El Primer Compañero

[Señor]

Iñigo walked the path to the lab of Professor Maple. His hands rested loosely in his pockets, and if it wasn't for his serious expression, one would think that he was teeming with happy excitement. At this moment, he was the closest to such an emotion that he had ever been. The fact that he could finally make something useful out of himself...¡perfecto! Of course, there was the fact that nobody knew him here, so he'd have to reestablish his reputation...pero, ¡que fácil! He was sure that word would quickly spread once he mercilessly conquered his first few opponents with such unfathomable skill.

Iñigo was too busy daydreaming to notice he had just walked straight into the door of the lab. He rubbed his head, cursing in Spanish. His other hand knocked soundly on the doors. A little head pain was way less than enough to distract him from feeling content about his new journey.

[BirdyBot]

Professor Maple answered the door. He indicated for Inigo to enter. Once inside, Mia, the Professor's Arcanine, came over and rubbed her head against Inigo's leg. She looked up at him slyly. ~You may hide it, but you are one of us, no?~ She stated. Maple ran his hand through her fur. "So, have you descided what kind of Pokemon you'd be interested in?" He asked.

[Señor]

Iñigo gave the Arcanine a strange look. "A friendly one, are you?" he asked dully. He looked back at the professor. "Sí, I was wondering if you had any Chimchar?" He imagined himself now, standing next to a powerful and intimidating Infernape on the battlefield, his opponent cowering in fear as his pride and joy devastated its foe with a Blast Burn.

[BirdyBot]

Maple opened a draw, searching its contens. "Yes, we have one." He answered, bringing out a Pokeball. Mia had obviously taken a liking to Inigo. She sensed his confidence and liked that at last a rookie trainer wasn't nervous.

Professor Maple let the Chimchar out. It darted across the room to Inigo, where it looked at him curiously. ~Char!~ It breathed a small flame by means of greetings. ~Hey.~ It said, a little puff of smoke furling out its mouth.

[Señor]

As Iñigo stared thoughtfully at the Chimchar, he started to reconsider. Perhaps a Cyndaquil, or a Charmander, or even a Torchic was more his style? "Oi, I just now thought..." he said. "Maybe I want a different Fire type. I can't decide between Chimchar, Charmander, Torchic, or Cyndaquil..." He tried to picture the same scene of ultimate victory with a Charizard, Typhlosion, or a Blaziken, but even the Infernape image became blurry with doubt.

[BirdyBot]

Maple searched the drawer's contnts again. "I'm afraid we don't have a Torchic, but the Charmander and and Cynderquil are here." He said, holding up two more Pokeballs. A Charmander and Cynderquil emerged in a flash of red light. Charmander walked up to Chimchar, and Chimchar showed off its flame. Charmander didn't like that. ~Show-off.~ It mumbled, turning to examine Inigo thoughtfully. Cyndaquil shivered, and crawled to Inigo's shoe, using it as a scratching post.

[Señor]

"No Torchic?" questioned Iñigo. "Es una lástima... Oh well, not a problem." He looked back and forth between the Charmander and the Chimchar. He had already ruled out the Cyndaquil...he couldn't tolerate a Pokemon without respect for a human's property. He took a step backward in an attempt to subtly avoid it.

"Charmander or Chimchar..." he wondered aloud. "Both have potential, but which is the better?" He imagined a Pokemon battle between Charizard and Infernape, a clone of himself in the trainer spot on either side. His fight of fantasy was almost evenly matched, but when Charizard took to the air, Infernape was helpless. Iñigo snapped to reality. "I will take the Charmander!" he exclaimed, finger pointing at his choice. "Come with me, lagarto, and I will show you a life of victory and triumph."

[BirdyBot]

~Char!~ The Charmander cried excitedly, allowing a little plume of smoke to escape. "Here, you are. Good luck!" Professor Maple said, handing Inigo his starter stuff. Mia looked a him myteryiously.

Inigo recieved his starter!

Name: You choose
Species: Charmander
Gender: Male
Level: 5
Attacks: Scratch, Growl
Personality: Can be a bit of a show-off, and is 'cool'. Is determined and brave.

[img]http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpmfa/dpmfa004.png[/img]
[b]Name:[/b] [i]You choose[/i]
[b]Species:[/b] Charmander
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Level:[/b] 5
[b]Attacks:[/b] Scratch, Growl
[b]Personality:[/b] Can be a bit of a show-off, and is 'cool'. Is determined and brave.


And his starter pack!

Pokeballs x9

[Señor]

"Gracias, profesora," said Iñigo. "I will be going now." If it was in his DNA to smile, that's probably what he'd be doing now. Well, he was mentally smiling. Smiling at his future Charizard.

[Rosalina]

You may now continue to Route One.