Thread: Heroes of Legend! Pokemon of the Ages!

VIRIDIAN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH LABORATORY

Destination: Celebi ruins, near-center of Viridian Forest
Participants are advised to be wary of abnormal behaviour in the wild pokemon of the forest in the area around the ruins, along with structural instability in the ruins themselves.

Expedition Leader: Jakku Ebansu, junior leader

-------------------------------


Jakku crumpled the invitation notice in his hand. He had been pressganged into this forest walk, and he wasn't entirely happy.
He'd hoped to be stationed near Undella, for example, where the other major expedition that summer was headed, but no... The forest just behind the university will do fine...
He grunted, and leant back onto the bench he'd sat on minutes earlier.
He sat in front of the grand university entrance, and waited for his team to arrive.

Janine walked briskly toward the meeting place, her expression was firm and unchanging. She walked in complete silence, not even her shoes made noise when they hit the ground. She was excited, even if her expression didn’t show it. So many possible rock formations could be found, her parents would be proud. But she wouldn’t show emotion and continued walking silently toward the man who she watched crumple a paper. She supposed this was the Jakku person who was to lead them on this little trip. She nodded to him and stood waiting for a command, in silence.

Jakku looked up.
"Ah... Hello?"
He asked, unsure of what he should be saying.
"You are...?"

She raised an eyebrow, leaders were firm and always prepared, maybe she was at the wrong place, or he wasn't the right person “Janine Warthson.” She stated keeping her facial expressions still, "Are you Ebansu?"

Nicolette looked around "Yup, this is it...I can't wait~!" She squealed. Than went up to the two other people by the meeting place "Uh, hello? Is this where we meet?" she questioned.

Kristy trotted up behind Nicolette and heard her question. "Yeah, I was wondering that too." she added. "Are one of you two the guy in charge?"

"It is not me," she said simply, "That means this man is the leader." she did not show her dismay. She was hoping for a strong leader who loved the land and hated the ocean like the man her parents would talk about when she was little. But a leader is a leader she mused, maybe he would be a strong leader? She was skeptical.

Agri walked silently while reading a letter from a friend that lived in the Hoenn Region.
'Yes, we are currently studying the effects of....'
He was feeling refreshed, when he came up to the group of people waiting in front of the University's entrance he folded his letter and placed it on his right front pocket.

Noting one of his future comrades' look, Jakku vowed to be more confident.
"Yes, I'm Jakku."
He smiled, trying to seem warm.
"I'm the one in charge, for the record. I know some of you are older than I am, and this is my first expedition, but I believe I'm up to it."

Agri was close enough now and heard Jakku reveal his position.
"Hello leader!" he said in a high voice and everyone turned around to stare at him

"Age is no match for skill and expertise." Kristy said. "It's nice to meet you Jakku, I'm Kristy Schad." she added, extending her hand.

What should she do? Introduce herself? No, wait. Maybe? She settled on no she would only see these people for a few hours. She didn't feel like talking anyway. She pulled out a leaflet on what she was looking for in the forest and tried to draw as little attention to herself as possible.

"I'm glad you guys are enthusiastic... It turns out the truck that was supposed to take us to the forest broke down...
It's an hour or two's hike..."
Jakku said, shaking Kristy's hand.

"Does that mean we will have to go by foot"
Said Agri

Jakku sighed.
"Yep."
He said bluntly.