"<They're out. 'Dunno where,>" she stated tersely before looking at his Pokedex choice. "<The red one. You from Kanto, or something?>" Hana asked as she bit down on it, taking it to the back room. She emerged a few moments later with a neatly closed brown paper parcel, which she placed on the ground in front of Cody.
She jabbed her tail at it. "<Okay, so that's your starter pack. Inside is your red Pokedex, all programmed up to have all your information and access to your bank account - which, by the way, has 5000 pyen in it. Use it wisely. You also get some assorted berries for en route healing, five empty Pokeballs, and three filled ones. One has your mudkip, and that's your group one starter. The other two have your other starters - the koffing is group two, and the luvdisc is group three. Sorry about giving you a team heavy on the water-type, but you should be okay if you even it out on the road.>"
Hana then gestured towards a map on the wall. "<Anyway, as you can see, there are three roads leaving from the lab, and you can choose to take any one of the three as your first route. Route One goes east to Sapphire City - both the route and the gym are classified as group one, as they are all populated with Pokemon with levels in the single-digits. You'd be using your mudkip here. The gym leader, Arisa, uses ice-types, so your mudkip might be useful - however, she's probably the toughest first gym leader, and has the highest loss rate for first-time challengers out of all three of the first gyms. For you, I would not recommend going this way first.>"
"<Your second option is the road going south, down to Florak Town, Route Three. This area is classified as group two, and you'll be seeing Pokemon in the level 25-and-higher range. Your koffing will do quite well against Botan's grass-types in the gym, and if you catch a flying-type to help you, I think you'll probably win on your first try. People are generally happiest with this route as their first, so I think I would recommend this one to you to take.>"
"<Your final option is the northbound route that takes you to our mountain range, Route Five. The road connects up with Sunstone Tunnel, which then takes you underground to the Settlement of Nga, where Bahati has her steel-type gym. On the way you'll be fighting group three Pokemon with your luvdisc, which won't be too hard once you get a good out-of-water strategy for your fish. You'd probably want to lay off on using your luvdisc too much, since she
is a fish, and that route is fairly dry. However, there are plenty of fire-types and ground-types along the way to help you with the gym, and they should be easy to catch with your water-type. I don't think I would recommend this route as highly as Route Three, but I think it is a better choice than Route One.>"
The snake then yawned. "<Well, you're pretty much done. Unless you have any questions, you can leave now. Again - I would highly suggest you take Route Three. If you want to use your mudkip and luvdisc, you can train them simultaneously in one of our 'other' places, such as the Underground Maze and Sankaku Island.>"
((And that's it. Here are your stats. Make sure to copy them into your character profile and UPDATE THEM with current level and attack information.
And, also, I would highly recommend you go to Route Three first. If you want to use your mudkip and luvdisc, you can have threads going in the various 'other places' at the same time as your main thread in Jenta. This is the most efficient way of training.
Mudkip
Gender: male
Level: 5
Group: 1
Nickname: you choose
Ability: Torrent - when health is low, water-type attacks have more power
Attacks: Tackle, Growl
Personality: Courageous and loyal, almost to a fault - he will follow what his trainer says no matter what, even if it puts him in danger. He also doesn't like to make decisions for himself, and will usually copy his trainer's habits rather than invent his own. He's very cheerful about it, though.
Koffing
Gender: female
Level: 25
Group: 2
Nickname: you choose
Ability: Levitate - ground-type offensive moves have no effect
Attacks: Sludge, Selfdestruct, Assurance, Smokescreen
Personality: Very kind and loving, though gets fed up with cynical people (like her luvdisc teammate). She also gets frustrated if things don't go her way.
Luvdisc
Gender: female
Level: 45
Group: 3
Nickname: you choose
Ability: Swift Swim - speed rises if it is raining
Attacks: Captivate, Aqua Ring, Water Pulse, Sweet Kiss
Personality: Sort of short-tempered and emotional. Very prone to feeling like she's being insulted, and tends to find faults with herself and others before she finds positive attributes. Likes to fight.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.))
