Welcome to the Syrien Region

[KID]

There was an egg. It was a small egg, light blue in color with white spots. This egg was the first step towards major opposition for the Hatchery.

Stephen, the rogue Hatchery Aide, had performed admirably, stealing three eggs from right under their noses. He would be well compensated for his actions. But for now, there would be waiting for these eggs to hatch. Almost as these thoughts entered the man's head, a small crack appeared in the first egg.

Not much waiting. The time has come!

[Duck]

It was dark.

Azurill could see nothing, though his eyes had long since opened. He could feel, and he could hear, but he could not see. Nor did he know what sight was, or that he even lacked it. It was like being born blind.

And then, all at once, there was a beam of light cutting into his line of sight, startling him and causing his tail to strike out against the barrier that contained him, bringing more light into the egg. He thrashed wildly, suddenly very aware that he was inside a small space, a space he should no longer be in. The time had come.

Thrashing again and again, Azurill slowly managed to work his way free of the egg. He still had bits of shell clinging to his skin here and there; his arms were not long enough to reach them so they stayed. Shell covered his eyes still, and it was with great difficulty that the newly hatched Pokemon rose to his feet, his tail dragging along the ground. He wiggled his limbs, one by one, delighting in the fact that he could move.

"Zurill!" he exclaimed happily, punching a fist into the air.

Free at last.

Even though, y'know, he still couldn't see.

[KID]

An unseen voice came from in front of the baby.
"Take that off of your head, young one. We have much in store for you here at Team Shadow." He sat patiently, knowing this would be the first of hopefully many in the army of evil.

[KID]

Almost as he thought it, the second egg began to crack. It was glorious! Two new recruits in such a short time! he sat eagerly, hoping for a strong new pokemon to add to the team.

[Duck]

The voice came as a surprise to Azurill. He shifted, trying to find the source of it, his ears twitching. He couldn't find it. He paused, shifted again, and then paused once more. Finally, he the words that were spoken took a hold in his mind, and he understood them. Lifting his arms, Azurill managed to catch the shell that was covering his eyes in one hand, flipping it off of his head. He could see!

This new sense, this sight, was staggering. The baby Pokemon cast his eyes around the room in which he was standing, simply taking it all in. Finally, he looked back towards The Voice, towards the one who had spoken. Azurill stared, waiting for some sort of signal or sign or something from The Voice.

And then he heard the cracking of the other egg. Azurill glanced over in that direction, then moved towards it, marveling at this thing that was so like him. He reached out to touch it, tapping lightly against its shell where the crack appeared. Then, without warning, he kicked it.

Whoops.

[Phantom]

Black.

It had been black for a long, long time. Long before sentience or feeling.
It was always black - never a fleshy red or murky brown. Just black.
Then one time, it was a little lighter. Kind a dull blue.
Then it was black again. Now it was brighter.
Much much brighter - coming through the shell, piercing in thin lighting-bolt streaks.

Then there was a bit of a tap. Then a crash. Then the feeling went out.

Seviper slithered out of the shell. Her eyes were still closed, but her fangs were already bulging out of her mouth. She slunk onto the floor, out of her spiky, rough shell and then slumped down like a wet noodle. Hah, sexual connotations.

Seviper didn't say anything. She didn't make any sounds. No, she wasn't retarted. Maybe a bit different.
She couldn't feel the floor. It didn't feel warm or cold. She expected it to be colder than her nice warm egg. Not much of a difference.

[KID]

"Welcome." teh voice said to the two new recruits. "Welcome to life. You have been sent here because you're special. Unique. Powerful. You are here because you are to be trained in the elements of battle to reign over this area fo years, with your offspring to follow."

[Duck]

Azurill couldn't help but watch in a sick fascination as the Seviper hatched from her egg. He seemed to be ignoring The Voice - which he'd been waiting so long to hear - as the egg hatched, and once Seviper was safely on the ground and fully hatched Azurill waddled over. He poked and prodded at her with his foot, then finally settled for pulling on her tail. Or, uh, body. But the end. Where a tail would be if Seviper had a tail.

Finally, his curiosity sated, the baby Pokemon glanced back up at The Voice, gazing at him with large, wide open eyes. Stare. Gape. Etcetera. Azurill didn't really know what else to do or say. He seemed to be waiting for more, almost finding The Voice's speech lacking somehow.

Okay, so they're here. They're cooler. They're better.

...Now what?

[Phantom]

Seviper didn't seem to notice that someone was pulling on her tail. In fact, she didn't even feel it.
She was panicking now. She could feel in the egg. Now she couldn't. Seviper began to writhe and lick the floor in an attempt to 'feel'. Alas, there must've been some brain damage, because there was still nothing than a dull numbness where she touched.

She begna to worry, and licked the dull floor. There was taste, but there was no... taste.
Seviper stretched out on the floor, waiting for something to.. change.

[KID]

What an interesting pair, The Voice mused. He opened his mouth to speak again, then decided it would probably be best to observe the newborn's actions to determine just how to deal with them.

He could wait.

[Duck]

Azurill, upon hearing the beginning of a sentence from The Voice, turned in that direction. It didn't pan out, however, and the baby Pokemon was left with nothing, not even a general idea of what was going on. He scowled in the general direction of The Voice, then turned back to the Seviper, watching as she started licking the floor.

Odd, Azurill mused. He wobbled forward on his two legs, slightly off balance, and ended up falling to the floor just in front of Seviper, his round body causing him to roll for a moment before coming to a stop. Regaining his feet, Azurill twitched his ears, now directly in front of her, and used his tail to prod her on the nose.

...How funny would it be if she just ate him?

[Phantom]

Seviper stretched itself out, depserate to gain some feeling. When she came to the conclusion that there would be no feeling, she simply curled back up into that slithery position that felt comfortable - or should have felt comfortable.

That Azurill was an idiot. So blue. So puffy. So...

Seviper lunged at her, fangs drawn.

[Duck]

...Azurill was most definitely a guy. Idiot.

Anyway, he wasn't going to be hit that easy. He whirled his body around, tail slinging through the air and propelling him backwards, away from the lunging Seviper. He glared from where he stood next to The Voice, bouncing on his tail angrily. A moment later he was flying through the air once again, using his tail to urge him forward. Hopefully, this would allow him to slam his body into the Seviper, doing the damage that she'd tried on him.

What a chump. What a girly chump. Idiot.

[KID]

Seeing the scuffle was entertaining, but did not do well to serve his purpose. As Azurill bounced towards Seviper, he was grabbed and put down next to her. Gently, but not too gently. Azurill needed to know who was in charge. So did the odd Seviper, but she didn't seem so bad. Now came the return of the Voice.

"Children, children," he said smoothly, in a kind, pleasing voice. "There is no need to fight each other. You can do all the fighting you want in the Arena. But for now, please listen to what I have to say."
He waited patiently, hoping no further outbursts were fourthcoming.

[Duck]

Azurill didn’t take too kindly to being blamed for the scuffle. And yes, that’s really what was happening. He hadn’t seen Seviper reprimanded. What, did she get special treatment because she was a girl? Or was it because she was obviously retarded? The nerve of The Voice, to do something so completely biased. Azurill glared up at him. Had he arms, he would have crossed them, but for the moment he settled on rolling back onto his tail, ready to bounce if Seviper tried something again. Bounce nigga’, roll nigga’.

…Yeah.

[Sexist! XD]