The young trainer reunited with his grass-type pokemon now free from the confines of his Pokeball now sitting next to him. The temperament of the grass type seemed to be unaffected by the storm as the rain seemed to pick up, as the streaks across the sky as the power seemed to flicker a second as Alabaster curled up in the wool blanket alongside his pokemon. Alabaster watched the small bead-sized pellets pelt the large bay windows to the Route 1 forest as the wind seemed to pick up, he guessed along with the arriving trainers he was going to be hunkered down at the center for the night.
Sipping the small cup of broth, Alabaster seemed to be transfixed on the storm outside. Glancing down at the phone, now connected to the free service charger on the end of the table as he browsed the small wifi at the center. The sleeping arrangements weren't what he imagined as Alabaster imaged late nights under the stars and campfire on his Pokemon Journey through Kanto. Checking into the social media site, but found the emails and messages were still nothing from his Aunt or Uncle, as he sipped the small broth in a cup before docking his phone and turning back to his sleeping Pokemon dreaming.
Setting his phone on the table in front of him, Alabaster was interrupted by a maybe a couple of years older with Neopolitan style hair in a messy bun delivered something in a brown packaging that he swore smelled like a cookie. As Alabaster began trying to decline the offer, "Sorry I didn't order-" he was interrupted by the server, which upon closer relationship seemed similar to Nurse Joy or possible relative and answered leaving it on the edge of the table.
"Relax. Cafe usually gives away the last cookies to trainers." The young girl began with the bun and red glasses exclaimed once more, "your welcome...My Aunt Joy is pretty cool, she allows me to work in the cafe."
Alabaster smiled, as the confident niece of Nurse Joy returned to the cafeteria corner and began to close up the shop, as a Chansey with a green apron seemed to offer the girl a broom, before waddling in a bouncy motion off toward the back, leaving the girl to sweep the back kitchen. Taking the cookie off the edge of the wood table, Alabaster smiled as he enjoyed oatmeal raisin and nibbled off the top corner before giving the broth another sip from the mug, before watching the weather outside still going as the dark foliage of the trees under the street lamp taking a pounding.
Returning to the docked phone on the table, he saw the poster with the QR code on the corner. He pulled the phone and ran the digital code as a checkmark cleared on the screen and highlighted the card indicating with a green check mark, that he was registered for the Pokemon League. The young trainer was astounded with technology and was familiar with old school way before the technology of phones where index by Oak's device or off-brand had to keep their trainer cards on them or license on each trainer.
Pulling up the small picture of the icon on his electronic card of the honey brown-haired portrait indicator, along with other personal information. The few taps of the Kanto competition revealed the rules of the contestants and needing the official eight badges of each gym before competing in the official tournament league. As Alabaster nibbled more on the cookie, he began, "Looks pretty straight forward..." as the trainer scrolled up to the first gym and owner supposedly 'Brock from Pewter Gym' as the type indicator, it was ground and rock types, which Bulbasaur seemed to have an edge over him, but experience outweighed the types as much as type disadvantage.
Peering over at his grass type friend, Parsnip seemed unaware of his investigation as Alabaster knew he was going to have to train his pokemon partner if he was going to challenge the gym leader of Pewter City, but before he could even get to Pewter he was going to have to trek through Viridian City and Viridian Forest on Route 2. Scaling over the digital map and comparing the weather radar, Alabaster estimated he might have clear skies upon his venture toward the direction of Viridian to eventually make the journey to Pewter City to get a Boulder badge.