content: You're making your way through a the maze that is Hearthome Gym, tiptoeing along so you can avoid drawing attention from the Gym's trainers. It specializes in Ghost types, you remember, and it's kind of obvious thanks to the dozens of Duskull lamps that make the walls of the maze.
You battle the Gym trainers when you come across them, to get a good idea of the strategy you should prepare for the Leader. Ghost types are immune to Fighting and Normal type attacks and have an advantage over Psychic types, but are weak to Dark type moves and are vulnerable to Ghost type moves themselves. You don't have a Ghost type with you, so you focus on attacking with Tova (your shiny Luxio); she knows some Dark type moves that will make things easier. You switch for others whenever she looks tired, either Arlen (your Prinplup) or Adelinde (a Gible), the newest addition to your team.
The Gym trainers and their Pokemon give you some trouble with status effects like confusion and burn but you beat them (and are thankful you always have a stockpile of stat clear items).
When you enter the last room, you're standing before Fantina, the Gym Leader and... honestly, you're kind of starstruck. You've seen her and Loony (her Drifloon) in Contests on TV and she's even cooler in person, all confidence and poise.
"Ohohoho!! Finally, you have arrived!" Fantina looks delighted and claps her hands twice. "Since I came to this country, always I try to learn new things. They hold Contests in this city? I say to myself, enfin, I will excel. That's why I dress this way. C'est une performance!" She tells you a bit about herself, peppering another language into her speech (you think it's Kalosian and make a note to check it out later), and strikes a dynamic pose. "Also I study Pokémon very much. I have come to be Gym Leader. And, uh, so it shall be that you challenge me. But I shall win. That's what a Gym Leader does, non?" She winks at you and the battle begins.
She's a strong Trainer with strong Pokemon so you struggle a little in the beginning but keep calm and eventually win with Tova shaking her head to clear away the lingering Confusion. "You are so fantastically strong. I know now why I have lost." You hear Fantina say as you promise to get Tova her favorite for supper tonight before recalling her so she can rest.
Fantina's eye shine with excitement and she gestures in excitement as she speaks. "I am dumbfounded! So very, very strong! You, your Pokémon, so strong!" She points at you dramatically for a moment before turning her hand palm up and offering you a badge. "Your power is admirable! I shall honor it with this Gym Badge!" You accept it and hold it tightly; The Relic Badge is your third one and it brings you one step closer to being able to challenge the League.
"Three Gym Badges..." Fantina murmurs thoughtfully, then steps closer to you. "But you must not forget this. There are many other trainers. Strong Trainers, too. There are many more in Sinnoh. Have patience! You must become stronger, one at a time."
You thank her for her advice and say goodbye, and she points you to the warp panel that will return you to the entrance. You slot the Relic Badge into your Badge Case as you walk to it, and hope you'll get to battle Fantina again sometime.
what is learned: ● who Fantina is ● more about Ghost types ● exactly four words of Kalosian (PokeFrench) but not what the words mean
other notes: ● the Hearthome Gym is honestly pretty creepy/weird but Sparrow doesn't even think of it as creepy. ● Fantina is a performer and it shows; her hair and outfit are bold and attention grabbing and she makes very grand gestures when it'll be most dramatic.
NEUPOS;
content: You're making your way through a the maze that is Hearthome Gym, tiptoeing along so you can avoid drawing attention from the Gym's trainers. It specializes in Ghost types, you remember, and it's kind of obvious thanks to the dozens of Duskull lamps that make the walls of the maze.
You battle the Gym trainers when you come across them, to get a good idea of the strategy you should prepare for the Leader. Ghost types are immune to Fighting and Normal type attacks and have an advantage over Psychic types, but are weak to Dark type moves and are vulnerable to Ghost type moves themselves. You don't have a Ghost type with you, so you focus on attacking with Tova (your shiny Luxio); she knows some Dark type moves that will make things easier. You switch for others whenever she looks tired, either Arlen (your Prinplup) or Adelinde (a Gible), the newest addition to your team.
The Gym trainers and their Pokemon give you some trouble with status effects like confusion and burn but you beat them (and are thankful you always have a stockpile of stat clear items).
When you enter the last room, you're standing before Fantina, the Gym Leader and... honestly, you're kind of starstruck. You've seen her and Loony (her Drifloon) in Contests on TV and she's even cooler in person, all confidence and poise.
"Ohohoho!! Finally, you have arrived!" Fantina looks delighted and claps her hands twice. "Since I came to this country, always I try to learn new things. They hold Contests in this city? I say to myself, enfin, I will excel. That's why I dress this way. C'est une performance!" She tells you a bit about herself, peppering another language into her speech (you think it's Kalosian and make a note to check it out later), and strikes a dynamic pose. "Also I study Pokémon very much. I have come to be Gym Leader. And, uh, so it shall be that you challenge me. But I shall win. That's what a Gym Leader does, non?" She winks at you and the battle begins.
She's a strong Trainer with strong Pokemon so you struggle a little in the beginning but keep calm and eventually win with Tova shaking her head to clear away the lingering Confusion. "You are so fantastically strong. I know now why I have lost." You hear Fantina say as you promise to get Tova her favorite for supper tonight before recalling her so she can rest.
Fantina's eye shine with excitement and she gestures in excitement as she speaks. "I am dumbfounded! So very, very strong! You, your Pokémon, so strong!" She points at you dramatically for a moment before turning her hand palm up and offering you a badge. "Your power is admirable! I shall honor it with this Gym Badge!" You accept it and hold it tightly; The Relic Badge is your third one and it brings you one step closer to being able to challenge the League.
"Three Gym Badges..." Fantina murmurs thoughtfully, then steps closer to you. "But you must not forget this. There are many other trainers. Strong Trainers, too. There are many more in Sinnoh. Have patience! You must become stronger, one at a time."
You thank her for her advice and say goodbye, and she points you to the warp panel that will return you to the entrance. You slot the Relic Badge into your Badge Case as you walk to it, and hope you'll get to battle Fantina again sometime.
what is learned: ● who Fantina is
● more about Ghost types
● exactly four words of Kalosian (PokeFrench) but not what the words mean
other notes: ● the Hearthome Gym is honestly pretty creepy/weird but Sparrow doesn't even think of it as creepy.
● Fantina is a performer and it shows; her hair and outfit are bold and attention grabbing and she makes very grand gestures when it'll be most dramatic.