Gupta- Mudkip level 11, Taillow level 7; Sadik: Torchic (Ates), level 12, Poochyena (Asena), level 10.
This Chapter, Sadik returns and we meet a new character!
Just as a note, the Ivan that appears in this chapter is not Russia. He's a random guy who actually exists in Ruby/Sapphire and happens to be called Ivan by coincidence.
This is really long, but I was not going to spend another chapter after this wandering around Route 104.
When he emerged from the forest, Gupta took a moment to look around. The sun was now setting in the late afternoon sky, casting long rays across the whole area. Soon, it would get dark. But Gupta wasn't in Rustboro City yet. He could see buildings on the far horizon, but before he could reach them, he still had to traverse the rest of what he assumed was Route 104. Where Gupta was, the path split and continued in two directions; one clearly led only a few hundred metres to a shop of some kind, and the other wound itself around two more trainers and then onto a bridge that passed over a lake. At the edge of this bridge, a short road began and ran into Rustboro City.
At a glance, the path leading straight to the city was the obvious choice, considering the fact that Gupta was running out of time to get to Rustboro. However, Mudkip disagreed with his assertion, struggling in Gupta's arms until he put the Pokémon down. Once he was on the ground, Mudkip started to walk calmly towards the flower shop.
"Mudkip, no. We don't have time to take a detour." Gupta insisted.
"Mud." Mudkip barked back as he continued to walk.
"Tail." Taillow huffed disdainfully, clearly not caring for Mudkip's apparent foolishness. Gupta just sighed and decided to humour him.
As he got closer to the flower shop, Gupta became able to see another patch of soil on which berry plants were growing. He walked up to the patch to see if he could pick the berries there, but found that the plants were still growing, and hadn't even got any flowers yet.
"Some guy came by a few hours earlier and picked the berries there." A voice behind him explained. Gupta turned around to see a boy looking back at him.
"A few hours? They really grow that quickly?" He asked, surprised.
"Yeah. Amazing, isn't it?" He shrugged. "Anyway, I have way too many of these, so here." He tossed some sort of disc in Gupta's direction.
"What is this?" He questioned. He hadn't ever seen the device before. It certainly wasn't a CD or a DVD or similar... Or was it? It did look similar.
"That's a TM, or Technical Machine." The boy explained. "They used to break after every use, so I bought boxes of them, but I didn't realise that they recently made them suitable for multiple uses. So I ended up with a dozen, and I don't need that many. So keep it."
"Thanks but... What does it do?" Gupta queried, slipping his bag off of his back so he could put the disc away. Somehow, there was a pocket that was just the right size.
"It teaches Pokémon new moves." The boy explained. "That one teaches Bullet Seed."
"Okay. Thanks again." Gupta repeated, as he re-shouldered his bag and started to look around for Mudkip. He saw him wandering into the flower shop, seemingly mesmerised by how nice it looked. He sighed and walked after the dopey thing.
The inside of the flower shop was colourful, to say the least. The walls were painted a cheery yellow, the floor was made of patterned brown wood, and the space in between was filled to the brim with flowers of all kinds. Behind the counter, a woman sat counting up the day's takings, while two younger women stood at the back of the shop talking animatedly with a familiar face. Mudkip smiled when he saw Sadik, walking right up to the trainer.
"Kip!" He greeted.
"Ah, hey Mudkip," Sadik smiled, reaching down to stroke the starter, who rolled onto his back contentedly. "And where's your trainer, eh?"
"Over here." Gupta stated, walking towards Sadik and Mudkip.
"Heh, hey Guppie!" He smiled, waving over to Gupta, before noticing Taillow. "Oh wow, did ya catch a new Pokémon? Cool!" He walked over to Gupta and spoke to Taillow, still sat on his shoulder. Mudkip frowned at the loss of affection before noticing Gupta, rolling back onto his front, and trotting over to his trainer.
"I'm Sadik, nice to meet ya." Sadik grinned.
Taillow looked as if she didn't know quite what to make of Sadik. Mudkip sat at Gupta's feet and smiled.
"Did ya name it yet?" Sadik asked, changing the subject.
"No." Gupta shrugged.
"Oh. Well, never mind, it didn't ever seem to be a thing for ya anyway..." He muttered.
"Do you know this person?" One of the shop girls asked, getting Sadik's attention.
"Yeah, this is the friend I was tellin' ya about." He answered.
"That's great!" She enthused, while Gupta stood around and wondered how he could count as such a good friend that Sadik was talking about him despite only knowing the teen for two days.
"You should have one of these too," the other girl insisted, holding out something to Gupta.
"Yeah!" Sadik encouraged. "That's a Wailmer Pail Guppie, it'll let ya water berry plants ya see along yer travels. And that makes them grow better."
"Okay, why not?" Gupta agreed, accepting the tool from the girl. Mudkip stared at it, seemingly unhappy for whatever reason. He appeared to slip into thought.
"Oh! And you should have some berries too." The first girl smiled, handing Gupta some more berries. He wasn't sure exactly what type they were.
"Heh, now we can do some gardening. Great huh?" Sadik enthused.
"Something like that." Gupta accepted. He supposed it was good to help nature...
Suddenly, there was a rustling in the flower display in the middle of the room, causing all three shop girls to look towards the display in clear frustration.
"What? Not again!" The woman behind the counter complained.
"What?" Sadik asked, looking to the girls he had been talking to.
"We've had some... Issues with a grass-type Pokémon hanging around here." One told Sadik. "It's been sneaking into the flower displays and disguising itself as a plant, and then it takes a drink from the water meant for the flowers!"
"And then, whenever customers like you come here, it wakes up and jumps out at them! Some people have been really scared!" The second girl moaned.
As if on cue, the flowers at the front of the display parted and a Pokémon waddled out, smiling amicably at Sadik and Gupta.
"Saur." The Bulbasaur chirped happily. "Saur!" It jumped up and down before running over to the pair. "Bulba! Saur!"
"You don't have to deal with it if you don't want to..." The woman who had been behind the counter assured. "We can throw it out."
"Although it'll be back tomorrow." The second shop girl pointed out.
"Ah, no need to do that, I'm sure it means no harm," Sadik decided, crouching down to the Pokemon's level. "Hey," he started. "You sure seem to love people, don't you?"
"Saur!" Bulbasaur agreed. Mudkip snapped out of his thoughts upon hearing the conversation, and looked around Gupta to watch the Bulbasaur.
"I don't care if it loves people. It scares away the customers." The oldest of the trio sighed.
"Kip!" Mudkip whined at the harsh tone, running from behind Gupta to stand next to the Pokémon, and looking between the humans with a pleading look on his face. "Mud...Kip!"
Sadik looked from Mudkip to the Bulbasaur with an unreadable expression.
"What if I take it?" He answered finally. "The little thing'll be able to meet lots of people by travelling with me, and yer customers won't have to be bugged by rustling flowers and eager Pokémon all the time."
"Kip!" Mudkip barked in affirmation, wagging his tail fin a little and looking to Gupta as if he thought the plan was the best in the world.
"Hmm..." The flower shop woman considered. "I suppose if you don't mind... It would be the best solution." She decided.
"Kip!" Mudkip cheered.
"Great!" Sadik smiled, picking up the Bulbasaur. "Now you can come see the world with me," he stated.
"Saur!" Bulbasaur accepted, smiling at Sadik.
"Okay then, now it's time to meet everyone else," Sadik insisted, setting his new Bulbasaur down on the pathway in front of the flower shop.
"Kip!" Mudkip agreed, running up to the Bulbasaur, having followed the humans out of the flower shop on foot.
"That's Mudkip." Sadik began. "He's actually Guppie's Pokémon, but hopefully yer'll see enough of him."
"Mud! Kip!" Mudkip cheered.
"Guppie's this guy," Sadik explained, pointing to Gupta. "And this is his Taillow."
"Low." Taillow chirped, introducing herself with a nod. Sadik smiled before getting his two filled Pokeballs out of his bag and letting out the Pokémon inside.
"Chic!" Ates chirped as he emerged into the air and looked around.
"Yeh?" Asena barked, quickly surveying the area before sitting down calmly.
"This is Ates and Asena," Sadik introduced, pointing to the two Pokémon. Ates followed his trainer's gaze to the Bulbasaur and and smiled at the sight of a new Pokémon, running up to Bulbasaur and head-butting it playfully and gently. When Bulbasaur reacted by smiling and licking Ates, the Torchic appeared to be very happy, despite the moisture. Not wanting to be left out, Mudkip sidled up and licked Bulbasaur who nuzzled back. When Ates noticed Mudkip, he chirped out a greeting, and the three Pokémon seemed to fall into conversation with each other, while Taillow and Asena looked on, not wanting to get involved.
"Yena." Asena shook her head, not understanding the other Pokémon.
"Tail." Taillow agreed.
"Okay then, let's get you a Pokeball." Sadik decided, walking up to the Bulbasaur.
"Saur?" Bulbasaur questioned, looking at Sadik closely as he pulled out an empty Pokeball and showed it to the Pokémon.
"I mean really, ya could just jump right in." He suggested.
Bulbasaur looked interested in the device, and walked right up to it before pressing its face against the button while trying to sniff the ball. The Pokémon was drawn inside the ball, which flashed a few times before clicking. Mudkip and Ates both stared after the Pokémon as it was captured, looking a little upset their playtime had been interrupted.
"That was easy." Gupta commented.
"Yeah. I suppose it didn't resist at all," Sadik argued, before getting out his Pokedex to scan the ball containing the new Pokémon.
"Huh?" He murmured upon seeing the screen.
"What's wrong?" Gupta asked.
"It says there's no data." Sadik answered. "I'll have to ask cuz about it next time we get to a Pokémon centre. It is weird though."
"Yeah." Gupta nodded.
Meanwhile, Mudkip had shaken off the disappointment of not being able to play more and had wandered over to the berry plants that were still growing to the side of the path. He had seen Gupta get a watering vessel of some sort, but thought that his own idea was far better.
"Kip!" He shouted to get the attention of the humans, who turned towards him and wandered over.
"What is it Mudkip?" Gupta enquired.
"Mud! Kip!" Mudkip exclaimed as he sprayed a Water Gun into the air. The water fell onto the plants... And onto Gupta, Sadik and the other Pokémon. Taillow ruffled her feathers in annoyance, and Ates looked particularly upset. Asena didn't seem to care.
"Mudkip, no. We have watering cans for a reason." Gupta scolded.
"Kip..." Mudkip whined, running up to Gupta and pressing into his legs in apology.
"Aww, I'm sure he meant no harm." Sadik stated.
"Chic." Ates agreed, walking up to Mudkip and attempting to pat him on the head with his wing. Mudkip smiled again.
"Anyway," Sadik continued, picking Ates up and putting him on his shoulder. "We should get moving. The sun's settin' already."
"Right." Gupta agreed, beginning to walk. Sadik followed, with Asena keeping easy pace with her trainer, and Mudkip ran along behind, not realising they were beginning to move, as usual.
It had been genuinely late when Gupta and Sadik had started again their walk towards Rustboro: the flower shop closed just after they left,and most of the Trainers on the Route had gone home, leading to a quiet walk. Sadik kept commenting on the things they saw to try to keep it interesting.
"Guess we have to cross that bridge now." He pointed out after a few minutes of walking, once they had reached the lake.
"Chic..." Ates complained, not liking the idea of water.
"Kip!" Mudkip cheered, jumping in.
"Mudkip, get out of the water." Gupta sighed. Mudkip just started swimming towards the other side, leaving everyone else to walk along the bridge.
Midway across the lake, the bridge turned a sheer 90 degrees and continued horizontally for a few metres before turning back to the vertical and continuing to the opposite shore. On the horizontal stretch, two little girls were still standing despite the late hour.
"Aha! Trainers!" The first yelled upon spotting Sadik and Gupta, smiling to herself.
"Okay!" The second cheered. "We get to battle you!"
"Twins huh..." Sadik mused, noticing the near complete similarity between the two girls. "Wanna take 'em two on two?" He asked, looking to Gupta.
"Whatever." He agreed.
"Alright." Sadik stepped up to the girls. "I'm Sadik and this is Gupta. We'll take ya on."
"Cool," The first of the girls giggled. "I'm Mia and this is Gina."
Gupta walked up to the twins, looking them over in surprise. They were perhaps... Six? Seven? What were they doing out so late without their parents?
"Ready? Go Seedot!" The first twin shouted, throwing a Pokeball at the wood of the bridge.
"Go Lotad!" The second twin echoed.
"See?" Seedot questioned.
"Tad!" Lotad reassured, looking towards its teammate.
"Taillow." Gupta decided, looking to his Pokémon who nodded at him before swooping down to land on the board-walk. Mudkip continued to swim towards the shore, not noticing his trainer had stopped.
"Asena, this looks like something you can handle." Sadik chose. Asena padded forwards to face the Pokémon.
"Seedot, Harden! Lotad, Absorb on the Poochyena!" The girls shouted in unison.
"Taillow, Peck on Seedot," Gupta told his Pokémon. Taillow nodded and swooped forwards to Peck Seedot, which reacted by curling into itself. Meanwhile, Asena was caught by the Lotad, which latched onto her and began to drain her energy.
"Tackle to get it off!" Sadik commanded. Asena rolled and shook to dislodge the Lotad and then slammed into it once it had come loose.
"Tad..." Lotad whined as it was slammed into the lake.
As Sadik focused on the battle, a small flash covered his bag for a moment, before the Bulbasaur poked its head out curiously, wondering how it got in a bag.
"Lotad, Absorb again!" The twins shouted. "Seedot, use Bide!"
"Geh..." Sadik muttered, turning to Gupta. "When Lotad uses Absorb, it recovers energy by sapping it from the other Pokémon. And Bide allows Pokémon to store energy from attacks and then release it all back at the enemy at once." As he spoke, Lotad climbed out of the water.
"Right." Gupta acknowledged. "Taillow, Peck Lotad."
"Tail!" Taillow chirped, swooping in and pecking at Lotad before it could attempt to sap Asena's strength.
"Asena, Tackle it!" Sadik declared. Asena leapt towards the Lotad, and also managed to beat it to the punch, hitting Lotad and sending it back into the water before it could attack. The Pokémon was able to float on the surface of the water, but appeared too tired to do anything else.
"Return Lotad." One of the twins sighed. Seedot kept trying to store energy.
"Peck again Taillow." Gupta repeated.
"Tackle one last time Asena!" Sadik followed. Both Pokémon did as directed, and executed a double attack on Seedot before the Pokémon could unleash its meagre amount of stored energy, sending it flying down the board-walk in the process. It landed fairly hard, and appeared to be unconscious.
"Aww, you guys were too strong." One of the twins complained, as the other returned her Pokémon to the ball.
"Yeah. But it was still fun." She giggled.
"You can have this." The girls chorused in unison, each holding out a few coins. Sadik took the money from the girls and handed some of it to Gupta, who couldn't help but feel awkward.
"Anyway, we'd better go home." The first twin stated.
"We don't want our parents to be mad." The second agreed.
"Bye!" They called together, waving as they ran towards Rustboro.
As Gupta continued to stand there awkwardly, Mudkip reached the far shore of the lake, and looked around to find his trainer on the bridge still.
"Kip!" He called back to Gupta, sitting on the grass and pouting.
"We'd better move." Sadik commented. "It'll be dark real soon too."
Gupta nodded and began to walk with Sadik towards the edge of the lake. As he moved, Taillow and Asena followed, looking towards each other with respect. Bulbasaur ducked down into Sadik's bag, smelling food. Nobody noticed it.
By the time they had reached dry land, Mudkip had already wandered off to the East of the bridge, and was sniffing at some berry plants. Sadik walked up and picked the berries before planting some so new plants would grow. Mudkip eagerly started watering them and Sadik made sure to get away quickly, handing some berries to Gupta.
"Those ones'll restore the PP of your Pokemon's moves." He explained. Once again, Gupta wondered what he was talking about.
"And then those ones there heal Paralysis." Sadik continued.
"...You know a lot." Gupta stated.
"Heh. Guess it comes from helpin' my cuz out all the time." He shrugged.
As he took his bag off of his shoulders to put the berries away, Bulbasaur leapt out, landing on the grass and beginning to look around. It noticed Mudkip watering the plants still and decided to walk over to say hello. As it did so, it slipped on some wet grass and fell into the lake. Immediately, the Pokémon began to struggle, not being able to swim. Asena noticed this, and began to race towards the ailing Pokémon.
"Asena?" Sadik questioned, following his Pokémon with his eyes until he noticed the scene with the drowning Pokémon.
"Damnit! How'd it get there?" He questioned. Mudkip heard the commotion, stopped watering the flowers and turned around. He noticed the struggling Bulbasaur, and frowned heavily. A few seconds passed before he appeared to realise something.
"Kip! Mudkip!" He yelled, running towards the lake and leaping in just as Asena jumped into the water and began paddling towards Bulbasaur. They both reached it at the same time, and Asena held one leg in her jaw, Mudkip another as they towed the Pokémon towards the edge of the lake. Sadik reached down and scooped all three up once they were close enough.
"How did you even get out of the Pokeball?" He asked the Bulbasaur. "Guess I'll have to keep an eye on ya."
"Saur..." Bulbasaur whined, clearly not liking being wet.
"Kip..." Mudkip pouted, nuzzling the Pokémon. Asena rolled her eyes.
"Thanks." Sadik smiled at Asena, petting her a little before putting all three Pokémon down. "And Mudkip too."
"Kip!" Mudkip barked.
As the group began to walk back towards the proper path, the sun now very low in the sky and darkness beginning to set in, Sadik noticed a trainer sat on the bank of the lake, fishing rod in hand.
"Wonder if he wants to battle." He mused. "He'd probably have water Pokémon, which would be good for this one." He looked towards Bulbasaur, who was staring back at him, Asena now walking on the Pokemon's other side to stop it falling back in the lake.
Gupta stared at the man. He was far older than any other trainer he had seen so far. In fact, he was older even than Sadik or Gupta, and perhaps even older than his mother. It was hard to tell, as the growing darkness shrouded the man's features, and his back was turned anyway.
"Hey!" Sadik called, trying to get the man's attention.
"Hm?" He questioned, turning around. "Ah. Hello. I assume you want to battle me." He smiled.
"Right." Sadik confirmed.
"That's nice. I wanted to try my team out anyway." The man agreed. "My name's Ivan by the way. Anyway, go Magikarp!"
"Karp!" Magikarp floundered.
"Okay Bulbasaur." Sadik chose.
"Saur!" Bulbasaur smiled, walking up to the Pokémon... then past the Pokémon... Then up to the trainer. Ivan laughed as Bulbasaur tried to lick him.
"Not very well trained is it?" He commented.
"Ugh, here Bulbasaur! We need to battle!" Sadik complained.
"Saur!" Bulbasaur understood, moving back to stand in front of Sadik. "Saur!"
"Bulbasaur looks young enough to only know Tackle at the moment, so I'll stick with that and hope his Pokémon aren't strong." Sadik theorised to himself.
"Magikarp, Splash!" The fisherman commanded. The fish Pokémon splashed around uselessly.
"Bulbasaur, Tackle!" Sadik advised. The Pokémon charged forwards and slammed the opponent.
"Heh, you're strong, but we're tougher!" Ivan declared. "Splash again Magikarp!"
Gupta sighed to himself as he watched the fish continue to flop about hopelessly. Was that all that thing could do? How was this meant to even count as an attack, let alone a strong one? He wondered if maybe the man's strategy was to tire out Bulbasaur before using his next Pokémon to wipe it out.
Twenty minutes of splashing around and three Magikarp later, the fisherman was defeated, Bulbasaur was unscratched, and Gupta couldn't believe what he had just seen.
"Wow, you're tough. But we almost had you." Ivan insisted. "You can have this prize money... But I'll beat you one day."
"Okay, sure." Sadik accepted, trying his hardest not to look amused.
"Saur!" Bulbasaur celebrated.
Darkness had fallen by the time Sadik and Gupta got moving again. Asena appeared not to mind, staring out into the blackness as if she was used to it. Taillow had fallen asleep on Gupta's shoulder. Bulbasaur looked curious as to whether anything would appear, and continued to look around, often following Asena's gaze as if trying to figure out what she was staring at. Mudkip was scared.
"Kiiippp..." He whined, leaning into Gupta's legs. He sighed and bent down to pick his Pokémon up.
"Heh, it's pretty dark eh?" Sadik commented.
"We spent too much time. It got dark." Gupta seconded.
"Yeah, but it was fun. And we got a Pokémon out of it." Sadik pointed out.
"You did." Gupta corrected.
"Whatever, we're almost there." Sadik shrugged. As if on cue, the pair set foot onto the actual paved road that led into Rustboro. As they continued to walk, houses became visible in the distance, their lit windows like a beacon to guide the travellers in.
"Now we just need to find a Pokémon Centre for the night." Sadik decided. "We can sleep there."
"Oh." Gupta observed.
As the pair made their way into Rustboro proper, street-lights began to line the road they were walking along. Mudkip relaxed visibly. The first thought that came to Gupta's mind was of how large the city was; the lights of houses spread in every direction, save for the one they had come from, for as far as he could see. To their left, Gupta saw some sort of apartment complex. Immediately ahead of them, Gupta saw a Pokemart, still open despite the late hour. As they drew near to it, he noticed a sign on the side of the path.
'Rustboro City- The city probing the integration of nature and science' it read.
"All the towns have signs like that." Sadik told him. "Have you not noticed before?"
"No." Gupta mused. He'd have to check when he went back to Petalburg next.
The path swerved to the right, and Gupta and Sadik followed it, passing a large house that Gupta couldn't help but feel could be significant somehow. A little way up the road, essentially upwards of the Pokemart, the Pokémon Centre stood. There was a house to the left of it, and some sort of complex with a fountain and buildings to the right of it, but the need for rest overtook the group, and neither Sadik nor Gupta had any desire to explore.
"Good Evening! Welcome to the Pokémon Centre!" The woman behind the counter greeted as they walked in. "Would you like to rest your Pokémon?"
"Yeah, thanks." Sadik agreed, returning Asena to her Pokeball with little fuss and handing over both her and Ates's Pokeballs before turning to Bulbasaur.
"You too." He insisted, returning it to the ball.
"Okay, I'll heal them right away." The nurse said with a smile, before turning to Gupta.
"And you?"
Gupta nodded, returning Mudkip and Taillow to their Pokeballs.
"Okay, give me a few seconds." The nurse asked, firing up the machine in the back of the centre.
"Do the two of you have anywhere to stay?" She asked, making conversation.
"Nope." Sadik admitted.
"Really? Where are you from?" She asked.
"Littleroot Town." Sadik responded.
"Oh, really? Come to challenge the Gym, right?" She assumed.
"Yeah, the Leader in Petalburg doesn't challenge new trainers." Sadik filled in.
"That's right. It's because of the school in this city, right?" The nurse guessed. "You probably already know that Littleroot's too far away to be reached tonight, so you can stay here if you want. There are rooms upstairs." She stopped to think. "Although, we are a little busy. So I hope you two don't mind sharing a room."
"Not at all! Sleep is sleep." Sadik assured.
"Okay, that's good." The nurse smiled, taking the Pokémon out of the machine and handing them back to their trainers. "Here." She handed Sadik some sort of key. "It should open one of the rooms upstairs."
"Thanks." Sadik smiled at the woman, before turning towards the escalator. "Should we?"
Gupta nodded and walked towards the escalator. Sadik was about to follow when the nurse spoke again.
"Oh, and congratulations on catching a female Bulbasaur, they're really rare these days," she commented, before turning to her desk and fiddling with some things.
"Huh," Sadik commented as he made his way towards the escalator.
Upstairs, a corridor with a row of doors greeted Sadik and Gupta. The walls were still neutrally coloured, and the floor was still linoleum. Sadik moved to walk ahead of Gupta and carried on down the row, trying to match the numbers on the doors to the number on the key he had been given. Once they had found the correct door, Sadik opened it and they went inside.
The walls of this room were also a neutral white, although the floor was wooden this time around. The room itself was incredibly small, and comprised only of a bunk-bed against the right wall, a desk against the wall opposite the door and a partition along half of the left wall that created an alcove which had a shower in it. The rest of the left wall was taken up by the window. Sadik appeared not to care for the lack of space, tossing his bag onto the floor and releasing his Pokémon from their balls (which had still been in his hands after being given back to him), before leaping up onto the top bunk.
"Well, might as well get some rest." He commented. Gupta nodded, sending out his own Pokémon before placing his bag at the foot of the bed gently and climbing onto the bottom bunk. Mudkip looked up at him and whined, and Gupta sighed, picking up his Pokémon and placing it onto the bed. Like the night before, Mudkip smiled before curling up and sleeping on the duvet. Taillow decided to fly up onto the desk where she curled up and roosted. Ates and Bulbasaur looked up at Sadik in dismay, while Asena curled up at the foot of the bed, not caring about where she slept.
"Hmm." Sadik thought to himself, stripping off his clothes and throwing them to the floor (causing Bulbasaur to have to dodge a flying shirt, something she didn't look happy about). "We need a name for Bulbasaur." He swooped down onto the floor to pick Ates and Bulbasaur up (and Gupta didn't find it all that impressive, especially with the lack of clothes), and then climbed back up, settling under the covers and placing his Pokémon on top of the duvet. Ates jumped onto the pillow before settling for sleep, while Bulbasaur sat on Sadik's chest and watched him.
"I suppose... Lale would be good." He decided.
"Bulba!" Lale agreed.
Gupta noted the name, but didn't pay much attention to Sadik other than that, as he leaned back over to get his bag, and started rummaging around for his pyjamas so he could get to sleep himself.
"Heh, I dunno about rare as such. But I know I've never seen whatever kind of Pokémon yer are before." Sadik continued, as Gupta got changed calmly before folding his clothes and placing them on the floor next to his bag before settling down for sleep.
"We can ask your cousin about it by videophone tomorrow or something." He suggested, feeling tired.
"Somethin' like that." Sadik shrugged, laying fully flat. Lale settled down herself, closing her eyes, but still having one more thing to say before she slept.
"Bulba...Saur."