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Post by Avara on Oct 2, 2010 19:49:40 GMT -5
It was early morning, early enough for the dew to still be smelt in the air. A gentle mist was only just starting to lift and soft footsteps broke the natural silence, at this hour however most people were either still asleep or just starting to rouse themselves from slumber. However Jonathan wasn't like others, he preferred the earlier or later hours of the day. After all there were less offensive smells in the air at those hours.
Smiling slightly to himself Jon headed towards Professor Apple's lab, he'd been walking here ever since he'd arrived in Jetsam City. Pausing only to rest in his tent or a bed whenever he found a chance to use one. Shaking his head softly Jon dragged his thoughts back to the moment and ran a hand across his stubble. Perhaps he should wait and have a shave first...
'No I've waited long enough for this, I'm clean in spite of the stubble so it can wait.' With that thought on his mind, he walked up to the door, knocking loudly for about a minute in case Professor Apple was still asleep. He was after all well aware of how early it was, however he'd gotten somewhat excited by this day that he just couldn't wait until a more reasonable hour.
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Post by Crazed Lapras on Oct 4, 2010 8:59:01 GMT -5
It was fortunate that Professor Apple Blossom had forgotten to put out the evening food last night. While it meant that she had some very grumpy pokemon, it also meant that she was up at the crack of dawn, fixing her error. As she was setting out bowls for some of the critters, she heard a knock at the door. "Oh, they come just any time of day, don't they?" She mumbled softly to a nearby Flaafy. Running one hand through her frizzled hair to try and get it in hand she walked quickly to the door, a box of pokefood still clasped in her other hand.
She reached and opened the door, beckoning for the man to come inside. He was much older than most of the trainers who came to her lab, but that didn't bother A.B too much. Hopefully his age was a sign of his responsibility, that she could feel comfortable entrusting a pokemon to him. "Good morning." she said, her voice slightl subdued due to the hour. "I'm the Professor around here. Are you here to get a starter pokemon? Do you have an idea of what kind you would like to meet?"
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Post by Avara on Oct 4, 2010 17:08:58 GMT -5
Somewhat surprised by the swift response to his knocking, Jon adjusted his sunglasses slightly. He wasn't looking through them but rather just over them given the early hour, still doing so gave him a moment to think. He smiled to Professor Apple offering her his hand as he answered he began to answer her questions.
"My name's Jonathan Incarna, Jon for short. And yes I am indeed here for starter pokemon, it's something long overdue and greatly looked forward to on my part. Hence the early arrival I'm afraid, seeing your lab on the horizon filled me with too much anticipation to wait until a more usual hour. Given it's taken me a week of avoiding wild pokemon to get here." Pausing for a moment he gave a moment to reflect on which pokemon he wanted, although given he knew this lab offered monthly specials he glanced around for some clue as to this months.
Spying a board with the available pokemon on his heart quickened, this would be a hard call to make. Still he had to limit himself to what he could see. "Hmm well I wouldn't mind seeing a Bulbasaur, Charmander, Pichu or Duskull if it's not too much trouble." Again he gave her a smile and looked around the lab, a slight hint of boyish excitement tingeing his words.
OOC: -grumble, grumble- Sorry about the length, still at least the quality is getting better. I'm a bit out of practice.
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Post by Crazed Lapras on Oct 4, 2010 20:22:18 GMT -5
('tis quite alright Avara. I'm not the best with length even on a good day, so there's no way I can fault you.)
Professor A.B smiled slightly and nodded as Jon listed his choices. Based on his speech, he was a considerate young man. She couldn't help but wonder what had kept him from pursuing being a trainer for so long. No matter, it wasn't her job to pry. "If you'll wait a moment, I'll go and get the pokemon." She said instead, gesturing for him to make himself comfortable. On her way out, she absentmindedly dropped the bag of food next to the door, spilling a bit on the floor.
When she returned, a small pack of pokemon came with her. There were six in all, so the room was soon filled with their antics. The first was a male Bulbasaur who immediatly spotted the unattended bag of food. Chuckling to himself, he began to tuck in. The second was a female Charmander, who pranced into the room. She did a little spin, showing off her shiny hide and finishing with a flourish of a bow in front of Jon. A male Pichu bounced in after her, chattering happily and waving at the soon to be trainer. His hide was also unique, a strange white color accented by bright red eyes. A female Duskull drifted after the pair, hovering just behind them as if she wanted to approach, but thought it would be rude to move in front of them. Lastly came a sulky male Charmander who was apparently in heated debate with a female Bulbasaur. But while the fire type seemed to be getting more and more annoyed with the conversation, the Bulbasaur was thrilled and only argued more emphaticly with each passing moment. If only the humans could understand what they were discussing. The Professor herded them into the room and closed the door behind her, spreading her arms wide. "They're all yours to look at." she said to Jon.
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Post by Avara on Oct 10, 2010 6:54:43 GMT -5
Jonathan watched the pokemon for a few moments trying to size them all up before he tried to move towards any of them. When the Bulbasaur went for the unprotected food he had to give it credit for having initiative . While what he was doing wasn't note worthy it showed he paid attention to things, still Jon had yet to see something from it to make it stand out.
Next to emerge into sight was a shiny Charmander, a show-off by the looks of things but again it was too early to tell if she was not worth taking along at this point in his journey. Then came another unique little pokemon, an albino Pichu. Now that caught his attention he'd not seen much albinism on the island, still the Pichu stood out more then the others so far. It was active and seemingly friendly but the next few minutes would tell if it was the ne for him to start out with.
Then there was the female Duskull just behind them, she was waiting it seemed to pass the others and approach him. Now she was interesting, a ghost type with manners. She was definitely one to watch in the coming moments. Next there was a Charmander and Bulbasaur, the Charmander seemed to have a slightly short fuse but the Bulbasaur seemed to be enjoying provoking him.
Giving all of the pokemon another few moments of looking over he made towards the eating Bulbasaur first, lifting the food bag away from it. Chuckling softly he looked at the grass type for a moment. "It's not all for you, you know." Setting the bag down on the nearest counter he could find, Jon moved away from the Bulbasaur. Watching for a moment if it would go after the bag of food again, however after that moment he turned his attention to where he was walking and approached the Duskull.
Moving around behind the shny and albino as he did so, although hardly moving as if his sole intent was the Duskull. Instead he moved to rest on his haunches looking at the Duskull, who was now in front of the others, and then the other two. "Hello Duskull, Pichu and Charmander. I'm Jon, pleased to meet you." Pausing for a moment he looked to the rest of the pokemon. "And I'm pleased to meet you all as well."
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Post by Crazed Lapras on Oct 11, 2010 8:26:21 GMT -5
When Jonathan put the food away, the male Bulbasaur grumbled to himself a little bit. Shrugging as the man walked away, he headed over to the other Bulbasaur and poked her in a friendly but insisting way. He wanted to play, and she was wasting her time jabbering as the grumpy Charmander. She nodded to him in response but did not leave off the heated debate.
If Duskull could noticeably smile, this one would have. Her singly ghostly eye moved excitedly from side to side as she studied Jon. "Dus," she murmured softly in reply to his greeting, bobbing her head to return the salutation. The shiny Charmander quickly scampered forward, offering her paw to Jon to shake. She cast a sort of annoyed glare at Duskull as she did so. She was much more interesting than any old ghost type! Even though he couldn't understand her, the shiny Charmander let out a string of syllables informing him that she was pleasant and powerful and beautiful and he seemed like a kind person and he should most definitely choose her. Pichu bounced a little behind the two, his abnormal red eyes focused on Jonathan's face to see what the trainer would do next.
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Post by Avara on Oct 11, 2010 12:21:21 GMT -5
While Jonathan couldn't understand pokèmon he knew them well enough to understand the tones they used, which although not too useful by itself gave him a little better understanding of them from years of watching and keeping wild pokèmon under control. At any rate he shook the offered paw, it seemed the shiny Charmander had some manners to go with her slightly self centred personality. Still that was hardly the worst of them, after all that female Bulbasaur seemed to be arguing purely for the argument's sake.
Shaking his head mentally, he turned his focus to the albino Pichu. A hand coming up to remove his sunglasses so his blue wolf-like eyes met it's red ones, his gaze unflinching yet warm. His excitement for this day showing in them as well, still he let the his gaze move off the albino. He knew his eyes could be a little daunting at first, although when he moved his head from the albino his eyes caught the light and glinted. He'd forgotten his eyes weren't fully adjusted to the light and thus jerked his head instinctively, his eyes visible to every pokèmon in the room as well as Professor Apple before he recovered himself.
Still he had more pokèmon to consider so he turned his gaze to the arguing pokèmon, noting with a smile that the hungry bulbasaur seemed to be friendly when not given a chance to eat. He was narrowing his selection now, that he knew for sure. So turning to Professor Apple he nodded gently. "If you don't mind I'd like to have the arguing pair removed to see how the others are without them as a distraction."
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Post by Crazed Lapras on Oct 11, 2010 19:18:13 GMT -5
Professor Apple Blossom raised an eye brown when Jon revealed his unusual eyes, but did not comment. She had certainly seen more unusual trainers over the course of her career. At his request she walked over to usher the quarreling pair of pokemon back out of the room, bumping the corner of a nearby table as they left. Something round and shiny rolled off the edge and clattered to the floor. Before anyone could see what it was the male Bulbasaur had pounced. He peered under his paws at his find, mumbling softly to congratulate himself.
The albino Pichu was now fascinated with Jonathan. The little electric type walked up to the young man and pulled on his pant leg, pointing at his eyes and peeping excitedly. He had never seen a human with such cool eyes!
The shiny Charmander seemed put out that Jon was not giving her his full attention. She pouted, her lower lip jutting out as she waited for Pichu to have his turn with the trainer. Her tail swished back and forth, showing her impatience to be in the spot light again.
Duskull waved a silent goodbye at the Professor's retreating back before turning back to the main group. Her head was tilted to the side as she contemplated Jon, apparently studying him as intently as he studied the pokemon.
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Post by Avara on Oct 11, 2010 23:14:22 GMT -5
Considering the male Bulbasaur again Jonathan shook his head softly, it was certainly observant he had to give it that but so far it hadn't given him a reason to consider it seriously as his starter. As the Pichu became excited over his eyes he couldn't help but smile, seemed his eyes weren't having quite their usual effect but then these were pokèmon not humans.
Still when the charmander began to pout, he placed a hand gently on her head and gave it rub. "You know pouting won't do any good for you." Then looking at the Duskull he noticed her observing him as much as he was observing the pokèmon. While she hadn't revealed too much of himself he found himself attracted more to her then the albino or shiny, although both had held his attention so he might see if they were still here a little later in his journey.
After all perhaps Professor Apple would be happy to trade for them, unless of course someone else got the pokèmon first. Sighing softly he raised his voice slightly and shot the albino and shiny an apologetic look before speaking. "Professor Apple, I'd like the female Duskull please."
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Post by Crazed Lapras on Oct 12, 2010 8:51:55 GMT -5
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Post by Avara on Oct 13, 2010 3:24:25 GMT -5
Jonathan couldn't help but smile lightly at that, it was done finally. His journey was about to begin and it was far better to be late rather then never. Smiling lightly he nodded to the Duskull before hefting the pack of starter items over a shoulder. "I'll be sure to stop by if I'm in the area Professor and thank you."
Turning to his new pokemon he smiled at her, lifting his sunglasses back to their place before speaking to her. "Well first stop shopping for a bag and then a pair of sunglasses for you to wear during the day, given your a mostly nocturnal species." In his excitement he forgot to wait for a reply and flicked a wave off to the Professor before heading out in the slowly brightening world.
OOC: Lame length but it's a closing post.
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