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[color=662d91]~Abigail Blanchett~[/color]

[color=7ea7d8]"Speaking pridefully like you always did in trainer school... you haven't changed much, have you..."[/color]

Hmph. If she did change, it would only be that she had gotten ten times better than this jerkface. Sure, she had to admit he was good - but she still didn't like him. Hell, he could go toe to toe with her, and she always welcomed a challenge. The guy was still annoying, though. Putting him in his place was always fun.

[color=7ea7d8]"Look, I've said it a million times to you - we are both equal in our skill... More importantly though, what the hell?! Didn't you see that I was standing in front of someone?! She could of been seriously injured if I wasn't good at reacting! What were you thinking?!"[/color]

Equal? Pfft. Not a chance. He was good, but she was better. That much was obvious. As Yuu talked, she was getting more and more annoyed by him as usual. Tch. Not only had he not changed any, he seemed to have gotten even more annoying. She didn't bother answering the last part of the question, though. It should be obvious to the guy, she didn't really give a crap about that. Well, she might feel slightly bad if the other girl got injured but she seemed fine, so that was good.

[color=7ea7d8]"... something tells me your that other red-headed chicks friend... Do I seriously need to clear up any smoke because I can only tell at this point everything is becoming one sided."[/color]

Observant as ever.

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"Look, how about instead of ignoring me for once, hear me out on my recommendation because I don't want to further dump this whole event on the group as that's just rude. Cerise and I tell our sides of the story and we leave it at that."[/color]

Abigail folded her arms, and gave Yuu a smug smirk.

[Color=coral]"Riiight...if you're going to kill Yuu, could you do it outside? Cause I'm pretty sure the kid might actually keel over and die if y'all keep it up...and, hey, as fun as that sounds, I don't think Elm would be up for handing out Pokémon with a couple of dead dudes in his lab."[/color]

...who was this crippled chick? Should she even be here? She was just going to get hurt if she got a pokemon. Abigail barely even registered her words as she spoke. Not because of being distracted, but simply because she didn't really think anything this kid could say was worth her time. She ignored her, and turned her attention back to Yuu.

[color=662d91]"You haven't changed either. Struggling along behind me as always, chasing after my talent."[/color] She calmly and smugly replied. [color=662d91]"Sorry about ignoring you. Really, maybe if you had anything worthwhile to say, I'd actually listen to you. Besides, you really, really, hurt Cerise. You think I'm just going to let that go? She was even just trying to be nice, too. Just because she's never left Lumiose before she has trouble talking to people sometimes doesn't mean you have to be a jerk about it. No. I'm gonna make you apologize to her, or I'm gonna throw you out of this lab."[/color] She replied. 

Well, its not like Cerise actually had trouble talking to people. Quite the opposite. She could very well be a nice person if she wanted too. Problem was, the red head had a...well, she just liked getting up to trouble and messing with people. That haughty attitude was really her actual personality - though she hid it well, even back at home. The only reason she probably let that friendly persona slip, was because as far as she knew Yuu was just a random person on the street she was never going to see again.

She took a few steps towards Yuu.

[color=662d91]"Actually, nah, I'm just gonna throw you out of this lab. Hope you don't mind a few broken bones."[/color]

[color=ec008c]~Cerise Fontaine~[/color]

Cerise gave the guy a friendly smile as he ran off after Abigail. Heh. People, especially men, were always swayed by a cute face. Unless you were that purple haired guy. Weirdo. She'd suggest him being into guys or something, but well, she didn't exactly have a whole lot of room to talk in that department. She was a horrible person all things considered, but she wasn't going to be a hypocrite....well, maybe not. Its not like anyone knew about her preferences. She could easily lie about it. Well, except Abigail but that ship had sunk a few years ago.

But eh, whatever, those thoughts were completely irrelevant to the matter at hand. With a small sigh and a smile, she set off back towards the lab at a somewhat brisk pace. For this to go well, she'd have to do this herself. That other guy was probably going to make this worse, maybe. At best, he'd absolutely fail and not accomplish anything. It'd likely take her a few more minutes to get to the lab - she'd let Abigail have her fun with that guy for a bit before stepping in herself.

After a few minutes had passed, she finally got back to the lab...to see the Zeph guy and another guy run into each other.

...well, at least he hadn't made things worse. What was that old saying about doing something right you should do it yourself? Well, she'd technically figured this was the outcome, but it would have been nice to be pleasantly surprised. Well, if they wanted to make out that was on them. She'd just wait out here for a bit for something to happen inside.

[color=662d91]...Hope you don't mind a few broken bones."[/color]

...goddamn it Abigial. She didn't want you to kill the guy. That was [i]her[/i] job. Well, it seemed like she was going to have to go in whether she wanted to or not.

[color=ec008c]"Pardonnez-moi messieurs."[/color] She said to Zeph and Nate, giving Zeph a small smile as she passed. [color=ec008c]"Sorry, I know I asked you to help but I really should do something before the moron does something stupid. More stupid than she usually does."[/color] With that said, she walked into the lab, and was greeted with a sight that was about to spell trouble. A kid who she assumed to be the professors assistant or something, was trying to get Abigail and the other purple haired guys attention. Abigail, was also about to punch the other guy right in the face. As amusing as it would be to see him get his face punched in, she had other plans.

[color=ec008c]"Abigail Blanchett! That is quite enough!"[/color] She shouted. For someone who had a small of a body as she did, she could apparently shout quite loudly. [color=ec008c]"Vraiment...Must you always be such an idiot?"[/color] She sighed, walking over to the pair. As she approached, she took note of a few other of the trainers. Some quiet looking kid, the two outside were definitely other trainers, and the idiot purple haired guy. The one who caught her attention the most, though, was the tough looking girl wearing a shirt with something called 'Own Tempo' written on it. She didn't know what that was, but well, the girl...Cerise found herself thinking she was quite pretty. Huh. Well, whatever. The thought was only momentary.

[color=662d91]"I told you to stay put."[/color] Abigail replied to Cerise.

[color=ec008c]"And I ignored you. Like usual."[/color] She replied, walking right up to Abigail. [color=ec008c]"And why do you think that is?"[/color]

[color=662d91]"Aww, come on! Yuu is a jerkface! Come on, lemme beat him up! Besides, he made you cry!"[/color] Abigail replied. Cerise simply sighed in response before looking up at Yuu. So this was the guy Abigail talked about a lot. Something about him actually being a pretty good trainer and being part of the reason she worked so hard to get better at it.

[color=ec008c]"T-that doesn't really matter."[/color] Cerise sheepishly replied, her tone taking a much softer voice at the mention of Yuu. [color=ec008c]"Y-you always tell me I'm a cry baby anyways. Please just leave...Yuu alone, alright?"[/color] Abigail shot Yuu another glare before giving a defeated sigh.

[color=662d91]"Fine."[/color] She finally replied. [color=662d91]"You do anything to her again though, I'll throw you off a cliff."[/color] With that, she gave him a shove before taking a seat on the opposite side of the room, leaving Cerise to do whatever it was she was going to do. She was probably going to try to get on everyone's good side by pretending to be friendly, as always. Make Yuu out to be a bad guy here - or at least be nice to everyone else, and completely torment him when they were alone.

[color=ec008c]"Ah...uhm..."[/color] She quietly began, appearing as if she was trying to think of what to say. [color=ec008c]"I-i, uh, think we got off on the wrong foot."[/color] She said to Yuu, giving him a somewhat embarrassed smile. [color=ec008c]"I uhm, apologize if my words offended you earlier, I [i]really[/i] didn't mean anything by them. I'm just...well, not good with people. B-being somewhat famous means I don't really get a chance to...talk to...uhm...comm-uh, normal people that much."[/color] With that said, she stuck out a hand again to introduce herself. [color=ec008c]"I would like to uhm, start over as they say. I am Cerise Fontaine, Fashion designer from Kalos. Pleasure to make your acquaintance, Yuu. I apologize for Abigail as well, she's smart...but she can be a bit of an...idiot at times."[/color] She giggled.

Abigail simply shot Cerise a brief glare before ignoring the two of them.

With that said, she was curious as to what Yuu would do here. She was fairly certain he wouldn't buy any of that considering it was rather obvious the way she had acted earlier wasn't an act or her just having trouble talking. The others though? well, they didn't see any of that, and as far as they knew they just had their words to go on and what had already happened. She was fairly certain she already had quite a few points with the rest of them, as they might say. Would Yuu be a jerk here and make himself out to be a bad guy? No matter what he did, she'd get to have her fun with him. He was in a fairly lose-lose situation here.

Alfred simply sighed in relief, glad to see the argument was over with. Hopefully.
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~Professor Elm~[/b]

Elm calmly watched the egg that was in the machine. Well, as calmly as he could, really. He constantly jotted down little notes and thoughts on a notebook as he watched the readings and other things on the machine. The machine in question, he built it himself after years of research. It was supposed to take a pokemon egg and analyze everything about it. Unfortunately, this was the first time he had been able to use it, since getting eggs was so much harder these days. It was an experiment, the first of its kind and he was extremely excited that he was able to get to use it.

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“What’s that egg taste like?”[/b]

Elm gave a start at the voice, causing him to drop his notebook and other materials. Who in the world- oh, it was just Avery. Elm let out a relieved sigh, before he remembered what day it was and why Avery was in his lab.

[b]"Ah! Avery! You're here. I completely forgot! Oh dear."[/b] The other trainers were probably here as well. How could he forget! He had been looking forward to this day for months! Nothing could beat the feeling of handing out a pokemon to a first time trainer. [b]"Todays the day. Oh where did I put those licenses!..."[/b] He said, completely ignoring Avery's question about how the egg might taste. [b]"right...over here. Thank you for the note Alfred...oh what am I doing, I should go greet the trainers!"[/b]

With that, Elm hurried out of the backroom, leaving Avery there.

by himself.

with the egg.

And the pokemon.

Well...it was Avery. What could possibly go wrong?

It didn't take Elm to long to reach the front of the lab. Thankfully, it seemed like everyone was getting along well! They would probably be traveling together, so it was good they were getting along well. It was much safer to travel in a larger group, after all. With the pokemon attacks and everything it was always a good idea.

[b]"My goodness. I am so sorry everyone!" [/b]He said as he walked into the labs lobby, as someone might call it. [b]"I was caught up in some research. I completely lost track of time. It's good to see all of you are getting along well. Ah, wait, let me introduce myself. I am Professor Elm. Today is a great day for you, young trainers! Ah, its always nice to see someone get a pokemon for the first time. But look at me, I'm talking too much again. Ah, follow me into the back and give you your licenses and the pokemon. Alfred, if you would go get the licenses for everyone ready."[/b]

With a smile and a nod, Alfred went ahead of everyone to prepare the necessary items. Aside from the licenses and the pokemon, a few potions and other things had been provided by Elm. The professor followed shortly after, making sure that the young trainers followed after him. 



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