<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>[Cinnabar Island]</strong></span><br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">[Audrey &amp; Slowpoke</span>]</strong><br/>(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/5/56/Spr_3e_079_s.gif)<br/></div><br/>"We will be docking shortly. Please gather your belongings and proceed towards the exit on the upper deck. The S.S. Tidal and her crew thank you for your cooperation on board this voyage."<br/><br/>Audrey gathers her Pokemon, Pokeball and other miscellaneous belongings and walks towards the upper deck. The ship is relatively lonely this morning and the few passengers aboard the S.S. Tidal seem to be elderly and young children.<br/><br/>The S.S. Tidal docks on the Southwestern part of the Island and the pier can be seen, only a few dozen yards in the distance. "All ashore!" one of the deckhands hollers as the ship pulls into the pier and the seamen on Cinnabar work to drop anchor.<br/><br/>"Audrey! Over here" a voice calls from the pier boardwalk. It's Dr. Fuji and his assistant.<br/><br/>As Audrey departs the boat, Dr. Fuji, without so much as an introduction or "hi, how are you?" informs you of your mission as he dumps a stack of research notes, memorandums and miscellaneous newspaper clippings in his assistant's hands.<br/><br/>"We won't actually be visiting the Pokemon Research Institute right this moment. Perhaps I should have warned you first, but we're going to the Cinnabar Volcano to do collect some field data. Cinnabar, a somewhat precious mineral found only on this island, has some unique properties. Samples collected after the volcanic eruption were found to be several thousand years old. It seems the eruption pushes magma and ancient rock upwards, allowing us to collect it and analyze the sample. Unfortunately, wild Magmar have been gathering inside the volcano and it's impossible to collect any more samples. I need an escort to keep me safe while I gather samples and take quantitative notes on the environment."<br/><br/>Shooing his assistant away, Dr. Fuji and Audrey set on the mountain road leading to the volcano crater, while his assistant sulked back to the Institute.<br/><br/>"Magmar... it's going to be so<em>hot.</em>" Audrey realized, thinking back to Vermilion City. She slightly regretted her decision to come here. When the two of them reached the volcano, she called slowpoke out from its pokeball.<br/><br/>"Poke.." he complained, the hot temperature waking him up.