[center][h1][b][color=violet]Clarissa Ryte[/color][/b][/h1] [h3][i]Lobby, Pokemon Center, Grand Glory City[/i][/h3][/center] [quote]Clarissa would be able to easily pick up on the palpable fear that came off the child who needed a couple of seconds to calm down, her grip on Mimikyu tightening until the Ghost let out a cry of discomfort. Once she was calm enough, Amelia turned towards the older trainers, her gaze on the as she spoke in a quiet voice. "Um... I... I don't care where we go but um... would it be... would it be okay if we avoid Florasong? Please? I... I can't... I can't go there yet."[/quote] It didn't take psychic powers to see Amelia somewhat mildly freak out a bit at the mere mention of the town of Florasong...but why? Was it her hometown? Had something bad happened to her there? In any case she seemed to be trying to calm down, if nothing else, and feeling a pang of empathy that nearly made her wince Clarissa would turn to the younger girl and get on one knee down to her level. She would attempt to put some kind of reassuring hand on the smaller girl's shoulder as well, even if a bit awkwardly from the looks of it on her own end of things at least, before glancing over to the two boys for a moment (trying to to catch their eyes) and then looking back at Amelia again. At the same time, the new trainer was trying to keep herself in her usual more stoic state of appearance...not the best synergy, she figued, but her tone was at least calm as she'd move on to speak to the other girl. [color=violet]"We can avoid Florasong for the time being. That won't be a problem."[/color] She hoped. She really hoped. Because reflexively she was saying this to try to comfort Amelia. But Nils didn't seem to be the brash sort to throw such anxieties of another aside, at least, and Valerian-...er, she had no idea for the time being. Better to not let him handle sensitive situations from the sounds of it, though, given what she'd heard of him so far. Would need to see how he was on the road moving forward otherwise to get a better idea of him. [center][h3][i]Route 4, Evig[/i][/h3][/center] Well, the visit to the Pokemart had been an...interesting one at the very least. Maybe. Or it had the potential to be her worst possible decision making time period as of yet in her entire life. Because before her trip she'd been prepared, ready, set to start, gone over ideas of budgets, and her father had exhorted her to 'not worry too much about it' wile her mother had been a bit more supportive (albeit encouraging her to relax a bit too for that matter). Yet at the Pokemart she had gone and...w-well...after some thinking....had s-splurged a little on something out of the blue? ... ... ... The psychic walked along with the others onto Route 4, somewhat a little gloomier in the way she carried herself, her suitcase of supplies and such sitting on her back like a backpack now as they moved along. A hand was holding each shoulder-slung strap of the suitcase she carried as she walked along, yet on the outside of her suitcase now sat something new that had been strapped to the right side of it. Sticking up a bit like a mundane flagpole, all shiny and new and such like, was a brand new Good Rod she had purchased at the Pokemart. A fishing rod. A fishing rod...for someone who had only been fishing aboout as many times as she had fingers on one hand in the past with her father at Gateon Port a few times. But the better the rod, she'd read up prior to becoming a trainer, the more and better the Pokemon it could catch...right? Right?! So it'd be good to, say, do a bit of fishing in the rivers and lakes and such along the way to find even more Pokemen then, yeah? So technically yes, it had been an utter and total impulse buy, sure, leaving her with only 2000P left to her name and nearly causing her to panic in the shop over the matter. Almost. She'd frozen up a little bit on the fly, really, as the reality had hit her at the very least. Yet 1500P of that had then been at least enough for her to buy three Potions (900P), two Antidotes (200P), and two more Pokeballs (400P) before she'd almost run out of money altogether. She at least was replenishing her Potions, and in case of poisonous types on the way she'd bought Antidotes as a precaution, and she was only three Pokeballs down from where she'd started her journey thus far as well at least. But still...ugh! It was so...so stupidly frustrating! B-But the price was outrageous anyways, right? It was 5000P for a blasted fishing rod of all things?! At least the last 500P she'd managdd to keep ahold of for now... "Bun. Bun bun." Sir Lopsalot would somewhat consolingly pat her head with a gentle touch from where he sat on her right shoulder now, at least, as they all walked along. The rest of her Pokemon, then, sat in their Pokeballs neatly and properly in usual fashion. Though she had promised Amelia to let her see her new Pokemon, so perhaps once they made it somewhere else or settled in somewhere eventually for the night that'd be a good time to show her the others. Arriving at the start of Route 4, though, the psychic let out a small sigh and brought her eyes up to look about the place. Get a lay of the land. The road was one thing, even if they couldn't use it, and the footpath seemed a fair bit more rough yet adventerous in comparison. It was a simple enough a path forward, then, it seemed, despite how much greenery and such was around them. To her it was almost alien to some extent, to see so much green and lively wildlife around. It felt almost familiar to Agate Village in a sense due to the amount of green here, though that place had its own...oh, what was the word? Mood? Scene? Energy to it? There would certainly be a lot to see along the way, though, depending on what direction they took mooving forward along Route 4. Good. That was good. Clarissa would then take out her Pokedex to see if any info was availible about the Route and its Pokemon thus far, hopingto get an idea of things as it rattled off some nearby Pokemon to her as well, before the glint of something old and stone in the daylight caught her eye after a minute or two. Said eye-catching glint then caught her full attention sooner than later in turn, before she would in kind put up her Rotom dex in an inner coat pocket once more. [color=violet]"Hmm. Could we perhaps explore those ruins over there first?"[/color] she said, her tone picking up again to its normal calm as she looked around at the others, pointing in the direction of the ruins, [color=violet]"If that is amenable enough for you-...all......eh?"[/color] "...Bun?" [quote]Also, for some reason there was a black-haired girl ([@Goggy]) face first on the ground with a Wooper also face first on the ground. A boy was crouched down poking her with a stick.[/quote] Why was someone face down in the dirt and being poked with a stick? Actually, scratch that, why was the boy poking her with a stick in the first place? And why was a Wooper there in the same ground-placed-face position to boot? Walking over without another word, then, she hoped the rest of the group would maybe catch up as she approached the downed girl and Pokemon. The psychic would first try to help up the peculiar little Wooper on the ground, Sir Lopsalot hopping off her shoulder to assist her in doing so with care, before turning her attention to the boy with the stick and breifly looking at him for a moment. She'd then silently turn her attention to the downed black-haired girl ([@Goggy]) and trying to help her up now as well. Er, at least as best as she could if nothing else...and unless the girl panicked while she did so or something to push her away while trying to help her at least. [color=violet]"Ah, hello there by the way. I'm Clarissa,"[/color] she'd say, somewhat awkwardly trying to introduce herself to the boy as she moved to help the girl and would turn her attention to her in turn, [color=violet]"And are you ok, miss?"[/color] (([UPDATED 12/5/25] Note For GM: Clarissa began withh 7000P, spent 5000P on a Good Rod, 900P on three Potions, 200P on two Antidotes, and then her last 400P on two Pokeballs. Thus her remaining cash is 500P.)) [@Remram][@Shazamrock][@Joshua Tamashii][@Azure Bubbles][@Goggy] [hider=Current Pokemon/Money/Items] [b]Current/Active Team Pokemon[/b]: [list] [*]Sir Lopsalot - Buneary - Male - Level 7 - Full HP [*]Scrapper - Trubbish - Male - Level 6 - Full HP [*]Jotaro - Igglybuff (Evig Form) - Male - Level 5 - Full HP [*]Pyrite - Roggenrola - Male - Level 5 - Full HP [*] [*] [/list] [b]Pokedollars[/b]: 500 [b]Items[/b]: [list] [*]Camping Gear/An Extra Change of Clothes [*]Good Rod [*]Potion x3 [*]Pokeballs x7 [*]Antidote x2 [/list] [hider=Important Info/Pictures/Videos Thus Far] [list] [*]Pictures Of The Strange Mural From Hidden Cavern (Under the Grand Glory City Sewers) - [quote]And now everything had come to a still. It was funny, after an intense battle the only thing that was left was the peaceful sound of silence. As they went to pick up their Pokeballs, there was something that they had not noticed that under any other circumstances they should have been aware of as soon as they entered this chamber were not for the fact that they were on a rescue mission: there was a mural of the region of Evig painted on one of the walls though it was incomplete, the entire southern region and parts the western landmass were simply not there There were several things odd about it, but what was odd were the symbols on them: a flower near Florasong, a sundial near Starbor, and a crown in the Jormun Trench. Yes, many things to ponder about...[/quote] [*]Video of Clarissa, Nils, the punk kid, and Dudley the Detective leaving the Pokemon Den in Hidden Cavern and leaving back to the Grand Glory Sewers, ending on a shot of the hole gown down from the sewers to the Hidden Cavern. [*][hider=Clarissa's First Video Of The Hidden Cavern] [quote][center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b2/89/b2/b289b2fdb48046563f15c04cf37cacf0.jpg[/img][/center] An ethereal glow hung in air literally lighting the enclosed space of red rock with a blueish hue. There was an energy about it, something that resonated through the air though what it was was hard to say. It was a vast network of tunnels, an eerily quiet space where even the slightest sound bounced off the walls. There was no doubt that this place had not been touched by human hands, if it was even known by the inhabitants of the city above. A fragment of another time from long ago, isolated and forgotten. However, those who found themselves in this strange network of tunnels would quickly find that they were not alone. As expected of a place located deep underground, there were a litany of Pokemon that made their homes here. Armored little creatures scuttled around, looking for iron ore and other bits of metallic minerals they can get their mouths on.[/quote] Going for her Rotom Phone, Clarissa would have it film the appearaance of the place and the Pokemon she could see there, including a proper look back at the tunnel that had led her there. Then she had the camera turn to herself for a moment, then, speaking clearly for the camera and gesturing to the lighting and features. [color=violet]"This cave system seems to sit underneath the Grand Glory Sewers, which might explain the presence of Aron down here eating at the pipework in the sewers above. I came down here through a tunnel the Pokemon here dug up at an angle into the sewer system, with them seeking more food I believe, while seeking whatever Pokemon is making the crying noise people have heard down here before. I don't know how far the tunnels go, or if there are more connections to the sewers, but....this place is...beautiful, I believe, in its own way."[/color] Untouched by human hands, thriving with life of its own, and yet part of her felt enthralled to simply look about the underground cavern of sorts. Still, before she ended the video, Clarissa looked back at the camera of her Rotom Phone again. [color=violet]"And Nils, if you are watching this, I'm sending this to let you know it's seeminglly safe to come down as well if you wish. But we might need to eventually go back for some potions and other supplies if this place goes deep enough. I'm heading deeper in to explore in the meantime. I'll try to keep in touch."[/color] [/hider] [*] [/list] [/hider] [/hider]