Hybrid's wrong, so, so wrong. There is no way that any of them are going to be introducing themselves to anyone. It's not even that they don't have things in common, obvious things. Considering that they have all likely been through the transition, from human to pokéuman, but... it's just hard.

Hybrid has never been good in a crowd. Never been good at introducing herself to people. Well, at least not outside of very specific circumstances.

And this...

This isn't any of them. She is sitting beside Daniel, in a corner of an assembly hall filled with pokémon of all things. It could be a dream come true, if not for what it means. What looms overhead. But as it is, Daniel is enough company. Along with her other companion, her dog. Obi. Who is also pretty fine with just sitting by them. Waiting. But she can tell that the canine is restless. Obi wants to meet people, pokéumans. With a sigh Hybrid lowers their head onto their paws and looks at the canine.

"Go on!" she says and the dog's ears flicker, before they bark happily with no words included. Racing off into the crowd she soon loses track of the canine. Now it's just her and Daniel. Two introverts sitting off in the corner.

At least it's interesting to watch everyone else. All the different pokéumans, some in forms that she's never seen before. Such as a black furred rattata talking to some kind of mongoose pokémon. There's a black lizard with lava-estique markings not too far away talking to a marowak with a flaming bone club. It's amazing. And beside her she can tell that Daniel is just as impressed, just as interested. Because these are pokémon that they've never seen, or forms of familiar pokémon that are just so different. So far removed from what they know.

It's a whole new world.

And with that thought they begin to snicker. Receiving a side glance full of questions from Daniel. Humming, Hybrid merely shakes her head before bursting into the song.

"It's a whole new world we live in... do do do da do doo!" she taps her paws grin spreading over her face. "It's a whole new place to see~ do do do da do doo! It's a whole new place, with a brand new attitude! But you still gotta catch 'em all!"

"POKÉMON JHOTO!"

"Everybody want to be a master!" She jumps up, landing on a table caught up in the song. "Everybody wants to show their skills! Everybody wants to get there faster! Make their way to the top of the hill!" she howls, before jumping down, and spinning in a circle.

"Each time you try, gonna get a little bit better!" she jumps up again, not paying attention to the way that more people had joined in. "Each step you climb! Is one more step up the ladder! It's a whole new world we live in! It's a whole new way to see! It's a whole new place, with a brand new attitude!

"But you still gotta catch 'em all! Be the Best that you can be!" Daniel chimes in with an amused smile.

"POKÉMON JHOTO!"

"Everybody wants to make a statement!" she spins around, jumping again. "Everybody needs to carve their mark!" she swings her head, stomping her paws as she marches of the table. "To stand alone in the victory circle! Stake their claim as the music STARTS!"

"Give it all, you've got!" pokéumans cheer as she jumps around "You can be the very best ever!" she pops up for a bit on her hind legs to a happy bark from Obi. "Take your best shot! And what you'll learn will come together!"

"It's a whole new world we live in! A whole new way to see! It's a whole new place, with a brand new attitude! But you still gotta catch 'em all! Be the best that you can be!"

"POKÉMON JOHTO!" At the final shout Hybrid comes back down from her singing induced zone out and finally notices all the attention centered on her. Instantly her ears drop down, and her eyes widen. Her tail sinks lower, dropping between her legs. She lets out a small sound as several pokéumans just surge forwards interested in chatting to her. In the background she can hear Daniel laughing and she can just barely see Obi trotting off to happily meet someone else.

As the surge slows, Hybrid is left trying to puzzle out who's saying what. Who's talking. Too many voices all at once, so she frowns, shaking her head.

"Slow down! One at a time! STOP CROWDING ME!" She yelps backing away and ducking under one of the taller pokéumans(a sceptile) before dashing round, finally stopping and panting beside a shiny charmander in a dark blue hoodie, and backwards turned cap.

"I liked your singing!" the charmander says softly, and she jumps before looking at him. She blinks, a small bit of heat rising up to her cheeks beneath her fur.

"Th-thanks..." she says awkwardly, as everyone slowly turns towards them. "Right... big crowd, kind of forgot about them all..." she shifts, before huffing out a small blast of embers. Standing up, she takes a deep breath and surveys the group. At least this time they're not all surging forwards overwhelming her. "Hi there! I'm new!" she greets with a slight tilt of the head before shrinking down. "So... yeah... Uhm... probably best if I go to the medic..."

"Oh!" the charmander perks up slightly beside her. "I can take you there. Mischief!" he calls out and a small grey furred chinchilla pokéuman squirms through the crowd before landing easily on two paws in front of them. Giving a cheerful wave to them both. Daniel trots forwards to stand beside her, and Obi yaps before racing over as well. "I'll get these two to the-"

"THERE YOU TWO ARE!" Daniel and Hybrid both snap their heads round. And Obi lets out a bark of laughter. At the front of the room, the entrance that they came through. Beside the swirlix, and the familiar houndour is Ronan. His grey eyes are entirely too unimpressed.

"Hello Ronan!" Hybrid says, while Daniel lets out a huff and rolls his eyes. "Nice job catching up! We got here alright!" she says while Daniel grumbles something from beside her. The rodent pokéuman seems entirely unimpressed with her explanation and she huffs out another small burst of embers before standing up. Onto all four paws and looks back to the charmander. "Lead the way-"

"I was supposed to be your escort..." Ronan sounds so put out, Hybrid arches a brow, looking back at the rattata with one ear half lowered to the side. "Whatever... come find me later!" he huffs stalking off further into the room. Quickly disappearing into the crowd.

"Right..." the charmander says breaking the awkward silence. "Towards the Medical Wing then!" he leads the way pretty easily, his flaming tail lighting up the darker passages that they pass through. As they walk, Hybrid notes how the ground slowly goes from metalic to more natural. And the air clears up just a little bit. As they walk Daniel gasps, and looking around Hybrid can only marvel.

The walls here are covered in some sort of bioluminescent fungi. It's amazing, and looking up.

"Glow worms..." she breathes, with wide eyes. The charmander in front of them lets out a small laugh before taking a deep breath. Slowing down just slightly. As they slow, Hybrid's ears flicker. There's the distant sound of running water. Abruptly in front of them the charmander freezes. Perring around Hybrid can see a small mound of something.

It looks almost like a door. The charmander glances at them, before facing ahead again. Taking a deep breath he steps forwards, reaches one hand out. And he wraps his claws around a string before pulling it. Both Hybrid and Daniel let out annoyed sounds at the ringing that echoes out. It hurts their ears and the charmander also winces, before offering them a sheepish look.

"Coming!"

There's a couple of crashes heard from beyond the door before an eruption of swears and it's yanked open from the other side. Hybrid blinks while Daniel laughs lightly from her side, because they're staring into the face of a Delcatty. The feline pokémon blinks at them for a moment before smiling.

"Oh! Newcommers, am I right?"

"We just finished transforming ma'am!" Daniel responds and a rather dark look crosses the feline's face.

"I'm a sir!" the delcatty says before sighing. "Come in, come, come! We'll have to get you all registered and checked up... Julius is doing Imunizations this meeting and I don't know where the silly grumpig is... Ahh and if you need a therapist... well Rin is currently booked out... hmm, we could ask Sylvia..." the feline continues to mutter to himself as he wanders around the room before hopping up onto a seat and tapping away at a keyboard. "But we can register you... so..." he peers over at them. "Name, Age, B-Day, known issues, species, transformation date, and current move set... Oh! Also country of origin!"

"Daniel, 16, 8th of August, peanut allergy and I guess possibly chocolate know considering I'm a canine pokémon. Poochyena, my transformation began on March 11th and finished on the 18th. My move set... Tackle, Bite and Howl!" he says with a small frown before looking sideways at Hybrid and adding. "Australia!"

"Right... Call me Hybrid, 15, 7th of May, chronic pain and various other issues, does ASD count? Houndour-Shinx hybrid, began transforming on the 15th finished on the 22nd" Hybrid lists off looking off to the side absently, recalling details. "Ember, Bite, Dark Pulse and Spark. Australia..."

'{DON'T FORGET US!}' it's Tammy, screaming in her head, abruptly out of nowhere. Enough to make her jump and whip her head around before shaking it.

"Oh right... and the figments..."

"Figments?" the delcatty asks, turning away from the computer for a moment, in curiosity. Before Hybrid can explain there's a distant explosion, followed by laughter and two small forms streak through the room. Cream and blue, cream and red. "Stop doing that you two!" the delcatty screeches, fur puffing up. His only reception is laughter and he sighs before shaking his head.

"Don't mind the twins..." a soft voice says and they all turn to the door. A lilligant stands there holding some papers. She looks at them with soft eyes before looking past them at the delcatty who hisses something in displeasure before returning to the computer. "Don't mind him either..." she shakes her head. "He's been registering pokéumans all day, and managing so many new faces. Seems to be that time. So now, you two good for the basic checkup?"

"Yes!" Daniel squeaks and Hybrid gives him a questioning glance. Before watching as he follows the lilligant into the next room.

"Right... I'll just... wait my turn!" Hybrid says hopping up onto the moss lined seats against the dirt wall.

'{Hey! Hey! Since this is the medical wing... maybe you could-}'

'Not gonna happen!' Hybrid shoots down immediately lying herself out onto the mossy chair, eyes half lidded. 'Even if it's more logical, I just... don't want to risk it. Sorry Tammy. Sorry... uh, I don't actually know who you are!' she flickers her ears and yawns.

'{Jane}'

'Middle name or sister?'

'{Took inspiration from both, like how Tammy took your nickname as his own... but are you sure, because while I don't trust the delcatty to watch and measure, maybe the lilligant doctor would-}'

'No...' Hybrid shakes their head before glancing at the door that Daniel had walked through. Back the delcatty and then down at the ground. 'I'm just... not comfortable with it...' she explains and Jane lets out a sigh in the back of her mind.

'{I guess... but you can't put it off forever, especially since we are still pieces of you. So you're going to have to deal with it at some point...}'

'I-I know... just not now... not yet...' Hybrid sits up as the door swings open and Daniel races out yelping all the way. As he passes she catches something about this being her problem to deal with now and she rolls her eyes.

It's just a checkup, what's he freaking out about?

Hybrid yawns once more before she easily trots into the room and instantly she stops. The walls are absolutely covered in various posters, bits and pieces about pokémon anatomy, an elemental table/type chart, a small model of a human skeleton propped up in the corner, off against the wall a strange machine, and it's... not quite like any doctor's office that Hybrid's been in before. But, at the same time... there's a bed, some chairs, a computer. The usual things... just with more pokémon orientated stuff. The lilligant stands by the computer with a smile and Hybrid slowly refocuses on her, before hopping up onto one of the chairs.

"No, no! Up onto the bed!" the lilligant says and Hybrid nods before jumping up there. Turning around on it a couple times before sitting down. "Now, my name is Holly and I'll be your physician for today. First off, I hope you don't mind the scanner... it's to make sure that everything is reading correctly for your species... although as a pokéuman with Pokéuman Genetic Splicing Syndrome... some fluctuation is to be expected." Holly speaks as she rests small pads on Hybrid, and clicks a band around the hybrid's head. Pulling over a screen she brushes one frond over it and Hybrid yelps as a loud whine fills her ears. "Hmm... well that's interesting..." Holly mutters before pressing something on the screen and there's a flash in her eyes before she just casually moves on.

Removing all the pads and the band, she rests a frond on Hybrid's skull-cap before humming again. Raising a small device in her arms, she holds it up and points it at Hybrid until it beeps.

"Well, that's normal at least..." she mutters before moving over back to the computer, she types something in before looking back at the hybrid pokéuman. "Reflexes!" and Hybrid yelps as small glowing leaves fly her way, instead of dodging them though, she instead takes a deep breath and fires a few embers off. "Well, fairly normal, for a fire type... but try actually dodging!" And again, this time Hybrid follows instructions jumping down and darting around somewhat frantically to avoid the leaves. "Yes, seems normal... although your stamina seems off..." Holly says as she slows beginning to pant. "Typing... seems normal enough, you lean Fire/Dark rather than substituting either for Electric..." she hums before turning around. There's something in her eyes and Hybrid bristles, baring her teeth. "Back up! Time to check that heart of yours and your lungs..."

Hybrid growls, but obediently jumps up back onto the bed. Normal, with just a small bit of some disturbance. Holly checks her ears next, then her eyes getting her to read off the type chart across the room(still good but needs watching), checks her throat, shining a light down it and getting her to open wide, and finally she gets Hybrid to submit to a blood test. And suddenly Hybrid understands why Daniel ran off. Idiot's scared of needles.

Hybrid isn't, so she lets the lilligant poke her and fill up two small tubes with her blood for some tests.

"Alright... you should be good to go!" Holly says before pausing. "But... you'll need to come back here in a few days for the results from your blood test and... go see Michelle the Sylveon... there's something off about your fluctuation point."