[Leila Valestory]

The sun had yet to rise as she readied everything for class today. She had already left home setting up a table next to her classroom door, under the corckboard. She had placed a note pinned to the board. On the table rested three separate stacks of papers with three separate sets of instructions.

She had spent the last week setting up and planning her first class. She had set up Parfet in the hall with the class roster to check everyone into class and hand out their assignments. From there she had set up each of her three pokemon, in their respective place a with their stamps.

Then she had come to Garden and found a nice clearing in the middle of the field to set up a large blanket and pike of pillows. She had herself setup on the edge waiting for her first students to arrive. By the time she was done her first students should have been arriving at the classroom.

She couldn't wait to see who arrived first. She had high hopes for the girl who had come to her class by mistake thinking she had class. She really had high hopes for Amanda.

And so she sat with remaining pokemon sprawled in the grass. A shiny Sylveon and an Eapeon lay curled together on a pillow asleep. A Scizor sat off by himself arms and legs crossed coldly. A shiny Noivern hunched under a tent her trainer had setup for her, she was rather cozy on her little pillow nest actually. A shiny Ninetales lay to her left side snoozing with its head on its paws. The rest lay in Pokeballs on her Right side on a pillow. She would make them known once the class arrived.

She herself sat on a pillow of her own. She wore a black tank top, blue jeans, and her black converse. Her hair was pulled back into a tight French braid. Her bright emerald eyes glimmering with the excitement of meet her new students.

[Sophia Schuster]

There were a lot of things on Sophia's mind as she made her way through the Garden of the Sun. She had a conflicted mixture of emotions. Desire, curiosity, annoyance, and disgust were likely the strongest of these emotions. She desired to see exactly who it was that took themselves so seriously they couldn't properly introduce themselves before giving an out-field assignment. She was curious to see if it was genuine cockiness, or just blissful ignorance, that drove such a design choice onward. She was annoyed for reasons that could be inferred from the previous two things- such an arrangement was beyond rude. Disgust? Well, again, easy to guess, but it was also disgust with herself. Disgust that she became curious enough as to the “prizes”.

Getting to the woods and finding a Power Herb was easy. She knew exactly where to look, and what to look for, on top of that, after having gathered some for her personal use in the past. Why she had to take a detour to Harmonia Beach to get a stamp was beyond her, though. Either way, she met the Togekiss, as well, and got that bit taken care of. The Pokemon in question could have simply waited at the entrances to the forest, in her opinion, but, for the time being, she was withhold her judgment. She needed to see this person first- this Valestory. After the closure of the class, she with formally determine, within her mind, whether it was worth bothering with this class. At the very least, it was only Navigation, not Tactics or Breeding. It gave her peace of mind that the class would not disrupt her intended studies.

Finding the teacher was simple enough after making it to the Garden. As for the answer to the usage of a Power Herb? Her sheet had been filled out right quickly. After all, she picked them, originally, with the intents of using them. Power Herbs were one-use plants that allowed the Pokemon using them to immediately use a charge-up move, such as Solar Beam, without the charging. The name was simple, elegant, and got to the point.

With a slight bow, the girl didn't utter a word. Not yet. It was the same treatment that she offered to her other teachers, at least. The maiden put some distance between herself and Miss Valestory before carefully sitting cross-legged and shifting a bag from over her shoulder, turning her lap into an impromptu desk for her notebook and other doo-dads. Coincidentally, it seemed like she was the first student there.

Lucky~! . . . not that she'd show it on her face.

+1 to hatch count on Mareep, Dunsparce, Growlithe, Beldum, Bellsprout, Torkoal, Durant, and Feebas eggs

[Serena Miller]

This seemed like an odd way to start class.  Serena would be fine because she was used to traveling and using maps, but what about the students that never needed to before?  The whole point of a class like this was to teach people how to do these things right?  So what if the people that were new to all this got lost because they didn't know what to do yet?  Serena was a little worried about them, so rather than rush to the finish line, she stayed back to make sure no one needed help.  She wasn't that early, so she figured she might run into a few people along the way.  For her though, the process was pretty straightforward.  While she hadn't been to the Obsidian Krag yet, she was familiar enough with the mountains that it didn't take her long at all to find the pokemon she was looking for, even if she was intentionally trying to keep it slow.  

The trip to the forest didn't take much longer.  She had been there several times already because she enjoyed the forest that much.  Serena picked berries here every week, and even then that's because they didn't allow her to do it more often.  She didn't even have to use her map to find her way there, and she already knew where the berries she was looking for were.  Even though she was pretty sure she knew what they did, she still consulted the book just in case, and made a note on the paper.

What does a Wiki Berry do?: When a pokemon's health gets low, they eat the berry and feel a little better. However, if the pokemon is an electric type pokemon it'll make them act weird.

With that, she was off to the Garden of the Sun, which wasn't too far from here. Serena expected the whole area to be really crowded by now, but when she got there, only the teacher and one other student were there. Serena blinked and then felt a little embarrassed. Even going that slow, she was still too fast? What if the people out there needed help getting here? She hoped they would be okay...

Sadly, she couldn't easily go back, so she just took a seat and waved to the teacher and the other student. She just assumed that the other student would have started some kind of conversation already so things wouldn't be too awkward. For once, she was off the hook on first arrival duties.

[Lithra Trease]

“Look at your fur!” Lithra laughed at she walked towards the make-shift Navigation classroom. “Must have been from all that electricity or something,” she said to Bell, his body hopping along next to her. For once in his life the Cottonee didn’t look too pleased. The cotton fur all around his body had frizzed up from the static of Blisfury Plains and, to his eyes, the Cottonee looked ridiculous. His trainer, however, was having the time of her life at the Cottonee’s expense. He wasn’t hurt so Lithra didn’t feel too bad. “You look silly,” she giggled as they neared the tents.

The Dragonite who’d given her the required stamp had been nice enough. Lithra was actually proud of herself for once as she traveled the Plains with Bell and then to the Forest, completing the task and writing up her report. In her hands she held a piece of paper with the answer for the assignment’s question. Lithra hadn’t found the information in her Herbalism Book, but after some researching she had found something. Hopefully the teacher would find this acceptable.

What does an Energy Root do? After some research I found that an Energy Root heals a pokemon by a great deal. Usually around 200 hit points.

Now Lithra was on the last leg of the assignment, quite a long one for an introductory class, but at least they were doing more than Battle Tactics. Lithra still remembered the disappointment she felt after they filled out a worksheet and answered a few questions and that seemed like that was it. Of course she’d never tell anyone that. Not even her roommate Karin. If that ever got out to Ms. Ivers the lady might never forgive Lithra. Or at least that’s how Lithra saw it.

Approaching the encampment, the first thing Lithra noticed was all the pokemon. Teachers here sure did like to have their whole teams out to greet everybody, Lithra thought as she waved to the teacher and found a place on the floor. Her legs folded to her side and Bell suddenly started rolling around on the blanket, trying to fix his fur.

Embarrassed, Lithra threw a quick look at Ms. Valestory to see if she noticed the Cottonee’s antics.

[Sylvia Lane]

Well, this is interesting. That was really all Sylvia could think after reading the notes on the cork board. She certainly wasn't against spending her first class exploring parts of the island, but it really was unexpected. But with a shrug, she chose a sheet of paper from one of the stacks that had been left, waved a goodbye to Parfet, and set off for the location written upon it: Harmonia Beach

To be honest, Sylvia chose this assignment because it gave her an excuse to take a dip. She hadn't made her way to Harmonia Beach yet since arriving, so she figured this was a great chance to check that off her list. So, with her equipment in tow and her bathing suit under her clothes, she set off. Once she'd arrived, she noticed the Togekiss that had been mentioned on the paper, but didn't approach it right away. Instead, she gave the Pokemon a huge wave from afar and jogged towards the changing room.

After shedding her clothes, she pranced towards the water, wearing a one-piece bathing suit. She stopped at the very edge, put her bag down and pulled a Pokeball out.  A Wooper emerged from the ball after she tossed it, then immediately leapt into the water without any hesitation. Sylvia grinned at the sight while tucking the Pokeball back into her bag, before jogging into the water after her.

Sylvia spent a good twenty minutes swimming. She hadn't had a chance to since she'd gotten here, after all. She'd been going through some real withdrawal as a result. Well...not really. But she had been feeling antsy about it. So, she got a little carried away, almost forgetting that she was actually in the middle of class. But, thankfully, she hadn't forgotten completely. After those twenty minutes, and having a light bulb go off in her head, she called Winnie over and the two of them left the water with some reluctance. She jogged over, soaking wet still, to the waiting Togekiss, apologized with a smile, got the stamp and jogged away again to change. All the while, Winnie scampered, or rather waddled after her.

After changing, she power walked towards the forest. She realized halfway there that Winnie probably wasn't the best partner to have on this search and switched her out for Lena. It was a bit clutch, but she did find it eventually. "Okay...okay, now to write," she sat on her knees beside the grass and peeked at the book before writing. A Power Herb, when consumed, allows a Pokemon to use a move that would otherwise need charging to be used immediately.

Satisfied, Sylvia carefully folded the herb up within the paper and put it in her bag. Then she took off towards Garden of the Sun. By this time, Sylvia was feeling quite frazzled. She hated rushing, but she also felt guilty about letting her selfishness get the better of her. Her teacher had taken the time out to set out such an elaborate assignment for them, and here she was having her own personal beach day. It was quite out of character, really. She was a bit ashamed of herself. The least that she could do was run a little bit.

She arrived at the appointed spot sluggishly, carrying Lena in her arms. The Eevee, being the spoiled baby that she was, had grown tired of running and had costed her a few precious minutes trying to coax her into moving. Tired, embarrassed, and uncomfortable from her slightly damp uniform, Sylvia could only manage a small smile at her classmates and teacher before flopping down where she had stopped and lying on her back. Lena gave her a curious look before curling up on her stomach.

[Tyson Halloway]

Tyson made his way to his first Navigation class, he was really excited for this one and couldn't wait to learn more about it. When he got there he saw the table, notes, stacks of paper and a Gardevoir. He read the notes and looked at the 3 stacks and grabbed a middle one and read it over. Tyson had to go to a place called Blissfury Plains and get a stamp there. He nodded his head and headed out to start his first assignment.

Tyson left the main building and headed over to the Bolt Dorm area where the plains were. It took him some time to get there, because he still wasn't very familiar with the Academy grounds and most of its surroundings yet. But Tyson got there and looked around and saw the Shiny Dragonite. He quickly made his way over to it and got the Lightning Stamp he needed on a piece of Paper he had brought with him. He then read what he had to do next. He now had to go to a place called Mother Edea's Forest. He looked it up on his map and made his way for it.

After making his way for the Nature Dorm area, he found himself in the Mother Edea's Forest area of it. He then pulled out his Herb book and looked it over to see what Energy Root looked like. He studied it and what it did and then looked up from the book and looked around for it. After a while of looking he was able to find it, he plucked some of it and put it in his pocket and looked at the question he now had to answer. He then wrote down his answer on the paper he got the stamp on and made his way for the next area.

What does an Energy Root do?
Restores 200HP to a Pokemon, but has the side effect to make their Happiness go down.

Tyson then made his way to Garden of the Sun, which luckily for him, was in the same area kind of. He used his map to figure out where it was and headed over there. After a bit he got there and looked around. He had saw that other students were already there. He wasn't going to get the special prize, but he enjoyed the experience he had gotten regardless. Tyson then took a seat on a rock on the ground and waited.

[Christina Douglas]

Christina couldn't help but be intrigued by this whole class. Even though she hadn't attended a school before, even she could tell that this was a bit unorthodox. Was this going to be a normal occurrence for this class? Not that she really minded, Christina had wanted to explore the island more, just hadn't really had the opportunity. It was just a matter of deciding what to explore.

After having stared at the assignment choices with Poli for a couple minutes, she decided to do the first one and find a Power Herb. However, before even being able to do that she had to go to Harmonia Beach and get a stamp from the teacher's Togekiss. Christina stopped by her room real quick to gather supplies and then headed out. It didn't take that much effort to find the Togekiss and receive the stamp. However, Poli had decided to play around in the water for awhile. Christina let the Poliwag play around as she explored a bit more of the beach than she had originally intended today.

Once Poli was done, they moved on to Mother Edea's Forest. It wasn't too difficult to determine which of the herbs in the forest was a Power Herb. However, she couldn't help but be interested in the other samples that were in the forest. Christina made notes of other herbs that she ran into before finding and picking a Power Herb. Now she had to write down what it did.


What does the Power Herb do? A Power Herb allows a pokemon to use a move immediately that normally requires time to charge.

Fascinating that the herb had that potential. She wondered what exactly in the herb caused that phenomenon. Christina didn't linger on that thought too long though, she now needed to head to the Garden of the Sun where the teacher would supposedly be waiting. She paced herself as she walked over to the meeting spot. After all it had been a long day and Christina was starting to feel a bit exhausted. She looked at her shoulder and saw Poli happy as can be. Of course she had only played in the water and then stayed on her shoulder the whole rest of the time. That's why she was so chipper.

After a bit more time passed, Christina finally reached the meeting spot. It seemed she wasn't the only student here. Not that it mattered too much to her, she hadn't really cared about the reward. She was just happy to have explored the island a bit. Taking a seat nearby, she brought out the notes she had taken and started looking at the notes on other herbs she had observed.

[Leila Valestory]

(Posting closed teacher post pending all student who post after this who have not currently posted will be considered Tardy.)

[Leila Valestory]

The morning was ticking by as she sat awaiting her students. It was getting boring. Then the first to arrive. A lovely young lady wearing a bolt dork uniform was the first to arrive. But she noted something critical she was missing. No active pokemon. A large part of this class was learning to work with your pokemon. She sighed softly in disappointment. Oh well no use crying she would simply explain after class started. At least if their weren't many students who used their partners.

Slowly students arrived one after the other. Finally a final female student arrived and the teacher stood stretching. "Alright let's get class started." She announced looking over the group she noted there was only male student. Lucky for her. "After this anyone who shows up will be considered Tardy and therefore forfeit any rewards from this class." She said sternly but with a gentle smile. Though she was a but sad that Amanda had yet to show up.

"Now you have all done well getting here. I can see you atleast know how to read a map. But all except two of you have completely missed the concept of this lesson." She spoke catching each students eyes making sure they were listening.

"You need to learn to work with your pokemon partners. They are a crucial part of navigating this island. The terrain here can prove dangerous and unpredictable, in this class, you will learn how to work with your pokemon on navigating the island. They will need to know the island just as well as you.So from now, if you do not have a pokemon active during assignments you will be graded with a zero. Am I understood?" She asked looking at her class then smiled reaching into her basket she produced two large container, each containing a fresh cookies.

"On a brighter note, you can expect treats during each class. Please feel free to help yourselves, I also have treats for your pokemon partners as well." She produced a large container holding an assortment of poffins. She sat back down with a smile. "Now to business. Lets talk about how hard this assignment was for you, and what you will need to improve upon. Lets start with you, what's your name?" She pointed To the girl who had been first to arrive. "What about this assignment was hard for, what was easy and why don't you have a pokemon active? Aslo since you were the first to arrive you may pick one of these three eggs. Each one will prove useful later if you raise them." She moved a blanket that had been covering a set of three glass covered containers. Each labeled with a different pokemon name. Pidgey, Dratini, and Amaura, were the labels on each container. "Please choose any one you would like." She offered with a smile.

[Sophia Schuster]

Did the teacher sigh? The girl's eyebrow flickered upwards. All the same, other students did arrive. There was nothing to write down yet, though. It seemed that this instructor was especially gung-ho for relying on a Pokemon partner. While Sophia could agree that a strong bond, and the ability to use a Pokemon to its fullest potential, even when traveling, was good, she herself didn't see the point in wasting their strength on chore-like runs. The teacher went on to produce a container of snacks, and then went on to make Sophia the center of attention, if only for the duration of answering questions. Well, in for a penny, in for a pound. Or however it went. She wasn't going to sugarcoat her response.

”My name is Sophia Schuster.” She began, still seated. She certainly wasn't going to clear off her lap-desk to stand. ”In regards to difficulty, nothing was especially noteworthy, though a trek from the school building to the beach seemed a bit tedious and unnecessary. The actual search for an herb was simple enough, as was coming here.” It was the truth, though. She was no stranger to finding Power Herbs, and she'd taken strolls through both the garden and the forest before.

”As for having a Pokemon active, I have them on me. Unless there's a threat or a reason to have them out, I tend to keep my Pokemon in their balls when out, to preserve their endurance and viability for said emergencies. Well, that, and the beach and woods aren't exactly what I register as dangerous places. The mountains or the Krag, maybe, but not the beach nor the woods.” She kept her tone neutral, all the same.

Honestly speaking, she hated being the center of attention. It was one thing to be asked to answer one thing in class- it was a natural occurrence, really. Being prompted to address three questions, though? The attention was a bit unnerving. Still, one thing remained- the reward. Her attendance had been inspired by greed, and it was rewarded appropriately. Still, she had to wonder if attending for the rewards was really the right way to go about things.

”I would appreciate the Amaura, in that case.” She voiced her choice with a faint nod. ”You have my gratitude. I'll collect it after class.” She wasn't going to keep the attention on herself any longer than necessary. It wasn't like they had a score of students this time around, anyway.

Well, still. Amaura was a fossil Pokemon. Considering the difficulty of acquisition, that alone made attendance worth it. All that remained was the moral conflict.

[Serena Miller]

Serena furrowed her brow.  She always thought it was inappropriate to have pokemon out during classtime.  They were a distraction, and didn't always know how to behave like humans.  She didn't even like to have her Growlithe Natalia out during class for that reason, even though she was very well behaved and would probably just quietly sit through the whole thing.  Even then, she didn't want to take the risk that Natalia might see a butterfly or something interesting and go after it.  Otherwise, the pokemon was never in her ball and that included while she was exploring the island here.  She just recalled her before she went into the Garden of the Sun so she wouldn't be disrupted.  Being reprimanded for that when she was just trying to be courteous kind of hurt.  More than that, she really hoped that this teacher didn't expect her to use all of her pokemon.  Natalia was really the only one that wouldn't cause trouble, and she had a couple that would outright attack her given the chance.

Even though she felt kind of bad about all this herself, she felt even worse for the girl the teacher picked on.  It had to be embarrassing to be called out like that in front of everyone, especially over something that was never stated to be necessary.  Serena just looked down at the grass, feeling even more awkward than usual.  She just prayed that the teacher would leave her alone.  At this point, she wasn't sure which teacher was scarier, this one or the Battle Tactics one.  At least the latter was clear about her expectations.

[Lithra Trease]

No one seemed to notice Bell’s antics as the Cottonee continued to roll himself over the carpet, stilling only when he was upside down, his ears flopping to the floor. Following his eyesight, Lithra realized it was an Eevee who had caught his attention. How cute, Lithra smiled as she glanced over at the Eevee’s owner (Sylvia Lane ) wanting to comment on the matter. Before Lithra could get a single world out, the teacher had started to speak, drawing all the attention to her. Lithra supposed that Ms. Valestory hadn’t noticed or minded Bell’s behavior seeing as the older woman hadn’t commented on it.

The chastising didn’t come to a surprise to Lithra. For anyone who read the syllabus, they would’ve seen that during the outdoor class pokemon were required as one of the class's material. It wasn’t written in obvious bold print, but it was self-explanatory enough that Lithra figured most would’ve understood the instructions. People and pokemon live and work together all the time and, especially since they were in a safe environment, it would be useful to have their own pokemon out. That way both trainer and pokemon could learn together, curbing bad behavior. Why had so many disregarded this? 

Personally, Lithra didn’t think Ms. Valestory calling out the girl, Sophia, was a particularly bad move. Embarrassing maybe, but that was only a blow to ego and it wasn’t done out of a mean spirit. If anything, it seemed Ms. Valestory was trying to teach the whole class a lesson by commenting on the actions of the person top of the class, the person first to arrive. If Ms. Valestory was really mad she wouldn’t have given Sophia an egg, Lithra figured.

Actually, Sophia, with her businesslike and curt replies, seemed ruder to Lithra than the teacher. And while the Bolt girl had expressed her gratitude, it seemed to pale after everything she had said before despite the neutral tone. A small frown crossed Lithra’s face. “If you had read the class rules…” she muttered softly, not intending anyone to hear her. She didn’t want to cause a fuss, but this whole situation didn’t feel right either.

Her eyes fell to her lap, feeling bad for the teacher after seeing the reactions from other students.