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[notrueking]

[It's late afternoon on Saturday, and... well, it appears as though Bradley took a detour to the National Park on his way to Goldenrod. He seems fairly confused by something, although it isn't really obvious what it is...]

My, these Pokemon certainly are resilient, aren't they? You'd expect insects to do much worse against a bird made entirely out of sharp edges, but it seems as though they only ever get knocked unconscious.

How curious-though, I suppose this sport would be less popular if your Pokemon actually had a chance of dying. Nothing really works as you'd expect here, does it? Speaking of which-what exactly are the standards for that bug catching contest? Surely, a...

[...how the fuck do you even describe that thing... he doesn't have it out because he is not some kind of Ash Ketchum type, but... uh...]

...Scyther would be more impressive than some sort of cocoon, wouldn't it? I didn't have much of an investment in the contest in the first place, but it's somewhat baffling.

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[usedshooshpap]

Ask some of the other humans. One of them is bound to know more about this shitty game than I do. Egbert is one of those, but I doubt that he will be so forth coming with his reservoir of information. His prankster's gambit might go off instead.

[notrueking]

Ah, that's right-I do remember hearing that this place is very similar to some sort of game that exists in other worlds.

Egbert? I don't believe I've heard of him. Or a 'prankster's gambit,' for that matter.