[center][color=palevioletred][h3]Korie Meagher[/h3][/color]— [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4094104]Coraick City[/url] —[/center]
Korie narrowed her eyes in suspicion when the Torchic appeared to cuddle into the boy’s shirt, not entirely convinced. However, the Torchic seemed to have a natural affinity for the boy, which was hard to find considering that it would one day evolve into the fiercely proud Fire-Fighting dual type that was Blaziken.

For the “well-behaved young girl” who sat patiently, spinning once every now and then on the blue lab stools, there seemed to be no end of wondrous creatures that passed through her parent’s lab, nor was there a lack of digital files to read on such Pokemon. Korie had passed days flipping through the national Pokedex available through her parents’ tablet, reading entries silently as she waited for them to get off work, and she prided herself on being able to identify Pokemon. While she’d started with learning about the ones that caught her fancy, she’d progressed to simply learning about Pokemon in general. While there were large gaps in her knowledge — mostly of rare, mysterious, or non-native Pokemon — the famous “starting” Pokemon were not one of those gaps.

Still, the boy seemed to be awfully suspicious. For a experienced trainer in possession of a Gyarados, he seemed to have an abundance of inexperienced Pokemon. [color=palevioletred]“I’ll leave if you show me your Gyarados,”[/color] she said, jogging to a stop ahead of him again. [color=palevioletred]“That is, if you have one,”[/color] Korie said, raising a brow. She waited patiently as the boy came up with an excuse, and just when she was about to drag the boy back to Professor Mangrove’s lab, a bespectacled man wearing a vest, slacks, and hat approached with a notebook under one arm and a briefcase in the other. 

“Hello, can I ask what’s going on here?” the man asked, coming to a stop next to Korie. 

[color=palevioletred]“Professor Mangrove! It’s such an honor to meet you!”[/color] Korie said excitedly. [color=palevioletred]“My name is Korie Meagher, and I read some of your works — that study on Trubbish? Absolutely mind-blowing,”[/color] she gushed before composing herself and looking at the funny-haired boy with two bird Pokemon. [color=palevioletred]“Professor, I believe that this boy here stole that Torchic from your lab,”[/color] Korie said, glaring at him. [color=palevioletred]“Well, maybe not the Torchic specifically, but he definitely stole a Pokeball.”[/color]

The professor looked a bit surprised, adjusting his glasses as he looked at the boy again, this time focusing on the orange-yellow Pokemon in the boy’s arms. “Well I’ll be. That Torchic does seem to be mine but,” the professor paused, leaning in to study the Torchic for a moment before backing up and looking the boy in the eyes. “Young man, I do believe you’ve made a new friend. And I’ll let you have him if you promise me that you’ll take care of him — this Torchic here has been through a lot, and he could really use a loving trainer right now.”

Korie’s eyes widened and her jaw dropped open. The professor was letting the boy [i] keep[/i] the Pokemon? After he stole it from the lab? Were criminals getting rewarded for their evil deeds now?

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[b]Inventory:[/b][list][*]Collapsible Bike
[*]Laptop
[*]Smartphone
[*]Wallet
[*]Pokedex
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[b]Pokemon:[/b][list][*]Daigh “Dei” ♂ — Charmander (5)
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