Mystic strode into Coumarine City, her boots clicking at the stone brick walkway. Azure Bay was easily visible and the boats were all lined up on the dock. She smiled to herself, before racing to the Pokemon Center. As she walked in, Mystic instantly heard people talking about the gym leader of Coumarine City, Ramos. Hmpf I can beat him once Charmander levels up enough, then he can take his grass Pokémon out as easy as pecha berry pie. She looked to her right forearm where a seemingly nervous Duskull clung on. "Oh Duskull, aren't you excited? We're going to Alola!" She cheered, "And maybe when we finish up there, after I get my badges here, we can go to Sinnoh, where you're from!" Duskull was an incredibly rare Pokémon, even in its home region of Sinnoh. Mystic felt pumped, she hadn't left Kalos since she got Charmander when she was 12. "Nurse Joy! Can you take a look at my team? Just send them outside when you're done, please. I'll be on the dock." Nurse Joy nodded and Mystic coaxed Duskull to go with her, "Here are Charmander and Chingling's pokéballs too!"

The smell of sea salt brought memories of all the other time Jaciel had travelled by boat. While not all of them were entirely pleasant, he was happy to be on the move once again. He'd notified his dad a couple of days ago that he wouldn't be around to visit for a while—for a couple of months, at the very least—and stocked up on plenty of berries and medicines for his trip. Not to mention repels, just in case there were some pokemon he and his team couldn't handle. Speaking of his team, Grace nudged his leg gently, probably wondering why he'd stopped walking. "I'm just looking around, Gracie," he explained to the glaceon, chuckling lightly as she looked at him with curious eyes. He turned to look for Leon, his shinx, only to spot the very end of his tail as he went hurtling past him and up to a girl who'd been exiting the Pokemon Center. Jace nearly lost his balance, just barely managing to stay up right by digging his crutches into the ground. "Oh no, Leon, why do you do this to me?" he groaned, hobbling over as quickly as he could, Grace at his side, to apologize to the girl his shinx had probably inconvenienced. "I'm so sorry," he said anxiously, quickly adding, "I promise he's friendly!" Clementine, his comfy, blearily opened her eyes and yawned, deciding, much to the dismay of her trainer, to leave the warm nest of his hair, displacing his hood in the process.

Mystic glanced down at a Shinx that came charging up to her as she heard someone shout. She looked back up to see a guy with blue hair and crutches stumble up to her, apologizing. She laughed, "Its fine, really. Is this a Shinx? I haven't seen one before!" Mystic pulled out her Pokédex that had been given to her by Professor Sycamore. "Its really cute!" And with that she used the dex on Shinx and Glaceon before turning to use it on Comfey as well, since it was from Alola. "Comfey…from Alola? Oh cool! I'm going there next!" She exclaimed before putting her dex away and smiling at the trainer before her, "I'm Mystic, nice to meet you."

(Also I totally forgot but, Duskull is not from Sinnoh! I messed up, instead it's from Hoenn!!!)

(Nah, that's fine—I'm not particularly familiar with pokemon habitats, anyways, so I probably wouldn't have noticed.)

may I join in

(Nah, that's fine—I'm not particularly familiar with pokemon habitats, anyways, so I probably wouldn't have noticed.)

(Lol)

may I join in

Uh sure, just don't type that big please!

"Y-Yeah, he's…a character, that one," he mumbled, looking accusingly at Leon, who, seeming to sense his trainer's awkwardness, rubbed against his leg apologetically. Jaciel seemed to perk up upon hearing that she was indeed going to Alola, smiling at her introduction. "I'm Jaciel. You can call me Jace, though," he responded, shuffling so his crutch was leaning against his side as he extended a hand to shake. "The shinx is Leon, Clem is the comfy, and Grace is the glaceon," he added gesturing to each with a head tilt. Clementine trilled happily and promptly began floating around Mystic's head curiously. "Watch out for that one—she might try and sleep in your hair." He hesitated, the cleared his throat purposefully. "You say you're going to Alola? That's where I'm headed," he explained, smiling shyly. "I've been before, er, obviously—it's beautiful."

(Chants in hidden: join, join, join…)

Mystic laughed as the Comfey flew around her head, "Well all of them seem wonderful. Also that's super cool that we're going to the same place! Maybe we can travel together?" As she finished her sentence, her Pokémon ran out, Charmander far in front of the other two while her calm Chingling came more slowly with Duskull close behind. Charmander ran up to Leon and Grace, looking at them curiously. Chingling examined Clem and Duskull clung to Mystic nervously. "Wow, perfect timing! Meet Chingling, Charmander, and Duskull!"

Jaciel blinked, a little taken aback at the appearance of three more pokemon, but happy to see them nevertheless. "Nice to meet you all," he said softly, the quietness of his voice mostly directed at the more timid Duskull. Gace eyed Charmander warily, probably because of the difference in typing, but quickly overcame her reservations in favor of making a new friend. Leon, however, had no such hesitation, easily jumping into the mix and trying to instigate the charmander into play-fighting. Clem seemed most interested in Duskull, trying to edge closer to it until Jace called her back. Having been reprimanded, the comfy pouted until she noticed Chingling looking at her. "Maybe we could. Travel together," he replied, tugging lightly on his hair in a nervous manner. "What I mean to say is, I'd like that," he clarified, shifting his weight to the side so he could keep and eye on his pokemon more easily.

"Awesome." Mystic glanced at Jace's crutches, while Charmander played with Leon and wrestled. "If you don't mind me asking, why do you have the crutches?" There was about a hour till the boat left for Alola. *I wonder if he'd battle with me…Charmander is so close to evolving, I can feel it."

"Rockruff, no!" Cas chased the dog Pokemon around the dog, his Fennekin trilling indignantly at being jostled. Cas himself was already very stressed and nervous to be travelling alone, considering he'd never gone more than twenty minutes from home, and this wasn't exactly helping him feel better. He saw Rockruff run off in a different direction, his heart dropping when he saw it was going after Shinx. "Rockruff!" He ran after the Pokemon, managing to tackle it just before it would've caught Shinx. He held Rockruff tightly, panting as he stood up and looked at the other trainers he'd disturbed. "I'm really, really sorry! I let him out for just a minute and he went on a rampage!"

(Oops, I missed the last reply, so I'm just going to redo my original post, sorry)

(Oops, I missed the last reply, so I'm just going to redo my original post, sorry)

That's fine

Mystic just shook her head and laughed, "Ahaha, Its fine. You have a really cute Rockruff. And Fenniken!" She said looking at the two Pokémon and then at the trainer on the ground as Charmander and Chingling got closer to the Rockruff and Fenniken. Skull pressed closer to her, "What's your name? And where you headed, either on one of these boats or the gym, right?"

Jaciel was saved from having to answer her question when a shout rang across the dock, drawing his attention to the rockruff running full speed towards Leon. Leon pulled himself away from the Charmander, letting out a startled noise as a boy, presumably a trainer, tackled the rockruff before it could reach him. "More importantly, are you… Are you okay?" Jace asked worriedly, wincing a little as he recalled how it felt to be holding a rambunctious rockruff when all it wanted to do was run around. All those rocks…! Leon, undeterred by the rockruff's grand entrance, quickly darted forward to investigate all the other new pokemon. Clem floated over to the rockruff, happy to see another Alolan pokemon while Grace stepped closer to Jace's side, seemingly protecting him from the rockruff should he prove to be "feral."

"Thanks!" Cas held his squirming Rockruff close, seeming winded. "I'm fine… my name's Cas, by the way. Rockruff is friendly, he's just got more energy than any Pokemon should rightfully have." He shifted the Pokemon to one arm so he could run his fingers through his disheveled red hair. "I'm headed to Alola on… uh, one of the boats. I don't recall which one. I've never left the region before, so it's a bit nervewracking, but I'm definitely glad to be getting out of this place."

"Woah, what a surprise! We're heading to Alola too. I'm Mystic, nice to meet you. And this is Charmander, Chingling, and Duskull." She smiled as Charmamder put its face right up to Cas', looking at him intensely. Mainly because they were on equal eye level.

"Nice to meet you too! Maybe you could steer me to where I'm supposed to be, at least." Cas pulled a leash and collar out of his bag and attached them to the Rockruff before setting it back on the ground. "Fennekin's fine to just sit on my shoulder, but Rockruff's prone to running off… still love him to bits, though."

"I understand." Mystic looked down at the excited Rockruff and her Charmander which looked ready to wrestle. "Would you mind having a battle? Charmander is close to evolving and I want to help it out." The boat was going to leave in 20 minutes, "Actually if you do decide to fight me then we should wait till we reach Alola. We're running out of time."

"Sure! We can wait if you think that's best." Cas looked over at the boat. "Should we go aboard to make sure we don't get left behind? I haven't got any water Pokemon to carry me across, and even if I did, it would be cruel to make them travel that far…" Fennekin yipped its agreement, nuzzling into Cas's hair affectionately.

"Leon is like that, too," Jace said, before he even thought through what it was he was saying. "Er, I'm Jaciel, by the way, but like I told Mystic, you can just call me Jace… Leon is the shinx, Clem is the comfy, and Grace is the glaceon," he introduced for the second time that day. Clem, attention straying from the rockruff now that he was leached, was eyeing Cas's hair longingly. "Uh—No! Clem, if you want to sleep, don't do it in a stranger's hair," Jace lectured. "No offense," he added quickly, looking to Cas apologetically. Clem, pouting again, floated back over to Jaciel's head and flopped into his hair. "That's not what I…whatever," the blue-haired boy conceded, pulling his hood back up to shield the comfy from the sun while she dozed. He looked to Mystic and Cas, realizing the truth in what they were saying. "I think you guys are right. We should probably get on the boat…" Having said that, he whistled to alert Leon, who'd been trying to bite playfully at Rockruff's leash. The shinx bounded back to his trainer's side, still quivering with unspent energy.

(I gtg, I'll be back in the morning. You guys can get on the boat but wait till tomorrow to get to Alola.)

(I have to go, too, to be honest. I have to wake up at 4:30am tomorrow for school, and I'm exhausted.)

(Alrighty!)
Cas nodded. He wasn't too excited for the boat ride itself considering his aversion to water, but he was definitely glad to be getting away from his father. He could hear his pokegear buzzing from what could only be an angry phone call from his drunk father, berating him for running away, but he decided to ignore that call for now. He was in a good mood, and he didn't want to deal with that right now.

Mystic nodded, “Yeah! Let’s get on the boat!” Charmander easily jumped onto Mystic’s shoulder and Chingling began to float towards the boat, moving faster as she passed it. She quickly ran over to the boat and then waved them over, “Come on you guys! Hurry up!” Duskull looked at the boat with disdain and stayed next to its trainer. “Charr-char!!” “Ling-ching-ching!” Her two other Pokémon echoed after her, calling to the other trainers Pokémon.

Rockruff tugged on his leash, but Cas managed to keep him under control. He ran after Mystic onto the boat and immediately knew this wouldn't be a fun experience. He felt unsteady from the boat's rocking, and being surrounded by water wasn't exactly a plus for him.

Jaciel followed more slowly, watching as Leon darted ahead to join the other pokemon. Like usual, the initial step onto the boat made him stumble, but all things considered, he cleared it relatively easily. Sensing Cas's uneasiness, he quirked an eyebrow worriedly. "Not a fan of the water?" he guessed, following the younger boy's gaze to the gentle waves. "It's okay if you aren't—I'm not either," he added, glancing at his crutches. He'd fallen off of a boat before, but there were always rescue pokemon on standby in case of situations such as those. He'd befriended a milotic after she'd rescued him, so the experience wasn't quite as traumatic as his mother seems to remember it being.