The journey commences...

[Alryn]

Alryn walked out of the Labs with excitement in his wake... and a little green bulb. It stumbled slowly after, somewhat confused at all the excitement. Alryn stopped, crouched down, and looked at it... no, him, Alryn could tell. "C'mon little guy! We're goin' on an adventure!" Alryn chided, as the Bulbasaur looked on dazedly. "Come on!" Alryn grabbed his Bulbasaur in both arms and walked hastily away from the labs to.... nowhere. "Bulbabulba!" grunted Bulbasaur, annoyed at Alryn's carrying. "Fine," Alryn started, "We'll just rest here for a while and I'll decide what to do." Alryn sat down on a bench on the sidewalk as Bulbasaur trotted to his side. "What am I gonna call you, anyway?" said Alryn, as he massaged the leafy bulb on Bulbasaur's back. "Burzzz," replied Bulbasaur, as he sighed contentedly. "Burz. Perfect."

Burz's post count: 1

[Alryn]

Alryn sighed heavily. "Where we gonna go, Burz? You have any idea?" Burz looked up at Alryn and said "Bulbabulba!" before returning to his former position. "You're no help at all! Maybe we'll... I don't know, let's just go explore town first. Follow me, Burz." Leaving the bench, Alryn walked down the sidewalk with Burz at his feet. Burz looked around as he walked, overwhelmed by all of the different scenery. After being in the Lab for his entire life, being outside simply enthused Burz. He weaved in and out of Alryn's legs as he walked, amused by the jingling sound of the keys in Alryn's pocket.

Burz's post count: 2

[Alryn]

Suddenly, Burz stopped; and Alryn, not noticing the large green obstacle in his path fell face first onto the pavement. "Burz!" Alryn cried, "what are you doing?" Burz seemed paralyzed in fear; Alryn traced his eyesight to the fire hydrant Burz seemed to loath. "Ummm... Burz... It's just a fire hydrant," he pleaded, but Burz would not take his eyes off his lurking foe. Lifting Burz from his place, Alryn walked past the fire hydrant, while Burz's eyes continued to fix on it. After passing the fire hydrant, however, Burz returned to his normal self. "Oh, Burz. What am I going to do with a pokémon that's afraid of fire hydrants?!"

Burz's post count: 3. Level up! Burz is now Level 6.

[Alryn]

After that episode, Alryn decided that he and Burz would walk on the side of the street without fire hydrants. "Hey, I know what we can do! Since you're a grass pokemon, you should like plants... we'll go to the park and see if there's another trainer with a grass pokemon there!" Burz excitedly said "Bulba, bulbaSAURRR!" and dashed away from Alryn toward the park. Alryn ran after him, worried for his Bulbasaur but also happy he would take such initiative. He zigged and zagged through the crowd, to the park a block away. He ran and ran... until he ran into... a Venusaur in the middle of the park. Bouncing off of it, Burz looked stunned and confused... and quite upside down, in fact. Just then, another trainer, a woman with long brown hair, ran up to Alryn, who was nursing his Bulbasaur.

"Is he okay?" asked the other trainer.

Alryn flipped Burz over, and Burz shook his head slowly. "He'll be fine. I'm terribly sorry about that, miss," Alryn said.

"Hmmm... your Bulbasaur... you haven't had it very long, have you? It seems quite attached, though. You should go to Lunar Town and pay a visit to the Gym Leader to test yourself. I think it'd be a nice place to begin your adventure..."

"Ah. That sounds like a good idea. Thank you, miss!" She ran off before Alryn could ask for her name, her Venusaur safely inside its -- no, her, Alryn noted -- pokéball.

Burz's post count: 4 [1/3]

[Alryn]

Alryn then went to the Pokémart to stock up on much-needed supplies. He purchased 10 pokéballs with Burz at his side looking curiously on and tucked them into his bag before leaving. "Ready Burz?" asked Alryn. Burz replied with a signature "Bulbabulba!" before attempting to dart off again like he did for the park -- however, Alryn caught on this time and swiftly lifted Burz up before he could run off. "Ah, Burz! Don't run off again. We're going to Echo Hills nice and slowly -- we need to save our energy for our adventure."

"Bulbaaaa," replied Burz in a resigned tone. Alryn set him down and they left for Echo Hills.

Burz's post count: 5 [2/3]

((OOC: I couldn't get the pokéballs at this point due to technical difficulties, so when they're added in later it will still fit in with the RP, I promise. ))