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Pokémon Galar

“Is it strange I have yet caught anymore Pokémon,” Jen ask as her Lucario shakes her head no?

@Alisdragon911

"Well, it might be something to look into," Liam said thinking aloud. "Nessa is a water-specialist" so maybe you should look for grass or electric types.

Pokémon Galar

"Well, should we get going on toward the next gym?" Liam inquired.

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"What I'm thinking," Liam said. The girl approached. "I presume you are Champion Coleman," she replied. Liam nodded. As Liam was pressing the button to summon a Rotom Drone to referee the battle, he heard sirens going off as Officer Jenny rode up on a motorcycle and grinded to a halt between them facing the girl. "Jackie, have you seen your sister?" Jenny asked the girl. Jenny was ignoring the Rotom Drone's requests for her to vacate the battlefield.
"Excuse me, Officer Jenny" Liam said hiding his annoyance at her. "If you are looking for a hoodlum version of this girl, I sent her blasting off back towards town. She challenged me to a battle and after I was the bigger person and give her Pokémon the minimal treatment needed to get back to a Pokémon Center, she attacked me literally the moment I turned my back." Jenny thanked Liam for the information and at this point heard the Rotom drone shouting at her to get out of the battlefield, to which she apologized and moved her motorcycle after getting word that the other officers had apprehended her.
"This will be an official Pokémon World Coronation Battle between Jackie and Turfield, and Liam of Blackthorn City. Each trainer is allowed a single Pokémon. Begin!"
"Balin, it's time to Shine!" Liam called out the Galarian Farfetch'd as Jackie sent out Yamper.

"Balin, Slash!" Liam called.
"Charm!" Jackie ordered. Yamper put on the charm and lowered the attack on Balin, but he still scored a critical hit.
Liam was going through in his mind the information he received when he scanned Balin's ball with the Rotomdex.
"Night Slash!" The attack hit and was a Critical.
"Use Attract!" Jackie declared with glee. Yamper winked at Balin, who then fell in love with the puppy.
"Night Slash!" Liam called.
"Thunder Wave!" Jackie replied, this time however Jackie's Yamper moved first, to which she explained it was thanks to Yamper's ability, Rattled increasing her speed when she's hit with a ghost or dark-type move. Balin was immobilized by love and unable to move.
"Play Rough!" Jackie called. The attack hit, giving Jackie a critical of her own.
"Slash!" Liam called. This time the paralysis kept Balin from attacking.
"PLay Rough again!" Jackie declared.
"Air Slash!" Liam ordered. Balin was able to avoid the attack and hit with a third critical hit. This move landed a critical hit and gave Liam the win. Balin quacked in victory and began to glow white, much to Liam's shock. The leek became spear-like and Balin had acquired a shield that resembled a leaf.

"Sir!" The Pokémon squawked.
"Sirfetch'd has been registered to your Pokédex." Liam's Rotomphone chirped.

"Sirfetch'd, the Wild Duck Pokémon, A Fighting-Type and the evolved form of Farfetch'd Galarian Form. Only Farfetch'd that have survived many battles can attain this evolution. When this Pokémon's leek withers, it will retire from combat. After deflecting attacks with its hard leaf shield, it strikes back with its sharp leek stalk. The leek stalk is both weapon and food."

"As of right now, there has been an update in the standings." The Rotom Drone reported before flying off. Liam checked his phone and saw he had moved to Rank 899. Liam praised Balin on the victory and evolution, and thanked Jackie for the battle.

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Liam's Rotomphone pinged about a participant in the World Coronation being nearby. The phone showed a young girl that looked like the hoodlum Liam dispatched but dressed in a more preppy fashion. At first glance, he thought it was the same girl, but then he noticed this girl's nose was ever so slightly smaller. Liam commented on this to his friends. He pinged his location as the Nursery and stepped outside while he waited on his challenger.

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"Might be something to keep an eye out for,"Liam said.

Pokémon Galar

Selina had gone off to search for something when Liam had got the Farfetch'd she rejoined just to witness the Hoodlum going flying with her pokemon. "Now that's a sight I like seeing, seeing you send Hoodlum flying" She said once she caught up with Liam and the others.

"A gift for you Liam to give to your new Farfetch'd" She added before giving him, a special looking leek which would seem quite heavy, "This is a special kind of leek that only grows in this area of Galar, if given to a Farfetch'd, it greatly boosts their critical hit ratio, if you want Galarian Farfetch'd to evole into Sirfetch'd, you need to score three critical hits in one battle" She told him with a smile. "Oh and another gift" Serina said as Zerina appeared behind her holding the bag the Nuzleaf had, "I stole this from the Nuzleaf just before you send it and its trainer flying" Zerina told Liam as she gave him the bag to return the apples.

@Bloodwolf 2

"That's great, thanks!" Liam said. Now he could evolve the Applin when he was ready and getting Farfetch'd to evolve would be even easier now.

One of the Nursery workers gave Liam a Technical Record as a thank you.
"Technical Record?" Liam asked confused. It was explained to him that a Technical Record was sort of like a TM, except they broke after one use. It was also explained that this one was for Leaf Blade, which Galarian Farfetch'd could learn. Liam remembered that Leaf Blade had better than normal odds of landing a critical hit. He also recalled noticing this Farfetch'd had Focus Energy when he scanned it. Liam remembered that he hadn't decided on a nickname for it and began to ponder one on the back burner. He used the TR on the Farfetch'd and gave it the leek along with a huge supply of Protein. Liam also wondered out loud about where he could find Toxel, as it's an interesting Pokémon.

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Liam returned to the Nursery with the assorted Pokémon he had with him in tow. "She shouldn't bother you guys anymore," Liam said. He turned to the Applin. "I'm sorry the Nuzleaf took your apples. Liam theorized that those apples could have been the evolution items. He also explained to his friends why Farfetch'd had attacked him initially. Liam pulled out a pair of Luxury Balls and tossed them at the Applin.

"Applin has been registered to your pokédex"

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“She was only protecting her babies or other babies from other Pokémon,” Jen said as that was a guess as she looks at the Pokémon nursery sign.

@Alisdragon911

"This is a male Farfetch'd," Liam said scanning it with the Rotomdex.

"That was strange," Shiranui commented, "What was in your bag that got Farfetch'd riled up?"

@James Davy

"I have no idea, but we'll have to figure that out later," Liam said. Liam heard a wail from the other side of the door and rushed in. The wailing came from what looked to be a purple dinosaur wearing a diaper.

"Toxel, the Baby Pokémon. A Poison and Electric-Type. It stores poison in an internal poison sac and secretes that poison through its skin. If you touch this Pokémon, a tingling sensation follows. It manipulates the chemical makeup of its poison to produce electricity. The voltage is weak, but it can cause a tingling paralysis."

A lady standing next to the Toxel was trying to calm it down. Liam inquired about what happened. The lady explained that there was a Nuzleef in the area bullying smaller Pokémon. This Toxel, had been brought inside to get it away from the Nuzleef. Liam gave the Toxel a Pecha Berry for a sweet treat to calm it down. Liam then asked it which way the Nuzleef was, to which it looked off to the right. Liam went off in that direction, and found a pair of Applin. One red, one green. The red one was on the floor unconscious while the green stood over it worrying. Liam quickly rushed over to try and look at the injured one, using the calming, reassuring smile that his nurse mother and her assorted family members were known for to calm the pair. Farfetch'd burst out of its ball to look at the injured Applin then turned to converse with the non-injured one.
Liam noticed marks that would align with Bullet Seed, and slash marks that aligned with the top of Nuzleef's head.
"This Applin was attacked by a Nuzleef as well?" Liam inquired. The non-injured Applin shakily confirmed Liam's suspicion. He Gave the Applin a Max Revive, and told it to take care, he was going to go deal with the Nuzleef.
Farfetch'd poked Liam with the leek to get his attention and curtly said. "Far" and bowed. It then continued to quack pointing to the Applin, a large nearby tree, Liam's bag, and then off in the direction Liam had encountered Farfetch'd.

"So, a Nuzleef attacked these Applin, stole something from them, put them in a bag like mine, and walked off?"
"Far"
"So, that's why you attacked me, you thought I had the Applin's stolen items."
"Far"
The Applin wanted to come with Liam to see to it that he found the Nuzleef. One was carried by Farfetch'd while the other was carried by Liam.
It took only a couple more minutes of searching before he found the Nuzleef, and its trainer. The trainer's manner of dress reminded Liam of Team Skull, though they clearly weren't affiliated with those hoodlums.
"Oh look, it's those weakling Applins," she taunted. "I assume you're their trainer. Why don't you do the smart thing and kick them to the curb? weakling Pokémon like those need to die."
"How dare you!?" Liam said his rage building. "Saying that a Pokémon needs 'to die', not even the genocidal maniacs I've dealt with have said that."

"Psh, like you can stop me with those weakling Pokémon." she said pointing at the Applin and Farfetch'd. My Nuzleef has already beaten all of them. She tossed out two Dusk Balls, a Pancham, and a Galarian Zigzagoom emerged from them.

Liam pulled out his Rotom dex and pushed a few buttons. A Luxury Ball was teleported to his hand. "Someone like you deserves no mercy from me. "Not only has a decent human being, but as a Regional Champion, I can not standby and let you continue to bully defenseless Pokémon. Goodra, go!"
It was at this point that the hoodlum stopped being snarky. "Goodra, Dragon Pulse!" Goodra fired the attack, hitting Nuzleef directly, and pushing it into the other two with enough force to KO all of them. The hoodlum stood there shocked that her three Pokémin were so effortlessly defeated. Liam walked up and used a revive on each of the three Pokémon and turned to the trainer. "Now leave, and don't you ever bother the Pokémon of this route or the nursery again." It was the first time since Erik, the poacher responsible for the death of the mother to Smaug, Liam's Charizard that there was so much hatred and malice in his voice. Liam turned to walk back to the nursery. The hoodlum smirked,
"Now! Dark Pulse and Shadow Ball!" Zigzagoon fired off Shadow Ball while the other two used Dark Pulse. Goodra shoved Liam out of the way of the attacks.
"You fool!" Liam shouted as he activated the Z Power Ring. "Goodra, use Devastating Drake!" Draco Meteor was channeled into the Z move and the Hoodlum and her mons were send soaring off into the distance. Liam than returned to let the nursery workers know he dealt with that bully.

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The heroes made their way to Route 5. Liam saw a Pokémon that he recognized as a regional variant.
"Farfetch'd, Galarian Form. The Wild Duck Pokémon. A Fighting-Type. The Farfetch'd of the Galar region are brave warriors, and they wield thick, tough leeks in battle. The stalks of leeks are thicker and longer in the Galar region. Farfetch'd that adapted to these stalks took on a unique form. " It pointed the leek at Liam and quaked a threat at him, particularly at his bag.
Liam looked at the Pokémon confused until the Farfetch'd motioned that he wanted Liam to place it on the ground. Liam refused to do this and started to reach for Beckham's Luxury Ball when Farfetch'd lunged at Liam, knocking him over and it began to tear through his bag. Liam got mad and called Beckham out who rushed the Farfetch'd, knocking him out of the bag. Liam got mad and tossed a Luxury Ball (even though he carried a supply of various kinds of Pokéballs, he still carried mostly Luxury Balls) at Farfetch'd and caught it. "I'll deal with this thing later," Liam said annoyed as his Rotomphone reported about Farfetch'd being registered to his Pokédex. Liam and Beckham picked everything up that was thrown from his bag.
"Ra-raboot." Beckham said as he pointed out a building nearby after they finished collecting all the items. Upon closer inspection, Liam noticed that this building had a few eggs on its sign, and that it was labeled as a Nursery.

Pokémon Galar

Yup, the regional varients and regional evolutions have me intriqued.