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[wing_attack]

[So someone looks a little stunned based on what he just heard. He'd joked around about making a Flying-type gym, but that was just a joke, right?]

[Right?]

So. Uh. I guess I have work to do. Joker? I'm taking a break from the circus. Everyone else? I've got the Zephyr, Hive, Plain, Storm, and Fog Badges. That means I have Mineral, Glacier, and Rising left in Johto.

Anyone want to come with me? I'm guessing a bunch of us really want to challenge the gym leaders now, so we might as well travel together. I'm in Goldenrod right now, but I'm getting ready to head out.

[His own gym. It's... a little hard to believe, but it's something to shoot for. And he's been looking for a goal for a while, so...]

Comments

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[defyingfrigidity]

How about a deal where if someone defeats you in an official challenge, they get a free pass?

It would be like the TMs and HMs the gym leaders now give out, in terms of how valuable the prize is.

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[wing_attack]

That's true. I was thinking of throwing in a TM, too, but I'd have to see what kinds I could get. I don't normally look into those things, but there's got to be one that's a good Flying-type move that isn't normally learned...

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[defyingfrigidity]

[There's a pause as Elsa tries to recall all the flying-type moves she knows... then ping! Lightbulb.]

Isn't there a flying type move called Acrobatics? That seems like the perfect TM to offer at a gym with a circus theme!

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[wing_attack]

Oh yeah! That'd be a good one.

... I have to get the rest of the badges first, though. I have a pretty good spread of types... it shouldn't be that hard if I train them all up. I've been rotating through my team, but I should be going for what works against the gyms I'm going to hit next.

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[defyingfrigidity]

Which ones to you have left? The ones in Kanto? I imagine that's where everyone will be flocking to in the coming weeks, to finish up their badge quests...

[video]

[wing_attack]

Those, and the ones in Olivine, Mahogany, and Blackthorn. I only really got the badges I felt that I needed to get before.

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[defyingfrigidity]

Blackthorn is the dragon gym, correct? If you have any ice-types, that shouldn't be a problem at all.

[Elsa... would be lying if she said she didn't want to try out the gym thing whenever she and Anna made it to that city.]

Oh, right, you need some of those badges to use those HMs that allow you to travel easier, correct? It seems a bit odd that you need specific badges, rather than a certain number of them...

[video]

[wing_attack]

Yeah, it's weird. Ice types... oh! Amy would work. She's my Aurorus. They're weak against Fairy too, aren't they? I have a Sylveon.

[video]

[defyingfrigidity]

Ice and fairy, correct. They're also weak to their own type, I believe.

[Elsa has a bit of a glint in her eye now, oh boy... it's not often she really gets into battling outside of training, but once she gets on the topic of ice-types...!]

I'd be careful with Aurorus, though. I think some of that gym leader's dragons are also water-types? That might be a bit dangerous, with Aurorus being part rock as well.

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[wing_attack]

Oh... that's true. I don't really have any good Ice types other than her, though...

[video]

[defyingfrigidity]

Oh, that's fine! If you travel east from Mahogany Town, you'll see a cave system called Ice Path. There should be plenty of ice-types to find in there!

[video]

[wing_attack]

Oh. Well that's good. I'll see who I can pick up on the way... I already have a lot of Pokemon...

[video]

[defyingfrigidity]

Snover and Snorunt are very good choices for ice-type companions. It takes them some time to evolve, but if you catch a female Snorunt, you can evolve her into a different form if you have a Dawn Stone!

I was given a Snorunt as my starter, and Snover hatched from an egg I received for my first Christmas in Johto. They've been formidable companions of mine ever since.

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[wing_attack]

I don't mind Pokemon that take a while to evolve. My starter took a while to evolve into a Braviary, after all.

Have you seen Snorunt in the Ice Path? I haven't really been to that corner of Johto at all...

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[defyingfrigidity]

I... haven't actually been there, but I speak with the trainers coming from the eastern cities often. Some of them have mentioned finding them there, but not many, so I think they might be a bit of a rare species.

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[wing_attack]

Ah. Well, I can be patient. It doesn't bother me.