LOL thanks LudicrouslyUnappealing I most definitely can assure you that I was thinking Jasminejasminejasmine not Janineninenine lol I'll try to reupload a few chapters asap heck I wrote Jasmine last chapter too before remembering janineninenine
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431. negligible: of little value or importance
The pay and more importantly, prestige of most the groups that had emailed him seemed to be quite negligible - not even close to Oak standards. Green might have been a little desperate, but no he did not think he had fallen to the point where he'd be tech manager for Silph Co. The two that attracted his attention were both outside of Kanto - the Global Terminal in Sinnoh and Devon Corp. in Hoenn.
432. liaison: a communication between different groups; the person in charge of a communication
Devon had a lot of potential, in Green's opinion; it had recently released plans for a Pokemon Dream World in which any pokemon could be digitized and sent online to meet with others. The concept was based off prolonged studies of Porygon and though it seemed extremely promising, it hadn't gained popularity in countries outside of Unova just yet.
The Global Terminal in Sinnoh was something that he just wanted to see and be at; the pay wasn't particularly good and the job description not too interesting, but the concept of being able to take pokemon trade onto a global scale and help with transfers was a startling idea. Green hadn't had the chance to explore or read through lengthy report of species in other regions, and working at the Global Trade Station would give him a chance to see the world, and get paid.
Green emailed both liaisons to see if their offers were still open - both were pretty old, and even Porygon-Z had taken a couple seconds to find them.
433. inveigle: to obtain by flattery
He got a reply from the GTS almost immediately, saying that the position had already been filled. The email appeared to be the kind of automated rejection letter, and Green was tempted to write a flattering email to inveigle a position. However, he decided against it, thinking about how he might not even be positioned by the main transfer capsule and be simply working behind the scenes somewhere and being a grunt. Ugh, nevermind.
434. capitulate: to surrender under specific conditions; to give up all resistance
Devon's reply came almost an hour later, still surprisingly quick for such a large corporation. It was from the former champion, Steven Stone.
"Dear Mr. Oak,
Mr. Stone is currently touring and exploring Mt. Coronet, so I am currently leading and running Devon. Although he might capitulate to your offer and accept your application willingly, I will not. Throughout my travels, I have encountered many young geniuses, and I will not be swayed simply by your background or your grandfather's achievements.
Please submit a standard application. If your achievements are truly yours and not your grandfather's, I may reconsider.
Sincerely,
Steven Stone"
435. fete: lavish entertainment; a festival
By the end of the email, Green was snickering. Steven was a funny guy. Gramps had taken Green and Daisy to Hoenn to "vacation" a couple or so years back; the professor had gone to meet and talk with Birch, but the kids had gone to the beach and gotten tanner than they'd ever been in their lives. They'd gone to tour the Devon building for some fete celebrating Devon's ten year anniversary.
Steven had been helping the kids there get into nice clothes for the party, but Green couldn't stand an itchy suit rubbing his sunburned shoulders, and he'd gone to the celebration as casual as he'd eventually gone to his induction ceremony. And it turned out that the only formally clothed people at the party were Mr. Stone and Steven, and Green was quite satisfied that he'd managed to avoid having to wear such restricting clothes when unnecessary.
436. jaundice: prejudice; bias; a yellowish discoloration of the skin
Steven had some kind of jaundice against "improperly" clothed kids, as if a t-shirt and shorts were anything to be ashamed of. Steven was in his early twenties then, and he'd probably still never ever ran around without a blazer or a vest. Heck, even in his pictures and biographies, when he was in the middle of caves prospecting for rare stones, he was still in his nice formal clothing, kneeling in the dirt without a single smudge on his face.
437. bacchanalian: characterized by riotous, drunken partying
Green was surprised that engineers and scientists had that much fun inside them; he'd grown up with a fairly uninteresting grandfather, and was surprised that Gramps could even dance. The party turned into something surprisingly bacchanalian, and Steven had smoothly rounded up the underage kids (there were four, the current Hoenn champion Sapphire and her boyfriend Ruby, and then Green and Daisy) and then taken them outside and to his apartment a couple blocks down.
438. nettle: to bother; to irritate
Green had nettled Steven a little more (for fun, he was such a straight laced dude) with accusations of pedophilia, which earned him a smack from Daisy. Steven ignored him, stone-faced (haha), and settled them in front of the TV with four Wii controllers before disappearing into his bedroom/office.
439. cite: to refer to or quote
Steven had quite a few of the newest games, and had any other young teenage boy been there, it might have been a wonderful, novelty experience. But Green had grown up and learned that video games were like drugs (after wasting a whole summer and getting an earful from Daisy), and consequently developed a resistance to them. Daisy had no clue how to play any of them, and Ruby was too busy complaining about the animations. Sapphire was way too into the game, and was slaughtering everybody else.
Eventually they gave up on playing since it wasn't exactly working out due to the difference in enthusiasm. They ended up sitting in a circle (ok, square) on the floor having a mini contest for cutest, coolest, prettiest, strongest, and smartest pokemon. Sapphire and Daisy were decent, Green... sucked, but Ruby was a total master at the thing, citing exact lines from rule books to determine who won.
440. chastise: to punish by beating; to scold or condemn harshly
They ended up being chastise by Steven, who had come out after hearing some loud crashes. Luckily, his home was made to withstand careless, gigantic steel pokemon, so most of his furniture wasn't easily destroyed. Umbreon had gone just a tad overboard with trying to conjure a (massive) shadow ball and nearly exploding it. Ghost moves were hard to control especially for those outside its type, so Ruby had reluctantly dished out Green's first few points after admitting his Umbreon (not him) was indeed prodigious.