RE: Pokemon Tabletop United
01-12-2014, 04:25 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-12-2014, 04:32 AM by Jacquerel.)
"Stop!"
Coralei's shout probably comes a little late but it's not like she can really ignore the fact that her 'nice little chat' has descended into chaos.
"Look, you are having misgivings and that's fine but if you thought you had nothing to gain from this you wouldn't be here in the first place. You're just in it for the rewards? That's fine, you don't need to enter into something with the goal of experiencing personal growth for it to happen.
At the end of the day, despite whatever books I may have written, that is not even the point of the exercise. It's just a side effect. All we really want is to make sure we're not just raising three more generations of racists. If you can manage to come out of this lacking the desire to invade your neighbouring towns, you don't need to do anything else."
She stops to rub her temples, prompting Batsie to glare around the room in reproval.
"If it gets you to finish your trip then by all means do it with the express goal of learning absolutely nothing and coming back to demonstrate the fact and spite me, I will even get a little badge made for you.
You've already taken the first step of your quest by clearly demonstrating your previous claim of being a child! If you feel like taking any more steps, there are rooms available backstage for you to get changed.
Please feel free to enjoy whatever food you haven't thrown on the ground before you leave, but I think it's pretty clear that Champion question time is over."
Turning with an imperious sweep the league champion departs down one of the stairwells behind the stage, her winged companion taking a couple more seconds to squeak angrily at the assembled before fluttering after her.
The photographer departs too with a story quite possibly more valuable than a hopeful interview from a fresh pilgrim, chuckling quietly to himself.
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Caroline finds herself outside of the Elite Four Pinnacle... obviously. Though she saw the city on the way in, the group mostly entered through the North gate rather than than the South, and the view is a little different from this side. Less shade to start with.
Map:
Regipolis is a city with buildings built into the side of a stepped pyramid. The South face is mostly residential, but nearer the top contains services designed chiefly for new trainers leaving the capital for the first time.
This is your chance to stock up on supplies before finally hitting the road!
Antisocial people that you (mostly) are, there is obviously the option of simply walking up to the cashier with an item from the shelves, paying for it and then leaving, but you might be able to get a better price with a bit of haggling. Or some tips about what you might actually want to take with you.
Or maybe you're in a hurry, I'm not going to judge.
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