Welcome to Gaia! ::

-Jack finished her notes and took a small sip from her canteen then rose to her feet to continue on her path with the feeling of eyes on her back. Vaguely she wondered what types of monsters roamed these lands and if they were big enough to eat her. Unconsciously she picked up the pace, body hunching forward making her seem smaller than her natural 5'2 height. As she walked hurriedly, she kicked up dirt behind her.. not being very land savey. As time passed, she realized that whatever creatures were eyeing her.. they weren't coming out and made a logical assumption that they would leave her in peace. After that her stride became leisurely and she merely strolled down the path, examining the flowers and pretty plants that grew to the sides, till the sun began to sink behind the horizon. The girl Jack then began to look around for a suitable place to sleep for the night and figured the closer to the road, the better, since wild animals tended to not like roads due to the scent of humans. She stopped to find a nice, comfy pile of grass, and upon that simple victory, she placed her pack on the ground and lowered herself onto the soft blades, there nestling. She figured that by noon tomorrow she'd reach this city, her pace had been rather slow since she had examined nearly everything she came across. With that thought, she grimaced and shook her head, slightly at herself. She'd definetly need to try not to get so distracted if she was to make it anywhere.

-Jack hung back in the shadows of a building and watched the people come and go, trying to determin which place was the supplies store. After seeing multiple people enter a building, she made the assumption that was the place to be. She walked confidently up to the Mart, opened the door and peeked her head insde. Her slender frame then followed and her one bright blue eye gazed along the interior- "...'ello?" -She called out tentatively. But then a shiny object caught her eye.. a Poke'ball!- "So Poke'mon do exist here!"

"Of course they do, many wander around these parts." A man emerged from the back.

-Her face colored and she couldn't help but feel slightly ignorant. She should have known this but having only lived on a ship..- "Arr, I grew up on a Pirate ship, lad. I only knew of, erm, water Poke'mon and also a few flyin' Poke'mon. I wanted one of me own, but travelin' alot does not often suit one of the watery beasts." She looked around and changed the subject. Since she had no real knowledge of land Poke'mon or even where they existed, she'd rather not feel even more stupid than she already did. "I don't suppose ye sell any food?"

"I'm sure I could find something.. one moment." He disappeared.

She nodded and continued to browse the selection of goods till he returned with a few loafs of bread and some apples. A vibrant smile lit up her face and she gave him the necessary gold then put away the new supplies. "Thank ye... good doin' business with ye." With that said she exited the building and followed along the path.

-By night Jack had found a place to sleep and the night went undisturbed as did her morning, with her pack safely snuggled beneath her head. She rose to a calm morning and broke open the loaf of bread to break her fast. Munching, she considered what the next town might look like and what jobs might be available. What could a Pirate like her do, afterall? Jack reached up a hand to remove the eye patch and underneath gleamed a second vibrant blue eye, perfectly capable of sight. She blinked at the light and decided it was time to leave the eye patch off to let her eye breath. She finished the bread off and shouldered her pack to start off once more. Jack hummed to herself as she bounced along then heard sounds coming from the distance. Her eyes focused on the noises and saw a woman chasing a Ratatta, something she'd seen as nuisances on her ship, and the Ratatta chasing a weird bug Poke'mon. Her stride moved into a jog and she caught up with the lady and the treed bug. She stifled laughter at the insect having webbed the Ratatta and looked at the perturbed Trainer. "Supposin' this is yer Ratatta?" The Pirate grinned in good humor.

Astraea opened the door a bare crack, enough to slip her petite frame inside. Her jade eyes swept the interior, which was filled with all manner of pokemon related goods. Pushing away from the door she made her way toward the counter, knowing her order off by heart already.

The man behind the counter smiled warmly at her. "Welcome to the Pokemon Mart" he intoned in a friendly voice, "how may I help you?"

Astraea didn't return his smile, somewhat annoyed at his false warmth and friendliness. She could never imagine working in a store were she had little choice but be nice to the customers no matter who they might be and how much they annoyed her. "Could I please have fifty pokeball's as well as ten potions, antidotes and ten bags of pokemon chow" she replied, her voice bland as she spoke.

"Certainly young lady" the man replied cheerfully, disappearing into the back of the store. Several minutes later the man returned, his arms filled with Astraea's purchases. "That will be 14500pp" the man continued, as he began to bag Astraea's purchases. Fishing into her bag, Astraea soon found her purse and handed the man the required money. Counting the money, the man nodded as he handed Astraea her bags. Silently Astraea wondered whether the man thought her stupid, being that he had recounted the money she had given him.

With the bag balanced in her arms she made her way from the store, pausing not far from the entrance to place the new items in her bag. Checking the contents of her bag one final time she concluded that she had all that she needed for the moment, and with that turned in the direction of Route One, ready at last to be on her way.

Maria walked down the streets of pallet town. It was a quaint little place she mused, not overly filled but not a ghost town either. Of course it wasn't the Laramie ranch and if she ran into problems there wasn't half a dozen cousins to call on for help.

She shook her head causing her ponytail to lash out before settling against her back again. She spotted the Hunt Pokemon Supply Store and walked in. it only took her a few minutes to find what she was looking for. Thought the store was filled with a lot of neat and useful items Maria had but herself on an artist budget. Buy only that you need to survive until you've sold some work.

She walked up to the counter and placed her purchases on it. " ok I have 1 bag of poke chow, five potions , five antidotes and 10 pokeballs." She smiled pleasantly at the person behind the counter.

Walks into Pallet Town in complete amazment seeing all the trainers with their pokemon and having no idea who to talk to!

calent approched the edge of town and saw his grandfather at the gates.
gramps: "hey calent ive been waiting for you!"

calent: "sorry grandpa its not that short of a trip from hoen to here. anyway you wanted to see me"

gramps: "yes actualy i did. first of all a pakage came for you, its a box of 50 poke balls and second i have a challenge for you.

calent: "whats that?"

gramps: "if you go to viridian forest and meet up with one of my old pals he'll give you a parcle. go get it and bring it back and ill have a surprize for you."

calent: ok i got nothing better to do anyway"

the next morning was bright and sunny and calent said his goodbyes to his grandpa and left for viridian forest. but first a little stop at route one for some pokemon catching.......