[@Rune_Alchemist]

Chikorita looked up curiously at Claire as she offered the mushroom. The Leaf Pokémon inspected the mushroom briefly before taking a tiny nibble out of it. Then she looked up at Claire again, before spitting out the little bit of mushroom back onto Claire’s hand.

[color=ccdba7]‘Chiko!’[/color] Chikorita announced with a wide smile before turning and running in a circle somewhat back. Meanwhile, Ralia teleported up onto Meganium’s back… and felt a mild shudder from the creature beneath her, but otherwise no movement. Seemed like standing on the back of this green beast was safe yet.

Chikorita ran about a bit, throwing happy glances at Claire every once in a while, until-

[color=ccdba7]‘Chi~!’[/color] Chikorita spun her leaf and three Razor Leaves launched, aimed so that they barely missed Claire by her right leg, left arm and to the right of her head. Chikorita giggled a bit, facing Claire. A twig right behind her head may have been cut in two.

[color=ccdba7]‘Chikorita!’[/color] the supposedly docile Pokémon announced, looking happily and expectantly at Claire. If Claire didn’t get it, maybe Ralia did. Chikorita wanted to play~ Play with razor-sharp leaves, that is~

Ralia’s emotion-sensor detected a hint of amusement from straight below.

…

Yeahnothisthingain’tsleeping.

What would Claire and Ralia do now?

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[@Dusksong]

[color=82c6cf]'She’s Poli. She’s the Pokémon of one of the other trainer’s I’ve sent out,'[/color] Kalmia said, coming over to pick up Poli after enough cuddling. [color=82c6cf]'I figure they’d be bored waiting inside the PC for too long, so I let them out with me. The same with any Pokémon you store in the PC!'[/color] Kalmia said with a smile before putting Poli back on top of the server. Then was the introduction to the Pokédex and all of that, Kalmia simply smiling when Dei came out and was named by the excited Eryn. Then the question of the routes.

[color=82c6cf]'I’m not going to recommend either. Route 2 isn’t THAT hard, but it’s very easy to get lost in Wet Caverns if you’re not used to it. Route 1 is more straight-forward, and has a nice Minor-League Gym waiting in Highhill Town. It’s really up to you, you’re probably going to venture through most routes-'[/color] and that’s where Kalmia suddenly quieted as there was a knock on the door. Kalmia’s eyes lit up, looking over to the door behind Eryn.

[color=82c6cf]'Oh! That might be one of the other new trainers!'[/color] Kalmia said, excitedly bouncing over towards the door, intending on opening it… when suddenly a heavy impact like someone was trying to break the door down resounded through it. Kalmia stopped, hesitating, her excited expression waning just slightly in confusion and unsurety, staring at the door with a couple second thoughts. Eventually she carefully brought her hands forward to push the door forward…

[@Gardevoiran][@Old Amsterdam]

Skylar was patiently waiting for the door to open, when suddenly this girl appeared sprinting past him and colliding with the door and falling onto the ground without him being able to see what was actually happening, though Xatu definitely saw. They’re free to have their own short interaction if they so please, but a couple seconds later the door opened. First slightly carefully to just allow the one inside to peek out to assess the situation, then it swung confidently open, a woman standing just inside.

Kalmia was a decently tall woman, wearing glasses and had blonde hair tied into a ponytail, and wore casual blue clothes under a white professor-like lab-coat. Her hair was completely soaked and she had a towel around her neck for some reason. She was smiling widely, happy to see them.

[hider=Professor Kalmia][url=http://i.imgur.com/pTMU74j.png][img]http://i.imgur.com/g8Un9zH.png[/img][/url] + lab-coat as described, because professor[/hider]

[color=82c6cf]'Skylar! Alice! You came at the same time? Nice! … But do be more careful what you might run into when out adventuring, Alice, there’s cliffs and such,'[/color] Kalmia warned with a happy little smile. [color=82c6cf]'Come in! Oh, and meet Eryn! She’s as new as you, and she just got her new Pokémon!'[/color] Kalmia took a step inside, waving for them to come to. [color=82c6cf]'Come in!'[/color]

The rectangular room immediately inside the door had bookshelves placed in a circle around an area in the middle, not properly taking advantage of the space in the corners. The shelves contained varying books and papers of research, as well as the occasional Pokéballs. In the back and right, a large amount of what appeared to be computer servers filled about 40% of the available space, and they were coupled to Kalmia’s laptop which stood on a desk to the left of it. Other than the laptop, there was also a large amount of papers and binders on it, making it impossible to place anything else on there.

To the right of the table was a healing station from a Pokémon Center, with places to place six Pokéballs, along with a large cylinder thing with a glass middle and a hatch that one likely were to place something moderately large within. There was nothing that said what it actually was. While it was tight in here, it was still decently maneuverable and Kalmia knew where everything she wanted was.
 
There was a door to the right leading to the offshoot house on the side of the lab, and from it was a pink Pokémon waddling forward at an extremely slow pace. Still. It had only gotten a couple of steps further from when Eryn came in.

[center][url=http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/7/70/079Slowpoke.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/HMNPXHC.png[/img][/url][/center]

In addition, on top of the servers was another Pokémon, a round tadpole-looking blue one with white stomach with swirly pattern on it.

[center][url=http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/4/49/060Poliwag.png][img]http://i.imgur.com/Bm3aiFs.png[/img][/url][/center]

Kalmia was walking in backwards, currently keeping an eye out to check if Skylar was able to come in successfully, and assuming he was [sub]given he has a whole world to travel after this[/sub] she turned around and walked with satisfaction over to the computer desk. There, she had a couple of items that she picked up, before turning around to the young ones, whatever they were doing.

[color=82c6cf]'Alright. So here are the things that I wanted to distribute among you. The Pokédex, which I received from Professor Oak that I now present to you for the purpose of indexing the region of Isson. Here you go,'[/color] Kalmia said, offering Skylar and Alice one dex each.

[hider=Pokédex][img]http://i.imgur.com/9UutAX1.png[/img][/hider]

[hider=Copy-Paste from earlier post][color=82c6cf]‘First and foremost, your Trainer Card. It is your ID as a Pokémon Trainer, showing your name, index number as a Pokémon Trainer, a picture of you, the date you got your card, today, and it also shows how many badges you currently have. At the moment, that's zero. If you ever enter the Pokémon League, the Battle Dome or any Pokémon Contests, it will also show your results there.’[/color] Kalmia said. [color=82c6cf]‘I took the liberty of inserting your new Trainer Card into your Pokédex, for the Pokédex won't function without it, but you can take it out when you need to show it or add a badge to it. It's in the back of the Pokédex.’[/color] (You know how the Pokédex looks like a Game Boy Advance? It's in the place where you'd insert a game cartridge. You may pick what colour yours is~)

[color=82c6cf]‘Your Pokédex has multiple functions. The main function is to give you information on every Pokémon you encounter and register the Pokémon you have caught. Scan a Pokémon by simply holding the Pokédex towards the Pokémon in question and press the scan-button. You'll be told information about said Pokémon, and by capturing the Pokémon you can also see its expected sizes, what moves it knows, what level it is, what types it is, where it is expected to live, all sorts of stuff. Note, Pokéballs needs to be registered to a person in order for them to function, and the Pokédex does that for you when your Trainer's Card is inserted. It's already linked to the PC as well, so any Pokémon beyond the six you're already carrying will be transported to the PC, and you can retrieve them at any Pokémon Center PC.’[/color] It is common knowledge that you can only have six Pokémon at you at any time.

[color=82c6cf]‘If you check the Pokédex, you can play the cries of a specific Pokémon you've previously caught. Use that as you wish. You can also use the Pokédex to find out where you might be able to find a specific Pokémon that you've scanned and want to catch... Or, well, you WOULD be able to do that, but the Pokédex has never existed in Isson and as such that data is not recorded. However, you can input it! So, if someone ELSE of you guys has inserted the data of where one might be able to find a specific Pokémon, then it will display on your map similarly! You can also supply each other with information about your previously caught Pokémon if you wish! Do help each other out~!’[/color] So no need for ALL of you to complete the Pokédex if you don't wish to, you can do it as a team.

[color=82c6cf]‘In addition. Since we are doing this on mission of the Pokémon Research Association, we're actually getting paid. For each Pokémon you catch, the data of where the Pokémon was encountered and such will be recorded, and a number of Pokédollars will be transferred to your accounts. Also, assuming you register a Pokémon trainer battle, you automatically get the winnings transferred to you should you win the battle. Really easy, and you don't lose anything by losing, so you don't have to worry about running out of money out there!’[/color] The Pokémon Association has to do SOMETHING so that Pokémon Trainers don't go broke out there.
(… And please ignore the financial contradiction caused by not losing anything by being defeated. I feel you shouldn't have to fear getting into Pokémon battles for monetary reasons!)

[color=82c6cf]‘It's also a communicator that can be contacted by both phone and Pokégears as well as other Pokédexes. I took the liberty of inputting the contact information of all the other Pokédexes I've handed out and to my own central Pokédex, but you can register any other people just as you wish. Give me a call anytime you're in trouble and need some advice! I'm not a Pokémon Professor for nothing!’[/color] Kalmia smirked happily, looking out over the new trainers.

[color=82c6cf]‘Any questions?’[/color][/hider]

[color=82c6cf]'Oak customized yours when he heard you were blind, it can read the menu’s out loud and be commanded by voice if you wish! Here’s a manual in braille, just in case you need it!'[/color] Kalmia said to Skylar, and he was given a little book for how to handle the equipment while blind, if he needed it.

[color=82c6cf]'So, you’re not the first batch of trainers I let through, but you’re all still connected, you can call them if you wish, too. Perhaps get some tips or so? Teh-heh. In any case. Since the others had a head-start, I figure I’ll get you going as quickly as possible. Now for your Pokémon,'[/color] Kalmia said, before turning and walking over to her computer and pressing a couple of buttons. Two Pokéballs were downloaded. She placed them on the table, and turned to the two.

[color=82c6cf]'Alright. These two Pokéballs contain your Pokémon. The left is for Skylar, the right is for Alice. Go ahead. Let them out and say hi~'[/color]

So she did, letting them get their Pokémon.

So, with the assumption that he’d eventually go forth, Skylar found that the ball opened with a flash and a being materialized before him.

[hider=For Skylar][center][url=https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/39/278Wingull.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/ZuTF2y3.png[/img][/url][/center]

[color=6ecff6][i][center]- You've obtained Wingull! -

Pokédex Entry #278 – Wingull, the Seagull Pokémon. It soars on updrafts by the sea, staying airborne without flapping its wings, skating across the sky like a glider. It dives into the sea to catch prey as well as shiny or valuable things, which it then hides in a variety of locations. Popular with fishermen, as when they gather around a spot it confirms that the area is rich with fish.

- Would you like to give Wingull a nickname? -[/center][/i][/color]

[b][u]Wingull[/u][/b] ♂
[b]Type[/b]: Water/Flying
[b]Personality[/b]: Up to player.
[b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other[/b]: Up to player.
[b]Level[/b]: 5
[b]Moves[/b]: Growl, Water Gun, Supersonic
[b]Ability[/b]: Keen Eye. Prevents loss of accuracy. Has good eyesight and will be able to see no matter what.
[b]Held Item[/b]: None.[/hider]

For Alice the ball waiting for her on the table, and with the assumption that she went and opened it, a flash of light came as the creature materialized in the air in front of her.

[hider=For Alice]

[center][url=http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/5a/116Horsea.png][img]http://i.imgur.com/IgYwSFg.png[/img][/url][/center]

[color=6ecff6][i][center]- You've obtained Horsea! -

Pokédex Entry #116 – Horsea, the Dragon Pokémon. Using its fins, it can move in any direction while facing a different direction. It eats insects that it shoots down with precise shots of water or ink. If threatened, it blasts a large amount of black ink and flees. Its nests are in the shade of corals.

- Would you like to give Horsea a nickname? -[/center][/i][/color]

For the specific workings of this world, the Pokéball materializes a field of water around water-only Pokémon when on land, meaning Horsea’s surrounded by it. However, this field only acts like water for the Pokémon inside it, meaning other physical creatures can pass through like it was air and cannot be drowned in it. They cannot swim higher than their own height without having some form of ground beneath them supporting. This is entirely for the convenience of having Water-type Pokémon on land.[/hider]

Now Kalmia let them take a moment. Maybe say hi to each other. Ask questions. Things like that.