hoenn.
post to leave: 0/3 Post to pokemon encounter: 1/3 Exit to Oldale Town.
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 10:36 pm
Ryou • Yagami
The call home was long, longer than Ryou thought it would be. It was like once they started talking they couldn't stop. His family had wanted to know everything, how was he, what was his starter? And how did he think it would do against the first gym? ( he did manage to confirm that fire was weak to rock types but he was also assured that with enough training, any pokemon could beat a type disadvantage) and how was Kai? The moment his name had gotten mentioned, the dragon pokemon had all but jumped on the phone. Ryou knew he couldn't blame him, until he had gone off in this journey with him Kai had been residing at the dragon den. It was as much a home to him as it was to Ryou. And while Ryou may have been chafing from being there for so long, Kai would be homesick. His mom talking to Kai for almost as long as she had talked to him, that had been...unexpected. By the time the call was over, the nurse joy had his new pokemon ready. The little Poochyena sniffed at his hand, with his tail between his legs before slowly ( and keeping a wary eye on Tsuki) slinking forward and finally licking his hand in greeting. "Noctis" Ryou said smiling at the pokemon.
While Noctis still seemed wary of both it's party members ( and specially of Tsuki) it seemed to like Ryou just fine. Ever since they had exited the poke center it had trotted beside him and was in much higher spirits than it had been when it had first been healed. Ryou had taken to walking with him alone while keeping the other two pokemon in their pokeballs. He figured once it was a bit more used to them they could all walk together. "It says here you know tackle and....and that's it?" he said looking at the dex entry. Noctis whined, head down and ears pressed to it's skull. Ryou inmediatly changed tactics. "it...it's okay" he said scratching the puppy pokemon behind the ears. "no one in the team is strong yet we're....we're gonna have to train."
Walking a bit more it wasn't long before they encountered another wild pokemon. This one a bird with white feathers and blue markings that Ryou had never seen before. "What is that?" It wasn't lilke the pokemon could answer him, so Ryou took out the pokedex and aimed it at his newest discovery. Wingull rides updrafts rising from the sea by extending its long and narrow wings to glide. This Pokémon's long beak is useful for catching prey. "Wingull" the boy repeated "it's...it's a water type" A water type could beat a rock type, or at least had a better chance than Tsuki would have. "Do you...do you think you could fight it?" he asked Noctis "you don't have to" he hurried to say when the poochyena seemed to balk at the prospect "but between you and Tsuki you have the advantage over it. And we really need a water type" Noctis seemed to consider this and Ryou was about to recall it and switch in Tsuki ( and hope it kept it's one hit KO streak) when the puppy pokemon jumped in front of him. "Okay...uh..use tackle" Noctis gave a yip an raced towards the wingull, the tackle landed and Ryou was once more surprised to see that the pokemon had fainted. "Wow look at that" he said and couldn't help but smile when Noctis seemed surprised himself "look at that Noctis you knocked it out!" he said as Noctis' tail started to wag. "Now let's see if the luck holds up" he said throwing yet another pokeball.
post to leave: 0/3 Post to pokemon encounter: 3/3 Level 3 Wingull Appeared! HP: 30 Noctis used tackle! ( base power : 40 ) Wingull fainted! ( 30-40 = -10/0) Noctis gained 2 EXP! Trainer Ryou threw a pokeball!
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 11:34 pm
Ryou • Yagami
The luck did indeed seem to hold out and Ryou found himself almost cheering when the wingull was captured. Walking forward he picked up the pokeball, feeling the same disbelief as when he had captured Noctis. He was doing it, he was building a team. Turning back to Noctis, Ryou went down on one knee and wasn't surprised when the poochyena padded over to him. "Good job! I told you you could do it" he said petting the little pokemon. Noctis for his part started a tentative wag with his tail. Ryou could tell the pokemon was of a nervous nature and maybe that would make training harder but harder didn't mean impossible. "Do you wanna do it again?" he asked already knowing what the answer would be. Noctis whined and Ryou giggled before relenting "yeah okay fair enough, I guess I can have Kai take on the next one"
post to leave: 0/3 Post to pokemon encounter: 3/3 Level 3 Wingull Appeared! HP: 30 Noctis used tackle! ( base power : 40 ) Wingull fainted! ( 30-40 = -10/0) Noctis gained 2 EXP! Trainer Ryou threw a pokeball! Wingull was captured!
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 11:47 pm
Ryou • Yagami
Before letting Tsuki take the next one, or doing anything really Ryou headed over back to the pokemon center. Nurse Joy must have been used to repeat visits by trainers becasue she didn't say anything as he sheepishly handed his newly aquired -fainted- pokemon over for healing. Once the pokemon (which he decided he would name Mihiro was healed Ryou was glad to see it didn't seem to hold any resentment towards him or Noctis. "So why don't you like Tsuki again?" he couldn't help but ask the poochyena as it hid behind his legs and whimpered when the torchic was out again. Whatever the reason, he figured forcing them to be together would only make it worse so he quickly recalled Noctis and turned to his starter. "Okay so we're gonna find someone for you to train with" he informed the torchic. Tsuki chirped at him, bunting his head against Ryous leg. Ryou smiled and patted the little bird on the head.
Once outside the pokecenter Ryou set about finding a wild pokemon for Tsuki to train against. The plan-as far as he had one at least- was for everyone in his party to have at least one fight before he moved on. He wasn't sure how many fights it would take for them to be ready for the gym ( he wasn't sure how strong the pokemon at Roxanne's gym would be) but if he gave each of his pokemon a fight every town he visited...surely he would make progress right? The boy worried his lip between his teeth, maybe he should have taken more notes. He wanted to be ready, he knew from growing up on the backyard of a league officiated gym how badly things could go if you weren't prepared when you challenged a leader. Shaking his head he tried to shake his worries too and smiled at his pokemon who was looking at him rather questioningly. "Only way to find out is to try right?" he both asked and said to Tsuki smiling at the pokemon "come on, lets go find a battle." Team:
Walking around looking for more wild pokemon to battle, Ryou couldn't help but think about how different his pokemon's personalities were. Mihiro was new of course, so he didn't really know her personality but as far as the others were concerned, despite being new themselves he could tell their personalities were starting to show. Tsuki was incredibly affectionate and playful. He was constantly headbutting him as a show of affection and trying to play with Kai ( and he knew if Noctis wasn't afraid of him, Tsuki would be trying to play with him too) Noctis was afraid of his own shadow but Ryou could tell from having been able to convince him to help catch Mihiro that if push came to shove the little pup pokemon would see him through. Kai he knew was older than the pokemon he had caught and seemed to tolerate everyone like some pretty begrudled nanny Come to think of it that seemed to be how he felt about Ryou too. 'Chic!' Tsuki's cry brought him out of his thoughts as the little chick pokemon was scratching its feet on the dirt, apparently ready to fight....something. "Tsuki?" Ryou asked "what did you find?" Team:
Ryou heard a yip and for a moment he had to check all his pokeballs were in his belt and that Noctis was in fact still in his pokeball. Kai was standing in front of a poochyena but at a second look he was sure he would have never mistaken this one for Noctis. The fur on the front was fluffed up and looked like a mohawk for one and for another it was baring it's teeth and growling in a way he was sure Noctis never would. "Are you sure you wanna fight it?" Ryou asked feeling a bit nervous. Tsuki chirped in the affirmative and Ryou took a breath. If his pokemon wanted to train he wasn't going to be the one to tell it no. "Alright use-" Before Ryou could finish naming an attack Tsuki barreled into the enemy pokemon with enough force to knock him over. Ryou winced in sympathy and wasn't surprised when the Poochyena had swirls in it's eyes. "What...what was that?" the boy asked taking out his pokedex 'Quick attack' the device rattled off 'a normal type move learned by torchic, it always attacks first' "Huh...okay" Ryou said patting his starter in the head. Tuski for his part bunted his hed against his head in what Ryou was starting to understand was a show of affection. Team:
With Tsuki's battle out of the way, Ryou decided that it was time to train the water pokemon that would hopefully help him with his first battle. If not I guess I could always send out Kai, the boy thought looking down at the pokeballs in his hands but would it really be my victory if I use a pokemon given to me by the clan? He ran a hand through his hair, a habit he had picked up when in thought and decided he should at least train up Mihiro a bit and have her meet her team mates. "Tsuki meet Mihiro" Ryou said releasing the wingull, it gave out a soft cry uppon appearing and stretched it's wings. "She's going to be our new team mate." Tsuki gave a soft chirp which Mihiro returned in kind. The two bird pokemon seemed to size each other up before Mihiro stretched out wing and thumped it against Tsuki's head. Ryou got up to intervene in what he thought was a fight only to laugh when Tsuki chirped happily and bunted her head against Mihiro's wing. "Okay so you two get along" the boy said picking up his bag again "now if only I could figure out how to get Noctis to like you."
Finding a battle for Mihiro proved to be harder than Ryou thouhgt. The twelve year old walked around town ( and wow it really was smaller than he realized) but couldn't seem to find any wild pokemon. Finally he deciede he and his pokemon needed a rest and went back into the pokemon center. He was sitting in one of the chairs when someone approached him. 'Have you visited the ruins of Oldale?' Ryou looked up at the woman who was handing him a flyer. "No...I...I can't say I have" he said taking the flier "what are they?" 'they're a main tourist attaction' the lady said with a smile 'almost everyone who drops by goes and sees them' Ryou thanked the adult and looked down at the paper. "Do you guys wanna check it out?" he asked his pokemon who nodded at him. "Okay let's get going"
The walk to the ruins turned out to be more than he had anticipated. Ryou was grateful that the nurse joy ( who had apparently decided to fuss over the 12 year old who had been staying at the poke center and That he wasn't sure how he felt about) had foisted a water bottle and snacks on him before his departure because more than once he found himself stopping to catch his breath.
Once he got there he made sure to give his pokemon ( all of them had wanted to be out of ball even Noctis ) water as well and took in the view. "Wow" It was breath taking, Ryou couldn't help but stare in awe. He took out the disposable camera he had bought on a whim at the beginning of his trek ( apparently since everyone came to see the ruins, cameras were sold by them) and snapped a couple of pictures. Sitting down he took a moment to take everything in. He had wanted to go on his journey to see the world, to see what could be outside of Blackthorn and hte dragon den. And so far he couldn't help but feel like he was doing it.
