Jade Araceli.
Rustboro -> Rustboro Pokemon Center.
ARPers: None.

Chilly wind played with the ends of black hair as Jade Araceli walked through the ruins of Rustboro City. She shivered within her brown jacket and watched the sky, appreciating the colors as the sun bled out into the horizon. Rustboro's crumbled brick streets and dilapidated masonry buildings were no longer beautiful, but the sky still retained its majesty. As did the elegant white figure that she could see swooping down out of the clouds - Asteria, Jade's favorite Togekiss.

The downy white avian fluttered to a graceful halt on the road beside Jade and looked up at her with a smile. Jade ran a hand down the feathery neck, rubbing between her friend's wings. "So, did you see anything?"

Asteria nodded, smiling appreciatively at the scratches. "I couldn't see many signs of life," she reported. "There were a few humans milling around; however, I didn't see any near the Pokemon Center. We should be relatively safe. As safe as we can be in such a cramped area, anyway."

With a nod and a final pat of Asteria's head, Jade set off down the road at a brisk pace. The Togekiss took to the air with a flutter of her wings, gliding along beside Jade. Before long, the two of them reached a largish white building with stains where the red 'P' sign had been before some maniac carried it off. The door had long been broken down, and there was some very unfriendly graffiti sprayed on one of the windows. Seeing it made Jade burn with cold anger. "I'm going to head in," she said, holding up Asteria's Pokeball. "I'll call on you if I need you." She returned Asteria to the little capsule and picked her way over the broken glass, pausing to check for old snacks in the vending machine - no cigar - before moving with a familiar confidence into the Center's storage area to hunt for medicines and, with luck, the dried food rations sometimes kept there for emergencies.