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Renose
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teenangstlifeEvelyn
Grand Glory National Park
The walk to the park had been... Interesting... A lot of people, a lot of adverisement, a lot of pokemon. For the most part, Evelyn didn't pay much attention to most of it, though she did make a point to to at least scan the various creatures whenever she saw them - and they didn't immediately zoom off into hiding or somewhere out of range of the Rotom Dex/Phone. The blonde girl lingered a bit when it came to the entry for the Pidgeys, thinking that catching one of those might be a good first step. After all, the dex-app even said it was a good choice for a beginner. But... Fighting in the middle of a crowded street wasn't exactly the best of ideas, so she'd have to wait.
Reaching the park proper though, Evelyn let out a small 'wow' when she looked around the place. It was so... Lovely. A complete and utter detachment from the crowded, towering metropolitan feel of the bustling city just mere feet away. instead it had a nice, though obviously man-made, outdoors-y feel to it. There were other trainers, perhaps ones just as green as herself, off in distance, battling one another. There were people just strolling back, some having picnics, some resting on benches, and some just feeding the local wildlife... Something that made the blonde frown. One shouldn't carelessly feed pokemon human foods or treats... It wasn't good for their health.
Oh well, she could chide and rant and scream at the thoughtless masses later, for now... Where was that pi--
"-Gee....?"
Evelyn's eyebrows rose, her eyes widened, her mouth formed into a very distinct 'o'-shape.
There, by some bushes, a bit further into the park, a strange creature emerged. Popping up and out of the tall grass, like a pop-up-pirate, a brown, fuzzy... Rabbit-mouse-sphere-thing with brown fur appeared. Evelyn was... Mesmerized... Her eyes sparkled and she could barely see or register anything else. What... What was this adorable fluff-muffin!? Coming to her senses, she quickly fumbled around in her pockets and retrieved the Rotom Phone.
... Which, now of all times, decided to let out an electronic 'ding!' and the notification of: You've got mail!
"Not. Now."
Swipe to ignore.
Aiming the scanner-ma-doo-bop, she managed to catch the strange, brown, ring-pattern-tail pokemon before it ducked back down into the grass. It was... A Sentret.
"... Sentret, huh? mm, yes. I've decided. That fleecey furball's gonna be my first."
Phrasing aside, Evelyn clenched her fist and was filled with determination. A goal had been set, and now it was time to act upon it! Seize the day and ... Teach a man to fish, or something. Anyway. Reaching for her belt, she nabbed Joltik's pokemon, perofrmed a stylish spinning pirouette in place, and lobbed her partner's pokeball up into the air!
... Except she then decided to lean forward a bit and cross her legs after the toss, posing for... Nobody in particular... With the subsequent effect of her own thrown pokeball coming back down, bonking her on the head and releasing Joltik onto her back, who, in turn, panicked when he realized he was about to fall face-first into the ground and latched onto Evelyn. This decision, of course, caused the girl who wasn't prepared for the addition of extra weight, nor standing in a way that would allow her to support such sudden additional weight, promptly fell forward. Flat on her face. Very undignified.
"Glmfhpt...!"
Joltik, having successfully avoided falling onto the ground, chittered in relief as he sat snuggly on his trainer's back, looking around at all the marvelous new sights his tiny eyes had never seen before. The vast, open skies. The large, towering trees. The swaying, fragrant grass. The pleasatnly trickling water of the pond. The many other unfamiliar pokemon. The--
"Jmmltiph... Ghe offgh!"
Speaking face-.first down into the dirt, Joltik only now realized he was actually sitting on top of his trainer and let out a panicked noise, before unlatching from Evelyn's back and jumping down onto the grass next to his collapsed human. Rising from her fall, Evelyn gave the little bug a ... Complicated... Look. The little creature in turn, merely turned its head sideways, then scuttled up next to the girl and nuzzled her leg affectionately. Evelyn let out sigh and brushed herself off.
"... Geez... Nobody better have seen that." She pouted sourly. "Anyway, Joltik. Listen up!" She commanded, and the little electro-bug snapped to attention, looking up at her with great expectations in his multiple eyes! Or, he was just having a Pavlovian response to hearing his name. "We're gonna catch, a sentret! One of those things." She dramatically pointed towards the bushes she'd looked at before, where another one of the furry brown fuzzballs just popped up. Joltik tilted its head as it looked at the strange pokemon, then looked back at Evelyn.
"It's going to be our first battle, our first catch, and your first new friend for life! Are you ready, boy?" Her voice was filled with a renewd energy and vigor, having reminded herself of the task at hand. Joltik made some noise in response, bounced forward, infront of Evelyn, and did a little spin before facing towards their new target. Of course, the chic girl made sure to look around so there were no humans or other pokemons who could accidentlaly get caught in a crossifre and end being collaterally inconvenienced by a sudden battle. And when it was confirmed that no such thing were going to be an issue...
"Alright, Joltik! Go!"
And so begins Evelyn's attempt at catching a Wild Sentret.