[center][h2][color=silver]Argentglade[/color][/h2][/center]

[@samreaper][@Turbine]

As you opened your eyes, everything became clear. The sun gave a yellow tinge to your surroundings, and the summer heat caused a drop of sweat to run down the side of your body. Hadn’t it just been pale blue? You must’ve fallen asleep in the middle of the night. The temperature almost lulled you into a second, mid-morning nap. Your eyes fluttered a slideshow of light and dark and began to roll into the back of your head. Almost. Your skin tightened and your chest heaved. You shot up in bed and your eyes widened, adjusting to the light. The adrenaline in your veins returned as your shaking hands gripped whatever might be lying about. You threw whatever coverings that bundled you in the night and your feet hit the ground running, literally soaring out of bed. Was that the smell of pancakes downstairs or in a house across the road? Where’d you fall asleep again? Who cares, today was the day! Your eyes darted about the place and you grabbed whatever you thought might help you in the blink of an eye. Personal belongings, a pack, some snacks, you even found a Potion hidden around the place and stuffed everything into some sort of container. The zipper groaned as you heaved backward with all of your might to get it closed. You nearly sprinted away before turning back. You collected all of the cash you’d been saving and stuffed it into your pockets.

[center][b][Acquire: Potion x1]
[Acquire: 500 P (Pokédollars)][/b][/center]

Did you say goodbye to your parents? Were they here? Were you in a home? Out the door you went. Your shoes slammed against the dirt and kicked up grass. With your gear in tow, you took your first steps to becoming a Pokémon master.

You’d arrived on a small barge, the only vessel that was offering transport to the cold valley of Argentglade. When you stepped off the boat, you’d notice the pier was covered in a translucent ice, and the sky was populated with tiny balls of snow. Even though it was summer, the northern town still received regular snow storms, as odd as that seemed. Researchers from all around Huji came to investigate the phenomena. The residents would always tell them it was because they were so far north, but the researchers never had it. They could be seen trotting about in thick, arctic coats and sealed boots. They’d always be walking in and out of a cubic, white building with black satellite tower.

Your heels pressed into the cracking ice as you took your first step. It was thin, but still dangerous. Mounds of aquatic catches were piled in boxes and piles around the pier, unoccupied but someone had to have caught them. Past the pier, random sprout of vegetation peeked past the white prairie. The soft hills seemed to roll on forever. The sun caught them just as the right angle, and from where you stood the town was bathed in a field of silvery diamonds. Small cottages with yellow windows and smoking chimneys stood out against the blue and grey background of sky. Each roof was white, white with snow. They were spread out, far enough to maintain privacy, but close enough to secure the feel of community. Wherever one walked on the cobblestone paths, the smell of baking or hot soup caressed one’s frigid nostrils.

For a cold town, you’d found the residents were surprisingly warm and kind. Any would offer you food and bed for the night if you required it. Asking around, it’d be easy to find out about Professor Evergreen’s research lab. Every year, she would offer residents the chance to assist her in research efforts by equipping them with technology and, to most’s anticipation, a Pokémon. And that’s why you were awake today, and on this morning. Wisps of cool air flowed into your mouth as you hurried toward the lab. The cubic, white building with yellow, square rows of windows and a black satellite tower on top. 

Strangely, you hadn’t seen the furcoats (that’s what the residents called the researchers) walking about, as everyone mentioned they did. Once you’d trudged through the morning snow, you’d figured out why. Gathered around the lab was a crowd of people, furcoats and young to-be trainers alike. There was a hubbub of noise as you saw them knocking on the large, steel door. The row of windows at the top of the building were black, no light coming from inside.

[color=662d91]“Hey! Evergreen! Did you forget what day it was?!”[/color]

You took a step forward, and one of the furcoats in the back row turned in your direction.

[color=662d91]“Hey, you look strong, mind giving us a hand? We think Evergreen accidentally left the door locked…”[/color]

A few of the burlier furcoats were gathering around the door, stretching their arms and readying themselves in a brute attempt to knock the door down. The group of scientists simply didn’t see any other way this could work. The crowd wasn’t very tightly packed, so you could easily weave your way through and take a crack at the door, if you wished.

[color=00a651]“Does anyone have a key?”[/color]

[color=662d91]“She has the only copy.”
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[color=00a651]“Figures. Classic Evergreen…”[/color]