ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Well, it's different. It's not every day that you come into possession of a Torchic chimera.

The idea of a Ferliagatr/Blaziken hybrid does sound awesome though. I wonder if he or she will have blue feathers or something?

- Shrugs -

Or maybe it'll just have an unusually high resistance to water type attacks?

Or it could be part Water. That would be cool.

Would it be considered legal for use, though?

That could be a problem. We'll have to ask some officials about that.

-Finds his way to the rest of the group-

Hi, guys.

Meanwhile I walk away slowly with Maekrite and Rufus, whistling while behind us, a gas station burts into flames.

— ...That'll be a concern..

Rufus — <Uh... I didn't intend for that to happen... Am I gonna be OK?>

Maekrite (brushing carefully against him) — <Don't worry, I guess I can take the blame. It's not like bad things keep happening to me anyway...>

— Maekrite...

When we turn around a corner, then I see Every's stand by the way.

— ... Well, we need a distraction. What about we go buy some TM stuff? — to the Sandile — Anything you'd like?

Rufus — <Well... I'd be glad... I don't know much about what attack can I learn though.>

Maekrite — <Oh, we'll find out there...>

We walk to the stand unflinchingly.

— Hey, Every! Still seeling TMs?

(sees Silent) Until I can sell six more, yes. Would you like to buy something?

Hi Straw.

Unite: <Did something just explode?>

Woolly: -Shrugs.-

— Well... lemme see. A Water Pulse for one... — points to Rufus — and something STAB-y that he can learn.

Maekrite — <Can I ask for a TM?>

— You already got your own

Maekrite — <Not for me... I wanted to give Lake a gift...>

— Hm... I'm not sure he doesn't know every attack he can already, but yeah, we'll see... — turns to Every — Oh and I'd like to review some of your... old T Ms collection again...

Velvet: (walks over to Luke's Pokémon) <Excuse me, miss Flare?>

Okay. Water Pulse, Dig...does the Sandile know Dig? And as for old T Ms, we got a new shipment, and it has a copy of Fissure. I think the stallowner's been doing some black-market business....

Flare: <Hiya, Velvet. What's up?>

Velvet: <Well, since you're going to be a mother, I just thought I'd congratulate you.>

Flare: <Aww, thanks Velvet.> -Pats Velvet on the head.- <Hey, you're a mother too, aren't you? Do you have any advice for me? I could really use some.>

Random Police Officer — Hey, shouldn't we be pulling out that fire?

Random Fireman — Wouldn't care. We're going to see some Psyduck!

Both — WHOOO HOOOO!

— Oh, Fissure! That sounds like something that Dintel will like! — shelves out money — and the Dig for Rufus too. I'm sure you can learn it.

Rufus — <Thanks! Although I guess I could learn that on my own...>

— Then let's add a Grass Knot TM for good measure. Just in case a pesky Water-type messes with you.

Rufus — <Sounds like an interesting move!>

Maekrite — <Uh, ask for the old forbidden curse!>

— The what...? Oh, yeah... — leans forward — Don't you happen to have a Curse TM, do you?

-takes money-

I do, actually. Please don't tell anyone, I'll probably get arrested or something. Heck, I'm reporting the stallowner to the authorities the second I'm out of this job.

Velvet: (nods) <Well, yes. I do have kids.> (thinks for a moment) <Well, I'm not sure what kind of advice I can offer... At least DS has pointed out one of the things I've been doing wrong in my parenting, mainly that I seem to pay more attention to my daughter than to my two sons.> (shrugs) <But, since you only have one child (at least for now) you obviously won't have that problem.>

Flare: <Yeah, I don't think that'll be a problem. But if I have any more kids, I'll try not to plat favourites with them.>

Rufus — <Oh... that man is bad with you?>

— Every... I guess he's got you selling TM here by force, somehow?

-Uncashes some extra money while thinking of a sixth TM...

Maekrite (gleefully swinging horn) — <Well, no more slave,    not if I have anything to say about it!   >

Rufus and I look at Maekrite curiously.

Maekrite (Beats) — <...What???>

Not so much by force, but my Toxicroak ate his lunch, so he got me to work here to pay off the debt, since I didn't have the money at the time. Seriously, guy must have been eating solid gold Quagsire or something.

...Dintel's a Sandshrew, right? Does he know Rollout; because I have a TM for it.

edited 4th Jul '11 1:41:17 PM by memyselfandI2

— Rollout? — thinks for a while — Nope... and now that you mention it, he'd love to learn it. — uncashes more money — Yeah, cart it too! Will make a nice sextet!

Rufus — <Hey, Maekrite, why is your Trainer buying from this guy this much?>

Maekrite (lowers ears) — <Well, I guess it's my fault... Trainer must feel guilty because I almost destroyed this place yesterday...>

Rufus — <Ouch... what happened?>

Maekrite — <...Got confused... don't remember much clearly, but I know I did something bad...>

edited 4th Jul '11 1:46:55 PM by SilentReverence

Anyway, it would appear that I'm fighting Blue in the 6th round.

Blue, huh? Well, good luck with that.

- Glances down at the ground for a brief moment -