04-09-2017, 10:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-19-2017, 05:06 PM by Dragonstrike.
Edit Reason: Added in my music link from the meta thread.
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Initial Meeting at the Professor's Lab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bq_tYRBzdg
Nathan cast a sideways glance at everyone from the corner he was in as they made their decisions. Having lived in Trillium all his life, he hadn't even heard of this 'Almanac' before. It worried him though, that there was apparently more detail on such troubling entries for Ralts than any other pokemon at the moment. Try as he might to hide that worry though, he knew Ralts could sense it. And he could sense that Ralts was somewhat worried too. Extra worrying was that young Ralts are mostly defenseless if they have no egg moves, and seeing as his Ralts knew none...
Well, no time for that right now. He'd cross that bridge when he got there. What he had to consider now was whether he was going to drop several weeks worth of allowance on a pokedex. Would it help him on this journey to find out what had happened to Ralts? Maybe. Knowing what he was up against could be helpful in the future...and who knows what he could be facing at this point...
Nathan pulled $1300 out of his pocket, stared at it for a moment, then set it down on the table and slid it over to Mallorn. "Here. Forewarned is forearmed, right?"
As he accepted the pokedex and various items, he took another look at the girl, Shiva. He noticed she hadn't taken a pokedex, despite the job offer to help start a Day Care Center. How curious. She must have some sort of reference she uses. That kind of job almost requires one.
He next looked over at their escort and the researcher. Vincent and Ventus, right? Vincent didn't seem like a chatty type, but Ventus was doing everything he could to get some form of speech from him. That Growlithe looked a tad uncomfortable too...Nathan had no idea what kind of researcher Vincent even was. But whatever field he worked in, he definitely didn't look the part for it. Tweed sweater? Sandals? Slacks? He'd at first thought he might be the most strange looking visitor to the lab today, what with his tendency to never leave home without at least a light jacket despite living near an active volcano, but he was glad he wasn't. The rain also helped him look less ridiculous to the townsfolk for now as well, for that matter...
Looking over at Nate, Nathan definitely knew who he was. The guy was practically the talk of the town for the entire week when everyone heard he was coming to visit Mallorn. Stories about him and his Zorua abounded, but he didn't see a Zorua or anything that could be one in disguise anywhere...to be honest though, Nathan didn't exactly believe those stories too much. Zorua are incredibly rare, even rarer than Ralts is, and Nate didn't exactly look like a guy who might have one. He was surprised Nate was only just a little younger than himself though. The stories that were passed around hadn't said anything about his age...their names were annoyingly similar too...Nate also hadn't really moved from where he was standing yet either, and Nathan was unsure of what this storied 14 year old would purchase, if anything...
And with all that, Nathan deemed that it would be Shiva and Vincent who would likely be the most helpful on his journey, seeing as they both obviously had experience of one kind or another. The other two would have to prove their usefulness somehow, though that would likely be a long shot for them...
And then he heard Shiva talking about antidotes. And then he remembered that Ralts is part fairy type..."Yeah, how much for the antidotes, prof? $100 each? Alright, yeah, I'll take two. Can't have Ralts taking any more damage than necessary, after all..." And with that, he set down his last $200 as well, took two antidotes from the professor, and began following Vincent and Ventus out the door.
Nathan cast a sideways glance at everyone from the corner he was in as they made their decisions. Having lived in Trillium all his life, he hadn't even heard of this 'Almanac' before. It worried him though, that there was apparently more detail on such troubling entries for Ralts than any other pokemon at the moment. Try as he might to hide that worry though, he knew Ralts could sense it. And he could sense that Ralts was somewhat worried too. Extra worrying was that young Ralts are mostly defenseless if they have no egg moves, and seeing as his Ralts knew none...
Well, no time for that right now. He'd cross that bridge when he got there. What he had to consider now was whether he was going to drop several weeks worth of allowance on a pokedex. Would it help him on this journey to find out what had happened to Ralts? Maybe. Knowing what he was up against could be helpful in the future...and who knows what he could be facing at this point...
Nathan pulled $1300 out of his pocket, stared at it for a moment, then set it down on the table and slid it over to Mallorn. "Here. Forewarned is forearmed, right?"
As he accepted the pokedex and various items, he took another look at the girl, Shiva. He noticed she hadn't taken a pokedex, despite the job offer to help start a Day Care Center. How curious. She must have some sort of reference she uses. That kind of job almost requires one.
He next looked over at their escort and the researcher. Vincent and Ventus, right? Vincent didn't seem like a chatty type, but Ventus was doing everything he could to get some form of speech from him. That Growlithe looked a tad uncomfortable too...Nathan had no idea what kind of researcher Vincent even was. But whatever field he worked in, he definitely didn't look the part for it. Tweed sweater? Sandals? Slacks? He'd at first thought he might be the most strange looking visitor to the lab today, what with his tendency to never leave home without at least a light jacket despite living near an active volcano, but he was glad he wasn't. The rain also helped him look less ridiculous to the townsfolk for now as well, for that matter...
Looking over at Nate, Nathan definitely knew who he was. The guy was practically the talk of the town for the entire week when everyone heard he was coming to visit Mallorn. Stories about him and his Zorua abounded, but he didn't see a Zorua or anything that could be one in disguise anywhere...to be honest though, Nathan didn't exactly believe those stories too much. Zorua are incredibly rare, even rarer than Ralts is, and Nate didn't exactly look like a guy who might have one. He was surprised Nate was only just a little younger than himself though. The stories that were passed around hadn't said anything about his age...their names were annoyingly similar too...Nate also hadn't really moved from where he was standing yet either, and Nathan was unsure of what this storied 14 year old would purchase, if anything...
And with all that, Nathan deemed that it would be Shiva and Vincent who would likely be the most helpful on his journey, seeing as they both obviously had experience of one kind or another. The other two would have to prove their usefulness somehow, though that would likely be a long shot for them...
And then he heard Shiva talking about antidotes. And then he remembered that Ralts is part fairy type..."Yeah, how much for the antidotes, prof? $100 each? Alright, yeah, I'll take two. Can't have Ralts taking any more damage than necessary, after all..." And with that, he set down his last $200 as well, took two antidotes from the professor, and began following Vincent and Ventus out the door.
