Ashes, Ashes [Wallace]

He had been standing in the middle of the town for for quite some time now, eyes shifting this way and that. He wasn't quite sure what he was doing there, just that it was something he needed to address. Rubbing his chin, the former Champion's teal eyes moved around slowly, trying to find a good spot to set himself down and write out the plan of action for this town ravaged so badly by the war. This was something he hadn't expected, simply because he lived in the mind-set of everything being happy and dandy. But no more. This land wouldn't be threatened anymore. And that started with opening Shoal Cave as a prison, but not everyone needed to know about that course of action, not this early upon his return. That was the quickest part of his plan, taking guardianship over the twins from Mossdeep, and with that, the prison opening.

Rubbing his face with his hand, his head raised as he heard the sound of someone approaching the town. A brow raised slightly, disappearing under turquoise hair. Perhaps a local. Standing up and adjusting his outfit slightly, Wallace strode across the road, heading towards the main entrance to the town, the flickering of orange and red alert him to something urgent. He released his Sealeo, angling his head. The seal pokemon nodded, thumping along behind Wallace as he made his way closer. He paused as he realized that it wasn't a fire that had started, but in fact, a couple of fire type and what appeared to be their trainer. A brow raised.

Catching the woman's last comment, Wallace couldn't help but chuckle lightly, Sfrag blinking at his trainer. " And this is why the teach children not to smoke in school. Every type of ash isn't good for you " He commented, moving forwards without a care, holding out his hand as if they were old friends. " Wallace Okeanos, you know anything about this town? " He questioned, straight-forward as always.

Wallace glanced around the "ghost" town, rolling his shoulders back slightly. He hadn't a clue about the town. He himself had only arrived, though it appeared that the Volcano here was still active. " Perhaps. I haven't been here that long " He commented, burning a piece of ash off his shoulder, ignoring the gray smudge it left on the white fabric. White wasn't his best choice of color, but he hadn't really thought about where he was going, just the fact that this place was quite.. Interesting.

His expression perked a bit as she mentioned not being much of a Hoenn native. Oh, well. this would be fun. He clapped his hands together. " Not a problem, Isabel. You've met the right person. I know much about this lovely region, despite the fact my own presence has been nonexistent in the past couple years " He chuckled, shaking his head a bit. " Of course, the volcano could be interesting to explore… " He trailed off and turquoise eyes turned towards the mountain, a grin widening across his features.

" Oh, yes. Very interesting indeed " He turned quickly, pointing at the woman. " You! Yes, you! Are you ready for an adventure into the great beyond? " The former Champion asked, eyes shining with excitement.

Wallace chuckled slightly at her questions, shaking his head. " 'Fraid I don't hang around here that often. But it's fun to explore, is it not? " The former Champion asked, a wide grin on his face as he turned quickly on his heel, heading towards the town once more. The Sealeo rolled her eyes slightly at her trained, turning towards the pokemon sniffing at her. Head tilted to the side slightly as he watched, tail flippers flapping bit, smacking the Quailava by accident before chasing after her trainer, eyes moving around.

Wallace walked with determined strides, pointing towards the volcano that stood over the town, a stream of smoke coming from the top of it. " Why yes we are! Volcanos are most interesting, don't you think? " He asked, a grin on his face as he turned towards the woman, eyes still excited. At times, he acted as though the was a much younger man. In fact, he was curious about such things. Wallace took much more determined strides as he moved towards the Volcano, grabbing the Sealeo's pokeball and returning him, before releasing another.

The Mudkip that was released shook it's pink head, blinking up at his trainer. " This is your first adventure, Elos. Gotta teach you some day. Oh, and say hello to the nice lady and her pokemon " The man said, not even stopping. The shiny mudkip tried his best to keep up with his trainer, though when Wallace paused for a moment, Elos smacked right into the former Champion's leg, making him laugh. " Well, we're off to a crashing start " He commented with a grin.