Snippet #1280410

"Ah, Sky, Tyler, nice to meet the both of you." Pine says, shaking the offered hand. "I'm glad to hear my standing in the Hoenn Region is still good as well. Now then, I am very sorry to have kept you waiting by driving to the wrong docks, but now that I have it seems I'm nearly running late. If you will follow me, we'll head back to the jeep and I'll give you a ride back to my lab. From there Clay here will help you two along. I'll have one of my aides come to pick up Kidd later."

"That's me by the way, nice to meet the both of you." Clay says finally with a laugh. "And yeah, that was my Tauros, Red. I caught him when I was still just a kid back in Kanto. They aren't so rare out here though, so he's really nothing special."

With that they start to follow the professor to his jeep, which ends up taking about ten minutes. All the while Pine keep muttering to himself about being late with someone for something, though none of it seems to make any sense. While they're moving, Wrath pops out of his pokeball and begins to buxx around the two new trainers, prodding them with his stingers, just not actually stinging them. Eventually they make it to the jeep and start off towards the lab. Along the way, the professor points out several sights, such as a herd of Tauros and Miltank off to oneside, or a flock of Murkrow fly over head.

"Even the starer pokemon that professors Oak and Elm give to new trainers are common here, well, in some places. I'm sure you'll encounter some of them during your journy here." Pine says as they step out of the jeep next to the lab. "Now, follow me inside, I have something for you two."