>>37574573My second pokémon, and first really "official" catch, ended up being a sweetheart of a Girafarig. I was pretty excited about it, because while they aren't exactly rare around here, these things are still fairly decent psychic types. I trusted my duck to at least hold his own in a fight by now, but it was nice to have something a bit more flashy. The Girafarig was really friendly once the battle rush had worn off. Some pokémon go out looking for trainers sometimes, to help them grow, and I think she was one of them. It was almost perfect... eeeexcept for that second head on the end of her tail. That thing bites. I think that's just how it shows affection though. Probably. It must like me a lot.
We were riding high after that capture. We spent about a week getting used to each other, and fought a few trainers with... varying results. My win/loss ratio was still leaning into the negatives, but it was better than before. I thought, if I could just make one more good catch, I could really start making progress on this whole trainer thing. I wanted to shake things up a bit, so I grabbed my team and headed west, out to 44, head held high and determined to catch something impressive.
And this is where I made a slight miscalculation.
