victory_road | 02

[Yuuko's finally made it out of Union Cave, and while she's happy about that, that isn't the reason she's making this video. She waves to the screen before speaking.]

Hi, Yuuko here. So I guess this wouldn't be much of a big deal to those who have been here longer than I have, but one of my Pokemon evolved while I've been traveling! And she seems really excited to show it off, so I just thought I'd make this video.

[Yuuko turns the camera to the right, revealing a Steenee that's standing a short distance behind her.] This is Ina! She was a Bounsweet when I caught her, but now she's a Steenee. [Ina waves to the camera as well, but with a lot more enthusiastic bouncing up and down. She has actual arms now! And longer legs! And no longer has to worry about bird Pokemon trying to eat her! The world is now so full of possibilities!

Yuuko just smiles. Her ~~children~~ Pokemon are growing up so fast...hey, she has actual kids at home, so she really can't help but be reminded of her own daughters.]

So, I guess that's really all I wanted to-- [Yuuko is then interrupted by Ina squeaking excitedly and bouncing around even more, the pigtail-like sepals on her head swinging around wildly as she gets even closer to the screen.]

W-wait--Ina, slow down...! [And it looks like Ina got so excited about evolving that she's knocked the 'gear out of Yuuko's hands and cut off the feed. Whoops.]

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Wow, that's a lot.

I suddenly understand all those egg posts on the gear a lot more now.

Is that something you're interested in doing? I know....well I think as a trainer I'm supposed to go around and battle gyms. But I'm really just trying to figure out what I even want to do in this world. Or you know, what's even an option.

[She is at least used to having limited options. A wasteland will bring those down but at the same time, wow was there a lot going on when she woke up.]

Well, it doesn't seem like any of my Pokemon are interested in breeding at the moment, but I'm still going to keep an eye out for any signs that they are. In the meantime, I'm trying to make my way to Mahogany Town. I've heard there might be a rink there, and I'd still like to give skating lessons to anyone who's interested.

Really? That's great.

I hope they have a skating rink. The places I've been passing through seem like fairly average towns and cities, even based on my limited knowledge. So it would make sense there'd be a skating rink somewhere.

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if some Ice type pokemon knew how to skate.

Well, I do have an Alolan Vulpix, and he's an Ice type...maybe if I find some skates in his size, I can teach him. [Yuuko's joking. Mostly.]

[Kim chuckles.]

You never know here. They can certainly surprise you with what they're able to do. I know that much.

Oh, definitely. Especially with the new moves they learn all the time. My Seel is supposed to be a Water type, but she's learned a bunch of Ice moves as well. [Because she'll eventually evolve into a Water/Ice type, go figure.]

Yeah, I bought a Happiny egg and discovered she has a move called flamethrower. Did not see that one coming.

I don't think I've heard of a Happiny...are those ones not Fire types?

Here I'll introduce you. And she's a normal type apparently. So yeah, not a fire type.

[She'll pull out a pokeball and there's a pink round pokemon with what looks like a ponytail in Kim's free arm.]

This is Curie, Curie this is Yuuko.

[Curie waves with a smile. The does not look like a creature that would be able to blast things with fire.]

Oh, she's cute! [How can she not wave back? And honestly, the pink color scheme and the little ponytail reminds Yuuko quite a bit of her daughter Loop.]

So she really knows Flamethrower already? That's impressive.

She is.

Yeah, I'm not sure what's normal or not for pokemon in this place. But it seemed a bit odd.

Then again I bought her egg from someone I think was a breeder so maybe it's more normal then I think.

I think you can breed Pokemon to know moves they wouldn't learn by themselves. I bought Salchow as an egg from a breeder, and he already knew a whole bunch of moves after he hatched.

That makes sense. ....as much as anything here does.

A lot of things about Pokemon are pretty mysterious, aren't they...

This entire place is a mystery. I mean no one knows how or why we're here. No one knows how we get sent home. All the animals are strange creatures, I think the police force might be made up of clones or possibly some sort of cult.

And there's a weird non lethal raider group that goes around stealing pokemon.

This place is insane and I'm from a place where there's a cult of people who worship radiation.

It is pretty weird that all the policewomen basically look the same...the ladies at the Pokemon centers, too. I wonder how they're related.

Related, clones, cult or robots. I'm not ruling any of those options out yet.

[They are all legit possibilities where she's from.]

I suppose that means they don't let anyone else join either the police or the ...nurses? I think the others were called?

It looks that way, yeah. [If what Shadowmaru told her about his attempt to join is true.] Whatever they are, they all seem pretty insular.

I wonder if there's a reason for that. Maybe I'll try and find out.

[Now she's curious.]

If you find anything, you can always let me know.

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