Ryan smiled as he listened intently to the professor's speech, his partner vulpix resting calmly in his arms, along with being petted. To him, it was like a miracle that he was actually here, about to start his adventure, and while he seemed fairly relaxed right now, inside he was bursting with anticipation. It had been a long boat ride to get to Chromis, one that would have felt forever had it not been for Pixie at his side. He played with her for hours on that ship, getting to know her and her variation from the norm. She was a version of vulpix's that existed in the Alola region, a specific pokemon that his brother Kestin felt suited his younger brother despite not knowing him. Ryan thought he had made the right choice, and as he petting Pixie now in his arms among the crowd, he couldn't feel more happy.

And yet, there was something inside him that was eating at his conscious. I feeling that knew came from his sudden departure from home, not to mention away from his mother without her knowing. Well, she probably knew now as it's been several days away, and he could picture her panicking with his absence. She was always overprotective of him... And while he wanted this to be a totally happy moment, he felt a sting of pain with how his mother would worry about where he was, and how she definitely wouldn't be able to find him for awhile. That's why he'd be sure to make the most of this journey, and he had to do it with just him and his pokemon. After all, he wasn't sure what would happen if he ever went back to Sinnoh...

Shaking those thoughts aside, it seemed the professor had finally finished her speech, indicating that the children gathered could now register for the league, contests, and get a pokedex if they so wished. While he had never personally had a pokedex, he knew that they were a valuable tool for a pokemon trainer, being able to record and identify a pokemon just by seeing it. Petting the top of Pixie's head one last time, he started to move towards the small group of trainers by the professor.

[color=add8e6]"You ready, Pixie?"[/color] He asked her, to which she looked up at him and gave a soft, happy cry. He nodded, and as he got closer to the conversation, he stopped when the one asked two other trainers if they were going to get a pokedex too. While he wasn't directly in the conversation yet, it made him second guess for now in grabbing a pokedex. [i]Maybe when the professor is alone, or at least just giving them out by herself...[/i] He thought, instead following those whom he had heard were signing up for pokemon contests. He knew so, as someone in front of him asked another if they were signing up for pokemon contests as well. To him, it was an obvious answer, though he had to mentally prepare himself with talking to someone, especially the person whom he'd have to talk to to register. He kinda wished they would be a pokemon, but he knew that was highly unlikely...