Welcome to Albor (Pokémon RP) (Open and Accepting)

[jaques]

Rio looked at up another person entered, this one a little tardy. For a moment he just stared a moment before quickly snapping out of it. Man he was awkward. Smiling he waved meekly. "Oh h-hey. I remember you. You were there just before I got Charmander." He says with a small gesture to his new pokemon friend who stood next to him, watching the exchange with curiosity. "I'm uh...Rio Ren. We moved here recently from another region."

ooc; question. When are we allowed to introduce another pokemon to the team? I know it would not be at its last evolution, but say Rio found a Starly. Could he catch it? Or would we wait until before we go to the first gym?

[DarksideQueen18]

Damien Carter | 16 | Bisexual | Tagged; Rio Ren Mentioned | Location; Pokemon Showcase
Damien raised an eyebrow, surprised by Rio's almost shy attitude when Rio's eyes were so bright and could've been almost intimidating. This guy chose a charmander? Damian found it a little amusing that such a potentially powerful pokemon belonged to such a...He glanced over Rio...childish looking guy. Still..
"Damian" He grunted gruffly, acting like his usual self filled with bravado and arrogance. "We aren't exchanging backstories are we? That'd be a waste of time" he glanced briefly towards the sliding doors that was the entrance to the pokemon showcase stadium. "What is a guy like you doing hanging around the Pokemon showcase? It is for girls you know"

[jaques]

Rio Ren blushed looking away. "I uh...just found it interesting...I guess...sorry..." a thought occurred to him as he looked up, a bit confused. "Why are you here the...if you don't mind me uh...asking." He asked carefully, not wanting to make the other trainer mad.

[DarksideQueen18]

Damien Carter | 16 | Bisexual | Tagged; Rio Ren | Location; Pokemon Showcase
Damian had rather expected the question and was already equipped with an answer. He smiled smugly and responded cooly, "I'm checking out the competition. Many pokemon trainers come here to cheer on their friends in the showcase. It is rather an excellent opportunity to see what other pokemon trainers have" Agni, his chimchar, was clinging to him almost frightfully while in the presence of the other pokemon trainer, silently studying the charmander below. Damian smiled, more friendly this time around and looked back up to Rio, "How about we check out the competition together and afterwards we can have our first pokemon battle, that is unless you already had your first"

[jaques]

The boy hesitated for a moment before nodding, offering a small smile again. The other trainer was much less intimidating when he was being nice. "Alright. I don't know how our fire types will match up. As a pointer, their fire moves won't affect each other. It'll only cause little damage...Aha...But uh...you don't have to listen to me.." He said, blurring out the end when he'd realized how forward he'd been. Rio in question came from the family of the Hoen region's Champion, who was his father. The shy boy knew a lot about pokemon typing and the technical or statistic aspects of pokemon battling because of this. In all honesty, however, he did not prefer to battle himself, he much more liked befriending pokemon and raising them to their full potential. After moving here, his mother had been the one to shove him into becoming a trainer saying that his father's legacy should live on here. As if Rio would make it past the elitism four- but he'd at least try. Plus, battling WAS apart of bringing out potentiometer in pokemon, he supposed.

[DarksideQueen18]

Damien Carter | 16 | Bisexual | Tagged; Rio Ren | Location; Pokemon Showcase
Damien scoffed, rolling his eyes and shaking his head. "Keep those pointers to yourself kid. I did go to the Trainers' school in Jubilife city you know. But we aren't exchanging backstories"
He paused, giving Rio a studious look but then gave a challenging smirk, "Besides, you aren't backing down from a challenge are you? You have a great starter there's no reason to chicken out"

[jaques]

He rubbed his arm and looked at Charmander. "N-no...of course not. I was just...saying that the battle might take a bit. Scratch and pound only go so far," Rio replied as his partner pokemon look up and smiled at him happily. "Anyway...Uh are you going to sit or stand here...? I don't really know anyway besides some faces from when we got our starter."

[DarksideQueen18]

Damien Carter | 16 | Bisexual | Tagged; Rio Ren | Location; Pokemon Showcase
"Riight..." Damian drawled out, glancing inside the building. "I was going to go sit in the stands inside. Stand out here like you were doing and we'd miss all the fun" he said crisply, "Come on brains" He huffed, feeling slightly envious, and turned on his heels and heading inside. "How much do you know about pokemon other than starters?" he asked as casually as he could, not wanting his curiosity to show.

[jaques]

He followed along, motioning for Charmander to follow them as well. Upon getting asked the question, he chuckled nervously, rubbing his arm as he thought for a moment. "I know about how to train them to make them better, of that makes sense. And about what moves should be learned and used by your pokemon and which aren't needed...I know type match up and I'm...OK? At taking strategic paths in a battle...My father taught me a lot about that while my mom taught me how to really bond with them..." a beat. "But...Uh...no back stories. Anyway...I don't usually like battling. I like the companionship and bringing out their beauty and their true potential like my parents did. But as my father put it, it's a necessity to gain scars I'm battle so they can heal and make you stronger..."

[DarksideQueen18]

Damien Carter | 16 | Bisexual | Tagged; Rio Ren | Location; Pokemon Showcase
Damian laughed softly, never going to admit that he liked Rio's rambling on and on. It beat the quite conversations he had with Agni on the way over here. Not that he didn't like interacting with his chimchar but it was nice to speak to someone who actually spoke English. "I'm going to be honest. That sounds corny and not to mention, boring" He glanced around the stadium-like room which was packed with people. He ended up just deciding to take a seat in the back in what could be considered to nosebleed seats."I just want to experience the thrill of battling other trainers and getting my pokemon to be the best they can be. Or something like that I guess" He shrugged then yelped when Chimchar's tail briefly burned his arm for the dozens time today. He grumbled under his breath and set Agni beside him. He sighed heavily, then looked at Rio. "If you know so much, What are the pokemon that are smart? I don't care if their strong or whatever. I just want a pokemon that has intelligence that surpasses our own"