Thread: [PTU] Pokémon: Unbound Adventures

Pokmon Unbound Adventures Game Thread Setup Rules -- OOC -- Profiles Episode 1 Meeting the Professor Registration had been quick and easy a walk to the nearest Pokcentre, filling out some license forms, and dropping it all in the mailbox. The wait for the response? Agonising at best, and downright unbearable at worst, at least for the more impatient among the younger trainers! Instead of allow up to four weeks for a response, it should have said You're waiting at least four weeks. No, make that five! Five weeks later, however, be it by their own discovery, or by being handed it by a sibling or parent, a letter addressed to each trainer would find its' way into their hands. On the back, a fancy P. W. is visible, and inside, three simple things a license, a letter and invitation, and for those who didn't reside in Little Root Town, a bus ticket. The letter came from a woman by the name of Professor Willow. Her image a green-haired older woman in a labcoat, with a red Pokmon with many arms ending in suction cups resting around her shoulders was set into the right side of the page. The letter's content meanwhile was handwritten in a cursive style, with refined and practiced precision. The invitation noted a date for a meeting at Professor Birch's lab in Little Root Town, on the first of the coming month. 'Greetings, I wish to welcome you to the world of Pokmon, or at least, the greater world which your license will open to you. My name is Professor Willow, and this year I am handling all the new trainers seeking Pokmon in place of Professor Birch. I come from a neighbouring region and, with me, I have brought something special for you, and others who receive my letters. Please accept my apologies if you were hoping for one of Torchic, Mudkip, or Treeko, but I assure you, when you visit me in Little Root Town on the first of the following month, you will not be disappointed with what you will find. As you know, for many, Pokmon are merely pets. For you, with this license, you can now explore many different avenues for intereacting with Pokmon. You can become a Breeder, whether for profit, or provide a friend to someone in need. You'll be able to enter into various Pokmon-centric research fields, like I have done, and Professor Birch before me, or you could go the route many others go and use them for battling. A trip around the region to take on each of the gym leaders in hopes of, perhaps, challenging the Elite Four. I look forward to speaking with you on this subject because, as a scientist, I have a nigh instatiable appetite for knowledge, and boundless curiousity. Please consider this in the weeks leading up to your visit to the lab in Little Root Town. While you have been accepted by the league as a Pokmon trainer, you will still need to make it through an interview with myself to be granted a companion. A world of dreams and adventure awaits before you, but it will not be easy. Fame and fortune in any Pokmon field will not be handed to you--you will need to work hard for it. However, I can personally attest to it being very rewarding, and worth the time it takes to achieve whatever personal goals you have set for yourself. I cannot wait to meet an aspiring trainer like yourself in person, and it is my hope the feeling is mutual. Signed, Professor Willow It did, of course, mean even more waiting. However, this time the waiting likely was accompanied by increasing levels of excitement, curiousity, or for any of the shy amongst the trainers who received the letter, dread! The remaining time passed much more quickly, and before they knew it, the trainers were either on a bus ride heading toward Little Root Town, or counting down the days and eyeing the local labratory with interest. Come the first, both Vika and Suri would find themselves upon the same bus leaving Oldale town--whether they realised their purpose was similar or not is anyone's guess. Few people were on the bus with them, which made sense given the small towns in this part of the region, and if either were seeking some company it would increase the chances of the two trainers running into each other. It arrives in Little Root Town at just past 10 AM, and given the invitation time was set for noon, gave them both a few hours to look around, or get better acquainted. The other two who got off he bus with them don't wait around to chat, and head off to tend to their own business, and a few moments after picking up some people the bus turns and heads out of town. Mercy, on the other hand, would be beset by some trouble. Trouble which took the form of a little bundle of brown fur. Recently, her parents had hatched a litter of Eevee, one of which had taken quite the liking to her, and followed her almost everywhere through the house. When it came time for her to leave for the lab, she found herself with the difficult problem -- given her love of the vulpine creatures -- of deciding if she should take it with her or not. At the door she was met with big, round pleading eyes and small teeth tugging at her socks and bottoms of her pants to go with her. Though, it was only a short trip, and the lab was safe, what could go wrong? However Vika and Suri spent their time, or how Mercy handles her trouble, eventually, all three girls find themselves at the labratory's entrance come noon. They aren't alone. In total, seven people await outside the labratory to be let inside. One seems to be an energetic girl with oddly-coloured blue hair, and blue eyes to match. Heyyyy! I'm Meg! Nice to meet you! she introduces herself to each girl in-turn, as well as the others there. She wears knee-high boots, black stockings, a very small set of jean shorts, and a red-and-white top with a wide collar that leaves her shoulders uncovered, and black straps of an undershirt visible over her shoulders. Even though it is a little warm, she doesn't necessarily look like she's prepared for much adventuring. There's also a dark-haired girl with a rather large backpack. Attached to the side of the pack is an umbrella, which she's likely not going to need for some time given the clear blue skies overhead, but at least she's more prepared--she's also more modestly dressed in sturdy looking jeans, thick boots with laces up the front, a black top, and a light red spring jacket over that. A little wave is all she gives for the time being as she's talking with one of the males of the group. He's got similar dark hair, dark eyes, and supports a red ball cap with a blue jacket and jeans. He also has a backpack with him, but it's resting on the floor near his feet. The final member, who stands off to the side, is much older. His face is a bit scruffy, and he has greasy-looking gelled back hair. While the first three are all around the same age as Mercy, Suri, and Vika, this man seems to have at least a decade on everyone. He keeps to himself, and the moment the doors open and the receptionist steps out to let everyone inside--he's the first to rush in and take a seat. Professor Willow will be with you in a moment. She is just finalising some things on her end, then she will come and greet you before taking you to the habitats to see the Pokmon... the glasses-wearing man says as everyone enters, trailing off and acquiring a bit of a quizical look on his face. His fingers move as though counting each person entering. Seven people... ? he questions, his lips moving but with no voice to the words. Shaking his head, he closes the doors once everyone is inside and goes to his desk to answer the ringing phone. In the main lobby, there's a desk where the gray-clad receptionist sits, and lining the walls are many soft-cushioned seats. There are two main hallways leading elsewhere, and signs that point to a 'Lab' area and a 'Habitat' area, though electronically locked glass doors bar entry in both directions. The lobby is a little sparse with its decoration, supporting only a few potted plants, and little colour upon the white tiled floor and walls beyond a set of coloured strips. Red, green, and blue on one side of the double doors into the habitat area, which follow the wall down the hallway, then yellow, orange and violet on the other side. A guide of sorts, perhaps? Hard to say for sure.