[Shenandoah]

Sandy looked at the newly introduced Nizo, her smile still present. "Nice to meet you, Nizo. I'm Alessandra Shore... but you can call me Sandy for short." She grinned. It was always a bit of a pun in her family. Sandy Shore. Her parents had always loved the beach and she did, too. "That sounds like an awesome goal. I'm not so single minded on a type, though. I like all kinds of Pokemon... except Ghost Type. And the one's that are really gross, like Zubat.... And I sound like such a girl when I say that!"

She laughed nervously and blushed, stopping her near-babble. "Sorry. I'm nervous. And excited. I've never been out in the world before, choosing to go to school in case I'm not good at all of this. I could work as something else if I fail. But I want to be good at being a Trainer. Better than good. Great!" For a moment she looked crestfallen. "I just don't want to be the failure that my sister likes to think I am. At least I didn't rush off helter-skelter at ten and had to come back home after a few months. Yeah, I skipped the unofficial right of passage, but..."

Sandy had babbled again, unintentionally. She had spilled more about herself than she had really intended to, but when she got nervous, that was what she typically did. "Sorry," she mumbled.