"I've only been gone for a couple hours!..."

[A.J.]

"...And yet you insist to check up on me this early mom?"

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"Yes."

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"Of course I remembered my cell phone, how else am I talking to you?"

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"Yes, yes, yes, I didn't forget anyth-"

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"Even clean underwear..."

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"I love you too, bye."

Yugo slammed his cellphone shut, covering his face with his free hand in embarrassment. At least nobody saw him. He couldn't really see any other people on the route, something he wasn't accustomed to. It was weird having absolutely nobody around out in the open like this, he felt so... isolated. He could occasionally hear ruffling of leaves or faint cries of pokemon, so he knew it wasn't completely bare. I guess the pokemon were shy- pokemon!

He almost completely forgot about his own pokemon he had just received from the laboratory. His bulbasaur, Asaka, was in her pokeball, still being clutched in Yugo's left hand. Fumbling with the foreign device, he stopped in his tracks to try and figure it out. He never really paid attention on how the pokemon trainers on T.V. could open the pokeballs. He just saw them hold them outwards, and calling out their pokemon's name. As he turned the red and white sphere around in his hands he noticed the button right at the front could be pushed in. "Aha..." He mumbled to himself, as he turned the front of the pokeball to face away from him.

"Asaka, you can come out now," He said with a mix of gentleness and forced confidence. He pressed the button and immediately a flash of light came from the ball. It faded just as quick as it came, and his bulbasaur was now sitting back on her hind legs, looking up at Yugo. "Hey," he said to her, slowly crouching down to her level, though still being about a foot taller, "I'm Yugo, your new trainer. We've just left the lab, and we're on a path to the next city."

The bulbasaur looked excited and nodded its head. "Bulba!" She replied enthusiastically. Her red eyes looked rather soft and light, rather than the menacing feeling that the color suggests. She looked very healthy, and her bulb was very bright and strong.

"We should keep on moving though, we can't make any progress standing still!" He chuckled a bit to himself, getting back up to his own feet. Asaka simply responded by getting back up on all fours and turning around to keep on walking. She seemed to really like being out with nature. She seemed to be more bright and bubbly than when she was in the lab.

[Ayra Calaenlen]

The route was the absolute perfect example of peaceful. The soft breeze was blowing through the leaves of the few tall trees that were scattered about the route, however, it was obvious that fall was fast approaching. A few of the normally lush, bright green leaves had a faint tinge of yellow to them now. Eventually, of course, they would completely lose their green color to red, yellow, orange, and even brown hues, falling from the limbs that they had swayed on for the entire summer.

The air was still warm, however, and the sky was bright and full of sunlight. A few Pidgey soared high above, their chirps audible even from the route far below. They were beginning to consider flying more towards the southern end of the Lanorae region, towards the islands and more tropical areas where food was available year round. Grubs could not be found in the winter, so as soon as fall began to end they would head for the warmer regions.

The more rodent-like Pokemon were too preparing for winter. A few berries were obviously buried beneath the soil and grasses in a few areas, ripening as they awaited collection when food became almost impossible to find. Even though summer was not quite yet over, the Pokemon were preparing for the winter season. After all, those who delayed much longer would starve near the end of winter.

Speaking of rodent Pokemon, one was scavenging around a bush a couple hundred feet ahead, its spikey ears and tail twitching as it snuffled around a berry bush, searching for berries that had fallen and were now good to be buried. It was brown and beige in color, and its fur had a somewhat spikey look to it as well. Even from the distance Yugo was at, it would be quite obvious that the scavenging Pokemon was a Zigzagoon, a rather common sight on this route.

"Agoon.. goon goon..." it muttered, picking up an Oran Berry it had found and sticking it in its dense fur to free up its front paws again. Whatever it could find was good. Oran Berries were a good source of nourishment, really, a Sitrus Berry would be better but Orans were a bit more common and easier to find.

The small Pokemon's ears flicked backward, but it didn't seem to notice Yugo from such a distance away. After all, the wind was whispering towards the trainer, not from him, so the rodent couldn't catch a scent on the air. It seemed to shrug and stuck its head into the bush again to continue looking for whatever it could find.

Event!
You have spotted a Zigzagoon!


A few more Pidgey suddenly exploded out of a nearby bush and took off into the air, soaring high above and following the other flock. The Zigzagoon still paid no heed to them, its chocolate brow eyes focused upon the bush it was looking for berries under. After all, if you delay, you pay... at least that's what it and most other Pokemon thought. It didn't want to starve in the middle of winter, and it much rather have food left over than none left at the end of it. So, it continued looking for more, more, more....

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[A.J.]

Yugo didn't notice the animal pokemon at first, and it was Asaka who really pointed the little guy out. "Saur," She said sort of softly, as if to try and not let the Zigzagoon hear. Yugo looked down at Asaka, confused at first, but then noticing the Zigzagoon rustling in the bushes.

"Hey," He replied to his pokemon, mimicking her soft tone, "You need to train. This would be a great opportunity." He stopped walking and turned to face Asaka, who followed suit to face him. "Think you have any cool moves up your sleeve to win a battle against this guy?" Yugo wasn't really sure what Asaka could do yet, and didn't have the intelligence to check by using his pokedex. However, he did know he should check out the device soon. Maybe after this battle.

"Bulbasaur!!" She nodded excitedly, but still keeping low volumed voice. She prepped herself in a fighting stance and tucked her head down lower a bit, trying to look as menacing as she could. Still facing her trainer, the grass pokemon growled softly so only Yugo could hear. Yugo smiled. It was pretty good intimidation.

"That's great!" He praised her, "And then can you run at it with a head butt or tackle or something?" She nodded again enthusiastically. "Okay," He continued, "Go ahead then. I'll be right behind you."

Asaka slowly tip-toed over to the unsuspecting Zigzagoon, getting about half a dozen feet away. She then got back into the exact position that she did before her trainer, and began growling at a low tone. She then crescendoed her growl until she couldn't possibly get louder, hoping it would take the Zigzagoon off guard.

[Ayra Calaenlen]

The Zigzagoon jumped with a loud squeak of surprise, dropping the second Oran Berry it had just picked up, though apparently the first was still safely hidden in its fur coat. It had not been expecting a Growl out of nowhere like that, and it looked around frantically in an attempt to find the source.

Its brown eyes rested on the Bulbasaur and it jumped again. When had it gotten there? How could it sneak up on the Zigzagoon like that when it was completely alert? How was this sneak attack fair! The Zigzagoon was rather angry now, not only had the Growl caused it to drop its berry, and it now couldn't see it anywhere, but its attack power, what aided it in battle, what helped it to win even, was now lowering. That was hardly any fair at all!

It shook its fur, both to loosen it up around its body and to show how irritated it was. Well then, if the Bulbasaur and trainer wanted to play that way, it would show them exactly who they were messing with! Baring its small teeth, the Zigzagoon suddenly reeled around and charged full force at Asaka with its Tackle attack. Sure, seeing she was close range he didn't exactly have much space to build up power, and seeing its attack had been lowered that too was a disadvantage, but maybe the attack would at least do /something/.

Letting loose a loud battle cry, the Zigzagoon's feet pounded the earth as it ran forward, eyes narrowed and tiny teeth still showing. It suddenly closed its eyes hoping to feel the the impact of its body on the Bulbasaur's. Hopefully, maybe even just one attack would scare her off... maybe... unlikely, but, maybe....

OoC:
Gah, short post, I apologize... *bows*

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