I'm... presuming so, given that I'm not exactly familiar with this holiday. I get the general premise, anyway.

[...his smirk fades a bit at that, though, because, well...]

She's... not doing her best, no. I thought she'd do well against Grimers, since... they're Poison type, aren't they? But her Psychic attacks didn't seem to affect the one we fought at all, and things went poorly quick.

Do you know which way it is to the Pokemon Center? Unless you have anything that could get her back up on her feet again more quickly, of course.