[center][color=9efbb6][h1]Valen[/h1][/color] [@PlatinumSkink] [/center] [hr] After seeing a successful fire off of a magenta and indigo colored beam, Valen knew Qwerty had succeeded in learning a new move. [color=9efbb6]“Nice, Qwerty!”[/color] Qwerty chittered back happily in response, tired, but feeling very accomplished. When they were interrupted by the strange woman who Valen came to learn was an esteemed professor, he listened intently about Qwerty’s origins and subsequent future. [color=9efbb6][i]Evolve[/i][/color], Valen thought, nerves and excitement bubbling up inside him. Qwerty, too, was both mystified and eager to know more. [color=9efbb6]“Wait,”[/color] Valen said, taking a ginger step forward and swallowing nervously. [color=9efbb6]“I just wanted to know—what’s the best way I can train Qwerty? It’s just—I’m a new trainer and I don’t know a whole lot about pokemon. And, you see, Qwerty wants to go to space one day. Do you think it’d ever be possible? Sorry if these are dumb questions…”[/color] After the conversation with the professor, Valen took it upon himself to go to the pokemon center. Qwerty needed some healing up, though the center was barely a ten minute walk from the school. Afterwards, it was off to the trainer school again. with plenty of time to spare until their big job tonight, he figured that he still needed to do research on pokemon around the area and anything else he could do to prepare Qwerty. Perhaps Qwerty had become stronger, yes, but some additional training wouldn’t hurt. The sun was still high in the sky and having been given a decent pay, he needed to make sure they wouldn’t disappoint their client. Heading off to the library, Valen familiarized himself with Pureplain City and the various pokemon that were common to the area. While it was a wealth of information, it still didn’t help him narrow down which pokemon were messing with the man’s breaker box. After all, any pokemon could have the proclivity to be mischievous. Still, it helped him learn about where certain pokemon were. Next, he looked up water pokemon. While he wasn’t entirely sure about what other pokemon he specifically needed, a reliable water type pokemon seemed to be a good place to start. They could ferry across the water and they’d be protection from fire type pokemon too. Valen shivered— gripping the pale scar tissue that slunk around his wrist and traveled up his arm. When he was younger, he’d been burned by a sparkler during a festival in Canalave City. Though he’d handled sparklers often enough before then, that time for some reason, oxygen had just perfectly and unfortunately united with the small spark of a flame, turning into a burning, searing blaze that had left him with third degree burn injuries. Most people would go through at least one serious injury in their life if they ever experience life. Injuries and unfortunate events were apart of life for people, pokemon too. They typically recovered just fine and it was life experience that usually ended up making a person more well rounded. And though Valen felt perfectly fine and didn’t think about the incident at all (if anything, it was at least an interesting story to tell), he couldn’t shake the fear of fire. Most people could handle lighters or matches while he couldn’t. [color=9efbb6][i]And forget about fire pokemon,[/i][/color] he thought. Any thoughts of having a fire type pokemon, the idea of handling fire, or being near a creature that had control over fire, was terrifying. Mudkip, Staryu, Psyduck, and Tentacool looked like interesting pokemon, Valen thought, as he clicked around on a website. [color=9efbb6][i]Now where could I find them…?[/i][/color] Ground types seemed safe too. Valen dug around, reading articles and sifting through fakemon to figure out which pokemon were real. Online resources were reliable, but also clouded in not so trustworthy information. Still, he learned about something called a ‘Trapinch’ and some other species like and Sandshrew. [color=9efbb6][i]Hmm, wonder where I can get these pokemon…[/i][/color] Professor Kalmia had mentioned having a well rounded team, or something like that. She’d even encouraged him to get a fire type. She had said Growlithe, Vulpix, and Torchic were wonderful fire type pokemon. [color=9efbb6][i]I mean… If anything, I want to avoid them though. Maybe I’m better off knowing where they are so I don’t run into them? Man, I’ve already read so much! [/i][/color] The final pokemon type he found himself reading about was the ghost type. They were intriguing for sure, and quite creepy. Valen wasn’t sure if he liked them. Still, he found himself actually wanting to see a Ghastly up close. It looked so goofy, even Qwerty started snorting when she saw the supposedly scary gas pokemon. The Honedge family was another bizarre but curious set of pokemon. Having spent a solid chunk time on reading about different pokemon and some of the ones that could possibly help him on his journey, Valen looked to Qwerty—who was nowhere to be found. [color=9efbb6]“Qwerty?”[/color] He asked, looking about, confusion creeping in. Some static crackled, drawing Valen’s attention to the computer next to him. His eyes widened as he saw the power button glow and dim rapidly. Before he knew it, a beam similar to that of a pokeball releasing its contents shot out, and Qwerty materialized, giggling. Had she gone into cyberspace [i]just[/i] to hide and surprise him? [color=9efbb6]“Qwerty!”[/color] Valen couldn’t help but [i]try[/i] to scold the Porygon. [color=9efbb6]“You can’t just— go into cyberspace whenever you want! These computers aren’t ours,”[/color] Valen cautioned Qwerty. The Porygon seemed to pout but he remained firm. [color=9efbb6]“I wouldn’t go inside a house that wasn’t mine, unless I was allowed to, Qwerty. The same thing goes for you, alright?” [/color]Qwerty, though miffed, nodded. Logically it made sense even if she didn’t want to admit it. [color=9efbb6]"Tell you what-- you can go inside my pokedex or something if you want,"[/color] Valen offered. [color=9efbb6]"How's that?"[/color] Qwerty responded with a cheerful chirp. She had never been in a pokedex before! Much more interesting than a boring, school PC. [color=9efbb6]“I'm glad you're cool with it, then. Well, I think I’ve just about crammed my head full of too much for today,”[/color] Valen said, stretching. [color=9efbb6]“I could use a walk or something. Do you mind if we train some more? We don’t know who your opponents are gonna be, y’know. We need to be as prepared as possible. I think your Psybeam attack can hit most of the Pokemon in this area, but we just really need to make sure we can handle whatever comes our way.”[/color] Qwerty’s expression shifted, a determined gleam lighting her eyes. More training sounded like fun, and indeed she needed to be prepared for whatever the real world threw her way. Nodding, she let out a, "kre!" [color=9efbb6]"Back to the playground I guess,"[/color] Valen said standing up. [color=9efbb6]"I guess I don't feel as nervous asking for someone to train with."[/color] Soon, they found themselves back on the school courtyard, training with some other trainers and their Pokemon. There was much experience to be gained, after all. [hider=Actions] looked up specific pokemon, drummed up a random NPC to train with! [/hider] [hr] [hider=Pokemon] [center] Qwerty the Porygon lvl 7 [img]https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/x-y/normal/porygon.png[/IMG] Ability: Trace [ Sharpen, Tackle, Conversion, Conversion2, Psybeam ] [/center] [/hider] [hider=Inventory] 1500p Potion x1 [/hider]