Murmuring amongst themselves, the various youths did as he told them, and slowly managed to get into a coherent line. There was much grumbling, but they knew that this was the first part of getting the Pokegirl that they'd start out with. Some had already half done it, and the rest had known that it would be the process, so they didn't really complain other than their prides needed.
Ash wanted to push ahead as much as he could, but he wasn't going to be able to do that with this many people. It was hard enough getting to not be knocked out of his position, and he had to stand fast to be able to keep on the path that he wanted to go on to. He could have easily gotten ahead of Minsc, but that was something that he couldn't do. The poor guy had enough trouble as it was, and he didn't want to do something like that to him, especially since he'd gotten that sort of treatment himself too many times to like to even see it done to someone else.
When he saw the guy go by with a Titmouse that was apparently named 'Boo', he could tell that it had been the right choice.
Besides, it made a good counterpoint to seeing that jerk Gary pass by with his starter and a supremely smug look on his face.
But then, his turn came up, and he didn't have time to consider anything else. Suddenly, the momentous nature of this act got right in his face, and he gulped heavily as he prepared himself to head over to get what his beginning was going to be. He moved mainly on autopilot, and came over to stand next to the Professor before shaking off his awe in a rush of excitement. "I'm here, Professor!"
"Ash?" Oak replied with a blink.
"What?"
"It's nothing. I just was surprised that you'd come in this early."
"Did you think that I'd miss this?"
"No, I thought that you might have been late But I'm really happy to see that you've made it on time," the Professor told him with a pleased nod.
"Thanks!"
"Now, are you ready to get your first Pokegirl?"
"Of course I'm ready!"
"Good. Now, these are the ones that I have. There are a number of choices, but you can only get one."
Scanning the shelves of Pokeballs, Ash looked over at the elder man. "So, which one do I get? Huh?"
"Well, we have several options. These are the regular starting trio that we have here. Next to them are some ones that aren't usually thought of as a Tamer's first Pokegirl. And a few here are ones that have chosen to be starters. But remember, there are those who can be rather difficult for a beginning trainer."
"Which one's which?"
"The labels are on the shelf, Ash."
"Oh... Right," the hopeful Tamer answered, fighting the urge to rub the back of his head. He looked over the various types on the shelves, and found one that caught his eye. Before he realized what he'd done, he'd picked up the Ball. "What about this one?"
"Are you certain that you'd like to go with that one?"
"Ummmm.... Well, how'd I get her?"
"Just release her from the ball."
"Ah.... Yeah," Ash muttered with a nervous chuckle, and opened the Pokeball, to reveal the Pokegirl who'd been contained within, who was:
(Posted Sat, 24 Sep 2005 22:05)
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