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411. undaunted: not faltering or hesitating because of fear or discouragement
When Green stepped into the gym, Arabella was seated at the far end of the gym, holding a megaphone, and hailed him in a monotone, apparently undaunted by Green's return.
"Welcome to Viridian Gym, please proceed carefully on the tiles and do not ru- Green? OH MY ARCEUS guys wake up!It's Green he's back!" Or maybe Arabella had been overworked these last few days. The others were napping on their tiles, presumably in exhaustion. The stirred awake and cheered upon seeing Green. What in the world had happened to make him that missed? He was charming, but they couldn't even survive a couple weeks without him?
412. recapitulate: to summarize; to paraphrase
Arabella was the first to move, and skidded on the moving tiles with ease; everybody raced across the booby trapped tiles to be the first to hug Green. After successfully making a body pile, they sat down in a circle. Salma volunteered to recapitulate.
"So the first day after you left, it was normal and pretty peaceful, but then I guess word got out that we had a substitute gym leader. I swear, every single one of the kids that lost to you came flying back, which meant a horde of excited kids. Arabella's given out a couple badges, since people end up getting to him just cause our pokemon are out of stamina and can't battle non-stop for that long! Now that you're back, everybody'll be scared off! Uh, no offense intended."
413. effect: to bring about
Green chuckled. "I'll beat the challengers personally then. How about all of you take a break and I'll take care of the gym for the last three hours? After this weekend, I'll hopefully be able to effect the new rule and then I promise this'll never happen again, ok?"
They looked at him a little suspiciously. Green sighed. "What, you don't trust me?"
Bonita spoke up. "No, it's just that kind of reminded us of the time right after Lorelei joined; we had so much trouble running the gym because somehow it became a hot spot for trainers and the just wore us down..."
Green raised an eyebrow. "Well, sorry? Well, just hold on until the weekend, by Monday I promise we'll be trouble free."
414. ample: enough, or more than enough; plentiful
Green dismissed them, and they filed quietly out of the gym. He then walked over to his office, but left his door open so he could hear if anybody came in. On his desk, neatly arranged, was a stack of paper bills, neatly bound together with a rubber band. Underneath was a huge list of trainers that had challenged Arabella and lost or won; the diligent man had literally written down every single one's full name, gender, age, and amount paid after losing. It was quite the ample sum after only a week and a half of his absence. Well, although his trainers had been overworked, they'd done a great job attracting trainers and making profits.
415. laconic: brief in speech; using few words
Some of the braver trainers came running in on hearing of Green's return. He borrowed Arabella's megaphone and only gave a laconic warning before sitting back to watch the kids puzzle over and get tossed around. No, Green was not a sadist, but he did enjoy watching people be confused and zip around the floor in a dizzy mess. Hey, it really was funny!
416. chasten: to correct by punishment or criticism; to restrain
Eventually, one kid figured out the path, and the others immediately followed him, creating a sudden line of trainers waiting to battle. Green took out Umbreon. That was fair - it wasn't as if he was sweeping trainers with Red's pokemon. Green methodically chopped up a couple of inflated egos, and chastened them appropriately afterwards: "You should have healed at that point - umbreon have extremely high defense stats, so it would have been better to try to prolong the battle instead of finishing it one hit! Try again after you beat some other gyms!" or "What were you thinking, sending out an abra first thing? Abras are rare and can become powerful, but you gotta study a little more before you challenge a dark type with a psychic type! Try another gym!" And so on and so on.
417. converse: to engage in spoken exchange of ideas
The battlers slowed and began to converse with each other. Green smirked. Trainers were normally quite hostile to each other, but here they were, at the end of their wits, actually working together and formulate a plan to beat Umbreon. There were only three more in line; Umbreon nibbled a Sitrus berry as she sat waiting in the center of the battling area.
418. impede: to obstruct
The conversation seemed to escalate, and they decided on pushing out the smallest kid first. He sent out a nidoran - probably aiming to poison Umbreon and weaken her. However, Umbreon literally sweat poison when she was agitated - Gramps had written that for her pokedex entry. Though Umbreon was not fast, she was still faster than the nidoran, and poison was no impedance for her; a psychic attack was enough to knock it out in one hit.
419. ostensible: outwardly appearing as such
The ostensible purpose for sending out the smallest kid first was probably for poisoning Umbreon - but then, as that failed, it became clear that the other two had simply been afraid and sent the youngster first. The second trainer, a guy, forfeited and ran. The last trainer, a girl, nervously stepped forward and released a Scyther.
420. nostalgia: a general longing for the past or to return home
Green applauded her choice in pokemon. Scyther was a really good match against Umbreon, but this one appeared to be still too young, too inexperienced. In fact, it became evident that its only moves were Pursuit, Wing Attack, Fury Cutter, and Slash. Good diversity - but the level difference was too big; Umbreon's high defense and stamina let her last through one fury cutter, and she simply overpowered the Scyther with shadow balls. Green gave her a thumbs up after her scyther fainted.
"It was a good pokemon choice and your pokemon knew diverse moves; you just need more practice. Make a loop around Kanto and come back when you're prepared!"
"A-alright." The girl grinned ruefully and left.
Green patted Umbreon and sprayed her scratches with a potion, nostalgically recalling the times Eevee had tried to battle before evolving. Eevee had been strong, but not enough - just hard work couldn't always surpass low stats and few type advantages. Eevee had tried to learn all sorts of moves, but was limited by her type. But her effort had paid off, and she used her new moves gracefully as an Umbreon. Green hugged Umbreon after patching her up, and then the two reveled in the silence of the gym.