The Road to Indigo (Pokemon RP (Closed): Chapter 7: Dead Living On The Radio...)

[NeoAC]

[HEADING=1]THE ROAD TO INDIGO: CHAPTER 1: Intros and Out we Goes[/HEADING]

"Ah yes, Pokemon League registration day! How I love it so! Fresh young faces, eager and full of life. Ready to go off on an adventure with their Pokemon. It's days like this that keep me young again." Professor Oak stood in the mirror straightening his collar. "Boy I tell you, nothing I love better than sending little kids out into the wild with nothing but tiny creatures to protect them, yessir!"

"Gramps, who are you talking to?" The Viridian City Gym leader, Gary Oak entered the room to see if his grandfather was finally ready. "There's no one in here."

"Sure there is! The Pokemon listen to me! Or at least, they will until I give them to the trainers!"

"You don't have anymore Pokemon to give away Gramps! You gave away your last one ten years ago, remember? That Bulbasaur you gave to that homeless guy? Who ended up going on a drug crazed rampage off of it's spores?"

"Oh yes, I remember now! Little Johnny was so happy. Yes, but then how will these new Trainers get their Pokemon?"

"They've already caught their own."

"Really? Kids these days. So self reliant. In my day ten year olds just sat around drooling on themselves and playing jacks."

"Christ Gramps, they aren't kids! The youngest is 15, and I'm pretty sure I saw half of them out drinking in Viridian last night!"

"My my, they grow up so fast. Well, I'm sure they will still enjoy their Pokedexes. I made them myself you know!"

"No you don't, we get them shipped in from Hoenn every time we need a batch. The last one you actually built contained nothing but dirty limericks and your grocery lists from the past two years."

"Yes well, let's get ready then. Come on downstairs...um...what was your name again?"

A nervous twitch appeared in Gary's left eye. "FOR FUCK'S SAKE OLD MAN! MY NAME IS GARY! GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK! I'M YOUR GRANDSON!"

"Oh yes! I remember now. Your name is Gary. Well let's go downstairs Gary." With that, Professor Oak began shuffling towards the stairs.

"God damn it. I shouldn't have to do this. I'm a gym leader. Where the hell's that Tracey guy? Never see him around here, he should be doing this!! Probably off scarfing down more donuts." Gary then followed his grandfather towards the stairs.

[hr]

Jordan yawned as the sunlight woke him out of his little snooze on the Pallet beach. He had been in town for a few days now, doing nothing but snoozing and cruising around looking for ladies. There weren't any, except for that one lady who kept giving her looks, but she looked old enough to be his mom. He wasn't having anyone's mom like that. He had let Vince, his young Scyther, sit out of it's Pokeball on the beach. It was already well awake, chopping at the air with it's scythes. They weren't very smooth motions, but then it was only a few days old. It looked pretty good considering.

"Aaaaaaahhh. Aw man, that was such a good sleep, little Vince bro. Totally awesome. So you ready to go meet this old guy, get some thing?"

"Scyther Scy! Scyther! Scy!" Yes! Let's do it! I want to fight something! And chop it!

"Hahaha, I have no idea what you're saying little bro. OK, let's get over there then." Jordan scooped up his meager belongings and tucked them all into his sleeping bag, which doubled as his backpack. He returned Vince to its Pokeball and set out on the short trip to Oak's Laboratory, or whatever it was called.

Spoiler: OOC

All right, you all can start posting now. Door's open!

 

[Lizmichi]

Fary had her Zorua on her shoulder as she walked into Pallet Town. "What do you think Zorua? Nothing like back home in Black City and it's so small, so few people. But you did a good job with all the Rattata around here, wounder why there are so many." she asked her self. Zorua just yelp at her and rubbed her head on Fary.

"Hehe good girl." she said not seeing Jordan right in front on her and bumped into him falling on her ass. "Oh god watch where your going.. oh god I'm sorry." she said looking up at him.

 

[LunaSocks]

Spoiler: OOC

Hilarious intro NeoAC. Grat work.

As Terinth pushed herself off of the forest floor, she saw light streaming through the trees.

"Huh, I actually slept through an entire night for once." She mused. As she gathered up the sleeping bag she was in, she stuffed it into her backpack and took out her pokeball. "Lillipup, time to wake up." She said, releasing the pokemon from inside the contraption. As the creature took form from the red beam of light, she saw it was still sleeping. "How cute." She said as she picked it up, careful not to wake it up.

As she emerged from the forest, she saw the town was already bustling, with people going to and fro, from house-to-house. As she looked around, she saw a old man with white hair and an 18-year old emerge from a house. As she held up a picture she recived from her travels, she identified the old man as Professor Oak, the man who had asked her to come here. As she walked over, she could the teenage complaining.

 

[NeoAC]

Spoiler: OOC

Thanks keelz, I try.

"Oh hey no worries dude....ette," Jordan replied. Damn, that is not bad at all. Easily tops amongst what I've seen here. Awesome eyes. Too bad she's clumsy though. Didn't even see her coming. But damn. "Yeah no, I'm just heading to the old guy's place. Get some machine thing for some other stuff I have to do." He grabbed the girl's arm and helped her up to her feet, and finally noticed the tiny little fox sitting behind her. "Uh....what's that? Never seen anything like that before! Not even after some of those wild bonfires."

 

[CounterAttack]

"Ah... There it is. Pallet Town," Rochelle Sanders murmured to herself, standing before the entrance to the small town. She pulled a Poké Ball from her belt and held it up to look at it. While she couldn't see inside the orb, she knew that the Horsea she had befriended was inside. "This is it, Kirsten, why I'm here. To begin the journey that Pokémon Trainers undertake across the world," she said to it, imagining the little water creature looking up at her. Sadly Rochelle couldn't keep Kirsten out of her ball for long, because she needed water in which to swim.

"Well, we aren't going to get there by standing here, are we?" Rochelle asked the Poké Ball with a laugh to herself, and jumped down from the small ledge on which she was standing. The young Trainer pushed long strands of plant life out of her way as she entered the small town, quickly spotting her intended destination: Professor Oak's Pokémon Lab.

Judging by what Rochelle saw as she walked through Pallet Town, it appeared to be a small place comparable to Mahogany Town in her native Johto except without the Gym. She wondered if they got the Johto radio programmes in this region... but her musing was interrupted as she saw someone around her age crash into another guy and fall. Stifling a giggle at the accident, she walked over to see if everything was alright. Evidently it was, as the guy quickly helped her up.

Rochelle continued walking over to the other two, staying back a little in case she was interrupting anything.

 

[Lizmichi]

"Oh this is a Zorua. She's a dark type fox Pokemon. We both come from the Unova region and live in Black City." Fary said smiling as Jordan helped her up. Zorua ran around Fary yipping not liking that fact she was knocked over. Fary bent over and pick up her pokemon. "Shhhhh it's ok Zorua." she said petting her. "Good girl." she said then looked back at Jordan. "So you're someone I'll be traveling with then. I'm Fary Natashi. It's nice to met you." she said giving Jordan her hand to shake. "Hmmm your kinda cute." she added.

 

[NeoAC]

"Uh...Jordan," he replied, reaching out and shaking the hand back. Damn, cute already? Man, I am just on right now. Must be. I haven't done anything. There were footsteps coming from off to the side, Jordan looked over and there was another girl coming over. A redhead. Wow, man. Where were all these girls before? Were they just hiding under rocks or something and I just couldn't spot them? I mean, whoa!

"So uh....so uh....yeah, when did you get into town? I mean I think I would have noticed someone like you..." he nodded towards the approaching woman "and her...before."

 

[Lizmichi]

"I just got into town, I traveled clear from the Unova region on my bike." she said smiling more propping her bike on the side of the professor's house. "It was well a long trip to say the least. Add on the fact I had to fight Pokemon on the way here." she added Zorua yipping at Jordan then jumped down to sniff him.

 

[CounterAttack]

Surprised, Rochelle caught the nod from the guy and answered it with a short wave, making her way over to join him and the other girl. "Um, hi. I'm new around here. Rochelle Sanders, soon to be starting Kanto's Pokémon League Challenge," she introduced herself. The little fox-like Pokémon that seemed to be friendlier to the girl than most was much cuter up close than at a distance, as she had originally seen it.

 

[socialtangent]

"Okay, Geist, you've earned some rest. Return!"

Tyler Page brandished his well-worn Ultra Ball and pointed it at his Abra. The small Pokemon's form turned into red energy and retreated back into the device with a woosh. Miniaturizing the round, gold-colored ball, Tyler placed it in his black-and-purple checkered backpack and continued on his way.

Tyler and Geist had encountered some rather fierce members of the local Rattata population while traveling from Viridian City. Geist had tried fending them off with Hidden Power, but whatever he threw at them, nothing worked. The small purple rats made a run for the helpless Geist when he teleported himself and Tyler back to the Viridian City Pokemon Center.

After recuperating from the sudden bout of nausea the teleportation had brought on, Tyler had to but a handful of Repels from the local store to keep the damn rats away so he could walk through the grass in peace. Well, at least I know Geist's Hidden Power is Ghost-type... he thought to himself bitterly as he sprayed the bitter-sweet smelling chemical on his skin.

Thankfully, the Rattatas stayed far away from Tyler as he traveled back down Route 1. When he cleared the final stretch of tall grass, he was greeted with the very welcome sight of Pallet Town. "Finally..." he groaned as he let out a sharp breath. Looking around, he was put at ease by the quiet, homely feel of the small town. It was a far cry from the big, noisy, bustling Saffron City where he was raised.

Scanning the buildings, Tyler started looking for the one that might be Professor Oak's lab. He wandered aimlessly through the town, getting the occasional strange stare from a resident tending to their lawn or feeding their Pokemon. After gaining the courage to ask someone where to find Professor Oak's lab, the person he asked did not answer his question, instead going off on a tangent about the wonders of modern technology.

Slowly backing away from the clearly strange fellow, Tyler turned around and nearly ran face-first into the wall of Professor Oak's lab. Nice one. After a quick check of his surroundings, he noticed a group of people gathered around the lab. Approaching the group, he shoved his right hand into his pocket, a nervous habit. "Uh..." he said to nobody in particular. "Are we all waiting for Professor Oak?"

 

[NeoAC]

"I got flown here, my dad. He's on some bogus bender about me having to be responsible and stuff. I'm plenty responsible, he doesn't need to be all jerky about it." As the redhead came up, she introduced herself. Man, she looks even better up close. Damn. "Uh hi, I'm Jordan, um I guess I'm also doing that thing too. Yep." Then another guy appeared, a goatee-sporting boy walked up towards them. Jeez everyone's just showing up now. "Are we all waiting for Professor Oak?" "Uh...yeah, I guess man. I dunno."

[hr]

"And I'm telling you Gramps, Electric Pokemon aren't musicians! For crying out loud!"

"Then was was that girl on the radio saying she wasn't going to Raichu a love song? She must be able to Raichu a song if she is willing to deny you it. What did you do to her anyway?"

"NOTHING! GOD DAMN IT!" The two Oaks came out the door to see only one trainer standing there, a young girl.

"Oh hello there little girl! I bet you'd like a Pokemon wouldn't you!"

"Gramps, you don't have any!" Gary turned to the young trainer and went down the list he had. "Hmmmm, so you must be...Terinth, right? I'm Gary Oak, I'm the leader of the Viridian Gym, I'm the Grandson of...this guy...and I'll be getting your group registered for the Pokemon League. For obvious reasons. Anyway, once the others on the list arrive we''ll get started. I'm not sticking around this place all day waiting."

 

[LunaSocks]

"Well, it looks like everyone else is gathered over at the entrance to the town." Terinth replied as Oak began to ramble on about how Grass pokemon were great for lawn care. "It was nice meeting you, Professor Oak," Terinth interrupted, "But we probably should get to the rest of the group."

"Oh, yes! You mustn't keep the others waiting." he replied as he went back inside his lab.

"So, how did he get so...loony?" Terinth asked Gary as they headed towards the rest of the group.

 

[Lizmichi]

Ignore.

 

[NeoAC]

"Sigh, it's a long story, his mind was slipping 10 years ago, he couldn't rememder MY BLOODY NAME! And it's just been downhill ever since. That's why I'm doing this instead. No one else can. His assistant has disappeared and my sister is off working in Veilstone at a massage parlor. It's a shame really." Gary led the young girl to the other trainers, all looking like they should be partying in college rather then setting out on this journey. Jeez they're all no older than me, and they're just starting while I'm the top Gym Leader in Kanto? And a former Champion? Pathetic.

"All right you guys, if you just want to follow me over here, we've still got," Gary checked the list, "...three more people left to show up and we can get started."

"OK, bro," Jordan said as he started to follow after the gym leader, leading them back to the door.

 

[Lizmichi]

Fary looked over at Gary. "So your Gary Oak. Hmmm as good looking at they say." she smirked crossing her arms as Zorua followed her then jumped on her shoulders when she stopped yipping at Gary wanting to protect her trainer. "Shhh Zorua." she said.

 

[CounterAttack]

Rochelle shot a sideways look at Fary, a little skeptical of the older girl's attitude towards the Gym Leader. She herself respected Gary already, as he was evidently a skilled Trainer if he was in charge of a Gym. She'd have to face him in a battle at some point. The prospect was both awe-inspiring and a little scary. She had only battled wild Pokémon rarely before arriving in Pallet Town; Kirsten was still pretty young.

Nonetheless, Rochelle walked alongside the others, heading for the door to the Pokémon lab.

 

[LunaSocks]

As Terinth approached the rest of the group, there were already four others there. They all looked to be close to her age, if not the same. As Gary introduced himself, told them there were still three others coming, and directed them to the lapb, Terinth immiediately went to the back of the group.

"Hello, my name's Terinth." She said to the girl next to her, "Isn't that a Zorua?" She said, motioning to the pokemon on her shoulders.

 

[socialtangent]

A voice that Tyler remembered hearing on TV before caught his attention. Turning to see who was addressing them, his vision was graced by none other than...

GARY.

MOTHERFUCKING.

OAK.

Gary Oak, the second most powerful Trainer in the world, had just (rather indifferently) talked to him. Well, technically not him in particular, but he was part of the group he addressed. That was good enough for him. After hearing one of the girls' attempt at a pass at Gary, it seemed the "facts" on the Internet about Gary's presence being a natural aphrodisiac might just be true after all. That, or perhaps he spent a little too much time prowling imageboards. In any case, being about ten feet from Gary Oak was still an awesome experience. A bit too starstruck to say anything, Tyler followed the group to Professor Oak's lab.

 

[Lambi]

Aeris had been traveling by a boat for a few hours now when she spotted Pallet Town. "Finally. I can get off of this boat and away from the ocean. Hope there aren't many people with water Pokemon when I arrive..." Blaze stood beside her, watching towards Pallet Town. She was holding onto Aeris' leg so she wouldn't fall overboard. It was said that if the flame on the tip of a Charmander's tail would die out, then the Charmander would die. And she wasn't about to find out if that was true, so she held tightly onto Aeris' leg.

Not long after, the boat arrived at the beach of Pallet Town. Aeris thanked for the ride and she and her Charmander, Blaze, got off and away from the ocean as quickly as possible. She was lucky she didn't bump into anyone. She suddenly stopped and looked around for anyone that looked like Professor Oak. She remembered what he looked like. She spotted him and a few other people near him. Seeing that Blaze was close to her, she walked towards Professor Oak and the others, smiling, both of them. She knew she would probably attract some attention, what with her wearing almost nothing but red, except her green sneakers and orange vest. She was wearing her red shorts now since it was hot enough to wear only them. Her jeans were secure in her backpack.

 

[NeoAC]

Gary led the group into the actual lab, he spotted another one of the trainers coming towards them, the Fire expert, the one in all red. He recognized her from the photo since she was the only one in all red. "All right, only two more to go and we can start. All right well this is the actual lab. I spent quite a few years here, learning about Pokemon before I set out on my journey. I'm not sure what kind of experiences you guys have had but you're going to need to rely on all your knowledge if you want to try and do what I did."

Just then Professor Oak came rushing into the room. "Trainers! Trainers! I have your Pokedexes! They're here in this box for you!" He held out a box that contained things that were clearly not red...or working.

"Those are fucking iPods Gramps! And they're all broken! The screen doesn't even work! Why do you have these?"

"I found them on my walks! They're still good! Oh did I tell you all? This is my grandson! His name is....um what is his name again?"