"Ah!"<br/><br/>He leaps into the air, afraid, and almost instinctively throws a Pokeball at Marcus. Needless to say, it does nothing.<br/><br/>"Please don't scare me like that! It's bad enough being out here surrounded by wild Pokemon that could each individually chew me apart...<br/><br/>I'm sorry. My name is Eric Spalding. I'm one of the many apprentices to Professor Mahogany, collecting research data... although it's not going very well."