29th moon [video]

[puppet_paladin]

[The scene is chaotic and glorious: Pokémon shouting, yelling, pleading, all at the same time and at the loudest volume they can manage. Yet somehow, the following can be heard

Comments

[islandshore]

Depends on the stuff that's there. I did hear something about Metal Coats...

[puppet_paladin]

They are in the catalog, yes. Do you have a Onix?

[islandshore]

Actually, I've got a Scy--

[And, right on cue, his big ol' bug pups up behind him, letting out a Scraaaaaa!

It's high pitch and shrill, but at least she looks happy. Her trainer's talking about her!]

...Scyther.

[puppet_paladin]

[Cecil beams at her. Happy Pokémon are always wonderful to see.]

Scythers evolve into Scizors, do they not? I did not know they also need a Metal Coat.

[islandshore]

Scizor's a bug/steel type. I think it makes sense.

[puppet_paladin]

True. I guess it would have been easy for a Gym leader to obtain one, even if they were not sold in stores.

[islandshore]

Yeah. They probably have cash to burn, even with all the trainers that take them out.

[puppet_paladin]

They must, to be able to pay for the Gyms' upkeep. Their assistant must also receive a salary, though that might come from the city's coffers.

[islandshore]

They probably get paid just to sit around in a gym and loose battles. Kind of sad, if you ask me.

[puppet_paladin]

It would be an easy way to make a living, as long as you do not particularly care about your pride. Unless their salary is determined by their victories...

[islandshore]

Who knows? Maybe they get paid just for being there.

[puppet_paladin]

That would explain why the younger trainers stay there instead of receiving lessons, though it sounds like a rather useless trade to learn.

[islandshore]

There's still something ironic about newbie trainers like us beating the snot out of them. But I guess if they were too hard, nobody'd win.

[puppet_paladin]

Perhaps they keep that sort of difficulty for the last Gyms, to cull those who lack true determination.