[center][color=gray][h3]Leisy Takigawa[/h3][/color]
— Feyhollow Town —[/center]
A hissing sound emanated from the pit, causing Leisy’s eyes to flick downwards into the black abyss to spot a lithe purple shape dart towards Vivian. Shuffling through her bag for her Pokedex, Leisy seized her hands on it and pulled it out, flipping it open to scan the purple Pokemon. 


[indent][b]Ekans, the snake Pokemon. Ekans always hides in grass. When first born, it has no poison, so its bite is painful, but harmless. The older it gets, the longer it grows. At night, it wraps its long body around tree branches to rest.[/b][/indent]


The entry was unclear about whether or not the Ekans develops a venomous bite later in life as it would have by now, and Leisy feared for her new friend’s life. [color=gray]“Devinco, can I ask you to—”[/color]


The Larvitar was jumping in before Leisy could finish her sentence, placing himself in front of Vivian and directing his piercing gaze toward the poison-type Pokemon. Hissing, the Ekans circled the new arrival warily, looking for an opening to strike.


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[center][color=indianred][h3]Shanae Eller[/h3][/color]
— Atana Mountain Range —[/center]
The trek from where she disembarked at the train station to one of the pit stops around the mountain range wasn't as long as she remembered. [color=indianred]“Hello!”[/color] Shanae said, tapping on the window. The man inside looked up, unimpressed by what he saw.


“What d’ya want?” he asked, adjusting the pipe in his mouth and flipping the page of his newspaper. [i]New oil well discovered near coast,[/i] the front page story read, the picture above it that of a man in a construction suit walking along a large oil-extraction site. 


[color=indianred]“I was wondering what items you have,”[/color] Shanae said, looking around the small shack for any sign of a list of wares. Although she didn’t seem to recall buying anything the last time she’d been here, Shanae had a sneaking suspicion that there had been a reason for that.


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Leisy (HHG): 70+2
Shanae (HHG): 26+1 
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