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(RP is only open for Steven, Guy, Dith, Luke, Izumi, Shizou, Seraphine, Citrine, Rosie (and if I miss anyone let me know!)

A week had passed since Steven had invited the group of Kodo and Grand Ile trainers to his home region for a proper chance at training their pokemon.

It had been a crazy week, getting everything ready to go. but they had managed on time, and by the morning, the group was assembled at the docks, traveling gear ready, and belts holding their prepared team of pokemon.
They were ready to go, nervous, excited, and hopeful. this was the first step any of them could take in getting ready for a long, and hard fight.

The boat ride was the most relaxing part, for the day they didn't have much to do but sit back, and talk, and just enjoy it while they could.
Rosie seemed to be enjoying herself quite a bit. having her Pikachu out, Kiss Kiss.
The trainer had a new outfit on for traveling, something she had designed herself, and had made before they left.
It was a more mature look for her, getting rid of the cute little skirt, and replacing it with a longer... half skirt (butt cape as Tawny would say <3)
Her boots and pants were styled and designed very much for riding purposes, was were the long, fingerless gloves that were now over her bare arms.

Rosie didn't look as much like a the young trainer as she used to be anymore.

By the time the sky was starting to take on an orange glow, the captain of the ship made an announcement that they were starting to approach land.
This drew many passengers onto the deck of the ship, pressing against the railing to look out at Hoenn.

Rosie was among them, with an equally impressed Kiss on her shoulder.
"Guys, its Hoenn!"

It had been a terribly long week of waiting, but the day finally came when the band of trainers set foot on the boat and began their journey towards the region of Hoenn for their training. The wait truly was worth it, Guy noted, as he opened his previously closed eyes and gazed upon the brave new land steadily increasing in size on the horizon. He walked over to the boat railing and tried to get a better look at the region. It was a tad difficult to see due to the setting sun, but even then it looked magnificent. Guy had read a few books in his time about the different regions of the world, and Hoenn always seemed like such a lovely place with its vast seas and islands, its forests, and its famous Mt. Chimney. It was a new place of infinite possibility.

A smile graced Guy's countenance as the new region slowly pulled into view. Anonymes, per usual, was at his master's shoulder, an elated expression visible on his face just from being around the swordsman. On Guy's other side stood his Zoroark Oki with a blank, serious expression on the Dark Pokemon's face. Guy's newest Pokemon, the Jolteon Leucetius, was safely in his Pokeball, and for the time being he would remain there. Guy certainly did not want that evil bundle of electricity running around when they were currently surrounded by very conductible seawater.

"It looks amazing," Guy commented to Steven as they neared what the former Champion said to be Slateport City. This excursion would be a challenge, but somehow it didn't really feel like they were on a training mission with the purpose to become stronger to tackle the problem of Team Rocket. Right now, it just felt like a vacation with friends, and it truly was a pleasant feeling to have. Guy could feel Anonymes clinging to his right arm with excitement, and even Oki looked to be impressed with the sight before them. Surely this would be a brilliant success.

Izumi wasn't so eager to press against the railing with the rest of the people. She was content to sit on one of the deck chairs, under a shade umbrella, with white lines of sunblock on her cheeks and nose--Or rather, she was too timid to do anything but sit there. That was how most of the boatride had been, everyone was very excited while Izumi sat meekly on the sidelines watching things go on.

Tying up the last bits of buying a flat along with preparing to leave for another region in the space of a week whilst also recuperating from nasty lacerations was exhausting to say the least. As such Dith had spent a great deal of time on the boat sleeping, napping, and generally being exceedingly lazy. He was actually asleep on deck under a sun umbrella when Rosie called, and completely failed to hear her. A sudden cold hand on his stomach and a creepy noise in his ear however soon had him sitting bolt upright and glaring at empty air. “Ты настоящий ублюдок, ты это знаешь?”

Shaking his head Dith got to his feet and peered around to see why Zla had taken it into his head to wake him up. Spotting some of the others over by the rail he yawned and, rubbing his face, set off towards them. Ahh, so they’d arrived had they? Good. Much as the boat was very comfortably equipped he’d never liked sailing much, made him feel sort of trapped with nothing but ocean all around him; nowhere to go. Maybe he should get hold of a largish water type and learn to ride it; that would probably get rid of the vague unease.

“Looks a very nice place,” Dith observed in approving tones as Steven pointed out where they would be staying; a bit more R&R before they headed out on the road sounded lovely to him.

"Um... kay..." Izumi got up from her seat and slowly walked over to stand next to Rosie. She wasn't so sure about this now that it was really happening... She was no good at pokemon. Wheatley was a friend, not really a pokemon to her... and she'd only taken in Glados to fix her up... But, she couldn't protect her friends if she couldn't battle pokemon and win... Izumi grabbed her other arm and shrunk into herself, not really paying attention to the aesthetics of the approaching city.

Guy glanced over to Miss Citrine and Dith as they joined the observers, and he gave a friendly smile as Miss Izumi nervously walked over to stand next to Miss Rosie. To be honest, Guy was feeling a little overwhelmed by the idea of an entire new region to explore, but the prospect was just as thrilling as it was intimidating. That was the challenge of it, of course, and that was what made it worthwhile. He gazed out towards the looming city for a few more minutes before remembering a question he had been wanting to ask Steven.

"Steven," he called to the silver-haired man. "I forgot to ask: isn't there an oceanic museum in Slateport City? Is it still there?" He had read a few things about the Oceanic Museum of Slateport and how it was involved in the criminal schemes of an organization in Hoenn some years back. Evil syndicates seemed to be somewhat of a common occurrence. Guy asked because he was genuinely curious. It would be interesting to see that museum if he got the chance during their stay.

While the view was very lovely to behold, Anonymes soon grew bored of just looking at the horizon and instead hovered over to where Miss Rosie and Miss Kiss Kiss were standing. When he reached the two, he spun happily in a circle and playfully poked the Pikachu. ["Hi, Miss Kiss Kiss! How are you? Are you excited for our adventure? I think it's going to be a lot of fun!"]

Oki silently walked behind the happy Lampent as the Ghost made his way over to the pink human's Pikachu. Oki was not familiar with many of the humans that were accompanying them to this place called Hoenn, and so the Zoroark's eyes were constantly shifting around suspiciously, keeping tabs on every living being on board. The only two he was not suspicious of was Sir Guy [of course], and the blue-haired female whom Oki had seen when his current master had bested him. He regarded the heart-marked Pikachu with a serious gaze. ["...You are Kiss Kiss, I presume? Anonymes has mentioned you from time to time."] Oki folded his arms across his chest. ["I am Oki."] ...He wasn't the best with first introductions.

Two days. It wasn’t all that much but it was better than none and he was feeling progressively less sore and exhausted anyway, it would do fine. “I did thanks,” Dith smiled at Rosie, “right up until the point when Zla put a cold hand on my stomach and said ‘bleeeeeegh!’ in my ear.”

Spotting Izumi doing what he had started to think of as her shy Squirtle shrink – had she a shell she would no doubt have vanished inside it – Dith moved over a little to stand on the other side her and touched her elbow briefly, offering her a reassuring smile. “Alright there? Looking forward to getting off the boat?” He still didn’t know her all that well at all so he wasn’t sure if talking to her would reassure her or not, but he was hardly going to get to know her better by just staying away. The others were all outgoing to a greater or lesser degree so getting them talking and finding out more about them was easy, no so much with shy Squirtle. Still, she’d come out of her shell in the end, he was sure.

"I-I'm fine... I just... um... never did pokemon battles..." Even though she'd grown up in a city with a pokemon gym, a young Izumi had been preoccupied with working in her father's shop and learning all she could about machines; When she found Wheatley, she'd still had no interest in joining the league, and neither had her pokemon friend.

"U-um..." She spoke up barely above a squeak when Sera said something about no one being to Hoenn before. "I-I-I'm from... here- Um- N-not here, b-but... L-Lavaridge..." She tapered off at the end and retreated into her shoulders, regretting saying anything as soon as she'd finished.