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"Wow, seems like forever since I've been in this place..." Clay says as he reaches the edge of Cape Town. "It's been, what, almost a year now? Is that right Wrath?" Looking over his shoulder he can see that his Beedrill is too distracted by a large patch of wild flowers to notice him. "Hey, Wrath! Come on, we're going to be late! Professor Pine is counting on us to do some research for him, said he needed to update my pokedex first though."

When the bee pokemon still won't listen, Clay only sighs and takes out a jar of honey he keeps in his messenger bag for just such occasions. As soon as the lid is removed a sweet smell fills the air, and Wrath almost instantly turns and begins to fly after Clay as he makes his way into town.

Cape Town is a small but open place, near the northern edge of the Toppe Region. They aren't right on the coast, but set back from it on a plateu(?), with a large dock a little ways off. The dock is where new trainers usually arrive, seeing as how the large mountain rangs that divides Toppe in half also seperates it from Kanto and Johto, making the whole contenant have a sort of cross dividing it up. There is no pokemon center or mart here, just the laboratory, belonging to Professor Pine, the leading pokemon professor in thie region. He is also the one who gives advise and help to new trainers.

"Professor, I'm here! It's me, Clay." Clay calls out as he enters the lab. "Huh. He doesn't seem to be here...oh, Jack, where did Pine go?"

"Hm? Oh, hello Clay, long time so see." Jack, one of the professors aides says with a smile, "Pine went out towards the docks to pick up a few trainers on their way here. He should be on his way back now though, unless the ship ran late again."

"The ship often does...well, thanks Jack, I'll see if I can head him off somewhere in between, I hate to sit around." Clay says, waving as he heads back outside, then around to the back of the lab, where a path leads down the hillside and to the coast. "Return Wrath, come on out Red!" In a flash of red the Beedrill returns to his pokeball, and then a Tauros is sent out of another. "Come on big fella, we need to catch up to Pine."

With that, Clay gets on his bull pokemon's back and they ride off, hoping to find the professor at the docks. Professor Pine is a short, round, jolly man with a head of white hair that covers his eyes and a long white beard. Instead of a typical lab coat he wears a white safari outfit, and carries a cane. His Parasect, Paris, which has a large white mustache, is always with him.

(Pine will be an NPC we can all control is need be, I figured you guys could be at the docks waiting on him, or with him in his jeep headed back to the lab)