The road leading east was smooth dirt, and many Pokémon were walking back toward the central area. Only some were walking east, and most of them had colored scarves or bandanas. They had very similar bags, made of a tanned cloth material with a badge used to close the flap and a strap to carry the bag.
Plasma looked over to the Eevee, and noticed she had none of those things.
"Why do the Pokémon heading east have bandanas and the same bags?" he asked.
"They're part of an exploration team," she answered. "Of course, Pokémon who arrive here the way you did don't know much about guilds, so I'll fill you in-"
"Wait-wait-wait, there are others like me?"
"Oh yeah, your case is nothing special. More and more Pokémon have been showing up with no memory or reason to why they're here. It's honestly surprising you could even remember your name. Anyway, exploration teams. They explore, obviously, and find new places like mystery dungeons, or just hidden places that may have something special there." She turned to Plasma. "They even get to stay at the guild with practically no rent. Sounds pretty good, right?"
"If you want to be an explorer, why don't you join an exploration team?"
"Oh, they don't want weak Pokémon... You and me, we'd never be accepted to join a team."
Plasma wondered what exploring unknown places would be like. Maybe it's thrilling, dangerous, and well-paying. Maybe the guild would be a great place to stay. Unless the Pokémon didn't accept him there as a newbie.
After about a half-an-hour later, they arrived at a little encampment. There were shops, storage rooms, a public bathhouse, and more small setups. They stopped at a sort of gatehouse with a grate in the ground in front of it. As they walked over it, Eevee signaled Plasma to stop.
"Welcome back, guild member," a voice yelled from below the grate. "Who is with you?"
"Just a visitor," Eevee replied. "He won't cause any harm."
"Whatever you say..." The doors to the gatehouse slowly opened, and Eevee signaled Plasma to follow her inside.
Following Eevee, Plasma climbed down a ladder, leading into a large open room. There were two closed doors and two hallways, which Plasma didn't know what was through them. Eevee went down the hallway farthest from the ladder, and waited for him.
As Plasma walked in the room at the end of the hallway, we saw that there were 3 tables, and a magby and phanpy were sitting at one. Eevee sat with them, so he followed.
"Hey Patona," the Phanpy said. "Uh, who's that?" He gestured toward Plasma.
"Oh, so your name's Patona," Plasma said. "Adorable!"
"Shut up!" Patona yelled. She sighed. "He's a guy I thought you could help out. Apprentice work stuff."
"Oh," the Magby exhaled disappointedly. "I thought he was gonna help us form a team. Then again, he doesn't look like the explorer-type."
"Is that an insult?" Plasma growled.
"Oh, no not at all. Never mind, just ignore me."
"I'll show you where to get jobs," the Phanpy said. "By the way, I'm Sosharu." He started walking out of the room, and Plasma followed.
"I'm Plasma," he responded. They walked out and went up to a bulletin board on the wall. There were papers pinned to it, with varying jobs on each one.
"Here's the apprentice jobs," Sosharu said. "They're pretty easy, and pay pretty cheap. They only other option is to try and form your own exploration team, but that's-"
"You can form your own exploration team?" Plasma asked. "How?"
"Talk to the guild master, Masuta. Ask about forming a team, and if he thinks you're worthy, he'll let you. Right now, if you form a team, you could be allowed to investigate what I call 'the case of appearing Pokémon.' You're one of them, I take it. Pokémon have been showing up without memories and we're trying to find out why."
"We need to form one," Plasma said, determined. He knew he had to if he wanted to figure out why he was here, or who he was.
"Um... I don't think me and you could-"
Before Sosharu could finish, Plasma had already ran back to the room with the tables. To his luck, Patona and the Magby were both still there. Sosharu followed him into the room, and sat down. However, Plasma, instead of sitting, jumped up onto the table and stood up tall.
"Patona!" he yelled. "We're making an exploration team!" He reached out with one paw toward her.
"Wh-What?" Patona said, confused. "We're all weak! Not only that, but none of us know you! Why should we make a team with you?"
"I know this is really sudden, and you're right, you don't know me. But I promise all of you I'll do my best, and support you all through thick and thin. I'll be loyal to you. Look, I need to know why I'm here, and forming an exploration team brings me one huge step closer." Plasma looked down and gulped, his paw still outstretched.
Sosharu began to clap. "Beautiful speech. I'm convinced. How about you guys?" Patona looked at him, surprised.
"Huh?" Patona sighed. "Fine." She put her paw on top of Plasma's, Sosharu doing the same.
"I guess I don't get much of a say then," the Magby said, shrugging. "Oh well." He did the same as the others.
"Great!" Plasma exclaimed. "Now, let's go to the guild master!" He walked out of the room, and after a short time walked back in. "Uh, which room is the guild master in again?"
Patona sighed again. "What have I gotten myself into..."
The group walked to a door to the right of the entry and exit ladder, and stopped. Patona opened the door.
They were ready to become an exploration team.