Ridge had just left his parent's lab. He had his backpack on his back, his white lab coat draped over him upper though it was open so it was possible to see the black jeans and white polo shirt he had underneath. He thought about going to a ranch like his mother and father had both suggested but he thought that the chance to find his own, in the wild, was much more appealing. Plus, he would feel bad going to a ranch knowing that they sold threshold pokegirls there. He wouldn't feel right having a pokegirl that was once a human especially since there was that looming pressure that one day his sister was going to threshold.<br/><br/>He cared for his little sister like every older brother would. But since he was becoming a tamer he had to venture out into the world. He could not stay there to protect her from thresholding and what would happen after. But his parent's told him that they would not give Karen to a ranch if she thresholded. They would keep her just like as if she was still their daughter. And that was why Ridge was in such a happy mood as he started along the road that he knew would lead him past a lake, and a power plant. Both of the places he wanted to check out for water or electric pokegirls. He had the electrical affinity, so it was best to use it to his advantage.<br/><br/>But as he walked a few miles he realized in the distance that he had forgotten another thing he would pass. It was a factory of sorts. He wondered how he had forgotten about it. It could possess steel and fire pokegirls but then again he did not have the advantage with them that he had for other types. It was still a bit of a ways off so he put it in the back of his mind and kept walking. He stopped for a second and pulled a water bottle out of his backpack. His pokedex lit up with a message. It told him to be at the Professor's lab in a week to join a specially selected group of trainers to become a part of the investigation of the disappearance of Threshold Tamers. His thoughts drifted back to Karen. He would definitely be there but first he was going to need a pokegirl if he was going to be of any use.<br/><br/>Untwisting off the cap of the water bottle, Ridge took a large sip.  He could still see the factory looming in the distance, it was about a quarter of a mile away at this point. Ridge did not think that it would take so long just to pass one thing. But he put the cap back on his water, placed it in his backpack, and put the backpack back on his back. He started to walk toward the factory again. Ridge decided that since he had been walking for about 5 miles, he was going to rest when he got to the factory. It wouldn't be that long of a break, just enough to catch his breath and maybe eat a sandwich his mother had made for him.