Sinnoh Journey RP

A loud cry of 'Murkrow Murkrow!' shattered the morning's silence and a pale young girl rolled over in her bed, tangling herself in her duvet. When the cries didn't stop, she sat up, her short, golden-blonde hair a scraggly mess. She turned to see her Murkrow friend, perched on the windowsill. The Darkness Pokemon was stood half in and half out of the window, watching Raine as she got to her feet. Satisfied that her friend and soon-to-be trainer was fully awake, the Murkrow fluttered out of the bedroom window. Raine watched her leave before going to shower and get changed out of her pyjamas. She picked out a pair of pale blue, three quarter length leggings and a long, lavender coloured shirt. The shirt had short sleeves and splayed out just slightly past her waist.

A short while later, Raine wandered downstairs, brushing her hair as she headed into the kitchen. An older female was stood washing up the dirty dishes and cups that had been left next to the sink.
"Hey mom," smiled Raine, grabbing herself a bowl from the cupboard and a spoon from the draw next to the sink.
"Morning darling!" replied Amaya as she put the last dish on the draining rack and dried her hands on a tea towel.
"Are you excited for your journey?" she asked as Raine sat down at the table to eat her cereal. The young girl nodded as she began wolfing down her breakfast. Just then, the same Murkrow from before fluttered through the kitchen window, landing on the dining table with a caw.
Amaya chuckled and reached into the cupboard where the poffins were stored. Raine had made these poffins specifically for Nightshade the night before so that she could take them with her on her journey. The trainer-to-be realised that she would likely have to make new recipes for any other Pokemon that joined her team, but she didn't mind. She liked cooking them after all.

When Raine finished her breakfast and Nightshade finished one of the Poffins, Raine wandered into the living room. On the coffee table was the bag she had packed before she had gone to bed. The bag itself was blue, darker than her leggings but just lighter than the sky on a bright, sunny day. Inside was a sleeping bag and pyjamas, along with changes of clothes and other essentials. It was almost as if the bag was bigger on the inside, fitting a ridiculous amount of things inside of it and still having room for more. Raine grabbed the Poffins from the kitchen and packed those in a small Tupperware box. Along with a pouch of various berries from her mother's garden, they were put in their own Pocket. Raine made sure that she also had her purse in one of the inside pockets, counting the money to make sure it was all there. She made a mental note to make sure she didn't spend too much.

When she was finally satisfied that she had packed everything, including a coat for if it got cold, Raine left the house. Her mother insisted on hugging her before a quick exchange of "Bye!" and "Good luck!"
"And don't forget to give your father his lunch!" chuckled Amaya, waving to her daughter as she made her way down the street.
"I won't! Bye mom!" she replied, and soon Raine was on the road, heading out of Eterna City and towards Floaroma Town.

I based Raine's current clothes off this pic so yea:

(Wist, if you wanna do a post sorta like this for your character, then we can map out their individual travels before they meet up on Route 205! ^^)

((Sounds like a plan to me. Do you have a specific setting in mind?))

John slowly cam into realization that he was awake. John opened his eyes to survey his room, and after inspecting it, closed them again. After a twenty minute struggle of getting out of bed, John looked out of his window. The bad weather from last night seemed to have stopped. John looked under his bed for the locked box, and rummaged the key from the top draw of his desk. John unlocked the small box, and took out the red and white sphere. He pressed the button and released his companion, Rast. "So, did you do okay in there? I know you don't like it, but the weather last night was really bad. I didn't want it spooking you, got it?" John said to his Heracross.

After managing to get dressed and down stairs, he greeted his parents. "Morning mum, morning dad." John said. His mom and dad greeted him back. He put some bread into the toaster and took out a plate, butter knife, and jam from the kitchen area. John ate his breakfast groggily, talking with his dad while he ate. After his toast, he slipped on a red hoodie and went to school.

It was a long five and a half hours, or at least felt long to John. He left Rast at home because school hadn't allowed pokemon that day. Since it was a trainer school, they usually allowed pokemon. But that day John didn't have any practiced planned at school, so his Heracross would have to stay home. But he was still very excited, as today was the day he left to run an errand today. Usually John didn't like errands, but this was different. A family friend had ordered a bike from the bike shop in Eterna city. The order never came, so instead they had to pick up the bike from the shop. Problem was, Eterna was a bit ways away, and the family friend couldn't make it. So, he volunteered to get the bike. It took a bit of persuasion, but John convinced his family to let him go.

"Food."
"Cross."
"Water."
"Cross."
"Spare shoes."
"Cross."
"Well, that's everything!" John said, ticking the final box on his checklist. He smiled at Rast, and zipped up his backpack. Considering John was walking, it would take quite a bit to get to Eterna. First he would get to Floaroma town, and then take a break at Route 205. Then, John would continue through Eterna Forest, and straight to Eterna city.

John said his goodbyes to his mom and dad, strapped on his backpack, and left for Floaroma town with his companion, Rast. "Don't forget to stay on the path, John!" His mom called out. "I won't, bye mom!" John said, looking back with a small wave.

(Not really >.< All I know is that Raine will probably catch a Pachirisu before she meets John so I guess we'll just see how it unfolds. Perhaps she could run into John on her way out from the Valley Windworks??)

Raine knew Eterna Forest like the back of her hand. After spending so much time here over the years it was like she knew every nook and cranny and could even tell when something wasn't right, almost as if she could sense it. She felt oddly at home in the forest, surrounded by Pokemon. It was also here that Raine had met Nightshade so many years ago. The young trainer and her Pokemon wandered through the forest at a leisurely pace, taking all of the suitable shortcuts through the undergrowth to pass through it quicker. Due to the Pokemon all being used to her nearly constant presence, they weren't bothered by Raine, some even came over for some of the Poffins she would occasionally give out. Sighing good naturedly, she reached into her bag for the box that the Poffins were stored in, and placed a few of them on the remains of a fallen tree as she passed it. The wild Pokemon in the area scurried in to claim them shortly after. Raine giggled at the sight of two Buneary squabbling over one of her Poffins. It soon broke into half and both Pokemon quickly scurried off to share what little of the treat was left with their families.

After staying to watch and play with the Pokemon in the forest for an hour or so, Raine finally stepped out of the densely wooded area and into the sunlight. There were twigs and leaves caught in her hair from where she had gently clambered through the undergrowth, but other than that, she looked happy with being able to progress so quickly. Soon she would get to the Valley Windworks and once she had delivered her father's lunch she could finally start her journey properly!
As she began to wander down the Route, Raine pulled out the map that her mother had given her the night before.
"So where do you think we should head for first Nightshade?" she asked, looking over the map. The Murkrow fluttered alongside her before landing on Raine's shoulder so that she could get a good view of the map whilst she was walking. Nightshade extended her wing to point to a dot on the map.
"Murkrow!" (This one!)
It seemed that she had chosen a random place, but Raine nodded, smiling.
"Oreburgh City it is then!" she chuckled.

John looked ahead of him and he could see the Rugged Path. It was a small cave, and he needed to get through it. He had gone into the Rugged Path before, usually with his friends just to hang out or play. As John and Rast entered the Rugged Path, it was very dark. The light from outside lit up some of the cave, but not much. He and Rast could see the exit at the other side of the cave. John began to trudge through the rocky floor to the exit of the dark cave. As he and Rast neared the exit, a screech echoed through the cave.

John covered his ears with his hands, and tried to find the source of the noise. That screeching was familiar to John, but he couldn't figure out what it was. He then looked back at Rast to see if he was okay. It seemed that the screeching had the same effect on Rast as it did on himself. John continued to scan the cave, slowly backing up to the exit of the cave. From the dark, he saw a shadow move. Then shadow charged at him, and he instinctively ducked. John felt the shadow swoop over above him. Rast managed to smack the shadow out of the air and onto the cave floor. He inspected what the shadow was, and it turned out to be the Zubat. Now he knew why the screech was so familiar, it was the sound of a Zubat! "Good work Rast. Finish it off with a Night Slash and call it a day," John said nodding at his companion. The Zubat managed to get a Leech Life off on Rast, but it had little effect. As instructed, Rast made the final blow. Rast made sure not to kill the poor thing, just with enough force to knock it out.

"Alright, now that's over, let's get the heck outta here, eh?" John said, pointing with his thumb to the door. He and Rast scurried out of the cave, slightly blinded to the sunlight as their eyes needed to adjust. John & Rast continued down the path to Floaroma town. The sun was shining, partly cloudy, and a warm breeze was in the air. He was glad that it wasn't rainy or cold, and hoped it would stay this way for the rest of the day. John took in the fresh air and happily exhaled. John wasn't the only one enjoying the day, as there were many other people walking, or having picnics, and other things as well. John checked his watch to see what time it was. It had been twenty-or-so minutes from leaving Jubilife. Things were looking up for him and Rast.

Raine neatly folded the map and tucked it into one of the pockets in her bag. The duo then continued to wander leisurely along the route. Raine stopped however when a Pokemon caught her attention. It was running straight towards them a group of Bidoof trailing behind it. It took Raine a few moments to realise it was a Pachirisu. It was so fast!
The Pachirisu rushed past Raine before doing a U-turn around her and shooting up one of the trees that grew near the edge of the sandy pathway. The Bidoof, seemingly angry about something, scratched at the tree for a short while before they all trailed away one by one. It seemed they had better things to do with their time than chase the Pachirisu.

Intrigued, Raine wandered closer, peering up into the tree's leafy branches. She frowned. The Pachirisu didn't seem to be there... almost as if it had vanashed.

"Murkrow!"
Nightshade's cry brought her attention to the branches she was stood underneath. Hanging off the end of one of them, was the Pachirisu. It looked like it was grinning at them in a cute way. Also grinning, Raine turned to Nightshade.
"I think now might be a good time to put that Pokeball mom gave us to use! Use Peck!"

The Murkrow nodded before quickly leaping into he air. She sped towards the Pachirisu, the EleSquirrel Pokemon only just managing to dodge in time by leaping onto a neighbouring branch.

"Astonish!"
The commands came quickly as Raine tried to weaken the Pachirisu. She had seen something she liked in the Pokemon and despite only having one Pokeball, she was going to go for it.
Nightshade turned to the electric type and screeched. It was short but aimed to startle not deafen.

The Pachirisu clutched it's ears to protect itself from the attack, giving Nightshade an opening to attack. The Murkrow flew in with a second Peck attack, this time hitting her mark. The Pachirisu was thrown off of it's branch and Raine quickly made to catch it, however it managed to grab hold of one of the other branches on the way down. The EleSquirrel Pokemon's cheeks began to crackle with electricity. Raine noted the warning signs and quickly told Nightshade to use Mirror Move.

The two bursts of blue electricity hit each other simultaneously, cancelling each other out. The Pachirisu however, was already fighting back. It had leaped into the air and was looking to land an Iron Tail on Nightshade. The Murkrow easily dodged leaving the Pachirisu to land on it's iron tail.

"Confuse ray!"
The Murkrow glowed a faint gold colour as multiple golden orbs materialised. They veered around the Pachirisu, catching it's attention. Soon the electric type's gaze was focused on them, watching the orbs as they floated around and around, confusing the poor Pachirisu.

"Finish up with another Peck!"
As the Murkrow flew in for what would hopefully be the last attack of this battle, the Pachirisu opened it's jaws. It's tiny fangs glowed pale white as it snapped at Nightshade. However, due to it's confusion, the EleSquirrel had bitten down on it's own tail, causing itself damage rather than the Murkrow.
Nightshade's Peck attack hit right on for the second time and the Pachirisu rolled over backwards before landing on it's belly. Raine took a deep breath before she tossed the Pokeball. She only had one shot at this.

The Pokeball touched the Pachirisu and the EleSquirrel Pokemon was dragged inside via the red light. The ball landed on the grass, shaking as the Pokemon inside attempted to break out. Nightshade landed a few metres away, ready to launch another attack should the Pachirisu escape and become angry.

John looked down the road, and could see Floaroma town just ahead. There was a very pleasant scent in the air, and it seemed to always be there when John was in Floaroma. It was probably because of all the flowers that were at Floaroma. John didn't see the big deal in flowers. Sure they smelled kinda nice, but they're a pain to take care of, and a little girly in his opinion. Not that John didn't like the town, it was nice. There was a man who sold honey there, and Rast really liked the honey.

As they both entered the city, the scent of flowers was incredibly strong. John couldn't help but sneeze, trying his best to keep from sneezing his organs out. The smell didn't seem to effect Rast, and it almost looked like he enjoyed it. To take shelter from the onslaught of pollen, John went inside the flower shop. He was greeted by the shop keepers and he greeted them back. John browsed the shop, not finding anything interesting. He didn't have enough money to get anything he wanted or was useful, so he braved the storm of pollen once again.

Deciding that the overwhelming smell was too much, John decided to carry on to Route 205. The scent wasn't so bad there, but it was definitely still in the air. He searched for a suitable spot to take a rest, and found a log a bit out into the bush. He set down his backpack on the log and sat. Rast just sat on the grass, looking around the small clearing the log was in. John took a gleeful sigh of relief, and rested his eyes.

((Bit of a smaller post I know, couldn't think of much to type.))

Raine waited, holding her breath as the Pokeball continued to shake. All of a sudden, it clicked, signifying the Pachirisu's capture. Nightshade visibly relaxed and Raine sighed in relief, walking over to her Murkrow to celebrate.

"We did it!" she grinned, hugging Nightshade. The Murkrow cawed cheerfully before Raine let go and she fluttered up onto her trainer's shoulder.
Walking over to the Pokeball, Raine picked it up and looked at it. She couldn't help but wonder what it was like inside of one. She wondered whether she should get Nightshade her own Pokeball...
Deciding to ask her father later, she tucked the Pachirisu's Pokeball into her bag. She would wait for it to calm down slightly before she let it out so that she could help heal it properly.
"I guess we should get going," chuckled Raine, stroking the underside of Nightshade's beak, "Dad will probably be wondering where his lunch is."

A short while later, Raine drew closer to the Valley Windworks. She could see the windmills poking up above the trees that lined the path. From here, she could also smell the gentle scent of Floaroma Town's flowers.
"It's nice here," smiled Raine, "No wonder dad didn't want to take that promotion!"

(Mine was only long cause I was catching Pachirisu xD Also I didn't know if you wanted to meet Raine now or after she visits the windworks so I left the post here.)

(Lets have them meet afterwards.)

John's eyes grew heavier and heavier. It was around noon, but still, he was getting sleepy. He tried not to fall asleep, but he ended up doing so. Rast watched over him, making sure no wild pokemon decided to give them an not so pleasant visit. Rast checked John to make sure he was still sleeping, waving a hand over his face just to make sure he was still asleep. Rast sighed, and became bored. Not much time had passed since John fell asleep, but to Rast it felt like an hour. But then, there was a rustling in the bushes behind him. Rast quickly went over to investigate, as it could be danger. After a quick once over, Rast didn't notice anything. When Rast returned he noticed the backpack was gone after a few moments.

John was quickly awoken from his slumber. It was Rast, shaking John's shoulder vigorously. "What! What is it?!" John spat at Rast. John didn't mean to act rude, he was just startled from being waken up so suddenly. Rast then pointed with his claws to the backpack. Or where the backpack should have been. "Where did it go? Did someone steal it?" John said, flustered with what was going on. Again, Rast pointed with his claws. Rast was pointing from where he and John had found the log. "Faaantastic. That backpack had all of our stuff!" John said, getting increasingly angry. "Well, I guess we better go find who took it, huh," John said.

(Kk.)

It was only a short amount of time before Raine reached the Windworks. Up close, the turbines were incredibly huge. No wonder they could produce so much power. Raine wondered if her Pachirisu might appreciate the windworks due to it's electric typing.

On the subject of the Pachirisu, she realised that she had yet to think up a name for it. She wondered if it were male or female. Pushing the subject off temporarily, she approached the door to the building, gently pushing it open. Raine knew that there were only a limited number of people working on the wind farm, she she called out a hesitant, "Dad?" looking to catch his attention.

She was successful, and two of the three men that were gathered around a computer looked up from their position. The first, seeing who it was greeted Raine politely before he got up and returned to his desk. The second, grinning, wandered over to his daughter.
"Hey Raine! What brings you here? I thought you were starting your Pokemon journey today?" he asked.

Raine smiled and dug a brown paper bag out of her own bag.
"You forgot your lunch," she chuckled quietly.

"Oh, dang!" he laughed, taking the paper bag, "Thanks Rainie."
He turned to head back to his computer screen.
"Come on over!" he grinned. "It's not every day I get a visit from my daughter whilst I'm at work!"

Hesitantly, Raine agreed and followed her father over to his screen, he clicked a few things before moving over to some machinery.
"So then. How are you doing so far? Seen any cool Pokemon yet?" he asked, grinning like a kid in a candy store. Seeing his daughter about to go out into the world on a Pokemon journey brought back memories of his own journey as a child.

"Uhm... I saw the forest Pokemon again..." she began, "And some Bidoof and a Pachirisu."
Raine wasn't exactly uncomfortable talking to her father, she was just not very used to it and so reverted to her usual shy ways when it came to talking to people she didn't immediately know. Raine's dad was always working, ever since she was a child. Most of the time he would get up early and return rather late and so her relationship with him was rather strained. In truth she hoped that at some point she would be able to just spend some quality time with her father... perhaps after she finished her journey.

"Pachirisu are quite common around the windworks, " smiled Erin, "but be careful 'cause Nightshade would be weak to their electric attacks."
"Murkrow!" cawed Nightshade from her perch on Raine's shoulder.
"I'll keep that in mind," she laughed, fishing through her bag for the Pachirisu's Pokeballs, "But I managed to catch one without any mishap."
She held the Pokeball up and Erin grinned.
"Congratulations!" he smiled, "You should have told me earlier that you'd caught your first Pokemon."

"Sorry," she laughed, half apologetically.
"I would name it, but I don't know if it's a girl or a boy...."
"Let it out so I can see it and I can tell you," he smiled, Raine nodding in reply.

She opened the Pokeball, the EleSquirrel Pokemon materializing in front of her. It blinked open it's eyes and shook it's head before tilting it to the side.
"Chi Pa?"
"He's male," smiled Erin confidently.
"How can you tell?" asked Raine.
Erin bent down to stroke the Pachirisu's head. Pointing to the stripe on it's forehead as he did so.
"This stripe is shorter on a female Pachirisu."

Raine nodded, "Okay then. I think I'll name him Ryuzi. Welcome to the team!"
The Pachirisu looked hesitant for a moment before he smiled.
"Chipachi Pa!"

"I think he likes you," chuckled Erin, standing back up. Ryuzi scampered over to Raine and climbed up onto her other shoulder, before leaping up onto her head. She laughed and realised she must have still had a leaf in her hair from Eterna Forest as the gently made it's way down towards the ground.
"I guess I should get going then," smiled Raine, "Thankyou for your help, Dad."
"You're very welcome Rainie!" he grinned, walking with his daughter towards the door,
"It was nice seeing you!"
"Oh, Dad? One more thing. Should I get a Pokeball for Nightshade?"
Erin stood in thought for a few seconds before answering.
"I think you should, Raine. Since she doesn't have the Pokeball's technology that prevents other trainers from capturing her. It doesn't mean you have to keep her in it though."
Raine nodded, "Thanks again Dad."
Erin nodded before Raine stepped out of the door, Ryuzi still perched on her head and Nightshade still on her shoulder. She chuckled, waving goodbye to her father as she continued on her way, heading towards Floaroma Town.

John & Rast walked out from the treeline. John surveyed the area, in hopes that he would see or find something that would lead him to the lost backpack. But to no avail. Frustrated, John kept searching with the help of Rast. How could he have lost his backpack. It was sitting right next to him, and Rast was with him!

"Rast, you're sure you didn't see anything? Or notice anything?" John said, looking back at Rast.
"Heracross, cross hera."
"Right. Pokemon. No english." John said with a sigh, and continued searching.

Then, John got an idea. "Rast, you can fly, why don't you try to find something with a bird's eye view?" John said. Rast nodded, and took off to the sky. Rast didn't go too high up, just high enough to get a good view of things. Rast could see Floaroma town behind them, and ahead of them the Valley Windworks. Rast didn't see much else, except for some kind of pokemon flying about, he assumed a Staravia. Rast floated back down to the ground and shook his head to John. "Darn. Thanks for trying buddy," John said with a weak smile. After ten minutes of searching, John gave up. "I guess we'll just have to go on. Maybe ask the police if they've seen anything," John said. And with that, John continued down the path with Rast, empty handed.

A lone Drifloon watched Raine as she wandered down the path leading away from the Valley Windworks. She looked on sadly as she saw how happy they looked, a trainer, her Murkrow and her Pachirisu.

Raine couldn't help but laugh at how energetic Ryuzi was. He just couldn't seem to sit still. Her hair was already tangled from where he wouldn't stop moving. As Raine ran her fingers through her hair in an attempt to untangle it, the Pachirisu ran on ahead, keeping just a few paces in front of his trainer, but still as excitable as ever.

Nightshade remained perched on Raine's shoulder, her head tilted to the side as she watched the EleSquirrel Pokemon. She couldn't seem to comprehend how he had so much energy.

Looking from Ryuzi to the path ahead, she noticed a rather unhappy looking boy walking in their direction. She couldn't help but wonder what had gotten him down, but was too shy to immediately walk up to him and ask.

Rast noticed a young girl down the path, and shook John. John snapped out of it and looked ahead. There was a young girl with a Murkrow and Pachirisu. Perhaps they knew where his backpack had went. John picked up the pace to meet up with the girl down the path. "Hey! You over there!" John shouted, making sure he had the girl's attention. When he finally met up with her down the path he asked, "Have you seen a backpack by chance? I've lost it. It's dark blue with white details."

She blinked when the boy called out to her. She had expected him to just walk past.
"Uhm..." she froze up all of a sudden. Nightshade ruffled her feathers on Raine's shoulder and cawed slightly in an effort to try and calm her nerves. Ryuzi wandered over and stood by his trained's feet, looking up at her as if he could sense she needed the support.
"No.. I haven't," she replied finally, "B-but I could help you look...?"

"Well, I don't need he-" John was saying before Rast hit John's back. "What? Oh. Yeah, some help would be great, thanks," John said, reluctant in his head. It's not like John didn't like the girl, she hasn't done anything wrong. It was just that he could surely figure it out on his own. Probabaly. Hmm. "Have you heard anything about thieves in this area? Like maybe in the news or somethin'? By the way, the names John. Yours?" John asked. If she was going to tag along with him and Rast, he might as well learn her name.

Raine smiled weakly at John's acceptance of her help, despite noticing his Heracross' 'encouragement'. She shook her head to his question. Around here it was peaceful and quiet, especially around Floaroma.
"Oh.. I'm Raine," she replied as he introduced himself. Ryuzi climbed up onto her head again, watching John from his perch.