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

Mattie shifted awkwardly in her chair, her eyes staring down at her shoes as she tried to avoid looking any of the other potentional trainers in the eye. Luckily, it seemed that none of them were really interested in her. They probably hadn't even noticed at all. Well, good, that meant she could just sit here, relax and-

[color=7ea7d8]"You've been pretty quiet all this time, nervous miss."[/color]
[h3]... ![/h3]

She'd been spotted! Hidehidehidehidehide-

[color=gray]"Erm..."[/color] Mattie raised her head slightly to see a boy about her own age standing over her. He was taller than her - big surprise - and had unusually purple hair. She blinked, trying to say something, but her mind had seemingly abandoned her because it was coming up blank.

[color=7ea7d8]"My name is Yuu Nozomu, the guy who is going to conquer the pokemon league... or at least try anyways, heh..."[/color] the boy announced, seemingly unperturbed by Mattie's silence. Mattie looked at him, a little in awe of him. 

Wow. He was so confident. It must have been nice knowing what you wanted to do with your life. Really, Mattie hadn't given her goal as a trainer much thought, as she was only really going on this journey to search for her lost friends. What would she do after that? Well, maybe she could think about it later. Maybe this guy could help her figure it out. He seemed nice enough. Really nice, not at all weirded out by her like most people were. And he was kind of handsome too. Mattie hadn't met a lot of boys, so she wasn't sure how handsome he was compared to others, but he seemed reasonably handsom-

[color=7ea7d8]"Oh, I almost forgot to ask, what's your name?"[/color]

...

... wait...

What was her name again?

She'd been so in awe of this boy she'd forgotten what her name was now. Now she was just sitting there, not talking, inwardly panicking.

Calm down, Mattie. Breath. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale-

Oh right. Mattie. That was her name. 

...

But now she had to speak.

Damn.

[color=gray]"Mattie... Linder..."[/color] Mattie said at last, a slight blush creeping over her cheeks. [color=gray]"Nice to meet you."[/color] She shifted slightly in her chair before averting her gaze, not wanting to appear like she was staring.

Well, that wasn't too difficult, right? It could only get easier from here, right?

... riiiiight?

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

When Zeph finally hit the ground, he was surprised how soft the ground was. He had expected something to break or at least to be bruised, but it seemed he had been wrong. He was fine. 

He breathed a sigh of relief. The ground was soft, and warm. It also moved everytime it breathed in and out. And he felt something squishy under his han-

Wait.

What?

Zeph opened her eyes and found that he had landed not on the ground but on...


[color=662d91]"Ooooowww... G-get off!"[/color]

OH FUCK NO!

Zeph's face turned a bright crimson. But just as he thought it couldn't get any worse...

[color=ec008c]"A-Abigail!?"[/color]

... it got worse.

Zeph turned his head to see a red-haired girl marching towards him, one who seemingly knew this other girl. [color=ec008c]"Wh-what are you-?"[/color] she said.

[color=brown]"Ahhh!"[/color] Zeph immediately jumped up and hurried scrambled off of Abigail. [color=brown]"I'm sorry! Reallysorryreallyreallysory! It was an accident! I swear!"[/color]

.... err, yeah, that sounded [i]totally[/i] convincing.