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~Abigail Blanchett~

"N-no! I'm fine! Totally fin-"

Hah. He was totally not fine. Those Spearow were definitely not happy that he had flown straight into their nest. Not to mention that tree branch looked rather...weak. But well, he said he didn't need her help so she might as well just get going to the lab. No sense in helping him if he was so sure about him being fine. Well...she would have if the branch hadn't suddenly made a loud creak followed by a snapping noise. The boy started falling, and Abigail reacted perhaps a bit more rashly than she was used too.

She ran forward, though she didn't really know why. She should have just let the guy land on the ground. That would have been funny. Still, him getting hurt would probably be a bad idea...and well, she was awesome so letting him get hurt on her watch was bad. She wasn't fast enough to catch, him though and in an attempt to dive forward, her foot got caught on a loose rock causing her to trip. Instead, she slammed into the falling kid at full-sprinting speed.

[color=662d91]"Ooooowww..."[/color] She groaned. She must have hit her head pretty hard when that twerp landed on her. She rubbed her head, as she tried to ignore the bruise there. As the slight dizziness subsided, she attempted to stand up, but found something...or rather, someone was on top of her. The kid from earlier must have somehow ended up on top of her when they fell.

[color=662d91]"G-get off!"[/color] She said, trying to shove him off of her. And...was that Cerise? 

Goddamn it, sucks to be this guy. She hoped this he had life insurance.

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~Cerise Fontaine~[/color]

That insufferable welp! She should have her lawyers sue him for everything he had! That would involve too much of a headache for a philistine like him though. At least once she found Abigail she could have her thoroughly deal with him in an appropriate matter. She could even get everyone else on her side as well, if she played her cards right. She may have to reign in Abigail a bit though. The purple haired girl could get a little...excessive sometimes.

The only problem was that...well, she had no idea where she was. She said she was going to be coming from Cherrygrove by a vehicle. At least, that was her plan. Judging from the time she should be here already. Maybe it would have been better to hang around at the lab, then? Well, out of sight of that idiot. After that stunt it wouldn't be a good idea to hang around him. At least, not in front of the others.

It was then, she heard a rather loud snapping noise - it sounded like something heavy had fallen. There was a scream with it as well, sounding like someone saying 'Catch me' over and over again. Well, now that was probably going to be a sight to see. She had only intended to view from afar and not get involved. Whoever had fallen deserved whatever injury they got, from probably doing something stupid. However, when she finally reached the place of the voices....

[color=ec008c]"A-Abigail!?"[/color] Cerise shouted, quite loudly. [color=ec008c]"Wh-what are you-?"[/color] No no no. This...she was misinterpreting something here, that was certain. However, something about seeing her friend under that guy in such a manner...made her feel a tad bit mad. Not like she cared if she got a boyfriend or anything...but, well...She shot a brief glare at the guy while his back was too her, before remembering why she had come looking for her friend in the first place. She softened her gaze, before walking over to Abigail with a sniffle.

~Elms Lab~

True enough, the door to the lab was unlocked, like always. Elm didn't like locking the door for multiple reasons, though if you talked to Alfred you'd discover the main reason was because Elm always forgot too. Elm would say he didn't want to lock it in case of emergencies, though.

As the trainers started shuffling in, they were greeted by a cheery Alfred. This was his first time doing something like this, so it was expected he was a bit on the excited side. It was almost impossible for him to not be. It looked like they were missing quite a few trainers still, though. They were late, then. Not that it mattered too much, they had all day to get here, or at least until the pokemon ran out. That shouldn't happen though, since they had more than enough for the applicants.

"H-hello!" Alfred started, as he introduce himself to the trainers. "Welcome to New Bark. I'm, uhm, Alfred Elm. I'm Professor Elm's assistant. He'll be here soon, probably, so uhm, if you could all sit here and wait on the other trainers..."

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