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No sooner had Shane taken his seat then he noticed one of the other prospective trainers had followed him and offered a cheerful introduction.  Momentarily at a loss for normal words to respond with, Shane focused on the proffered hand and returned a tentative shake.  He opened his mouth to make some sort of reply- perhaps even to give his name in return, yet was saved from having to do basic human interaction by the arrival of the Professor shortly after him.

Shane listened silently as Professor Arianna went through reciting her basic new trainer script, giving appropriately agreeable nods whenever they seemed called for.  At the mention of each of them getting a brand new Pokedex as well as a Pokemon, Shane's hand unconsciously went to his pants pocket where his ancient, battered, second-hand Pokedex currently resided.  While it did have some degree of sentimental value, electronics also tended to age extremely poorly just as they advanced with explosive speed, to the point where things were almost already obsolete from the day you bought them.  It probably was time for a real update, especially if he was going to be a serious trainer.  Well, serious enough- he still couldn't help but grimace at the mention of fighting gym leaders.

With her speech concluded, the Professor gave the floor to the trainers to pick their own Pokemon.  Shane, having stood up in order to follow along at the back of the group, now stood around shuffling his feet nervously as the first two trainers went forth and received their own starters.  Finally his turn, he reached the front of the room with a few tentative steps.  Not wanting to keep everyone else waiting while he made his decision and nervous about the prospect of everyone watching him, he grabbed the closest Pokeball within reach without even looking at what was inside.  Breathing a huge sigh of relief as he retreated back to the periphery of the group, he decided to see exactly who his new partner was.

[color=6ecff6]"Oh, geez."[/color]  He said, being somehow taken aback by the sudden appearance of the entity within the Pokeball, despite having known exactly what was going to happen when he pressed that button.  For some reason it just seemed somewhat different when he was the one doing it.  [color=6ecff6]"Mine is...  Mine's dead."[/color]  He said slowly, as the strange little ghost creature with its single glowing red eye looked back at him.   [color=6ecff6]"But in a good way!  I think?"[/color]  He finished rather lamely, not really wanting the Professor to think he was ungrateful or for his new companion to think he disliked the choice he had made.
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