seasaltkeys | Day 22 - [Video/action for Goldenrod]

[Feed clicks on to see a pretty fierce pokemon battle going on. Roxas is going for the Plain badge today, and he seems to be doing pretty well. Girafarig and Clefable. All that's left is Miltank]

Slowpoke, use headbutt!

[A pink blur that seems to stun Miltank]

Use Rollout!

[Miltank curls into a ball and speeds towards Slowpoke. Roxas tells him to dodge but it doesn't work. He recalls Slowpoke]

Your foe's weak, Sparky! Get him!

Ka-chu!

[Another rollout, that Sparky managed to dodge, and then counters with Slam, which stuns the Miltank]

Finish it with thunder!

PI-KA-CHU!

[The bright light of the attack fills the screen, and when it fades there is one knocked out Miltank, and one satisfied Pikachu. Who might be posing. Roxas just has a bit of a smirk. At least, until Winry starts crying]

Uwaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh! You big meany! Just take the stupid badge!

[Roxas catches the badge deftly. But isn't so successful with the squirtbottle. Sparky catches the TM]

You know, it was a good battle. You shouldn't cry.

[And with that, he'll pick up the pokegear and leave the gym, feeling pretty pleased with himself. If you want action, you can catch him just leaving the gym or getting ice cream. Because even though it's cold the situation calls for ice cream. If your name is Vanitas you will be getting text. I'll still be tagging the Christmas entry as well, if you want to continue a thread there.]

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That sounds... surprising, for a Gym leader whose duty is to be defeated by trainers.

Yeah, it is kind of weird. Maybe it's because she's young?

Which makes one wonder why she was chosen as a Gym leader. Perhaps the position is hereditary?

Yeah maybe. That's how it worked with Falkner, right?

You're right, I think he might have mentioned something about that. But this one doesn't seem ready to inherit such an important role. A few more uears of experience would do her some good.

Well, she's a good trainer when it comes to battling. It's just taking defeat.

[And he goes quiet. He doesn't take looking well either]

...That might sound harsh, but considering how many of us have defeated her, you would think that she'd get used to it. I truly doubt she was was expecting every single challenger to fail.

Maybe. [sigh] But if it was a good battle, shouldn't you feel good even though you lost?

Edited 2010-12-31 01:05 (UTC)

Indeed, especially under these circumstances. Should we lose, we can always try again. Should she lose, her position is not threatened, as far as we know. This sort of environment should lead to good sportsmanship.

It's really weird.

...Gym leaders tend to lose a lot. Perhaps she simply wishes to win for once...?

Even though it seems to be a gym leader's job to lose, that makes sense. Losing all the time can't be fun.

That's true. But if we were to challenge her once more and lose, she might feel insulted. So she'll have to hope that unprepared trainers will try to defeat her, if she wants to win.

I guess we'll have to leave to the unprepared Trainers then.

At least Falkner gets the overenthusiastic newcomers. By the third badge, most people know better.

Yeah. But then there are people who get the badges out of order.

True. I still need to earn Azalea's.

Edited 2011-01-01 00:02 (UTC)

You haven't gotten it yet?

After those missing days, I found myself near Ecruteak. I decided to go south through Goldenrod; thus I have not yet visited Azalea.

Oh. I haven't ended up anywhere weird, so I haven't skipped anything yet.

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