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Cyrus Hawthorn/Camilla Hawthorn Locations: Laboratory / Mount Quetmel
Right now / Flashback


Ryuu circled his new trainer, then returned to its pokeball once he was finished doing his circles. Now that he had his Pokémon, Cyrus felt a bit of the weigh on his chest disappear, there would be no more turning back now, that was sure. He wondered how much he could do with his new Pokémon… His new partner. Surely a dragon Pokémon would not be easy to train yet what did it cost to try. If he wanted to find his brother again, he knew that he had to take matters into his own hands. The police did not help his mother find him. No one did. Now he would try.

He knew that his mother was scared. And maybe disappointed

Flashback

His mother had always been a gentle woman, petite and frail, yet always wanting to make her children smile. After she had lost both her eldest son and husband, she had turned a bit distant, yet she always cared about her friends and her son. It truly broke her heart, hearing that Cyrus would be leaving her now. Although she seemed unhappy, she knew that it would be the best for him to try and explore the world and make new friends… but the whole situation made her scared for her sons’ life. In any situation she would have supported him immediately.

Although Camilla did give all her Pokémon and Items away, that did not mean that she did not still feel the connection she had made with her trusty partners. Yet she knew that Gardevoir would probably not return to her. She pulled out a small box, containing some old family pictures and simply looked at them, shortly she seemed to smile, remembering old times and great memories. The woman sighed softly, her voice almost cracked yet she held back her tears, not wishing to cry again. This had happened and it was over. Although it was hard for her to understand that almost everyone had left her, she still did not throw away her hope.

Her eyes scanned one of the pictures for some time, then she put them away again… Old Memories sure hurt
Flashback ends

Cyrus looked around the lab once more, the others seemed to already have started some conversations. He decided to just go on and get to know… Ryuu. He did not really know if he should talk to anyone already. Stepping away a bit from the rest of the others, it was almost as if he left a crowd, he let out Ryuu again, the Jangmo-o happily jumped up and down, its eyes playfully darted around the room. Each time the dragon Pokémon smiled, Cyrus also did, his smile was shy but present. How long it had been since he had last smiled? He did not have an Idea… No not the slightest. Yet the presence of the happy dragon made him happy as well.
This was the effect he had hoped for. Ryuu happily jumped onto his shoulder, it almost made him stumble a little, yet he was alright with that, if his partner was happy he was too.

Caddie decided that she should probably get on her way, but she was unsure if there was more that the professor wanted to tell everyone. Might as well make the most of her time here. She picked up Racer, who immediately scrambled to sit on her head. "Heh, so that's where you want to sit?" It reminded her a lot of when Arthur was just a Pidgeotto. He had loved to sit on her head. "Welp, if that's where you want to go, then sit up there!" She fondly patted Racer and her grin faded slightly as she thought about Arthur. Arthur had been awfully old when he had been taken who knows where. She really hoped that he was okay. Arthur had made up so much of her childhood. She remembered the short, low to the ground flights that he would take her on, and how he was patient with her during her Pokemon breeder phase when she always wanted to brush his feathers. Oh well. For now, all she could do was be patient and hope that wherever he was, he was okay. But there was one thing that she wanted to do. Find someone to travel with. Her mother had said that her father had a traveling companion, a man named Sterling that he had grown up with. He had disappeared as well when her father vanished. She knew that her father always told her mother that Caddie should travel with someone other than her pokemon when she became a trainer. It was good company, and good to have someone to depend on, so they could also have someone to help them when they needed it. A win-win situation. Especially with all that had happened, it would be good to have someone to trust. But who? Caddie was unsure which one of the others around her would want to go with her on their journey. Maybe..she should talk to the boy with the Jangmo-o. He seemed like a nice person. She had to try, hadn't she? She could almost hear her dad encouraging her as she started to approach the boy. Uncharieatiscally nervous, she gave a small wave. "Hi! I'm Caddie, what's your name?"

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Lifting his head a little he noticed that someone tried to talk to him. He turned a little, Ryuu looking at her Quite interested. He waved a little. “Hi… I´m Cyrus- “Although he didn’t realize he smiled a bit, noticing how nervous she seemed to be. Ryuu was now sat on his shoulder, he seemed to stare at her, interested… really interested. “Do you need anything? Or… just want to talk?” he asked while he brushed a bit of his hair out of his face, Jangmo-o had made it a mess on accident.

Twyla looked at Paige for a few seconds. The small hamster Pokémon appeared small enough to carry around...so she offered her hand to it. "Wanna ride me? I don't mind." She said softly to the Morpeko. She wasn't sure how to talk to Pokémon. Her parents had never really been trainers, so growing up, Twyla had only ever known other people's Pokémon. After the whole fiasco with the new Champion, her parents had disappeared, hence the fact that Twyla in particular hated that rat of a new champion.

Paige's tiny nose twitched as she eyed the hand being offered to her. "...peko..." after a bit of hesitation, her little paws latched onto her trainer's arm, and the little electric Pokémon climbed onto Twyla's shoulder. "Peko!" It cried again, looking more happy now that it was on higher ground. Cracking a smile, her trainer stood up. "You like that, Paige?" She reached up to scratch her partner's chin again, and suddenly she felt ready to head out! Glancing back at Hop, as if waiting for him to say something more, she casually wandered in the exit's direction.

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Caddie smiled. "Oh, I wanted to know if you were going with anyone on your journey! Dad always said that having a human traveling with you as well is a great part of a journey. Plus, I was feeling kind of lonely, and you look nice!" She noticed that his pokemon was staring at her. "Aww, who's this little guy? He's your partner, right?" She hoped that her nervousness wasn't affecting the situation, she was just excited and really hoping she wouldn't do anything to make him feel uncomftrable. In the past, whenever she had tried to make friends, she usually scared them off in one way or another. The longest she had had a friend was, say, 3 days? Maybe this time would be different..if all else failed, though, she still had Racer. Racer was a good friend.

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Ryuu answered for him instead, letting out a happy ´Jang! ´ as he nodded, bobbing his head for some time before he managed to calm down again. Ryuu looked at Racer next, determined to make friends with him as well. Cyrus looked at her “Sorry about him. He´s a bundle of energy” he smiled sheepishly. “Also, no… I do not travel with anyone yet… It would be amazing if I could though.” He had also heard her compliment, inside he felt happy about it, yet he did not show that much on the outside. “You also seem nice. also, sure! If you want to, I can accompany you. We can travel together.” He was just going to leave her the final choice. He was not that good with choices.

Caddie laughed. "I get it, Racer's like that too." She pointed at the little Pancham on top of her head. "That's why I picked him! But yeah, I'd love to travel with you." Inside, she let out a little sigh of relief. Finally, she had another chance at making a friend. This was awesome! Maybe she could finally beat her personal track record. Caddie would do her best to show that she could be a good friend. She jammed her hands into her pockets. "So, uh, do you want to wait around and see if Hop has anything else to tell us, or should we head out? I'm fine with either of those."

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“I think we are allowed to leave…” he turned towards the door, then back to the Professor, looking at him shortly. He was unsure if they´d get a pokedex? His brother had showed him his before he had left so he did not know if giving those out was still one of the Professors priorities or if it was not. Jangmo-o almost jumped off and ran outside, but Cyrus managed to catch him and return him to his pokeball. He could fight against a wild Pokémon later maybe, but not just run outside like it could have Pokémon…

“I-I’d like to travel with you too!” Maria said, picking up on the conversation the two were having while picking up her Cleffa

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Caddie followed him outside, laughing. "Wow, Racer's a saint compared to that little guy!" She stopped and watched him return his Pokemon to the Pokeball. She'd never thought about keeping Racer in his Pokeball. He seemed to like just hanging out on her head. Maybe she should though..she did ask Cyrus, "Do you usually keep your Pokemon in Pokeballs, or do you let him run free?" She was unsure which one he preferred since she'd seen him do both. Well, it wouldn't hurt to ask. She glanced at Maria and grinned. "Sure, the more the merrier! I mean, if it's alright with Cyrus." She looked back at him to see his reaction to Maria's request.

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Cyrus had never thought about just keeping him in his pokeball so that question rather startled him, yet he brushed it off... “No no... I´ll let him out again do not worry... He´s just kind of bubbly right now so I´ll let him calm down. Little guy seems happy to go on an adventure. “ Cyrus then shortly thought about an answer for the other question, he wasn’t that good with multiple people at once… but he knew that he´d have to change himself if he wanted to even survive this Journey. “Yes of course… I totally agree with you on the whole the more the merrier thing” he nodded shortly and smiled a bit.
Ryuu didn’t want to stay in the pokeball so he just popped out of it again and climbed onto Cyrus´s shoulder, this time he seemed to behave a bit better though.

Caddie nodded and grinned. "Alright then! So, what's your name?" she asked Maria. Whoever she was, she seemed like a nice person. She was also feeling pretty happy, especially since she had barely counted on having one friend, was this the chance to make 2? She hoped so. That would be an unexpected surprise, but definitely welcome.

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“Thanks... I just... thought I’d get over my fear of talking to people” Maria said as she walked out the door, carrying Wish “My name’s Maria!” She answered

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At the sight of the others making their way out, Twyla soon followed, her Morpeko hanging off of the side of her shoulder. She figured she should head for the first town, and maybe get the materials to make a team of her own. She was excited to see her partner battle...even though she'd never personally done it before.... but she'd watched it on the the TV, so she thought she had a pretty good idea... well, maybe she'd just have to see.

Making her way out of the lab, she began following the path out, glancing around at her surroundings as she went. Her hood was still on, placing an off-putting shadow over her face, which she had been wanting to take off, but she was still uncomfortable, this being her first day out on her journey, so she excused herself this time. It did make Paige look right at home next to her, though. The dark type Pokémon with a trainer masked by shadow...

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Caddie gave a small wave. "Well, Maria, my name is Caddie. Yes, like the golf thing. I had creative parents. So, you picked Cleffa? How adorable!" She wiggled her finger in greeting at the tiny pokemon. Cleffa was definitely a cute pokemon. Heck, all pokemon are adorable to her, but Cleffa takes the cake in Caddie's book.

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~ || McQueen Mejiro || ~

Current Team

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Togepi | Angel | Female
Lvl 5 | Serene Grace | Timid
Growl | Pound | Sweet Kiss | ???
"Very finicky"

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Her mind is totally blank as she stares at the Pokeball in her hand. She, now, had her starter in her possession and the journey to proving herself could finally begin. But something felt off.

'A-am I having cold-feet already?! I can't possibly-'

Amidst her internal panic, the Pokeball falls from her hand, hitting the floor with a loud clatter before releasing the tiny Pokemon within. The Togepi rubs its eyes with a yawn, before looking up to meet the fear-filled eyes of its trainer. It cries a puzzled chirp, which snaps the new trainer back to reality. Once McQueen realises that the Pokemon doesn't seem hurt after clumsily dropping it's Pokeball, she sinks down onto her knees in order to get a closer look at her new partner.

"Togeprrriii!"

McQueen smiles contently. It's a rare sight, in comparison to her usual stiff expressions. Although, today seemed to be the odd day where nothing goes the way she plans, exposing her hidden scatterbrained side.

"Ahh... You're adorable," McQueen cooed, extending her arm and allowing the Pokemon to nuzzle her hand, "It seems everyone is giving their partners nicknames. I wonder what I should call you..."

"Pi..?"

"Angel. I'm going to call you Angel and I'll make sure to give it my all in training so that we can advance and take flight together!"

Maria smiled “Thanks Caddie!” She said, holding the Cleffa

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Caddie nodded. "No problem! Though, how do you plan on raising it? Cleffa's not a strong pokemon." As soon as those words left her mouth, she instantly regretted it. Why did she never think before she spoke? This was exactly why she didn't have any friends. She never thought about what she said, and it always either offended or pushed them away. Caddie braced herself for Marie's reaction to her thoughtless comment.

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Brook watched as the Professor started to wrap things up. It seemed like everyone had gotten their pokemon. Finally she walked over towards th Dubwool, which had slowly trotted over to her. Brook bent down, looking at the pokeballs.

Brook - Snom. Brook - Murkrow. Brook - Honedge.

Looking up at the Professor, she smiled. "You didn't have to, ya know." Hop simply shrugged, turning towards her.

"You are 16. You don't have to participate in the challenge you don't have to. You could help me with my research a least, but you know... I never have regretted taking the gym challenge when I was a kid. Sure I lost, but I learned a lot about myself, and that's what the gym challenge should be about."

Brook nodded, slipping a hand on a pokeball. "I'll think about it." Picking up a pokeball she sent out the pokemon inside. A cute little Snom now sat in her hand as she walked over to Hop. "You forgot the pokedexes by the way." The Professor seemed panicked, fumbling over to the back holding pokedexes.

"My bad! Anyone who's here, please take one! I know their a little outdated as Rotom are harder to find now days, but they have all the needed information!"

Brook took a few, placing them in her bag. "I'll take some to those who already left." With that she adjusted her bag and left the lab at a steady jog. She had to catch up with those ahead.

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“Well... I’ll probably start by defeating some weak Pokemon first....” Maria said out loud in answer to the question “Sorry, I just like to speak my mind” She said sheepishly

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