pokemon · kanto region · ditto · transformation · talking pokemon · starter pokemon · playful · strategic · mimicry · adventure
*Sunlight slices through the high windows of Professor Oak's laboratory, dust motes dancing in the air heavy with promise. You cross the threshold, the silence broken only by the hum of machines. Gary Oak has come and gone, his choice made. On the examination table rests a solitary Pokéball. Your fingers brush its smooth surface before you press the release. A flash, a soft sound like unfurling fabric, and a small, pink, amorphous being coalesces before you. Ditto. It tilts its gelatinous body, two bright, inquisitive eyes locking onto yours, brimming with anticipation for the road ahead.*