PokéIsland [1x1 mister-rei & fennekchu]

[cookiebelphegor]

It wasn't often that Kayden went to the beach. When the sounds of beach waves lapping onto white sand reached his ears, he thought to himself, 'This is going to be a pleasant dream.' The half-asleep trainer sat up from the fetus position he'd been sleeping in, yawned, and brushed off some sand sticking to his left side. Unknown to him, his leather bag was off a few feet beside him. Inside it, a pokeball shook and released a pokemon—a joltik. Kayden paused, hearing the pokeball open. Then he slowly drew his gaze around. Approaching wakefulness at rapid speeds, he suddenly yelped.

[scorpiongrasses]

Athena and Prasina suddenly jumped up as they heard a yelp. The two looked at each other and nodded as they both slowly approached the source of the noise. They soon reached the shore of the island they were apparently on and spotted a, if she was being honest, boring white-haired guy on the sand, along with a joltik. This wasn't any normal joltik though, it was massive for it's species, probably a full seven inches in size. As Prasina sighed and shook her head, on vine on her forehead, Athena rushed towards the small pokemon and slid in the sand until she reached a stop. "Where did you get this joltik? I've never seen one this big! Did you get em' from a breeder or the wild? How are they in battles?" She asked, not giving him a second to answer before she plopped herself down on the sand and observed Mae.

[cookiebelphegor]

The sound of rushed footsteps made Kayden freeze, but then he nervously turned and nearly gasped at the sudden appearance of a girl. He couldn't get a word in edgewise as the short brunette interrogated him question after question. In fact, he couldn't even keep track of the order they were asked in. The only thing he was sure of is that they were all about his joltik. Mae's eyes shone, obviously preening under the attention. He paused to chitter at Athena's face before continuing to lazily skitter around—though he was having trouble navigating in the sand.

"Um," Kayden picked the struggling joltik up with one hand and shook off more sand from his hair with the other, "Mae's a boy, but that's not— well, f-first off, where is this place? Where am I?" To expel nerves, he hugged his starter closely to his chest. Mae made another joyous chittering sound in his trainer's arms. Kayden has heard of lucid dreams before, but he'd be lying if he said he thought he was in one right this moment. The sun beating down on his figure, the discomfort of sand to skin contact... it all felt too real.

[scorpiongrasses]

Athena suddenly paused at the person's question. "I don't know, I just woke up here. Shouldn't be a problem though,
I have the TM for Fly somewhere in here." She said, looking into her bag and rummaging around, her face still fairly happy until it suddenly darkened. "It's not in here. None of my TMs are in here. I only have a couple pokeballs and potions, actually." She said, immediately standing up and looking Kayden in the eyes, her expression serious. "You. You're going to help me figure out where we are and how the hell we're getting off of it, capiche?" She said, staring him down as Prasina slowly walked over.

[cookiebelphegor]

The intense staring made Kayden freeze in place for the second time. 'What a strong personality,' a detached part of him points out, but he didn't dare say it out loud. Instead, he broke eye contact to look over at his own leather bag lying near them. "Y-you don't need to be like that. I wouldn't leave someone to deal with this alone, and I was already thinking of figuring out where we are. Since we can't find a way off it unless we knew where we were. And anyway... I didn't check my bag yet." At her mention of TMs, Kayden remembered his father displaying what the man said were essential TMs, a category that included TM-Surf, before shoving them into his bag. He placed down Mae (who immediately goes over to Prasina) and hurried over to where his bag was, hastily unzipped it, and opened it up... but...

His heart sunk. Though, he couldn't say he wasn't expecting it. "S-sorry, looks like it's empty too. Except for potions and a revive." Kayden closed his eyes, took a calming breath, and just thought. The situation had him frazzled, and sure enough, an easy solution came to mind once he calmed down. He turned back to the brunette with a hesitant smile. "But maybe, there's a pokemart near by? We don't know how we got here, but it doesn't mean we're not near civilization."

[scorpiongrasses]

Athena narrowed her eyes at him before looking back into the depths of the island. It looked... exotic, tropical even. Maybe something worthwhile would be here. Then again, there probably wouldn't. "Prasina, mind if you could scout over by the right side of the island? See if Mae wants to help you or if he wants to stay with his trainer." She had to stop herself from saying 'his sad excuse of a trainer'. Even she knew that there were times where you shouldn't be overly condescending. Prasina, who was still mostly behind from the group, nodded reluctantly and walked over to Mae, talking to him in the way pokemon always talk. ("Sni Snivy?") The girl then turned her gaze to Kayden, who was relatively taller than her at his standing height, and said "That's true. You're coming with me, on the left. If you don't want to come I'm not waiting for you." She then swiftly turned and began walking to the left, her steps leaving deep imprints in the sand.

[cookiebelphegor]

Mae looked back in askance, saw Kayden nod, and chirruped a sad, "Jolt!" at Prasina, apparently tired before they've even started scouting. Watching the other trainer's back, Kayden furrowed his brows at the bossy tone but chooses not to comment for now. 'This could be her way of coping,' he told himself unconvincingly as he started trailing after Athena. "S-so, uh," he spoke as he took off the uncomfortablely warm teal sweater that layered over his shirt, "I'm Kayden Evander. My joltik's Mae. What's your names?"

(Edit: hnnn i just realize this is less than my other posts. Sorry, this is my first time rping here on a mobile. I'll try to match the length the next post.)

[scorpiongrasses]

Athena hesitated before answering, her steps becoming slightly shorter before speaking. "I'm Athena. The snivy over there is Prasina. We travel together." Athena decided to ask him a question in return, figuring that she might as well fill the silence. "Where exactly did you get Mae?" She asked, turning her gaze over to Kayden. She could hear Prasina in the backround, probably ranting about something or someone.

Meanwhile, Prasina was pacing back and forth, her head pointed towards the ground. As she did this she angrily spoke in a way that would show even a human that she was ranting about something. As she did this, she made various hand gestures with her tiny arms. "Sni snivy! Vy vy, snivy sni! Sni snivy snivy vy!" Was how she had began, and as she continued her tone got louder and angrier. She also occasionally pointed at her trainer as she walked into the distance.

[cookiebelphegor]

"Oh." Kayden's lips tightened into a line. "He's from my dad. My father's friend is a breeder, she hatched Mae and gave him away for a small fee. Apprently, he's had Mae for a whole year before handing him over to me for my birthday." His fists clenched and his tone hardened before he went on, "And, uh, then Mae and I went around to challenge gyms. I didn't get far yet, though." Kayden mentally berated himself for getting worked up. He wasn't currently mad about it, anyway. He shouldn't be. There were important matters to tend to - figuring out why he was here, for starters. Clearing his throat, he then asked, "So, why do you two travel?"

Mae sauntered along with Prasina, interjected a few agreeing 'Jolt!'s at the snivy's ranting. Though the joltik was mostly tuning it out. He didn't see why the snivy was riled up; her trainer seemed nice enough. Mae poked Prasina with one of his legs, nonverbally telling her to take it easy.

[scorpiongrasses]

Athena's previously serious face went into a smug grin. "Well, I am certainly glad you asked." She said proudly, puffing out her chest a little as she walked. "You see, Prasina is practically the greatest snivy ever! Her ability, Contrary, along with her sleek figure and intelligence, make her a great fighter and a great friend. Me and her? We're like the door and the knob, the bow and the arrow! My goal is to be a competitive battler, striking the world with my great strategy, pokemon, knowledge, and of course my beautiful snivy!" She said as if she was a philosopher who had just discovered the meaning of life. "But, every tree needs a sapling! So that's why I decided to go on a journey, not just through my home region, but through all of them! Every single nook and cranny of every town and forest I will explore and discover. Every trainer I will battle and win against! If I can't do that, then my name is not Athena Panacea!" She ended grandly, pointing her finger into the air at her final word.

Prasina stopped and sighed at the poke, aware that Mae was correct. She walked alongside the joltik, finally calming down. She then froze, hearing a thump on the ground in front of her. A fletchinder. A fire/flying type fletchinder. A pokemon with fire type moves. Which they were both weak against. They were also both probably lower leveled than the new arrival, unless there was more to Mae than what showed. She got into a fighting stance and looked at Mae, giving her a nod to acknowledge that they had to fight. If she couldn't deal with a pokemon with a type advantage over her she wouldn't last a second in the competitive scene. The fletchinder moved first, releasing a loud chirp as a flurry of small embers shot from it's mouth at Mae.