When I entered, I found a surprise. The place doubles as a café. I did buy two water bottles and two lemon bread loaves for Link and Sakurai (plus one of each for humans, they must be the favorites of "Team 256"). After finishing, we were explained how to get to the end by the same lady from whom I bought the stuff. She said, "You will have to fight at least two Trainers to make it to the Leaders. However, how you progress affects this number. To do this, you'll see a curtain with three mats in front of it. Both the curtains and mats have a droplet, leaf, or fireball on it. They have an element being represented, and normally we have choose the one that's super-effective, but as an April Fool's joke we switched it to the 'not very effective' choice and forgot to switch it back. Each of your picks except your first will make you battle a Trainer, regardless of whether or not it's correct. So, each of your wrong answers will waste your time. Now, get ready to continue!" So I took Link and Sakurai and then we went to the first curtain with a droplet. Simple, so I got on the fire mat and it worked, the curtain actually rose and let me continue. Then I got to the next one, with a fireball, so Link actually stepped on the leaf mat. Then when the curtain rose, a waiter person appeared. He said, "That Snivy of yours is intelligent, but does she have the battle moves?" So we found out.
That waiter sent out a Lillipup, which Link's Vine Whip made quick work of. Then I got to the last one, a leaf. I stepped on the droplet mat and then the curtain revealed a waitress saying, "Nice moves, Trainer; you've nearly made it to the Leader, but can you get past me?" I replied, "Probably, here, I'll show you!" So, the waitress sent out a Patrat and a Purrloin. These were also easily knocked out, but I did have to heal up after. After coming back in, we instantly ran towards the back room and met three people. One of them was Cilan I met in the entrance, another formal-ish person with blue hair, and lastly some guy with red hair. Cilan greeted me with, "Matt, hello again! I'd like you to meet my brothers; we run this place together." The blue-haired person said, "Greetings, Matthew. I am Cress, and I specialize in the type we all love: Dihydrogen monoxide, or simply Water." Then the redhead said, "I'm Chili! I have a team of Fire-types who can cook to order!" Then Cilan said, "I guess I like Grass-types. Now, there are three of us because… Um…" Then I sighed, "My friend Bianca told me. It depends on the starter I chose, which in my case, is my Snivy, Link." Cilan said, "Wasn't she the girl with 'ditzy eyes?' Anyways, Link is a Snivy, you told us." Chili said, "If that's the case, she'll be in the fire sanctuary; you're up against me!" So, we began.
Chili began with an ironically Normal-type Lillipup, which Link took down with one Vine Whip. Then he sent out a Pansear. I made the somewhat stupid choice of keeping out Link, but she did get to do some damage with a critical hit… from Vine Whip, that's like a normal hit from Tackle. Then Pansear OHKO'd her using Ember. Not the smartest move anyone could make, ever. That left me with Sakurai, so I had to send it out. I decided, "Sakurai, sing a song for your enemy!" He sang, and soon Pansear was fast asleep, and Chili was amazed. That left room for a few Pound attacks, which hit amazingly well. But, soon Pansear woke up. Sakurai used a Pound attack, but missed and flew right into a nearly OHKO Ember. Then I said, "Just finish it!" It used another Pound attack. WHAM. Pansear was unable to battle, and like that, it was over. Chili said, "You. Are. Super. Amazing. Congratulations, you burnt right through the stereotypes of autism!"
Cress said, "That battle was indeed interesting, and having an autistic opponent is already a surplus of that." Cilan then added, "As the 256th autistic Unovanian trainer, you really deserve it, and we're proud to give it to you, so, wait for it…" Then Chili gave it to me. The Trio Badge! Cress said, "This is the first of 8 Unova Badges. To challenge the Elite Four and the Champion of any region, you must first get all 8 of its badges. Congratulations on your first milestone in this grand adventure. Your next stop should be—It would be Nacrene City, but Bianca also told us about your eGear." You'll need to check on that, will you not?" I did, so I had to go check on it. I left, healed my Pokémon, and met a scientist…