The man took the two Pokeballs, and put them into a machine. A purugly looked up from under the counter.
"<New ones?>" she asked in a sleepy voice.
The man nodded. "Yup. They look okay, and they're to be sent directly." He pressed a button on the keyboard, and both Pokeballs were teleported into the PC system. "Well, that's done."
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OutsideA girl rubbed her head, her eyes crossed. "Oi. Why'd we have to teleport around like that? These abra don't know the meaning of travel sick, do they?"
Her counterpart in everything except gender shook his head, his green hair falling in his eyes. He'd really have to get a hair cut, he admitted to himself. It was either that or resort to his twin's twizler braids, and he had enough problems looking three years younger than he was, without looking like a girl.
"Anne, quick getaways are essential, despite your travel sickness. Now, let's see what we have, all right?" He handed the two pokeballs over to Anne while rooting around in the pocket of his pants, finally finding the pokedex that Kunal had given him.
Anne careful released the pokemon as her twin began the scan. "Hmm," he mumbled, going over the Shelgon who stood by dumbly, as uncaring as a boulder, "Rare, but -- aww man, it's one of those mutant rejects with the psychic mutation."
"Squeee!" Anne was kneeling down right next to the second pokemon that they had gotten, hugging the small blue pokemon, who looked up at her mutely. "Look at this pudgy cuteness! Can I keep him, can I keep him?!"
The green haired girl bounced up and down, her short twizler-like braids flapping, as her brother deduced from the funnel-like snout and the color that they had gotten a horsea. And uncommonly tubby, un-exercised horsea. Why did Anne have such a thing about tubby pokemon?
Running the scanner over the horsea he shook his head. "Anne -- oh for gosh sakes, stop acting like an eight year old on a sugar high -- that horsea's a female, and no one has bothered to rain her at all. She's out of shape and hardly useful. You don't want to know her BMI."
"I shall call her Apple," Anne said, without listening to her twin. "And she is as cute as pie. Just so pudgy cuuuuute!"
<Pie?> the newly named Apple asked softly, cocking her head to one side.
"Yes pie, you sweet little thing," Anne grinned, and the horsea's formerly dead eyes lit up.
<I like pie.>
The other human in the trio shook his head. "Anne, we have to turn her in, first. You can get her back later, okay? This is the boss man that we're talking about here. Do you want him mad at us?"
"No," Anne sighed, returning the horsea and the silent shelgon.
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The two younger trainers entered the registration hall. One of them, the girl, grinned cheekily and placed two Pokeballs on the counter. "Got two. We may wanna look at one of 'em later...can you put this one," she pointed to one of the Pokeballs, "on hold?"
The boy rolled his eyes at his sister and sighed. "Just for a little...half-way into the PC. We're not sure yet."
The man nodded. "I'll put a note in during the transport." Then he placed the two new Pokeballs in the computer, and scanned them in. "Ooh, shelgon and horsea...nice."
The twins grinned, then dashed out the door and left the island via the same way everybody did. Once they were gone, the man chuckled and pressed a button.
The purugly looked up. "<Did you check them out for problems?>"
The man shrugged. "That's what the others are for."
"<Awww...>"
((Sorry for stealing your thread, Ruin, but that's sort of the way it's been going on.))
