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[color=F5EB7D][b]Location:[/b][/color] Route 2, Kanto; Outskirts of Viridian City[hr][/center][indent][color=F5EB7D][b]"Nice to meet you both,"[/b][/color] Lochlan said. As Bo finished the final bit of his treat given to him by Tali, Lochlan picked him up still grinning widely. [color=F5EB7D][b]"I was looking to battle the gym leader in Viridian, but I guess they're on vacation. Pewter City is the next closest gym, so that's where I was heading."[/b][/color]

He thought to himself how inconvenient it was that the gym leader was gone, but he also figured they probably deserved a vacation. Snuggling up with his fluffy partner, the trainer figured if all three were going to head into the forest that they might as well do it together. Lochlan didn't mind company and having numbers was a lot safer, also in case he got lost. The young man didn't have the best sense of direction having gotten lost more times than he can recount with his stubbornness to keep trucking forward than moving backwards to retrace his steps.

[color=F5EB7D][b]"If you two are heading to the forest now, I wouldn't mind walking it together. I know the festival isn't for another day, but I'm pretty sure I'd get lost without a bit of help."[/b][/color]

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