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"So much colour. So much happiness. So vibrant. This place is positively teeming with life!" Elliot Demakes thought excitedly to himself as he wanders through the wide streets of the beautiful city of Celadon. He was always enthused by things like this; his favourite part of travelling was the different culture, and the extravagent decorations and exotic landscapes he had seen in his four years of roaming. "No wonder this place has a reputation." he mumbled.
He had been in Kanto for roughly two years now, but he hadn't been to Celadon before - preferring to explore the mountains, small towns, islands, forests and outskirts rather than go to a big city - but he immediatly regretted that decision as he arrived in Celadon City.
The streets were packed, as this was beginning of the bi-annual Celadon City Trainer Meet, but Elliot was given a wide berth. This was of course thanks to the Pokémon strolling closely behind him; a Snorlax. The big blue and cream bear-like Pokémon caused people to swerve around Elliot; struggling past the hulking monstrosity before them.
"Steady big guy." said Elliot, patting Snorlax on his huge stomach as he recoiled from almost stepping on a young girl's Skitty, "that's not the best way to learn Stomp." Frightened, the young girl scooped up her Pokémon and ran off. Snorlax merely shrugs and continues plodding along behind his trainer, as if this was a common occurance.
"We'll win you a few truckloads of food soon enough." Said Elliot, smirking to himself while looking about in awe at the city, the people and the Pokémon. "You ready to fight for it though?" he added mischieviously, knowing this would ignite his Snorlax's pride.
"LAX!" He bellowed, stopping in his tracks and striking a pose like a battle-ready Medicham. Suddenly a loud, thunderous rumbling noise, like a Rhydon letting off a full strength Earthquake attack caused Snorlax to blush and hurry along behind his trainer, making himself look ironically small and timid for a Pokémon of such huge size. It was his stomach, and the very reason Elliot Demakes was at the Meet. Feeding a Snorlax had become a costly task, leading Elliot to compete in the tournaments for the prize money. When you're on the road, just travelling and getting to know your Pokémon, you only earn money from selling things you find or beating other trainers - the latter had kept him afloat before Snorlax evolved; but recently Snorlax had become even more ravenous. Usually this was a sign of him learning a new move, a powerful one. He was already a physical powerhouse as it is, who knows what it would be this time.
"Careful Snorlax, you're spooking the locals." Elliot mused, watching people hurry out the way of his Pokémon. "Y'know when you evolved from Munchlax, I was gonna change your name to Bruiser - but you're really just a big baby." He jibed playfully, giving Snorlax a cheesy grin. Snorlax huffed slightly, turning his headup in indignation.
"Come on big guy, don't get all moody o-." He stopped mid-sentence, he had reached the city square, where the huge fountain had been decorated with crystals that reflected the sunlight into the water, causing rainbows and sparkling multi-coloured light to flow and cascade everywhere.
"Wow." He uttered, breathless. "Lax." said Snorlax simply, his focus shifted momentarily from his stomach to the fountain.
A tannoy sounded; "BING-BONG! Attention all trainers - sign up for the Single and Double battle tournaments will begin at 1:30pm. Rules and prizes are explained on the sign-up form, please have your forms handed to the nearest Pokémon Center Nurse or Celadon Gym Trainer by 2:00pm. Placements and battle partners will be announced at 2:15pm, round one will begin at 2:30pm. Thank you and good luck. BONG-BING!"
Elliot looked at his watch - 1:12pm - plenty of time. "I think we'll hang out here for a while, Snorlax; see if we can meet any interesting trainers. You tend to attract attention in public places so you're keeping me company."
Snorlax nodded a cheery affirmative to his trainer, happy to be by his side for longer than normal. His stomach rumbled again, startling and scattering a nearby group of Pidgey feeding off scraps dropped by the many people milling about the square.
He had heard Professor Oak and Professor Elm were giving out Pokémon to new trainers to the south-west of the square. "Wow, I bet there are a lot of excited ten year olds screaming their lungs out for their favourite Pokémon over there." he mused, looking in the direction of the large red and white tent to the south-west. He knew the three starters Oak and Elm usually gave out would be up for grabs, but with so many kids wanting to set out on their journey, he had no doubt there would be a massive selection - to cater to everyone's tastes. "Maybe we'll take a look after the first round." He said to Snorlax, who wasn't paying much attention. He was far too busy eyeing up the hundreds of food stalls, vendors yelling the merits of their delicious wares.
*RUMBLE* - Another Rhydon Earthquake...
"Heh, we better win this." Elliot chuckled, as Snorlax sheepishly held his stomach.
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"So much colour. So much happiness. So vibrant. This place is positively teeming with life!" Elliot Demakes thought excitedly to himself as he wanders through the wide streets of the beautiful city of Celadon. He was always enthused by things like this; his favourite part of travelling was the different culture, and the extravagent decorations and exotic landscapes he had seen in his four years of roaming. "No wonder this place has a reputation." he mumbled.
He had been in Kanto for roughly two years now, but he hadn't been to Celadon before - preferring to explore the mountains, small towns, islands, forests and outskirts rather than go to a big city - but he immediatly regretted that decision as he arrived in Celadon City.
The streets were packed, as this was beginning of the bi-annual Celadon City Trainer Meet, but Elliot was given a wide berth. This was of course thanks to the Pokémon strolling closely behind him; a Snorlax. The big blue and cream bear-like Pokémon caused people to swerve around Elliot; struggling past the hulking monstrosity before them.
"Steady big guy." said Elliot, patting Snorlax on his huge stomach as he recoiled from almost stepping on a young girl's Skitty, "that's not the best way to learn Stomp." Frightened, the young girl scooped up her Pokémon and ran off. Snorlax merely shrugs and continues plodding along behind his trainer, as if this was a common occurance.
"We'll win you a few truckloads of food soon enough." Said Elliot, smirking to himself while looking about in awe at the city, the people and the Pokémon. "You ready to fight for it though?" he added mischieviously, knowing this would ignite his Snorlax's pride.
"LAX!" He bellowed, stopping in his tracks and striking a pose like a battle-ready Medicham. Suddenly a loud, thunderous rumbling noise, like a Rhydon letting off a full strength Earthquake attack caused Snorlax to blush and hurry along behind his trainer, making himself look ironically small and timid for a Pokémon of such huge size. It was his stomach, and the very reason Elliot Demakes was at the Meet. Feeding a Snorlax had become a costly task, leading Elliot to compete in the tournaments for the prize money. When you're on the road, just travelling and getting to know your Pokémon, you only earn money from selling things you find or beating other trainers - the latter had kept him afloat before Snorlax evolved; but recently Snorlax had become even more ravenous. Usually this was a sign of him learning a new move, a powerful one. He was already a physical powerhouse as it is, who knows what it would be this time.
"Careful Snorlax, you're spooking the locals." Elliot mused, watching people hurry out the way of his Pokémon. "Y'know when you evolved from Munchlax, I was gonna change your name to Bruiser - but you're really just a big baby." He jibed playfully, giving Snorlax a cheesy grin. Snorlax huffed slightly, turning his headup in indignation.
"Come on big guy, don't get all moody o-." He stopped mid-sentence, he had reached the city square, where the huge fountain had been decorated with crystals that reflected the sunlight into the water, causing rainbows and sparkling multi-coloured light to flow and cascade everywhere.
"Wow." He uttered, breathless. "Lax." said Snorlax simply, his focus shifted momentarily from his stomach to the fountain.
A tannoy sounded; "BING-BONG! Attention all trainers - sign up for the Single and Double battle tournaments will begin at 1:30pm. Rules and prizes are explained on the sign-up form, please have your forms handed to the nearest Pokémon Center Nurse or Celadon Gym Trainer by 2:00pm. Placements and battle partners will be announced at 2:15pm, round one will begin at 2:30pm. Thank you and good luck. BONG-BING!"
Elliot looked at his watch - 1:12pm - plenty of time. "I think we'll hang out here for a while, Snorlax; see if we can meet any interesting trainers. You tend to attract attention in public places so you're keeping me company."
Snorlax nodded a cheery affirmative to his trainer, happy to be by his side for longer than normal. His stomach rumbled again, startling and scattering a nearby group of Pidgey feeding off scraps dropped by the many people milling about the square.
He had heard Professor Oak and Professor Elm were giving out Pokémon to new trainers to the south-west of the square. "Wow, I bet there are a lot of excited ten year olds screaming their lungs out for their favourite Pokémon over there." he mused, looking in the direction of the large red and white tent to the south-west. He knew the three starters Oak and Elm usually gave out would be up for grabs, but with so many kids wanting to set out on their journey, he had no doubt there would be a massive selection - to cater to everyone's tastes. "Maybe we'll take a look after the first round." He said to Snorlax, who wasn't paying much attention. He was far too busy eyeing up the hundreds of food stalls, vendors yelling the merits of their delicious wares.
*RUMBLE* - Another Rhydon Earthquake...
"Heh, we better win this." Elliot chuckled, as Snorlax sheepishly held his stomach.
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