Welcome to Jubilife!

I decide to explore whatever was left of the route. Was there an item in the grass? You gotta wonder where those things keep coming from, but beggars can’t be choosers. So I entered the last patch of grass.

VS.

Solar Rai leveled up once more! Since he could now battle without further help from Aoi Umi, I decided to go hunt for that Bidoof I was going to trade away. Better get it over with now. But first I grabbed that item in the grass.

Obtained.

Strangely enough, I hadn’t had any Bidoof encounters today. Even the next one was just another Starly. While I was wondering if it was a very bad thing that Rai hadn’t gained any defense points again, I figured it was alright as long as he didn’t encounter any Ground type attacks.

VS. (x2)

VS.

Finally, I managed to find a Bidoof. I got a Bidoof after all.

Bidoof joins the team!

Now that I had gotten the Dex entry I decided to rush to the Center immediately, to trade with my friend. I didn’t want to have this one around me any longer than I had to. It seemed oblivious towards my hatred though. Or  maybe it was plain dumb. Almost cute.

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Jubilife City

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traded for.

I was happy about my new team mate. A Mudkip, huh? Its name was Aqua Rage. And, it was a shiny! A pink Mudkip. I haven’t seen many Mudkips, seeing as they’re not home to Johto, and asumably not Sinnoh either (or else I’d have gotten a Dex entry for it…)

I asked my friend “Why Mudkip?” She told me that a friend of hers had been breeding them, and apparently the shiny wasn’t very well accepted by the other Mudkips, due to its color. Apparently she thought that, if it were to lead a good life, it should travel the world alongside a trainer, so she recommened me to her breeding friend, and this is how all of it came to be.

It possesses a variety of attacks thanks to the breeding, and the use of TMs. Normally I’d only have one Water type in my team, and Rage seemed like the better pick. But I couldn’t simply abandon Aoi like that! My friend told me that both Aoi and Rage would get a second type later, when they evolved, and they would have entirely different weaknesses, so that my team would still be balanced. Hurray!

I’ll have you know, I’m quite the strategist. Even before I considered becoming a trainer, I knew a lot of the types and their effects on each other. As such, I’m trying to build a very balanced team.

However, in all my joy my friend gave me a warning: Pokémon that I obtained via trade will sometimes disobey me. She said that the higher the level, the more likely they are to do so. In order to have them obey me, I’d have to battle the gym leaders and earn badges.

I guess a trainer with a lot of badges earns the respect even of higher leveled Pokémon. How else would this work, unless the badges have some sort of mind control? @_@

Anyhow, I asked her if there were any other Pokémon she’d consider giving in my care. She said she’d think about it, but that it also was important that I’d assemble my own team. “Fine”, I said, “but let’s say I want Pokémon X in my team, and I can’t get it here. Then will you help me out?” And she agreed, under the condition that at least half my Pokémon were caught by me. Which means I’ll catch one more for the team, and she’ll trade me two more.

At least I won’t have to catch anymore Bidoof for her. >.>

Well, I’ll give my dear Pokémon some time to get to know each other, and then we’ll look for Bezyda. When I entered Jubilife, Lucius had told me that I could find the guy in a Pokémon Trainers School. I never knew there were schools about this o.o’

And I never knew that Bezyda could actually be patient enough to take lessons there.

I forgot to mention: Aqua Rage came holding an Amulet Coin. That will help me earn money faster!

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