[Intro] A Big Arrival

[gianthobo]

[... Listen, AZ is used to drifting places, but this? This is a new one. At least all of his pokemon are with him - including Floette. He lets her out of her ball immediately as soon as he wakes up.]

[His coat is... heavy, but he doesn't change his clothes. He doesn't fit in any of the clothes that he might buy here anyway.]

Turnbloom City

[A shadow might fall over you or your pokemon. Large, imposing... fluffy? Well, that definitely is long white hair poking out from his hat, and the giant man seems to be curious about what's around him. He looks down and takes a step back from whomever he was going to bump into, looking around.]

S... sorry...

[He tugs his hat down a little more to hide his eyes, nervously trying to figure out a route to escape to.]

Route 1

[There's someone by the lighthouse... you might be forgiven for mistaking him for a pokemon, but no - it's just a very large man. He does seem to have an unusual set of pokemon around him - a Torkoal, a Golurk, a Sigilyph, and a... small pokemon that's hard to see until you get close, but it's a strangely-colored Floette.]

[They're sitting at the edge of the cape and he's dangling his legs off the side of the cliffs. His hat is off, so his fluffy hair is on full display.]

Comments

[domeinion]

That's definitely true. Especially in a strange area like this. It's nice to meet you and your friends here. At least I can assure you that it isn't dangerous, as far as I've observed. Aside from getting chased by territorial Dunsparce once in a while.

[gianthobo]

That's good. I'm originally from Kalos, but I've traveled all over the world. I'm thankfully with companions strong enough to defend us if needed, but I won't claim that I'm a particularly strong trainer myself.

[Floette baps him lightly with her hand. He's a great trainer! He sighs and pats her head with a finger.]

I prefer not to use force if I don't have to, however.

[domeinion]

That should be fine. It does make me wonder just what pulls people here if it isn't some immediate danger, but the answer has to be out there. It always is.

[gianthobo]

It is. As long as you make sure you keep your science within... reasonably sane parameters. I've seen it go awry on several occasions.

[domeinion]

[Alice frowns and looks away. Hyperbug makes a sympathetic buzz.]

So have I. You don't have to worry about that from us.

[She pets the weird abomination Masquerain.]

[gianthobo]

[He glances over at her Pokemon and considers it, nodding.]

That's good. I'd like to hope that most people have that much sense... but it's unfortunately not always the case.

[domeinion]

Unfortunately, and for a lot of reasons. Though even the good ones can go wrong fast.

[gianthobo]

... Yes. Good intentions can do great things... but once those emotions turn, they can wreak the greatest kinds of destruction.

[Floette floats between them and squeaks. Hey, hey. Enough of this.]

Yes. ... You're right, Floette. I... should calm down.

[domeinion]

[Hyperbug buzzes similarly, and Alice bites her lip and nods.]

Oh, I'm sorry. You're right, this is entirely too heavy for an introduction. Especially since I haven't seen any real trouble here. You'll find the people around here have mostly been helpful and friendly, so there's a lot less to worry about than one would assume from appearing at random.

[gianthobo]

No, it's all right. And that's good. People are... hard for me to deal with sometimes. The noise of a city gets to me...

[He shrugs and looks at the rest of his team.]

But they help me a lot.

[domeinion]

That's good. You do seem to get along with them well. My team works hard, too. We're all a little strange, so we've been figuring things out as we go.