Kaleo Sima ||
10 ||
Lo Town, Sanctuary ||
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Elder Robert and PriscillaThat seemed to be enough to get the pale child to rouse from his slumber and sit up. Sporting a pretty silly bedhead along with a dopey look on his face, Thahn smiled faintly and clapped a hand on the boy's shoulder before standing up from his hotel bed and proceeding to get ready for the big day ahead of them. They had rented out a hotel and bought new suitcases just for this event. Kaleo was going out on his own and starting his pokemon journey. And while Thahn was still a bit nervous about letting his mute grandson venture out on his own, he knew that the boy would get through it; heck he was Alto and Kanon's son for crying out loud!
While tightening the low ponytail that kept his white locks tame, Thahn stole a glance at Kaleo, who was brushing his teeth, and Hana, who was attempting to mimic him. The former didn't look much too excited about this new journey that awaited him and that was to be expected. He was never the type to let his face show how he felt...and that was fine, but maybe a little bit of excitement would have been nice? This would be his second time paying for such a thing...
"Hey Kaleo?" Thahn waited for the brown haired boy to look over.
"Are you excited to get your first pokemon?" He then questioned, tilting his head curiously to see what he had to say.
Said boy stared blankly at his grandfather, toothbrush still in his mouth. He appeared to be thinking for a few seconds before shrugging his shoulders and going back to brushing his teeth. Hana decided he would play translator and let out a series of cries, with Kaleo nodding in agreement before spitting into the sink.
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....Thahn could never understand those two when they were together...
The three hurried and got dressed, followed by breakfast and repacking Kaleo's things. An hour after they had originally woken up, three were already outside, rushing to catch the bus they pre-ordered tickets for. Even upon exiting the hotel, the were multiple crowds of people in the front lobby, all trying to get the attention of the two women panicking behind the front desk. Thahn truly felt back for just just leaving without assisting in anyway, but they had to get going or else they would have a longer line waiting for them at the Sanctuary. Through quick reflexes, having Kaleo hold Hana, and him hold Kaleo's hand, they were out in no time.
Thahn had expected outside the hotel to be a little less crowded, but it ended up being far worse. Tidal waves of people and pokemon could be seen wherever he looked. Thahn could have sworn he forgot what the ground looked like as he hoisted Kaleo up in the air and carried him and Hana to the bus stop, just barely making it and getting seats in the far back of the bus. Despite still renting a hotel, they were still pretty far away from the Sanctuary, and Thahn wasn't planning on tiring out his grandson before his journey even started.
The bus ride itself was fairly long, or at least it felt long due to all the rowdy kids and pokemon crammed into one place. Thahn could see Kaleo staring at everyone's rowdy behavior, and behind the stone cold face, he was able to see a bit of confusion. Maybe because of how happy everyone seemed about the event? No, probably because most of them weren't getting a pokemon, why would they be excited about others doing so? Thahn chose to keep quiet once he saw Kaleo reach into his backpack and pull out a book. He couldn't help but smile.
Taking their first steps toward the sanctuary, Kaleo and Thahn were met with the sight of a rather long line, followed by a girl with long black hair running past them.
"Huh...children these days." The man sighed as he smoothed back his hair and looked down at the Kaleo.
"Let's get in line why don't we?" He questioned before receiving a simple nod in response.
The three waited patiently in line, watching most get through without a hitch and a few being sent away. When it was finally their turn, they were greeted with a rather old man and woman manning the front desk.
"Welcome to Lo Town home of the Official Pokemon Sanctuary. We’re so glad you’ve chosen us as the place to begin your Pokemon journey. Can you confirm if you’ve pre registered?" The man questioned. Both Kaleo and Thahn nod, the former continuing to stare at the old man while the later gave a polite smile.
"Can I have your official Pokemon registration card please?" The question was directed to Thahn, but instead of complying, said man looked back at his grandson who was holding out his own ID card; Thahn had gave it him earlier, since Kaleo was much better in terms of not forgetting things than he was. The man at the front desk appeared to be only a little bit confused as he took the card from the child and a Pokedex from the woman next to him. Thahn had seen the process being done before, checking if the child has already or seen any pokemon while registered into a different pokedex, but for Kaleo the is was only something that he had read in journals and books about Sanctuary registration. The boy unconsciously stepped closer to get a better look at how the Pokedex was able to do such a thing before flinching backwards in surprise when the Pokedex began to speak up.
“Welcome Kaleo. You’ve caught 0 pokemon, you’ve seen 0 pokemon.” It took everything in Thahn to hold back a chuckle as he patted the young boy's head.
"Well thank you Kaleo. You’ll be the 19th to enter the Sanctuary. Now finally to lock in your spot and claim your goody bag including your very own pokedex and a voucher for some brand new pokegear we need you to sign this form.” The old man moved to form towards them to read, and without a moment wasted, Kaleo took the form and began reading through it, teal eyes almost becoming a blur as he finished reading everything in two minutes. He looked up at his grandfather and nodded slowly in confirmation before handing the form to said man so that he could sign.
It was clear that the old man at the desk wasn't expecting the child to do most of the work in terms of registration, but it was true. It was all Kaleo who signed up, read all the forms, made sure he had everything himself and so on. The only thing he's sure Kaleo needed help with was his signature and actually catching the pokemon, two things that were no sweat for Thahn.
“Thank you so much. Please note we’re holding a little party up at the Sanctuary tonight with a special talk by former Indigo League Champion and our very own Keeper of the Keys. Ken Adams. More details in your goody bag.” The man at the desk hummed before taking what looked like a goody bag and and the Pokedex, and handed it over to Kaleo, who took with a blank stare.
“Congratulations, your very own Pokemon adventure is about to begin.”And with that, all they had to do was wait. They still had a while to go, and Thahn was a bit worried that Kaleo would get bored and want to go back home, but it seemed like the boy was occupied with the pokedex, so he should be fine until it was his turn.
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