>>38078514>>38078630Great posts!
The player enters the stadium for the fifth time in six days. Each day, they had one battle against a member of the Elite 4; after the fourth, they and their team got a whole additional day of rest. Now is the time for the final battle.
Sunrays draw smolderingly warm patterns across the dusty, dry meadow-styled battlefield. Around the edges of the arena, a rather wide moat and behind it a low mountain range from where the cage-like dome appears to emerge is visible. The bleachers seem to reach up into the sky and close up around the top. The champ stands at the opposite end of the battlefield. Massive floodlights are turned on and erase any stains of shadow on the ground.
An announcer does his work and the player and the champion walk towards each other until they meet inside of the large circle laid out in the middle of the grass.
>Introduction.....
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There we are...
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I didn't think you'd get through, all the way from your hometown, all the way through the gym leaders and even the only other four serious contestants for my title... not that I doubted your ability to!
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When we crossed paths in (obscure early game town with minor plot significance) I was taken aback by your spirit, and when I saw you battle (evil team leader) on the telly just two weeks later, your partner fully evolved, blasting through his team... this energy at display has been astonishing.
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This energy... I saw it once, many years ago, in another trainer just like you... young, sincere, optimistic... I guess this is why I was honestly looking forward -hoping- to defend the championship against you, since I never got the chance to fight that trainer.
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(Break from the monologue so the player can save)
Let's go.
>Mid battleThat's what I'm talking about! Don't let youself go now!
>Victory champ.....
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