[center][h1][color=gold][u]Evelyn[/u][/color][/h1][/center]
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[b]Key Items:[/b]
[list][*]1x Rotom Phone Pokédex
[*]1x Pair of (Stylized) Work Gloves
[*]1x Solar-chargeable Flashlight
[*]Needle and Thread[/list]
[b]Consumables:[/b]
[list][*]Pokedollars: 1000p
[*]3x Potions
[*]3x Antidotes
[*]3x Paralyze Heals
[*]8x Pokeballs[/list]
[b]Extras:[/b]
[list][*]An unspecified amount of extra clothes
[*]A fair few cosmetics, skin and haircare products, along with things like styling scissors, brushes, combs and even a nail file.
[*]Dental care products and items, like toothpaste, toothbrush, dental floss, etc.[/list][/hider][/center]
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[b]On Hand:[/b]
[list][*]Joltik - Level 9, [color=lightgreen]Healthy[/color]
[*]Sentret - Level 7, [color=lightgreen]Healthy[/color]
[*]Growlithe - Level 7, [color=yellow]Bruised[/color]
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[b]In Storage:[/b]
[list][*]N/A[/list]
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Thankfully, getting an answer to her questions didn't prove overly difficult. Although, why this complete and utter mook with glasses that were frankly looking like they were amde three or four decades ago was giving her the [i]'Uhm, ACTUALLY, streamer'[/i] attitude and voice was a bit baffling... And annoying. Eve could feel the vein in her right temple twitch as she listened to this snide, smarmy dork explain. But putting his manners and attire aside, he did bring up an interesting tidbit.

[i]A returning, extinct pokemon?[/i]

The gears inside Evelyn's head turned. What kind of creature could come backf romh aving been wiped out? Then again, the guy did say it had [i]thought[/i] to be extcinct, so maybe the population had just been reduced to a very, very, very low number? Still, all these nerds milling about and excitedly searching for it... That wasn't a good thing... He said they were collectors, but they seemed like the types who thought it was more important to have something becuase it was rare or unusual, rather than because htey should treat it well and treasure it. That was... Unsettling... If this poor pokemon got caught by any of these bit-characters, it'd surely have a really unfortunate future ahead of it - as a display trophy or worse, [i]breeding slave...[/i] The blonde shuddered at the thought.

Done with questioning the bug-obsessed geek, the fresh-faced young trainer proceeded to look around. That thing about climbing these giant trees for no other reason than to do it... Yeah, no, thanks but no thanks. While she had confidence in her fitness, there was no way she was going to try and get up into one of these goliath-sized dendroscrapers just because it was an option. Instead, Evelyn began her search for whatever other 'mons she could find. And find some she did.

First were some monkeys. But, like the dark-furred cats back in Grand Glory City, these guys gave off that whole [i]'Ehehe~ I'm gonna prank ya, bruw!'[/i]-vibe. Next up, she accidentally approache done of the trees which had been coated in that weird oozy liquid by the little rodent-thingies and well...

[color=gold]"Oh dear g--- [b]GWAHK![/b]"[/color]

While the fetching, prim and proper trainer may be talented at keeping her cool and compsure, not even she could deny the involuntairy gag-reflex that coursed through her body upon getting a whiff of the acrid, putrid stank of... Whatever this goo was. So foul was the smell that she had to put an arm up and cover the lower part of her face and quickly back away to get out of range of this evil evil, unholy abominable substance that, for all the things that were good in this world, better not be the type of rancid odor that clung to stuff. Because if it did, she was [b][i]SO[/i][/b] going to have Growlithe incinerate these clothes later. 'Cuz she was pretty confident [i]nothing[/i] could wash away [b][i]that[/i][/b] stink.

Oh, right... Growlithe... And the others!

[color=gold]"C'mon out, guys."[/color]

Three pokeballs were thrown in a soft arc, and three trademark sound effects and beams of light later, and the triumphant trio of Eve's team had assembled, curiously looking around and sniffing the air. Well, Growlithe did most of the sniffing, Sentret did most of the looking and Joltik... Well, he kinda just tilted his head a lot and looked confused... Probably wondering where the heck the horizon and SKY had gone, sicne they were now both obscured by the humongous tree-trunks that surrounded the little squad on all sides and everywhere.

[color=gold]"Okay, we're gonna do a bit of forest exploration now, you three. I know, it's gonna be a bit rough, so don't go off on your own, okay?"[/color] An unexpected turn of events, as the glamrous girl who seemed to hate anything that didn't involve well-paved sidewalks announced her intent.

[color=gold]"Sentre, Growlithe, I want you to look around and sniff about. If you see or find anything out of place or that we haven't already seen, let me know, okay? Joltik, I need you to be on lookout and let us know if any wild pokemon are getting close or trying to sneak up on us, alright?"[/color]

It wasn't very clear instructions, other than she was apparently aiming to search or look for something. The idea was to use Sentret's [b]Keen Eyes[/b] and Growlithe's [b]Doggy NOse[/b] to try and find... Something... Meanwhile, Joltik, with its multiple eyes, was to act like a sentry and alarm - thus allowing the group to fight off anything that would be upset with them trundling through the forest and its potential territory.

Evelyn thus picked a spot. One of the big trees where the strange markigs from earlier were. She, as a compelete and utter maateur and novice, had no idea if these marks were fresh, old or frankly imitations, but it was as good a place as any to start. She checked her rotom phone, making sure to add a small marker on the map, so she could navigate back to this... [i]Road[/i]... Should they wander to deep into the wooded undergrowth. While she had the phone out, the girl also took a bit of time to check out al the various pokemon that her [i]peers[/i] had run into and seen so far.

[color=gold]"Oh? Those are cute... Aww~! Ooh, shiny... Wait, they're in the [i]sewers[/i]... M-Maybe not... A blue fox...? Huh... Is... Is that one [i]wearing[/i] a pikachu like a skin-suit-...!?"[/color]

After a bit of [i]mixed[/i] reactions to the assortment of 'mons her fellow beginners had run itno, Eve pocketed her phone back and gave the command to get going. And so, the three pokemon and their gallant, gorgeous and [s]not-so-[/s]great trainer set off, taking a detour from their path and venturing forth into the woods, in search of... Well... [i]Something[/i].

[b][u]Evelyn has ordered Sentret and Growlithe to look and sniff for anything interesting or unusual - be it items or pokemon. Joltik has been put in charge of alerting the group to any encroaching hostile pokemon, and Evelyn will use all three of her team's members to fight off any would-be ambushers as they search and explore the forest. [i]If[/i] they found any useful-or-precious-looking items, Evelyn would collect them using her [color=gold][Stylized Work Gloves][/color]. [/u][/b]