"A Melody of Nervousness"

[Melody Taylors]

Melody stared at the door in front of her. Anyone in the room inside could hear her nervous breathing, and soft speech. The poor girl seemed nervous, and nerve-wracked. Of course, it was to be expected, her battling skills were going to be evaluated, and she was going to be placed depending on her skill, or god forbid lack thereof. To her, this was a great big deal.

“Okay… think think think…”[/b] Melody said to herself, cramming as much information as she could. Holding a notebook with slightly neat writing on it, she flipped the pages frantically, reciting something she was trying to memorize. “Okay. Water beats fire. Fire beats Bug. Bug beats Psychic… and Psychic beats Dark.”[/b]

Melody blinked. Something seemed out of place. “No, that’s wrong. Was it the other way around? No. But… no, I didn’t forget my type matchups. But… no, I didn’t forget my type matchups… But… no, I’m not repeating my previous sentence. Okay, I’m getting too nervous for my own good, I need something to calm me down or I’m gonna mess up.”[/b]

She let out a deep sigh, trembling a bit. “I… can do this. Come on, relax, and… let’s go in.”[/b]

Melody set her hand on the large sliding door—she was unaware of the mechanism, and her hand slid along with the door, making the girl lose her balance and fall on the floor.

“Ow. This isn’t the best beginning…”[/b] She sighed and stood up, brushing her skirt. She took a deep breath, gulped, and walked into the room. Thankfully, the door still stayed open, so she need not worry about foolishly crashing into the door.

“Good… um…”[/b] Melody took a quick look at her Pokegear, to make sure she had the right time. She tried her hardest to elminate all of her nervousness, and tried to replace it with a cheery, prepared attitude. “Ohayoo gozaimasu! Good morning! My name’s Melody, my placement exam is scheduled for today!”[/b]

[Yang]

Standing inside of the laboratory with a rather blank expression on his face was a very, very pretty man. He had neon blue eyes, bright white hair, and clothes coated in the color of alabaster. He seemed… Well, to be honest, he seemed less enthusiastic about Melody’s battle exam. The instructor rose an eyebrow at the girl’s optimism before stepping away from the door and gesturing her towards a different room. One would only assume they had to follow… After all, the last thing Melody needed was Yin to arrive.

After following Yang, one would have found theirself in a huge, white room. Altogether, the surroundings were bland and not all that much to celebrate about. But that wasn’t what was important. What was important were the three pokeballs that the rather impatient instructor held out towards the girl.

”Take one, then release it.” He ordered. ”This will begin your battle exam. I suggest you take this seriously, otherwise you may end up in one of the lower-rank dorms… Most students aren’t exactly thrilled when that happens.” He said wth a small sigh. The instructor grabbed a pokeball and released one for himself.

VS

If Melody were to look closer, she’d see a small slip of paper fly out from the pokeball with five moves written on the top of it in red ink. Umbreon may be capable of knowing more moves, but if Melody was a newbie she wasn’t bound to know many moves… Or know what they did, either.

Assurance, Last Resort, Mean Look, Quick Attack, Moonlight

[Melody Taylors]

Melody took a quick look at one of the Poke Balls. Trembling slightly, she grabbed it, and dropped it. It wasn't the most graceful release ever, and it certainly wasn't on purpose, but nonetheless, the Ball let out a small noise before revealing a black, cat-like creature with beautiful crimson eyes, and shiny goldenrod rings.

"Umbreon." She whispered to herself, carefully kneeling down to pick up the paper that slipped out. Her lips quivered as she read each move, she only remembered what Quick Attack and Moonlight were, and as far as she was concerned, there wasn't enough moonlight in the morning. There was only one move she remembered outside the list, and that was Bite, but she was afraid that the list was definite and giving a command outside of this was going to confuse the Pokemon further.

While she was still kneeling, she inspected the Umbreon carefully. The poor Pokemon seemed annoyed as Melody ran her fingers through its sensitive, fine fur, until it almost got to the point where it almost looked like she was petting it. By then, he was only annoyed that Melody stopped.

"Alright. We can do this, right?"[/b] She whispered to the Umbreon. "We'll work together so we don't place at the lowest rank, so, um... let's do our best--ganbatte kudasai!"[/b] She pat the Umbreon's head and stood once more.

Taking a deep breath, she thought of what attack to begin with. She had no idea what she was facing. Scraggies were not something she saw everyday. In fact, this had been the first time she had seen it. So for now, she was going to experiment and see what happened.

"Umbreon! Um... use Quick Attack!"[/b]

[Victoria]

So we don't keep you waiting, we will give you your rank and starter. The staff have been very busy with real life matters. For more information, read the recent announcement. Here's the rank you will be issued, as well as your choice of Pokemon.

Rank: Silver



Please pick one. I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

[Melody Taylors]

Melody, undestanding of the situation at hand, decided to pick one Poke Ball at random, once again. She skipped out of the laboratory, not even checking the Pokemon she had grabbed.

Further inspection would have revealed an adorable Eevee.