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

[socialtangent]

Looking at the box of broken MP3 players, Tyler raised an eyebrow in the general direction of the seemingly senile Professor. Before he could say anything about Oak's apparent amnesia regarding his grandson's name, he felt something vibrate in his pocket. His phone. Pulling the device from his pocket, he read the caller ID on the screen.

CALL FROM: MOM

What does she want? he thought as tried to flip the device open, but only succeeded in dropping it. "Shit!" he blurted out loud as it fumbled out of Tyler's hand and onto the floor. The battery pack ejected from the phone and landed a short distance away. Scrambling quickly, Tyler grabbed the liberated power source and plugged it back into his phone. Thankfully, it was still functional. Close one.

 

[CounterAttack]

While Rochelle noted that another person had entered the lab behind the larger group, she was confused by Professor Oak's behaviour. This wasn't the man she had had described to her, the brilliant scientist who had appeared on Johto radio to discuss Pokémon, their behavioural patterns and habits and suchlike. Rather, he was more like an old man who had begun to lose his grip, who should have retired a few years ago. Perhaps someone should take his place. She resolved to contact the Kanto government in some way when the group reached Viridian City, and mention it as a matter that needed to be attended to.

"Um, Gary - may I call you Gary? - perhaps you had best, um, take care of the situation," she said shyly, a little nervous when talking to the Gym Leader. "Your grandfather seems to be acting... strangely, for lack of a better word."

 

[NeoAC]

Professor Oak thought for a second. "That's right! I remember now! His name is Shit! Shit, why don't you tell the trainers about where they will go from here?"

"WHAT THE FUCK! MY NAME IS NOT SHIT, YOU SENILE OLD BASTARD!"

"Shit, stop yelling at me! I can hear you. I'll put your coffee on for you." The Professor shuffled off to the kitchen to get the coffee that no one wanted.

"OH MY GOD! IT TOOK ME EIGHT YEARS TO GET HIM TO STOP CALLING ME DOUCHE!" Gary pointed at at Tyler, who's inadvertent comment set this off. There was nothing but rage in his eyes as he shouted at the young trainer. "You. You're a fucking dead man. I better not see you again after you leave this place or I will hunt you down and shove a Tauros horn so far up your ass you'll be coughing up Horn Attacks!" He was seething, his face was red, but the timid question coming from the redhead calmed him down a little bit. "Hah, yes.....Rochelle. For lack of a better word, he is acting strange. He's 85, he shouldn't be doing this anymore. And Tracey, his assistant is supposed to be here helping him, but he disappeared a year or so ago. No one knows what happened. I'm only here because they couldn't find anyone else. Anyway, after the last two Trainers arrive, I'm giving you your Pokedexes and getting out of here. I've got a gym to run, cheerleaders to feed."

Jordan just watched the scene in confusion. Dude, this guy really needs to just mellow out.

 

[Lizmichi]

Fary looked over at Terinth. "Yes it is a Zorua. My father breed her for me as a present." Fary said petting her then looked over at Professor Oak.

Why does this feel familiar? Like from a game of my youth. She looked over at Tyler then at Gary. "Um Professor Oak you're grandson's name is Gary, One of the great Pokemon trainers along with Ash Ketchum. Though I've always been a fan of Gary I must say." Fary said Zorua blinking and looking at Gary. Sadly Oak was already out of the room.

 

[socialtangent]

Tyler was scared stiff, for lack of a better term. Being on the receiving end of Gary Oak's pure, unadulterated rage was easily the most terrifying thing he had ever experienced. He was a bit too shocked to even open his mouth at first, but he managed to stammer a reply. "Uh..geez, I'm sorry...it was an accident, man....seriously..." he was able to say, his voice reflecting his state of sheer terror.

 

[LunaSocks]

As Terinth listened to Gary Oak's tirade, she started thinking he was completely insane. I have to fight this guy later? Well, that's NOT going to be complete and total nightmare. Seeing that he calmed down, Terinth asked, "Hey, while we're waiting for the last two people, why don't we find out each other's name. Mine's Terinth, what about you guys?"

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

"I'm Mika..." The blond boy said quietly, having come through the door a few minutes ago and just keeping quiet, a black-furred Pokemon at his side. The Houndour's skull platings shone like polished ivory. The Houndour sniffed the air as they entered the building, and Mika giggled a bit at the ancient Professor's antics. "Sorry I've been quiet..."

The Houndour next to him nuzzled the boy's leg, nibbling lightly on his pants and then walked over to the other trainers, smelling them and yipping happily before going back over to his own trainer. He smiled down at the Pokemon, and scratched its ears gently.

"I'm here for the Pokedex..." Mika said softly. "I'm sorry if I was interrupting anything... Though, you guys seem to be in the same predicament that I am."

 

[Lambi]

Aeris walked up to the others, still with her smile on. "Ah, so good to have gotten off that boat. My name's Aeris Crimson. And this here's my little Blaze." She patted the head of her Charmander who murmured a bit at it. She was feeling better now that she was on land and away from the ocean. Well, as far away as she could. It was still close by, but not close enough for her to fall into it.

"It's nice to meet you all. So exciting to be starting on being a trainer. Ah, it would be wonderful to catch a Ghastly. Though, I do wonder how one would be caught, since it's a ghost..." She tilted her head a bit to the side while thinking a bit, and so did Blaze.

 

[CounterAttack]

"As some of you already know, I'm Rochelle Sanders," Rochelle reintroduced herself. She thought about letting Kirsten out of her ball, but decided against it as there was no water source nearby. As she had learned, the little Horsea could live outside of the water for a little while. She had yet to see if that time was enough for a battle or two against an opponent.

Rochelle took out Kirsten's Poké Ball and held it in one hand, toying with it as she added, "I'd show you my Pokémon, but she can't stay outside of water for too long. Got to be careful with her."

 

[NeoAC]

As everyone started introducing themselves, Jordan began silently appraising everyone. Hmmm, Terinth's too young, can't go with that. Probably end up with little stick boy there. Mika, that kid. New girl, Aeris, she's all right. Another redhead, like that. But the marks on her face, eh, those are a little off. Not a fan. So it's between Rochelle, and uh, Fary yeah. Honestly either one wouldn't be bad. I could go for either one. Yeah. Totally.

At that point Jordan realized it was pretty much his turn. "Oh yeah, right. Um, well, I'm Jordan. I'd let my little bro out but he's young, and I don't need him breaking anything in here, right? Kinda have no money."

Gary was pleased to see #7 arrive. He left the room to go get the real Pokedexs. Anything to take my mind off that girl. What's she staring at me for? I know I'm famous. I don't need her telling me that. She's not even anywhere near my cheerleaders' levels.

 

[RBMidknight]

"According to this, Pallet town should be right around the corner." Simon Braddock pushed his glasses up with one finger before lowering his Kanto map. "We're almost there, bud." Simon smiled and looked down at the ground next to him. But only dirt and a patch of grass met his gaze. "Shadow?" A certain Poochyena had gone missing...again. 'I hope he didn't find another tree-ful of Pidgey.' Simon thought with a frown. He still had sand in his shoes from the last encounter.

The young courier eyed a row of nearby trees. On the ground there was a suspicious looking trail of paw prints. 'Aha.' Simon began to push his way through the closely planted foliage. His backpack bent some branches and he heard a snapping sound as the weaker branches broke. "Shadow!" Simon called for his Pokemon again. Then he whistled loudly.

An answering yip came from close by. Simon put his hands in front of his face and ducked his head to clear the remaining trees. When he lowered his hands Simon found himself on a wide path edged by trees. A few feet ahead of him a wooden sign declared

Pallet Town

's entrance. Simon's Pokemon was standing on its hind legs and had both front paws pressed against the signpost.

"Good boy." Simon smiled and hefted his backpack to a more comfortable position. 'Now I just have to find the lab...' With a short whistle Simon called his Pokemon over to him. "Come on, let's go." The Poochyena bounded over to his owner. Shadow remained obediently beside of Simon as they walked into the town.

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After politely asking a passing jogger for information Simon and Shadow soon stood side by side in front of the Pokemon Professor's lab. Shadow pawed at the open door while Simon looked around. He noticed a good sized group had gathered inside. But none of them looked familiar. 'They must be trainers...'

"Excuse me." Simon called, still standing in the entrance. "Is there a Professor Oak here?" he asked.

 

[Lizmichi]

Fary looked around realizing it was her turn as well. "I'm Fary Natashi, from Black City. I'm a breeder and a coordinator." She said seeing Gary walk off but didn't really care. It was more fun to mess with people then flirt in some cases.

"I pretty much grew up around Pokemon." Fary said and stopped not wanting to talk about it anymore. She then looked over at Jordan. Hmmmm still not bad compared to the others. Gary it seems is ignoring me so that won't work.

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

"I'm from Lavender town... My sister taught me how to battle, and I'm kinda quiet... So don't be upset if I'm a little shy at first. My Houndour is the more outgoing of us."

The Dark Pokemon looked up at his Trainer and yipped happily, rubbing his head against Mika's pants leg.

"This is Bones, my Houndour... He's pretty easygoing, just so long as no one tries to hurt me." Mika said softly, rubbing the Dark-Fire-Type's ears. "Yeah... that's pretty much all about me."

 

[NeoAC]

Gary retrieved the Pokedexes from their box on the table. Luckily Grandpa hadn't covered them in honey again. As he carried the box out he heard the last new trainer coming in and calling out. "Yeah, but you don't want to see him. Come on in." He made his way towards the group of trainers as the last one joined them. "All right, now that you guys are all here, I can finally give these out. These are your Pokedexes. They're like an ID card and an encyclopedia all in one. My Granddad invented them, back before his mind started going, they're all produced overseas now. These will certify you all as official trainers in the Pokemon League. You can challenge gyms all you want, try to get the Eight badges needed to get in the Finals in Indigo Plateau. Now once you all get out of here, you're going to hit Viridian City in the North. There's a gym there, but it's my Gym, and if you try to challenge me, especially you," he pointed again at Tyler. "I'm going to destroy you. Obliterate you. You won't have a chance. So don't bother. Go to Pewter. The Rock guy there. He sucks. You can probably beat him. As long as you're not relying on a fire type. Or a normal type. Actually, yeah you probably will have problems."

"SHIT! SHIT!"

"Gramps! What did you do now?"

"SHIT! I need to you get the microwave going!"

"Oh for fucks sake, do it yourself! Here...Rochelle...this one's yours." He handed the first Pokedex to the bandanna girl, and then went through passing out the rest. "There. Now you're in the League. Go off on adventures, yadda yadda yadda. I'm getting out of here." With that Gary stepped outside and summoned his Pidgeot. "Pidgeot, Fly me away!"

"Pidg-otttt!" At its trainer's command the giant bird spread it's wings and took flight, carrying Gary off towards Viridian.

"Um.......OK?" Jordan said. "So where do we go again?"

 

[Lizmichi]

"Seems we head to Viridian City then to Pewter City. Hmmm or maybe catch some wild Pokemon." Fary said opening her new Pokedex and blinked as it registered Zorua and spoke up. "Zorua, a dark fox type Pokemon, found in the Unova region. Zorua takes on the appearance of other Pokémon to frighten off enemies. Ability, Illusion; allows the Pokemon to change the appearance to a different species. Behavore, they are mischievous and will sometimes laugh at the enemies they confuse when they take on their appearance. They will also laugh after they are forced back into their true forms, snickering at the harmless mischief they caused. Zorua will sometimes laugh at its enemies, even when it is in a dangerous situation." the pokedex then became silent.

Fary looked at Zorua. "Man you race can be dicks it seems." Fary said then blinked. "Wait you can transform?" she blinked. Zorua looked at her confused and yipped licking Fary's cheek. "No I didn't say you were a dick. You're just... mischievous." she added.

 

[CounterAttack]

Rochelle smiled at Fary's Pokémon, Zorua, licking its Trainer's cheek. Her attention was divided, however, as she took a quick look at the external appearance of her new Pokédex. She wondered how it recognised new Pokémon or added data to it. Perhaps there was a camera inside that recognised Pokémon by their appearance, and a database or something that was updated whenever a new one was encountered.

Resolving to examine the Pokédex in more detail another time, she said, "I really wish there was something we could do about Oak... but I don't think we're in the right position to do so. Should we get going?" She made her way to the door, reattaching Kirsten's Poké Ball to her belt as she did so.

 

[LunaSocks]

"Well, I have absolutely no experience in battling. So maybe we could try and battle some wild pokemon?" Terinth suggested to the group, following Rochelle to the door.

"Wow, what a mixed group. The full group is from everywhere it seems. I'm just glad there's someone else from my town here." Terinth thought to herself as she exited through the door.

 

[socialtangent]

After Gary Oak (rather forcefully) handed Tyler his Pokedex, the infuriated Gym Leader left the lab and flew away on his impressive-looking Pidgeot. He blankly stared at his device, still in a state of shock over his verbal beatdown. When the traumatized Trainer finally came to, the people around him were conducting introductions. "Er...I'm Tyler Page from Saffron City. I've got an Abra...and that's pretty much it," he said meekly, shoving his hand back into his pocket.

 

[Lambi]

Aeris had cringed when Rochelle mentioned that her Pokemon couldn't be out of water for too long. Ah, crap in a bottle. Not a water Pokemon! Well, I just hope she won't challenge me to a duel, or let the Pokemon out near me...

She was handed her Pokedex and she opened it. "Ooh, nice. Lets see..." She pointed it at her Charmander, who got registered into the Pokedex. "Wow. Amazing! I can't wait to start! Oh, but he said that a fire type wouldn't be good against that rock guy..." She looked at Blaze and smiled. "Don't worry. We'll think of something." She patted Blaze, who liked that.

 

[NeoAC]

"Yeah, let's get out of here, bros," Jordan agreed with Rochelle. He started following after the redhead now that he had gotten all he needed here. These Oaks were obviously nuts. At least the people who came here seemed like much more rational people. "Lead the way Red."