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Lucky Swirl
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>B, with the sign and a helping of valid concern
I’ll go, but the kid is looking for me. I should be able to Dig away, but I don’t want to get trapped and captured if something goes wrong.
That’s true. I can put all of his Pokemon to sleep, at least. Even him, if it comes to that, though it’s not very responsible to leave a kid unconscious in the middle of a city.
I’ll bring the sign, but I’m not sure how he’ll react to it. Your trainer…she could contact Lanette, right?
She could send a letter. I don’t think she has Lanette’s PokeNav number.
I’m sure she’s really cool and nice, but why do you want me to meet her? I could, uh, be secretly evil and seduce her or something.
Hahaha, I doubt you’d do that. I think it’d just be nice if she saw that I had made some other Pokemon friends. Eevee would never risk going through Mauville and I don’t get out enough to make other lasting connections.
Somewhat reassured, you fetch your trusty sign and meet Smeargle at the entrance to the den.
>Dig tunnels everywhere
Unfortunately traveling aboveground is still faster than trying to tunnel through an entire city, especially with the electrified underground lines from the power plant to worry about.
>Why is the kid still around here?
There’s a ton of stuff to explore and trainers to battle in Mauville, not to mention the restaurants are good, the fancy bike shop seems to hand out their wares to trainers like candy, and that Trick House further south seems to have a new promotion every week. Plenty of reasons for the kid to stick around until he gets the fifth badge and can travel to Fortree.
Smeargle leads you through the grass alongside the dirt road heading into Mauville, tail in hand and head held high. A biker who’s taking a break to catch his breath stops to stare at you, but doesn’t get close enough to read your sign. The grass makes you sneeze several times.
As you reach the city, the first thing you see is the purple bedazzled Game Corner with its neon signs promising wealth, booze, and a sleazy good time. You watch a woman stumble out with her partner Grimer and blink up at the high sun, stunned by the passage of time.
There’s a small crowd around the gym entrance, like usual. Everything is so familiar but so much taller when you’re a quadrupel dirt bug.
Pokemon walking with their trainers stop to sniff you and make small talk. Since you’re not causing any trouble, most people seem to assume you belong to someone and have just wandered off.
>Kid avoidance check (25% success): Success!
You tense as you pass high traffic locations like the Poke Center but don’t spot the kid among his older peers queueing for free heals. Seems you managed to come through while he was busy elsewhere.
After about an hour's walk, Smeargle leads you up the sidewalk of a large house on the east side of the city, in a nice neighborhood. The Battle Tower must give some big cash prizes.
Smeargle knocks on the door and calls a few times. It opens to reveal a tall woman with green hair that matches Smeargle’s tail ink color pretty well. She has a toddler on her hip and soft pink lips. A muscular Blaziken pokes his head out from behind the human pair to glare down at you after nodding to Smeargle in acknowledgment.
Hot bird thighs. Cool trainer MILF. What do you do?
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