Goldenrod City School Open

[grey matter]

Cole noticed the interactions between his peers and felt oddly out of place. Sure, he could take out his Kricketot, his Pokeball firmly clipped to his belt, but... it simply didn't feel like the right time. He got so caught up in this that he almost tripped over his own shoes, but quickly managed to recover from the almost-trip. He fixed anything loose that got in the wrong place (a few strands of hair, his at that point crooked glasses, his shirt's shoulders) before pressing on, now feeling very foolish and hoping either nobody or everybody saw this. He didn't know what he wanted at this point, but anything was better than silence.

[xenø]

"Haha, its fine! My Bulbasaur loves meeting new pokèmon." Bulb was mesmerised by Litwicks flame. He chittered a welcome. "Your Litwick looks pretty strong!" Bulb ran up to Cole and nuzzled his leg, knowing he had a pokemon he could play with.

[Fortune's Fool]

Izanami puffed herself up a bit, the flame flickering a bit higher as she did. "She looks a bit full of herself too," Azazel answered, tone teasing as he bent down to pick her back up after the bulbasaur took off towards another student. She returned to her usual place on his shoulder with a huff. "I introduced myself in class, but I'm Azazel Lutea," he stuck out a hand to shake as he introduced himself again, "I specialize in ghost types, and my litwick's name is Izanami."

[JustAMurkrow]

Aysel made her way to the next room. Once again taking a seat in the back of the class. She dropped her backpack to sit upright om the floor next to her legs. Chewy, the dark rattata, scratched at his pokeball from the inside. He had enough sitting around. Since no one was in the room quite yet, Aysel let him out, allowing him to run around the room. She ripped a piece of paper from her notebook, calling him over to her. He listened and ran to her. She gave him the paper, letting him shred it with his teeth to keep him occupied.
The teacher hadn't even arrived yet, but the bell would ring soon, she thought.

[StoryOfSeasons]

"Hey, you alright?" Voltsy asked Cole, glad he didn't trip over. Voltsy walked over to him. "I'm Voltsy, electric type trainer." he said, raising his pokeball that held his Shinx, "this is Sparky" he put the ball back onto his belt. "What's your name?"

[grey matter]

"Cole! And I have a Kricketot. And- bugs- yeah!" he sputtered out, thinking he probably should've expected interaction and now he was feeling kinda dumb. He mentally prepared himself for talking. "Uh- we should probably walk and talk? Don't want to be late." He started pressing on down the hall, starting to chat with Voltsy. "How's... uh, existing?" he asked, really wishing he had better small talk ideas.

[StoryOfSeasons]

"Yeah we probably should walk and talk." he agreed, "Nice name, Cole. Does Kricketot have a name?" he asked. "Well existing has been nice." he chuckled slightly. "How's your existing?" he found talking to Cole delightful. He always pleasant to meet new people.

[xenø]

"Nice to meet you Azazel, I'm Sakura!" I grabbed Bulb and carried her, so she didn't run off. Bulb saw Voltsy and chittered. I set her on the ground, letting her do her thing. I picked up my backpack. "See you around!" I followed Bulb in case she got lost.

[Fortune's Fool]

"Mmhm," he agreed, before hiking his bag higher up on the shoulder that didn't have his pokemon and heading down the hallway. Finding the right classroom, he entered, not late this time even, and took one of the seats near the middle of the room. Not at the far back but not right up front either. That seemed like a good spot. Izanami hopped down from his shoulder onto the desk.

[grey matter]

Cole was very eased by not being bombarded by "what was that supposed to mean"s. "Well, her name is Mae. And- existing is much better when you've finally lost your initial nervousness about... making friends and stuff. Uh- if you don't mind, my mind is already trying to advance friendship along and, well, would you... want to be friends or something equivalent?"