This world is inhabited by creatures that we call pokemon. People and pokemon live together by supporting each other, but now the scourge threatens the safety of the entire region. Kohaku has become a dangerous place, where children stay at home and only brave souls go adventuring.
Welcome to KOHAKU. Come for the nightmares. Stay for the tea and crumpets.
The season is SUMMER. It is easy for survivors to forage for food from the land, as there are entire abandoned farms ready for harvest. On the downside, you can smell the corpses.
swarms
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Bel was pretty nervous. He had finally made it to the caverns, but at what cost? He hadn't been able to train his pokemon; only Chim and Snake were strong enough to take on wild pokemon or even the Scourge. But that didn't mean he shouldn't be able to travel, right?
The male walked along, keeping his finger on Chim's pokeball just in case anything out of the ordinary happened. On a lighter note, the caverns were pretty cool.
light, darkness, it didn't make any difference to alia. she walks the way that she always has, looking forward without fear. that's how it's always been, and she wasn't about to let the scourge change that.
freud is noticeably less confident, sticking close to his trainer's side. which is why alia brought him out in the first place, to be honest. they're not going to get anywhere with the scourge with an attitude like that.
"dude, it's okay" alia doesn't break her stride, not for her pokemon. "i doubt anyone's even here. just a few zubats that you can take care of with your ice attacks"
As they walked along, Bel heard someone talking. He stopped for a moment, only to see a girl appear around the corner behind him. A smile appeared on the boy's face as he raised an arm in greeting.
"Hello there! Are you traveling to the next city as well?" toska
Bel nodded, smiling at the snover that ran to catch up with the girl. "Yep! Slowly but surely I am. Gonna see if any trainers out there need some help from a breeder like me! Are you a trainer?"
Bel put his hand out to shake the girl's. "I'm Belphegor, but most people call me Bel. Who are you?" toska
"sup, the name's alia. i'm an eos researcher" she reaches out to shake his hand. she has a very firm, solid grip. "i really appreciate the work that y'all put towards the farms, kid. a lot of credit goes to the eggs that i'm able to synthesize the vaccine already. gotta say that you look a bit on the young side, but talent is talent, eh?"
After shakins Alia's hand, Bel pulled his away and blushed slightly at her comment. He'd never gotten such words from another eos program member. "T-thanks! It's really my passion you know, making eggs for the trainers and researcher and rangers of the program."
He'd met a researcher before, and he wanted to see Bel's pokemon. "Would you like to see my pokemon? I think that's what researchers like, isn't it?" toska
it wasn't even flattery to alia. it was only the simple, plain truth. she would never have been able to run around and study enough pokemon to fill 38 pages in a week. "then keep at it, kid"
alia realizes that she probably should have been the one asking every eos member that she meets. well, oops. whatever, she can always come back to the calm of persephina and ceres later. anyway, it would always be more useful to observe pokemon in combat.
Bel nodded, releasing his pokemon for Alia to see. He had different kinds, but not too many of them. And they were still young...Maybe he needed to train them more instead of breeding them all the time...
"sweet, thanks pal!" if it seemed that alia was excited about the prospect of actual work, then that was wrong. the researcher did have a weak spot for cute pokemon, and she wasn't embarassed to express it. after cooing over how cute they were, alia finally opens her pokedex and starts scanning them one at a time. "i'd be happy to see them once they've evolved too! hey, want my c-gear number?"
"Thank you!" Bel replied, smiling as the girl looked over her pokemon. No one had ever asked to exchange numbers, so it only made Bel happier to oblige. "Yes, of course!" he called out, only to recite his number for Alia. toska
alia types out the number on her c-gear as bel recites it. she's not quite as fast as some of her peers, but she manages to send her new acquaintance a message with her name. "there, just save that to your address book. seeya around, bel"
and with that, she strolls towards the depths of the cavern.
