Pokéwalker (Stand-by) (PKMN: N/A) (Battery: 100.00%) [Key Item (Training)]
A training tool for the trainers who travel long distances... or those who need incentive to do so.
It employs the same Virtual Environment technology used by the Pokémon Digital Storage Services developed by the Kanto region's own Pokémaniac Bill. It can store a Pokémon inside it and simulate a variety of places to take the Pokémon out for a stroll, allowing a controlled, safe way to provide general exercise and training before reaching the locations the simulations are based off of.
Or provide an opportunity to visit said locations for those who are unable to reach them.
Each location has Types of Pokémon that are advantageous to take for a walk
An updated version of Bill's cipher for transfers/storage can even collect and repair junk data scattered from the leftover temporary information in servers and routers, giving it the ability to simulate items for use during the stroll. This requires a certain number of steps to be taken as uncommon items require more data and energy to obtain, this is also the means of collecting a resource called "Watts" by the system.
Watts are obtained at a rate of one (1) per every twenty (20) steps the user takes in the physical world (you can also just shake the Pokéwalker), and are primarily used by the Information Tracking and Encoding of Mended/Reconstructed Accumulated Data Algorithms and Routines (that would be the Dowsing MCHN in the menu) to condense the data into an item. They are also usable to unlock more Routes in the walker, digital gifts for Pokémon to use inside the walker, and actual gifts on Item Transfer stations.
The act of gathering Watts also slightly empowers the Pokémon, in other words, causing a slight increase in EXP.
There are also simulated Pokémon for practice battles (Poké Radar in the menu), although, being derived from transfer/storage data left over in servers and battle data collected at random, they are unlikely to be of more use than training with wild Pokémon - this feature is mainly intended to practice general tactics and move combinations in a safe place before attempting them on live targets or possibly-sensitive environments. It is strongly recommended that anything practiced inside the Pokéwalker is given thorough testing in the real world before seeing actual use.
Much like most digital devices with support for an Official League Identification record (e.g.: The Pokédex), it has communication systems that may award a Mystery Gift to trainers with one that contact another; the quality of the gift is higher if both trainers have both a digital device/RFID with their Trainer ID and the Pokéwalker than if either trainer is missing one of the objects. They may also exchange Team and Encounter data. Remember that having a digital ID/RFID is no excuse to leave your physical ID at home, so don't be a ditz.
It is possible to go for a stroll without a Pokémon in the walker, the motion tracker in the device will guide the viewpoint in that case.
Device Status: Stand-by.
Pokémon Status: None Available.
Battery Charge: 100.00%
Current Watts: Calculating...
New Pokéwalker Route Unlocked! Amity Meadow.
Advantageous Types: Fighting. Ground. Fire.
You can meet cute Pokémon that evolve through friendship and find items to evolve Pokémon!
Unlock Condition (B) Met: Obtain at least one (1) Special Skill/Move/Ability/Job/Class Baby Pokémon.
- Gaming Riolu (The Gamer).
Huh.
So, it would seem that her trip from Sinnoh to Kanto had another benefit.
So many steps...
The little Pokéball-lookalike device was about the size of her mother's paws, which made it fit neatly on a human's palm. It was flat, though, about the thick of a human's hand (provided it was a woman's) with a screen and a few buttons on the front.
She placed her new gift inside her inventory and withdrew one of the Premier Balls, placing it inside one of the pockets of her bag. She thought it was just fair.
The world of trainers had so many neat things! Even if they were aesthetic... Still, other than the hiccup with the repellant, she was glad to have met the clerk, even if the smell of money from an aura wasn't exactly her favorite.
That it glinted like new coins was more her speed.
She had yet to find a name for her friends, but with them having decided to sleep for the time being, it was something that could still wait.
It made her feel good, that they felt safe with her already. She had never had any problems finding food, what with the whole 'being sensitive to aura' thing her race had making them excellent at wilderness survival - and thanks to being able to taste and smell aura, was one of the few that hadn't eaten the decoy berries during her turn training.
She'd never had any problems with shelter, much less with her mother being one of the few Lucario that actually made money for and by herself.
Now, two other Pokémon had entrusted themselves to her care, in search of a better life.
She was on her way to get a third, too.
Rooftop hopping was not something she'd had much experience with, but ignoring the sounds of traffic and the obviously-planned layout of the city, it wasn't much different from practice on the mountains and cliffs.
Again, save for every platform being sturdy enough to step on.
A weak, but still significant, amount of mental power coursed through her body, filling the muscles in her legs in such ways that they could react and contract much faster, relax and return to position in an instant; sharpened her awareness, making the next destination seem obvious; lightened and supported her body, making her movements so much easier and looser.
Agility was such a delight to use, layered like she had.
Coupled with the flow of Aura a Riolu could generate, her reinforcement carried her through the city.
Quick Attack backed with two Force Palms aimed backwards made her explode into the air, crossing the street from above without issue leaving behind a trail of silver.
Lithe feet carried her and made her fly without any wings, the obstacle-free/rich environment and only-slightly-smelly night air of the city making her weightless in a moment of eternity even during her landings...
The lights coming from all around her, the crisp breeze.
It wasn't riding on Suicune's back, but it was all on her own power.
Through repeated use of skills for strengthening your body, Psy [Rise] has reached level 6! Aura [Internal] has reached level 20!
Leveling skills and having a blast doing it! The title of [Freerunner] helped boost her stats a little, too.
If Caterpie and Weedle weren't so proportionately large in comparison to her, she'd have them both on her shoulders. After they woke, obviously. It'd be fun, even if they had to take turns.
Hmm, maybe use Copycat to copy String Shot and Spiderman her way across the city, too. (She'd love to get her paws on Mimic).
For now, she had places to be!
Oh! She wondered if the Pokémon Center could receive Pokéballs if there wasn't a trainer to get them... maybe pop back home real quick to show off her new friends!
The graveyard shift of the Pokémon Center was just so stressful, no matter what anyone else said.
There is little to do but paperwork...
And pray there's nothing more.
Any emergencies at that hour? Well, they were not likely to reach the same level of insanity as the one a few years back, which ended in the need of rebuilding, but they could get pretty bad.
One would think they could get used to it, what with human brains not being that good with monotony, but then again, rebuilding.
Granted, she only got like that when a stray thought brought her back into the stress of anticipation of an emergency you are praying won't come; an interesting psychological dilemma.
Rebuilding.
Nurse Joy flipped through the previous week's issue of Pokéakuma Ageha to distract herself from the thoughts of Koffing gas explosions, now turned to a much more pleasant topic, if a puzzling one.
Pikachu that sold electricity in exchange for reading lessons, then issues of Vogue and Coordinator Weekly and so many other things...
Still much cheaper per Watt/hour than normal, even if the other Pikachu that helped out the center were content with the medical help and food set-up.
Then again, the pair had turned down the food and asked for mail-order Pokédoll accessories!
Clothes, obviously, and they even used their own coupons.
She never thought there would be a day when a Pokémon could convince her of wearing blush, but there it was, a kit waiting for her back home for her days off in town.
Everything without being actually able to understand them, either.
A Riolu entered the building hauling a large, faded yellow bag, glowing with satisfaction, tail waging happily.
Chansey tapped her to get her attention, waving a small notepad as she chimed something along the lines of 'that's the one'.
On the notepad was a small drawing of a Riolu's head, whom the male Pikachu of the pair had been waiting for, apparently.
"Hello!" Said the little Pokémon, making her blink a little. That hadn't been telepathy, but still not quite purely physical.
"Hello, I'm Nurse Joy, and welcome to Viridian Pokémon Center; we will resume normal operations in the morning, but we have more than enough space for you to rest until morning." She replied with a smile, Chansey likely telling her she was expected - although said Pokémon was also asleep at the moment.
"Thanks! Will I be able to get my Pokémon a check-up then?" Alright, what?
Chansey asked her to clarify.
"I'm a trainer, and just made my first capture today!" she said with a beaming smile that light up the area, digging an arm into the bag and pulling out two Pokéballs stuck to her paw by a blue glow. "They are now my official starters!"
"Have you always been a Pokémon?" Joy asked, feeling like she was justified.
"There's ample evidence of it." She replied with the same smile, then answered Chansey. "A piece of my egg, and pictures. Many, many pictures."
"The, uh, the rest area for trainers is over here - currently empty, you'll have it all for yourself." Joy gestured as she turned to escort the little Riolu.
"Do you need my ID?" She asked, holding the little card on a paw as her other arm clutched the Pokéballs to her chest.
"Umm, technically, yes, but you can just write your name in the log instead." Joy nonetheless took the card as Chansey passed it along to her. "Miss Theresa."
What a name.
Theresa shook giddily and bounced after her, humming a nameless tune, cherry-red eyes sparkling and radiating love and happiness al the while.
Before she knew it, Theresa had signed, retrieved her card, pulled out a polar fleece blanket with a dogs and cats design from her bag, sent out a Weedle and Caterpie duo, and managed to coax them and herself into a blanket-burrito inside the bag without fully waking either Bug-type.
Theresa did ask to get a picture of the scene sent to her Pokédex.
Once she was back at the desk, typing away, Joy figured that she'd want a picture of that, too.
Maybe even frame it and place it on her desk, or even as a poster.
Chansey asked if she had seen and heard the same thing as her, to which she could only nod.
Well, whatever she had been thinking about she definitely didn't remember now.
She did remember that the Pikachu had asked her to gift-wrap one of their orders for a medium-sized doll's clothes, which logic dictated must be for Theresa.
Huh, what a cheerful reason for wanting morning to come earlier - usually they were more due to anxiety.
