trailblazing through the park. a rumble was heard and a dust cloud made. from afar maverick noah ryder, had he chosen to look, could see the said dust cloud. but that would soon come to die down as none other than eric and his eevee drew near.

the boy could be seen donning a school uniform; his school bag in hand. he was in panic mode with eevee in his arm, unconscious from the speedster. eventually he would come to a halt, dropping eevee by an accident and gasping for breath. "i can't...be late!" he would try to press on, but eventually he would fall flat on his face beside eevee. looking up, he would ask his eevee, "you alive?" the pokemon's right leg would twitch, "good, i'm glad." he would fall back on his face again.

for a brief moment they would both pause for no more than a second or ten. simultaneously they would both jump back up as if nothing had ever happened, "alright, back at it again! we're almost there, i think...!" eevee would excitedly cry in agreement. the two of them would look around with a smile on their face. "we're totally lost, huh?" eevee would cry in agreement.

"we're gonna be late!" the boy would cry, unaware of maverick noah ryder, the egg, and adar the fire-type pokemon. "i knew we should've taken the car, but that driver is such a snitch! i couldn't let'em know where we were headed!" eevee would cry in anger, scolding the trainer. "why are you yelling at me!? this is your fault!"

he would look toward maverick noah ryder, finally taking in their surrounding. "hey, sir! do you know where the rustboro gym is!?" eric would ask the individual stranger sharply.

⚰︎ boop!

maverick noah ryder

"no, everything's not okay!" eric cried. he would look to the eevee, who would begin to gnaw at the trainer's leg, and began to pull at the pokemon's face. the duo bickered like children.

"dis durk ( this jerk )..." eevee began to pull at the trainer's face, "...iz tuch a wahnahbee ( is such a wannabe )..." he'd pull the eevee off of him. tossing it into the air, "...know-it-all!" the eevee would land on top of his head and began to tug on his hair. though, for a moment, they would pause. the stranger, pointing them in the right direction, captured their attention.

"really!?" starry-eyed, the both of them would stop their bickering. with rejoice they'd thank the man with a quick bow. "thanks, old man!" it was only then that, after their bickering, eric would come to notice the fire-type pokemon. "is that a magmortar!? so cool!" and it had an egg, "and it has an egg, talk about so crash!" eric was ecstatic to see something so rare. such a sight made him forget their purpose for coming to rustboro.

"hey, hey! what's inside of it!?" eric asked.

⚰︎ boop!

maverick noah ryder