Nicer starters, please?

[Yuri]

Hitomi nervously made her way to Route One with her group one starter. The pachirisu ran towards the bushes and sniffed them, then twirled slowly observing all the tree's leaves that were providing him shade very carefully.

"Wiki, what are you doing? Becareful, a wild pokemon might suddenly jump at you or something," Hitomi mumbled worriedly.

<Oh, don't worry about me, Hitomi. This is just so fascinating!> the white squirrel exclaimed popping his head out of random bushes. <Most of the bug type pokemon reside on this route, a couple of flying types, and grass and water types too. Oh, and shinx do, too. One of the other electric types that get a lot of attention from other people -- which leads to the overshadowing of us Pachirisu.>

At that point the electric type picked out a couple of berries from the bushes and started nibbling on them, <and some of these bushes have oran berries sprouting from them! Scrumptious! I'm so glad I got to travel. Would you like some, Hitomi?> the pachirisu offered raising his paw towards his new trainer.

"I'm good, thanks -- oh! Speaking of other pokemon, I should probably meet my other starters.." the fourteen year old mumbled to herself. She had gotten the choice to select her group one pokemon, but the other two were completely randomly decided by the league people. Hitomi wondered what they were like. Hopefully, they were as nice as Wiki.

She took out two of her pokeballs and released the pokemon that were contained in them. A spheal and a Nidoran now stood infront of her, eying her head-to-toe, blinkblink. Hitomi blinked back as she knew both the pokemon species pretty well.

"Uhm -- my name is Hitomi, I'm your new trainier, I guess.." mumblemumble.

<Hi, fellow teammates! My name is Wiki.>

Silence.


<.. Wazaaaaaaa!?> The spheal exclaimed, rolling over to his newbie trainer. The girl was now horrified and quivering as she stared at the ball-shaped pokemon, "um -- uh, wazaa?"

What was that,some kind of spheal language?

<Yo, yo, yo! My name's Rollercoaster, don't wear it out yo. Nice to meet you, Hee-toe-me!> the water type laughed as he started circling around Hitomi. This didn't make her feel much better. Wiki observed his teammates from a distance, silently.

"Um, I --"

<Oh, so I guess you're my new trainier. About time,> the nidoran hissed, cutting in. The poison pokemon narrowed her red eyes at the blue-haired girl, < hm, I don't know. Can you train me? I want to be powerful but.. you seem pretty weak-looking yourself and sort of a pushover, in my opinion. My name's Rina -- don't bother renaming me, or else.>

"But, ahh.."

What about the wild names and trainer names!? This was all wrong. <Um, some pokemon tend to keep to their wild names..> Wiki whispered from behind, a bit intimidated by the spheal and nidoran.

<What? Gosh, you can't even talk right! I doubt you can train me well.>

<Yo, yo, yo! What's the problem-o, little lady!?>

"Waaaaaahh!" Hitomi yelled and quickly recalled her two new pokemon. She was officially scared of her group two and group three starters. Was there no way to return them back? Especially, that Nidoran of hers! Hitomi could feel tears filling her brown eyes. She wanted to go back.

Wiki frowned, hopping towards Hitomi and cuddling to her. <It's okay, don't be sad! Pokemon and people need time to know one another! You'll do just fine. Have faith in yourself, Hitomi!>

Hitomi nodded, now sniffing and sobbing.

[MorriganFearn]

There was rustling in the grass next to Wiki. The pokemon coming up on him was very well camouflaged against the emerald green grass, being mostly emerald green himself, and dark in patches that could be mistaken for shade, with yellow glints that could have been highlights on the grass. <What's wrong with her?> a spinerak asked Wiki. <It's not usual for humans to rain, is it?>

[Yuri]

Hitomi had calmed down now, she still had hiccups as an after effect though. She was just happy she didn't use the other two routes otherwise she'd had to deal with those starters. The blue-haired girl started planning her first move against the first gym leader, Arisa, that was she was going to face. She took out a journal and pencil and wrote down what pokemon that were found in this forest could help her defeat the gym leader, it was making her feel a whole lot better.

"Hmm,.. even though Wiki is an electric type he doesn't know any electric moves yet that'll help me take down Arisa. I wonder if -- hm, yes, that might pokemon help me loads... "

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Wiki turned his attention to a spinerak, coking his head to the side. <Oh, nothing to worry about, she's just a new trainer who's having new trainer breakdowns. They're normal, lots of new trainers experience these,> the pachirisu explained observing his trainier from a distance. <My, you're a spinerak. It's an honor to meet you. Do you like living in the wild?> Wiki pointed out the obvious and wondered how it was like living out here than back in the lab where you're served food and pampered y lots and lots of humans wearing lab coats.

[MorriganFearn]

<Of course not,> the spinerak sounded faintly offended. <I live in a tree!>

The wild. Honestly, I ask you, he thought. You would think he was some canabal the way the squirrel refered to his home. They had the mark of civilization, rustic though it may be. That was the trainer raised for you. Thought themselves better than the rest. Still he had come up to find out if the girl was feeling okay.

<Anyway, what about your poor friend? She's feeling better? It's not nice to be in the doldrums.>

[Yuri]

The spinerak defended itself by saying he lived in a tree. Trees were out in the wild though, didn't that mean he was a part of the wilderness too? Wiki shrugged and cocked his head lower to discover something far more interesting, examining the spider's legs. <Fascinating.. Does it hurt if I poke your legs like this?> the white squirrel asked poking the spinerak's bent legs one and twice.

Thewild pokemon asked if Hitomi was okay. <Yes, she seems fine. She's calm down now that she's written down her feeling on a piece of paper. Just had bad group two and three starters. I'll ask just in case! If you excuse me, Mister Spinerak!>

The pachirisu hopped towards his trainer, <Hitomi, are you okay?>

The blue-haired girl nodded, looking up from her notepad and smiling at the electric pokemon. "Yes, I'm fine, Wiki. I was thinking of catching a water pokemon, actually.. so we can match up with the gym leader just in case her arena is filled with water but for that.." murmured the blue girl, angrily gazing down her notepad, still not aware of the the green spider present infront of her.

<Hmm, that would require a lake or a pond,> muttered Wiki as he scratched his white furry chin. The pachirisu hopped back to the spinerak, <hey! I think I know how to cheer my trainer up. She wants to catch a water pokemon to face the first gym leader! Do you know any pond, lake, or any water-places nearby?>

[MorriganFearn]

<The stream's right over there,> the spinerak had to stop himself from glaring at the pachirisu. His legs were not to be poked! What did the squirrel take him for? A pin cushion? Of course it hurt. He decided to put on a polite, affronted air. He pointed towards the brook, gleaming wetly in the dappled shade of route one.

<You could catch lotad, or poliwag, or several of the fish pokemon there. If you care for fishes,> they often took a hard working spider's meal. He did not approve. <And you know I can hear what she's saying to herself quite well. I'm not a moron, you know.>

[Yuri]

[Oh, I want to catch one of the fishies. Is it okay if, Hitomi accidentally falls in the water and they jump on her that way? XD Since she doesn't have a rod..]

Wiki made a face at the wild spinerak, <well, thank you for your help, Mister Spinerak.> even if the spinerak was a bit cranky-natured, he did help out loads. Wiki owed him some gratitude. The pachirisu hopped over to his trainer, <oh, I found water! It's right there, Hitomi!>

Hitomi looked up at Wiki from her notepad again and blinked, "you.. found it?"

<With some help, yes!>


The fourteen year old shoved everything in her bag and made her way to the stream with her pachirisu, waving awkwardly at a spinerak that had been watching them or something at a distance. How creepy. Hitomi shuddered.

As they headed for the stream Wiki started bouncing excitedly towards the water, <this is so exciting! I get to be near fresh water! Hitomi, quick! Come, see!>

Hitomi tried to keep up with her starter, slightly picking up her pace as she reached near the water. "Ahh.. Wiki, not so fast! It's dangerous, wait -- Aaaaaaahhh!!!"

The blue haired girl stumbled on a tiny rock that came in her way and landed in the water, it was shallow and near the edge.

[MorriganFearn]

((Oh, I forgot one other possibility as you are looking for something to help you against Arisa. You could try for a mystery egg from the giveaway, and a time warp. You have a new character now, so it's possible.))

Ever had a bad day? Just one day that was out to get you? She had slept late that morning, missing on the dawn flies, and so had gone without breakfast. Then a corphish had chased her though the shallows, feeling territorial, or a deep need to snap at fins.

This goldden was not having a good day, and then a dark shadow closed over the water she was in. Thinking it a pidgeot, the goldeen spared one small thought about how clearly everything was out to get her today, seeing as it looked as though she would end as someone else's supper, as she darted forward. That saved her from being sat on by a human girl. The fish came out of the water angrily, although she kept her gills below the water line.

<Could you watch it? Have you any idea the kind of day I've been having? I did not need to be sat on to round it off!> she yelled.

[Yuri]

Hitomi could have snapped too, right there. Having to hold on using the bathroom for 3 hours, getting weirded out and threatened by her own starter pokemon and then falling right into this dumb stream thing. But she didn't, because it was a pokemon afterall.

"I'm sorry.. I didn't mean to," the girl said getting up, all her clothes drenched and soaked. "I know how you feel.. I'm having a bad first day of pokemon journey too.." the girl muttered under her breath.

Wiki came running towards the goldeen and the fourteen year old girl, frowned as he saw his trainer's clothes getting all wet. <I'm sorry, you two. This is all my fault. I was just so excited to get our first pokemon team mate,> the pachirisu looked at Hitomi to the goldeen. <We were looking for a water pokemon to catch.>

[MorriganFearn]

<Ohhhhh,> she was still feeling crotchety, but at least this latest humiliation was understandable. <I'm a water pokemon, of course. But you would have done better getting a fishing rod. That's the only way to get a water type around here, unless you're very lucky. I'm not interested.>

She went under water to swim away, but then she reconsidered. It wasn't polite to do that, and they didn't seem like bad people. Popping up again, the goldeen turned one large eye to look at Hitomi. <Well, I suppose, if we must, we should battle. But I warn you, even if you win, you might not convince me. You should have the land mammal use the stepping stones, or the ones in the shallow areas.>

[Yuri]

Hitomi and Wiki blinked as the goldeen went inside the water and swam off.

"Hmm.."

<Let's get going, I'm sure we'll able to find a nice pokemon elsewhere.>

Both the trainer and her pachirisu turned to walk away but before they could exit the water, the same goldeen popped up again. Eying Hitomi weirdly with one of her big eyes and challenging her to a battle. Wiki wondered briefly if this pokemon was bipolar, Hitomi figured she was having just one of those days. And yay, a chance to get a water pokemon! And such a pretty one too.

"Oh, I guess battling on the shallow side of the stream is much better than standing on stepping stones.. We haven't starter our training yet," Hitomi said shyly, Wiki nodded. This was their first battle.

"Wiki, let's start of with quick attack!"

The fourteen year old ordered, she had already read the pachirisu's stats and attacks. The pachirisu nodded, speedily tackling the goldfish pokemon.

[Terrill]

The sudden attack caught the fish off guard. The squirrel pushed and flopped her back into some of the deeper water, letting her regain herself in the water. Shaking off her anger at being blindsided like that, she rushed back into the shallow section towards the electric type. Her horn broke the surface of the water, giving off a shark-like warning of her attacking with peck.

[Yuri]

The goldeen was hit by the quick attack and was sent deep inside the water. Wiki cocked his head, wondering what was taking so long in his comfortable, shallow side of the stream. Suddenly, breaking the silence the goldfish jumped out of the water and swung her horn towards the pachirisu, making him wince in pain.

"Wiki," Hitomi uttered quietly, standing still as her wet hair flew in the wind. Her scared, confused and innocent-looking expression wiped out from her face. She was now looking stern and focused, and the fourteen year old was narrowing her eyes at her opponent while clenching her fists tightly. "Use your charm attack," the blue-haired girl ordered, her voice sounding very robotic. Wiki turned to look at his trainer and shuddered at the sudden change of aura around Hitomi. What happened to her? Was she angry about something?

None the less, the pachirisu perfomed his charm attack, by looking adorably cute and whatnot.

[MorriganFearn]

The goldeen bobbed to the surface of the water, just in time to meet Wiki's meltingly cute eyes. Oh, he was sweet looking. She swam closer to look at him, but in some part of her mind she realized that he was making her not want to attack him for a reason. Feeling cheated of the battle, she leaped up to smack Wiki with her tail.

[Yuri]

Wiki's head whipped to the side. "Another quick attack," Hitomi ordered silently. The pachirisu shook his head vigorously and sent himself slamming against the goldfish. making sure not to go to the deep side of the stream.

[MorriganFearn]

((Because of how embarrassingly long it took for me to reply to this thread, bonus move!))

As the electric squirrel dashed through the water, he began to crackle with pent up static electricity. Normally this was not a problem, as it would be for a pichu or one of the ion charge electric mouse pairs. Pachirisu were more controlled than either, although at a cost of less overall power. Either way, on land, pachirisu had to work at building up their static energy reserves by massaging their cheeks. However, in the water, while moving, Wiki's white furred body was becoming a self contained transistor. That could only be a bad thing for whatever touched him.

The lightning blasted out of his skin where he slammed into the goldeen (possibly a little painful for him, as pachirisu normally discharged energy through their tails). The electricity seared up the fish pokemon's side, leaving her floating awkwardly in the water, completely still, although luckily not upside down.

Hitomi's pokedex beeped. [Congratulations]
[Your level 5 pachirisu defeated a level 7 goldeen]
[Your pachirisu gained 2 levels]
[Your pachirisu is now level 7]
[Your pachirisu learned an unknown move]

((Wiki learned Conductor!
Conductor is an electric type attack
Conductor only works if the pokemon is moving in water. A build up of electricity is discharged when the pokemon hits the target, doing a fair amount of damage. In double battles this targets a single pokemon. In the field, it is advised that pachirisu remain out of the rain, or puddles, streams, etc, as it could be dangerous for either the trainer, or the pokemon.

Anyway, would you like to catch the goldeen, and then time warp? (the maximum amount of time for a warp possible would be 3 days, as you hit the level cap for Wiki after that, and your egg will hatch to reveal a ledyba at level 1).

Alternately, you could just warp immediately, and continue your journey from there.

Or you could chose not to warp at all, and continue you journey.

If you want me to take care of the warp post, tell me in your post. If you would prefer to take care of it yourself go right ahead.))