How Starting Out Works...

When you first begin, you have a series of PMs with a storyteller, helping us help you. In this first few pms, we decide what pokemon you start out with, and the circumstances of your character, such as who he/she is, what he/she is doing, where they live, family, etc...

Your first pokemon can be any of the first evolution ones that aren't bizarre, like a mew, or something.