Start of Destiny

[Jason-Kun]

Jason sighed as he walked up to the gym. He was looking forward to this trip. Well he had been. Now he didn't WANT to go on a journey. Knocking, he waited for the professor to answer.

[Nyaa-Neko]

Professor Cherry opened the door rather quickly, just barely clipping poor Jason on the head. "Eh, sorry 'bout that, boy," he apologized in a gruff voice. Without waiting much, he began shooing the new trainer inside. "Now, I'm sure you're here for your starter set, eh?"

Once inside, an Ekans immediately slithered up to the two people. "<Hi there,>" he hissed, coiling up nonchalantly.

"Haru!" Professor Cherry boomed, letting go of Jason and stomping up to the snake. "How many times do I have to say? You need to be inside the cage with Hana when there are new trainers!"

Haru simply rolled his large yellow eyes, and slowly slithered back into the cage, coiling up next to the snoozing other Ekans.

Mumbling incoherently, Professor Cherry shut the door to the rather spaceous cage with a loud clang, and shuffled back over to Jason. "Inconsiderate little...if they weren't too lazy and the wrong levels, I'd just give ya 'em for some of your starters and be done with the whole thing."

Shaking his head, which caused his white frizzy hair to get even more mussed up, he peered back down at Jason. "Anyway...I'm sure you read all about the system before you came in. Basically, what I need to know from you is what sort of Group 1 starter you'd like...the other two will be random. The list for the Group 1 starters is here," he explained as he handed Jason a crumpled piece of paper. "So, boy, what sort of Pokemon are you looking for?"

[Jason-Kun]

"Well sir I'd like a slugma. Yes I've read all about the system."

[Nyaa-Neko]

The professor chuckled, digging around in his lab coat pockets. "Right to the point, eh, boy? Know what you want in life, that's good for the road ahead. Well, I currently have..." he trailed off, pulling out a PDA of sorts. Whipping out a stylus, he violently tapped and dragged it all across the touch screen in a manner only a PDA-abuser would use. "Ah, I think I have around five Slugma here in Group 1, in a variety of natures."

The old man then dropped the PDA into the pocket, and looked back at Jason. "Any sort of personality you'd like?"

[Jason-Kun]

"Y-Yeah. I want my slugma to be smart, loyal, calm, and cool. Oh and funny. Female if you have one."Jason replied. He twiddled his thumbs and began to look around. His black and red backpack hung off his shoulders.

[Nyaa-Neko]

The professor thought for a moment. "That's a lot of personalities, there, boy," he growled, tapping his boot in thought. He then turned and shuffled out of the room, coming back shortly with a Pokeball. "This Slugma's a pretty nice girl. She doesn't panic easily, and is easygoing. I think she has a good sense of humor, but doesn't break into hysterics, or tell many jokes. She's the closest I could find to fit your requirements."

The red-and-white Pokeball fell from his rough hands, and clacked against the cold, tile floor. Out popped one of the fire slugs, and her hot mushy body oozed towards Jason.

"<Hi there,>" she said in a pleasant voice. "<Are you a new trainer? Not many decide to begin with Slugma," she noted. "<It would be interesting to fight for a trainer.>"

Professor Cherry eyed Jason in an amused way. "Does she seem good?"

[Jason-Kun]

"She's perfect. Hi little Slugma. I'm Jason and we're going to be the best of friends."Jason replied. He smiled and the red creature and began to dance. "We will rock this region's world!"he shouted.

[Nyaa-Neko]

The Slugma laughed. "<I see you're going to be a funny trainer. Well, that sounds great! I look forward to helping you in your quest.>" She bowed a little, her bubbling fire-ooze popping politely.

The Professor grinned. "Wonderful! Now then, I have one more choice for you to make..." He pointed to a wooden table, where many Pokedexes were displayed, covering a variety of colors. "You'll need a Pokedex, but we have a lot of color options. Now then, pick the one you want. You can have red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, grey, brown, or white."

[Jason-Kun]

"I'll take the red if you don't mind. Jason reached over and began to pat the slugma, only to get burnt. "Ow!'"he scremed. He began to wait and rb his hand in pain. Atleast now he knew not to touch it to much.

[Nyaa-Neko]

Professor Cherry chuckled, as the Slugma looked a little horrified. "Bring plenty of Burn Heals, let me tell you that." He then grabbed the red Pokedex off the table, cursed that he was running low in that color (it was the most popular, so he had to order them often), and disappeared into the back room. He came out with a not-so-neatly-sealed brown package and a Pokeball. Both were handed to Jason.

"Inside that package you'll find five empty Pokeballs, the red Pokedex you picked out, a bag of assorted berries, a wallet with 5000 pyen, and two other Pokeballs. They will contain your Group 2 and 3 starters. And this," he pointed to the other Pokeball. "Is the Pokeball for your new slugma."

Straightening up, he prepared to give Jason one last set of instructions. "Now then, boy, you have three more choices. You can either leave this lab, and go east on Route 1, towards the ice gym in Sapphire City. That route has mainly Group 1 Pokemon. Or, you can take Route 3 south, towards the grass gym in Florak Town, and there you will find many Group 2 Pokemon. The final choice is Route 5, swinging north, which will take you to the Sunstone Tunnel and the steel gym in the Settlement of Nga. That route has Group 3 Pokemon galore. So please pick your route."

Professor Cherry then beckoned Jason out the door, and waved as he left. "I hope you have a good journey, boy!"

((OOC: Aaaaaaand, here are the stats of your three Pokemon!

Slugma
Level: 5
Group: 1
Gender: Female
Nickname: whatever
Ability: Flame Body: opponent has 30% chance of being burnt on contact
Attacks: Yawn, Smog
Personality: Easy going, nice, cooperative, loyal. A nice, well-rounded girl who likes to hang out with her trainer. She has an okay sense of humor, but never makes jokes. She likes to talk more than battle, though.

Slowpoke
Level: 25
Group: 2
Gender: Male
Nickname: whatever
Ability: Own Tempo: cannot be confused
Attacks: Yawn, Growl, Water Gun, Confusion
Personality: He is a strange one. He always forgets things, never talks, but always focuses when he has to battle. Instead of talking, he communicates by a sort of made-up sign language. He probably CAN talk, he just thinks it's funny not to.

Ditto
Level: 45
Group: 3
Gender: ...not exactly sure
Nickname: whatever
Ability: Limber: cannot be paralyzed
Attacks: Transform
Personality: Loves to transform into random objects in a wild attempt to be funny. It can also transform into people, so often transforms into Jason to throw others off. However, when it does transform into a person...the clothes never come out right. They are always pink, no matter what.

Whew! Off to either Route 1, 3, or 5 with you!))