Sinnoh Catch-all log | both open / closed prompts

[schachmeister]

Who: Armin & all you fine people
Where: All over Sinnoh
When: From August 10th to August 24th
Summary: Catch all log for Armin's many Sinnoh shenanigans.

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[schachmeister]

"That does sound complicated. It's not like you can easily move it afterwards. The location really needs to be perfect."

Of course, it is this sort of thinking that had led Armin to hemming and hawing for ages over a location for his own gym. He just kept going back and forward on the decision, finding little things that could potentially turn into problems.

"Honestly, it took me a year to even really think about opening my own. It's such a huge responsibility."

[insidescoop]

"Mmmhmm. Even if it was somehow mobile, we'd still be on a pretty small stretch of water..."

She hums a bit herself, before blinking in surprise. "Eh- a whole year, really? ...oh right you have those Lapras to deal with though too huh...I guess it's a whole other story if you're already busy with some sort of work..."

[schachmeister]

"Well, even without the Lapras, I'm not sure I would've immediately opened a gym anyway. It's a lot of responsibility." And Armin is always the sort to second and third guess himself. "But I guess, in the end, it's also because of those Lapras that I am opening a gym now."

[insidescoop]

"Yeah? How so?"

Simply question, sure- but she's kind of curious.

[schachmeister]

"Ah, I didn't... really talk about this on the Network, but a few months ago, Team Rocket attempted to steal my Lapras herd. Or rather, they managed to but we managed to recover them before anything bad could happen to them." From his frown, it's clearly an experience that affected Armin quite badly. "It made me try and think of better ways to protect them. And one of them was building a gym. I mean, that's definitely not the only reason I went ahead with it, but it is what first put the idea in my mind."

[insidescoop]

For someone entirely guilty of theft, Carly does a phenomenal job of not showing it. Instead she nods, and nods slowly. "Mnhhh...I see...I did hear about that," she adds, frowning. "I haven't seen much of how the gym budget works, but you could probably really beef up whatever security there is with it at least..."

[schachmeister]

She did? Armin doesn't remember talking about it on the network, but then again, he had definitely spoken to a few people about it. And he hadn't exactly told them this was a secret or anything. So he supposes she could've heard about it somehow.

Either way.

"That's what I hope. Or, at the very least, having some other people there to help out. I've always wanted to keep their contact with humans as minimal as I can, but I also don't ever want them to go through something like that ever again."

[insidescoop]

Ah, she messed up after all,

Frankly Armin you should broadcast your worries more. Well whatever, she'll bluff it worst case.

"Mnnh, right! Part of the idea of a sanctuary is to keep it from becoming entertainment, or something that isn't about the animals...or, uh. Pokemon. But if you set it up right, that shouldn't be a problem either right..?" Should...hopefully still manage minimal contact...