8th Piece // Goldenrod City // Video (Action)

[kingofgamecorner]

[The screen shows a very steady, clear feed of Yuugi. He's not saying anything for a moment, having trouble breaking out of the lethargic silence he's stuck in. But in the meantime, please note how he's sitting in a chair, outside, with a brick wall to his back. The why should become clear as he finally starts explaining himself.]

Well, the Mareep eggs Bakuto pushed me to keep hatched early yesterday, so I assume most of the others I sold have, too. I hope all of them are doing okay. So I thought I'd ask about it.

[He pauses, trying to form what else he wants to say. But it falls apart half-formed as something jolts him up in his seat. The view swerves, showing Bakuto flopped on her back in the grass, apparently sunbathing. The culprits of Yuugi's shock though, would be a pair of pint-sized sheep zooming under his feet. The second calls some angry "maaa"s at the one in the lead, making a B-line for "Mama". A third is right on their heels and a fourth trudges along in their trail, until a hand gingerly scoops it off the ground. A second later Yuugi is back in view, the last Mareep lamb sprawled over his legs.

But even with a fuzzball on his lap, Yuugi's not looking happy.]

Ah, sorry... I just, also wondered if anyone had the latest news on Danny Fenton. Is he recovering okay? Or... has someone else been hit by the delivery box trick? I know the attack on the game corner didn't work, but I still want to hear no one else is gon-

[Ah. Please excuse him. He just caught himself and shut off the feed before he could stumble again. Suddenly just focusing on the new babies, seems so much better than broadcasting...]

Comments

[Video]

[kingofgamecorner]

Spada, huh? It's great he's turning out so well.

[It's so strange, thinking there's a named baby of his own young Buneary running around. But it's nicer thinking about that, than what happened to Danny...

He manages a relieved look all the same, when Luca answered his question.]

That's good... It'd be horrible, if more people were hit that way. And if it happened more than once...

[Video]

[milquetoasthero]

Yeah. [Sigh.]

I can't believe there are people who'd do something like that... Well, I guess it isn't hard to believe [his own world had its fair share of crazies] but everyone I've met so far has been really nice.

[Video]

[kingofgamecorner]

Yeah... I think that means, this can't last. If there's so many good people here - And I know it, too - then these attacks can't last. Someone will stop them, and in the meantime, we can help look out for each other.

[Video]

[milquetoasthero]

Looking out for others would be a lot easier if I had my power though... I guess I've gotten used to not having it by now, but I feel pretty useless when things like this happen and I can't do anything to help...

[Video]

[kingofgamecorner]

...I guess that's one of the reasons we need to rely on our Pokémon. They're our strength here.

[And he's not sure how that works on their end, but he'd like to think he supports his Pokémon, like his friends support him back home.]

[Video]

[milquetoasthero]

And we're their strength too, I think. You can only go so far without having someone who believes in you, right?

[At least, that's how he hopes it works. It isn't like he can do much else to help them...]

[Video]

[kingofgamecorner]

That's right! That's how I've always seen it.

[And it's certainly worked out that way in experience, too. So far.]

So, if we want our teams to grow strong, showing our confidence in them is just as important as training or evolving, or anything else.

[Video]

[milquetoasthero]

It'd be easier to train them if all we had to do was believe in them -- and then they gained levels based on how much faith we had in them... Kind of like that story about the wolf who was a god, but no one could tell unless they believed in her.

[That was a good tale.]

[Video]

[kingofgamecorner]

-I've never heard of a story like that... [And he looks mighty curious.]

But, it does kind of work like that, right? Sure, we need to train them and level's important, but wouldn't you work harder for a trainer who believes you can do it, and helps you through a battle, instead of just calling moves off?