[center][color=palevioletred][h3]Korie Meagher[/h3][/color]— [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4094104]Coraick City[/url] —[/center]
Korie watched the scene pan out with a small frown, not quite knowing what to make of it. It wasn’t until both the boy and the professor were leaving that Korie whirled into motion, looking both ways as the two figures walked farther and farther away from each other. The boy was clearly a thief — the professor had known that. So why did he entrust the boy with the Torchic? Nothing good would come of leaving a Pokemon with someone who steals and lies on a daily basis. 

[color=palevioletred]“Hey!”[/color] Korie called, jogging to catch up with the departing black-haired boy. [color=palevioletred]“You better treat that Torchic right,”[/color] she told the boy, keeping pace with him as she continued her brief lecture. [color=palevioletred]“Not kidding here — I’ll report you to the Professor if you don’t. You and I both know that he’d trust me over you right now.”[/color] Sighing, Korie stopped and jogged in the opposite direction towards the forest. [color=palevioletred]“See you, mysterious, unnamed birdboy with the crazy hair.”[/color]

[center]—[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4096854] Coraick Forest[/url] —[/center]
Korie walked along the path quietly, Daigh at her side. Birdsongs and the low hum of cicadas could be heard in the background, reminding Korie that the forest was teeming with life. Having purchased a few Potions and Pokeballs before entering the forest, 

[color=palevioletred]“There’s a stream somewhere in this forest — we should find it. Get some practice in battling Water-types before challenging the gym,”[/color] she said quietly to the Charmander at her side as she led him into the depths of the forest. 

The mossy, trodden path was quickly fading into fresh, untouched forest, and the sunlight filtering through the trees lessened the further they travelled. Soon enough it was clear the path was gone altogether, but the forest around Korie looked the same as it always did: friendly, mysterious, and foreboding in its own way. 

[color=palevioletred]“Alright, Dei. I think we’re lost,”[/color] Korie said, half-amused. As scary as being lost was, the challenge of having to find her way out kept her on her toes. Korie wasn’t one to back down from a challenge — never was, never will be. [color=palevioletred]“Let’s make a run for it?”[/color]

The Charmander’s eyes widened, looking up at his trainer in alarm because he knew full well what came next — Korie taking off in a sprint dead ahead. Only a second or two late, the Charmander kept pace with his trainer only because this kind of thing had happened before. While the Fire-type had been unsure about all-out runs before, his trainer baited him into it with the lure of fresh berries and steaming poffins. Now, he willingly tore through the flora around him, stubby legs beating against the ground as he kept pace with his trainer. 

Soon enough, both had come to a stop, panting hard. [color=palevioletred]“Surprised you kept up, Daigh,”[/color] Korie sniped in jest. The Charmander responded with a smoky snort before looking around with alert eyes. Korie tensed, looking around as well before relaxing with a grin. [color=palevioletred]“That’s the sound of water.”[/color]

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[color=palevioletred]“Scratch again, Dei!”[/color] Korie shouted as her Charmander rushed another Caterpie that emerged from the bushes. Pokedex in hand, Korie was busy reading up on every Pokemon they crossed. Although she’d known almost every one, the occasional pause before she could identify the wild Pokemon kept the device in her hands as it recorded entry after entry.

A single face-off with a surfacing Corphish had told Korie enough to send her and her Pokemon back into the well-forested areas. Her Pokedex had produced the Charmander’s learnset, and the limited number of moves her Fire-type knew had Korie rethinking her training plan. So, here she was, monitoring her Pokemon as he levelled up to ten.

[color=palevioletred]“Good job, Dei,”[/color] Korie said, walking over to her Pokemon and scanning his latest sparring partner — a Ledyba. Another Pokemon she didn’t know existed, but that would change here and now. [color=palevioletred]“Alright. Wanna give the river shore another run?”[/color] Korie asked with a grin, looking at her Charmander. The orange Pokemon nodded, flicking its flamed tail at the challenge. 

A fast-moving blur on the water caught their attention first, whirring across the liquid’s surface and coming to a stop when it spotted the trainer and her Pokemon. [color=palevioletred]“Surskit,”[/color] Korie said, recognizing the blue spider-like Pokemon. Pink markings under its eyes and capped by a single yellow antenna, the pond skater Pokemon had been extensively studied as to develop better aquatic technology. The oil the Pokemon produced from its legs that allowed for its ability to seemingly float had been isolated and scrutinized until a good formula had been developed.

[color=palevioletred]“Daigh, Smokescreen and Scratch,”[/color] Korie whispered to her Pokemon. [color=palevioletred]“Follow up with a Growl.”[/color] 

The Charmander followed, executing the attacks with precision as Korie checked her Pokedex on the Surskit. [i]Bug-Water dual,[/i] Korie read, eyes wide, [i]That means it gave up its resistance to Fire-type attacks![/i] 

[color=palevioletred]“Daigh, throw Ember into the combos,”[/color] Korie shouted. The Charmander nodded, letting loose a small spew of flame at the Bug-Water type that immediately attempted to skirt the attack — a little too slow, though, since medium-ranged move had come as a surprise after the Charmander’s previous close-combat Scratches. 

The Surskit let out a last spray of pink gas before fainting. [color=palevioletred]“Arceus, that was a Sweet Scent,”[/color] Korie said, waving her Charmander towards the shelter of the trees as more water Pokemon surfaced. [color=palevioletred]“Time to retreat for now, Dei. No way am I letting you get double-teamed by a bunch of Water types. Not yet, at least,”[/color] Korie said, leading the way back into forested land. Still she knew they had to stay near the river — it was their way back to Coraick City.  

[color=palevioletred]“Right. Off to the city we go, Dei.”[/color] A puff of smoke followed, punctuated by a fiery snort.

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A rustling in the bushes ahead caused Korie to look up from her Pokedex and instinctively reach for the Pokeball hanging on her belt. Having returned her Charmander a while prior — the broody lizard, despite all his silence, had been tired and worn from his battles. And Korie wanted him to save his strengths for any emergencies, like the one at hand. 

[color=palevioletred]“C’mon out, Daigh,”[/color] the girl said, her Charmander appearing at her side in a flash of red light. [color=palevioletred]“Bushes, ten o’clock.”[/color]

The olive fronds parted to reveal a short stub of a Pokemon, blue and roughly a foot tall capped by a green leaf — a lilypad. [i]Lotad,[/i] Korie read from her Pokedex, mentally slapping herself. She should have known this Pokemon — one of the scientists at her parents’ lab had been involved in a project that aimed to understand how Pokemon like Paras, Bulbasaur, and other Pokemon with flora growing on them managed to sustain the plants and live in harmony with them.

[color=palevioletred]“Alright, Dei. Use—”[/color]

Korie looked around in alarm, realizing the Lotad was no longer at its ten o’clock position but rather at three and leaving. [color=palevioletred]“Hey!”[/color] she shouted, jogging to cut the Pokemon’s path to the water off. [color=palevioletred]“Not cool. We were going to have a battle!”[/color]

The Lotad looked up disinterestedly, the green disk on its head emphasizing the movement. Its eyes slid over the girl, then her Charmander, before landing on the stream behind them. 

[color=palevioletred]“Hey! I’m talking to you!”[/color] Korie said, leaning down to wave her hands in front of the Lotad’s eyes. 

A pause ensued as the Lotad slowly whirred into motion, moving around the girl to get to the water. [color=palevioletred]“Alright. Dei, Ember,”[/color] Korie said, grabbing a Pokeball. This Pokemon was either extremely dull, dumb, or both. But Korie felt something, offense aside, of the Lotad, and she wouldn’t let the Pokemon just walk away after all that. A grin on her face, Korie scooped up both her Charmander — much to his protest — and her newly-filled Pokeball.

[color=palevioletred]“And to Coraick town we go!”[/color] she shouted, breaking into a spring. Daigh held onto his trainer’s arm for dear life.

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[b]Inventory:[/b][list][*]Collapsable Bike
[*]Laptop
[*]Smartphone
[*]Wallet
[*]Pokedex
[*]Pokeball x 4
[*]Potion x 5
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[b]Pokemon:[/b][list][*]Daigh “Dei” ♂ — Charmander (5 > 12)
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[@rockatiel]
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