Abigail Lowe
Location: Redorchard
Maybe the professor wasn't that bad after all. At least, once they'd all decided to go with her. Abigail had decided to keep her distance a little bit anyway, just to be safe. She could deal with being around Ficus if it was going to help Waffles out, though, 'cause it was basically her fault that he'd been hit that hard in the first place. Lost in thought, she was actually quite quiet for once in her life.
She flinched away from the strange guy as they walked in. She tried to be nice to everyone all the time and everything, but even she had a limit, okay? The limit was when people couldn't breathe without spraying snot at her. Why was this guy even here? Like, was it a charity thing or something like that? Maybe they were studying him, 'cause this amount of mucus actually didn't seem possible. Must be a scientific mystery or something.
When Bruce took out the potions, Abigail hurried to send out Waffles, and watched in relief as the Deerling's wounds were healed along with the other Pokémon. She had to look away when the Meowth was being given the antidote, though. Even if he said it wasn't sore, needles freaked her out a little bit. Still, everyone's Pokémon looked like they felt better after it, so that was good.
"All finished. Your Pokémon are free to go.”
Waffles trotted over to her feet, head held high with pride from his earlier victory. Abigail smiled, keeling down and handed her Pokemon a small piece of candy, which he took a little apprehensively. It wasn't that he disliked her, but the girl's affection could be a little... smothering, at times. Abigail pushed past the curtain with her Deerling trotting slightly behind.
“Take care of your Pokémon, and they’ll take care of you. I’m sure we’ll be seeing each other again.”
Abigail grinned, preparing to leave the lab, but paused at the door, glancing back at the other two trainers. "Hey, you guys are coming, right? We've all gotta take Route 1 anyway! Come on, time's ticking or whatever!" giving them a moment to decide, she then waved to the professor, yelling an enthusiastic farewell. "Thanks for helping us out, Professor! And you know, not murdering us! It was cool!"
With a spring in her step, Abigail headed down the path out of the lab, humming an upbeat tune as she went. It didn't really matter if the others wanted to go with her or not, to be honest. As far as Abigail was concerned, they were going to travel together, and say what you want about her brains, once the girl had her heart set on something it would take a charging Bouffalant to change her mind.
She glanced back, tapping her feet impatiently as she waited for the other two to exit the lab. Waffles looked thoroughly done, shaking his head with a weary sigh. If you looked closely, you could see that the Deerling was holding back a smile. "Guys, hurry up! Come on! We've not got... Well, I guess we do have all day, but that's not the point! Walk faster!"
Location: Route 1
And so, Abigail found herself walking down Route 1. There were trees. Lots of trees. Abigail couldn't help but feel a little thrilled as she walked down the route. Finally, she got to leave Redorchard! It had been way too long stuck in the town, and now she could finally spread her wings. She got a little lost in thought, speaking out loud to herself.
"Huh, I dunno what to do... Should I, like, climb a tree or something? No, I'm too short- not that I'm really short or anything just that they're super high that's all. I'm sure I'll be tall enough to reach soon..." she pouted, looking around the route. There were a lot of trainers around, like the ones they'd battled earlier. And they were all battling wild Pokemon! Hey, there's an idea! She grabbed the Ficus ball from inside her bag.
"Hey, Waffles, how about we go and find ourselves some wild Pokémon! I sense a brand-new friend in our future!" she said, smiling at the Deerling, who looked excited at the prospect. "Even if we can't catch anything, it'll be good training if you battle one!" Waffles let out an enthusiastic cry in response to his trainer, who continued to speak. "Hey, what's everyone else gonna be doing?"
ROUTE 1 CHOICE: (1) CATCH POKéMON
Pokedollars: 700