tsuntrader | DEM'S FIGHTIN WORDS [Audio]

DEM'S FIGHTIN WORDS [Audio]

[...You know, being all agitated and wound up because of the giant chain of kidnappings in house 11 is doing him no good. It's time for a change of pace. It's time for something important. Really important. So important, in fact, that he's pulling out his journal right this minute to bring it up until just waiting until he sees Gold. He would try to filter it to him, but whatever, like he cares.

So his journal is out, and for once, he's actually using his voice... Because he lost all his pencils. Whoops. Whatever, this is best said and not written anyway.]

Hey Gold, don't you think it's about time we had a battle? It's been way too long. [...No, too simple. Too friendly. Not... Challenging enough. Yeah, that's it.]

Of course, we both know that there's no way you'd beat me in a million years, so if you're not up for it, no hard feelings.

[That's much better.]

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I'll just have to work extra hard, then!

Good. [Seriously. They all need to be on the same page again.]

Think you can help me out with that?

Yeah, sure. [Since you, you know, actually asked instead of being a jealous girlfriend like Gold.]

Edited 2012-05-24 16:37 (UTC)

Great. Maybe after your battle is over? So you guys can rest a bit.

Sounds like a plan.

Thanks, Silver! I appreciate it.

Yeah, no problem.

--oh, maybe we can all have a training day or something.

Or training days. [Why just one?]

Maybe a whole week. That should be a big help for all of us, and I think we could use it.

...As much as I'd like that, I'm still making sure our new juniors learn the ropes. [Or half of them, anyway. He's only one guy, okay?]

What makes you think you'll be doing that yourself? I've got to help them, too.

Crys, what're some of the first things you'd teach a new trainer with their first Pokémon?

Normally, the basics. How to take care of their Pokemon, how to battle, etc.

But since our juniors don't know much about Pokemon, we have to teach them all about Pokemon on top of the basics.

Then what would you teach them about Pokémon?

What everyone knows. Types, weaknesses, strengths, species. As much as I could.

[You forget who you're talking to here.]

What would you start with? [Oh, he knows exactly who he's talking to. He's talking to ~~long winded mc blah blah~~ miss knowledgeable, thorough, and detailed.]

Edited 2012-06-03 03:53 (UTC)

Well, I'd go into an explanation of what Pokemon are. Specifically, species and types. That makes it easier to figure out weaknesses and strengths. [She'll set up a plan for you, Silver. A big, long, lecture.]

[Bingo.] Stop right there.

Hm? What is it?

They don't need to know about every type and species right off the bat. They only need to know their strengths and weaknesses and the ones immediately relevant to them.

Telling them all about every Pokémon won't help them learn to react in unfamiliar situations, either. They need to learn to pinpoint an enemy's strengths and weaknesses through observation with limited or no prior information.

As much as I'd like to see them learn about Pokémon more traditionally, it's important to focus on getting them to bond, cooperate, trust, and learn to be in sync with their Pokémon. They need to know their strengths and limits. This is more for practical applications than casual or league battling. They won't be battling many trainers here, if any other than each other.

But in order to explain the strengths and weaknesses, we'll need to at least touch the surface of the types. And I'm not saying we have to go into detail about every single Pokemon. To help pinpoint such things, we'll have to start them off with a few simple battles with each other. And from what I've seen of some of them, they do bond with their Pokemon. I explained that to a lot of them when I first arrived here. We just need to give them a bit more time to open up sine they're not used to this sort of thing.

[...He has a very different style of doing things from Crys. That in tandem with a different agenda, already accomodating to their juniors' style of doing things, and preferring to do things on his own in the first place aren't leaving him very inclined to cooperate on this issue.

...But he has to work together with Crys, doesn't he? Still-] This isn't something to discuss over the journals.

... you're right. [They should try to discuss this in person and come up with a plan for these guys.]

I can meet up with you and we can talk about it.

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