Dear diary,
I've made it to Biloville, finally. Real long day behind me, and frankly, a lot of anxiety built up over it. I feel like I kinda staked my credibility on this "Gym scouting" thing right now, which means I staked my credibility on Danny, and well... I've made safer bets in my life...
Anyhow, upon arriving, I just chanced upon an interesting pamphlet advertising an internship with Billions Industries! Seems like a weekend working directly with the CEO, which is insane! Anyways, the interview/test/whatever is tomorrow morning, and frankly there's no way I'm missing an opportunity to get my foot in the door at a massive banking conglomerate like this. I appreciate my friends and all, and definitely want to help them, but I've still gotta keep the long term in mind, and this is the kind of resume builder that college recruiters are gonna love!
Anyhow, we quickly found Danny in the park. Seems like he went ahead and stomped Candace, Chase and Charlotte one after another, which admittedly is kinda impressive. But he was trying to take Chase's gym badge, since apparently the Gym Leader is MIA right now. I'm pretty sure that's against League Regulation, so it wouldn't have mattered after a call or two, but frankly I need the guy to take on the leader for me anyways. Like I said, my credibility as a manager is riding on this.
Naturally, of all the people I could've come here with, it was Nym, and I don't think they exactly see eye to eye with Danny. I was hoping to explain the regulation situation, but Nym fired off with a battle, and frankly I think that's the only language these people understand. Whatever...
Nym won though, so I think I bet on the right horse on the "manager" front... and it was... kinda cool. I mean, they were down at first, and their big... beaver... thing... took a pretty hefty beating from Danny's Bulbasaur... but then they brought out a reverse sweep with Croconaw! And let's face it, Croconaw is pretty cool, I mean just the sheer significance to our tri-... nevermind. Anyhow, they even, as the kids say, "styled" on Danny for a bit with their new balloon-thing. It was all super impressive, er, if you're into that kinda stuff.
Anyhow Danny didn't take the defeat well. Just kinda got quiet and pouted off. I tried to help him out, and I chased after him. Not because he deserves the help or anything, I mean he's being pretty dramatic here, and he's a little bit of a jerk... but he owes me, right? So I went over, and talked to him, and let him know to meet me on Monday for the gym battle (gotta keep the weekend clear...). Frankly, I think he and Nym could learn a lot from each other. So I wouldn't mind having him around more. It'd be very practical.
Theo, Sherman, and Jack leave the memorial... despite offering from the other campers to camp together, our heroes plunge onwards to reach Billowville by nightfall.
Along the way...
Jack collects an old hallowed out Chewtle skull.
Sherman encounters a powerful Psyduck, and is forced to run.
Theo finds a poor dying Bidoof covered in black liquid, and decides to carry him to safety.
We got all healed up at this really nice Pokemon Center at Chase's apartment building. They were able to call up some Rangers for the Bidoof Theo found, which I'm pretty sure was affected by the spill... I took some pictures and sent them off to dad. He told me to find some more "water-based" Pokemon affected by it. Never happy, huh? Anyways, he tried to connect with me on the whole being-in-Billowville thing since it's such an industrious place and all and... yeah I still don't really wanna talk to him much. Not till I can see mom. Definitely not telling him about the internship, not really in the mood for whatever lecture or story he wants to turn it into.
Anyways, we're sleeping over at Chase's. It's a pretty nice place, pretty big for an apartment. Got a great view of the water, and all the lights throughout the city... But don't really have too much time for this. Big test tomorrow, gotta sleep. Hopefully the sounds of Chase and Theo gaming doesn't keep me up...
Sincerely, Lily
Dear diary,
Bright and early. No time to mess around. I found some nice clothes in Chase's mom's closet, and he gave me the ok to borrow them. Light grey suit, purple tie, nice pants... I think we're good. Nym helped me out with the tie, since I haven't really had to deal with one before, and walked me out. Before I left, they went into some spiel about not trusting me, but wanting to? I don't know, I probably handled it awkwardly. Listen, I see potential benefit to having them around. Hopefully, they see potential benefit from having me around. As long as that's not violated, we're friends, right? I'm gonna keep working on bringing more to the table, and once I've demonstrated more tangible value, I'm sure they'll trust me. Anyhow, on to Billions Inc. HQ...
Sherman showed his skills off in a battle against Chase, where he not only handily won, but evolved Warrod into an Ivysaur!
Theo, Jack, and Sherman began heading off in the direction of Biloville Gym, to learn more about why the Gym Leader is missing, and how to get them back.
Nym went to practice performing in the park, and encountered Cooper, a cool guitarist that gave them advice on how to follow their dreams.
The CEO, Vittorio Billions arrived, and said only one of us can get the position. Sorry, Chinhoy. Not sorry, dickhead. Mr. Billions said we've got an hour to look for, and solve problems around campus. No time to write, gotta get started.
See you on the other side,
Lily