[i]Collab of Hella and Raven[/i]

Claire craddled Chichi in her arms as she walked up the beach towards the center of Pallet Town. She walked slowly, kicking up the white sands of the beach with her bare feet as she went along. She moved her head back and forth, staying as alert as possible when Adrian caught her eye. He waved at her and his Magnemite flew around his head.

"Must be another trainer," she said lowly to Chichi.

"[color=#6390F0]Chin, chinchou...[/color]"

Claire smiled and looked back up at Adrian, "Wanna go say hi?"

"[color=#6390F0]Chinchou, chin![/color]"

"Alright then!"

Claire smiled and waved in unison with Chichi back at Adrian before walking across the beach to his side. Claire looked up at him.

"Hi! Are you here for the registration too?"

"Yup, Magnus and I took the long walk from Celadon City." At the mention of its name, Magnus gave a [i]beep[/i] and waggled one of its magnets in a copy of the wave Adrian had given earlier. It dropped down to the girl's height, taking an interest in the Chinchou in her arms.

Chichi's antennas moved, touched together and lit up when Magnus came down to meet him. He pulled his antennas apart slowly, electricity flowed through the air between the nodes on the ends of his antennas shortly before they returned to their normal state.

"I was hoping I wasn't the only one to show up on the last day of registrations... maybe we'll get lucky and more people will show up. I'm Adrian, by the way. What's your name, kiddo?"

"Claire."

"[color=#6390F0]Chinchou![/color]"

Claire giggled and rubbed Chichi's head, "And this is Chichi."

"We're from Cinnabar Town."

"Ah, that's why you needed the Gyarados transport... was that your father dropping you off?"

Claire nodded, "Mhm, that was him."

At the sight of Chichi's electricity display, Magnus gave a series of excited tones and tried spinning his pair of magnets to replicate the trick. The older of the two Trainers just chuckled. "Aw, he likes you. But he's still a little young to be producing electrical charge of his own. Maybe once he gets a bit stronger."

"Yeah." Claire walked alongside Adrian in brief silence, "Do you think there'll be any more trainers there?"

"I hope so... there were a fair few people getting off the ships docked back that way." Adrian pointed over his shoulder as he spoke. "A few of them looked like the Trainer type, though I didn't stick around to check. Plan A is to get into the Labs before they close registrations. Speaking of which..." They turned a corner to find the Oak Research Lab waiting for them at the top of a hill. It was surprisingly well-cared for at first glance, despite the slightly weathered look that many of the older buildings in Pallet Town had.

"Brilliant, the Lab's still open. Do you think we should head inside, or wait for others to show up?"

"Uhm... let's go ahead and go inside. That way if people don't show up we still get registered and everything."