>>6311156The other item that catches your eye is a pack of Red Cards.
These started as a bit of a gag to your understanding, years ago - some smart ass gave his Alakazam a Red Card and explained the concept of a foul in sport and battling to it and in turn, the Alakazam regularly whipped out the card whenever it was attacked.
And while initially, it just resulted in an amicable end to a battle or else a pause in the battle as the guy's opponent wondered what was wrong, apparently the guy and his Alakazam figured out a way to 'charge' the cards with a low-level pulse of psychic power that could then be triggered to give a simple command.
Namely, 'Return' or 'Switch' or a similar phrase that would one way or another result in the opposing pokemon being swapped out.
Apparently, their idea had worked so well the duo had quit battling and founded a manufacturing company instead to produce these Red Cards and swiftly found a customer base in their fellow trainers who'd fallen victim to this trick previously.
To your understanding, it's a bit of a niche strategy, owing to the cards disintegrating upon use, meaning that generally it's a once-per-battle deal, but it still strikes you as an effective means of ruining somebody's plan if you gave one to say, Rusty or Kay O-o.
Given you're dropping a lot of credits on this, the pharmacist decides to chip in these items to the discount as well, leaving a sizable chunk of your money gone, but leaving you with four of each battle item for each of you, the Leftover Pot and a full pack of Red Cards.
All in all, not a bad shopping trip and one you feel will more than pay for itself in the future.
You reconvene at the pokemon center and divide the supplies up between everyone and catch Martha nodding and grinning nastily as she spies the Red Cards.
"So, what're we going to do until dinner?" Holly asks when you have everything packed.
It's already starting to get dark, but there's plenty of other stuff you can do.
>Go spend time with your siblings.>Spend some time with Kay O-o.>Spend time with one of your team. (Who?)>Meditate.>Spend time with one of your friends. (Who?)>Study your map.>Study your pokedex. (What subject?)>Other 