001 - [Video | un: Uravity]

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[It has been...a long few days for Ochako Uraraka. A long, long few days. After arriving in Newbark Town, like everyone else, she was given little to no information about, well...anything, and left to her devices. Like. Everyone else. Honestly, you'd think that there'd be an actual system put in place for all these newcomers or something. Like a Welcome Center, with information and helpful things to know. Hell, and some spare clothes...one single pair of pants and a t-shirt, alongside her pajamas, are not going to last a grueling journey like this, seriously. Thank goodness Ochako is as frugal as frugal comes. She can most certainly make her money last, and knows all the tricks to ration her food and take care of her belongings.

One of the few perks of being dirt poor.

The first day or two was spent mostly just acclimating to the new normal. Getting to know her Pokemon - a cute and very pink Cleffa, which Ochako finally decided on a name for...Parfait. It was cute and sweet, just like her little, meeping partner. Next in line was, uh...actually training up the little thing. It was weird thinking that this tiny, pudgy, pink cream puff could fight, but...then again, a lot of people underestimated her, and Ochako had one hell of a punch, and her high kick was, by Gunhead's standards, top shelf. So, after a few fumbled first battles (Ochako learned quickly that birds are jerks in this world), she eventually got the hang of it, hanging around the outskirts of Cherrygrove (in the early part of route 29 and 30 respectively), battling Pokemon and looking to expand her growing team.

And boy did she find one hell of a Pokemon to add. The video feed comes one with Ochako looking quite disheveled, her hair standing up in a few spots and a spattering of...some sort of food item on her cheek.]

Mmh... H-Hello, everyone, um. M-My name is Uraraka. U-Uraraka Ochako... [She tries to smooth her hair down, but to no avail.] I-I'm new here and. Ehh...

I-Is it normal for Poke...Pokey...Poker--...for your critters to refuse to eat? D-Do they have preferences? Because, um... [Ochako switches her Gear's camera to show off a very petulant looking Espurr, sitting on its butt on a stone with arms crossed, a little bowl in front of it floating around and smacking on the side of the rock every few seconds.] Th-This one won't accept anything I've given her. She's like a picky child...

[Ochako heaves a big, heavy sigh, shoulders drooping.] I don't want to waste all my food, but I don't want her to not eat, either!! Mmmaahh...Eclair-chaaan...please eat something. Maybe some water? At least a drink?

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[It should, is what Ochako thinks, and she'll be sure to ask about it or look it up in the guidebook. The map on the PokeGear also has some short blurbs about special sights in the cities and towns, or even along the routes as well, to give adventurers and trainers more information about them. She, uh...found that out accidentally.]

I would hope so! It'd make sense to have, you know? No one just grows up knowing all this stuff, there's so much to it!! I'm sure there has to be a school somewhere that teaches things... Mmh. Though you're right. Enrolling in a school would be hard, too, if they want us traveling. I wouldn't mind an accelerated class - I know those sort of quick training courses exist for like...two weeks? Usually? Sometimes a month but I've heard of them. A-At least back home, anyway.

I don't think online tutoring is as viable here....

[songstressedout]

Right? A crash course of the basics at least would be nice.

[ The guidebook was handy, but it's not exactly an expert's guide to Pokemon. Getting to know some more of the obscure things that wouldn't be written in a guidebook. ]

Well, the best we can do right now is read, right? Or just keep asking questions like this on the network.

[ You know, pokemon caretaking questions, that sort of thing. Things like battling of course would have to be something they figured out on their own. ]

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[It's true - reading book and actually getting one on one tutelage from an actual professor or something is completely different. Plus, some people learn different, too. Ochako herself can easily say that she's a more hands-on type, learning better in the moment. Heaven knows that half her hero training wouldn't have been accomplished if it was all a written examination based solely around reading and lectures.]

Yeah, yeah...I know you're right. [BIG SIGH.] I guess I just miss being in the school setting... It's so weird not seeing Aizawa-sensei, and All Might-sensei, and all the other Pros everyday...even if the courses weren't always easy.

[Ochako misses them all terribly.]