A/N: Hello, there! Finally got around to updating at last. My muse came to me tonight, so I decided to start writing.
What follows is a little interlude to the main plot where you get to meet the five in our character's team. This is three days before the first chapter's incidents.
All of his pokémon are nicknamed, but from the descriptions you should be able to find out what each of them are. Well, maybe not entirely, but you'll find out later what exactly they are!
Hope you enjoy.
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April 24
Looks like things are starting to warm up. It took a while. People are saying that this is the longest winter's ever gone on in Fuschia City. Kanto's usually pretty warm, especially when you get closer to Cinnabar Volcano and all that jazz. Mt. Moon, apparently, is kinda cold, and I guess Cerulean and Pewter get pretty snowy sometimes, too, but I don't think it's that bad.
Well, I haven't been there, but I'm sure it doesn't get as bad as they say. Things rarely do.
We didn't have any snow here in Fuschia, but it's been colder than it should be. I don't mind it, but Swiff and Piious have been very uncomfortable lately. I suppose it's only natural, considering their "I like the sun, sorry" natures. Syzzyrgy's also been a bit antsy because he's not been able to swim much---he says the water's too cold, and while I'm sure it is, all the other Water pokémon don't seem to be having a problem...cough spoiled cough
Anyway, progress...Spee's awesome, as usual. She's getting really good with her Psybeam, actually. T'len is out running with Swiff right now. They seem to be having fun. Swiff's trying to get a better handle on her Flamethrower, but she can't quite get it to work every time like she wants it to. I think I'm going to try and coach her into a weaker attack instead so that the can work up to Flamethrower, 'cause that's pretty powerful. Maybe she can try something like Flame Wheel, although I don't know if she can actually learn that attack.
T'len's doing great...getting better focusing his Hypnosis attack so that he gets the target instead of the trainer or something. It's always awkward when he misses and hits somebody watching. Or, worse, the other trainer!
Piious hasn't been out much lately. I think he's a little afraid to come out because of the cold, but since it's been warming up, he's felt a little better coming out of the ball for longer than just high noon and such. His Razor Leaf is still as strong as ever. I think I'm going to try to get him to learn Solarbeam once summer comes, since he'll be able to harness the sun easier without having to try to use Sunny Day or something.
Lastly, Syzzyrgy's out swimming in the lake. He's doing okay, but trying to train both water-type attacks and electric-type ones at once isn't easy, and especially when he cops an attitude. At least he's funny about it, or else I think I would be screaming in frustration all the time, and that's really not good on T'len's ears (or Spee's mind, either). I think I want Syzz to work on the electricity first, though, and we'll start with Spark. I think he's got Thundershock pretty easily by now. The water should come naturally, I hope.
Today, I was going to take a tour of the outdoor zoo the Safari Zone's got going on. I guess it's something they have almost all the time around here, but it'll be cool to walk around and see some cool pokémon for a bit. Maybe we'll head to the beach afterward so Syzz and Spee can have some time in the water, if it's warm enough for Syzz. I don't know what I'm going to do with the rest at the beach, though, but I'll think of something.
I've been hearing the voices a little bit more lately. I'm not quite sure who---or what---it is this time, but with all the people in the city, plus all the pokémon in the Safari Zone, I'm bound to be hearing a lot. I'll try and work with Spee at the beach and see if she can't help me out a little. Psychic pokémon know about that type of thing, moreso than humans, at any rate.
Eww, did I just use the word 'moreso'? Ugh. I think I need to stop, now, before my brain starts filling with too many big words that I can't even pronounce...