[center][img]https://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjcyLjg2NWNmZi5VMnQ1YkdGeUlFSnlhV2RvZEc5dS4y/barbatrick.regular.png[/img] [@PlatinumSkink][/center][hr] [center] [hider=Inventory] [color=8dc73f]+ Shrine Badge![/color] + 13421 Pokedollars* + 7 Pokeballs + 1 Premier Ball + 5 Mysterious Herbs + 2 Super Potions + Wise Glasses (equipped to Seabreeze) + Heat Wave Potion + [b]TM86 U-Turn![/b] [b]+ Old Rod[/b] + Two collapsible umbrellas. + Relic Vase[/hider] [hider=Roster] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/ZuTF2y3.png[/img] [color=skyblue]Seabreeze the Wingull[/color] (♂) Level 15 Water Gun, Supersonic, Growl, Wing Attack, [i]Fowl Flap[/i], Mist, Water Pulse [b]Keen Eye[/b] Wise Glasses Current Condition - [color=lightgreen]Watching carefully![/color][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/fHBruEy.png[/img] [color=springgreen]Paradise the Tropius[/color] (♀) Level 14 Razor Leaf, Gust, Sweet Scent, Leer, Growth, Stomp [b]Solar Power[/b] No Item Current Condition - [color=lightgreen]Back on her feet![/color][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/M2iR7TF.png[/img] [color=darkseagreen]Jonathan / JoJo the Ralts[/color] (♂) Level 14 Confusion, Growl, Double Team, Teleport, Disarming Voice, Lucky Chant [b]Trace[/b] No Item Current Condition - [color=Lightgreen]Pearl Jam![/color][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/6FCnEh0.png[/img] [color=orange]Mac the Torchic[/color] (♂) Level 14 Scratch, Growl, Ember, Sand Attack, Peck [b]Blaze[/b] No Item Current Condition - [color=lightgreen]Fired up![/color][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/CLSgjPK.png[/img] [color=steelblue]Smiley the Murkrow[/color] (♂) Level 14 Peck, Astonish, Pursuit, Haze [b]Prankster[/b] No Item Current Condition - [color=lightgreen]Time to rough 'em up![/color][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/T3bL9eT.png[/img] [color=pink]Celebrity the Jigglypuff[/color] (♀) Level 14 Sing, Defense Curl, Pound, Play Nice, Disarming Voice [b]Friend Guard[/b] No Item Current Condition - [color=lightgreen]Healthy as ever![/color][/center][/hider][/center] [hr] [color=mediumslateblue]"Wow, neat rocks!"[/color] Skylar smiled to himself before stepping onto the tablet that laid beneath him and his team. He gently leaned over to pick it up, knowing most definitely not what it said until his hand ran over it to dust it off. The bumps underneath his fingers caused him to raise an eyebrow. [color=mediumslateblue]"What..."[/color] Skylar asked, placing Mac down from his other arm as he ran his hand along. Was this... hold on, he could read this. This wasn't anything more than an alphabet for him... and it meant exactly the same as a standard alphabet. Skylar looked up at the stones and saw that there, just barely, were little blurry bumps on them. Skylar gently placed down Seabreeze before calling to another one of his buds. [color=mediumslateblue]"Paradise, help me up so I can feel those rocks. I've got an idea..."[/color] Without so much as a word, Paradise raised Skylar's body up in the air with her long [sub]an surprisingly strong[/sub] neck, letting Skylar rub his hands on each bunch of rocks before Skylar spoke aloud, just enough for Vivia to hear. [center][color=mediumslateblue]"All five must be demonstrated for the one to nurture our bonds."[/color][/center] Skylar smiled and looked down at Vivia. [color=mediumslateblue]"What was that about uncovering mysteries?"[/color] he joked, feeling the lower wall of bumps and reading them aloud. [center][color=mediumslateblue]"The path shall open before the guardian of the mystic."[/color][/center] Skylar patted Paradise's head to bring him down before he called out to his team. [color=mediumslateblue]"Guys, find more rocks with bumps! There's gotta be more things here..."[/color] After a few minutes, Skylar recited the readings off the five stones, in order from left to right. [center][color=mediumslateblue]"One, generosity, the foundation of our cooperation." "Two, sadness, the consequence of our failures." "Three, joy, the reward for our successes." "Four, anger, the defense against our mistreatment." "Five, passion, with which everything is possible."[/color][/center] Skylar thought for a moment, looking down at his gym badge before a peck from a Wingull brought him back into reality. [color=mediumslateblue]"Heh,"[/color] he giggled, before returning to his team. The team that helped him do what he never thought he could do. He smiled to them, before he... well... [color=mediumslateblue]"You know, if someone told me a year ago that I'd be on a jouney and I'd have my first badge, I wouldn't have believed them. Like, for my entire life I would've wanted my own Pokemon journey, but my dad never let me consider it as a possibility because... well... I'm blind."[/color] Skylar bluntly said the obvious by this point. [color=mediumslateblue]"He always had Xatu watch over me so I wouldn't get hurt because of things. I love Xatu, and no matter what he'd always keep me safe, like that one time a bunch of our Vullaby and Mandibuzz at the lab were eating my clothes and he stepped in to teach them a lesson. We were best buds." "Still, he wouldn't help me in my case with my dad. He always kept telling me that I couldn't go on the journey. It was too dangerous and I wouldn't likely have a partner to come with me on my path. I was sad, but I still kept hope. Sure, it took a few years more than I had hoped, but look at me now!"[/color] Skylar shouted, placing his hands on his hips with a dopey grin. [color=mediumslateblue]"I'm on my way! With Seabreeze and you guys at my side, I've never been more confident! We had a tough battle that, honestly, I wasn't sure that we'd win, but we steeled our hearts and kept at it, and look at us now!"[/color] Skylar pulled his badge off his bag and raised it high into the air. [color=mediumslateblue]"We scored our first badge! We fought against Lorette when she went all out, and we brought home the badge!"[/color] Skylar clenched his badge in his hand, still going strong. [color=mediumslateblue]"We've had the whole group here, and with all of us working as one we'll overcome anything!"[/color] The boy looked at his team before he began to address them, one by one. [color=mediumslateblue]"Smiley, thank you! Without you and your moxie, we wouldn't have been able to overcome the fights against Lorette's Larvesta!"[/color] [color=steelblue]"Mur! Murkrokro-row!"[/color] [color=mediumslateblue]"Mac, without you that Escavalier would still be kicking our butts! You're a baby, but you're so great!"[/color] [color=orange]"Torchiiiiiic!"[/color] [color=mediumslateblue]"JoJo! You threw Lorette for a loop with the Double Teams, and you really showed your confidence! I'm glad you're here with us!"[/color] [color=darkseagreen]"Rrallaaral!"[/color] [color=mediumslateblue]"Paradise, you... wow! That Accelgor didn't know what hit him with you leading the fray! You took hits and reminded everyone you're not always the gentle giant we know you as!"[/color] [color=springgreen]"Trooop."[/color] [color=mediumslateblue]"Celebrity, you're unmatched on this team with your singing. That Beedrill threw us for a loop, but with you by our side we returned that loop and made it think twice about attacking you! Thank you!"[/color] [color=pink]"Pu-hu-hu-huff~!"[/color] [color=mediumslateblue]"And Seabreeze..."[/color] Skylar looked up at his starter. [color=mediumslateblue]"Well, without you, none of this could've been possible. You showed the Beedrill and Butterfree what-for, and you've been keeping me from getting hurt this whole ride! Thank you."[/color] [color=skyblue]"Wingull-gull!"[/color] Seabreeze smiled before saluting with his wing. Skylar turned back to the center stone, and continued. [color=mediumslateblue]"Our journey's only begun, and we've come this far. Whatever's back there, no, whatever's created these stones, I want you to bear witness to something right now!"[/color] The boy swung his arm around, a thumb pointing right at him as he confidently grinned to the statues. [color=mediumslateblue]"In the name of Ho-oh, Lugia, Rayquaza, all of the guardians of the sky, I, Skylar Brighton, will become the best bird trainer in all of Isson, then I will become the strongest trainer in all of Isson! Believe it!"[/color] [color=skyblue]"Wingull!"[/color] [color=pink]"Jigglypuff!"[/color] [color=springgreen]"Tropius!"[/color] [color=darkseagreen]"Ralts!"[/color] [color=orange]"Torchic!"[/color] [color=steelblue]"Murkrow!"[/color] Skylar was left breathing heavily. Whether that worked or it didn't, it wouldn't matter.