Before the S.S Oceana gets burned to the ground, we are rescued by Tesla which looks like Mitsuru from Persona 3 (will this be a recurrent thing? "Looks like X from Y game/manga/whatever" I hope not)

With that we can explore for a bit; there's a random NPC which offers you a free ride to Hoenn. This is obviously an early bad end choice like idk Mogeko Castle because you decided to not engage with the plot... (it would have been funnier if the devs actually committed to the joke by letting the player explore Hoenn for like 30 minutes, I guess that's too much effort for a joke ending)

Ignoring the temptation, we go and pick a starter. Initially I was indecisive about what I wanted so I picked a random one via the random machine in the same room... first attempt was a Grookey which I don't feel like using honestly... attempt 2 was the one: /vp/'s favorite (Crippled) Sword-wielding starter so I'm rolling with that. (This might be the worst choice long term since Grookey has Grassy Surge and Torchic is not avaliable unless picked as a starter)
Talking to NPCs, starting side quests and getting every item in sight while exploring