[Kotone Kato]

Gray Haven Academy was world-reknown for their food. As a melting pot of cultures from all throughout the regions, there was no shortage to the different sights, tastes, and smells found inside their cafeteria. On one side was freshly cooked fish, on the other side was a berry salad bar, and in between were all sorts of foods, even some that Kotone had never seen before. 

And to the teenager, the cafeteria looked like heaven.

Having grown up almost entirely on her own, Kotone was used to cooking by herself and, on the nights she was too lazy to make dinner, she ate microwavable meals. Needless to say, her childhood was not full of impeccable, five-star foods, so she was more than excited to try anything and everything found in the school's cafeteria. Although, there was one last question: where should she start first?

[Tyson Halloway]

Tyson was in his dorm, setting up his half of his dorm room. He had already put away his clothes, and put away the rest of the stuff he brought like, movies, games and some books, both recreation and school related ones. The only things he had left to do was put up some of his posters on his half of the room that he brought with him. He stepped back and looked around at what he had done so far and nodded his head in approval. He then started to get hungry form doing all of this unpacking, so he had decided to go down to the cafeteria to grab some food, and possibly meet some new people.

Tyson made his way from the Lava Dorm to the main building where the Cafeteria was, as well as the classrooms, Club Rooms, Library and a bunch of other rooms he had yet to explore. Tyson made it to the cafeteria after a little trouble of trying to find it, this place was big and a little confusing like a maze at first glance, but you can say that about anyplace when its your first time, he said as he thought to himself. Tyson took a deep breath and smelled all the fresh and tasty food they had here. He smirked as he went and grabbed a tray and walked over to the food. He looked up and down the options, he didn't know what he wanted to have, nor did he know where he was going to start.

The young boy walked down the the food, and picked up a few things along the way. Some stuff he loved and some stuff he never had before, that he was willing to try. He was so excited that he accidentally bumped into a older girl who was looking at the food. The bump caused him to fall over, but he quickly got up and looked at her. "I'm So sorry, i didn't mean to bump into you. Are you alright?" He asked making sure he didn't hurt the girl.

[Kotone Kato]

Kotone stumbled and fell when someone had bumped into her from behind. Landing heavily on her hands and knees, she winced at the jarring pain and fought back the stinging tears in the corners of her eyes. But there was no point in making a scene over something as small as this, so she pushed herself to her feet and turned around, ready to scold whoever had knocked her over, and she came face to face with a flustered young boy.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you. Are you alright?" he asked her, seeming genuinely upset about having accidentally pushed her, although his words didn't register in her mind under a few seconds later because Kotone's first thought was, This kid is tall! And, indeed, the younger boy was taller than her by three to four inches, at least, and Kotone couldn't help but feel a certain bitterness at her own lack of height.

"I'm fine," she reassured him kindly, although she was quick to hide her scraped hands behind her back. "Besides, I don't think you should be worrying about me." Nodding at the boy's lunch, which was now spilled all over the floor, Kotone offered, "Do you want some help picking that up?"

[Tyson Halloway]

Tyson's somewhat worried face quickly turned around when the girl said that she was fine. He let out a sigh of relief as he looked around at the food he had spilled over the floor and counter. "I really wanted to eat that." He said to himself as he bent down and started to pick it up slowly. "No its ok, its my mess and i'll pick it up." He said with a smile. Tyson may have been young but he knew he had to stand up and take the repercussions of his own actions, both good and bad ones.

After he finished cleaning up all that food he threw it away in a nearby garbage can and walked back over to the food line. "I guess ill start over." He said with a small smirk and a slight chuckle. He looked at the girl and gave a smile. Tyson then noticed the color of her uniform was red, and if his memory served him correctly, that had meant she was also in the Lava Dorm as he was. "So how long have you been in the Lava Dorm for? This is my first year." He said with a smile at the girl as he moved down the food line and placed some food on his tray, hoping not to drop it this time around.

Tyson got some food he would enjoy and got some chocolate milk and a soda to wash it down with. "This is gonna b e great." He said very enthusiastically. Tyson turned towards the girl. "I don't really know any one here. Do you want to, maybe sit with me?" He asked with curiosity. "Its ok if you don't wanna, you wouldn't hurt my feelings." He said with a smile and then walked over to a empty table and placed his food down and took a seat.

[Kotone Kato]

Kotone was immediately impressed with the younger boy's maturity. Although she was an only child, she had seen more than enough children throwing temper tantrums just because they didn't get exactly what they wanted. Even though she wasn't sure how old the boy was, it didn't detract from the fact that he was responsible. 

After waiting for him to finish cleaning up, Kotone also grabbed her own lunch, a delicious-looking chicken salad and bottled water. And, although she was surprised at him inviting her to eat lunch with him, she couldn't say that she was unhappy with his invitation. "Don't mind if I do," she said, sitting down across from him. "I've been here quite a few years now, being a Mavro City native and whatnot. I think you'll really like it here. Gray Haven Academy really has something for everybody, and the island is amazingly diverse. It's really great living here." Then, all of a sudden, Kotone realized that she had yet to introduce herself, and that she still didn't know the name of her companion. "Oh! I almost forgot. My name is Kotone Kato. It's nice to meet you." 

[Tyson Halloway]

Tyson sat there at the table and listened to the girl as she told him about the Academy and the Island it was on. He nodded his head to show he was listening to her as he ate some oh his food on his tray. He wiped his mouth and smiled at the girl when she introduced herself to him. It didn't dawn on him till then that he didn't know her name and she didn't know his, that was kind of embarrassing. He gave her a smile "I'm Tyson Halloway, pleased to meet you." He said to Kotone.

Now that Tyson had met his first person her at the Academy, and non the less from his own dorm, he was wondering what kind of Pokemon other people around him had. "So, what do you have for Pokemon?" He asked as he placed his hand inside of his pocket and retrieved three Pokeballs from it. "Well I have a Gible, a Slowpoke and a Abra." He said with a smile as he fiddled with the balls in his hand before placing them on the table to take another bite of food and then follow it with taking a drink of his chocolate milk. He then waited for Kotone to tell him what she had.

[Kotone Kato]

Kotone smiled as he pulled out his Pokemon. Even though he only had three, she was sure they would be a well-balanced team. "I have an Eevee, a Deino, a Helioptile, a Murkrow, and a Riolu with me right now," she said, retrieving her own Pokeballs from her bag. "But I also have an Espurr, an Omanyte, and a Bulbasaur sitting in the P.C." Leaving them on the table, Kotone asked, "Did you just start training Pokemon? I got my Eevee when I was ten, which is rather late compared to some other people, but ever since I joined the Academy I've been adding to my team."

((Hey, just wondering if you wanted to join in a thread with Kotone and Serene later! It's a dinner party, and we're going to be eating a duck Serena hunted. Just leave a note with your next post if you're down.))

[Tyson Halloway]

Tyson watched on as she placed her Pokeballs on the table in front of her and as she rattled off which Pokemon she owned. "That's so cool!" Tyson said with a smile on his face as he looked at the girls Pokeballs. "Uhh yea. I grew up in the Johto region and i watched the Gym Leader there battle all the time, and i wanted to be just like him. Then one day i heard about this Academy and i begged my parents to come and they let me." He said with a smile on his face. "My parents gave me Gible as a present for coming here, and the Gym leader gave me Slowpoke, he had just caught him the day before and didn't need one and said i would be a good trainer for him." He said as he looked down at his Pokeballs. "Abra was given to me when i came here to the Academy, and i plan on making my team even bigger." He said with determination in his voice as he looked back up at the girl.

((Yea sure that sounds fun))

[Kotone Kato]

Kotone couldn't help but blush humbly as Tyson expressed his interest in her Pokemon. Because she had never taken battling quite seriously, her team was rather unbalanced and full of misfits, and to know that someone was impressed by them made her really happy. Although, when the other boy expressed his determination to make his own team better, Kotone's expression quickly turned encouraging.

"Oh, you came here from Johto?" she asked curiously. "What's it like there? I've always wanted to travel, but I've never been off Harmonia Island."

((Cool! I'll let her know you're participating.))

[Tyson Halloway]

Tyson smirked a bit. He never met someone who has never been to some part of his own region before. Usually a lot of people go there for vacations or even go there just to see the famous Bell & Burned Towers or other public monuments of the area. "Well its a great place. I came from the town of Mahogany where our gym leader is known for using Ice types. Its south of Lake of Rage, a famous lake know to have Magikarp tested on and created the Red Gyarados." He said as he started to put his Pokeballs back inside of his pocket. "Its a really fun place. This region has the Bell and Burned Towers,said to be the homes of Lugia and Ho-Oh at one point, but many people have come to see if they return, but never have." He said as he looked at the girl. "This is my first time here on Harmonia Island, whats it like here?" He asked with curiosity.

[Kotone Kato]

Kotone listened, rapt, as Tyson told her about Johto. Really, reading about the other region in a book was nothing compared to the description offered by a native. And, when he brought up Lugia and Ho-Oh, Kotone breathed a near-silent, "Wow," at the mention of the two legendary Pokemon.

"Oh, well," she began when he asked her about Harmonia Island. "It's really nice here. I think it's the perfect blend of urban cities and wilderness, and there's always something for everyone! Mount Magmadyne, right out behind our dorm, is a really famous landmark, because historians believe that it's the volcano that created the island in the first place. There's also some really nice hot springs up there. And the Zodiac Ruins are pretty cool too. Not to mention most of these places host a variety of wild Pokemon for trainers to battle and catch."

[Tyson Halloway]

Tyson smiled when Kotone had said Wow about Lugia and Ho-Oh, He liked it when people were fascinated by the stuff of his Region, it showed that people wanted to know about it and he liked that. He then went on and listened to Kotone and how she went on about the Island. Tyson liked this island more and more the more she talked about it. Tyson just wanted to explore the entire Island at this point. "Oh cool. This island sounds like a blast. I can't wait to go exploring sometime." He said with a smile towards her.

Tyson finished up the est of his food and drink as he wiped his face and put his napkin and silverware on his plate. "I can't wait to see all the different kinds of Pokemon this place has to offer. I'm going to get a wide variety of them for my team." He said with determination in his voice. Tyson smirked a little. "Are there any of the Legendary Pokemon here on the island, or been know to be near the Island?" He asked her with curiosity in his voice.

[Kotone Kato]

Kotone smiled sheepishly as she looked down at her almost untouched meal. She was always a slow eater, taking particular care not to spill her food anywhere, so it wasn't anything new for her to be the last one at the dining table. 

"Have fun poking around," she offered amiable, smiling at Tyson's eagerness. "Harmonia Island has tons of different Pokemon. You can never get bored of searching for different types!" 

When he brought up the question of legendary Pokemon on the Island, Kotone hummed thoughtfully for a moment, searching through her memories for anything that might fit the bill. Unfortunately, she drew a blank. "Not that I know of," she said with an apologetic smile. "But, that doesn't mean it can't happen in the future. Humans still don't understand much about legendary Pokemon, after all, so who knows. Maybe there's one hiding beneath the island, or sleeping in Mount Magmadyne!"