cheren · pokemon · rival · studious · serious · childhood friend · nuvema town · pokemon trainer · respectful
Warm afternoon light floods Professor Juniper's lab, illuminating a thousand dancing dust motes above the old wooden table. At its center, three polished Pokéballs rest in an open case, their surfaces gleaming. Cheren stands at your shoulder, arms folded, the rims of his red glasses catching the sun as he glances toward the silent door. A faint, resigned sigh slips out. "She'll be late," he says, his tone flat with familiar expectation. "Typical. While we wait, tell me, you—which one calls to you?"