Hi! I wanted to update Yangverse Michronicles again: And the prompt I chose to do so with was "A group of people in a bar discuss the weird situations they were in that day and slowly realize that all their experiences have something in common." So here's that.
Unrivaled
In a bar in Castelia City, Unova, Gary "Blue" Oak was sitting in front, woefully slurping a drink of something dubiously alcoholic. He sighed and put his drink down on the counter.
"Why does this always happen to me?"
"What's ailing you?"
Blue turned his head toward the source of the voice and saw a red-haired man over at the other side of the looked at him oddly before replying.
"There's this guy. We call him Red. No matter how hard I try he always beats me in a Pokemon battle."
"Tch. I've been there," said the redhead. "This one girl. She always wiped the floor with me. Utterly humiliating."
"I had the same problem!" said a voice from across the bar. The others turned to find a pale, sickly-looking young man drinking a soda.
"Even when I was young and ill... This other kid would always best me."
"Same!" said a blonde man. "And they still owe me one million Pokmedollars!"
"Mee too!" said a black-haired man next to a blonde-haired woman. "We both threw everything we had at them!"
"But they'd always fire back more..." said the blonde woman.
"Hey!" said a large man in a gaggle of four. "It happened to us too! And they insulted my dance moves!"
"Ours got to be Champion before any of us, before anyone else!" said a dark-skinned young man sitting next to a blonde man and woman. The bonde woman nodded her head shamefully while the blonde man clenched his fist.
:Oi!" said a purple haired dark skinned young man. "I can relate to having someone... never letting me win..."
"Don't act like you're the only one," said a fluffy-haired, pale young man.
"Whatever," said a girl in goth attire.
"Mine wasn't so bad," said one boy with a strong build and two-toned hair. "He helped me cure my Mabosstiff."
The Mabosstiff woofed from his side.
"He helped me reconcile with my friends,:" said a girl in a baggy hoodie with red and blue hair.
"He's great!" said a dark-skinned girl with green streaks in her hair. "He's probably one of the best battle partners I've ever had! He goes all out and uses so many strong Pokemon and - "
She noticed the others were all staring at her/
"What?"
"So you're telling me everyone here's had the same experience?" said Blue. "What are you all doing here?"
The redhead pointed above Blue's head. He looked up. Above him was a sign that said "Disgruntled Rivals Convention".
"Oh. That explains that part. But why a bar? Aren't some of you minors?"
"We serve mocktails," said the bartender.
Blue squinted at the bartender. "Wait a minute. You're... Ritchie?! You were Champion before me! What are you doing here?!"
Ritchie shrugged. "It's a living."