[@deathbringer] understood, but I don't plan to specifically create characters who are made out to be personal rivals. That wouldn't make sense at all, unless there's an actually good reason for the character to have a rival/be rival with someone. Due to traveling around a lot, I don't think Perri would have many rivals at all (zero for the most part).

I was thinking more along the lines of padding up the rp with some npcs just like you to give the world a little more life to it... namely some trainer npcs who attended the Lo Town ceremony that the characters can interact with in myriads of ways and possibly battle. Who knows, they all might get wrapped up in the same scenario.

Also, I got that it isn't natural for them to travel together... but Perri trying to wrangle up people to travel with won't be unnatural! Whether he succeeds or not is... up in the air.

Along with that, since Blake's starter is a Sinnoh pokemon, if Perri were to scan his dads Roserade, would it give out the information to him, or would scanning him cause an error to pop up?