Day 34

Sunny and hot

Current mood: content, but a little weary

Current location: Azalea Town; at Kurt's house

Dear Diary:

Whew...it sure is hot today...even the whole of Azalea Town is feeling the heat! Thank goodness we're resting in Kurt's house, where it's cool. Squirtle's moistening a rag for me so I can keep cool...and it looks like he's going to have to moisten a few more rags before the day's out. Not only that, Misty nearly overheated, so her Pokemon are busy hosing her down, and Brock is fanning her with his map and giving her ice.

I suppose I could try to write a little, but all my sweat is making the pencil slimy...but here goes, anyway...

The morning began by exiting Quil Ridge and getting onto Azalea Pass, the entry into town, but it was barely 8 AM when it started getting very hot. Ash started to complain that he was hot, and Brock noticed that the heat was making all the plants dry up; so Misty decided to summon Staryu to cool us off. He wasn't as powerful as the hose in the yard at home, but he did okay for a makeshift sprinkler.

We quickly noticed that Azalea holds a huge respect for Slowpoke, judging from all the Slowpoke lying around and all the artwork depicting them. One of the townspeople told us that many years ago, when Azalea had a drought similar to this one, a Slowpoke's yawn brought rain. Ash, meanwhile, wanted to go to the Gym and get a badge, but Misty reminded him about the GS Ball. An argument would've broken out right there had Brock not said the Gym was closed anyway due to the drought. Dejected, Ash trudged off down a street, accidentally stepping on a Slowpoke's tail in the process. That got the townspeople mad, so we ducked into the town park in an attempt to lose them after running for about an hour. Just then, Brock found a pile of Slowpoke costumes lying by a fountain, so we disguised ourselves as Slowpoke long enough to evade the townspeople.

After a few minutes or so, we threw off the costumes (which were now drenched in sweat) and continued to Kurt's house...but we were told that he was busy fending off intruders at Slowpoke Well.

Upon arrival at the well, we saw what looked like a HUGE Slowpoke (probably someone in disguise) dueling a Team Rocket tank-apparently Team Rocket was trying to steal the Slowpoke and cut off their tails. Finally, Team Rocket fired an attack at the man, destroying his disguise and sending him falling to the ground. Brock decided to stay with him while Ash, Misty and I chased Team Rocket.

I was about to charge to battle, but James reminded us that the floor of the cave was wet-and if I tried to use a Thunderbolt; the Slowpoke would be shocked as well...Ash reluctantly called me back and sent Heracross to duel.

Heracross easily picked up the tank, but a missile knocked him out quickly! Team Rocket then tried to dig their way out of the well, but that only made an escape route for the Slowpoke. We followed them up to the cliff, and they began to yawn, making it rain! Before long, Team Rocket came to a halt right at our feet in their soaked tank, making a perfect target for me.

The people were so glad to have rain, they forgave us for the Slowpoke incident earlier...and when Misty asked where Kurt lived, we learned that Brock had been tending to him the whole time we were dueling Team Rocket! He was so glad for our help, he offered to let us stay at his house for a few days, which we promptly accepted.

So here we are in the parlor trying to keep cool...Kurt said he'd make us a few special balls, and that they'll be ready in the morning! I wonder what kinds of Pokemon we'll be able to catch with them?

I can also see Brock coming with a tray of sport drinks; so I'll wrap this up and have a cool drink.

Until tomorrow,

Pikachu