Pokemon: The Omega League

Betata City, Pokemon Gym - Jacques.

Not quite far enough out of earshot, Jacques stopped and turned around, face burning a little red from embarrassment at the well-wishes and having what he said earlier repeated back to him to give another half-bow to Hyde and Nick. His team-mates could wait a few seconds more, s-surely.

"A-Ah, um, well, m-merci, I-I'll do m-my best, t-thank you..."

And with that, he raced back towards the arena even faster than before.

Hyde Sagasu - Betata City Gym

Zullie the Misdreavus

"Dree!?!" Zullie trilled in surprise. "Ree? Ree? Ree?" The little ghost rapidly checked the camera from several angles, trying to work out what just happened.

"Heh, I gotta see that one," said Hyde. At that moment, a reply to his text popped up. 'That was fast,' he thought. Seeing it was from his mother, that made sense. She probably knew he was going to text before he even thought of it.

From: Mom

I am so happy for you, Hyde. I just knew you would do well out there. I don't need the Sight to see your future shining brightly. By the way, that is just about the cutest ghost Pokemon I have ever seen. You and Zullie take good care of each other, okay?

Hyde smiled reading his mother's words. Some travel weariness he didn't even know he had, melted away. When he had the chance, Hyde typed up a quick reply, just to his mother. His brothers would've probably teased him for it.

Send to: Mom

(Attached picture shows Hyde hugging Zullie in the Aleph Town Pokemon Center)

I think we're doing pretty good so far.

Hyde's mother replied quickly with a bunch of hearts. "Good news, Zullie. Mom likes you," Hyde said with a big, goofy smile on his face. "Not that I ever thought she wouldn't."

Nick the photographer - Betata City gym, with Hyde and Jacques. (Jack)

Nick had a little light hearted chuckle at the Misdreavus as well, then he looked over with a raised eyebrow as Adrian decided to leave the gym. "Uh, sure. You wanna meet back up at the Pokemon center?" Nick half asked, half suggested, in a somewhat unsure tone. Then the photographer turned to the counter and retrieved Torry's Pokeball, since the Rockruff was done being healed.

With that, Nick then turned his attention back to Hyde. "Well, I've still got the cable out," the photographer noted with a slight grin, then would go ahead and see about transferring over the latest photo to Hyde.

"Alright, I'm gonna go get some pictures of Jacques' match. You comin' too, or maybe you should check on Adrian?" Nick wondered as he disconnected the camera, already starting to head towards the way to the audience stands.

The professor smiled at the four new trainers, walking to each one and handing them each a small red device and five empty Poke Balls.

"This is a Rotom Pokedex. It has the capability to scan and document any sort of Pokemon that you encounter on your journey. It can also show you information on the Pokemon you've captured. Let me show you what I mean," he said, activating the devices once he handed them to the group. Each of the four Pokedexes floated out of their owners' hands and scanned their partners. They chirped to life, showing statistics on the Pokemon while a chirpy voice began to speak:

Once the information had been stated, the Pokedexes floated back into their owners' hands. Russell smirked a bit while Carlos looked at his, amazed. The professor smiled.

"Now that you have your Pokemon, the region is open to you. If you want to get stronger and find new Pokemon, I recommend you take on the Gym Challenge. The nearest gym from here is in Betata City. Go north from here through Route 1 to get there. You can catch new Pokemon and train your new partners there. Best of luck to all four of you!" he explained. Bethany emotionlessly nodded, then reached down and picked up her Corsola, cradling it in her arms gently as she started to exit. Russell gestured for Chimchar to follow, then he looked at Sal.

"You look like you're bonding with your Pokemon," he told the boy. "You've got the makings of a good new trainer, I bet." Carlos was already out the door, grinning and rushing along with his Tyrogue in hot pursuit.

A crowd was beginning to pack back into the stadium as the three trainers approached the challengers' side of the stadium. Jesse looked nervous, but looked at his Poke Ball worriedly. Sarah grinned and put a hand on his arm, patting it.

"We've got this!" Sarah cheered. "C'mon, don't be nervous!" Jesse gulped.

"All right. Okay. We've got this. You're right. There's just about a hundred people watching us just waiting for all of us to screw up..." he groaned. Hawke stood at the other side of the arena, with Skye and Jonas flanking him. An aide walked up with a selection of Poke Balls, the three gym trainers taking one each from the box. Meanwhile the referee stood in the middle off to the side with two flags.

"This will be a three-on-three battle. The gym leader and his two partners: Hawke, Jonas and Skye; versus the challengers Jacques, Jesse and Sarah. Each trainer will use one Pokemon. No substitutions are allowed. The last side with remaining Pokemon will be the winners, the challengers will win the Aero Badge if victorious. The challengers will send out their Pokemon first," the referee announced. Sarah grinned, throwing her Poke Ball.

"Go, Hadoo!" Sarah exclaimed, and from out of her Poke Ball, her trusty Pidove emerged, cooing and looking triumphant. Jesse exhaled, then moved to pitch his Poke Ball like a baseball.

"All right, Sparky, you're up!" he called out, and from his Poke Ball emerged his Pokemon, a round guppy-like Pokemon with stubby legs, flippers for arms, huge yellow eyes with plus-shaped pupils, and two very long thin antennae with bulbous glowing orbs on the end of them.

"Chin! Chou!" Sparky chirped, hopping up and down a few times.

Aleph Town — Professor Hawthorn's laboratory

Sal blinked, quite shocked by Russel’s compliment. “Uh, thanks, man. I hope you’re right.” Sal began to make for the door, but before he did so, he paused and turned again to the kid. “Hey, hopefully we see each other soon, right?” With that, he called José to his side and they went out of the lab and into the town. “So, you ready for the time of your life, my cute little pup?” I hope you are, ‘cause we’re doing it anyway!” As they walked through the town, Sal stopped, and began to look around. “If I recall correctly, Route 1 is… that away! I wonder what Pokemon we’ll catch!” With that, the two began to break into a run into the road, laughing all the while.

Edited by J99908 on Mar 16th 2024 at 9:52:56 AM

Betata City Gym - Arena, Jacques.

...Aqua looked somewhat confused as she arrived in the arena. These were her team-mates? She wasn't sure what to make of such...unusual pair. A round, blue sphere bouncing around, feeling like it was trying upstage her. And there had already been plenty of bird-brains flocking around and out of reach, but that wouldn't stop her! Hopefully there wouldn't be one on the opposite team and cause slight confusion.

Jacques for his part was somewhat short of breath as he dashed into the arena, a little late but still taking his place on the opposite side of Jesse, both trying to compose himself and decide a strategy so he wouldn't get in his team-mates way.

Deep breath. Scarf's a bit...ah, there we go. Future's technically on the line here... Everything will be okay. Open your eyes.

"I-I agree, a lot of pressure, a lot of firsts and débuts. First triple battle, first trainer battle, first Gym Battle...and considering everyone else has won so far..." Jacques remarked, closing his eyes and trying to steady his nerves and give a small smile. He was nervous and trembling slightly, yet there was a rush of adrenaline and confidence.

"But...c'est la vie. We're working together so if we can coordonner, er, coordinate off each other's strengths...I'd say we'll probably give a performance worthy of an encore." Jacques smiled.

"N-Not...that battles work like that, but you know what I mean." Jacques nodded, getting flustered somewhat but smiling a tiny bit at his team-mates before glancing over at the aquatic mouse who was ready to battle. "Let's do our best, Aqua."

"Ril!"

Edited by TheRealWren on Mar 17th 2024 at 12:58:01 AM

Hyde Sagasu - Betata City Gym

Zullie the Misdreavus

Hyde's Pokegear chimed from another response, but he wouldn't check it right away. "Yeah, I'll go see what's up," Hyde said to Nick. "If I'm not back before the battle's over I'll catch up at the Pokemon Center." As he went to follow Adrian outside, Hyde looked at his messages.

Proud of you, kiddo. You put in the work and it's paying off. That's the Sagasu way. Keep at it and you'll make it to the top, I've got no doubt. Next time though, please mind your time zones. Your old man's got work in the morning.

Hyde winced a little, having completely forgotten they were practically on the other side of the world. 'Mom probably nudged him awake to answer' Hyde thought. When he spotted Adrian, Hyde waved and picked up the pace. "Hey, Adrian!" he called out.

"Eedree!" Zullie added.

"You okay?" Hyde asked. "You seemed a little out of it. Was it... you know who?" He asked the last part hesitantly, as if he might accidentally summon Chelsea somehow.

"Sounds good," Phillip says, "though with the team I have, herding Pokemon would be the best we could do." He pauses a moment and scratches his chin thoughtfully. "Unless," he adds, "Pudding could turn into something big and strong enough to move rocks."

As if on cue, Pudding pops out of their Pokeball and lands on Phillip's head. They flex two pseudopods in a strongman's pose and flash a cocky grin.

Phillip, now with the weight of a Ditto on his head, tries to maintain his composure.

Betata City Gym -> Route 3

Knowing that he would need to wait until later to watch his friends participate in the gym challenge, Joachim politely excused himself and bid farewell to the friend he'd been spending time with so he might check out one of the other routes, both to try and train his Pokemon and to get some thinking time so he might ponder over what he'd been told and figure things out on his own. His feet ultimately led him towards Route 3, and the grassy plains that led into rockier territory provided him with a good view of anyone - or anything - that might come towards him and his party.

"Gliss. Fleetfoot. Trouble. I'll let you walk as you will, but don't go too far, alright?" Joachim told them, and while Trouble predictably started putting a good bit of distance between himself and his Trainer, Gliss and Fleetfoot stayed nearby, preferring the company of their Trainer and each of them agreeing that if Trouble got himself into a sticky situation, it was on his head.

Outside the Betata Gym

Adrian jolts upon being addressed by a boy and his ghost.

“Ah-“

He coughs to clear his throat.

“Ah-hah…that obvious, huh,” he says, rubbing the back of his head, “guess she got to me more than I thought.”

He takes a seat in the grass, allowing Luna to jump into his lap.

“I…learned a lot about the competitive nature of being a trainer from my uncle…but I never imagined someone would go as far as she did.”

He begins giving scritches to Luna’s fuzzy head, causing the Shinx to purr.

Hyde Sagasu - Outside Betata City Gym

Zullie the Misdreavus

Hyde made to sit on the grass too, removing his heavy backpack first, so as not to have trouble getting back up. Zullie didn't sit exactly, but she did float lower, staying eye-level with the humans.

"Hard to guess what that girl's deal is," Hyde started. "I've heard of sore losers, and even sore winners but she was just... explosive. It's like she's got this idea there's a right way to do things," Hyde made a gesture for quotation marks with his fingers around the word 'right'. "Like anything else is wrong, or not good enough."

He shook his head, as if to shake off the gloom. "Really though, I hope all that hasn't spoiled the moment. It's your first gym victory, you ought to be proud," Hyde said with a nod.

Unbeknownst to Hyde, Zullie had been floating just off to his side, innocently mimicking his every gesture. The head shake, the nod, even using hair tendrils to copy the air-quotes. It didn't seem like she was doing it mockingly, but beyond that, her reason for doing so was a mystery.

Russell smirked and nodded, giving a bit of a salute.

"See you soon, and good luck on your journey, kid!" Russell replied. Soon, Sal found himself on the entrance to Route 1, and the foliage began to get longer and encroach more onto the path. The trees became thicker, and the cries of wild Pokemon could be heard every which way.

The grass to the left of Sal began to rustle, but no other noise emenated from that particular patch of grass. Then a round Pokemon, brown with green spots, waddled out of the grass on two stubby green feet. It had a pungent odor and a tiny face with two beady eyes and a serious expression.

The man in the hard-hat thought for a moment.

"You have a Ditto, huh? Interesting. I guess 'Pudding' there could turn into Tank. What do you think?" He pulled out a Poke Ball of his own, releasing his Pokemon. It was a tall, bluish-grey Pokemon, humanoid in appearance, with a dinosaur-like muzzle, bulging muscles, and a golden belt around its waist.

"Machoke!" it grunted, staring up at its master.

Skye smiled and released her own Pokemon.

"Go, Yanma!" she exclaimed. From the Poke Ball emerged a long, red insectoid Pokemon with a long tail and six spindly black legs. Huge green goggle-like eyes took up most of its head, while two pairs of clear wings with red stripes on them buzzed at high speed, keeping the Pokemon hovering.

"Let's go, Sigilyph!" Jonas exclaimed. Jonas' Pokemon was incredibly bizarre-looking. It looked more like a windchime or a strange pottery experiment than a living creature. Round and bulbous, multicolored and with two fork-like black legs jutting out to each side. Red, yellow and blue wings, thin and membranous, flapped idly to keep the Pokemon aloft, but something about the flight seemed to indicate it was holding itself aloft less with wingpower and more with psychic power. A windchime-like tail dangled beneath its form, and a single blue eye jutted out from the top of its body, surrounded by a tiny black head.

"Chatot, stand by!" Hawke exclaimed. Hawke's Pokemon was small and more conventionally bird-like, but no less colorful. Its body was green with a "bib" of yellow feathers below its head. A white ruff surrounded its neck. Blue-and-yellow wings flapped to hold it aloft. Its tail was long and black, flicking back and forth like a metronome. Its head was covered in black feathers, with a crest that resembled the top of a music note. Its pink beak, thick and hooked, opened up.

"Stand by! Stand by! Rawwwwk!" the little Pokemon repeated in a squawk. Hawke looked at his two assistants.

"We ready?" Hawke asked. Skye and Jonas nodded. The referee raised his two flags.

"Begin!" he exclaimed.

As Joachim headed onto Route 3 north of Betata City, indeed he noticed the trees and foliage starting to recede. The grass became long, in stands of bushes that surrounded the path. As he walked, he could see the mountains to the north becoming larger, the cave coming further into view.

A worried squawk from the nearby bushes caught his attention. Backing out of the bushes and staring back into them was a large bird-like Pokemon, fuzzy and brown, round with two long legs. From the top of the orb that was its body was two long necks, each one topped off with a round bird-like head with a long beak and two beady little eyes.

Jutting out of the grass, facing the bird Pokemon threateningly, was a long, dark-grey jaw of gnashing teeth, with a yellow spot in the center, sticking out of the grass and snapping threateningly towards the bird Pokemon.

Edited by AllHailThrall on Mar 23rd 2024 at 4:30:19 AM

Betata City Gym, Jacques.

Jacques quietly observed the other team, trying to get a rough idea whether his plans and strategies would even work.

...well, one was clearly a bug. And sort of cute in a weird sort of way. Kind of fast too.

The train of thought...quickly got derailed as soon as he laid eyes on the second Pokemon and couldn't even figure out what exactly he was looking at when he glanced at the Sigilyph. It...was sort of bird-like? But at the same time it didn't seem to really make much sense that it was becoming really darn confusing on how and why and it was just giving him a really bad confusing headache that his subconscious gave up and just screamed at him to focus on the last one that was...that was...

...That was just a bird with a music note for a head and a metronome for a tail. ...Okay, that was fine, made as much sense as a bad apple with a worm in it. Either way, considering they could fly and were more mobile...best to work on doing something about that.

"A-Alright, well...Aqua, let's start with Bubble!"

The water mouse seemed ready to blast off with an Aqua Jet, only for the conflicting order to make her sulk for a few moments.

...But then again, two of those pesky bird things did seem close together. What better way to show off than beat two targets at once?! With that thought crossing her mind, she obeyed the order, blowing a whole lot of bubbles that seemed more focused on an area rather than a focused blast compared to, say, Bubblebeam.

Route 1- Sal

Upon seeing this Pokemon, Sal blinked in surprise. Beside him, José tilted his head and tipped curiously. “So, little buddy, should we catch this guy?” he asked to the Rockruff. José simply turned to him, tilted his head, and stuck out his tongue. “I’m gonna take that as a yes, okay? Okay. Could you scare it a bit? Oh, use Leer! That should work!” José then a little head movement that looked like a nod, turned to the Pokemon, and gave it a mean glare.

Edited by J99908 on Mar 23rd 2024 at 10:54:48 AM

Adela - Betata City Pokémon Centre - No Active Pokémon

"None of my Pokémon are particularly tall," Adela thought aloud, "So I might also have to stick to herding duty." She had a hard time picturing little Spike, for instance, trying to pick up a boulder twice his size. His jaw might have been strong, but surely that didn't extend to the rest of his body? Especially with the hard-hatted man’s Machoke setting the standard.

She tilted her head to the side a bit. If she was going to be on the herding team with Phillip, and Pudding was going to become a gooey, purple tank, then maybe...

Phillip's eye's widen as he sees Tank appear. "That's perfect!", he exclaims.

Pudding seems to have the same idea, as they leap off of Phillip's head and Transforms mid-leap. As a result of this, Pudding becomes a near-identical copy of Tank, posed in a plank position. They quickly roll up into a standing position and admire their arms, only to notice something odd about them.

"Oh boy," Phillip says, frozen like a Deerling in headlights.

"Ma...choke?", a confused Pudding asks, glancing between themself and Tank.

Sadly enough, Pudding's Transform had once again had a flaw in it. Instead of the bluish-grey tone Tank has, Pudding's skin is the color of a Machop.

It could have been worse, Phillip tries to console himself in his thoughts.

Jose's Leer caused the wild Pokemon to cower back, wincing a little. It turned towards the Puppy Pokemon, huffing a little bit.

"Shroom! Shroomish!" the Pokemon exclaimed, opening its mouth as it shot a green orb towards Jose. As soon as the attack made contact, smaller green orbs started to flow from Jose, beginning to drain its vitality. As the Absorb attack went on, Shroomish seemed to look more invigorated. Being a Rock-type, Jose seemed quite drained from the attack, but was still in good fighting spirit.

The man in the hard-hat looked a little confused at the less-than-accurate recreation of his beloved Machoke.

"Well, it's a start," the man said. "At least it's big enough. So come on, let's get a move on," he said, starting to exit the Pokemon Center.

Sarah grinned.

"We've got this, don't worry! All right, Hadoo, use Air Cutter!" she commanded. Hadoo flapped its wings firmly and shot out a crescent-shaped wave of air that shot forward and struck all three opponent Pokemon. Sigilyph and Chatot took the attack and remained steadfast, but Yanma cried out and buzzed in a small circle, trying to right itself.

Dizzy and distracted, it didn't notice the oncoming bubbles until the bubbles popped in its face, sending Yanma spiraling back to the ground for a moment. Sigilyph let out a low chime as it flew in place, the bubbles pounding into its form as well.

"You're not the only one who knows that move! Air Cutter right back!" Skye exclaimed, and Yanma too flapped its wings, shooting a similar crescent shaped air current right into Aquelapin, Sparky and Hadoo, pounding into the three of them.

"All right, that Sigilyph looks scary! Okay, Sparky, use Thunder Wave on Sigilyph!" Jesse commanded.

"Chin-chin-chin-chou!" Sparky cooed, and it pointed its antennae right towards Sigilyph. A glowing yellow wave shot from the ends of Sparky's antennae and surrounded Sigilyph. However, Sigilyph's eye flashed blue, and a blue aura surrounded the Psychic-type Pokemon, its skin flashing with a wave of energy as the electric wave dissipated to no effect.

"Wh-what?!" Jesse exclaimed. "But how? It landed dead on!"

"Sigilyph's Wonder Skin means that trying to inflict it with status just won't work! Now, Sigilyph! Use Tailwind!" Jonas exclaimed. Sigilyph let out a few low chimes, then flapped its wings more vigorously as its eye glowed blue. The trainers could feel the wind in the arena pick up as a breeze started to strengthen in the colosseum. Yanma, Sigilyph and Chatot started to pick up speed, becoming speedier.

"Now, Chatot, fly in close and use Hyper Voice!" Hawke commanded. Chatot, with incredible speed, zipped up towards the three opponents.

"Hyper Voice! Hyper Voice! Hyper... VOICE!!" Chatot screeched, its voice becoming loud and echoing throughout the arena, the sound waves pummeling into all three of the opponent Pokemon.

Edited by AllHailThrall on Mar 26th 2024 at 5:52:34 AM

Betata City Gym, Jacques.

Aquaelapin would've...tried to cover her ears before realizing she had no arms to do so. That was fine, this was fine. It only two annoyances so far, the aquatic mouse wasn't going to give up at the first sign of difficulty. Even her trainer winced from the loud noise and attacks finding their mark.

...The although the fact Tailwind was likely going to ruin half of the plan, even if a few bubbles still possibly remained.

Sure, they'd be faster, but they'd still have to be careful not to run into a bubble in the future. All that speed wouldn't mean much if they had a little room to evade, they'd just have to be careful. Still, that noisy parrot had to go. Especially since it had gotten that close.

"Okay, can't miss at this range... Aqua, contrer, er, counter with Aqua Jet!"

This was what Aqua was waiting for, giving a cheerful few jumps, spinning to gain a bit of momentum before hurling herself at the Chatot with surprising speed for a collision.

Edited by TheRealWren on Mar 27th 2024 at 11:26:40 PM

Route 1

I haven’t posted here in a while, I’m so sorry! >~<

Vin got up as he heard Vern beginning to mess with the nearby Pineco. "This isn’t good! We can’t make any sudden movements and startle the Pineco, but if we don’t do anything, then it’ll probably blow up and hurt both Harriet and Vern!" Vin yelled out frustratedly. "Why can’t this be easy…" Riyu looked over at the Pineco, and started to run towards it. "Jango-oooo!" Vin began to run after him nervously. "Wait, Riyu, don’t go over there!"

Route 1 — a wild Pokemon!

Sal was conflicted. In his mind, he had three options: run off and heal up José, keep fighting the Shroomish, or just take a chance and chuck a Pokeball at it. He went with the last. Taking a ball out of his bag, he closed his eyes. “Please please please work.” With that, he took a deep breath, and hurled it at the Pokemon, closing his eyes in anticipation.

Outside Betata Gym

Adrian smiles a little wider, “Oh no, I’m still super pumped about winning! I actually wasn’t expecting them to concede like that…I almost doubt we’d have won otherwise.”

He shifts his legs, bending one so he can prop his elbow and by extension his head up.

Luna is not pleased at the sudden jostling of her throne.

“Mrrrrrrr…”

Adrian’s face takes on a thoughtful expression, “But still…I can’t help but kinda…agree with Chelsea? Like, uh…like being strong is important, yeah…but I can feel like this…” he spins his free hand around, as though the motion would turn the gears in his head faster, “this…distrust? Lack of…lack of confidence! She lacks confidence in her partn-YEOW!”

Luna, following the whirling digits, decided the best revenge for losing her seat is suddenly munching on them as they pass her face.

“Luna…”

The Shinx gives her smuggest >:3-style face.

Adrian sighs, and returns to his duty of rubbing electric catmon ears.

“Anyway…you get what I mean, yeah?”

"Vern, please..." Harriet waved the grass stalk, but Vern remained fixated on the Pineco, which lowered itself to keep its distance. As it swayed on its string from the branch's movements, the cat's eyes darted this way and that, tracking it. Vern crouched, ready to pounce... and backed up, claws digging into the branch. Her ears flattened as she assessed just how far the jump would be. With a pleading stare towards Harriet, she let out several meows.

Harriet grimaced. "Vern, c'mon, I've got you." She drew closer, arms outstretched, bracing herself for the inevitable scratches she'd get if the Sprigatito did decide to jump down. Vern inched forward, then retreated, yelping and clinging to the bark as her back paw slipped.

There was only one thing to do. Not that it was something she particularly wanted to do, considering the nearby living grenade, but she couldn't see any alternatives less likely to end in disaster. Gritting her teeth and dropping the grass stalk, Harriet began to climb up the tree.

Of course, it looked like not even this plan was to go smoothly. At the sound of a Jangmo-o cry, Harriet stared over her shoulder to see both Riyu and Vin darting in the Pineco's direction. Her heart lurched. "Riyu, Vin, keep away! I've, uh... I've got this all under control!"

Nick the photographer - Betata City gym, with Jacques. (Jack)

Also starring Torry the Rockruff and Emmett the Eevee!

Nick moved into the audience stands once again, and just like the first time he let both of his Pokemon out to sit alongside him. With that done, he started taking pictures as the six combatting Pokemon were all revealed, along with the opening moves of the match.

Nick couldn't help but wince a bit as the gym's side unleashed not one, but two different moves that hit all of their opponents. Just like in the match he'd been in himself, Nick knew that those attacks were effectively three times as effective as they would be in a one on one battle. Was the gym leader going harder on this team than he was on Nick's? Were Jacques and his teammates going to be able to win? The photographer shook his head at the thought; of course they could win. The only question was how.

Nick wasn't sure if he would be allowed to shout suggestions from the sidelines. It certainly wouldn't be in the spirit of the three challengers winning on their own merits. He knew one thing he could do, though.

"You got this, Jack!" Nick yelled, certain that cheering on his friends would be allowed. Then he tried to get a good picture of Aqua landing her aqua jet attack.

Meanwhile, Torry barked encouragingly, while Emmett quietly watched the match with interest.

Hyde Sagasu - Outside Betata City Gym

Zullie the Misdreavus

Hyde smiled back, happy that Adrian's victory parade hadn't been rained on. His smile did turn into a contemplative frown as he tried to process Adrian's theory. Luna's shenanigans and Adrian's yelp of alarm snap Hyde out of it though. Stifling a chuckle, Hyde just kind of shrugs.

"Man~, I don't know. She'd never even met you guys before today. In fact, where does she get off, just dismissing you like that when she-," Hyde stopped, realizing he was getting worked up. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

Taking a second to think, Hyde changed course. "I've been told I can be a bit too trusting, sometimes," he said. Idly, he reached over and patted Zullie's head, unconsciously demonstrating that trust in a type of Pokemon normal people were wary of. The Misdreavus was briefly surprised, but soon closed her eyes, enjoying the attention. "Maybe... I just can't comprehend someone like that. For her sake though, I hope she learns to give people a chance."

Route 3

As much as he was enjoying the view of the landscape around him, the emergence of a bird-like Pokemon clearly rattled by something caught Joachim's attention. Without even thinking about it, he moved to step in and stay at the Pokemon's side, which gave him a clear view at...at...what was that? There was only one way to find out, which meant that Joachim quickly dug out his Pokedex to try and get a read on this mystery Pokemon while trying to not make himself a target in the process.