Karma squeezed through the narrow opening, sharp edges grabbing at her sides. As her head broke through the other side Fukano gave her face an encouraging lick.

Karma pulled her shoulders out, dragging her hips through. The cave was surprisingly well lit, the few beams of moonlight that had managed to slip through cracks in the ceiling were amplified by the pools of water littered through the cave.

"Are you really sure Nebby went this way?" Karma asked standing. She cringed as she noticed the brown soil caked down her front.

"Ark." Kadigo barked, placing a paw on the raised path leading down through the cave.

"Well I suppose if nothing else, this isn't a bad place to catch some Pokémon. I doubt anyone comes here very often." Karma said following Kadigo.

"You already have plenty of Pokémon." Rotom-dex said, zipping in front of her. His electronic face scrunched up as if eating something sour.

"Better safe than sorry." Karma said.

"Someone is going to get suspicious with how many Pokémon you have in your box. Especially since you aren't supposed to be catching any!"

"Maybe there are just a lot of people willing to help a new trainer on this island." Karma countered. "Besides, I bet that guy at the motel would be willing to say he gave me a few."

"Speaking of new Pokémon. Did you want to check what your new Pokémon is?" Rotom-dex asked floating beside her bag.

"Oh! Right." Karma fumbled in her bag for a moment. "I was so busy looking for Lillie…."

An Ekans was released onto the ground in front of her, sitting comfortably in its own coils.

"No nickname." Rotom-dex said, flashing the Ekans information across his screen.

Fukano crept forward and approached the Ekans cautiously, nose twitching.

The Ekans rattled her tail slightly, keeping a narrow eye on Fukano.

"Should I send her to the PC?" Rotom-dex asked floating around the Ekans.

"No. Send Maku back for now." Karma decided. "We don't really need two fighting types. And Poison is supposed to be good against Fairy, right?"

"Actually you have three fighting types. Hawlucha, Makuhita and Crabrawler."

Karma held out Maku's ball. "Just send Maku back."

The ball disappeared in a flash of light, headed back to the PC box.

"Fukano, where's Kadigo?" Karma asked. "We still need to find Nebby."

Fukano quickly sprinted down the path and Karma could see Kadigo sitting impatiently at the bottom. Karma followed, motioning for the Ekans to come with.

"We'll need to come up with a name for you." Karma said watching the Ekans slither behind her.

"You could name her Rotom." Rotom-dex suggested. "After me."

"I'm not going to be one of those obnoxious trainers that name their Pokémon the names of other Pokémon." Karma said watching as the salt water lapped at the edge of the path.

"Then how about dex?"

"How about we nickname you Twisted Spoon, if we're going to be naming Pokémon after items." Karma said to Rotom-dex. "Or maybe I can call you X-speed."

"Dex is a fine name." Rotom-dex buzzed. "What are you going to name her then? Something after the trainer who gave her away on the black market?"

"Maybe." Karma said taking a sudden interest in the ceiling. She could just make out the darting shapes of leathery wings. Of course there would be Zubat.

"I'm not even sure her trainer used their real name on their identification." Rotom-dex commented. "I've never heard of a human having a star or a clover in their name."

"It happens." Karma said. "Although its probably a fake name…but-"

"You aren't going to name her star or clover are you?"

"No!" Karma protested. "But I was thinking of maybe flipping the trainer name around to get a name. So we could do one of those backwards. Something like-"

"Rats?"

Karma stopped. "Or Revolc."

"You were thinking of doing Star backwards." Rotom-dex hummed.

"Yes, but I'm not going to name a snake Pokémon 'Rats'." Karma said, watching as Fukano splashed in a small puddle of sea water with a wild Psyduck. The Ekans was still keeping pace behind her.

"You were going to." Rotom-dex teased. "You were going to name her Rats the Ekans."

"I said I wasn't!" Karma huffed. She slowed as she noticed the soft mud clinging to her shoe.

"You totally were."

"I'm not naming her Rats." Karma said, kicking some of the mud off her shoe. The Ekans came over to her, looking up expectantly. "I'm still working on it. I wish your trainer had just given you a name."

The Ekans slithered up beside her, wrapping itself loosely around her leg.

"I think she likes the name Rats." Rotom-dex said, darting around.

"No she doesn't. Now come on, we can name her later. We should find Nebby and get out of here." Karma said scooping up the Ekans and resting the Pokémon on her shoulders.

"You can't avoid naming her Rats forever."

"That's not it." Karma said recalling Fukano midplay bounce. Kadigo looked up at her questioningly, but quickly returned to tracking when he noticed her tension.

"Oh?"

"Are there Geodudes or Onix in Alola?" Karma asked keeping her eyes on Kadigo.

"Yes. There are Geodudes." Rotom-dex replied. "Although…well I'll let you be surprised."

"But they aren't suddenly flying types though, right?" Karma asked. When Rotom-dex didn't respond she turned. "They are still rock or ground types, right? Please tell me they haven't turned into Flying Grass types or something."

"They're still Rock types." Rotom-dex confirmed.

"So there are Geodudes. And maybe they aren't as widespread as Kanto, but you'd expect something to take their place even in areas where they aren't numerous."

Rotom-dex hovered thoughtfully. "I suppose so. They aren't native to this cave though."

"Are any ground or rock types native to this cave?" Karma asked. "Because all I'm seeing is a lot of water and flying types." Karma pointed to a small troop of Delibird's waddling up a slope parallel to them.

"There's Smoochum too." Rotom-dex said helpfully. "And Happiny. They're pretty rare though."

"But we haven't seen either of those. And neither of them is a rock or ground type." Karma said.

"I'm not sure I follow."

Karma stopped as her foot hit water. Kadigo was standing up to his belly fur in a submerged path. He looked back at her with a whine, turning his head to point down the path. All the paths ahead were covered in just enough water to drown a Diglett.

"I don't think we can guarantee this cave is going to stay above water."