babel_hacker | Day 34 - [Video] | [Action] at Celadon Gym [Backdated to 19th]

[He’s going to challenge Erika.

He have his team picked out, a general strategy for each of them to take advantage of their strengths and abilities and have absolute confidence in them to win. Too bad he doesn’t have his usual camera crew out, but bringing Fortran and Asterisk along would cut down his battling party.

So he walks through the gym’s entrance, ready to declare his intent to challenge Erika.]

Hey! I’m here to challenge the gym leader, Erika!

"Oh, look at him!" [Hm?]
"Oh my gosh, what a hottie!" […UM?

Whoa, wait, why are the girls coming for him, that’s more than he expected--]
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[After the gym battle...]

Soooo...

[There is Atsuro, standing outside of Celadon Gym and looking rather baffled by what just happened. He’s holding up his PokeGear with one hand. In his other hand is...a handful of small paper slips?]

Please tell me that, after winning the badge, other guys got shoved with a lot of girls’ numbers from that gym into their hands.

[He’d feel better if there’s others before him. Atsuro just doesn’t think he’s that appealing to girls, looks-wise. Sure, he’s nineteen, twenty in a few months, but nope. He just doesn’t see it.

That and he’s not interested at the moment.]

I really can't be the only one, right?

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How terrible!

[A beat.]

...But to collect them all we'd have to never use the ones the Gym leaders give us...

[And he just had to ruin it with logic.]

The eternal dilemma for completionists.

[And as far as he knows, there's no convenient glitch to make a lot of copies.]

A sacrifice we trainers might have to make in order to broaden our Pokemon's range.

They can pass those attacks on to their children, at least. They're not completely lost.

Yeah. Although my team haven't spring up any surprise eggs on me for a while...

[Let's hope he didn't jinx himself.]

That's very polite of them. Mine are not nearly so thoughtful.

[Lydia just snorts at that.]

Uh huh. Although, since I now said it, eggs might pop up on me in the morning.

[Tempting fate, go.]

...Would your Ledian be the type to convince the others to breed?

[Because if yes...]

[Oh wow, what kind of lady do you take her for? Lady seems to be offended by the suggestion.

Atsuro glance at her, before turning his attention back to Cecil with an amused look.]

For some reason, I don't think Lady would be the type.

Wonderful. You should be safe from... ovoid surprises, then, unless your other Pokémon witnessed this.

Unless Lady tattle to them, they shouldn't know about this...unless they can hear us from their Pokeballs.

...Can they hear us from their pokéballs?

[Important question right there, but Lydia just shrugs.]

...I don't know, actually.

[He glance down at his Pokéballs, and then at Lady. Lady blinks, before shrugging.]

...That's two of them that refuse to answer. Should we worry?

Yeah...I think we should. I'll ask my other Pokemon about it.

So will I. ...Except Avenger and Dora, just in case.

They're pranksters-type or something?

A Banette and a Hydreigon. That should say everything.

Oooh, Banette. That explains it. [Atsuro reach for his pokedex to check on Hydreigon's entry.

"This brutal Pokémon travels the skies on its six wings. Anything that moves seems like a foe to it, triggering its attack."

Welp.]

And I kinda understand why on Hydreigon's part.

[Cecil and Lydia somehow manage to both sigh at the same time.]

They're... not as bad as they once were, but I'm still wary of their answers to my questions.

Day 34 - [Video] | [Action] at Celadon Gym [Backdated to 19th]

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