2 - Basic Badge

[bestwishes]

[A: Park, during the day.]

Okay, Infernape... Use Flare Blitz!

[Training in the park as he often does, Ash Ketchum watches as his flaming ape charges the tree... and goes right through it, causing no damage at all. Not even the slightest scorch mark.]

... Huh, that's weird.

[He'll walk over to the tree and decide to try punching it to see what happens. He finds that his fist connects with a now rather solid trunk.]

Ow! That hurt! Infernape, return.

[With the primate Pokémon now returned to it's ball, Ash shakes out his hand a little as he and Pikachu investigate the solidness of the tree.]

[B: Evening, phone]

Hey, anyone else notice anything odd the past few days? I was training this afternoon and Infernape managed to go right through a tree without causin' any damage...

Comments

PHone

[infourbooks]

It's like a bunch of charms all went wrong at once.

[bestwishes]

Even if his attack was lowered that much, he still shouldn't go through the tree.

[... It's not that kind of Charm, Ash.]

[infourbooks]

I... I'm not sure what you mean?

[Is this some Muggle meaning of Charm he's never heard before?]

[bestwishes]

Well, Charm is s'posed to lower a Pokémon's attack, right?

[infourbooks]

I'm not sure what a Pokémon is...

[bestwishes]

Well uh, I guess the simple explanation is that they're creatures with all kinds of mysterious powers?

A:

[foreverandever]

Ah-- It's so cute, so cute!

[bestwishes]

Huh?

Pika?

[foreverandever]

That animal you have is really, really cute! I want one, too!

[bestwishes]

I'd suggest visiting the Viridian Forest, but it's not exactly possible to get there from here, so...

Pi Pikachu...

[foreverandever]

Viridian forest? Ah-- tell me about it! I want to hear!

[bestwishes]

Well, it's been a few years, but it's just a little north of Viridian City. It's mostly filled with all kinds of bugs and a samurai, but I've heard that wild Pikachu sometimes turn up there.

[1_truth]

I would say so. I fell right through my bed.

[bestwishes]

... Right through your bed, huh?

[1_truth]

Yeah, I guess there's a glitch or something in the system... I'm sure we'll hear about it from Mayor-san soon.

[bestwishes]

Yeah, it's gonna be tricky if people keep goin' through things. It kinda reminds me of the time I was a ghost...

[1_truth]

We'll just have to warn everyone to be extra careful, right? [ He won't comment on the ghost thing. Better for everyone that way. ]

[bestwishes]

I guess, but that ain't gonna stop things from bein' go-throughable.

A

[quickly]

[Scout is standing off to the side, watching the entire event unfold before him. His eyes are glued to the giant flaming monkey and as soon as it's sent to some weird little ball, Scout runs over to Ash and starts yammering at a mile a minute.]

DUDE.

DUDE! What the hell WAS that thing?! I ain't ever seen anything like it before! Geez, it was HUGE and the fire, oh man the fire thatissocool

Hey hey hey man can it come out again? I dunno how it even fits in that little thing but I don't care 'bout that right now I just wanna see it wait what's that -- [He finally notices Pikachu.]

This thing ain't as cool as the monkey.

[100000v]

... Pika.

[He'll place his tail on scouts leg and let off a minor discharge through it.]

A

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[Woah, amazing animal! How has she missed him before? Oh well.

No, actually, Rapunzel does have focus and priorities, so she walks over to Ash.]

Um, you might want to be careful. How's your hand?

[bestwishes]

Oh, uh... It's fine. I was just making sure the tree was solid?

[He'll let out a sheepish laugh.]

[hairflyingheartpounding]

It's okay... I got my foot stuck in my bed this morning tying my shoe.

[Which she really rather not wear, anyway.]

I had to wait a while before it would come out.

[bestwishes]

Stuck in your bed, huh? That doesn't sound like a whole lot o' fun...

[hairflyingheartpounding]

It wasn't, really...

I'm Rapunzel, by the way!