<b>Round Primary</b><br/><br/><br/>Eleyna sat quietly, staring at the lantern. She absent mindlessly rubbed her thumb across her forefinger, triggering a tiny jolt of sharp pain. She glanced down at her finger, looking at her skin. She saw a tiny little sliver embedded beneath her skin, a splinter. She stared at it for a moment then reached down and dug her finger nail into her skin, she pulled it out, holding the tiny little thing up in front of her, the light from the lantern shining behind its silhouette.<br/><br/>She smirked, her head drooping.<br/><br/><span style="color: blue">When I came here... I was nothing. I was just a stupid girl with a fairy tale in her head.</span>Her hat obscured her face behind the shadow its bill cast. The boulder badge on its face gleamed in the light.<span style="color: blue">I thought being a trainer was supposed to be natural. That you were just born to it. I was <i>stupid</i>!</span><br/><br/>Eleyna stood up, the kimono's loose front showing her neckline. She planted her hand on her hip, a fire burning in her eyes.<span style="color: blue">Being a trainer isn't about taking the path of least resistance. Its not about bowing to what life deals to you. Being a trainer is about taking every obstacle and overcoming it. Yeah, it'll hurt. Its going to be hard, and there's going to be plenty of times when you want to give up. But being a trainer is about spitting in the face of everyone and everything that tries to stop you! </span><br/><br/>Eleyna clenched her fist, her face contorting. She dropped her head, hiding the tears forming in her eyes behind the shadow of her blue hat. In the corner of the room, Growlithe looked on.<span style="color: blue">You want to be a trainer, then you have to learn to stand, even when the weight of the world falls on your shoulders... even when it feels like you can't succeed no matter what... </span><br/><br/>Eleyna raised her head, proudly, tears streaking her cheeks.<span style="color: blue">But being a trainer means that you never give up, no matter what! You want to be a trainer, then there is nothing that's impossible!</span><br/><br/>She grinned boldly,<span style="color: blue">And I don't know about the rest of you, but no ones running me off the path. Not some stubborn Growlithe, not some flock of Pidgey, and sure as hell not some Pokemon thinking its a god. My path lies on Yugen, and whatever it throws at me is just fine... because I'm a trainer now, not some weepy little girl. So the rest of you can either join me, or get the hell out of my way!</span>She pointed around the circle.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>