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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The small young man, 19 year old and his genes only got him to five-foot-three-inches, strolled about the town with high hopes.  He wore his blue denim shorts-coveralls with a tan tee-shirt, hiking boots and his brown bush hat to protect the fair skin of his face and the scalp under his brown hair.  His hazel-green eyes looked on the town for what would likely be the last time for at least months.  His parents' home was on the outskirts of the town.  Davey Jones said good bye and they wished him good luck.  He was lucky, it seemed that so many trainers only had one parent or their siblings to raise them.<br/>
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After a check-up with Nurse Joy at the Pokecenter, Davey was happy to read the clean bill of health report on his newly hatched Tentacool, "Kraken".  It wasn't an octopus or a squid type pokemon, but it did have a beak and given it a nickname meant that if they ever did battle with an opposing Tentacool/Tentacruel that here wouldn't be any confusion about who was giving the pokemon it's orders.<br/>
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Davey made another stop at the Pokemart for five more pokeballs, two potions, two paralyze heals and two antidotes.  As Kraken was a water/poison type, Davey likely wouldn't need the antidotes until he caught Pokemon that weren't immune to poison.  Also, Davey picked up a refurbished Pokedex, one that had had its memory wiped, at a decent price.<br/>
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The next thing to do was figure out in which direction Davey and Kraken would take for the first steps on their Pokemon Journey.  Maybe out the forest route?  Why not?  Sure.<br/>
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Davey had just made it out of town when he saw another trainer waiting on the road that would lead him through the forest.  It was a pretty girl with dark hair and some streaks of color in it.  She had a Torchic out of it's pokeball and the two were spending time together.  Davey wanted adventure, but that meant that he and his boy, Kraken, would have to get used to Pokemon Battling.  Davey wanted his friend to get strong and grow.  But he also didn't want to bite off more trouble than the pair could chew.  He was sure he'd have to at least talk with the girl and she would likely want to battle.  Davey screwed up his courage and walked up to her, announcing his presence with a friendly, "Hi, there!"</span><br/>
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