ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Not all that long Librarian, Route 201 is pretty short.

-Wakes up in room-

"(*yawns*) Morning... Did we want to try and find Tagg right after breakfast?"

<Vlad: "Isn't he just going to the town over from here?">

<Milo: "Yeah, plus I thought that he said that he was going to meet up with some of his older Pokemon...">

<Lardna: "I suppose that we could... Though maybe we should take it a little easy...">

"I guess that's fine... Are there any objections?"

<Teala: "No, that sounds fine.">

<Shaun: "Nope.">

<Nadia: "... No...">

<Shaun: "... Nadia, are you sure? If you really have an objection you should just be candid...">

<Nadia: "I really don't, Shaun.">

<Vlad: "Hey Nadia, do you mind if I glided alongside you as we walked to Sandgem Town?">

<Nadia: "Oh... Okay.... Any reason?">

<Vlad: "Oh... I thought that you would be practicing how to fly. Seeing as you seem to have the hang of ascending and descending...>

<Nadia: "Oh, sure.">

Posts will be fairly erratic today.

In a debate, will not be able to post till noon.

- Smiles -

Well, should we keep going then?

We shall.

-Starts walking to Sandgem Town-

- Starts walking as well, my Unova team following closely behind us -

-follows along, Yin still at her side-

-After a short walk, we enter Sandgem Town-

Now to get to Professor Rowan's lab.

-Me and my Pokémon follow everyone else.-

Flare: <Wanna' know what I'm looking forward too?>

Woolly: <Sure! What is it?>

Flare: <Well, I want to have a fight with Hotstuff.>

Lake: <Really?>

Flare: <Yeah. She's a Fire and Fighting Type just like me. So battling her is going to be very interesting for me.>

Lake: <I bet after being cooped up in the lab for so long, she'll be itching for a battle.>

Flare: <Sweet. Do you think I'll be able to win against her?>

Lake: <I dunno. She's DS' strongest Pokémon, so you might have trouble...But I think you might be able to.>

Flare: <Awesome.>

-Checks out of room, after eating breakfast-

"We should probably get going. Knowing Dr. Tagg, he's probably near Sandgem Town if he's not already in it."

-Sets out with group on Route 201-

-I just keep sitting on Solly's back, watching the road ahead for the first sign of the town.-

I haven't been in Sinnoh for so long... I wonder how everyone's doing...

-Looks behind himself-

Darn you guys walk slow.

Well, sorry. It's not my fault you walk so fast.

-I look up at Rowan's lab- Haven't been here in a while...

edited 3rd Jun '11 9:41:51 AM by theLibrarian

- Runs over to the lab, and knocks on the door -

Professor Rowan? It's me, DS!

- I hear something on the other side of the door -

...!

- I take a few steps backwards, just before an excited Infernape and Espeon bursts through the door and glomps me, knocking me over in the process -

HotStuff: <DS! DS! DS! DS! DS!>

Velvet: <You're finally back!>

Hehe... I missed you too!

- I sit up, rubbing my back with my hand for a moment before wrapping one arm around HotStuff and scratching behind Velvet's ears with the other hand -

It's so good to see you again!

Hey! I don't want to be a rotten egg! Get back he-

-Before I can finish, ny entire team stampedes past me.-

-...I guess you guys don't either. Wait up!

-I rush after everyone else.-

-Decides to merely stand in the background-

-I walk into the backyard of the lab, spotting a small domed rock with a small tree and several tiny mountains growing out of it. I grin and jump over the fence, charging at Torterra and jumping on him-

Hey, Torterra!

Torterra: -Jerks awake with a start, then starts laughing when he hears my voice- <Master! What are you doing here?>

Seeing you guys!

Um, Professor Rowan, may I please use your PC server?

Lake: <Alright! This must be the Sandgem Town Lab!>

Woolly: <Yay! I wasn't last!>

Flare: <Who was, then?>

-My Pokémon look around, trying to determine who's missing.-

Pepper: <Wait! Where's Luke?>

I'm...Here...

-I come up to the others, puffing and panting.-

Okay...Guess I'm...A rotten egg...Than...

edited 3rd Jun '11 9:48:30 AM by Luke924

Yin: <What are you doing? Can't you see that something terrible is about to happen?>

Oh, right. Let's get you back to the PC. I think you need a break.

Yin: <Don't do this! Listen to me!>

-walks off to the Pokemon Center in Sandgem-

Say hi to Sunny and Nevermore for me, okay?

Yin: <No! Stop!>

-recalls Yin into his Poke Ball and exchanges it at the PC for a Premier Ball-

-sigh- I thought he was never going to shut up.

Sparq: <DS!> (runs out through the door, running over to me and climbing onto my shoulder)

Hi, Sparq!

Briar Rose: (walking out through the door, carrying Silvermist in her hands) <Hi DS!>

Silvermist: <Welcome back!>

Rose! Silvermist!

- Briar Rose puts Silvermist down on my lap, I notice that Silvermist is still somewhat wet from just having been taken out of the aquarium she had been spending most of her time in while in the lab, but I don't mind -

- Briar Rose then wraps her arms around my leg, hugging it -

... Wings?

- Wings flies out through the door, stopping just above me and my Sinnoh team -

Wings: <So, you're back.>

Yeah!

Wings: (a small smile crosses his face) <... I've really missed you.>

- Wings hovers down and joins the group hug between me and the rest of my Sinnoh team -

Can someone give a recap of whats going on?

Some of us are in Sandgem Town now.

-After getting permission, I attach my laptop to the server, and release my Sinnoh and Hoenn teams from my boxes-

Oh boy...

-Is immediately glomped by a myriad of Pokemon-

edited 3rd Jun '11 10:01:23 AM by rmctagg09

-Somewhere on Route 201, the group as a whole is hiking towards Sandgem Town. Nadia and Vlad are at the rear of the group, practicing divebombs-

-Nadia swoops down after an ascent and rakes the top of a patch of tall grass-

<Vlad: "You're doing great, Nadia! That's two in a row!">

<Nadia: "But I'm still missing more than half of my targets...">

<Vlad: "You've been flying for about a week, don't go so hard on yourself...">

<Nadia: "I suppose...">

<Vlad: "Hmm... If you're up to it, would you mind me suggesting another thing that you should try?">

<Nadia: "For divebombing?">

<Vlad: "Actually, it's for something different, though we'll start off with the things that you've learned with divebombing... Try to chain 3 divebombs without landing.">

<Nadia: "B-B-But I can't even perform two divebombs properly consistently!">

<Vlad: "The important thing isn't being able to hit three patches of grass, you don't even have to try to do that if you don't want to... It's being able to see whether or not you can stay aloft for extended periods of time.">

<Nadia: "Oh! I guess I could do that...">

-Nadia flies up, and swoops down before ascending again. On her second descent she narrowly avoids crashing into the ground before pulling off a third ascent and descent-

<Nadia: "Like that?">

-Notices that Nadia's divebombs have been in an erratic pattern-

<Vlad: "You're going to need to learn how to bank pretty soon... Um, yeah. That was actually pretty good... Now this time, try the same thing, except try and descend at shallower angles.">

<Nadia: "... Why shallower angles?">

<Vlad: "Just try it...">

"Looks like she's improving quite a bit..."

<Milo: "What made you guess? The fact that she's only crashed once while we've been walking, or the fact that Vlad's been babbling words of encouragement non-stop?">

"Both, actually."

<Teala: "How far are we to Sandgem Town?"

"Not far, though we might want to let Vlad and Nadia continue working a little..."