[h3][color=lavender]Zaria Brightly[/color][/h3]
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Having already headed into the classroom before Evey and Masaru had left, Zaria didn't realize there were going to be homeroom tournaments. For the present, she remained blissfully unaware, already daydreaming of being one of the popular and accomplished students of PMA. Perhaps the first hour of school had been embarrassing, but she could redeem herself if she studied and worked hard. Students would start coming up to her then, she was sure. 

She managed to pull her head out of the clouds when class began, especially with Caprea introducing her pokemon. The Tropius and Bronzong both impressed and intimidated Zaria who had never heard of them, let alone seen them before. [i][color=lavender]Woah, so cool... Intense too.[/color][/i] Thankfully, they could take their pokemon out just as Caprea had. So Zaria released Magnet from his capsule and they both headed over to the back along with everyone else. Eventually settling for a cushion, his single eye swiveled around the room curiously before settling on Zaria as she patted his head. [color=lavender]"This is class time, so you'll just need to sit tight and wait, okay? I know we don't really know each other yet, Magnet, but please be good."[/color] He let out a beep that sounded like agreement in return.

Settling in again once more, Caprea shook things up by having everyone play an ice-breaker game that seemed pretty fun. [i][color=lavender]I've got this, I've got experience, I can come up with something good![/color][/i] That was how she felt initially... Yet achievement after achievement from her peers came up, and she couldn't help but feel discouraged as her turn neared; even Troy and Netty had ended up kicking it out of the park, she thought with a twinge of envy. Tim had come off as shy, but on the flip side he'd had that popular Evey girl come up to him, so it all kind of cancelled out (in Zaria's eyes) anyways. 

How was she supposed to set herself apart in all this, then? [color=lavender][i]Well... I guess it's less what you say, and more about how you say it. Okay, fine! I've still got this. It'll be great.[/i][/color] When she was finally called up, Zaria grinned as she faced the class and saluted everyone, life an offcer or ranger would. [color=lavender][i]Here we go![/i][/color]

[color=lavender]"I'm Zaria, a junior ranger! I've experienced a forest fire, I've seen a shiny Butterfree, and I've rescued over 50 pokemon!"[/color] Zaria blurted it all out as fast as she could, realizing that her second to last statement was the lie she had been touting as truth earlier. [color=lavender][i]Oh no! Damn, me and my big mouth! Why?![/i][/color] Well, there was no turning back now. Her other two statements were as close to the truth as it got, and they sounded much more impressive than the dumb Butterfree story she'd made up, so she didn't feel like she had the option to switch the verity of them around. [color=lavender][i]I just gotta go along with it and apologize to the others after class. Hopefully it'll be okay.[/i][/color] 

The first guess was tossed out, with someone calling out that she hadn't been in a forest fire. Zaria grinned, pleased that she got to elaborate before someone made the correct choice. [color=lavender]"Actually, I was! We were called onto the scene and there weren't a lot of water pokemon to help, so it was tricky to deal with. We ended up containing it though!"[/color] It sounded a lot more dangerous than it had been, especially since it had been a very small fire, but that was neither here nor there.

She probably hadn't rescued over 50 pokemon, someone else said. [color=lavender]"Ha, I definitely have, and that number's only gonna get higher, just so ya know."[/color] Nevermind that well over half of those had been measly pet rescues, nobody needed to know anymore than what she said. It all culminated in the lie being left then, which Zaria had to own up to completely, whether she liked it or not.

[color=lavender]"I guess you'd all know by now anyways, but I haven't seen a shiny Butterfree, haha! So, um, that was my lie." [i]Ugh.[/i][/color] She made sure not to look at Netty, Troy, or Tim, as she went back to sit down. Hopefully they wouldn't roast her too much.


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Magnemite (Magnet) -lv 10 / Ability: Sturdy/ Thundershock, Supersonic, Thunder Wave, Tackle

PP: 10

[hider=Pokeballs][list][*] Pokeball x5
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[hider=Berries][list][*] Oran Berry x5
[*] Cheri Berry x1
[*] Pecha Berry x1
[*] Rawst Berry x1
[*] Chesto Berry x1
[*] Aspear Berry x1
[*] Persim Berry x1
[*] Leppa Berry x1
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[hider=TMs][list][*] Hidden Power
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