[center][h2]Just Outside New Bark Town[/h2][/center]
[center][color=brown][h3]Zeph Bagley[/h3][/color][/center]

As Zeph attempted to fend off the attacking bird Pokemon, he became aware of someone shouting from below and glanced down to see a girl about his own age standing on the ground below. She had distinctive purple hair and an accent he couldn't truly place.

Also, she seemed to be laughing at him. 

[color=662d91]"Well, I didn't think it was possible to fail so hard! Did you forget the training wheels? Or did you think you could actually fly?"[/color]

Zeph frowned, and if he hadn't been busily trying to fend of the flock of attacking Spearow, he would have shouted out some kind of comeback.

Well, if he could think of one. Which at the moment, he could not.

He opened his mouth to spit out some kind of rebuttal, when the purple-haired girl spoke again. She was still laughing, but her tone had a little less edge. [color=662d91]"Need some help getting down from there?"[/color]

He did, indeed need help. But his injured pride was at stake here, and he was not about to accept help from someone who had mocked him a second earlier. [color=brown]"N-no!"[/color] he stammered out. [color=brown]"I'm fine! Totally fin-"[/color] But he didn't get to finish, as there was a worrying creak, followed by a snapping noise.

Uh oh.

His weight had taken its toll on the branch at last, and he and the branch started hurting down to the ground, hitting many other branches on the way down. Without thinking, Zeph started waving his arms around madly.

[color=brown]"Catchmecatchmecatchme!"[/color] he shouted as he starting falling towards the girl.

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[center][h2]New Bark Town[/h2][/center]
[center][color=gray][h3]Mattie Linder[/h3][/color][/center]

More people had started to gather round the lab as Mattie approached, and her walk became slower and more cautious as she got close to them. A couple of them had already started a conversation, so she hovered around the edge, unsure when would be the right time to speak. However, just as she was about to open her mouth, something of a... disruption broke out.

One of the girls, a redhead like Mattie, got upset and ran off crying after one of the boys spoke to her. Behind her long fringe, Mattie blinked as she watched the girl leave, perplexed as to what could have upset her so. However, she didn't have time to ask or even say anything before the other potentional trainers started filing into the lab. 

Oh. Okay. Perhaps she could introduce herself later.

Yeah.

Later™.

Mattie followed the others into the lab quietly, none of them seeming to take much notice of her. She saw one of the other kids sit down in a large, somewhat important-looking chair and fall asleep. She had no idea why. Maybe he wasn't actually there to get a Pokemon. Maybe he was just here...

... to sleep?

Yeah, that made no sense, now that she thought about it.

Oh well. Mattie sat herself down in one of the chairs at the side, waiting to be called on, and waiting in case not all of the trainers had arrived yet.