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Comments

Pokegear

[fearinahandfulof]

They don't all look like that. None of mine do.

It's probably not evolved yet.

[Cassandra is not sure she'd call it stupid-looking, but it does look a bit strange, and not very intimidating. Then again, it's probably young, or what passes for young among unevolved Pokemon.]

[stopinthenameofawe]

evolved?

[that... actually sounds like potentially useful information. carry on stranger.]

[fearinahandfulof]

Some of them start in one form and then change to another when they grow stronger, or if you give them a specific item, or once they decide they really trust you. Some of them even evolve more than once.

[stopinthenameofawe]

huh

good to know

how do you find out if they can do that?

[she hopes this one doesn't have the trust requirement. she's not... great at that kind of thing........]

[fearinahandfulof]

Sometimes it will say in the Pokedex thing. But I think those mostly contain only those Pokemon you've seen and... scanned? with it, so that's not always helpful.

[Cassandra had found out that two of her Pokemon could evolve when they evolved.]

There's also a Training School in Violet City that has information. From what I've there, it's more common for Pokemon to evolve than not to.

[stopinthenameofawe]

i see

thanks. i might want to check that out, assuming they generally know stuff about all this

[fearinahandfulof]

I think one of the other regions has a library, but I don't know if the larger cities in this one do.

[stopinthenameofawe]

[ugh libraries]

i think hands on training would suit me better

[fearinahandfulof]

It's mostly better for me too

[It's just that this world has so many things she doesn't understand.]

[stopinthenameofawe]

guessing you've been around the school a fair amount? what's it like?

[fearinahandfulof]

It's taken some getting used to.

[Because Cassandra's experience with "training" had been very different.]

There are a lot of different classes about things like breeding Pokemon and bonding with them, and a lot of classes about battling specifically - Pokemon types, moves, resistances and weaknesses, and things like that. Those classes tend to include actual battles as tests.

Has anyone told you about battles yet?

[stopinthenameofawe]

Got a brief overview, but nothing specific.

[fearinahandfulof]

It makes more sense to me when it's wild Pokemon attacking. When that happens, you send a Pokemon out to defend against it, and then when that battle is over you
heal your Pokemon and go on your way again. But sometimes it will be other Trainers waiting for people to pass them by so they can challenge them and their Pokemon. It's mostly considered bad or rude to reject a challenge, from what I've seen.

[No, she doesn't like it.]

There are also very strong trainers who've set up locations where people come to fight them. If you beat them, they reward you with money and other privileges. I haven't done anything with them, so I can't tell you how that works specifically.

[stopinthenameofawe]

[huh. well that explains a little of what she's heard in training, but.]

are there rewards for fighting trainers who aren't them, or do people just challenge each other for practice?

[fearinahandfulof]

Trainers who challenge you and lose will give you money, but it's not very much, so I think they probably do it more for practice.

[stopinthenameofawe]

i mean if they're trying to beat the big guys i guess it makes sense

weird that you can't say no though

[fearinahandfulof]

A lot of things about this place are strange.

[Like coffee shops.]

[stopinthenameofawe]

I'm definitely getting that impression

[fearinahandfulof]

The woman who pretends or thinks she's everyone's mother is very strange.

[Cassandra's still not sure if that was an act or not.]

[stopinthenameofawe]

[melissa hasn't got a clue what cassandra's talking about-- but also yeah that's really strange.]

why would anyone ever do that

[fearinahandfulof]

I don't know.

[It still doesn't make any sense to Cassandra, unless the woman was ill in some way.]