The Start of the Journey [DONE]

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For Ami Toruga, it had been a long and tiring bus ride from Montague City to Featherwing. With the current safety restrictions in place, it had become inadvisable to roam the world without a Pokemon to defend yourself with, and as such, those without other means of transportation were stuck with a hard seat and a really, REALLY annoying radio station blared for the entire trip. However, after a few long hours, the bus finally came to a hiss and a halt, letting out its few passengers.

Quickly taking to the back exit of the bus, Ami stretched her back, reaching her arms for the sky as she gave a yawn. "Yup... never doing that again..." Ami muttered to herself, before opening her eyes, taking a moment to take in the scenery.

It was a nice, calm suburb, with the shadows of the trees cascading over a simple walkway... this was Hawthorne Laboratory? It looked far more like a house... but, signs didn't lie, did they? With a shrug, Ami strode forward, giving a knock at the door before proceeding to open it, a bell at the top of the door's frame ringing as the youth walked in.

Ah, now THIS looked more like it. Science, machines, and gizmos against the wall... and no-one in apparent sight. Well, the door was open... Ami figured it was worth a shot.

"Hello? Is there anyone around?"

In retrospect, it might have been a better idea to make an appointment for something like this...

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 400px; padding: 6 6 6 6px; background-image: url(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g163/spazzy-lil-fishie/Lolsites/salempurple.gif); -moz-border-radius: 40px 0px 40px 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 40px 0px 40px 0px; border: 1px #F2EFEB dashed;] welcome to nexivus laboratories professor maria hawthorne CHARACTER; professor hawthorne MODERATOR; tsavo WORDS; 469 NOTES; kinda derpy The Professor was having a rather slow day, for once. She was flipping through finished paper work, hoping to find something she had missed to work on. She had been so swamped these last few weeks, she had no idea what to do with her free time anymore. She smiled as she looked up at her pokemon, the bunch of them working on their own things. As always, Lavender was cleaning, Lilac was ready to help her, and Daffodil was in the kitchen heating up some water for tea. Rose remained in his pokeball, for once. She sighed and considered letting him out for the sake of having something to do, but with a fierce look from Lavender, decided against it with a giggle. Finally, the door made noise and Hawthorne leaped to her feet. Yay, someone was here! She almost clapped in excitement before rushing to the door, beating the rest of her pokemon, who were not really racing her at all. Lilac looked at her with a shake of her head before deciding to help Lavender clean things that were not dirty. "Hello, hello! I am Professor Hawthorne. Nice to meet you!" She beamed at the girl, her bright eyes welcoming her. Moving quickly toward the girl, the Professor tripped on some sort of invisible obstacle, nearly falling on her face, but managing to catch herself on some sort of coat hanger in the entrance hallway, nearly ripping the thing clear off the wall. "Oops," She said blushing, a rather sheepish look now on her face as she stood up properly, fixing her clothes and hair before beckoning the girl toward the room with the couch, where she could hear Daffodil placing the tea on the table. "Would you like some tea? It is was just made," She smiled, pouring a cup for herself and the Raichu as she looked toward the girl. Standing back up properly with her cup of tea and doing the best she could to slurp it without spilling it on herself (as she was still rather excited to have something to do). She bent down and picked up a catalog next, reaching it out toward the girl like she had with the tea she had offered. "I assume you have come for a starter? All of our current starters are listed in this here. Look through it and let me know if any interest you," She smiled again, setting down her tea as she prepared to bolt back and grab the type of pokemon this girl wanted to see. Lilac and Lavender looked at her as if she had suddenly transformed into a foreign alien before deciding to go and work on some of the equipment and make sure it was clean and working properly, almost wishing this girl luck with the bored Professor. "would you like some tea?" art & template by kitty for pkmn nexivus

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Barely after Ami's query left her lips, a literal crowd of Pokemon following behind Professor Hawthorne came running towards the front of the house, Ami taking an unconscious step backwards in fear that the group was about to trample over her... or perhaps just Professor Hawthorne. Just as she introduced herself, the professor tumbled forward, just short of collapsing over the young woman. With a nervous chuckle, Ami forced a smile upon her face, and politely returned her introduction.

"Charmed, I'm Ami Toruga... and are you alright, Professor?" It was an honest concern; the woman had almost fallen flat on her face! Briefly, Ami glanced behind the professor, seeing the assortment of Pokemon... who seemed just as concerned about the professor as she was. Regardless, she seemed alright enough to gesture her towards the next room, offering the new trainer a tea and a seat.

"Ah, thank you very much, Professor," Ami replied, taking the cup and politely taking a sip, as Maria passed her a catalog with the available starters available. Well... Ami actually hadn't given this much thought.

Putting down her tea, Ami glanced through the book... fire types, water, grass... each with their own merits, but none that particularly stood out more than another. Maybe she should just pick one at ran-

Oooh.... what was this on the second page?

"Professor, could I see a Swablu?"

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As the Professor ran out of the room once more, Ami gave a small chuckle once she was out of earshot. Looking over at the Raichu (knowing full well that it couldn't speak back in proper), she asked: "Is she always this excited about new trainers?"

Just as her question was asked, the Professor was back, eagerly taking out three poke-balls, releasing three energetic, young cloud Digimon. The first one, ever curious, floated forward and began gnawing away at the strap of Ami's backpack... oh, it was adorable, but it would be so hard to keep out of trouble... and for some reason, the second one seemed to want nothing to do with her.

But the third, slightly-smaller Swablu, the cute little female, floated right towards Ami's arms, an ever-adventurous and appropriately curious spirit cuddling against Ami's sleeves. With a small smile, Ami chuckled, lightly poking its beak, evoking a small, cute cry from the young dragon.

"Well, I think this one picked me," Ami said with a smile, the Swablu taking flight and circling around Ami as it was picked... with the male still chewing at her backpack strap.

With a nod towards the creature, Ami looked back towards the Professor, an eager yet refined smile on her face as she made her decision. Well, there was a starter out there for everyone, wasn't there?

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Well, it didn't take long for the matters to be sorted. Slightly relieved when the 'chewing Swablu' was recalled, the remaining Swablu lightly perched on Ami's shoulder, as the Professor handed her the poke-ball for this eager bird... as well as several other things, amongst them a clip-board with a form that needed to be filled out. "Thank you," Ami nodded towards the Gardevoir, taking the plastic bag, and then the clip-board from the Pokemon.

Lava cookies, a fair amount of poke balls and potions, an empty TM and berry case... well, just about everything a Pokemon trainer needed to be a trainer, minus a near-farm load of Pokemon food and other items associated with their care. At just about this time, though, Hawthorne pressed her to fill out the sheet handed to her.

"Oh, of course," Ami said, taking the pen from the top of the clip-board, and filling out... well, it was a lot like a license application. Name, date of birth, other technical information, starter chosen, date of arrival... well, none of it was particularly difficult, perhaps only a bit tedious.

"Thank you, Professor," Ami said as Hawthorne made her exit, only a few minutes before handing her clip-board off to Lilac to be processed. With this first step out of the way, Ami waved goodbye to Hawthorne's assistants, before making her way out of the laboratory...

Well, this was going to be an interesting journey!

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