Chapter 1: Azure
Azure kept his decorous posture even after his father dismissed the suits that hung about his office. "Mr. Silph, it is with great pleasure that I task you with the mission of exploring the Kanto region. I have sent a message to Professor Oak to allow you a Pokemon and a Pokedex of your very own. Your parents have found it fitting to gift you with some basic tools to help facilitate the beginnings of your journey. Due to your hard work and dedication to this company, we have seen it fit to also allow the use of this." Azure's father says as he ceremoniously hands Azure the Master Ball.
He couldn't help but feel at least a little disappointed. He knew his father had made a habit of sticking with the formalities, but this seemed excessive. In a way, Azure couldn't help but think it was his own fault his father acted like this while at work. He decided it best not to focus on this, however, as there were more pressing matters to attend to.
He shrunk the Master Ball, placing it in his pocket as he walked out of the building, making a point to keep looking forward and ignore onlookers. Once he made it to the Pokemon Center, he checked the PC and found a used pokeball, a repel, an escape rope, a town map, a blue bag with the word 'Silph' printed onto it in gray, and a potion with the words 'from mom3' written in cursive on the side.
He withdrew the bag, then placed the repel, escape rope, town map, and Master Ball into the bag. He then withdrew the pokeball and opened it to find his Porygon, custom made so that it would only show loyalty to him, but otherwise standard issue. He took one last glance at the final item listed in the PC and turned it off, heading north to Route 5 and ultimately Cerulean City.
Azure expected a quiet journey to Route 5 with no interruptions. Much to his dismay, the first person to greet him was none other than Copycat. She didn't say anything at first, but as he opened his mouth to ask her to move out of the way, her mouth opened as well. He decided to give her the silent treatment instead of trying to reason with her. She made a huffy face and decided to now be Mirror as well as Copycat, blocking him each time he would try to move away.
"Wait… Don't say a word!" shouts a middle-aged man in Azure's direction.
"Wait… Don't say a word!" shouts Copycat in Azure's face.
Headaches aside, Mr. Psychic, the man that originally shouted, comes to his rescue and moves Copycat out of his way using, surprise, psychic powers. He thanked Mr. Psychic before continuing his path to route 5. Luckily, no one else seemed to care that he was leaving. He kind of figured that would happen, what with Saffron being a big city and him spending all his time at Silph Co.'s Headquarters.
With the shouts of the dojo to his right and the buzz of the city to his left, Azure took his final step off of the paved road and on to the wild grass of Route 5, ready to begin his journey.