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Galar (Sword & Shield)

"But Marlon, you just got home and now you want to leave again? Am I really such a bad mother that you don't want to stay around?"

Marlon rolled his emerald-green eyes at his mother while he put away the invitation to the Galar region. "You should win an acting award for the amount of drama you perform. My Pokémon will keep you company while I am gone, I am only taking my most trusted partner with me."

While his mother continued to pout, Marlon put some wax in his caramel-brown hair and searched for his black biker jacket. Kanto had never been the place for him to stay too long. He felt like it limited him. Before heading out for his transportation to Galar, he bid his farewells to his mom, who had realized she couldn't stop him.

With his trusty Pokémon partner by his side, he rode his motorcycle to the pickup point. There, he sent a text to someone of the Galar region saying he was about to depart.

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Khelfin tried to keep a cool head about all this and didn't judge Aro's behavior from earlier. "What else were we gonna do? Stick around Cooper? He would probably take Porygon back and to be honest, I want to keep it around a bit longer. It learned to make electric sparks and we don't have many generators around."

While he sat down for a minute, he kept talking to Aro and Maya without looking at them directly. "I think no ones knows what to do anymore. Everthing we knew is gone and eventho they want to rebuild it, I can't help but feel we are all just unclear on what we want to happen."

Khelfin pulled out his phone, which was quite damaged but still functional, and read a message out loud. "According to Goldenrod News, some Pokémon are changing type due to the big changes. It says right here that Snorlax are now partly rock type due to the wasteland environment. If more Pokémon have similar changes, that erases the entire battle strategy we all know."

Still staring in the distance, Khelfin wondered if he needed to catch one of the heavyweight Pokémon that naturally survived the Apocalyps, like a Dragonite or a Tyranitar. Then again, reviving fossils or creating artificial Pokémon proved effective. Or maybe he should go for a ghost type like Aro did. Perhaps the options weren't as limited as he believed them to be.

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A shadow was closing in on them and Khelfin was pretty sure he recognized the Honedge from earlier. "He, little guy.. or little girl.. or little genderless something.. I dont even know, actually."

Realizing he had made the situation awkward, he took a deep breath and tried again. "You are Aro's Honedge, right? Could you tell him we are here?"

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To prevent nuclear infection I suppose Cleffa could use aromatherapy. Steel types are immune to poison but that doesnt really help the trainer himself.

Oh my Grimer could deal with the poison that Trubbish/Garbodor is spreading, seeing it eats garbage , thereby maybe neutralizing it?

Also, if we dont get any Voltorb helping us out, I could always write that Porygon can use electric moves. Not sufe if that is a good idea plotwise tho.

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A water/ice pokemon could provide permanent drinking water but the only kinds alive are relicanth and staryu. Maybe castform when it rains. (Oh wait.. i forgot the fossils)
To prevent nuclear infection I suppose Cleffa could use aromatherapy. Steel types are immune to poison but that doesnt really help the trainer himself.
Voltorb could generate electricity for devices.
I dont think any Pokémon survived that can generate food.
For transportation i look at dragonite and aerodactyl.

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Khelfin knew Maya was right about resting for a bit. It was a different world now, they couldn't afford to let their guard down. He smirked at her comment about wild pokemon.

"So, are you jealous that both Aro and I have a second pokemon now? Is that why you want to catch one?" Khelfin was clearly just teasing.

"I can't say I am particularry interested in finding any, I already got my Porygon and now that odd-colored Grimer. If anything, I'd rather have us find Aro before he gets himself killed."

Khelfin wasn't sure why he cared to begin with. Ever since the Apocalyps took everyone he loved, he vowed to himself to live an individualistic life. The Porygon was perfect for that, it generally didn't show emotions. If anything would ever happen to it, the blow would not be as hard. Khelfin hoped that his new Grimer would have a similar distant personality.

"Aro?" he called out. With a soft voice he quickly apologized: "Sorry, I should know better than drawing attention to ourselves. Let's be more sutbtle from now on."

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GOLDENROD RADIO BROADCAST

"This is Meredith Cloud directly from Goldenrod. More species have been discovered alive. The following kinds have been confirmed: Cleffa, Staryu, Lunatone, Solrock, Elgyem, Minior and Unknown. Most of those have data saying they come from space or another dimension so we can assume they were not around when the Apocalypse happened. In other news, there are some rumors that a few volunteers are working on creating the first post-apocalyptic Pokémon gyms and league. With more species alive than we originally thought, this may be just what we need to pick our lives up again. We can't confirm this rumor just yet but you will definitely hear it from us first when it's certain. Meredith Cloud, Goldenrod News."

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Khelfin tried to think fast. A part of him wanted to let Aro take off but a part of him wanted him to stick around. He rolled his eyes and asked Maya: "Shall we go after him?"

Before Maya could answer, Amy nodded and said "Good idea, let's."

Khelfin stretched out his arm and stopped her. "Not you. Horrible idea. You go work things out with Cooper. Maya and I got this."

His opinion got supported by Cooper, who then took Amy out of there.

Khelfin withdrew Porygon to its pokeball to rest and got ready to follow Aro if Maya was up for it.

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