Quel genre de Pokemon vit dans la forêt? Des kickass? Et à quel point ça va être dur dans la forêt? Je n'ai jamais été ici pour savoir à quoi m'attendre.
« Le chemin à travers la forêt est relativement simple : une route traverse directement les portes de la ville de Verdan. Ou si vous êtes plus intéressé par un sentier moins traditionnel, il y a un sentier de randonnée juste à côté. La route est plus facile à parcourir, mais le sentier offre des sentiers escarpés où vous pourriez trouver un Pokémon peu commun ou un groupe de formateurs de combat." Acer déplaçait l'une des cartes de rechange en parlant, indiquant les deux chemins côte à côte.
"Pour ce qui est des types de Pokémon que vous pourriez trouver, chaque Royaume favorise un ou deux types de Pokémon. Verdan est la maison de Grass et Bug Pokémon, comme votre Petilil, ou les Birchlings et les Turtwigs que nous avons ici au Lab," Yang a craqué dedans. "Bien que ce ne soit pas pour dire Grass ou Bug-types sont les seuls Pokémon trouvés dans la forêt, bien sûr. Comme dans toutes les régions, la plupart des espèces privilégient naturellement un environnement particulier plutôt que d'autres. Qui sait ce que tu vas trouver? Inutile de gâcher la surprise pour nos entraîneurs à l'étranger. »
"Mieux vaut que vous le voyez pour vous-mêmes que d'en entendre parler de nous. Savoir d'avance en retire tout le plaisir!" Les Ilexes riaient ensemble, rejoints par un Ato tranquille. Acer regarda le jeune garçon. "Mais il est temps que tu sois en route. Vous avez tout le chemin qui vous attend, et nous vous souhaitons bonne chance contre Kelsea et tous les autres que vous affronterez. Ato, si tu veux les escorter jusqu'à Verdan?"
-- Bien sûr, professeur. Ato a produit un Poké Ball et a rappelé son Mareep à nouveau dedans, provoquant la disparition du type électrique dans un faisceau de lumière. Avec cela hors du chemin, l'adolescent a rejoint le parti de cinq. "Si vous me suivez, je vous montrerai le chemin vers la forêt." Avec cela, les six d'entre eux ont quitté le laboratoire, Ato menant le chemin.
"Tor!" Le Torchic d'Alix a donné un chirp assez fort et joyeux, rebondissant un peu dans les bras d'Alix comme le Trainer l'a suivi à l'arrière du groupe. Le type Fire semblait impatient de sortir du labo... c'est alors qu'Alix s'est rendue compte qu'elle n'avait pas donné de nom à son nouveau partenaire. Quel était le nom qu'elle avait choisi quand elle regardait les options en ligne? Quelque chose qui ressemblait au nom d'un combattant... Jamie? Jasmine? Non, non... jen! C'était ça. Court, vif, un petit coup de pied.
"D'accord, petit, si vous et moi allons travailler ensemble, vous aurez besoin d'un nom. Comment va Jen?"
"Rrr!" Jen a encore chirupé, les yeux brillants, et s'est nichée plus profondément dans l'étreinte d'Alix pendant quelques secondes. Alix a pris ça comme un 'bon', et a souri à sa charge. Elle ne comprenait pas clairement le discours du Torchic, car Jen n'appartenait pas encore au type Fighting, qui était l'une des spécialités d'Alix en tant que Guerrier. Pourtant, c'était bon de savoir que Jen était heureuse de son nom.
Alors que cette conversation unilatérale se déroulait, Ato a continué de diriger la route dans les rues de Regala, avec les nouveaux entraîneurs enregistrés dans son sillage. Il semblait familier avec l'aménagement de la ville, car il ne semblait pas particulièrement troublé par l'agitation et l'agitation des passants, et il connaissait les bons endroits pour baisser une rue ou une autre.
Au fur et à mesure que le groupe progressait, il a choisi d'essayer de lancer une nouvelle conversation. "Alors... Shinsuke, n'est-ce pas? J'ai entendu dire à la réceptionniste que vous étiez de Hoenn. Et le reste d'entre vous? D'où venez-vous tous?"
Name: Alix Lily Pearce
Age: 20
Sex: Female
Appearance: Standing at exactly six feet in height, Alix shows the clear signs of a young Warrior in training: a reasonably strong physique, fit from years of training and exercise. She tends to dress in white, blue and silver, with several of her shirts decorated with the Pearce family emblem (the stylised head and plumes of an Altaria in mid-flight). Her hair, light brown, long and straight, resembles a hime cut (a common Sengun hairstyle), reaching just past her shoulders at its longest. Her eyes are a plain blue.
Alix can usually be found wearing a T-shirt, lightweight long pants, and solid-looking boots. She carries a large backpack to hold her gear, and wears a smaller satchel for her more frequently used items. A row of six empty catches are attached to the satchel's strap, designed to hold Poké Balls. Lastly, Alix wears a pair of fingerless leather gloves embroidered with a variation of the family emblem on the back; the usual Altaria imagery is backed by a hand-stitched Poké Ball logo in red and white.
Personality: Alix sees a challenge and takes it in her stride. This does not necessarily mean 'head-on' or 'too proud to back down'; learning martial arts exclusively for defensive purposes has instilled a sense of knowing when to pick one's battles. Alix tends to think tactically in the beginning of a match, aiming to either outmatch the opponent's speed or weather blows until she lands a match-winner. Once a plan gets into her head, however, she struggles to adapt if her opponent changes their tactics in response.
Socially, Alix is reasonably capable, but she has issues with the image she portrays; she's extremely attentive to how she looks. Why else would she fuss over her choice of clothing, or make a point of ensuring there's nothing out of place during her travels, as much as she does?
Profession: Alix has just become a Trainer, but is a Warrior first and foremost.
Talents: Alix has inherited the skills and abilities of Sengun's Warriors. This means that she can talk to certain species of Pokémon and understand them in the same manner as a Pokémon Empath (a rare type of Trainer who can understand Pokémon). All Warriors have one or two specialty types of Pokémon, and Alix is no exception. The Pokémon that she finds easiest to talk to belong to the Flying and Fighting types: those are her specialties. She has yet to form a Link with a Pokémon, however, and has not chosen a Warrior Skill.
Alix often displays an affinity for Flying or Fighting Pokémon, but it is entirely possible for her to link with Pokémon of most other types. However, she has difficulty approaching and battling Electric or Psychic types, as they are the two with the most direct opposition to her favoured types.
Other than her Warrior teachings, Alix has a solid education in a variety of subjects, and has several years of training in basic defensive martial arts for use in Warrior combat.
Starter Pokémon: Alix does not currently have a Pokémon with her, but she has reserved a Torchic to be collected at the Ilex Laboratories. Torchic's moves are Scratch and Growl, and her ability is Speed Boost.
Inventory:
- 15 Poké Balls
- - A pack of blank labels for identifying which species corresponds to which Ball
- 10 Potions
- 5 Super Potions
- 5 each of Antidotes, Paralyse Heals and Burn Heals
- P$500 in cash for small expenses
- - Debit card linked to a bank account containing P$1500
- A week's worth of clothing, including several items featuring the Pearce family emblem as detailed above
- - Additional personal care items
- A small first-aid kit for treating minor human injuries
- A ponigiri kit. This includes enough ingredients to produce ten ponigiri, the basics of which may be replenished at any Poké Mart that stocks food. It also includes a packet of additional flavourings and ingredients for advanced ponigiri; no more than five can be produced per packet.
- A standard-issue silver PokéLink, with a Torchic design etched into the back.
Hometown: Eyria City, Eyria, Sengun

Biography:
The daughter of an Eyrian Warrior and a Trainer from Challena, Alix was quickly found to have inherited her father's Warrior capabilities. She grew up in Eyria's mountains and plateaus, watching bird Pokémon soar from the peaks in the north and treetops in the south, where Platinos' forestry reached into Eyria's lands. The family has an Altaria; the bond between a Pearce and an Altaria or Swablu is a long-running family trait.
From an early age, Alix was enrolled in Eyria's Feather Dance Dojo, where she learned her defensive martial skills over the years and trained in fitness. The Pearce family wasn't one for laziness. Between schoolwork, training and helping around the house, Alix was kept busy and out of trouble.
All Warriors have specialty types, indicating the species with which they work best. Alix didn't find out her own until the age of fourteen, after a sparring match against the family Hitmonchan that ended in a draw. She congratulated her opponent on fighting to a standstill, and was amazed to understand, more or less, the Hitmonchan's response. It was in the Pokémon's own language, of course, but Alix understood it.
Much like her father once described it, it was almost as if a light clicked on in her brain and she could perfectly translate the language. Quickly, Alix's parents introduced the teenager to Pokémon of other types: she found that, despite being a complete stranger, the Karea - a pure Flying-type - was the most receptive to her approach. And so Alix discovered her specialty types as a Warrior, and became eligible, in her parents' eyes, to take on the Pokémon League.
She chose not to begin the challenge, however, believing that she was too young and inexperienced to venture out into Sengun alone. Instead, she began to hone her skills further, doing research in her spare time to understand the abilities of a Warrior. Over the following years, she completed her classes at the Feather Dance Dojo, researched the history of Sengun, and studied the politics of Sengun's Ten Kingdoms, after having the fortune at age nineteen to meet Airryn Hawke, Queen of Eyria, herself.
So having prepared as best she could, Alix put in a call to the Ilex Laboratories a month after her twentieth birthday, reserving a Pokémon for pickup, and boarded an airship to Regala.