pinnedbangs | 4th Struggle [Video/Action] Zephyr Badge getto da ze!

[Lookit this face! Lookit this bright, shining, smiling face that's ready to take on the whole world by storm! And why is that? It might have something to do with that kick-ass badge from the Violet City Gym that he's holding up to the camera.]

They did it! It took a while to figure out how to take him down, but they did it! He only gave me one badge though. Shouldn't there be one for each of them? Guess they'll just take turns. [Like good siblings should. At least he hopes they'll share...] Look at them! They were so happy afterward, I had to treat them to something great today! And since I can afford as much food as I want now, there's more than enough reason to celebrate!

[The camera turns around to take a good look at the champions. All of his pokemon are having a picnic in the nice, clean, garbage free Violet City. It's an impromptu picnic with a (real live) picnic blanket and lots of different kinds of home-made pokemon food and drink. Pidgeot's already cleaning his feathers while Cyndaquil sleeps on a tiny corner of the blanket. Lapras is swimming off its meal and enjoying the better weather more than any of his pokemon. And what of Poochy? She's still enjoying the food and finishing what the others couldn't.]

[The camera creeps closer to Poochy until it's nearly right in her face. She growls slightly.]

Poochy didn't want to battle. [Rin reaches over to pet her -- and she lets him without complaint.] You're not a battling type of girl, are you? But I did find something you were good at. She's better at it than the others are!

[Poochy almost seems to smile as she inches closer to Rin. She adores the praise.]

She eats anything. If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have figured out how to make all of this food for them. Right, Poochy? [Poochy barks~ and returns to her meal.]

What sort of food do you feed your pokemon? They have that stuff at the Center and in the Mart but not everything's fresh. [Most of it's like instant noodles -- instant pokefood. And box stuff. And he'll only feed them that when he has nothing to give.] There's a pokémon restaurant somewhere, right? With high-class foreign food?

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[IT'S THE PIRATE-HUNTER -- Admiral. Right. Cool.]

Thanks. [But, really, it was all them. Really. He laughs nervously, more unsure of himself than nervous.] I'll have to think about getting the other badges. Even though I don't like seeing them get hurt out there, they looked okay with it -- Poochy didn't, but the others... [He trails off. Just. Feeling more unsure.]

["The brat's chef" sounded more interesting. ...Who's "the brat"? Was his chef some high class guy with a restaurant? [It seems that way... He'd love to take a look at that book...]

[Small grin.] You know how some people like to fight or box? I think a lot of pokemon are like that too. As long as they don't faint, you're okay. It's like training troops. They like some push to reach their potential better, just don't go overboard.

[Snorts at the second part though.] More like low class, though he did work in a restaurant in the East Blue. The brat is Straw-Hat Luffy. Back home I'm going to catch him, but he's only eight here. So it's complicated. His chef is a pirate chef who cooks for their crew. He's not here anymore though.

I get that feeling too, especially with Birdie. Maybe I'll figure out a way to keep them trained and on their toes - maybe even take on that other gym. Birdie'll like that. [He seems a little sad, but it's probably nothing.]

The East Blue? [He's not even going to being to list the other parts that don't make sense...] So you were chasing a pirate around East Blue but he's a kid here? ...And he had a cook as a member of his crew.

More opportunities for badges if nothing else.

The East Blue is our native ocean. I mostly chased Straw-Hat along the Grand Line, which is a different ocean. He stopped at Loguetown where I was stationed and he was the only pirate to ever get away, though he had help.

Correct though, he's a kid here, and he he has a cook as a member of his crew who was here. Also a kid version of his archaeologist was here once.

What do the badges do again? [This time, for sure, he will commit it to memory.

This guy was one seriously impressive BAMF. Rin could imagine some grand chase scene through the East Blue, chasing down a pirate with a straw-hat and his mismatched crew.]

No way... what's he need a archaeologist for? [THAT DON'T MAKE NO SENSE.]

They let you use HMs. Beyond that I have no idea. Control higher level pokemon I guess, but if you don't trade for any pokemon you don't need them.

[Wry grin at the latter part.] Digging up buried treasure I guess.

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