Welcome/Welcome back, you crazy diamonds!

[spiritcrystal]

[An island! This is most certainly not where everyone was just a few moments ago. ...Alright, maybe some of you were on an island. Don't get cheeky.

At everyone's feet is a small note. It gives no description of their location or explanation, of course; it only says one simple thing.

Please choose one.

The note comes along with three Pokéballs with different "starter" Pokémon in them- the three Pokémon can be anything, from a Froakie, Charmander, and Treecko to a Rattata, Patrat, and Bidoof if you're particularly unlucky- and everything in between. If it's not a legendary Pokémon, it's fair game.

Of course, you can only pick one! Trying to go for a second will leave you thinking that you better not get too greedy. If you're one of those types that wouldn't care either way, the other two Pokéballs will simply disappear.

Now go forth, and into a world of Pokémon!]

Comments

[championfire]

Right, I'm from Kanto.

{ Good enough to treat it like it's a question anyway.}

You can? That...would be really useful.

[big_mistake]

You can learn their names from them.

I will answer what your pokedex would have told you about them - or, at least, what I myself know.

[Which is a lot.]

[championfire]

Alright. { Let's let them out, and so he can at least hear the names before he picks.}

I...guess I just need to know what types they are? Or if there's anything special about them.

[big_mistake]

There's something special about every Pokemon.

[But.]

Honedge. [He points.] I would caution you against grasping it by the hilt. It will wrap the sash around any who should be so foolish and drain their life energy. It is both Steel type and Ghost type.

The Pumkaboo is also a Ghost type, though it is also a Grass type. The Litleo is a Fire type and a Normal type.

[championfire]

Well! Yeah! But I mean. Some might require special care, or stuff you know to evolve. { Or to not touch...so as to die from getting my life drained out.}

Steel and Ghost could be kind of useful...but that might also get someone into trouble if they didn't know and tried to touch him. ...So I guess since I don't have a Ghost-Type, I should take Pumpkaboo, that way someone else could have a Fire-type if they don't already have one.

Thanks...er I don't think I caught your name....

[big_mistake]

[Alternatively, leaving the Honedge unsupervised might cause just as much trouble... but the choice is the Trainer's, not AZ's.]

Honedge and Litleo both evolve with experience, as most Pokemon do. So far as I know, Litleo's evolution, Pyroar, evolves no further. Honedge's evolution, Doublade, evolves into Aegislash with the application of a Dusk Stone.

Pumpkaboo evolves when it is traded, much like a Kadabra or a Graveler.

I am AZ. And your name, Trainer?

[championfire]

{ Aw man you have a point...but hopefully others will know not to touch it. Also, how do you know so much... Man, you're really impressive. I wish I knew as much as you did just off the top of my head about Pokémon.

I'm Red, it's nice to meet you.

[big_mistake]

I have the advantage of experience. [Lifetimes of experience.]

It's nice to meet you as well, Red. [He reminds AZ a little of the progidal trainer who defeated Lysandre, though he can't quite put his finger on what, exactly, about Red reminds him of that trainer.]

[championfire]

I guess that's true.

You must really care about Pokémon a lot too to want to learn so much about them. { And you remind him a lot of Prof. Oak. Though it might be because your both older and know tons on Pokémon.}

[big_mistake]

They've been a very important part of my life.

[Though, AZ supposes, that's true for most Pokemon trainers.]

[championfire]

Ah. Me too. I never would have been able to help get rid of Team Rocket, or take on the Pokémon League if I didn't have my Pokémon with me.

[big_mistake]

[... Yes, Red definitely reminds AZ of the trainer who defeated Lysandre.]

You've led a very interesting life, for one so young. It was very brave, to fight a group of criminals like that. I'm glad your faith in your Pokemon was rewarded.

[championfire]

Well, I mean it wasn't that big of a deal. You can't just let people take over whole cities and disturb the graves of Pokémon. ...Though Green and Leaf helped a lot too, so it wasn't just all us.

[big_mistake]

[Graves. Disturbing Pokemon graves. Just the thought of how he might have felt if someone had disturbed Floette's grave...]

[It may have been thousands of years ago, but it still feels fresh when he thinks about it, and he can feel his temper bubbling. His fist clenches at his side without even thinking about it.] No. No, you cannot. Despicable.

[championfire]

You don't have to get angry, we fixed it, and even managed to calm down the Marowak's Ghost and put it back to rest. { Head tilt, yeah it's a bad thing but it got stopped, you don't need to get mad now over it.}