<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/E6NXjXD.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Eva Cerise (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=327101.msg15657390#msg15657390)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Route 1 --> Pallet Town<br/><strong>Pokémon in use:</strong>???<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Miko, Nathan | OPEN<br/><hr/><br/><em>Hey! Wait! Don't go out! It's unsafe! Wild Pokémon live in the tall grass!</em><br/><br/>While not every journey that takes you away from Pallet town is guaranteed to start the same, Eva's likely very much fell in line with the mould. It didn't help that the Professor wasn't the most creative when it came to assigning trainers their first Pokémon. He probably got a little bit of a kick when the day came for budding trainers to be on their way and he'd just wait in a bush for them to even try to leave the town. Now, Eva wasn't a little kid anymore and running every morning along Route 1 no longer came with any lectures.<br/><br/>Once upon a time there was plenty more activity along the trails and ridges of the route. Pokémon weren't shy when it came to defending their natural habitat and teaching trainers a thing or two if it was necessary. Team Rocket's influence has affected more than just the humans that lived in the region, it seemed. Not a single Pokémon came cut across or behind Eva as she ran. At least not until she took a little break in the shade of a tree, the temperature dropping significantly as she did.<br/><br/>"Spook! What did I say about sneaking up on people? Less pranking, more smiling." Eva's arms were crossed over her chest, a foot tapping steadily on the grass beneath it for her Pokémon to make herself known to the world. Popping up from the shadows, Spook's natural smile was threefold wider as she relished in the success of her latest prank.<br/><br/>"Okay, fine. Good one, Spook. Okay, come on. Today's the day we meet the best of the rest." There was a moment that Eva considered putting Spook back into her Pokéball, a fingertip pressing against a ball that hung off her belt, off-kilter. The rest of her team was out and about, though, so it just didn't seem fair to only have her Gengar set away. Deciding there was no harm in it, the girl turned down and jogged along the path back to her hometown. She thought about the rallying call for trainers that Professor Oak had given out as she made her way. Her comment about meeting the best of the rest was in jest, but there was some level of truth in it. Any famous trainer she could name was swept aside by Team Rocket or had otherwise gone missing. What hope did a bunch of ragtag trainers have? Finally stepping into Pallet Town, Eva decided that the difference was that these trainers were meant to stick together, not get surprised or overwhelmed by the grunts that Team Rocket had under their employ. She could only hope they could all get along.<br/><br/>There was an air of excitement in the town now. A number of strangers and their Pokémon acquainting themselves with the town she found so familiar. That air got cooler when Spook stepped up beside her, she took taking in the business that had overtaken where she had been living for the past few years. "You wanna go find everyone else? Shouldn't be too hard, Spook. I better go make sure the Professor doesn't scare off the trainers before they even find out what the plan is."<br/><br/>Spook wasn't too excited about the task given to her, though she made no complaints as she unenthusiastically wobbled away from her trainer. Eva laughed, adoring the attitude that her partner and friend had. It was like having a sassy best friend. Heading in the direction of Professor Oak's lab, Eva came across a pair of what she could only guess were other trainers. The motorbike with a Noctowl perched atop it, a head of shoulder length hair with a Joltik just peeking out from it were enough clues for her. The young woman stepped up to them, only now just conscious of the fact that she looked more like a Triathelete than a Trainer herself.<br/><br/>"Hey! Welcome to Pallet Town." Eva stepped up when there was a lull in the strangers' conversation, her greeting chipper and her smile plain to see as she spoke. She was fairly confident that no one else in her town would have greeted them openly, considering what was happening and just knowing how they were as people. They tended not to talk to anyone unless that other person started first. It was rare to get them off topic, too. "I'd roll out the welcome mat but Team Rocket stole that, too. So, you just get me."