Administrator Rowan leaned back in his swivel chair in the conference room. All of the preparations were met. Now all he needed was for his board of Pokemon trainers to arrive. Maybe we should go back a few paces to explain the relevance of this situation.
Three months before the trainers of the Isle region were allowed to step out onto the verdant grassland of Route A, the Pokemon League authority selected a team of experts in their fields to prepare the different Isles for the first batch of trainers to be released from Red Lab.
Among these experts, Professor Rowan (an expert in Pokemon attacks and abilities) was elected as Administrator for the preparations from the Isle of Thor to the Isle of Eris.
Subsequently, Administrator Rowan called his part of the project the Pokemon Advanced Relocation And Selection 1 (or P.A.R.A.S. 1 for short.
The idea of the program was to get trainers from different walks of life to give their input into the selection of Pokemon to be introduced to the different Isles so that trainers who traversed the many routes would be able to find and capture almost any pokemon there was.
The selection of trainers
to help in this process was made by impartial lottery of all the
trainers in the Kanto, Johto and Hoenn regions.
As it turned out,
each region had at least on representative on the board of four
trainers. Those selected were reported to have landed at the Red Lab
docks that morning and were making their way to Red Lab for their
meeting with Administrator Rowan.
Rowan looked up at the double doors opened wide, revealing a group of five people and four pokemon with them.
At the head of the group was one of Professor Rowan's Aides, Eugene.
"The trainers for the P.A.R.A.S. selection committee" Eugene announced as he walked in.
Rowan nodded to each of the four trainers who stepped into the room then gave Eugene leave to go back to his studies.
Rown cast an eye over each trainer, bringing up their trainers histories however long or short and considered what they would bring to the board.
Stacy
Fondelle sat closest to the Professor fidgeting with the corner of her
knee-length dress, indicating the nervousness of the young trainer.
This was understandable as she he only just begun her own pokemon
journey several weeks before in New Bark Town, Johto, with her
Chikorita named Bloom.
She would most likely be the quietest in the
group as she was smallest but her opinion would be highly valued as she
would understand how other beginner trainers were feeling better than
anyone else, considering her background.
She continued to fidget as Bloom rocked back and forth on her shoulder.
Next to the young trainer sat Leigh O'Brien. Rowan was pleased that someone such as this was picked for the discussion board.
After
graduating from trainer school in Celadon City, the 16-year-old had
accepted his first pokemon, a Squirtle called Hydride, from the
Professor Oak in Pallet Town in Kanto.
Since starting out one year
ago, Leigh had acquired a large range of different pokemon and six gym
badges to boot. His start was very promising and Rowan was looking
forward to what the trainer would bring to the group.
His evolved Wartortle sat on the chair next to him staring intently up at his trainer as Leiogh made himself comfortable.
Across
from Leigh sat the eldest trainer in the group. At twenty one, Darryn
Al'Dere was the most experienced trainer in the group.
From the
region of Hoenn, Darryn started out with a wayward Treeko which often
disobeyed his trainer in the beginning. Now, the towering Sceptile
stood behind his trainer's chair, mirroring the unimpressed shown on
the young man's face. With a name like Striker, that pokemon was not to
be messed with.
This one might be trouble Rowan mused. Although an
accomplished trainer, sporting 19 gym badges and two league medals (he
got to the second round in Hoenn and third in Kanto), he was
unpredictable and had a bit of an attitude problem.
Lastly,
sitting at Rowan's left hand sat Honey Virae. The strikingly beautiful
blonde trainer sat with her arms wrapped around her pokemon with a
knowing smile on her face.
Unlike the others, she was a Pokemon Co-ordinator and had many titles to speak of in the contest area of training.
The
pokemon in her arms was a Torchic by the name of Ruby. Despite its
extensive training, the fire type had not evolved and Honey took
advantage of this by entering it in every Cute contest she could find.
So far, four ribbons adorned the pokemon and each of the pokeballs at
this girl's waist contained other contest winners.
"Let's get this meeting underway!" Rowan announced with a clap of his hands to silence the chatting trainers and their pokemon.
All of the trainers and their pokemon obediently turned to regard the Professor.
"I
trust you all had a comfortable journey but that's not important now."
Rowan continued as he scanned the faces in front of him. "You all know
why we're here as it was stated on those letters you all received all
those weeks ago."
He pulled out four thick books and passed them to each trainer.
"In
these manuals are data on all basic evolution pokemon recorded in our
database. For the purposes of populating the Isle region, each of you
will submit list of pokemon which should appear on each Isle and each
Route giving your reasons why you picked those pokemon."
"Uh?" Leigh interrupted, sticking his hand up in the air.
"Yes Mr. O'Brien?"
"Does this mean we have to write an essay?"
"My dear boy!" Rowan laughed "of course not, this is a discussion board, you just talk about your selections."
Dannyl sniggered under his breath. Leigh noticed this and scowled furiously at him.
"Continuing
on," Rowan said "you will all visit the different Routes of each Isle
before a final decision is made so that the habitats can be judged for
suitability of choice."
This time Honey interrupted " so, like, for how long will this project
be running?"
"As long as it takes!" Rowan said with a wink. "However, we do not
expect for you to start work on this straight away. You will be sent to
a training facility where you can battle the pokemon in those manuals
to judge how appropriate they are for each area.
Any more questions?"
Stacy slowly raised her hand.
"Yes miss Fondelle?" Rowan smiled at her.
"When do we start?" she asked, her lip quivering with fear.
"Now" came the reply.
"Oh, OK" the young girl replied with a sigh.
The trainers concluded the meeting and left the building. Each of them now carried a pokedex for looking up pokemon, the manual given to them by Administrator Rowan, a pack carrying the clothes that they would need to get into and out of the facility and their suitcases from home.
A short bus ride, and the four trainers stood staring at the Pokemon Training Facility of the Isle of Thor! This would be their new home for the duration of the program and the site of all the pokemon research needed to complete their mission.
