Setting
This rural town borders Ilex Forest, the supposed home of the legendary pokemon Celebi. A shrine sits in the middle of the forest dedicated to Celebi. Amongst the scattered civilian houses other points of interest include a deep, mostly emptied well that yields a small cave system in it's wake and an old man named Kurt famous for creating old-fashioned pokeballs out of apricorns. These balls have special properties, and are known to capture certain types of pokemon better than others.
Azalea Town
This rural town borders Ilex Forest, the supposed home of Celebi. Other points of interest include a deep, mostly emptied well and an old man famous for creating old-fashioned pokeballs out of apricorns.
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Lordran [110] My pokemon and I have an arrangement...
Nicole Porter [27] Beginning Pokemon Trainer
Fennekin [19] A fire type fox pokemon who is kinda shy.
Team Ultima [14] Extraordinary potential
Desmond Nerzed [0] Purveyor and seller of exotic magical goods and mythical services for the citizens of Wing City.
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Ceana tilted her head and shrugged. "I didn't really hear about it. I'm from over in Kanto, though. Not too much of a trip." She smiled and giggled a little at the Dragonair's affection, happily allowing the coiling, now moving to pet with the other hand. "Such a sweetie, aren't you. Candy'll love you." She paused petting to take a few more sips from the bottle. "And you? Any unique Pokemon?"
"...In a sense. Though uh...Eh, I wouldn't worry about it. Its the only one I don't have out right now. Gilgamesh doesn't play well with others. See, back where I'm from, there were these two gangs. Always fighting. Kinda used pokemon to...well...fight for them. The pokemon got mean, and when the gangs fell apart, they kinda got abandoned. I took one of them in because it was strong, and I'm trying help it get better, but..."
It wasn't going so well. "We'll leave it at that though...Other than 'Mesh, I'd say all the rest of my guys are pretty normal." Yeah, true enough. Each had their own little quirks, but nothing amazing, or super strange.
It wasn't going so well. "We'll leave it at that though...Other than 'Mesh, I'd say all the rest of my guys are pretty normal." Yeah, true enough. Each had their own little quirks, but nothing amazing, or super strange.
Ceana nodded slowly, glancing at Radio before nodding and returning her attentions to Priscilla. "I see...I hope you can help it, then...Well, though it might just be to me...All my Pokemon are pretty special. As you can see, Soup's on the large size for even Snorlaxes and Radio here's a little genius of a Slowpoke. My Ben's a little scaredy, but he's got potential. Candy, my Igglybuff, has energy enough to fuel this town...And my Flareon, Fahrenheit, is fiercely loyal, she'd take a beating for any of us..." Her face dropped a little at the comment, but pasted a smile back on her face as she looked at Priscilla.
"Yeah I bet...I'm pretty sure me jogging at a slow pace could power this town..." A jab at how small Azalea was. Having grown up in Lilycove, he was used to bustling metropolises, and beaches. He missed the beach. Still...sometimes, getting away to somewhere quiet wasn't too bad.
Lordran could just never live somewhere like this though. "You say you got some money saved up...but you live...well...like you haven't got two pennies to rub together. I gotta ask...why? Afraid of publicity or something? Contest aren't too big in Johto yet, I don't think you'd be bothered too much..."
Lordran could just never live somewhere like this though. "You say you got some money saved up...but you live...well...like you haven't got two pennies to rub together. I gotta ask...why? Afraid of publicity or something? Contest aren't too big in Johto yet, I don't think you'd be bothered too much..."
Ceana laughed a little, almost nervously. "I don't live places very long. Finding a place to rent or even a hotel room would...make this too much like a home. I want my home to be with my Pokemon." She gently moved her arm away from Priscilla and petted the sleeping Slowpoke. "They're everything to me. I want to live with them, like them. And they'd never be happy in a cramped hotel room. They need fresh air, to sleep under the stars. Soup, especially, needs lots of room. So I stay with them out here. We like it like this the best...But if you want a hotel room or something, I could point you in the right direction..."
"Nah, don't worry about it. I was just curious. You're not getting rid of me that easily." He wasn't sure if he was joking or not, but it was enough for him. Rubbing the back of his head, he soon returned his attention to the Nidorino, mostly because the intense poking in the chest...kinda hurt. Damn, Atlas was needy.
"Still...do you know when your next contest is? Or where? They're usually only in really big cities..."
"Still...do you know when your next contest is? Or where? They're usually only in really big cities..."
Ceana fluidly moved from petting the Slowpoke's head to rubbing the side of the Snorlax's belly, humming a little. "Over in Goldenrod City. I thought I would miss it with Conn making me stay here so long...but I guess I have his permission to leave now." She peeked over at Ben and Whit, then returned to her position. "It's not far and there's no real rush. Contest doesn't start for a while."
"Eh. Wouldn't matter to me either way, to be honest. I don't much care for contest myself...They really aren't my thing. And I know Johto pretty well. I just don't like it here all that much. Not really up there on my list of favorite places..." Still, at least they wouldn't be moving around TOO much. Getting paid an enormous amount to basically just sit around and watch pokemon dance and play for points seemed like a pretty good deal. Better than some of his other jobs.
"Well, for my last 'being nosey' point of the day, I gotta ask...Why Azalea? I mean, I know you said your brother asked you to stay here for awhile, but I understood you came here on your own first. Whys that?"
"Well, for my last 'being nosey' point of the day, I gotta ask...Why Azalea? I mean, I know you said your brother asked you to stay here for awhile, but I understood you came here on your own first. Whys that?"
Ceana nodded in understanding. "Don't worry, you won't have to participate. You'll have to watch us practice a lot, though, unless you find something to do yourself." She blushed a little at the question, pushing her hair back out of her eyes. "Ah...That wasn't really my choice. We were all heading to Goldenrod City and just stopped here for a night. But...In the morning, Soup refused to budge. Didn't want to be put in a ball either, so I had to leave him be. Then Radio found this well and the happy little thing refused to budge, too. Of course, after that, I talked to my brother and he told me to sit put for a while so...here I am."
"You mean the Slowpoke well...Mmm...Nasty business went on there for awhile. Really hurt the towns rep. Glad to see its recovered a little. Even saw some tourist back in the square on my way here." True enough, Team Rocket had really pulled a number on this town, and the Slowpoke population here. It even made national coverage. Only way he knew about it, actually.
"Pretty much why more than half of the Slowpokes in the well don't have tails. Really sucked back then, I guess."
"Pretty much why more than half of the Slowpokes in the well don't have tails. Really sucked back then, I guess."
Ceana's eyes went wide and she instinctively grabbed a hand onto Radio's neck, to which he woke up and let out a low grumble. "I've...heard rumors about that...It's awful. The poor things...I almost didn't want Radio to go there, but he's...happy there. And he likes to cheer up the others with his fancy little smart tricks." Ceana giggled and tugged on the sleepy Radio's ear gently. "Little genius loves attention, huh, Radio?" "Slooooooooow...poke..." he mumbled back, closing his eyes again. "I just...hope Team Rocket doesn't spoil anymore nice things..."
"Eh. They've been in hiding for awhile. Read an article about it on the ferry over to Kanto. Something about how they're still arresting agents, but nothing big has gone down with them in...well...close to four years I think? They never did catch the Leader though. You know...you're from Kanto...They say he used to be the Gym Leader from Viridian City..."
He kept an eye open to watch her reaction. It was never confirmed, but he vanished at the exact same time Team Rocket went into organized hiding. Even if it was a little mean, to taunt her about it...it...wasn't like he was trying to be mean.
He kept an eye open to watch her reaction. It was never confirmed, but he vanished at the exact same time Team Rocket went into organized hiding. Even if it was a little mean, to taunt her about it...it...wasn't like he was trying to be mean.
Ceana clenched her jaw and kept her eyes on Radio, her hair quickly falling to obscure most of her face and her expression. Her body language was tense and her voice was low when she spoke. "They always come back...It's naive to think they won't. And...when they do, they...They corrupt everything. And the leader...he'd never just stop." Her hands continued to gently pull on Radio's ears, but she didn't really move otherwise. "He's much too greedy..."
Ouch. Must've hit a raw nerve. Better just let it drop. "Well...yeah. He's that type a guy. I'm lucky, well, Hoenn is. Once the leaders of Aqua and Magma realized what was happening, they both just kinda...fell apart. Everything. Hoenn is pretty peaceful now. Pretty thankful for that." Then again, as far as he knew, none of the other regions literally almost got torn apart by two massive legendary pokemon dueling it out.
"So...uh...about the well...? Have you ever been?"
"So...uh...about the well...? Have you ever been?"
Ceana waited a few moments, her body relaxing slowly, before she replied. "Um...Yeah. Once or twice with Radio. Candy and Fahr went, too, once, but Candy bounced all over the cave and Fahr had to take her back home. Well, here to camp." She brushed back her hair, her neutral expression back in place. "Radio goes all the time, though. Don't you, my happy little thing?" she questioned fondly, pulling his ears more and forcing him to open his eyes again. "Sloooooooooow..."
"You must spoil them all so much, huh? I bet my guys will get jealous eventually. Tough for them." Priscilla bumped her head to Ceana's before wiggling off, and deciding to instead explore the big Snorlax belly before it. Lordran had to admit...this was a nice change of pace. Most of his other jobs were violent, hard edged, and sometimes, even illegal. Not the kind of illegal that hurt anyone, but hey, money was money, and it was all he could really do until his ban from the League was lifted.
"Well...Maybe you could show me it sometime. If we come back here."
"Well...Maybe you could show me it sometime. If we come back here."
Ceana laughed and watched Priscilla for a moment before throwing herself into a hug of Radio's neck. "Don't complain, I loooove you." She giggled and looked at Lordran. "Ah...I guess I do. They're my soul, y'know? I can't really help myself," she stated with another giggle. "I might end up spoiling Priscilla, too, if you let me. Ah, but...we don't have to leave immediately. We might be able to go tomorrow...Or even now, if you like. Would you like that, Radio? We could go see all your friends!" Radio's eyes opened and he slowly smiled, beginning to wave his arms and tail around. "Sloooow, slooooooowpoke...Poke."
"Go to the well? Now?" Lordran would think about it for a moment, scratching at his neck. "Eh...I suppose we could. I don't have anything better to do than lay around anyway." Standing up, the youth would dust off his pants and stretch, tapping a knuckle to each one of his roaming pokemon's pokeballs respectively, calling them all back to the camp site. "About...how far away is it, do you think?"
Ceana smiled and gave her Slowpoke a tight hug before straightening up. "Whit! Take care of Ben while I'm gone! And if the others come back, watch them, too!" she called to the Ninetales, who obediently nodded. Ceana patted the Snorlax's belly, saying goodbye and watching Radio already waddle off at a slow pace. "It's not that far. It might take a while for Radio to get there himself, but...it'll be a leisurely stroll."
"Ah, well...thats fine. Like I said, I really have nothing better to do, ever, so I don't mind. Better than sitting around and just chatting and fantasizing about shopping malls all day." He wasn't some spoiled little princess, or mall rat. He just liked good clothes, and good looking hair. On himself. "Lead the way, then. I've only heard about it, never been."
Ceana giggled softly to herself and moved after Radio. "Ah, we should go shopping when we hit Goldenrod! I need some stuff for the competition. For the
(cont.) 'mons and myself. It'd be fun." She quickly caught up to Radio, gently gripping his tail and tugging. "You little speed demon, you'll leave us in the dust." "Slooow...poooke..." he mumbled back, moving a little faster at the teasing. Ceana giggled and stroked his tail. "Don't strain yourself, you've gotta be in top condition for those lady Slowpokes, right?" she stated with a laugh.
"...You really do spoil them, you know that?" Lordran couldn't help but laugh, searching around in his pockets to find his PokeNav, tuning into the closest music station with the best signal, listening with only one headphone, so he could at least continue the conversation, at least for the time being. "I have to admit. I know some pretty big pokemon lovers, but you're the most...uh...clingy...? Or nice, of them all."
Ceana smiled fondly, petting Radio as they walked. "Ah...I guess. I suppose I'm a fanatic. At least for my own. They mean everything to me, I'd be devastated if I were to lose one. My Pokemon stayed with me through a lot of difficulty. I just want to pay them back for being the best little listeners, huh, Radio~?" she called, tugging on his ears lightly. "Sloooooooooow..." he complained, shaking his tail at her. "But really...I'm just a pathetic person who feels some sense of worth taking care of 'mons. Making them all pretty and showing them off. Makes me happy, for them to be looked at as beautiful, or cute, or smart..."
"Or powerful. In my opinion, pokemon are a manifestation of nature, or whatever you wanna call it. I don't buy into the whole Arceus thing. A pokemon certainly didn't create me. But them being mystical beings of power...that I can buy. Some pokemon certainly are creepy or weird enough that only randomness and natural chaos could ever bring them into being." As they journeyed, a few townsfolk tried to wave him down, calling to him. Odds are, Rasputin was off somewhere, causing mischief. He'd let the Haunter play. Its not like it was consuming souls or something. "I mean, I've heard about a pokemon that used to be human...like its a ghost of a human or something. I don't know, in Unova I think? Weird stuff, Ceana."