>>5769275>>5769286>>5769405"Tomorrow. Morning; first thing.
- Well, it fits my schedule fine.
- But mom, you know here gym matches are behind closed door?
- And I know our dear Mayor really well. He won't deny me that favor."
You go to bed, with your thought drifting. You really didn't expected your mom to go the extra step for watching a Pokemon Battle of all things.
After waking up, and a hearty breakfast for you and your team - your mom taking a bowl of sugarless tea - you walk uphill toward the stronghold-turned-house-and-farm-and-Pokemon-gym.
"Just a bowl of tea... You're not hungry?
- Not at all. After sleeping, your body is fasting. A sufficient amount of water fill the stomach, preventing deshydratation. I take the tea sugarless for no caloric intake. Like that, every step we're making is burning a bit of fat."
Your mother have always been chubby, despite her energy and activity. You take note of that - genetics and all that stuff will push you on the same road sooner or later, and this one seems like a good trick.
You see a man standing in the field, enjoying the early morning sun while taking a coffee.
"Hey there, Yves! My daughter have come to challenge you.
- <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-g">Danny, right? My son told me his friends would be coming...</span></span>"
You take a deep breath and space out while your mother negotiate to get in and spectate the battle. It's longer than what she expected, and you're pretty sure bribes were involved, but fifteen minutes later, she secured her position.
A really supportive mom is a nice change of path.
"<span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-g">Allright lass, let's do this.</span></span>"
The man walks you inside one of his three barns, which have a dirt floor, sprinkler, reinforced walls, and painted lines : everything done to prevent too many damages to the building itself even amidst a high-level battle.
"<span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-s">Danny Garnier, you've come to Belloco's Normal Gym to challenge for your second badge. Please select three of your Pokeball to enter the fight, let the rest of your team on the tray at the entrance. This gym rule forbid the combination of Slowbro, Leppa Berry, Recycle, Slack Off and Heal pulse use, or similar stalling set. I will myself use 3 Pokémon which power level are tuned with the requirement of a 2nd badge. We will both blindly discover each other team. We will release our first Pokémon in 3... 2... 1...</span></span>"
Your hand firmly holding your pokéball, you launch the ball at the cue.
>Go, Apu!>Go, Bubbles!>Go, Gauss!