"Ya know Dad, if I had to lay eggs that big, I'd be pretty cranky with you too!" Illyana called teasingly as he walked to deal with her mom. She looked over the incredibly large - and incredibly<i>cool</i>- bag, and tried to pick it up, only to find that it was, in fact, quite heavy. She looked at it in bewilderment. "Like, I'm strong, but not<i>that</i>strong...maybe I'll just get used to it?"<br/><br/>She shook her head and headed upstairs, trying to quiet the butterflies in her stomach. She undressed, and took a look at herself in the mirror. "Ok, Lilly." Using her mom's pet name for her. "You got this. You're gonna be awesome. You're gonna kick ass, and chew bubblegum, and<i>cuddle the hell outta them cute pokeboys</i>." She snickered. Not that the adventure and becoming a better person wasn't a huge part of wanting to finally leave the house, but frankly..she just got lonely sometimes. Illyana was nervous anyway, despite the bravado. She'd been around plenty of Pokemon, bot attached and unattached, but it was quite different to have to go out there and convince one to follow you, right? And besides, once she caught one, then what would actually building trust and friendship even be like? Illyana shook her head again. She could either be here all day worrying, or she could get dressed and face it all head-on!<br/><br/>And so she started going through her closet, picking out which clothes to take, and mostly..what to even wear today, where she would possibly gain her first ever Pokemon? Something fun, flirty, easy to move around in....and as always with her clothes, it usually came down to a bikini. Her caramel-brown skin tone and tan lines spoke of an incredible amount of time spent at the beach. And so she slipped one on, a fun shimmering pink two-piece, with the top lacing at her neck and back with thin string and only just covering her chest, and the bottom sitting very low on her hips, but lacing twice just above her thighs and again high above her hips. What followed was a crystal raindrop bellybutton deco, with matching earrings for her fin-like ears. A pair of low-rise denim pants, low so the serpent tattoo on her lower back wouldn't be hidden, kept her bellybutton in full view and showed off her bikini panties too. A slim waterproof black jacket, cropped to cover the chest, was kept open since it wouldn't be able to zip up over her chest anyway. And to round it out, Illyana slipped on some silver beach sandals. She looked over herself in the mirror, nodded, put the final touches on her makeup - bright eyeshadow, hot-red lipstick -, and put her long blonde and blue hair in a ponytail. She threw all of her clothes into a small suitcase - hopefully one that would fit into the backpack - and waltzed out of her room, head held high.<br/><br/>"Mom, Dad, I'm heading out!"