~Sidney Garland~
Ace reporter, coming to you form Goldenrod!
Co-starring her incredibly cute co-worker, Alicia Jackson!
(Naoto is out with food poisoning, poor guy!)
"GOOOOOOD AFTERNOOOOOOOON, JOHTO!""Gah! Sidney, do you always have to do that? Some people actually like hearing.""Of course I do, how else am I going to get their attention and views? I get paid depending on how many people watch or listen.""Sidney...that's-""Well, it's true! But anyways, lets get on with it. Welcome to the afternoon edition of the Garland Report! Coming at you live from Goldenrod Radio towers fifth floor! Stop by and get an autograph from moi sometime!~"The girl in question, Sidney Garland was sitting behind a desk wearing her usual work suit - though she was wearing dress pants instead of a skirt like her co-host, and the suit was a bit messy. What? She didn't like skirts and dressy clothes. Too restrictive. How could she climb a radio tower to get a good scoop in a skirt? Well, not that she minded people seeing what color underwear she really wore, but that was a different story. Point - she hated suits and dresses, but the network insisted she wore them. Well, she'd wear them her way then!
Her bright red hair had been cut short, her blue eyes were as mischievous looking as ever and she was wearing her usual grin. Currently, she was holding a stack of papers. Scripts, info and other things she was recommended to say and do.
...kek. Like she had ever needed a script other than her own.
"Horrible at naming things as always..." Her Co-host, Alicia said.
Unlike Sidney, Alicia was a by the books person. She was wearing a blouse, skirt, and looked quite professional - even had a cute little pair of glasses to go along with her whole look. Honestly? Sidney found her adorable. Also hilarious to mess with.
"Horrible? Nay, you just have horrible taste!" Sidney rebutted.
"My sense of naming is impeccable as always. Just ask my online fans who read my books!~" At this, Alicia visibly facepalmed and grumbled something that sounded like. "Please don't mention your smutty fan-fics on the air, please." Really, Sidney was too old for that kind of thing in her opinion. However, instead Alicia changed the subject to something a bit more on topic.
"Right...your impeccable writing skills aside...there was a tunnel collapse on Route 46, the one that connects Blackthorn to Route 29. Thankfully we've gotten no reports of people getting hurt.""Oh, right. That." Sidney replied, sounding a bit unimpressed with the somewhat mundane news.
"Yep, there was a collapse in...Dark Cave." What a lame name. Whoever named these places in Johto should have violently beat their head into a wall.
"Seems the entire route has been completely sealed off for travel by normal trainers. Those who recently received a pokemon from the renowned Professor Elm are going to have to take the long way to Blackthorn if they were planning on going there first.""Mhm, indeed. If they wanted too, they'd have to get an experienced hiker or other trainer to take them there. Quite the unfortunate occurrence, really, especially considering what has just happened in Violet. If they want their first badge they're going to have to go all the way to Goldenrod or Azalea." Alicia replied. This caught Sidney's attention, apparently.
"Oh? What happened in Violet? I haven't heard anything interesting happening there.""Well, maybe if you read your script or suggested articles to go over...you would have read that Violets Gym Leader recently passed due to long-term illness.""Seriously? That's some pretty bad luck for those trainers. I take it the league is doing what they can to quickly find a replacement?""Their official statement "Is that they are doing everything they can to find a suitable replacement." Currently, they're looking for someone young and new for the position.""That so? The gym leaders could definitely use some new and up-and coming trainers in their ranks, that's for sure. Maybe I could sign up myself! Me and Sableye would be awesome at it!" This illicited a sigh from Alicia, but against her better judgement she went along with it. Despite her antics, since Sidney started hosting this, their views had gone up quite a bit. She'd be lying if she wasn't a tad bit jealous. As long as she didn't go overboard, she supposed it was alright.
"You and your little Sableye. A gym leader? The league would really be scraping the bottom of the barrel then." Alicia replied.
"Oi! Hey, Ruby and I are a pretty good team! How else would I have gotten those scandalous pictures of David of the Mexatus corporation and him on a date with someone?""Those pictures were horrible, and there wasn't an actual picture of someone else in them." Alicia replied, in a very matter-of-fact tone.
"Look at all this hate I get for my creative journalism." Sidney huffed.
"No appreciation for my craft at all.""Well, while Sidney is sulking, I'll continue with the next item on our venue. Let's see..." She flipped through a few papers.
"Oh, right. Currently, a miner's strike is going on in Blackthorn.""A strike? Really? Think it might be related to the tunnel collapse?""No, it was caused by natural causes." Alicia quickly silenced her colleague with a sharp glare.
"But wouldn't it be more exciting if it was?" Sidney replied, giving Alicia a quite excited look. Alicia could already see her gears turning. She'd want to go down there for sure and 'investigate' herself, and she'd inevitably get dragged along.
"Sidney, this is the news. We don't have time for your silly conspiracy theories." Alicia continued. Sidney pouted a bit at this, and quickly donned some fake glasses, mocking Alicias business like speech and mannerisms, earning a bit of a chuckle from the cameramen and rest of the staff who were filming. Alicia quickly looked back over at Sidney, giving her a bit of a suspicious glare, but by then the glasses were gone and she was just giving her an innocent smile, humming quietly to herself.
"Anyways," Alicia huffed.
"Onto the Weather. Since Naoto our usual weather man apparently ate some bad shellfish, Sidney and I will be doing the usual report. So hows the weather look, Sidney?""Looks...normal? I mean, I'm not weather girl. I don't know what I'm looking at." Sidney said, looking at the screen with the various weather patterns on it with a confused stare.
"...you were sleeping during the course Naoto gave us, weren't you?" Alicia accused the redhead.
"Whaaaat? Me? Sleep during an important business meeting?...yeah, most definitely." She shamelessly admitted, earning a quiet grumble from Alicia.
"Well...I suppose I shall do it." With a sigh, Alicia stood, walking over to the screen in question. Clearing her throat, as she started.
"Currently, those summer temperatures are falling slowly as we approach the Fall seasons. Around Cherrygrove, Newbark, and Violet, its still fairly warm so be sure to take plenty of water if you're going outside for extended periods of time."Sid gave her a thumbs up from where she was sitting behind a desk.
"In the Olivine and other coastal regions, we have cooler temperatures moving in thanks to an approaching cold front, so be sure to wrap up and be warm! Ecruteak and Mahogany have fairly average temperatures, thanks to the approaching fall. Not to hot or too cold, but remember to stay safe! Lastly, Azalea is being hit by a nasty rain storm that will continue moving east for some time, likely hitting Cherrygrove in the next day or two. If you are caught out in the rain, be sure to have an umbrella with you and stay dry! Colds are not fun!"With that, she went back to her seat and sat...or would have if the seat hadn't
fell out from under her. Alicia hit the floor, landing right on her butt as she let out a rather adorable sounding squeal of surprise. Sidney was simply looking shocked - as if she hadn't expected that. Yeah right, that little brat was the culprit!
Now, Alicia wasn't one to get angry at a lot of things. But making her look like a klutz on air? Yeah, no.
"Sidney..." She said, giving the red-head a smile.
"Alicia that wasn't me, I swear." She said, trying to hold back a giggle.
"Well, aside from you, who could it have been, hmm?~" She asked, a bit too nicely.
"Uh...uhm, a ghost?" Sidney nervously replied.
"You know as well as I do that's not possible~""Eheh...uhm, uh, Mark, cut to a commercial, yeah? I'd rather not have my death filmed on live TV." Sid chuckled nervously...before promptly bolting out of the studio door.
"GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE-!" Was the last thing the viewers on the TV saw before their segment was over with. Well, that and a certain red-head begging for mercy.
Near the ceiling, hiding on top of a bookcase, was a Sabeleye...who was rolling around on top of it laughing hysterically. Next to it? Sat two screws from the chair Alicia was sitting in, pilfered when she was giving the weather.
~Abigail Blanchett~
~Route 29~
After leaving Newbark with the others, Abigail mostly remained by herself, taking the lead. Well, at least she was walking in front of the others, anyways. Whether she was actually leading them or not, was questionable and probably wasn't the case. Little miss crippled was crying or something. She hadn't seen what happened, but apparently whoever she was going to be traveling with couldn't come. Well, good. That meant she would learn that doing things yourself without relying on someone else to do it, was the best way to get things done.
Of course, she didn't say anything though. Not like she cared all that much. She was only slightly concerned, because if she was going to be traveling with these guys, she wanted them not to slow her down. If she couldn't handle something like this, then she might as well go home now. She kept her mouth shut, though. No need to start something. For now, focus on walking and actually getting to Cherrygrove.
Unlike the others - some of whom who were taking in the sights and surroundings, Abigail was simply silently observing her surroundings. Not because she enjoyed looking at a vast array of nothing. She simply wanted to make sure nothing was sneaking up on them. That, and make sure Tyrian didn't go around causing problems. She learned quite quickly Tyrian wasn't exactly the most...collected of pokemon. He had a nice curiosity about most things, but he was too...childish. Currently, he was pouncing on random tufts of grass, like he was practicing sneaking up on some pokemon.
...okay, she admitted, she found him slightly adorable, but no one else needed to know that.
Cerise, had decided to hang back with a few of the others. Not getting to far away from Gwen - who still seemed to be sulking a bit. She still didn't know what Cerise wanted with the girl, but knowing her, it wasn't that good. Well, if she wanted to make nice with everyone, she could. She'd probably just end up 'playing' with them later, if the situation presented itself.
Tyrian brought her out of her solitary thoughts as he nudged her leg. He was looking up at her with large, almost impossibly cute eyes. With a small chuckle, she knelt down, giving the guy a small pat on his head. He nuzzled her hand and placed his two front paws on her legs, tilting his head slightly.
"Nido?" He cried...and then both of their stomachs rumbled.
...seemed like they both agreed food would be good now. She picked the guy up in her arms, letting him settle before standing back up. She sighed, looking up at the sky. The sun was going down, and it'd be night soon. At this rate, if they made camp they'd probably be at Cherrygrove sometime around midday tomorrow. Plus, she was fairly certain she was getting hungry. Food sounded delicious right about now, actually. So much so, she could already smell the food she was imagining in her head.
...okay. yeah, camp sounded good. And food - mostly the food. She hoped someone here could cook well. Despite usually eating five full meals and various snacks all day, she was a terrible cook. Well, hopefully the others would agree with the idea. It would be better to set up camp either way, even if she was just wanting to do it mostly for food. Traveling at night would be a pretty bad idea. Pokemon in the day were easy enough to deal with - they could usually see them coming. But at night? They could sneak up on you fairly easily, if you weren't extremely careful, and she didn't fancy being food for a Noctowl or some other nocturnal pokemon.
"Hmm...I think it'd be best if we went ahead and made camp, here." She said, turning to face the group.
"It's getting late and setting it up now, rather than later after the sun has fallen would be the best idea." Though she said that, it would still be a few hours before the sun actually set. Plenty of time for others to catch whatever pokemon they wanted too, as well, while others set about making camp and getting everything ready.
"This is a nice enough place, I think. Enough of a clearing for us to all set up a tent, and it'd be easy enough to deal with any pokemon that decided to mess with us." Tyrian nodded in agreement, though he was probably just doing that because it was Abigail who suggested it. The little guy probably didn't really understand anything other than camp meant sleep and food.
"Besides, i think most of us are pretty hun-"She didn't even finish the sentence before her stomach let out a rather loud rumble.
"Hungry. I think most of us are pretty hungry, so getting food would be a good idea, too." She finished, completely ignoring her stomach.
~Cerise Fontaine~
~Route 29~
Cerise walked, doing her best to get acquainted with everyone in the group they were traveling with - though she kept close to Gwen since Abigail seemed intent on walking ahead of everyone. She probably thought she was the leader. The thought made the red head giggle a bit. Typical Abigail - she hadn't changed at all since she last saw her during her graduation from trainer school. That was...what, a year ago? She couldn't exactly recall, but she was as full of confidence as ever.
That was just one of the many things Cerise admired about her friend. If Abigail wanted it, then she got it. And Cerise would help her in anyway possible.
In. Any. Way. Possible. She shot a glance over at Yuu. It wasn't a hostile glance - in fact, it was rather friendly. At least, to other people it would be. In reality though, Cerise hated the little man. Not just from him being rude to someone of her status earlier, either. Abigail often spoke of the guy to her. She always went on and on about how much he annoyed her - how good he was, actually. She'd never tell him directly, but she had told her on occasion.
And if Abigail considered him good, then that mean he was a threat to Abigail. But more importantly, he was a threat to...Abigail and
her.And that was something, she would not allow. Not. At. All. She'd remedy the situation, though. She would. Oh, she would. In time. She just needed the right moment. Right set up of events. Then Yuu would no longer be a problem. He'd be gone. Abigail's shot at the championship would be practically assured...but more importantly, there would be no chance of him getting between her and Abigail after he had an...unfortunate accident.
If she could make nice with everyone else in the group, that would make it much, much easier to do so. Gwen would be fairly easy, normally since she looked emotionally upset at the moment. But after talking with her for a bit, she decided it'd be best to let her cool off for a bit. If she didn't play her cards right, it could greatly backfire. Gwen was a lot like Abigail, she though. Both were highly determined, and Gwen was likely highly skilled as well. But most of all, the both were stubborn loners, and didn't take well to others interrupting them.
That was the vibe she got, anyways. She should go meet with the others, pick her marks carefully and befriend them in the easiest manner that she could.
"Hmm...I think it'd be best if we went ahead and made camp, here."Before she could get any introductions done, Abigail chimed in, suggesting making camp. Well, if Abigail suggested it, it was probably a good idea since she knew what she was doing. The sun seemed to be sinking fairly low into the sky as well - even she was smart enough to understand traveling at night was probably a bad idea. She didn't fancy being harassed by some Hoothoot. She had enough of that from that runt of a natu. Where was that thing anyways?
As if on cue, the little bird lighted on her shoulder. He probably heard Abigails suggestion, and was agreeing with her. Well, it seemed he wasn't stupid. Just annoying.
"Besides, i think most of us are pretty hun-"Abigails stomach rumbled rather loudly, and Cerise couldn't help but giggle a bit at that.
"Hungry. I think most of us are pretty hungry, so getting food would be a good idea, too.""I think you just want food." Cerise teased.
"I mean, you think with your stomach more than your brain anyways, and you sound fairly hungry, Abby, dear~"This earned a small glare from Abigail, before she gave a small sigh.
"And so what If I'm hungry? Its a fact its going to be late, soon, and walking at night is a bad idea." Abigail replied, with a bit of a huff.
"Besides, its not like I'm the only one.""Easy to tease as usual. You really should stop being so adorable, sometimes~" Cerise giggled, earning a small blush from Abigail, who promptly huffed, and starting ignoring her.
"Aside from Cerise's incessant teasing...and me being hungry, I think its the best course of action to start making camp before night falls."
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