Welcome to Gaia! ::

Cody nodded in the direction of Dimitri. There was no time for proper introductions now. All the boy had to know was that he was just on time. "Welcome, newcomer," Cody greeted the boy. "We're heading up Rt. 110, potentially to Mauville City if you's guys can keep up the pace." He pointed to several direct routes on the map where smaller routes branched off. "We'll probably head out on some of these smaller foot paths and bike paths to see if we can't run into some cool pokemon that aren't usually found in the area or some trainers who might be on a walk. Tonight is all about letting all of your pokemon get the training they may need and making it as far as we can to get as much experience in the area as possible. Understood?"

Dimitri inhaled and exhaled to catch his breathe before he quickly shook Allens hand."I'm Dimitri... nice to meet ya!" He said in an anxious tone since he couldn't wait to see how this mission would turn out. His eyes filled with determination while his poochyena began to curiously sniff Allen's leg. "Understood! As long as I can find me a cool new partner... I'm ready for anything"

Cody smiled, hearing the unexpected voice. He offered his hand to the newcomer on board for a handshake. "Good to see ya," he said in a warm tone. "Yeah, Mauville. Glad you could make it. Our main point is gonna be to do some exploring of the side routes on 110, but if we make it to Mauville, we'll have some fun there, too." He pointed the small side routes along the map out to Sport, indicating that there would be some pokemon there that commonly seen, but are more rarely seen along the route.

Hunter entered the room unnoticed. He was starting to trust these relative strangers, but what he needed to do to get to know them was spend time around them. This was a great opportunity. Hunter chimed in, "Hey guys. I'm game for a trip."

"Well I'm ready! Meet you all outside!" Reaper shouted, darting outside the ship and out the harbor where Cody was waiting for everyone at. His Poochyena dashed out so fast he crashed into Reaper's legs and cause the two to collapse. Reaper chuckled a little as he got back up and brushed himself off. "Watch where you are going silly." He said and pet his Poochyena after he got up as well and proceeded to wait outside for everyone else.

Once everyone was outside, Cody held the map up. On it was an arrow that indicated their route that led to a circle. Within this circle was the PokeMart. This was all done in a red marker so it was easy to distinguish. "PokeMart - first stop, everyone," Cody announced to the group. "I pick the lock, unless we have someone who wants to volunteer, and we have 90 seconds to get in and out before the alarm goes off and surveillance cameras become active. With their infrared sensors, they'll be able to recognize and distinguish our faces, so we absolutely need to be out by then." Cody emphasized the need to be out in 90 seconds or less. With facial recognition software, Aqua would never be able to step foot in Slateport without trouble at their feet the second they crossed the city line. "Other than that, let's go!" and with that, they started slinking through town, making sure to keep as close to the shadows as possible.

"Thanks for the warm welcoming." Dimitri said as he quickly shook Cody's hand. Then, he took out his first partners pokeball and kneeled down. "Save your energy for the real fun... shanks." Dimitri said to his first partner while he pressed the button on the pokeball against his first partners forehead. A red beam of light engulfed his first partner to return him to his pokeball. Finally, he stood up before he followed cody.