HOLY- I WROTE THIS IN LIKE... ONE DAY, WHICH WAS TODAY BECAUSE I HAD TO UPDATE AND IT'S MY LONGEST CHAPTER YET
Today's fun Pokefact is that Gastly is made up of poisonous gas but can't learn the move poison gas.
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me," I sigh as Cress, one of the gym leaders of the city walks by and into the gym, the man who had been standing guard by the door moving aside.
"Wow, um Hilda really just went to find the gym lead two minutes ago and now he's here... Huh, awful luck for her," Violet says quietly.
"Yeah, well are you glad I told you to stay here with me?" I ask Violet teasingly as I stop leaning on the building wall.
"Sorta kinda. We still promised Hilda we would stay and wait for her- oh, hey Hilda! The gym leader's back!" Violet yells out.
"Okay! I got it!" Hilda calls back as she runs to us.
"You can challenge the gym first Hilda, have fun!" I offer.
"Are you sure? Okay," Hilda accepts. She goes to open the wooden door and Violet and I follow her.
And then I realized something.
My mom is an incredibly manipulative little...
Genius. In her own right.
I don't have a traditional starter, as in a fire, water, or grass type. Ever if I was able to challenge the Gym, I could, of course, fight the monkey quite well, but the Lillipup is a no. Aria only knows the attacking move lick, which can't affect normal types. Not to mention Alice said I could only use Aria to fight the gym. I could challenge the next closest gym, but guess what? It's a Normal Type Gym.
I glance around for a few seconds to see average restaurant decor. There are booths and a few chairs and tables. The cafe is moderately full and waiters are running around. From the entrance, there are curtains and buttons on the floor fifteen yards in front of us, booths at the left wall and an opening in the wall for the kitchen at the right wall.
"Hello and welcome to the Striation City Gym and cafe! Are you here to battle or eat?" a waiter comes over once he sees us.
"I'm here to battle!" Hilda responds.
"We're here to eat for now!" Violet says.
"Alright, you miss can talk to the man over there standing by the curtains. And you and your little sister can come with me, miss," the waiter says very nicely.
I am not her little sister.
Hilda waves goodbye to us and walks to the man that was pointed out. The waiter goes to a cabinet nearby and grabs four menus before he waves for us to follow him. He brings us to a table and puts down our menus. Violet and I both take out a seat and sit down.
"Have either of you been to our cafe before?" the waiter asks.
"No," Violet answers.
"We have two menus, the pink one is desserts and the green one is for lunch food. My name is Alex and I'll be serving you today. I'll give you a few minutes to look at your menus," he says with a smile before he walks away.
"I am not your little sister. I'm sorry, I just had to get that out," I say as I pick up a pink menu. Oo~ They have Asian desserts! They're so hard to find in Unova, and I grew up with them in my past life, so they're rather comforting, especially Korean ones since I grew up in Korea town U.S.A.
"I thought you would! Don't worry, by the way, I'll pay for the food, just win that gym badge!"
"That'll be impossible."
"Huh? Why?"
"I didn't start with a traditional starter, not to mention if they still let me battle them, I'll have to fight a Lillipup. Please remember Aria only know lick so I won't be-"
"Then we can go to the next closest gym!" Violet yells and startles not only me but the people around me as well.
"Which is a normal type gym," I retort as I pretend to be very interested in the menu. Now I don't feel like eating...
"I can lend you that Ralts that my aunt got me as a graduation gift. She doesn't really like me anyway so-"
"Violet, calm down. I've conceded to the fact that I will not be going on a Pokemon journey. Please don't rub salt in the wound," I say as I put down the menu I haven't even been looking at.
"Why can't you just use Alicia-"
"You named the Ralts Alicia?" I ask curiously as I look her in the eye. Eye contact, my old friend. It makes things forever more personal to the person you're speaking to.
"Uh, yeah...," Violet trails off as she looks away from me in embarrassment.
"That's a cute name. Any particular reason you name her that?" I ask, still trying to make eye contact with her.
"You know the reason," she mutters as she looks down.
"No, I really don't, what is it?" I ask again playfully.
"I, uh, gah! Arceus! I hate how good you are at that! Stop!" Violet says back a little angrily.
"Good at what?" I ask her innocently.
"Changing the subject! Answer my question! Why can't you just use Alicia to fight the gym?"
"You heard my mom. She said Aria only to fight the gym. I'm just planning to stay the night at the Pokemon Center because it's so late and call them there. I'll say that they were right and the idea of going on a Pokemon journey was stupid in the first-"
"Don't give them that satisfaction! They sent you on an impossible task, so you should at least be dignified about how you answer them!" Violet says back, her voice starting to raise in volume.
"Violet, calm down. You're attracting attention. Look at the menu and pick what you want to order," I say calmly as I wave over the waiter and sure enough, there are a few people staring at Violet.
"I... Sorry," Violet apologizes as she picks up a menu.
"Do you know what you want to order, ladies?" the waiter asks as he takes out a notepad and pen.
"I'll have a Thai Tea Boba and, Violet, would you like to share a Bing Soo?" I ask.
"What's that?" Violet asks.
"Don't worry, it's good, do you want one?"
"Oh, yeah. Sure!"
"Alright, so we'll also have a large Red Bean Bing Soo too. Also, I'll have water. Violet?"
"I'll have a Payapa Berry boba, please! Oh, and two grilled chicken sandwiches for take out!" Violet orders with a smile.
"Alright then, I'll have your order done in a few minutes, please sit and enjoy the current gym battle," the waiter says as he puts the pen and notepad in his pocket, grabs our menus, and walks to the kitchen.
"Look! There's Hilda!" Violet points out the T.V. to our left on the wall that shows Hilda walking up to the three gym leaders. The gym leaders wait for her to stop walking before they all introduce themselves, Hilda doing the same along with saying she chose Tepig as a starter.
Cress moves to one end of the battlefield that he and his brothers (who moved to the sidelines) stood on and motions for Hilda to do the same. A referee comes up and announces the various rules, only the challenger can substitute Pokemon, this battles over when the two Pokemon you chose to use are unable to battle, yadda, yadda, yadda, BEGIN.
"Here's your food, ladies," the waiter says as he puts our food on the table.
"Thank you," Violet and I both say, not really paying attention to him.
"It looks like Hilda is winning!" Violet says happily as Cress's Lillipup is getting beaten about by Hilda's Tepig.
"I almost feel bad for that Lillipup. It looks rather upset that they're losing. Oh well, all gym Pokemon volunteer to work for the Pokemon League and get distributed as such so I don't feel as bad," I say as I pick up my spoon and start picking at the mochi and cornflakes covered in a golden power on the Bing Soo.
"Mh, you're starting to remind me of that N dude from before," Violet says teasingly as she also picks up her spoon and takes some of the Bing Soo.
"Is that necessarily a bad thing? He seemed to truly love Pokemon, and as much as we hate to say it, some Pokemon are abused just as how some of us abuse our fellow humans. It's a sad truth, but facts are stubborn things," I say as I take another bite of the cold dessert.
"Yeah, I guess. What's in this anyway? I mean, it's good but what's in it?" Violet asks.
"Frosted corn flakes, red bean paste, mochi, which is made of rice, and I don't know what the snowy part is. The powder has a name but I don't know what it's called, but I believe it's made of peanuts. Oh, and condensed milk!" I answer.
"Oh! Hilda took down the Lillipup!" Violet says. I look over at the screen to see that she was right. Cress returned the Lillipup to their Pokeball and threw out his Panpour.
Nobody likes the monkey evolutions.
No offense, but literally the most disliked pokemon is Simisear.
"Is she not returning Tepig? Wait, does she not have another Pokemon?" I ask Violet as I feel my face turn to a frown
"I don't know..."
"Give me a moment, I have to use the bathroom," I say as I put down my spoon and get up.
"Okay~!"
"I can't believe you guys didn't get me anything!" Hilda complains as we enter the Pokemon Center.
"You didn't say you wanted anything, and besides, you could have ordered something and have gotten it in like, ten seconds," I say as I take a sip from my boba.
"True, what are you two drinking anyway?" Hilda says as she puts her hands behind her head.
"It's sort of like a less sugary milkshake and the consistency is a combination between a milkshake and smoothie. The boba, the black things at the bottom at the bottom are tapioca balls," I answer.
"Sounds pretty good. Maybe I'll get it later," Hilda says as we stop at the counter.
"Hello! Welcome to the Pokemon Center! What can we do for you today?" Nurse Joy asks.
"I would like to have my Pokemon treated," Hilda answers as she takes out her Tepig's Pokeball.
"Violet, do you want to get two rooms or a room with two beds?" I ask.
"Whatever's cheapest, I'm completely fine with a one-bed room as well, I can sleep on the couch," she answers.
"If we get a one-bed room, you're sleeping on the bed," I respond.
"And you two?" Nurse Joy asks with a smile as she hands Tepig's Pokeball to an Audino.
"How much is it for a night's stay?" I ask.
"It's 2,000 Pokedollars for a room with a bed and 500 for a room with one bed," Nurse Joy answers.
I stare at Violet for a few awkward moments before she gets the message and she says, "A one-bed room, please."
"Alright, your room is 204 and here's your key. Check out is 11:30 tomorrow," Nurse Joy says as she punches out something on a tablet and hands us a key card.
"Thank you!" Violet says as she takes the card.
"I'll meet you guys here at your checkout time tomorrow, alright?" Hilda asks. Me and Violet both nod to acknowledge her.
"I'm going to go call my parents now, alright?" I tell Violet as I start walking to the call booths.
"Oh! I'm going to call my parents too!" Violet says as she runs to catch up with me.
"Can't you just use your Xtransceiver like you did earlier to let them know you were alive?" I ask.
"It's called cross transceiver, and I want my parents to send me something," she says back.
"Yeah, yeah. Alright. Do you have coins for the call?"
"Yeah!" she says as she walks in one of the call booths, me doing the same.
I close the door and insert a 100 Pokedollar coin into the slot and then punch in my number. It rings for a little bit before it pings and Milla's face pops up, Alice in the background cooking.
"Oh, hey honey, how's it going?" Milla asks.
"Eh, you?"
"Not the greatest. Work was awful, I literally just read over a draft of questions that were supposed to be sent in last week. I swear, the staff sometimes," she complains.
"Sounds like a bad day. Can you call mom over?"
"I'm here!" Alice says as she pops up from the right of the screen, playfully pushing Milla out of the way,
"How's your day been? Did you challenge the gym yet?" Alice asks with an oddly happy smile. Is she mocking me or what?
"No, Hilda, one of Violet's friends who started her journey as well did, and me and Violet ate in the cafe the gym is in," I answer, trying to avoid sounding angry. There's always the .3 percent chance she didn't know what she was saying when she said I could only use Aria.
"Oh, did Hilda win?" Alice asks, still with a smile.
"Yeah, she won the whole thing with her Tepig, which was kind of rash of her to try to do, but it worked. She got the badge," I answer.
"So you'll be challenging tomorrow?" Milla asks.
"No, I'll be going home tomorrow," I answer, trying to not get annoyed.
"Why? You looked like you really wanted to challenge the gym this morning, what changed? Not that I mind," Milla asks with a frown.
"It's literally impossible for me to get that gym badge, and I can't exactly get the next one in the next town over," I answer with a shrug, trying to not let my voice rise in anger,
"Why? I thought the Striaton City gym still let challengers battle even if they don't have a traditional starter?" Alice asks, a frown on her face as well.
"The Striaton City Gym Leaders have an elemental monkey and a Lillipup. Aria only knows one move that does damage and it's lick, a move which won't affect the Lillipup at all, which is the same reason I can't go to the next town over and fight that gym," I answer, trying to keep a solid poker face.
"Why can't you borrow a Pokemon from Violet?" Milla asks, sounding genuinely confused.
"Mom said I could only use Aria," I answer, still trying to calm my nerves.
"Yeah, but I didn't know about this! I'm sorry! Just try to ask Violet if you can borrow that Ralts she got for her graduation present," Alice answers apologetically.
...
She actually didn't know.
"Sure," I respond, not having to force myself to stay calm anymore.`
We talk for a few more minutes and we agree to call again tomorrow after the gym battle. I bid them farewell and put down the call. I then move the curtain of the call booth to see Violet patiently standing outside.
She nods at me and we both walk to the room we're assigned to on the second floor of the Pokemon Center. Violet puts in the key card before the light on the door turns green and lets us in. I take off my shoes at the door while Violet closes the door and copies me.
"Are you going to sleep in that?" I ask Violet. I normally wouldn't ask but she's wearing a rather cute dress black dress with a pink jacket like thing to cover her shoulders and I wouldn't want to mess it up if I were her. Unlike my plain jeans and dark purple long sleeve shirt.
"Yeah, I was going to, why? Is something wrong with it?"
"No, of course not. I was just asking because it looked like a nice dress, that's all," I answer as I sit down on the couch that was in the room, which was kind of a surprise since most places only have chairs.
"Alright, you should take the bed since you're paying for the room-"
"You paid for dinner," I retort.
"I want you to sleep on the bed!"
"..."
"Do I win?"
"Okay, if you're that insistent, why don't we both sleep on the bed?" I suggest teasingly as I feel a troll face starting to take over my own.
"W-wha, n-n-no! I-," Violet stutters out as her face flushes.
"Why not?"
"B-b-because we-we're t-two g-girls a-and pe-people might g-get the wr-wrong idea!" she stutters out again as her face got even redder. This is so cute, I can't even at this point, I just want to hug her,
"Ahaha, let's eat those sandwiches you bought first and then we can have the great who sleeps on the bed debate," I say with a smile as I tilt my head.
"O-okay..."
You lead me down a dark path but I'm who you blame for the aftermath
You have no idea how tempted I was to make Alishia break the fourth wall in the part where Violet asks what's wrong with her wearing the dress she's wearing until I thought, "Bad *insert my name here*! It's not that kind of story. It would have probably gone like this if I chose to do it:
"Are you going to sleep in that?" I ask Violet. I normally wouldn't ask but she's wearing a rather cute dress black dress with a pink jacket like thing to cover her shoulders and I wouldn't want to mess it up if I were her. Unlike my plain jeans and dark purple long sleeve shirt.
"Yeah, I was going to, why? Is something wrong with it?"
"No, I was just using it as an excuse to tell the readers what we're wearing."
"Oh, okay!"
Now I'm going to go have fun failing to draw realism so I can fail at trying to draw semi-realism so I can fail at digital art so I can fail at art in general. Have a nice day! Bye!