Jean felt just the right combination of tired and energetic. That is, just the right combination to be annoying to deal with. Tired because he had to sit through a really long morning of speeches and energetic because he slept through most of it. When he was finally ushered out and given his kit, he didn't even care. The first thing he did was summon Fluffles, his Eevee, go outside and lay on the grass. Why? When you're both tired and energetic, you have to deal with one or the other to deal with both. That meant either using the energy or resting to get rid of the tiredness. Jean found this out through years of experience lazing around but has never actually tried to exercise the excess energy out. So Jean did what he always did, he lay down and lazed around.
The breeze was quite nice, bringing a fresh grassy scent. The sun didn't shine too intensely and the balance between cool and warmth was excellent. The warmth from Fluffles napping on his chest was also quite pleasant and he was in a good position for a nap.
God I'm bored. Jean thought.
Slacking off when he had something to do was one thing, but slacking off for no reason was an entirely different thing. Jean sat up, sending the sleeping form of Fluffles tumbing into his lap for a shaky awakening as he rifled through his pocket for his pokedex, also taking the one he was given. Jean began sifting through the differences while Fluffles readjusted his position and continued sleeping. The one he was given was a newer version than his and had more pokemon in it than his own pokedex. He'd have to transfer over his data to the new one. But he couldn't really be bothered right now. He started scrolling through the list of pokemon and thought about being in this university.
He was sure he could do well by putting in minimal effort but it this was probably the kind of thing that'd screw him over if he didn't take it seriously. Regardless of whether he put effort into it or not, one thing he needed was more pokemon. While he didn't actually have any plans to continue being a gym leader in the future, he also didn't have any plans for the future so he may as well pass, first of all. And for that, he needed more pokemon. He made notes about noteworthy pokemon in the list but realized he had a bigger problem. He had no pokeballs. Well, he had that ultra-ball, but he was going to save that for something special. Reluctantly, Jean picked Fluffles up, put him on his head and got up. He began walking to where the campus map said the pokemart was while still flicking through his pokedex while walking. He assumed he would run into people, but he also assumed he was good enough not to actually run into said people.
As Jean walked to the pokemart, he walked through a list of criteria for more pokemon. He had a pretty good set up for his team, but it was lacking in firepower. Literal FIRE power. Fluffles and Oswald, his Cubone, were his main sources of damage (Greed’s damage was basically negligable) but they were more physical attackers and he needed special attacks. The cornerstone of every good trainer’s team was enough elements to deal with any pokemon of any element, and while he had diversity, he needed more.
Oswald was ground and could be quite potent against rock, electric and metal when he learned earthquake. Dig was a good move but had limited PP and damage and often took too long for his liking. Next, Greed, his Sableye. His good point was that he had no weaknesses besides fairy types, but his damage was lacking. That said, his dark attacks would be useful for ghosts who couldn’t be hit by the rest of his pokemon. Then there was fluffles, who, in hindsight, had more weaknesses than strengths, but his evolution potential was something to be considered. Which evolution should he go for? They all had separate strengths and weaknesses even disregarding their elemental weaknesses. For example, Flareon had high physical attack overall, Jolteon had high special attack, Vaporeon also had high special attack, Umbreon had high defence, and so on. Jean’s musings temporarily stopped when he arrived at the pokemart.
A few minutes later, he was out of the pokemart walking towards his dorm, with a few pokeballs and a great ball he just bought. He’d also bought some full heals, full restores and potions. An expensive trip but he’d likely not need to go again anytime soon. Why was he heading to his dorm? Because he had nothing better to do, really. Jean continued to sift through the pokedex looking at his options. The thing he needed for his pokemon team right now was elemental diversity, namely the elements he didn’t already have. That meant pretty much everything except for ground, ghost, dark and normal. So he had plenty of options. At first glance, a good choice would seem to be metal pokemon because of their high amount of resistances, but they had certain drawbacks. For example, most metal pokemon, due to their high physical defence had naturally low special defence, and their weaknesses mostly use special attack so assuming metal pokemon could actually be fairly easy to counter assuming you had their counters. And what he really needed was special attack, which narrowed the list to Electric, Fire, Water, maybe grass, psychic, some dark pokemon and fairy pokemon. He could potentially attain electric, fire, water or grass without needing another pokemon because of Fluffles, but it was good to have separate pokemon anyway. With fairy pokemon, they tend to make good support pokemon so one of those could be useful. They could deal with healing and the recoil damage from Fluffle’s favourite double edge, but they tended to be fairly weak by themselves. Jean considered getting a chansey, because of its high defence. He made a mental note and moved on, just as he reached his dorm room.
Jean opened the door and found that there wasn’t anyone there yet, which suited him fine. He went over to his luggage to unpack, but there wasn’t much. Which was good, because he was still thinking. He unpacked his spare clothes and stored them away as he thought about his team. Chansey was all well and good, but he had enough defence as it was (especially if Greed got a Sablenite). He needed more attack. In that respect, electric was a good choice. It had high special attack power and many electric pokemon had high speed, which was also what his team needed. Fluffles, as an Eevee, also had high speed, but would lose out to other Eevee because he was slower than other Eevees (which resulted in a slight boost to physical stats). So he needed a fast, high damage special attacker. Such pokemon would likely be in trouble against anyone that can hit them but Jean could deal with that. If that was what he wanted, maybe an electric pokemon like Manectric or Minun and Plusle. Jean made a note to watch out for a fast, highly damaging electric pokemon but he couldn’t be picky. He needed more pokemon early on so he could build trust with them and train them to be just right. He still had 3 blank spots in his team to be filled and beggars can’t be choosers. He also didn’t know what every pokemon was like so he might find a hidden gem.
Jean finished his unpacking and flopped onto the bed. Fluffles tumbled off his head and onto a pillow, still sleepy. He was instantly overcome with a feeling of laziness and decided not to get up for a while. Pokemon could wait for the next day, he couldn’t be bothered dealing with it now. Jean picked Fluffles up and put him on his chest as his eyes drooped. Hopefully he would wake up before dinner. Jean yawned with tiredness and went to sleep.
