002 | Cherrygrove City | Action;

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[After a productive (but admittedly somewhat boring) five hours of work sorting and filing papers at the Cherrygrove Pokémon Center, it's finally time for Yagyuu to head for home--or at least, for the room at the Cherrygrove Inn he's been sharing with Kirihara-kun since they both arrived in the city yesterday. He'd gladly work longer hours if they'

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[attrites]

[ meanwhile, Akaya's having fun playing with Pokémon working hard training Pokémon!! Don't worry, Yagyuu, your Absol is in good hands. When he spots Yagyuu coming from down the road, though, he'll be waving and starting to run over. ]

Heeey, sempai!

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[Oh, there's Kirihara-kun. Good, it looks like he kept...reasonably out of trouble all day. At least, nothing seems to be on fire and all the buildings are presumably still standing.]

Ah, hello, Kirihara-kun. Did you have a good day?

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[attrites]

[ there are a few trees on the outskirts of the city that have seen better days, though. ]

Yep! Training's going well!

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And Phantom behaved himself, I hope?

[Because really, it was a relief to have his Pokémon out of his hair for the day, and Kirihara-kun seemed so enthusiastic about training them, so the arrangement was mutually beneficial.]

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[attrites]

Yep! He's doing a good job keeping up with the rest of them. [ ... ] Actually, it's kinda hard keeping some of my Pokémon from going too hard on him...

[ ... don't worry, though, Phantom's fine. ]

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[He shrugs a little, closing his breeder's manual and tucking it safely under his arm.]

It's only to be expected if he's not as strong as the others. Facing adversity is usually good motivation, don't you think?

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[attrites]

Yeah, but it's not good to push a beginner too hard.

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It's a valuable skill, being able to make that distinction.

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[attrites]

Well, I am gonna be captain next year, you know.

[ as terrifying a thought as that is... ]

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[Terrifying indeed, and yet somehow inevitable. Like standing in quicksand.]

Is that how you've chosen to approach training your Pokémon?

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[attrites]

Well, it is kind of similar, isn't it?

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I suppose it is. Yukimura-kun certainly seems to think so.

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[attrites]

In that case, I must not be doing that bad of a job. The beginner seems like he doesn't want to quit yet and is improving a lot!

... Of course, that's mostly 'cause of Phantom here being easy to work with, I think.

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Then it's beneficial practice for the both of you.

[And secretly for Yagyuu too, because it means he doesn't have to do the training himself and admit he's actually going to become a Pokémon trainer now.]

You'll continue tomorrow, I assume?

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[attrites]

Yeah, if it's alright with you.

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I don't mind it at all. After all, it's helpful to me, too.