Consequences of a Break -- 20 years ago... Ash Ketchum's adventures had come to an end. It had been many years since he had started his journey; but having defeated the Gym Leaders of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and the Organe Islands, besting the seven Battle Frontier Brains, and managing to drastically weaken Teams Aqua, Magma and Galactic, along with foiling the plots of Team Rocket far too many times to count, he was weary; weary of travel, tired of fighting, and sick of sabotaging Team Rocket. Maybe, some day, the spark of travel would return; but for now, he just wanted to settle down and rest... and so he did. The world's most famous trainer went under the radar just as quickly as he had come. How long would it be until he came back into the spotlight? No one could tell. For a time, activities considerably slowed down.
It was not to last. For in the depths of the criminal underworld, the remnants of Team Rocket, the largest and most dangerous organized crime group of all and best known for their constant defeat by Ketchum, plotted. Giovanni, their failure of a leader, was quietly usurped by the Shadow Admins, four trainers whose identities still remain unknown. With this change of hats, their armies began to grow, their plans became more full-proof than before, and they planned to succeed, no matter the cost. Training regimens grew; policies were revamped, allowing for far more aggressive behavior than ever before. The world was in for a very nasty surprise.
Normally, fate would not allow this: A group of trainers would come along and ruin Team Rocket's dastardly scheme. They would be praised, while Team Rocket was left without any solid ground to stand upon. But in a moment of curiosity, she turned the tables. How would people fare when everything as they knew it was pulled out from under their feet?
The Takeover -- 15 years ago... Team Rocket's plan was simple: Infiltrate the governments of the largest regions, and corrupt them from the inside out. And so they did, beautifully, slyly and near perfectly. As their spies made their way into the roots of the main governments, planting the seeds for the Rockets' new reign, the organization built their armies. All too soon, they were ready.
Their announcement came like a storm, their takeover akin to a flood through a field of fire. Using their sheer force, they came, crushing any resistance, erecting fortresses in the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh regions. Whole towns burned and fell; law enforcers could do nothing against them. In days, they had full control, and their only rivals, the remainders of Teams Aqua, Magma and Galactic, were destroyed without mercy. For once in their existence, Team Rocket had won.
Only two places were able to hold off the invasion, though not for very long. The Orange Islands were overrun, their inhabitants now watched like a worm by a hawk. The Sevii Islands, meanwhile, were completely decimated, abandoned by their own inhabitants, ignored by the Rockets afterward due to the bad memories they held. All that was before was gone; Gym Leaders, Elite Four members, famous trainers, like Ash Ketchum, Gary Oak and Richie Hiroshi, and Legendary Pokémon alike, the only symbols of hope, were driven into hiding. All hope was lost...
Or so it seemed.
Team Liberty -- 10 years ago... In the Rockets' celebration, they had forgotten one key location: The Sevii Islands. They had been harmed, all right, abandoned, maybe, but they were not gone. Their ruins remained; many treasures were left there, the building materials for a resistance, and on top of that, their location had pretty much been forgotten by the Rockets. These islands were to provide the building blocks of a new group of heroes: Team Liberty.
Drastic measures had to be taken. A large group of trainers gathered here, relatively unknown, but powerful. Many had lost their homes, were labeled as outlaws, and were being hunted, but they had still remained strong, retaining their inner strength. Lead by three powerful trainers - Markus Aleivy (CODENAME: Goldhawk), Kayn Umbra (CODENAME: Blackskull) and Shannon Ramirez (CODENAME: Bluefalcon) - they established Team Liberty, the polar opposite of Team Rocket. Using this new name and the resources of the Sevii Islands, they built their own base of operations. Soon enough, they made their presence known. Captured cities praised them; the Rockets glared in disdain, immediately declaring and preparing for war.
They began recruiting, training newcomers as best as they could, so that they, too could help in the liberation of the world. You are a member of this team.
Present Time... The day has come. You have trained. You have prepared. And you are now ready.
Time: 6:30 A.M. The war has tipped in favor of the Rockets. Times are desperate; even now, recruits are hurriedly being trained, so that they may assist Team Liberty in their efforts against the Rocket tyranny. You are one such recruit; you have been trained, prepared for battle as best as you possibly could. You are ready for battle.
You awake to find your Pokétch blinking. You open it, reading the message inside. It reveals that you have just been promoted to a full Agent. Along with this are the details of your next mission. It appears that you are being assigned to a certain region, in order to find a specific Gym Leader or other entity, and/or assisting on the field in some other way. Before this, however, you must head to the Pokémon Center and select three starter Pokémon, where you will also meet your teammates and board your assigned helicopter. Eagerly, you get dressed, and head down, excited for the coming adventure.
Main Objectives [1] Acquire assistance from any willing outside trainers and Pokémon. Beware of spies! [2] Retrieve all Legendary Pokémon, Gym Leaders, and Elite Four members. [3] Capture as many key areas from the Rockets as possible. [4] Defeat Team Rocket and its leaders and shut down all remaining Rocket facilities to restore a reasonable amount of peace to the world.
Other Objectives [1] Train your Pokémon. [2] Fill the ranks of your Pokémon team. Remember that you are only allowed six Pokémon with you at any time throughout the RP.
Gameplay: Yeah. So, that was an epic spheal, right? Cool.
So, yeah. If you didn't figure it out already, basically, in this RP, the Rockets have taken over. You play as a member of the resistance team, Team Liberty. At the beginning, you head down to the Pokémon Center and choose your Pokémon. You will also be assigned to a team, who will travel with you on your mission.
Missions vary -- some will simply be to locate a Gym Leader, Elite Four member, or some other person/Pokémon, while others will be to, say, escort someone from place to place, raise awareness for TL or shut down a Rocket Facility. Eventually, we'll move to defeating the Shadow Admins, one at a time, finally ending in an epic battle between Team Liberty and Team Rocket -- assuming we last that long (pleeease let us last that long!!)
At the beginning of the RP, I'll assign you your team members and your missions. Be aware that I do this by random selection to avoid bias, and that teams are subject to shuffling down the road.
Character profile Fill this form out and post it here, should you wish to join.
Name: This is so ridiculously obvious that the only note I'm going to add is that you need to use a logical name - something like Daniel Pepper or Emily Johnson, for instance. For realism, you can add a last name. Age: 12-60. Description: This is the physical description of your character. Hair color, eye color, height, and clothes should be listed here, as well as other such information. Personality: This is your character's personality. Please do not make your character perfect - everyone has their flaws, no matter how much you may say otherwise. Also, describe! Make it in-depth! We need to know how your character would act! Do NOT put, "Fun, smart, loving." OR "Doesn't tell anyone." Background: What is your character's history? Who are his or her parents" Where was he or she born? Not required, but greatly appreciated. Pokémon: You may start with three Pokémon. However, before choosing, check the list further down to see which Pokémon are unusable.
Rules
[1] At the moment, I am not putting a restriction on the amount of people allowed in. This may change in the future. However, I have a bit of a request: Don't join this is you plan on joining just to join. It has happened too many times to count, and it's ridiculous. If you are not going to stick with the role-play, do NOT join it, it's that simple.
[2] Do NOT spam or flame. In the case of flaming, if you have a problem with someone, take it up with them or me through PM. Also, try to avoid posting one line, pointless, and barely on-topic fully OOC posts. This is considered spamming, and I am not going to be kind about this. If it's on topic, though, it's okay.
[3] Please try to use the best grammar that you can.
[4] Be realistic. Don't climb up Lavender Tower in one post and then climb back it the next. Don't include conflicts with the Rockets or whatever in every single one of your posts. It is extremely annoying when posts are abundant with fights, and when everyone is zipping around everywhere. Honestly; did Frodo reach Mordor in one chapter of The Lord of the Rings? Didn't think so.
[5] You may NOT win every single battle (god-modding). No, I do not mean you can win ten battles in a row and then lose one, I mean that you have to even out your wins and losses - against ALL groups, be it the Rockets, NPCs, etc.
[6] Keep your evolutions realistic. Elaboration below.
[7] Remember to use OOC (out of character) and IC (in character). It's almost impossible to tell whether or not you're making an IC post when you don't have those two tags. EX usage:
IC: The Rocket grunt hit Bob in the back of the head, knocking him out.
OOC: Ooh, suspense.
[8] Don't use script style. EX:
Person1: Hi. Person2: Hi.
In my opinion, it's not an actual way of role-playing, and will not count towards the story. Plus, it's against the rules, anyway.
[9] Absolutely no shiny Pokemon - at all.
[10] Enjoy your time in this RP!
Evolution Guide
I am setting limits on how often you can evolve your Pokémon, as I do not want everyone getting third-stage Pokémon right after we start. Not only is that unrealistic in terms of Pokémon realism, but it also takes away the fun of the game.
To keep things simple, I'll just say this: If you think you've fought enough to evolve, then PM me and I'll say yay or nay.
For an idea of when you should be able to evolve, here's a chart: 1st Evolution: 6-8 battles 2nd Evolution: 8 more battles. Evolution w/Stone/Item: Either use the stone/item or do 6-8 battles. Evolution w/Other Pokémon: 6-8 battles. Evolution w/Trading: Either trade or do 6-8 battles. Evolution @ Certain Location: 6-8 battles with at least 2 at that kind of location (I.E. 2 battles in forest for Leafeon.)
Simple, riiight? Good. Non-starter Pokémon When you first start off, you will be able to choose three basic-level Pokémon to start with. Below is a list of Pokémon that you can not start with. Note that you must get my consent before catching a Pokémon, preferably through PM.
These are Pokemon that you are not allowed to start with, but can catch later on. Marill, Jigglypuff, Clefairy and Pikachu - You may start with their pre-evolutions. Dratini, Larvitar, Beldum, Bagon and Gible - These may be caught later on with my say-so. Eevee - Too easy to evolve. Any Pokemon that does not/can not evolve (I.E. Chatot, Seviper, Lunatone, etc.) These Pokemon are unobtainable - period. Legendary Pokemon (Moltress, Zapdos, Entei, Rayquaza, etc.) - This does not apply on missions where you must retrieve a Legendary. However, you do not get to KEEP or USE the Legendary. Fossil Pokemon (Omanite, Kabuto, Anorith, Lileep, Shieldon, Cranidos, etc.) - Two reasons: 1. They're extinct, and 2. Team Rocket has the only technology that can restore Fossil Pokémon -- for now. These may become open in the future IF you happen upon a Fossil and WHEN we get the Fossil restoring tech back.
Note that some fossil Pokémon will be used by Rocket scientists at various times throughout the game, as the team is in possession of all of the regeneration machines and documents created thus far.
Questions Got a question? PM it to me and I will answer ASAP. Q&A will be lsited here for reference.
-Serebii.net - Quite easily the best Pokémon reference ever. -PokemonElite2000.com - For their easy to access, easy to fnd and easy to edit sprites. -All the guys over at Neoseeker who participated in The Challenge, Team Liberty, Team Takedown and Team Creation simply for their sheer inspiration.
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Name: Markus Aleivy (Goldhawk.) Age: 28. Description: 5'9" tall, with golden blond hair. He wears black jeans and an undershirt, with a gold jacket and a gold trim on his jeans, along with gold and black shoes, showing his status as an elite Electric-type trainer. His hair is usually spiked, though his bangs partially cover his bright blue eyes. Personality: Goldhawk is usually level-headed, keeping his calm under pressure and, pretty much, never letting anything get to him. He spends most of his time coming up with solutions to problems. The only time he ever loses his cool is when he is faced with someone extremely stubborn, so much so that they can only be dealt with through force - specifically, his fellow C.O. Blackskull. Background: Unknown. Pokémon:Pikachu, Magnezone, Jolteon, Luxray, Electivire, Manetric.
Name: Kayn Umbra (Blackskull.) Age: 29. Description: Rather short, standing at only 5'6" with jet black, shortish hair. He wears a black tuxedo at almost all times, with purple accents here and there, denoting his status as an expert Dark-type trainer. His hair is usually gelled back, so as to appear more formal than he actually is. Personality: Extremely stubborn, short tempered and easily annoyed, Blackskull really isn't the best leader. However, because he was Team Liberty's main source of funding, he was allowed a leadership position, though many have begun to regret that decision. His self-interested personality often causes conflict between him and the other leaders. Many have also speculated that he is a Rocket spy, though there is barely any evidence to support this. Background: Unknown. Pokémon: Tyranitar, Weavile, Absol, Drapion, Honchkrow, Houndoom.
Name: Shannon Ramirez. Age: 28. Description: 5'7" with fairly long hair that she has dyed blue. Bluefalcon usually wears blue and green cloths, making her status as a Water-type trainer quite obvious. Personality: Very caring, and definitely the wisest of the three Commanding Officers of Team Liberty. She gets easily frustrated with Goldhawk and Blackskull's constant bickering, and has little patience for stubborness and laziness. Background: Unknown. Pokémon: Blastoise, Walrein, Swampert, Vaporeon, Milotic, Lumineon.
Team Liberty Agents (Player Characters) (Aurapaw) Name: Ashley Olson Age: 12 Description: She has dark brown eyes with long brown hair, light skin, she wears a blue sweatshirt over a green shirt and also wears brown pants. Personality: always fights back to something she does not like even to her friends if they do something she does not like very she might snap back at them. But can be very sweet at times if you are not being mean or anything. Background: (not required) Pokémon: Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Treeko.
(Scorchheart) Name: Jen Kameraz Age: 16 Description: Blue eyes, black hair, baggy shorts that are black and blue, Black shirt, hight of 5ft 47in, has a white and blue bandana that her best friend gave her. She had no idea he was part of a team that was totaly bent on capturing Kyogere, the legendary water pokemon. Personality: The type who likes a good fight evey now and then, but prefers to keep her pokemon calm. She hopes to keep the rockets from getting to their goal. Background: She was born in Birch town, and had greatly enjoyed the people their. Her mother and father are retired trainers, and had only managed to get 12 badges. She later found out aftr her fathr had died that he was actually working with team rocket, and had been smuggling pokemon. She returned the pokemon that he had stolen, and had kept the ones she had gotten from Prof. Birch, the pokemon professor in Birch town. Pokémon: Charmander (Blaze), Houndor (Inferno), Shinx (Thunder), Ghastly (Spectre.)
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Name: Kori Hiroshi. Age: 17. Description: 5'10", with brown hair and blue eyes. Kori is usually seen wearing a white jacket and hat, with black jeans and white shoes. He wears a dark blue button up shirt under his jacket. Kori also has several scars on his left side, 'souvenirs' from a Rocket attack when he was younger. He also tends to carry around a silver coin, for unknown reasons. Personality: A huge chance taker and a firm believer in fate, Kori could potentially be described as a gambler, despite the fact that he doesn't gamble at all. While he is very intelligent and tends to think rationally about a situation, there have been occasions where he has left things to fate -- with either good or bad results. He has a very "go with the flow" view on life, letting it do what it pleases with him. In his spare time, he likes to play with a pair of sapphire dice, or flip his coin while he thinks. He can be irritable at times, though this has less to do with prejudice and more to do with pain from his old injuries. Background: Kori is the son of the famous Richie Hiroshi, one of Ash Ketchum's closer friends. Born in Fuschia City, Kanto, he and his parents lived a relatively peaceful life, right up until the Rocket takeover. His mother was killed in the attack, while he and his father escaped. Several years later, while operating with a small group of other trainers, Richie went missing; this motivated Kori to join Team Liberty once he was able. At some point, whilst on a training mission, his group was attacked by several Rockets, and though they managed to drive them off, Kori was injured, thus delaying his promotion to Agent. He has sworn revenge on Team Rocket, and has made finding his father his top priority. Pokémon: Totodile (Daeja), Magnemite (Kitheus), Poochyena (Dothe), Gligar (Ruaki.)
(Onyxfeather) Name: Alieen Jackson Age: 16 Description: Alieen has black hair that reaches her sholders and light green eyes. She is wearing a pair of black hightops, blue skiny jeans, a white t-shirt, and a black beanie. Personality: Creative and quirky, she isnt afraid to face danger. She can be thoughtful and dreamy at times, loud and confident, too, if shes in the mood, but is mostly very kind and quiet, and doesnt like being lied to. She tends to keep her emotions bottled up inside of him, meaning he may explode at any given time. Background: What is your character's history? Who are his or her parents" Where was he or she born? Not required, but greatly appreciated. Pokémon: Pidgey (Hoshi), Growlithe (Fudo), Nidoran(F) (Tora)
(Souki) [ Name. ] Michiko Fuji [ Female ] [ Age. ] Newly turned thirteen year old [ Description. ] She looks cute enough at first glance, what with her straight black hair cropped boyishly short and her large brown eyes behind thick glasses (which, once without, she has trouble seeing more than just blobs of color and shapes; which isn't to say she's completely useless without them--she's just kinda useless). She's not fat, nor is she skinnier than a stick. Despite her rather sedentary approach to life, it's not possible for one to be a trainer without getting around a bit and as such that has made her relatively fit. Not enough to run a marathon without breaking sweat, nor lift heavy things for miles without exhaustion, but she's used to laboring to survive. In according to the usual rough life-style she's want to live, she usually wears shirt and pants with legs detachable at the knees. No matter what the weather, she always carries around a scarf and a jacket, both of which she ties around her waist when she doesn't use them. She also carries around a carry-on bag, and what it holds varies on where she's been and if she's had time to drop things off back at 'home'. [ Personality. ] Michiko is very intelligent, and if she had had a proper schooling would have probably been considered a genius. However, as she hasn't, she's merely smart and only catches onto things quickly. Unfortunately, for all her genius, she's very much lacking in the people skills department. She makes the most inappropriate comments at the wrong moments, and despite her strong urges for self-preservation, her complete lack of ability to read a situation has her on odds with all but those with extreme levels of tolerance. It doesn't help that she has an unpleasant tendency to insult people regardless of their age if they are not someone she can respect. [ Background. ] Her parents had it hard. Since the takeover they had lost their home and everything they had known until they had met the newly-founded Team Liberty. While not overpoweringly impressive trainers, they were, however, unusually talented in taking rough-around-the-edges recruits and turning them into something to be reckoned with. Unfortunately for their child, they went missing at around the time (presumably captured, since they doted upon their daughter and would have never left without her) she underwent official training wit the Team. Five years later, her mother returned, the horrors that she had undergone etched clearly upon her features. They had been separated, and the best she could say was that her husband was still alive. Michiko's mother seemed to have lost all of her will and love for teaching, however, and Michiko was only able to learn a little from her mother before becoming a full Agent. [ Pokémon. ] Torchic (Chamo), Phanpy (Mazou), Ponyta.
(Dragonstar) Name: Zeke Raizel Age: 18 Description: Big, tough, and proud of his muscles. Zeke is about 6'2" and has dark hair and eyes. He normally wears a black shirt with the sleeves torn off at the shoulder along with tan baggy shorts. He loves to show off his tattoos, one being a snake that coils down his left arm and the other a shark on his right shoulder. He also wears a blue bandana on his head and sandals. Personality: Zeke is a "shoot first, ask questions later" kind of person. He prefers charging recklessly into something instead of trying to think it out. He's very proud of his muscles and loves showing off how strong he is. He loves the ocean and almost every water Pokemon that exists. Background: Zeke grew up in Pacifidlog town where he did little but fish and boat. His parents dissapeared when he was very young and he has living with grandpa eversince. It is believed they drowned during a storm while they were out in a boat. When the Rockets struck, Zeke was eager to join the fight against them. He claimed it was the adventure he'd been waiting his entire life for. Pokémon: Totodile (Tank)
(Umbrepaw)Name: Sage Hunter (Umberpaw) Age: 16 Description: Medium sized girl with Long layerd brown hair. Has soft hazel eyes. Always wears a silver barett in her hair. Wears silver leaf ear rings and a matching silver leaf necklace. Wears a green and white dress with white sandles. Personality: Very curious and always looking for a new adventure. Loves to explore the unknown and most of the time gets herself in a mess of trouble. Always been attracted to grass pokemon and wants to be the best grass pokemon trainer who ever lived. Wants to be a good leader, even though she can be a little stuborn at times. Determined to find the best pokemon and usually fights for them.
Background: Ran away from home to fufill her dream to become to greatest pokemon trainer ever. Ran into her first pokemon when she got lost in the forest one night and stumbled over her.
Pokémon: Eevee.
(Ebonycloud) Name: Matthew McCoy Age: 58 (Wanna play an old fart this time ^^) Description: He is a rather average high gentlemany with graying light brown hair. His chin is covered int short gray beard hair that is neatly cut in to a goatee with a mustache. His hazel eyes look out past his sunken in eyes and wrinkles crinckle their edges. Matthew wears a rather nice slouch hat that looks like a small top hat. The man wears a dark gray suite with slacks and a button up shirt underneath the coat. Personality: Matthew is often the kind of man that cant stand bad manners. As he gets older he cant help but become forgetful. He obviously started late as a pokemon trainer and therefore has a hard time trying to remember the best ways to fight and such. Background: Matthew remembers the time back before all this war broke out. He had been a much younger and naieve man. His family of five lived in peace. His young son Nathan had set out to be a pokemon trainer at the age of ten and even to this day Matthew has not seen him again. The gentleman's family was lost to the earlier years of the Rocket take over and he is all that is left now. He hides how much pain he has gone through but he can help it when those memories haunt him. Sentementally he named his cubone after his son. Pokémon: Vulpix (Ruby), Cubone (Nathan), Hoothoot (Arrow)
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name: Ashley Olson age: 12 Description: She has dark brown eyes with long brown hair, light skin, she wears a blue sweatshirt over a green shirt and also wears brown pants. personality: always fights back to something she does not like even to her friends if they do something she does not like very she might snap back at them. But can be very sweet at times if you are not being mean or anything. backround: (not required) pokemon: so we pick three starter pokemon? If so then chikorita cyndaquil and treeko.
Name: Jen Kameraz Age: 16 Description: Blue eyes, black hair, baggy shorts that are black and blue, Black shirt, hight of 5ft 47in, has a white and blue bandana that her best friend gave her. She had no idea he was part of a team that was totaly bent on capturing Kyogere, the legendary water pokemon. Personality: The type who likes a good fight evey now and then, but prefers to keep her pokemon calm. She hopes to keep the rockets from getting to their goal. Background: She was born in Birch town, and had greatly enjoyed the people their. Her mother and father are retired trainers, and had only managed to get 12 badges. She later found out aftr her fathr had died that he was actually working with team rocket, and had been smuggling pokemon. She returned the pokemon that he had stolen, and had kept the ones she had gotten from Prof. Birch, the pokemon professor in Birch town. Pokémon: Charmander, Houndor, Shinx(i checked em. tell me if one isn't available!)
Aurapaw wrote:so we pick three starter pokemon? If so then chikorita cyndaquil and treeko. Well, starter in the sense that they are the Pokémon you begin with -- but they can be any Pokémon that is at it's basic level (like Charmander, Gligar.. Pretty much anything that hasn't evolved at all,) so they don't only have to be starters from the games. =) Anyway, yeah, both of you guys are approved. And if you want to reselect your beginning Pokémon, Aurapaw, just let me know. =)
No problem. =) So, quick question: Do you guys want to start now, or should we wait for a couple more people? I'm fine either way. And if you guys want sprites for your characters, feel free to ask.
OOC: Righty, then. *Presses "Start" button* Kk; I'll have it done probably by like... later today, since I have to go sprite hunting for one that matches your character's description. But it shall be done.
Since we're the only three currently, I suppose that automatically groups us together. Anyone else... You should all join. nao. =P
IC: Four Island, 6:40 A.M. The sun had barely risen; the day was still dark, even as the tram stealthily cut its way through the night, heading away from Team Liberty's base and towards the larger than average Pokémon Center. Both base and healing facility are large, though the former easily dwarfs the latter when compared; Kori could see that all too easily, silently looking back as his lift neared the Pokémon Center. He checked his Pokétch again, reading the message that he had received a mere fifteen minutes before. He had read it several times already; yet each time he did so, he felt the same mix of pride and resentment as he had the last time.
Kori, along with at least a dozen others, all of whom were in the tram with him, had just been promoted to Agent status -- that is, an official soldier of Team Liberty. Agents were responsible for the rescues of Gym Leaders, Elite Four members and legendary Pokémon that had been captured by Team Rocket. Normally, one would be astonished and excited at the promotion, mostly due to the prospect of being such an important part of the team. Kori, however, was not so happy; he was wary of the fact that Agents had a tendency to be K.I.A. on the field -- they had lost ten of them this month alone -- not to mention the sheer weight of the job. But he would manage -- somehow he knew he would. But would the others here, these other new Agents?
Moments later, the tram had touched down a short way from the Pokémon Center. Kori followed the others as they exited, heading into the facility. They were greeted by one of the many Agent Joys in Team Liberty. "Good morning," she called; she didn't sound tired at all. "You must be the new group of Agents I was informed of." The group confirmed this. Joy nodded, smiling. "Good. If you'll come this way, you will be able to choose your partner Pokémon..." They followed her through a large, metal double door. Most of the Agents' jaws dropped upon entering: They had just entered what appeared to be a Pokémon warehouse. There were hundreds of pens, all of which housed a certain species of first-stage Pokémon. Charmanders, Gligars, Shinx, Pichus, and hundreds of others scurried about inside of their homes, playing or watching the new arrivals.
"You may each choose three Pokémon to start with," Joy explained. "These will accompany you on your missions, serving as friends and as protection. Once you have chosen yours, then you may bring them to me so as to register them to you. Good day!" The facility manager exited, leaving the Agents to choose their new partners.
ooc: im gonna keep the pokemon i have in: Ashley smiled happily as she saw all the pokemon. "Oh yay I can't wait to have my own pokemon!" Ashley ran up to one of the pokemon pens. It had chikorita in it. "Awww, its so cute!" Ashley said. She put her hand closer wondering if it would come close.