Snippet #1280193

"Hello there boys!" Professor Pine calls out, walking towards them from the other side of the docks. "Afraid I misheard what ship you'd be on, went to the wrong dock. I'm Professor Pine, the pokemon professor here in the Toppe Region, you can simply call me Pine if you like." The large, old Parasect at his side reaches over and nips his ankle then, wriggling his mustache. "Right, right, sorry...and this is my partner, Paris. He was the first pokemon I ever caught...but that was a long time ago."

Placing both hands on his cane as he holds it before him he looks the two of them over for a moment, trying to learn as much from them as he can without actually asking them anything just yet. The fact that they both have a pokemonn is an obvious sign they are trainers, and that they are both fully evolved says something more about their abilities.

"Well, well. Erm, wait, wasn't there supposed to be three of you hear today? Let me see here..." Reaching into his jacket, Pine takes out notepad and flips through a few pages. "Let me see here...ahah! Yes, there are supposed to be three. Kidd Phoenix, Sky Thomas, and Tyler Kight..."

"Don't be so impatient with them Pine!" A voice calls, moving closer in the distance from Cape Town. "They're in a new region, remember? Don't bother them with so many questions just yet!"

The voice grows louder, and soon a man riding a Tauros can be seen moving towards them. When he is close enough to be clearly seen, Clay raises a hand and waves at Pine and the new arrivals, and a moment later he pats his pokemon on the head between the horns, the signal to slow, then stop. As the large bull pokemon slows down, then finally comes to a stop beside Pine, Clay steps off.

"That's enough Red, return." Clay says, returning the pokemon to its ball.