#guy who is so normal about the galarian birds. so normal that it has matching jackets for each of them it had custom made

[skrelpson]

Behold! Updated Rye (I forgot his glasses the first time rip)

I've been thinking about him a loooot recently. Dissecting a character who was originally supposed to be happy and go lucky really does something to you

[mha-quotes-and-such]

If you were to make some characters of your choice pokemon gym leaders what would their teams be like?

Ok I always Love Pokemon themed asks so I got a Little carried away on this one. I decided to make pro-heroes, 1A, and villains each their own league of eight gyms! Each one has their position (first gym you encounter, second gym you encounter, etc), their type, and team!

Pro-Heroes

The first gym is Edgeshot, who uses steel types due to ninjas using swords, and his ability to become extremely sharp. He uses a single Honedge as steel is a more powerful type, so I figured giving him 1+ Pokemon would be unfair

For the second gym we have Snipe, who uses ground types due to him being a cowboy, which are generally associated with the American mid/south west and Mexico, which are mostly desert or farmlands. He uses Mudbray, as it evolves into a horse, and Silicobra, as its evolution is based in part on sidewinders (a snake from Mexico and the American Southwest) and double-barreled guns

The third gym would be Present Mic, who uses normal types as it is used as a catchall for sound based Pokemon. He uses Chatot, Loudred, and Jigglypuff all for their relation to sound/singing

The fourth gym is Aizawa, who uses dark types. I'm gonna be honest this was purely a choice of vibes. He uses an Alolan Persian and Purrloin because I couldn't not give him cats, and Morgrem due to it and Grimmsnarl using their hair similar to how Aizawa uses his scarf

Midnight is the fifth gym, and she uses poison types. I was between fairy and poison for her, but went with poison as her quirk kind of acts like an air-borne toxin, and I wanted to give her Salazzle. That being said, she uses Salazzle because Look At It, and Roselia and Glimmora for their pretty, floral looks as her quirk reminds me a lot of the move sweet scent, which is learned by a lot of grass types/flower-based Pokemon

Hawks is up next as the sixth gym, with flying types. Honestly I was pretty uninspired when it came to him, so he has Pidgeot, Swellow, and Talonflame as they're all powerful and/or fast birds that share one or all of their colors with him

Next up is All Might as the seventh gym leader with fighting types, due to his physical strength and fighting style, as well as the fighting type being known for having a lot of "just" Pokemon. He uses Machoke for its appearance, Falinks for their skilled and organized fighting style, and Lucario and Gallade for their just and knightly attributes

Finally Endeavor is the eighth gym leader, and of course uses fire types. His team is exclusively based on physically large and powerful Pokemon, because lets be real thats all he gives a shit about. He uses Magmortar, Emboar, Incineroar, and Camerupt

Class 1A

The first gym is Kirishima, who uses Rock types. He uses Geodude and Rockruff for reasons of them being neat little guys who I think he'd like

The second gym is Iida, who uses Steel types. His only Pokemon is Skarmory, due to it being on the faster end of steel types and sharing a similar color scheme to Iida. Like Edgeshot, he only uses one Pokemon since its so powerful so early on

For the third gym we have Uraraka who uses fairy types as many have magic that can make things float, and they overall match her vibe. She uses Togetic, as I wanted to give her a dual flying type, and Clefable

Kaminari is the fourth gym with electric types. He uses Pikachu (who hasn't seen him called Pikachu before?), as well as Blitzle and Electabuzz as I feel they fit his style and color scheme

The fifth gym is Mina, who uses poison types. Her Pokemon were honestly picked entirely on vibes; she uses Sliggoo, Galarian Slowbro, and Toxapex

Tokoyami is the sixth gym leader with dark types. He uses Honchkrow and Mandibuzz for the bird theme. He also uses a Lokix due to its showdown form. It reminds me a lot of dark shadow as it becomes much stronger but takes a toll on its body, similar to how dark shadow can really strain Tokoyami

The seventh gym, is Midoriya, who uses normal types. I know people usually associate him with fighting types, but I thought it would be cool to give him normal types - he'd be the type to give a chance to one of the weaker types. His team mostly revolves around the Pokemons' personalities. He uses Kangaskhan, as its willing to injure itself to defend its family, Blissey as it attempts to help any person or Pokemon it can, and Lopunny as it looks cute but is a powerful fighter

Finally Todoroki is the eighth gym, and uses ice types. I went with ice since he originally used exclusively ice, but all of his Pokemon have a connection to fire types. He uses Alolan Ninetales, whose regular form is a fire type, Galarian Darmanitan, which is ice/fire type, Glaceon, who is related to the fire type Flareon, and Snowy Form Castform, who can turn into the fire type sunny form

Villains

The first gym is Toga, who uses fairy types simply because she thinks theyre cute. She uses Impidimp for its mischievous personality and Spritzee as she finds it cute (also that whole thing with the bird when she was a kid)

The second gym is Muscular with fighting types. He uses a Mankey due to its extremely aggressive temperament, and Machop since Machoke and Machamp sort of look like him

Mr Compress is the third gym leader with psychic types. He uses Kadabra since its based on common real life magicians/magic acts, and Spoink since its pearl is the source of its power similar to how Compress's power is his marbles

Kurogiri is the fourth gym leader and he uses ghost types. He uses Spiritomb due to its resemblance to him, and Yamask as it was formerly a human, the same way he was

The fifth gym leader is Geten with ice type Pokemon. He uses Glalie (I think Snorunt looks like him), as well as Sneasel and Cloyster since theyre powerful and darker/aggressive than a lot of other ice types

Magne is the sixth gym leader and she uses steel types. Her Pokemon are Magneton for its relation to magnets, Tinkatuff for using its hammer how she uses her magnetic pillar, and Metang

The seventh gym is Shigaraki, who uses dark types. He has a Zweilous, as its evolution is known for acting out aggressively due to being disliked/outcast. He also uses Bomberdier for its very childish behavior, and Malamar as it controls others and influences historic events

Finally is Dabi who uses fire types. I wanted him to almost be a dual fire/ghost type user, as a lot of ghost types fit his darker theme, or feelings of abandonment. He uses Alolan Marowak, Chandelure, Houndoom and Ceruledge

[misskikuwrites]

Recognitions and Realisations

Bede/Gloria (Dressedinpinkshipping)

Post-game spoilers

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Gloria's heart froze at the power spot detector readings. There was a surge at Ballonlea. A spike at the Fairy Gym. Where Bede was.

"Bede…!" Gloria gasped, causing Hop and Piers to glance back at her. Without thinking, without explaining herself, Gloria called out her Corviknight and leapt onto it's back.

"Hold on - Gloria?!" Hop cried as Gloria took to the sky in a flash, a blur of dark wings shooting skyward.

She didn't care about the rules. About taking a sky taxi, about the laws she was breaking by clinging desperately to the back of her own pokemon as she flew over Galar. There was a rampaging dynamaxed pokemon at Ballonlea's Gym. Bede's Gym.

There was no time to waste.

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Bede huffed, heading into the lobby of his Gym from the stadium and shaking his head. Since when was it the duty of a gym leader to defeat stray dynamaxed pokemon in their own stadium? The whole debacle had been a waste of his precious time and effort. Hadn't even been a challenge. A few precise hits of Iron Head from his Mawile had the giant Hatterene reverting into its normal form in no time.

And now he had a trashed stadium to deal with.

Bede tsked, preparing himself to head back in there to begin the tedious cleanup process when the automatic doors to the Gym opened. He stifled a huff in his throat, ready to explain that the Gym was closed, when a familiar voice called his name. A voice that made his heart skip.

"Bede!"

He caught a flash of pink. A blur of motion before a body slammed into his, arms wrapping tight around his neck. A rush of heat surged through his body. Coursed right to his face as Gloria hugged him close. Tight. Her body pulled flush against him.

"Wh-Wh-What are you doing?!" Bede yelped in horrified indignation, his arms flailing at his sides in the open air. Stuck between pushing her away and pulling her closer. Surrendering to her hug.

No, he was not- he was not thinking of hugging her back.

"G-Get off me!" Bede squawked. He pushed her shoulders away and she peeled off him, stepping back with giddy relief on her face.

Gloria gave an embarrassed laugh. "Sorry! It's just… you're okay! You're not hurt!" She cased him up and down quickly with her eyes. "When I saw the power spot readings, I got so worried I came over here without thinking."

Bede scoffed, folding his arms and forcing the remaining tingle of heat off his cheeks. "You think I, the elite Fairy-type Gym Leader, would have any kind of trouble?" The concern lingering in her eyes had his chest warm strangely. "Please… please don't tell me you came here to help?"

Did she really think him that weak?

Her cheeks coloured and a weight dropped in Bede's stomach. She really thought that…

"First of all, you're a bit late to be of any use," Bede continued, "and second, I didn't need any help."

"Right. Of course." Gloria nodded, breathing a nervous laugh. "You'd have no trouble with a dynamaxed pokemon."

Realising how stupid she must have looked, rushing over here in a flustered panic, made her flush.

"It's just… with those two weirdos and them stealing all the wishing stars, I-I didn't know if they were going to dynamax more pokemon this time or…" She was rambling.

"Hold on. Who stole the wishing stars?"

Gloria stiffened. She shouldn't have mentioned that. Bede's gaze hardened. A riot of emotions swirled behind his eyes, dampening the light she had only recently come to notice.

"Um…" she shot her eyes away. Bede stepped closer.

"Explain yourself. Now." He stepped into her personal space, giving her no option but to look at him. Her cheeks coloured a rosy pink, her eyes flickering across his face, his smooth porcelain features as if taking it all in at once. It made that strange feeling flutter in his stomach again.

Why was she looking at him like that?

"Stop gawking at me and explain yourself. Who stole the wishing stars?" He wouldn't step back. Wouldn't give in, wouldn't back away and let her win. He wasn't going to give up that easily, even with the fluttering in his belly spreading to his lungs.

"They… um… these two guys stole them from Sonia. They used her assistant. Their names are… uh, Sordward and Shielbert, I think."

Bede's glare became incredulous.

"I'm serious!" Gloria huffed. "They've been forcing wishing stars on pokemon and making them dynamax against their will. We've been following the power spot readings in order to track them."

Bede scowled at the wall behind Gloria. "And they took the wishing stars? All of them?"

"Yeah…" Gloria nodded slowly. She stepped back and pulled out her Rotom phone, bringing up the power spot locations again. "I guess if everything's been handled here then I should-"

"Oh, no you don't. You're not getting away that easily. I challenge you to a battle!"

Gloria balked at him. "What? Now?"

Determination hardened in Bede's eyes. "That's right! My whole life has been determined by other people for so long, even Oleana tricked and manipulated me… From now on, only I decide how I want to live!"

Gloria swallowed, heart fluttering. He always spoke like that, so dramatic and eloquent and forceful. His stunning violet eyes levelled on hers.

"And I think what I should do now is have a battle with you, Gloria! Your only option is to accept!"

The fire in his eyes sparked a competitive blaze inside her. "You're on!" She drew out a Pokeball, expanded it in her hand. A smile cocked her lips.

Bede smiled in return. "My Pokemon and I have risen from the ashes… I'll grant you a brief glimpse at how amazing we've become!"

Pokeballs flew as the two sent out their first Pokemon. Bede's Mawile against Gloria's Cinderace. She grinned at the obvious type advantage she had.

"My days as a Gym Leader have made me stronger than you," Bede said. Despite facing down her Fire type, the confidence in his eyes didn't waver. "You just might be the strongest Champion in Galarian history… so I'll carve my name into Galar's history too - by defeating you!"

Gloria grinned. "I'm not going down that easily! Cinderace - use Pyro Ball!"

"Dodge it!"

Mawile couldn't scramble fast enough out of the path of the blazing Pyro Ball. One scorching hit and Mawile fainted. Bede tsked but didn't flinch, sending out his Gardevoir.

"Again, Pyro Ball!"

Bede's Gardevoir spun out of the way, graceful as a dancer as the fireball streaked past.

"Future sight!"

The Gardevoir prepared a psychic attack, leaving her open for another shot of a Pyro Ball. It struck head on, Gardevoir fainting with a cry.

Bede stiffened and drew out his Rapidash without a word. His Rapidash was faster than her Cinderace, striking with a flurry of Psycho Cuts. Gloria's Cinderace took them head on, bracing with his arms before the Future Sight attack hit.

"Cinderace!"

The fire rabbit collapsed to his knees and fainted. Gloria recalled Cinderace and grit her teeth. Bede had gotten stronger but she wasn't done yet.

"Go, Corviknight!"

Bede scowled at the second type advantage she had over him. Her damned Corviknight and it's steel wing.

But he had his Rapidash and her speed. He used the Corviknight's lack of accuracy with it's attacks to his advantage, his Rapidash galloping circles around the steel bird.

"Oh, come on!" Gloria cried as the third Steel Wing missed. "Fine then - use Brave Bird!"

"Dodge it!"

Corviknight came in hard and fast, finally slamming into its target and knocking the Rapidash out cold.

"Yes!" Gloria pumped her fists and Bede stole his eyes away from that cute habit of hers and sent out his Hatterene. Now wasn't the time to get distracted.

Not that she was distracting in any way, shape, or form.

At all.

Gloria grinned at Bede's final pokemon. His Hatterene was powerful, yes, but it was also slower than her Corviknight. This battle was as good as over.

"Steel wing!"

The corner of Bede's mouth pulled up and Gloria realised too late he had planned on that. On her confidence.

Her overconfidence.

"Mystical fire!"

"No!"

Gloria's Corviknight flew head on into the blaze of fire that roared out from Bede's Hatterene. The fire was blinding, an explosion of light filling the lobby until it faded, revealing Gloria's Corviknight fainted on the floor.

The smirk on Bede's face made Gloria flush in embarrassment. She recalled her fainted pokemon and looked through her remaining team. With that Fire move both her Froslass and Tsareena were at a disadvantage. And her Haxorus was out of the question.

Gloria snatched her Gyarados' Pokeball and sent it out. She'd have to do with this.

Bede still had that smirk on his face. That smug grin he always wore during battle. Nowadays though, it accompanied a sparkle in his eyes.

Had he changed up his Hatterene's moveset just to counter her pokemon? Gloria threw that thought away. All steel types were weak to fire - any Fairy-type trainer would have a way to counter them. Especially Bede.

"Gyarados - use Hydropump!" It was time to hit hard.

The blast of water buffeted the Hatterene but it stood strong. For a moment, Gloria almost thought she saw a smirk on the Hatterene's face that matched Bede's.

"Use Psychic!"

Enough special attack moves, then, Gloria thought as her Gyarados braced through the Psychic. "Aqua Tail!"

With a crash of Gyarados' heavy tail, Bede's Hatterene shuddered and fainted.

The battle was over.

Gloria breathed a sigh of relief before pumping her fists in celebration. "Yes! We did it!" She praised her Gyarados before recalling him into his Pokeball.

Bede huffed as he recalled his Hatterene and muttered, "there must be some mistake… I mean, I'm the one who's the Gym Leader!"

Gloria grin softened as she approached Bede, finding the words to say in her mouth to thank him for the battle. Before she could say anything, though, Bede stuck out his hand.

"Thanks for the battle," he said quietly, taking Gloria's hand in a quick handshake before turning away. "I guess… I can now accept you as Champion."

If it wasn't Bede who was speaking, Gloria would've thought she'd heard a slight tremble in his voice.

"It's painful to admit, but I've come to understand a few of my weaknesses." Bede turned back to her, that determined glimmer in his eyes shining bright again. "But I'll keep getting stronger. I'll reach the pinnacle of what Fairy types can do."

Gloria smiled. "I look forward to it!"

Bede tore his eyes away from her smile, mouth opening to speak when the Gym doors opened again and Hop and Piers strode in.

"What are you doing here?" Bede scowled. "You're much too late to be of any use."

"We're not here for you," Hop countered, powering over to Gloria. "Gloria! What were you thinking, taking off on your Corviknight like that? What if something had happened or you'd been caught?"

Gloria flushed darkly as she felt Bede's eyes fall on her.

"You flew on your own Corviknight?" Bede asked, voice incredulous. "What on earth caused you to do something so foolishly reckless? Do you have no concept of self preservation?"

"Hey! It's your fault she flew here like that!"

Bede turned his scowl onto Hop again. "You're blaming me for the Champion's recklessness? Last I checked she was her own person."

"H-Hop!" Gloria squeaked.

"You're so ungrateful! She did that because she was worried about your pompous mug, though I can't see why when you're always trying to prove you're better than everyone else!"

"All right, that's enough kids," Piers said in a bored tone, stepping between Hop and Bede.

"I'm not a kid," Hop argued.

Bede, however, turned his gaze to Gloria. That strange fluttering in his belly returned, warming at the dusting of pink on her cheeks.

"You… you did something so damnably foolish because of me?"

His heart thumped an unsettled beat.

"I-I was worried about you," Gloria muttered. "Who knows if those two weirdos were going to show up here and cause more chaos…"

"Bit late for that," Hop said. "There's three more Gyms with surging power spot readings, remember?"

Gloria sighed pensively and took out her Rotom phone. She tried not to stiffen as Bede leant over her shoulder to see as well. "They're at Stow-on-Side, Circhester and Hammerlocke. Just how many pokemon are they going to dynamax?"

"We don't have time to waste! Let's go find those two weirdos and take back the shield!" Hop cried, whirling on his feet to leave.

Gloria went to follow when Bede caught her wrist. "Hold on."

Gloria stilled, meeting Bede's gaze as Hop and Piers left the Gym to call them a sky taxi. Bede's hand was warm around her wrist.

"What is it?"

He stood close. There was something in his eyes she couldn't place. He released her wrist as quickly as he had taken it, holding out a league card to her.

"Here," he said stiffly, shoving the card at her. "Since you're the Champion and all… if anything ever happens, I suppose you could call on me."

Gloria took the card and flipped it over in her hand. "This is…"

Bede's rare league card. Him wearing his Fairy Gym uniform, eyes sparkling as they did when he battled. It was signed neatly in the corner with his name.

Gloria glanced up to meet Bede's eyes and he stole his away.

"They printed too many of them," Bede said hurriedly. He wasn't looking at her, a faint dusting of rose on his cheeks. "May as well give you one."

Gloria's heart warmed. "Thanks, Bede." She slipped her bag off her shoulder and dug around for a moment before producing a card of her own. "You can have mine, then!"

Bede took it from her, not even glancing at the card, and nodded silently.

"I've got to go but I guess I'll see you around if I ever need anything!" Gloria gave him a brisk wave and trotted away.

Bede curtly waved the moment she was already gone and let out a breathless sigh. He turned the card she'd given him over in his fingers and his breath caught.

It was Gloria's rare league card of course, but that wasn't what stunned him. She was wearing her Champion's gear, the photo framed on her face as she wore that determined smile of hers, brown hair curled lusciously down her shoulders. Her signature adjourned the bottom half of the card, a tiny heart drawn beside it.

Bede snatched the card away and shoved it deep into his pocket. It was just a spare. Unlike the card he had given her, this had to be one she had lying around in her bag. The heart meant nothing.

Nothing at all.

And yet the card felt like it burned his skin through his pockets.

He wasn't going to be able to forget it for a long time.

[1wngdngl]

Pokemon Shield playthrough - Part 4

Sorry it’s been a while, but I’m back with another post. This one covers getting the first Gym badge.

First, let’s hang out the the Wild Area on this beautiful evening.

Hanging out in the camp. My Pokemon can get quite competitive seeing who can get the ball first.

It’s weird seeing this fiery coal monster playing happily.

Okay, enough of that. It’s time to enter the mines.

It’s really pretty in here, with gemstones practically falling out of the walls. I don’t think real mines are /quite/ this abundant.

Also, this is the first cave area in the game, and it’s where you realize that there are no true “random” battles in the game  - you can always see the Pokemon coming and have a chance to get away. It makes the cave more exciting, seeing Pokemon chasing after you.

A secret exit leads to this TM.

Oh, also apparently the “headphones” item I got earlier just lets you adjust sound levels in the options. Not sure why they would make that an in-game unlockable instead of just being there from the start...

Some more screenshots of the lovely mines. I bet Sableye love this place.

I acquire what seems to be a new type of hold item. When I first saw “heavy boots”, I thought of the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time ;)

Oh, and I finally get to fight this guy. The developers seem to have deliberately made him as aggravating as possible.

He seem to be on a mission to collect Wishing Stars, which are (iirc) what powers the Dynamax bands. Is he trying to keep other trainers from having access to Dynamax, thus reducing their chances of winning the Gym Challenge? Or maybe he’s collecting them to power something else, perhaps on behalf of the Chairman?

He uses this really weird new Pokemon, that seems like it might be a Psychic-type, or maybe Fairy. What’s up with the hat it wears?

Finally, I reach the end of the mines. It was actually a pretty short trip - I hope future dungeons have more to do.

Out in the sun again on Route 4. It’s a route of gentle hills and golden grain, with Turffield nestled in a bowl in the middle.

I’m happy to see that you can encounter Eevee in the wild again, making it much easier to get all of its evolutions.

Pumpkaboo reappear, and they still come in different sizes.

And here’s a surprise - a Galarian Meowth! My Mystery Gift Meowth didn’t look like this, so I was never expecting to see /another/ regional variant for this Pokemon. It looks like something from “Where the Wild Things Are”.

This variant is a Steel-type, weirdly enough. It has a massive beard too. I wonder what on earth Galarian Persian looks like?

And here’s the mascot himself, ladies and gentlemen. It weirds me out how Pikachu and Eevee have the voice-acted cries; while all the other Pokemon get their naturalistic, animal-sounding cries. I wonder how all of Eevee’s evolutions will sound?

Our first true meeting with Milo.

I finally manage to catch my own Milcery. Since it’s called the “Cream” Pokemon, it definitely has to evolve into Alcreamie somehow...

I really want to have a Fairy on the team, so Jake the Wooloo gets booted off.

Hmm, maybe I can use these sweets to evolve Milcery? Are there different flavors of sweets?

I make it to Turffield, where good ol’ Hop is waiting for me.

Before doing the story stuff, I first check the bounds of how far I’m allowed to go. Here’s a literal broken bridge stopping me.

New types of jobs are available now. There's some strategy in choosing which Pokemon to send, since a lot of Pokemon have two types. It might be best to start with the job that requires rare types like Ghost, so that you can use each Pokemon most efficiently.

It looks like progressing in the game will give you new backgrounds for your League Card. This one featuring tiny Wooloo seems to be unlocked by reaching Turffield.

I now have the ability to try the daily lotto. I’m so happy all these features are right in the Pokemon Center so you don’t have to go hunting for them.

Of course, I’ve only had like one trade so far, so I don't have loads of trainer ID’s to help me win...

I go back to the camp I passed on the way and hang out for a bit. I’m so glad there are NPC camps for people who don’t have the online service. This one even has two trainers in it.

We make probably the best curry ever.

Before going to the Gym, I explore a bit around the village. It’s very pastoral, but has some interesting rock structures too. The paths can get a bit confusing with lots of dead-ends.

At the hillside overlook, I run into Sonia again, who contemplates what the glyph could represent. It must be some kind of legendary Pokemon, and I’ll probably have to fight it at some point in order to save the region.

Maybe the Chairman has a plan to release lots of Dynamax energy into the environment, thus causing /all/ wild Pokemon to turn huge and powerful? But he already basically controls the region - what would he need an army of big Pokemon for?

I really like that you can get actual water from this water fountain. And only /this/ water fountain, apparently.

This small girl presents us with a confusing riddle.

Ugh, I can't quite get my face to line up. The Pokemon on the right is obviously that squirrel, but what’s this big rock one that seems to be made out of glyph stones?

Okay, time to go to the Gym. First, here’s a re-cap of my current team.

I wonder how the Gym leaders get assigned their League numbers. Is August 31 his birthday or something?

Oh look, it’s the Pokeball cosplayer again. From a distance, his face looks like a weird bird.

I trade away my cool Galarian Meowth for a boring normal Meowth. I wonder if /both/ types of Meowth can Gigantamax?

This is the most ridiculous mission ever. The things I do for fame. Me - a sheep herder!

There are also annoying trainers that keep getting in the way. Can I instruct the herd of Wooloo to just stampede over these guys?

Counting /these/ sheep won’t put anyone to sleep.

I wonder how long it takes to reset the mission each time someone clears it. Oh well, not my problem.

Finally, we are on to the first Gym leader - this child-faced, buff farmer-dude.

I am so ready :)

There’s something kind of creepy about Milo’s face. His freckles make it look like he doesn’t have a nose.

You know, I just realized this Gym is probably horrible for spectators with allergies.

Another easy victory for me and my lump of coal.

I get my first badge! Looks like all the badges fit together into one big mosaic. I wonder how the merchandisers will handle creating real-world replica badges.

Can’t say no to free clothes. Maybe I”ll wear it at the next Gym.

I love that NPC’s are starting to recognize me. When I finally have my championship match, you think my mom will bother to come watch in person?

I also solved the riddle and found this item. You want it too? Then figure it out yourself ;)

I am now allowed to cross the bridge to Route 5, but I decide to hold off for the moment (this post is long enough anyways ;) )

First, I give another go at the lottery, but I only get milk as a prize. What if I was lactose-intolerant, huh?

My Pokemon are making quite a name for themselves on the job market.

Then I spend quite a while exploring more parts of the Wild Area. It really makes for some great screenshots.

This bug Pokemon is apparently super-rare, so I was lucky to find one in a Max Raid Battle.

Of course, I already have both a Bug and a Fire type, so you know where this one’s going :)

More lovely screenshots.

I can’t wait to get to that distant dragon city beyond the bridge.

I tried really hard to see if my trainer would jump off this cliff. Come on, the water will break your fall! ^.^

It’s scary seeing a Corviknight just flying around - they’re huge!

I’m kinda disappointed there are no actual giants here.

Another raid battle done. I love that you get a bone for beating a dog.

Finally, something fun to end this post with: November 21st was my birthday :)