[center][h1][color=F27357][i]Nils[/i][/color][/h1][color=#2E2C2C]_[/color][color=#3B302E]_[/color][color=#483531]_[/color][color=#553A34]_[/color][color=#623E37]_[/color][color=#6F433A]_[/color][color=#7C483D]_[/color][color=#894D40]_[/color][color=#965142]_[/color][color=#A35645]_[/color][color=#B05B48]_[/color][color=#BD604B]_[/color][color=#CA644E]_[/color][color=#D76951]_[/color][color=#E46E54]_[/color][color=#F17356]_[/color][color=#E46E54]_[/color][color=#D76951]_[/color][color=#CA644E]_[/color][color=#BD604B]_[/color][color=#B05B48]_[/color][color=#A35645]_[/color][color=#965142]_[/color][color=#894D40]_[/color][color=#7C483D]_[/color][color=#6F433A]_[/color][color=#623E37]_[/color][color=#553A34]_[/color][color=#483531]_[/color][color=#3B302E]_[/color]
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[hider=Inventory][b]1250p[/b]
Pokeballs [color=C0C0C0]x9[/color]

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[b][u]Tors[/u][/b]
Species: Mudbray ♂
Type: Ground
Level: 5
Status: [color=00C728]Healthy[/color]
Ability: Stamina
Moves: Mud-Slap, Rock Smash, 
Iron Defense, Smack Down*
Held Item: --[/cell][cell][img]https://i.imgur.com/zk36tW1.png[/img]
[b][u]Rau[/u][/b]
Species: A-Rattata ♂
Type: Dark/Normal
Level: 4
Status: [color=FFA500]Hurt[/color]
Ability: Hustle
Moves: 
Tackle, Tail Whip, Quick Attack
Held Item: --[/cell][/row][/table][hider=In the PC]None yet.[/hider]
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[color=F27357][b]Location[/b]:[/color]Grand Glory City: Sewers[/center][hr]
And just like that, all three of the new kinds of pokemon the duo encountered were handily captured. Nils now also had a baseline for comparison for any future captures... if the money he got was more, less, or the same, he'd roughly be able to tell a pokemon's rarity. Or so he expected anyway. He'd just have to catch more to really test things out. And speaking of captures, he picked up the pokeball containing his first ever captured pokemon, patting Tors on the head as he did so. Sure Rattata was a common pokemon, but there was something to be said for the feeling of elation at one's first real capture. Despite the fact he was currently in a dirty, dank sewer, Nils was feeling great! He'd gotten his starter, Tors, who he couldn't be happier with, had won his first battle against a friendly rival, and now had successfully captured his first pokemon with a ball! 

He didn't want to spend a lot of time thinking on this new one's name, so he just went with the first thing that came to mind... Rau. Yeah, that was fitting enough. He released Rau, letting the injured rat get its bearings first before he gently patted its head as well. [color=F27357]"Welcome to the team buddy,"[/color] he said.

The dark-type Rattata, newly named Rau, tolerated the petting before giving Nils a nod. Then it ran back over to its slice of pizza before any other sewer-dwellers got any bright ideas. He'd worked hard for that slice!

While Rau pulled its food closer to its new trainer for protection and finished eating, Nils looked over at Clarissa and Sir Lopsalot to check on them. He'd thought about what Clarissa said, about the nature of the pokemon that must live down here. It wasn't something he'd really considered before, since Frostford City didn't have anything close to a waste system like [i]this[/i].

[quote=Clarissa][color=violet]"Places like this, people avoid them mostly as do many Pokemon from what I understand. It's dark here, but not like a cave or such, and is both manmade and in many ways unpleasant and harsh in its own way I think...any Pokemon living here might be just as unique, or different from what might be found in the park or elsewhere here in Grand Glory City."[/color]

[color=violet]"And if there's any Pokemon from before the city was made, or something crying down here alone in the dark, I want to find them, maybe, and-....and......"[/color][/quote]
[color=F27357]"...yeah, I get it. If there's a pokemon feeling misunderstood, you want to understand them, and if they're lonely, you want to show them some affection. Right?"[/color] It was much the same for pokemon as it was for people. Nobody liked to be shunned just for being different, especially if they couldn't help it. The creatures that lived down here were either born adapted to it, or must have been pushed down here. And instead of hiding the strange parts of themselves while up on the surface, they just hid themselves entirely down here. Maybe they even felt trapped. 

...well, Nils was not about to compare himself to a sentient pile of sludge or anything, but he did understand what some of these pokemon could be feeling. He really did. So if like Clarissa thought there was something down here that needed a ray of hope, or just someone to understand them, then they couldn't up and leave just yet without trying to find them.

[color=F27357]"It's dark, hard to see, smells terrible, and the chances of catching some infectious disease down here is probably higher than it should be..."[/color] he said, and then scoffed, shook his head, and smiled at his fellow trainer. [color=F27357]"...but let's keep going. If you think someone down here needs some help, let's go see what we can do."[/color]

That is if Clarissa felt her pokemon could still handle it. On that note, Nils withdrew some medicine from his bag and beckoned the Rattata with a now full belly to his side so that he could patch it up quickly. Better to have his team at as healthy as possible in case they ran into anything really dangerous.

[b][ Use Potion on Rau (A-Rattata) ][/b]

After that it was deeper into the sewer system, searching for anything else of interest (even if Clarissa decided to take a break). Secret hideouts? New pokemon? Someone's trash that would turn out to be treasure? The source of that noise, which Nils could only just start to hear? It was faint, but it might sound like crying...?

[b][ Search for Pokemon, etc. ][/b]

But of course, since it probably wouldn't be so easy to just stumble upon what they were looking to find, Nils couldn't pass up the opportunity to do some training for both his Mudbray and Rattata. He didn't go out of his way to battle, but if any of the pokemon down there took exception to the trainers encroaching on their territory and opted to get aggressive, then those were the prime targets for Tors and Rau to get more battle experience with.

[b][ Train Pokemon ][/b]


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