DualReaver Wrote:So do you have any plans for that guy you just picked up? Cause I was planning on floating down to Pallet Town in the river.
To be honest, not really. Pika tossed that life preserver for you a while ago (which implies that you were already floating near Pallet Town), so I figured I might as well do something as I floated past.
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Lyssane found that Pallet Town was much like Cinnabar Island in terms of security level. Fortunately (for the sanity of the boy that they found floating in the water), Blaine's CPR didn't work, so Prof. Oak's assistants brought the boy into the lab and were now trying to revive him using more conventional methods.
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Charmander was the first to meet Prof. Oak. As he ran up to the old guy, Oak started to recognize him.
Oak: Oh? That Amulet Coin... Aren't you the one who went to Cinnabar with that young trainer last week?
Lyssane: We found this Charmander at Cinnabar Island. He just started following us. He was eager to get back here.
Oak: And who might you be?
Lyssane spent the next few minutes explaining absolutely everything that happened, along with Blaine sharing what he knew about the Seafoam Islands, Cinnabar, and the Bicycle Path.
Oak: So you flew in on a private jet without knowing about the zombie outbreak?
Lyssane: Cinnabar's Nurse Joy said the same thing.
Oak: So you want to go to Vermillion City to find out what happened to your Tropius. For once, the safest way there is through a shortcut. The regular path has you passing through Saffron City, which was reported as infested with zombies.
Lyssane: Yeah. After I find out, I'll probably try to find a way to return to Hoenn, if there's no way for me to help out.
Oak: There might be a way for you to help out though. I have a trainer assisting my scientists by finding out Silph. Co's involvement in this outbreak. She's found a lot so far. Right now, she's at Lavender Town investigating the Radio Tower, and she might find something important.
Blaine: If she comes back to tell us about it.
Lyssane: And if I come back.
Oak: You both will, I'm sure of it. Anyways, she might eventually find something that can help us all with this, something that might require your help.
After Oak's devices restored all of Lysssane's Pokemon to full health, Natu and Murkrow burst out of their Pokeballs. For the most part, nobody but Tropius really liked the Pokeballs. The shortcut that Oak described was simply long, unmarked (on the map) rolling plains from the east fence that led straight to the route above Vermillion City. It was full of tall grass, though, so everyone would have to be alert at all times. One of the scientists explained that the trainer that Oak described borrowed the only large flying Pokemon they had left, so Lyssane would be grounded during her trek through the plains.
As Lyssane was about to leap over the fence, Togepi started saying something. Everyone turned around to see the Charmander running up to the group, with Oak holding a Pokeball with a fire symbol. The Charmander's Amulet Coin had since been taken away and replaced with a King's Rock necklace.
Oak: Charmander looks like he wants to join you on your journey. I think you could use the help.
Lyssane: What about the trainer that he belongs to?
Oak: I think I can guess what happened. Charmander's original trainer sailed to Cinnabar Island last week. Something happened along the way, with Charmander washing up on Cinnabar Island still within his Pokeball. Since Charmander is not native to Cinnabar Island and fearing that the other trainers currently there would probably mistake him for a zombie, Charmander decided to hide until he saw you and decided to follow.
Lyssane: Makes sense...
Oak: For now, I've decided to take the Amulet Coin. The Coin has the trainer's initials etched onto the back. The trainer was originally from Pewter City, and his parents were archeologists that were running the museum there. I'm sure they're safe, as I would bet that they have converted all of the fossils into living Pokemon by now. They will be heartbroken to hear about their missing son though.
Lyssane took the Pokeball, and put it within her briefcase. This was like force of habit to her, as she figured that Charmander didn't like Pokeballs either. Charmander climbed on Lyssane's backpack with Togepi, with Natu and Murkrow airborne.
Natu: Charmander, welcome to our crazy party of birds and a baby egg.
Murkrow: Yeah, watch your back!
Natu: And Togepi too, it looks like she looks up to you!
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Current Location: About to leave Pallet Town to go straight to Vermillion City on foot
Current Objective: Get across the plains.
Pokemon Status: Charmander has joined the party (same movest as detailed two posts ago, with Amulet Coin replaced by King's Rock), and everyone is at top condition.