[center] [color=bc8dbf][h1]Rachel[/h1][/color][/center]
[center] [color=bc8dbf][h2]Mesalon Pokemon Center[/h2][/color][/center]
[@Dusksong][@LuckyBlackCat][@AbysmalDemon]

[color=bc8dbf]"Type difference isn't always a deciding factor. As any gym leader will tell you, overcoming that kind of challenge is the mark of a good trainer. As for the trip to Vareena, between the forest and the river there, it's an excellent place for field study."[/color] Rachel said warmly. [color=bc8dbf]"I'm certain by the time you get to Qualeen a studious researcher like you will have plenty to do there."[/color]

[color=bc8dbf]"Actually...There are quite a few caves and caverns in the area that I haven't spelunked into, if the three of you would be interested I could take you along. Ray's probably going to be in Ponderous by the time I get back on the road anyway."[/color] She said looking at her watch. 

[center] [h1][color=00aeef]Lan Sohai[/color][/h1][/center]
 [center] [color=00aeef][h2]Mesalon Gym[/h2][/color][/center]


Lan sighed as he opened his eyes. [color=00aeef]"Much more?"[/color] He asked simply.[color=00aeef]"Why? Why do you believe you must be more than yourself?"[/color]

[color=00aeef]"Self improvement isn't about simply making more or less, you certainly can [i]appear[/i] to be stronger or calmer, but unless you can find those things within you...It will be no more than some cheap facade."[/color] Lan said looking directly at Sophia. [color=00aeef]"Something I am certain you have grown to understand."[/color] Lan turned and opened a nearby sliding door. [color=00aeef]"Meditation is about self inspection, finding the things within one's self that can't be brought out through sheer effort. Come, I will show you."[/color]