20 - text/video/action for Mahogany Town;;

[islandshore]

video;

[There's a brief video in the Mahogany Gym

Comments

text

[utterlyupbeat]

... Is "Fly" basically what the name implies?

text

[islandshore]

It's exactly what it sounds like. It's a powerful flying type move, and you can use it to ride on your Pokémon.

You can travel a week's distance in half a day, easy.

[utterlyupbeat]

[boy that sounds super useful! only...]

What's the catch?

[islandshore]

You don't get it until you beat the sixth gym. By then, you'll have spent at least a few months on the road.

[utterlyupbeat]

I knew it...

[islandshore]

But on the positive side, it makes backtracking much easier, and you'll have to do that in order to get the last two badges.

[utterlyupbeat]

I've read about badges, but... Do you mostly just get them to make things easier?

[islandshore]

Depends on who you're dealing with.

Some people think they're a ticket home. I doubt it.

I'm collecting the badges to prove I'm the best. Better than the Gym Leaders, anyway.

[utterlyupbeat]

I guess that's better than sitting around.

[islandshore]

Exactly. It's something to do. Plus, somebody's gotta show those gym leaders who's boss.

[utterlyupbeat]

Are they really that bad?

[islandshore]

They only stick to one type of Pokémon, which makes them easy to beat.

[utterlyupbeat]

Shouldn't they be smarter than that if they're gym leaders?

[islandshore]

See, that's what I thought. They're supposed to be elites, but newbie trainers can take them down easily.

[utterlyupbeat]

That's sounds pretty embarrassing.

[islandshore]

Exactly. I've been here a year, and I can outmatch people who were born here. That says a lot.