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Pokémon Galar

Piers turned to the nearby Grunts. "Do not interfere with anyone." The Yell Grunts nodded in confirmation and scurried off. Piers turned back to the heroes: "who wants to go first?"

Pokémon Galar

The gym soon came into sight. Liam turned to ask Marnie if she wanted to go first, but she wasn't anywhere to be found. Two Yell grunts blocked the path to the stadium floor.
"How did you get in here?" asked the female grunt.
"Doesn't matter, we can't stop them from facing Piers now that they are here," said the other.
Liam noticed that his Dynamax band wasn't acting like it normally did. "Interesting, does this gym not have a power spot?" Liam asked aloud.
"That is correct," Said a voice from behind the heroes. a man with black and white hair walked up, wearing the same symbol as the Team Yell grunts. He introduced himself as a Piers, and explained that he is the only Galar Gym Leader that doesn't use Dynamax. He also apologized if Team Yell caused them any trouble across Galar, they see Marnie as a hometown hero and want to see her win.

Pokémon Galar

"Something like that." Marnie explained.

Pokémon Galar

"Now that's a Stare that would make even Saisei back down," Shiranui commented. He addressed Marnie, "We three have come here to challenge the local gym for a badge.

@James Davy

Marnie explained that she was talking to the Yell Grunts.

Pokémon Galar

"I wonder why they had the gate closed," Liam thought out loud. Isn't that kind of sabotaging the trainers?"
"That's the point," Said a voice from around the corner as three Yell Grunts came around the corner.
"Why did you let these losers into our town lady!?" spat one of them. "I guess we will have to have a little chat." He started approaching the Joy, but Liam got in front of her. He wore a glare that he hadn't worn since he dealt with Erik, the poacher who had abused Smaug back when he was a Charmander, as well as Smaug's now deceased mother.
"I will not let you lay a finger on her." His glare eventually made the Grunt back down.
"What are you three doing?!" said a voice as Marnie walked up. "Leave them alone!" The Grunts looked distraught and walked away.
"Thanks," Liam said.

Pokémon Galar

The door opened to a Joy there with her trademark smile. Liam walked up and the two shared a brief hug. She explained that she had a Rotom hack the door open, but they had to hurry before someone noticed.

Pokémon Galar

"Hold on, I have an idea." Liam said he pulled out his Rotomphone and a little notebook that said "Galar" on it with a medical cross. He flipped to a particular page and punched in a set number. It rang twice before hold music started playing*. After a moment, Nurse Joy appeared on the screen.
"Hello Liam, how have you been?"
"I'm fine, Aunty. Listen, I know you're probably busy and I'm sorry to bother you, but my friends and I are hear to challenge the gym, and I was wondering if you knew how we could get in since the gate is down."
"Oh, that will be simple enough. I can leave Teresa in Indeedee on charge of the Pokemon Center for a moment while I come help. I'll be there soon." With that the phonecall ended.

*Pokecenter music from the games

Pokémon Galar

"Well, I've already had to dress like a Rocket, and a Skull. But, where will we find a group of these obnoxius morons?" Liam inquired.

Pokémon Galar

“Don’t give up, you still have time to gain those points back,” Jen told the kid as she did not want him to give up on his dream.

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sadly, Jen's words of encouragement went unheard by the person she was talking too as they had already ran too far away and would have been unable to hear them over the sobbing anyhow.

Liam also felt bad for the kid, but there wasn't much he could do. They just had to deal with getting into Cerchester for the next badge. Liam noticed the gate was down on the town. "Reminds me of Po Town in Alola, Liam commented." He saw Marnie sneaking through nearby grass and silently pointed her out to his friends.

Pokémon Galar

"The Aether Foundation are the most knowledgebale on the Ultra Beasts, I trust that they will know the best way to deal with it." Liam said. His Rotomphone chirped informing him of a nearby particiapent in the World Coronation. It was a young boy who was hopelessly wandering around, looking for the entrance to Spikemouth. He saw that his Rotomphone was indicating toward Liam and pressed "Accept" without looking at the name or picture on his phone. He then sent out a Galarian Lineoon before realizing who he was facing. Liam sent out Beckham who once the battle started, oneshot the opposing Pokemon, pushing Liam up to 101. The kid ran away in tears over his blunder as he saw his number plumit to the mid 500's.