So, he might have skipped the catching tutorial. This was probably fine. He'd go back for it eventually, but, he grasped the basics of it regardless, at least, he hoped he did. The internet wasn't always the best source of information, he knew, but...

It was silly, he knew. Virgil the Rowlet wasn't real in the same sense that the other players were real. But Virgil had quickly become very dear to TheMorningStar, so he wanted to catch a friend for his first pokemon. Or catch some pokemon that he could trade for a friend for his partner. Either way, he had decided to enter the tall grass.

He wasn't completely stupid, at least, having purchased an additional fifty tall grass hp with some of his bytes first. So now, if he was remembering how things worked correctly, he should have a total of one hundred tall grass hp. ...Hopefully that would be enough. He had no idea what he might encounter here. But with Virgil on his shoulder, he stood a bit taller. He felt a bit braver.

Who knows how long that bravery would last. But... He was trying.

The target of the water shuriken jumped and spun around, all bravery gone in mere seconds. "Ah! W-Why'd you do that?" TheMorningStar questioned Nina Nina with confusion. Virgil the Rowlet had left his shoulder to shake off some water.

But there wasn't much time to dwell on that matter, since a Zubat came flying at them. Ezra glanced uncertainly at Virgil, who gave a simple hoot of agreement. It seemed this was going to be the pokemon the two of them caught. "Virgil, uhm, use... a flying move?" TheMorningStar hesitantly suggested.

He was so bad at this, he thought as he scrolled through the moveset list. "Like, uh, Peck?" TheMorningStar suggested. Virgil was already moving, thought. Hopefully this didn't go too terribly.

A jumpy Froakie? "Uhm, was that a, uh, pun?" TheMorningStar blurted out, then shook his head to shake off the thought. Did that really matter, after all? "Sorry, uhm. I mean, it's okay, accidents happen," The soft-spoken young man told the other player.

He smiled tentatively as the other player coaxed the Froakie into helping. "Uh, thank you," They sincerely told the Nina Nina. "I'm trying to catch a friend for Virgil. Uh, my Rowlet."

Then he looked embarrassed. "I know they're technically not, well, like us... But... He's really helped me here, and I wanted him to have a friend." Even though Virgil wasn't real, that didn't mean he didn't care about his partner.

Said Rowlet was using Peck yet again on the Zubat.