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@Typical@PlatinumSkink@Joshua Tamashii




Wow, someone that was somehow more anxious than him really existed. Basil stood there awkwardly at the little girl that bowed towards him and with all of her ghosts surrounding her though he could feel that one wrong move he would soon be become a member of her team. "Don't worry, you got it right. Uh, please stop bowing. It would've been fine even if you didn't remember."

His eyes darted to Lesley and Eryn in some desperate plea to ask for their help and thankfully the other trainer introduced herself. Basil almost sighed of relief to have that tension broken. "It's nice to meet you too. I'm Basil. Wait, uh, you already heard her say that." He smiled awkwardly at her because yeah, he really wasn't that much better than the little girl across from him. It was a wonder how this anxious white-haired boy with one too many piercings was able to be the trainer of such a haughty, arrogant bird.

Speaking of that bird, it looked down with all of its .2 meters of height at the Bagon with crossed arms. He was ready to throw down and test the rigidi of Atha's head with a few karate chops. Basil was about to step in himself, but Eryn beat him to the punch. Still, that little dragon had some fight in it and with a grin Eryn asked him a question that was bound to pop up whenever two trainers meet.

"I was wondering how I compare to the other trainers chosen. Sure, I'm game," said Basil with a grin though this time it was a tad more confident. Oddly enough, he was starting to feel less nervous about battling than he did before and was starting to feel something a bit bubblier. Was it excitement? Well, the question had to wait because his Pokedex started to ring. Basil grabbed it from his belt and looked at the caller ID.

His brow pushed up in surprise and he looked at Eryn and said,"Sorry, I have to take this." He held it up to see the screen since this seemed like a facetimed call."Professor Kalmia?"

‘Heeey, Basil! How’s your Pokémon journey coming along?’

"Uh, well my journey has been eventful to say the least. I hope you are doing well."

‘Just in case you were wondering, I got your Pokémon over here! Whenever you put a Pokémon in the PC, I can take them out here! You don’t mind if I take them on a couple walks, right?’

"Oh, um, not at all. Some exercise would do them some good. I don't want them cooped up in their Pokeballs or in the lab all day." At that moment he got a picture of his Pokemon back in the lab on their walk. Aria the pink puffball was center stage as she should while Sabbah hid in the shadows and Pamina gave the peace sign. Titus was just flopping around to no ones' surprise.

‘Right, I actually had a different thing I wanted to talk to you about,’ Kalmia said, suddenly looking a bit more serious.

"Oh, uh, sure. What is it?"

Professor Kalmia then proceeded to explain the quest that she sent Amelia on to bypass the six Pokemon capacity limit and his heart sank with the slow realization of why she called him specifically. Basil heaved a sigh because he knew what his answer was going to be, and he loathed it with all of his might.

"Yeah, no, I get it. Nobles can definitely be a bit much, especially the ones higher on the food chain. I'll help, but I promised someone that I would stop by Stillwood to investigate something regarding the incident in Rainrock and I'd rather not make her wait." While he did want to explain his own situation, he was afraid of letting off more than he intended to anyone in earshot. The walls have ears and what not.

"Actually, she's here with me too along with Eryn and the gym leader of Lakewatch." He held his screen out to the three of them to show them the professor before turning it back to him. "Eryn and I were about to have a battle, but I will talk to Amelia. I'll let you know what happens. Have a nice day."

After exchanging goodbyes, he hung up the phone and looked at Amelia,

"Hey Amelia, you heard all that, right? Are you free to talk after Eryn and I battle?" He asked, but then he looked like he just remembered something. He turned to the gym leader in scarlet armor. "Oh, um, Ms. Lesley I'd hate to take up more of your time, but could you please ref our match? I did come here to speak to you as well."
@Joshua Tamashii@Lunarlord34

The jovial grin on his face was soon replaced with a scrunched up confused expression. For all the years that he owned his shop, he never once heard an accent like that and believe him, he had heard a lot of strange ones over the years. He busted out laughing though there was nothing mean spirited about it. It was a friendly, almost joyous laugh where his belly wobbled with each hearty chortle.

"And here I thought I've heard every accent, but you got me! It's thicker than Helga's coffee. Believe me, that stuff is a war crime, but uh, I think I know what you want," He lifted a finger to her to tell Steph to give him a moment as he looked around in the back to collect what he assumed to be her order. It looked like a relatively standard fishing rod. The fishing rod was certainly flexible, but had the tensile strength to fish up most Pokemon and on the side was a jar with the label 'Bait' with a cartoon image of a fisherman giving a thumbs up. Yeah, the GM felt really creative when he made that up.

Steph received a Good Rod!
Steph received x1 Bait. Has ten uses left.


"Alright, just need to explain a concept to you since you seem new to it. Bait helps us catch Pokemon consistently, but the higher quality bait can have a chance to drawn in certain Pokemon. Be careful with it though. There are stories of fisherman being pulled into the water by catches they could not handle."

Meanwhile with the Freya and Amelia duo:

"Oh yeah sure we can totally do that." said Freya as she rifled through some fishing rods until she abruptly almost turned her head in a complete 180 degrees to show an incredulous expression on her face. One could almost hear the comically loud crack of her neck as she turned around to look at Amelia. "Wait what?"

Yeah, she was processing the fact that Amelia just dropped a bomb that she was a medium. To be fair to Amelia, it's not like mediums and shamans were an unknown concept to the world of Pokemon, but it was another to meet one. "Amelia, sweetie, when I asked if you were drawn to ghost-types I just thought you meant you just had a knack for them. I didn't think you could actually sense the dead."

She cleared her throat with the attempt to look like she remained composed. "Um, anyway how about we get ourselves some fishing rods and some bait? Maybe you'll be able to fish up some potential friends."

Whatever happened, Bo would ask the trio, "By the way you kids are new trainers, right? A couple of trainers like you popped by yesterday. First a cowboy and then some blue haired kid in hiking gear bought some rods though he was a bit more curious about the latest happenings. Well, that and he met Bary the old loon."

"Huh, the first one sounds like Connor though I have no idea who the other is."

Now what?



@Zarkun

Now for balance reasons, any time that Detect is used after one use per post it will still have a chance to fail. Anyway! Lucha deftly dodged the spiral of flame and closed in on the figure of flame and smashed it with a critical hit Aerial Ace! The figure stumbled back; its flames flickered dimly as it tried desperately to maintain its shape. It held its hand up to try to try and summon any attack, but only meager embers sputtered out. Jason could finally see the flute piece in the chest of the creature that was unable to fight back and only try to maintain its shape.

How do you want to do this?



@samreaper

The more Tristan spoke the more confused the two men looked. Nothing that this kid was saying made any actual sense. What was he talking about? Why was he talking about the Elusive Woods and what did Maria Eberg had to do with it? And why was he pointing to the Gracidea Flowers? By the time he finished speaking, the poor boy looked absolutely diminished and silent. The two men looked at each other who looked as uncertain as the young man as to what they should do in this situation.

The older, shorter man walked over to the young trainer and patted him on the shoulder. "Hey sprout, why don't you take a deep breath and properly explain what you are talking about. Maybe we should start with some proper introductions," he said with a warm smile. There was no judgement, only someone who sought to understand.

"I'll start us off. My name was Ramos. I was once the grass-type gym leader in Kalos before my retirement. These days I spend the rest of my golden years as the head gardener of this lovely park." He motioned his hand over to the other man and said, "This is Louis Osman. He belongs to one of the old families of Evig and is the current estate manager."

He rolled his eyes at Ramos and crossed his arms. "You flatter me Ramos, but the Osman name is practically non-existent these days. Gods I cannot wait for them to renovate that disgrace of a house." Clearly he did not like to be reminded of his family's fall from grace.

What does Tristan do?



@CitrusArms

While that was a good idea to have Niblet out just in case a predatory bird came to snatch the birds, the problem was that the birds were predatory. As in they were carnivores with no interest in attacking the bouquet of flowers that Stella held. Also, hyacinths were actually quite poisonous and were not fit for consumption unless they were being fed to a Pokemon that could process poison without becoming ill. Really, what she should have been doing was watching where she stepped.

Stella felt her foot step on something solid, but definitely had a bit more give than just the dirt she was walking on.

"ODD!" A little blue orb with feet and three leaves of grass on its head popped up from the ground and looked up her with its beady red eyes in anger.

A wild Oddish has appeared!


What does Stella do?



@PlatinumSkink@Typical@Joshua Tamashii




Basil glanced at the armored woman and at the brown-haired girl who thankfully were not bothered by his Hawlucha's sudden outburst. However, the small child across from him was obviously uncomfortable with him showing up as abruptly as he did. Still, there was something oddly familiar about her and that Phantump. He stared at her as if he was wracking his brains to place the faces with a name and a time and place until a look of realization washed over him.

"Wait, yes, we've actually met before in Pureplain. It was at the docks briefly when we met the pirate, Zachary. Amelia, right?" said Basil to the tentative girl. Still, he was uncertain himself. After all, their meeting could not have been more than five minutes, but not many people owned a Phantump like hers and he certainly could not forget how it made his heart jump out of his chest with its shenanigans.

Meanwhile, Glory glanced at the Bagon with an unimpressed expression in response and then back to the woman. "Haw? Haw lucha." There was no mistake that the Hawlucha just said that the Bagon was too weak to fight him. The haughty bird almost looked insulted that the Bagon was even given a choice to fight someone that was out of its league.

Before anything else happened, a random trainer popped up and started speaking to the woman... Wait, she's the gym leader? That was Leslie, the leader of the Lake Watchers? It was something that made sense when someone just said who she was, but it never occurred to him that he would meet the gym leader in the first few hours of being in town. Basil thought she would have been in her gym like the passing trainer was or doing whatever she does back at the Lake Watcher base.

However, Leslie said something very interesting about the brown-haired girl. Basil asked, "You're one of Kalmia's recruits too?"

Meanwhile, Glory was holding his feathered fist towards Leslie enthusiastically. "Hawlucha!" He happily cried out as it bounced in place. It was not satisfied with its last battle and this woman was far more formidable. Well, that was unless the Bagon had anything to say about it.
@samreaper

Now there was the thing; Tristan was dealing with not only an absolute taskmaster and a perfectionist, but he was dealing with someone who did this for a living. The man had both hands gripping his hair with a look of horror when this random kid just started fiddling with his lights and ordering his staff around as if they were his own. Frankly, even the narrator was wondering why Tristan thought that this was a good idea.

"What are you doing?!" He shouted at the boy. The man clearly was beginning to reach his breaking point for having to deal with this unexpected guest.

He was absolutely seeing red and that was not because his eyes were bloodshot from one could imagine the lack of sleep due to working on this party. "Kid, I do not know who you think you are or who you think I am, but I do not need a literal child to tell me how to do my job or give my advice when you know nothing. Everything is meticulously planned out down to the absolute minute detail. Months of my life were spent organizing this one event, months! The placement of tables, seating arrangements of the guests, the menu, the lighting, everything! You are being a nuisance!"

The shorter, older man in gardening attire pat the man on the back and smiled warmly. "Now, now Louis. The whippersnapper was just trying to help. Well, that and he probably wants something."

He focused his gaze on Tristan, not that he could tell since it seemed like his eyes were closed all the time.

"Don't be so obvious next time. Now, how can we help you?" He said with a wise, knowing smirk on his face.



@Zarkun

So, Jason saved Murus from being purged by holy fire and sent in his Hawlucha. The feathered luchador, in its debut battle, was engulfed with flame and was blasted into the wall where Jason narrowly avoided being smacked by his own bird. However, Lucha withstood the attack and launched forward with her own Wing Attack and slammed its wing across the flaming beast's head and then, the bird, which is surprisingly smaller than one would expect, used its nimble gliding abilities to avoid a Fire Punch to the torso and retaliated with another Wing Attack. A burning arm blocked the attack and it jumped backwards to widen the distance while at the same time hurling a vortex of flame (fire spin) at her.

There was something else that Jason would notice; the Echo's fiery form diminished when it used that powered up Ember. In Pokemon game terms, its own attack caused the Echo to take recoil damage in relation to how much damage was dealt.



@CitrusArms

The person she approached was a young woman that was pretty much unremarkable in appearance as one would imagine a nameless NPC to be. She, however, looked quite nervous when Stella approached her. It was strange because it was almost as if she was suspicious of her.

"You don't know? No one has lived in that house for years. They cancelled all the tours since they were going to convert it into a community center. No one should have been able to go inside it," the woman explained, which also explained why everyone gave her such strange looks.

"I don't really know the story behind it myself. The one thing that I know is that the only reason why it hasn't been torn down is because of Mr. Teerlink. He's the gym leader around here."

There were no other bits of information that Stella could get from this woman.



Otherwise, what does she do?



@Lunarlord34@Joshua Tamashii

Again, do not question trainer NPC logic. It's the same logic as an NPC asking them if the player was looking at them when the NPC clearly was the one who initiated the fight.

Freya dropped the conversation with Amelia. Amelia had her mindset and she had hers and all she could do was to just respect it. Instead, she focused on Steph who had just won her battle and was now aware that her companion had arrived.

She flashed a grin at the Bogan though it was a bit sheepish. Freya chuckled nervously and said, "As well as anyone can be. I'm absolutely nervous. I've strayed far from home like this before, but that's what adventure is I suppose! By the way, I didn't know you were travelling with someone so cute!"

As the trio entered the store, they were greeted by rows and rows of fishing rods of various qualities. Some looked like they cost an arm of the leg and some literally looked like a stick with a string. Walking through the store, he would see various jars containing bait from different brands. It would make anyone wonder what the difference between any of the stuff was. At the counter was a very heavyset man with burly arms and a large gut that spilled over his pants. He had a big salt and peppered beard that was well maintained and wore a fishing cap over his head. Despite him being an absolute goliath of a man, he looked to be quite friendly.

"Bahahaha! Welcome to ol' Bo's Fishing Mart! Now how can I help you?"

Old Rod: 500P
Good Rod: 5000P
Super Rod: 7500P
Bait: 250
Good Bait: 750
Superb Bait: 1000


Meanwhile, Freya had a question for Amelia. "So, Amelia I do have to ask. When you say that you are drawn to ghost-types and vice versa, is that the same for Pokemon that evolve into ghost-types?"


@PlatinumSkink




Well, so much for Crocus, but the Bulbasaur did his best so there was no blame to be placed. Basil returned his Pokemon to its Pokeball and looked up to see the smug face of Boey. Wasn't that kid a bit too proud of just knocking out one of Basil's Pokemon? And was there always a crowd?

"Hey Boey, don't be too mad after this. Glory come on out!" Basil threw out a Pokeball and from a flash of white light appeared his trusty Hawlucha striking a pose. He then ordered it to use Detect to guarantee his Hawlucha from being flattened and then follow up with Wing Attack to strike the Marill as it passed. If that did not finish the Marill off due to its increased defense, then Basil would repeat the sequence of orders to finish it off.




So, yeah, Basil saw all of that.

He was just a bit awe struck at the woman cladded in red armor because who in the current era wore armor? Then again, he met a pirate, and he knew plenty of flamboyant nobles though the person she was interacting with was definitely a bit normal by comparison. Still, he could not hide his surprise when he saw that normal girl (that being Eryn), let out what appeared to be a dragon. Well, it probably was a dragon. It was scaly, but by that logic Crocus would have been classified as a dragon type.

Things would only become weirder when he spotted a very familiar ghost with sparkles and a petrified tree stump for a head though he could not place the time and place where he saw it. Basil just watched as it sneakily approached them from behind and practically screamed at them. Even he jumped and he watched it happen!

Then to his surprise again, he watched the lady in armor put on a helmet and proceeded to have a bloody headbutting match with the bipedal blue lizard thing. Was that why this lady wore armor? To rough house with Pokemon that could easily cave a person's skull? She was absolutely nuts.

This was getting Basil nowhere quickly. Originally, he was going to ask her if he could take a few photos of her in that armor that he could use as reference, but it was apparent that she was just trouble. Basil was about to leave when a certain challenge seeking Pokemon sensed an overwhelming surge of violence and popped out of its Pokeball. Glory, after Atha responded, rushed over to the woman with great purpose. It stood before her, posing as it usually did.

"Haw! Hawlucha!" It did not take a genius to figure out that this luchador bird was picking a fight. Glory looked up at her with a proud and defiant look in his eyes that longed for glorious (no pun intended) combat.

Meanwhile, Basil rushed over with a pit in his stomach. "I'm so sorry ma'am! I don't know what got into him!"
@Zarkun@Sanguine Rose

It just never ended. Even after the group killed a whole pack of these things, there were more inbound. Nolan was confident that Ria and he would be able to fight through this and survive if it was just them, but the soldiers had to survive too. They could not fight and move the cargo, that much as clear. Something had to give, but they were getting nowhere quickly.

Nolan glanced over to the driver who asked what they were going to do and then to the corporal. With no warning, a hand of black ash turned the radio off and retracted back to the mage. That would be one way to get his attention.

Corporal, said Nolan sternly and then said, "I'll blast a path through the horde and when I do you all need to make a mad dash out of here. Ria and I will cover the rear while the rest of you push forward. Get your men ready and notify the drivers. That's an order."

The Slayer turned his attention to Ria who was probably freaking out inside, not that Nolan would know."Ria, try to limit the Asterin's mobility as much as possible. Use whatever spells that cover as much as possible."

Sure, it wasn't the most complex strategy, but it sure as hell was better than just being pinned down and waste their time and energy.


@PlatinumSkink




Whatever he threw in would be absolutely wrecked by that Marill's Rollout, so he was just going to commit to using Sleep Powder again and then Vine Whip. What were the odds of Sleep Powder missing again?

Well, after that Basil would decide to take his team to the Pokemon Center to go and heal them. After that maybe he would do some planning while he was there. So, he again traversed the town via gondola and this time he did fall on his back when he landed. Basil paddled through the floating town and took in the sights and sounds. Frankly, it was incredible it was actually as busy as it was. One would think that people would just high tail it out considering that the lake was supposedly increasing in size. Were they just going to repeat what they did before? It was still easier than navigating Worldedge though.

Basil eventually arrived at the Pokemon Center and would offer his Pokemon to Nurse Joy to heal. After that he would have planned out his next course of action, except he saw something very, very odd; a woman wearing red plated armor.

Holy Mysteries and Dungeon. First pirates and now knights? Basil found himself unknowingly staring at the woman in armor in a combination of confusion and just straight up admiration because holy hell she looked so cool.



@PlatinumSkink




Yes, yes it did add to his embarrassment.

Anyway, Basil was allowed to join in this group of kids/low leveled trainer's test of mettle. "May the best trainer win."






@samreaper

Well, it was totally in character for Tristan to ignore the literal wealth of information available at his fingertips, but that was totally on the narrator for forgetting that Tristan did not like studying or for that matter, anything that required hard work. Well, he did study for what it's worth, but there was something that he completely misunderstood, but that was up for him to realize it later.

With feelings of frustration, Tristan left the library and again made his way through the manor. He would follow the instructions left by the receptionist to what would essentially be the backyard of the manor, which meant all he had to do was go through the front and then around the manor or through the dining area where visitors and employees dined. Dealer's choice really. Either way, he would eventually after plenty of walking find where the festivities were being prepared. He would find himself standing on a patio paved with stone that then stretched out into the rest of the garden where the Gracidea Flower was said to be. One could just sit down and enjoy the view with a cup of tea and maybe some pastries.

Except it was absolutely bloody bedlam. People were rushing around frantically to set up the party. Tables were being placed, lights were strung about, a dance floor was in progress of being put together, and that was just the tip of the iceberg. One could only imagine seating arrangements for the guests, the menu, and the entertainment that had to be put together. Frankly speaking, the employees looked like they were just a step away from being whipped. The one responsible for it was plain to see or to be more accurate, heard.

"No, you dull edge of a Slowpoke I told you to hang the lights higher up! Are you trying to blind our guests? And you! Yes, I mean you, you Rhyhorn brained idiot! The tables must be arranged as so! Do you want them to be sandwiched together? And where in the hell is my cup of tea?!"

Tristan would have followed the onslaught of abuse and eventually found the source: a man in his early 40s dressed in a gray three-piece suit with an equally gray tie, black shoes, and maybe not surprising, but a white carnation on his breast pocket. His black hair was slicked back neatly and had sharp green eyes that commanded authority and at the moment, exasperation. He would have no idea who this man was, but the same could not be said about the man that stood next to him. In fact, Tristan specifically would have recognized him because at one point he could've been considered a Kalosian celebrity due to his status.

Coincidentally enough, they were standing by the flower patch of Gracidea Flowers. What does Tristan do?
 


@Sanguine Rose

The remaining three Tinkatink shouted at Faye's Pokemon and of course only they would understand what they were saying.

"We have no choice! We must improve our weapons! We must defend ourselves!"

"We cannot rest with that thing's darkness in our home!"

"Prepare yourselves!"

Tensions were high and it looked like things were about to go down, except the Tinkatink hesitated for a moment. They looked like they were peering behind Faye and just a moment later she would hear a familiar voice.

"Pawmi, Thundershock!" A bolt of electricity flew past Faye and collided with one of the Tinkatink. It skidded back and twitched from the electricity coursing through its body, but soon recovered and took a fierce stance.

If Faye turned to look behind her, she would see that it was Rosa that stood there. She looked a bit yesterday though. Rosa dropped her rancher attire and was dressed a bit sportier with one of those varsity baseball jackets with a stripe that went down along the sleeves, light blue jeans, red flattops, and her hair was now pulled back into a ponytail. Next to her was some orange marmot chinchilla thing.


#921 Pawmi, the Mouse Pokemon. It has underdeveloped electric sacs on its cheeks. These sacs can produce electricity only if Pawmi rubs them furiously with the pads on its forepaws.


"Questions later. We've got a fight." said Rosa one of the Tinkatink jumped forward swinging its club down at her Pawmi.

For Faye, it turned into a two on two. One of the Tinkatink dashed forward and lunged towards Faye's Rowlet with its club, which acted as its catalyst for Metal Claw. The other Tinkatink kept back and summoned a gust of Fairy Wind, which sent a pink magical gust of wind at Sage.

How does Faye react?



@CitrusArms

"No, no I must insist. You are entertaining the selfish notions of an old man, so you must be compensated for your efforts. I will not take no for an answer," the elderly man said quite sternly. He absolutely was adamant about giving Stella the payment that he promised her, but there was something odd about it. For some reason there was an anxiety about it, but she could not put a finger on it. Maybe it was because he was old and didn't have much time left or maybe it was something else. Either way, she was not getting out of getting a reward.

Still, he was relieved that Stella was helping him. He smiled sadly at her and said, "It's okay. I couldn't face her anyway. Please, pick some blue hyacinths. As I said, her grave can be found in Mellow Grove along Route 2. Thank you again for doing this."

Whenever Stella would leave the manor, she would pick the blue hyacinths just as the old man requested. However, she received some strange looks from people who saw her.

Stella received Blue Hyacinth Bouquet


Does Stella go immediately to do the request or does she have any other plans?

Connected Areas
Route 1. A hilly route filled with many ranches and farmland.
Lake Charity. A massive body of water. Used to travel between Starbor Village, Valstille City, and Florasong Town.
Route 2. West of Florasong.







@Zarkun

Mud Slap luckily smothered the light of Confuse Ray and with not a moment wasted followed up with Shadow Punch. Murus threw punch after punch against the dwindling mass of sparks. At this rate, only just a few blows were needed to finally put it down. It countered again by smashing its own flaming fist against Murus' shadowy punches, but it could not react quickly enough for the other punch.

Murus' fist rammed into its abdomen and the creature bent forward in pain only to take an upper cut straight to the head. It stumbled back in a dazed confusion, unaware of the next punch that went straight towards its face again to deal the finishing blow!

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Did he really think that it would be that easy?

The Echo caught one of the shadowy fists with a flickering ember for a hand and held it in place. Murus could not budge its arm out of its grasp. The clay golem felt its hand being bent backwards from a strange newfound strength from its opponent.

Its flaming body erupted and flamed rushed and licked from it like violet lashes of whips. The Echo's form was no longer recognizable for it was just a mass of humanoid flame, an incarnation of absolute destruction. From what Jason could tell, it recovered half of the damage that it received and that its fire type-attacks were certainly enhanced if its raging form was any indication. Even from where he was standing Jason would begin to feel the heat creeping along his skin.

With its free hand it lifted its hand up with its palm facing towards Murus. The palm glowed with a fiery rage and the construct used Ember though this time whatever it shot out was much bigger than before, much more powerful. Murus, who had been chipped away at from Fire Spin would certainly not be able to withstand the attack.

What does Jason do? 



@PlatinumSkink




Titus the Magikarp was transferred to the PC.

So, Basil found some information and it was useful though some of it was definitely concerning. How in the world was a lake expanding? It was possible that the eternal rain of Route 3 contributed, but it was up for debate if even the consistent rain would have been enough for the expansion though on the map there were rivers that branched off from the lake. They should've acted as a natural drainage system to carry away the excess water, but they had done nothing to stop the flooding. It was another mystery worth investigating, but it was not why he was going to Lakewatch, originally at least.

The original intent was to find himself a dragon-type, but there was not a snowball's chance in Mt. Chimney that he would be able to capture one by normal means. Lesley and her band of hunters would've run him out of town before he could even catch one though that was to be expected. He had a plan, but by his own admission he needed to maybe just be a little stronger. Luckily, however, he was going to the place described as a 'town of Pokemon Trainers.'

Basil had a lot to think over while he waited to reach his destination. As the ferry got closer though he began to notice that the buildings were not on land, but in the middle of the water.

"What in the world?" He said to himself as the architectural nightmare came closer into view.

Eventually, the ferry came to a halt and Basil just stood in complete awe. Well, mainly he was in awe at the complete absurdity of it, but then again, he came from a place where people thought it was a good to build a city on floating rocks so he could not talk. Still, there was a sense of wonder that was a bit different than Worldedge, a different kind of energy. It wasn't pristine like the upper levels of Worldedge. Lakewatch was a bit rougher, unrefined, and yet was all the more beautiful for it.

Now, the first order of Basil's business? He needed to head to a Pokemon Center. He needed to heal Cecil after their fight with Pamina, his newly acquired Pinsir. He looked down at one of the free gondolas and with a great leap he landed on one and the momentum carried it forward. The only thing was that he did not stick the landing. His arms flailed about as he tried to find his balance only to fall on his back. The only thing that hurt was just his pride.

Eventually he would find a Pokemon Center to heal Cecil and after that he sat on a gondola debating on his next course of action until he decided that he needed some training. Since this was basically a hub for trainers, Basil figured that he could paddle around the town and look for any areas that had an abundance of trainers battling each other because that's what they do. While there were probably many trainers that were way out of his league, there were surely some that had to be around his level as well.
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