For two days, we relaxed. As important as training was, we also had to get some rest and take in life. Those two days had been great for my pokemon, who had greatly enjoyed the leisurely life in the Pokemon Center. Magikarp and Squirtle had relaxed in the pool in the basement, playing with the floating toys that were spread around, while Eevee spent most of her time either on my lap or dozing on my bed.
I myself also slept in and didn’t really do any studying, training, or work. I cleaned and checked my gear, making sure nothing was damaged and if it was, made a note to replace it soon. I also folded my washed and dried clothes back into my backpack, doing everything while listening to music or a podcast.
I also had taken a lot of slow walks through the city, ate delicious meals in small, local restaurants, and tasted the famous curries of Hop Hop Hop Town, of which there were roughly a million variations in various restaurants or food stalls. Eevee had been the only one joining me on those walks, as Magikarp and Squirtle had chosen to remain in the pool and mingle with the pokemon there, enjoying the water.
Apparently, the pools in the Pokemon Center had some special water that was carefully enhanced to boost the health of water pokemon and was more pleasant to them somehow? I wasn’t totally sure how that worked, but Nurse Joy had assured me that it was no problem for those two to remain there.
I didn’t have any problems with that either. Why should they be essentially trapped in their pokeballs while Eevee and I got to walk around, enjoying the sun and sights? While I could have technically let Squirtle out, the Squirtle line vastly preferred swimming to walking, which I couldn’t blame them for.
I also wouldn’t want to carry a heavy shell around.
As such, it was Eevee and I. Eevee had made it clear that she preferred to be outside of the ball, although she could stomach being inside it.
I didn’t mind, I honestly preferred letting Eevee out as well. It was great to be able to cuddle and pet her whenever I wanted.
She was also fun to talk to, and I wanted to have a good bond with all of my pokemon. I knew I had to improve on that. I hadn’t quite bonded as much as I wanted with my water pokemon, especially Magikarp, but I hoped to be able to improve there.
No such problems with Eevee, though. She was pretty pumped for training and enjoyed being around me so far, and that made me really happy. She also seemed to have acclimated to the sounds of the city. Lots of people waking around, with even traffic in the form of some cars and the occasional bus.
While there weren’t any real highways in Kanto, which connected the cities, there were roads for trucks and cars, but most of the cars were used within the cities.
There were bus services between the cities though, which usually had, next to the driver, an experienced pokemon trainer as one of the two or three people manning the bus, someone who had at least four badges and a few years of experience who was there to deal with any wild pokemon who might try to fight or play with the bus and its passengers. Also, to hand out water and snacks, apparently.
One of Professor Oak’s ACE trainers, Kaylee, had told us that it was one of the better-paying jobs since that industry was always desperately looking for trainers as there was a huge demand for bus travel. Kanto didn’t really do trains, outside the magnet train connecting to Johto, cars were rather expensive and not everyone who had the money for cars also had high-level pokemon who could deal with everything.
Not to mention, even if you had good pokemon, an angry, scared, confused or even just giddy pokemon could easily wreck a car and how many people could afford to buy another one right after? Especially if you could end up being stranded gods know where.
So, busses were where the main option for travel between cities for the elderly, the sick, families with young children, or just those who did not want to walk or ride a bike. While there were apparently enough bus drivers, not many trainers at that level liked that job.
Understandable, since it mostly involved just sitting in a bus with people for hours on end, with the occasional fight with a wild pokemon. The money was good, and you got to travel rather fast between cities, but it was also boring. “Piss boring” were Kaylee’s words, and I didn’t doubt her.
Still, something to consider once I was at that level. Right now, I didn’t want to look for jobs though. I would have to, I knew, but that would wait until my two-day break was over.
I would first do a few things for the Pokemon Center itself though, not just the jobs it facilitated. The centers healed the pokemon and trainers for free, you could sleep and eat for free as well, and were in general very generous and forthcoming with their help. In turn, while there wasn’t any hard rule or regulation like that in place, unofficially, trainers were supposed to do odd jobs and help out Pokemon-Centers in turn.
Which was more than fair enough, in my opinion. I had read how there were some trainers who refused to do anything, and while they weren’t barred from any Pokemon-Centers themselves, they did receive some roadblocks in their careers.
Red, Blue, and I, probably every school kid in Kanto, for that matter, had heard the cautionary tale of the infamous trainer of the Elba family, who had done just that, about five or six times. Apparently, the guy had been stuck at two badges for a long time until he went on this pilgrimage of redemption where he traveled from Pokemon-Center to Pokemon-Center to make things right.
We hadn’t been sure how real that was, but even if it was completely fake, it was just common sense to help out at Pokemon-Centers. It was incredible how much I appreciated them after a few days on the road. Traveling was fun and amazing and very rewarding, but something it absolutely lacked was comfortable toilets on the road. There were other comforts missing as well, but that and showers were honestly the main things.
And after experiencing them again in the Pokemon Center, I was filled with enough gratitude to not complain and spend a few days helping out.
Eevee gave out a small cry, getting my attention. “What’s up, bud?” I asked her.
She nudged my leg with her head, walked backward a few steps, and began pointing her head to the left.
“What’s over there?” I asked, but started to walk in that direction. My question was answered relatively quickly as we found ourselves standing in front of a stall selling BBQ on a stick. Rolling my eyes, I got us two sticks for about 3 bucks each, and I put down one of them and I watched in amusement as Eevee started tearing into it with gusto.
“You greedy furball,” I said, ignoring the offended look she gave me. “We ate not even two hours ago. There’s no way you were already hungry.”
She gave me a shrug and finished her meal without shame.
It didn’t take me much longer than her though and it had been delicious, to be fair. “That better hold you for a while,” I said to her, knowing I had been spoiling her a bit. “just because we are taking a break doesn’t mean you can spend every minute of it eating.”
She gave me a cheeky grin and I relented, taking her in my arms and letting her rest on my shoulders even though she totally didn’t deserve it, the jerk.
“You better know you will be working really hard once we are back at it,” I told her and she just nuzzled my cheek in answer.
Bah, what an insufferable, yet very soft pest.
xxx
Those two days had passed relatively quickly. Eevee and I had explored a good chunk of the city, partly by walking, partly by bike. I was planning to do some courier jobs within the city, which my bike would be helpful for, so knowing the rough layout of the city and what was where would be convenient for that.
I also bought a few things. For one, I had stocked up on food and replaced the few things that had broken down over the last week, like the dynamo for my bike, and a new pair of shorts which had apparently been torn at some point, which I had missed.
More importantly, I bought a few things for training. I had found a pair of punching mittens, the same that martial artists used. I had spent a bit more money to get those with the heaviest padding because while I wasn’t particularly weak, I still wasn’t the strongest person alive and I was going to use them with pokemon, even if they were rather small. 1500 Pokedollars wasn’t cheap, the price of nearly seven pokeballs, but I felt it was worth it, and I hoped it would prove true.
I also bought a small box of cheap hacky sacks, which had been all the rage five years or so ago, but had since died an ignoble death, and the one store that I had found them in sold for basically nothing. I’m not sure I will carry them with me, since it was like 20 of them, and while they weren’t heavy, they still took up space, even if I had one of the better backpacks, which had more space inside than one would assume.
And finally, I also got a bunch of small, rubber frisbees, roughly the size of my palm and which were very flabby but you could throw them and through the momentum, they would be stable and fly a good distance. I had made sure to get bright pink ones so that they would be visible.
I also found a small harness that I was reasonably sure I could attach to Magikarp, although it had been intended for pokemon like Growlithe.
So, with all the materials, I was now standing in front of my three pokemon, at the beach of Hop Hop Hop Town, a bit further away from where most of the people of the city were going to enjoy the beach. It wasn’t very far, not even five minutes by bike, but it was relatively secluded and perfect for our purposes.
“Okay gang,” I addressed my team, as we were basically standing in a huddle, with Magikarp in the shallow water of the shore, Squirtle next to her, and Eevee next to me on land. “When you guys joined me, I talked a big game, and today will be the official start of the training from hell. But I will explain to you guys what that actually means and what our goals will be first, so you know what you will be working towards.”
They nodded and Magikarp made a splash out of excitement that thankfully avoided me, but nearly hit Eevee who managed to dodge it at the last second, before shooting Magikarp a glare.
“There are three foundations of our training. First, there is the physical aspect. That’s just your bodies. Strength, speed, endurance, and stamina. No matter who you are, those things matter in a fight and the better your parameters in those aspects are, the more dangerous you will be. They are, of course not the be-all, end-all, and there are certainly pokemon that can ignore this, but it still counts. Second are your skills and attacks, special and otherwise. Your Water Guns, your Swift later on, Eevee, and so on. The better your power and control over your attacks, the more dangerous you are. And I don’t just mean to shoot them as hard as you can, but to also wield them skillfully. Also how often you can use them, of course. Lastly, the third aspect is the actual strategies and tactics we will be employing. Physical strength and mighty attacks are all well and good, but they are nothing without the knowledge of how to properly wield them in a fight. Also, the orders of trainers cannot be too long during a battle. They have to be fast and to the point, and I have seen plenty of times where longer explanations were necessary but the trainers were unable to convey it and the pokemon unable to understand.”
I looked each pokemon in the eyes, one by one, and got a fierce nod from all of them, showing that they understood.
“Also, there is always the danger of shouting your battle plan so that both the enemy pokemon and trainer can hear and adapt to it. At times, even a second of warning will be too much and we might lose a critical opportunity and our attack that might have otherwise won us the match now leaves us open to being countered. So, what I want to do, is for us to train a few strategies or sets of movements. This will be a never-ending process, and ideally, we will keep learning new things for years and decades to come, but we will start off with three sets of movements bound to one-word commands and also some general strategies based on the size and type of the enemy."
I paused for a second, to let that sink in. "So I give a command like Blitz and in which case I expect you to do the practiced moves, which will surprise the enemy and give us fast options."
They nodded, and I continued.
"Magikarp, for now, your move set and strategies available to you are rather limited and will remain so for quite some time, so your focus will be on your physical parameters as well as one or two strategies to best take advantage of them. Eevee, you will learn to combine your quickness and status debuffs and Squirtle, you will of course have to learn to both, get close to using your Rapid Spin and hit the enemy while also getting the best leverage out of your ranged water attacks. For each of you, how you do that will always change from enemy to enemy, so next to the three foundations we will build, there is also the necessary experience. For two weeks, we will focus purely on training, and afterward, we will look to fight as many trainers on our level as possible.”
Eevee and Magikarp were practically shaking with excitement, and Magikarp used an impressively high splash, which made me lunge forward and catch her before she hit the water. It hurt my arms a bit but I felt another splash in the direction of Eevee might result in a fight and it’s not like I wanted to get wet right now either, seeing as I was still wearing shorts and shirt, rather than my swimsuit.
“Careful there, girl,” I chided Magikarp who floundered happily in my arms and I threw her back into the sea. “Well, one last thing about the battles in two weeks. Now, I’m not going to enter them with the mindset that I want to lose them, because I don’t. I want for us to win them and win in general every time. It would be meaningless to have a battle where you don’t believe you can win, at that point, you might as well give up. However, those trainer battles won’t have any important stakes, just a bit of money. The money we will earn with odd jobs and won battles and later on, through the gym circuit. The most important thing to gain from those battles will be experience. We have two water types and one normal type, and I want to add one more pokemon before too long to our team, since then we can have two pairs of two, which will be convenient, but that’s not the point. The point is, there are so many types, attacks, and pokemon out there who we have never fought."
I paused again, and I could see all of them thinking about my words.
"I could give all of you lectures on most of these pokemon, but not only would it be boring to you, but it also wouldn’t be that useful. I know a lot, but just like you guys, I’m inexperienced and when it comes to battle, I know for a fact already that it is one thing to know something theoretically and another to have it experienced firsthand, and guys, we need that experience. So, in those fights, I want you to win by wringing every bit of experience that you can out of those opponents so that when we have matches that matter, where defeat means disgrace, we just win and win hard.”
I paused for a second, feeling my lips being dry from all that talking. “Sorry for the monologue there, but I just wanted to lay out our plans and goals there for the next few weeks. As you can tell, we will be staying here in Hop Hop Hop Town for nearly a month, and we will begin our training now. First off, Magikarp. Your training is the simplest for now, and it is to continue what you have been doing.”
I squatted down, careful that my shorts weren’t getting wet and I attached the small harness I had bought to her body. “The little barrel is filled to the rim with sand now, and you will swim around with it as fast as you can for as long as you can, for ten minutes. Then, take a five-minute break. Repeat that for an hour. Before anything, you will need to become as fast and strong as possible. You will become strong, never doubt that, but it will take a lot of time and effort.”
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Magikarp let out a determined cry, her whiskers wobbling, and she turned around and started swimming, pulling the small barrel after her. It took her visibly a lot of effort since the barrel might still be floating, it was heavier than she was.
“Okay, now to you two.” I stood and walked away from the water to my pile of stuff, knowing they were following me. “You guys will have more complex routines. Before Magikarp can join us on the battlefield, you two will be our main fighters, and there is a lot to do. First off, most of the time, I will be directly training with one of you, doing specialized training, while the other will either be on break or doing their own physical training. For now, I will be starting with Squirtle, so Eevee, I will reconstruct the very basic agility training course for you.”
I had already collected a bunch of branches on the way here and had used my pocket knife to cut them to the sizes I needed. Walking a few meters away from our main spot, I once again stabbed the sticks into the ground, with only short distances between them. Ten sticks spaced over ten meters, which was the usual size for a battlefield. There will be bigger ones later on, but we will work our way up there.
“First off, I need you to sprint a few times in a straight line, as fast as you can. Do this four times back and forth, and take a break afterward. Then, run the course, dodging around the sticks without touching them. Break again and then straight running and so forth. Do this for an hour, but take as many breaks as you need. For now, I need your legs to get used to this speed and to become as fast as possible, since your speed and small size will be your greatest advantage. You cannot allow yourself to get hit, Eevee, so for now, our training will focus on making sure it will only happen very rarely. Doing this on sand will of course also be harder and more taxing, but it is important for you to get used to all kinds of surfaces, and it will be excellent training.”
She squeaked in agreement and started with an impressive dash. While she was doing that, I put a bowl down a few feet away from the course and filled it with water, so she could drink it when necessary. No food for now, though. They had eaten a hearty breakfast at the Pokemon Center.
I turned to Squirtle who was looking a bit resigned. “Okay buddy, it’s just us now. Don’t worry, we won’t start off crazy, so it’s going to be Water Gun accuracy for now.”
He looked a bit puzzled but shrugged, and waddled after me. I got the ten or so pink rubber frisbees and showed them to him.
“Okay, so I’ll be throwing these one by one and you have to hit them while they are in the air. Over time, I will be throwing a few at the same time or at least a few in a row, and we might also play around with the timing. But for now, it’s pretty simple. Hit a moving target. Of course, flying pokemon can also alter their course with considerable speed, so this won’t be perfect, but it should be a good starting point. I’ll throw all of them, and you can relax while I collect them. We will be doing this until you can hit all ten of them three times in a row. Clear?”
He nodded, and we began. I hurled the first one and watched it sail through the air and Squirtle’s first few shots missed it repeatedly. Not by much, but he was clearly aiming where the disc was instead of where it would be. I decided to not say anything yet since that was his first try. He looked a bit disgruntled, but he kept trying. After the disc landed unmolested in the sand, I threw the next one, and it was a repeat performance. Four more discs joined the first two, and by now, Squirtle was quite frustrated, giving cute stomps after each missed disc, before Squirtle finally got a hit in, strafing the disc at its edge, making it wobble out of its flying path and land apart from the others.
“Well done, buddy, your first hit.”
Squirtle wasn’t cheering though, still looking a bit sour. “Well, if you think this was a lucky hit, let’s keep going.”
And we did. I three the set of ten discs five more times over the next thirty minutes and overall, his accuracy hadn’t been outstanding but it wasn’t hopeless either.
“This is okay, Squirtle. We are training to improve. Imagine how good it will feel once you can knock out the whole batch.”
He gave me a determined nod, and the next hour was spent continuing this exercise, until he dropped flat on the sand, panting. His accuracy had somewhat improved, but not by much, while we wanted to increase his accuracy, it was also important to train his Water Gun and it was there, that he had improved the most. The water stream had gotten smaller and a bit faster, and towards the end, he had hit more discs despite being tired.
I gave him an encouraging pat on the back of the hand, for which he let out a tired sound of protest.
We were like 10 meters away from the water, and I didn’t feel like carrying him, especially since I was also a bit tired by now, so I recalled him into his ball, walked to the water, and released him into the ocean, for which he let out a grateful sigh as he was floating in the water on his back.
“Good effort, Squirtle. You rest for a bit, I will check on the others and we will have a long break for some food and rest. I will call you once everything is set up.” He raised an arm and waved in agreement, and continued to float.
Since I was already in the water, I looked for Magikarp and I couldn’t see her. That didn’t surprise me much, since she would be underwater, so I was looking for the barrel, which should still be floating. It took me a good minute to scan the water before I noticed the small bobbing barrel, quite a distance from the shore. There was no way Magikarp would be able to hear me from there, especially underwater.
“Hey Squirtle, sorry to give you one more thing to do, but could you fetch Magikarp?” He turned around and looked where my finger was pointing and gave me a nod, before disappearing into the waves himself.
I hadn’t considered having to reach Magikarp in a situation like this. Having two water types was handy in that regard. Satisfied that that was taken care of, I went to check on Eevee, and she was currently lying next to her bowl which was by now empty of water.
I knelt next to her and gave her wet fur a quick rub. “Hey girl, I saw you kept running, do you think you improved?”
She gave me a tired nod. “That’s good to hear. Now, take a bit of a rest, but do so in the shade.” I picked her and her bowl up and carried both to the shade of the boulder where my stuff was lying and put her next to my backpack. I also filled her bowl with water and some food and did the same for Squirtle. I also unpacked some food for Magikarp and walked back to the water and I was happy to see Squirtle and Magikarp were coming back. Magikarp was rather slow, but seeing that she must be super tired and still pulling the barrel, that was to be expected.
“Oh, that was some impressive grit you have shown there, Magikarp.” I knelt down, this time not caring that I got my shorts a bit wet, since Magikarp looked exhausted and couldn’t swim as close as she wanted. I took off the harness and pulled the barrel to me, lifting it out of the water, but only after I poured a generous portion of food into the water, which Magikarp started to eat.
“Eat and relax for a bit. We will continue training in a few hours.” Magikarp managed to somehow nod and keep eating at the same time. I gave her a quick pat on the top of her head and went to join Squirtle and Eevee in the shade, who had long since started to eat.
I was paying for the higher quality version of the generic pokefood, and thankfully, so far none of my pokemon required a specific diet. It was rich in all the nutrients pokemon who battled required to be healthy and to perform at their peak.
I would have to adapt once a pokemon joined the team that had more peculiar food needs. I myself only had a cereal bar, made out of oats and dried fruit. It wasn’t the tastiest thing in the world, but it was good enough for now.
We remained in the shade for a good hour, just sitting and resting. Squirtle had withdrawn into his shell and I heard his soft snores coming out, while Eevee had long since climbed on my lap, enjoying getting her fur brushed. It was a bit pointless, since she was going to train in a bit, and mess up her fur again, but she enjoyed it, and it was oddly relaxing for me as well.
My mother’s Umbreon never enjoyed much contact with me, so it was rather joyful that Eevee did. Then again, my mother’s Umbreon also never quite warmed up to my dad or anyone else for that matter.
I also had periodically looked at Magikarp, who had apparently managed to strike up a conversation with a pair of wild Magikarps. No idea what they were talking about, but to be honest, there were fewer pokemon than I expected around here. A few Wingulls passed from time to time, and I saw a Krabby skittering into the water once, but I had assumed there would be more.
I guess our presence was scaring them off? Probably didn’t want to risk getting captured, since I am clearly a trainer and it’s mostly only trainers who catch pokemon in the wild.
When I checked the time on my pokecom, I decided that was enough time spent sitting. We had plans, after all.
“Okay, guys. Time to get back to work.” I had to knock Squirtle’s shell to get him out, and he started slouching to the ocean, to properly wake up. Eevee, meanwhile, was stretching on the ground. I picked up the harness and walked to the water, where Magikarp was waiting, and attached the harness and barrel back to her.
“You go again, girl. You have to do this for a while before we see the results. Do resurface and check the shore from time to time, so I call you back if something is up.” Magikarp nodded and started swimming.
I turned to Squirtle, who was floating in the shallow part of the water, where he could touch the sand if he so wished. “You will now be doing the same thing Eevee was doing until now. Short sprints and then trying to dodge the sticks by going in a slalom. Now, I know you’re not as agile or fast, but I still want you to get some practice in for dodging and changing directions. Especially since you can use that to launch into a Rapid Spin, which we will also practice in the coming days.”
Squirtle squeaked in agreement and I gave him an encouraging pat on the head. “Good boy,” I praised him. “You can do this. Don’t forget to take plenty of breaks.” I also poured some water into a bowl for him, so he could avail himself whenever he needed it. I know he can create his own water if he so pleases, but I don’t think water pokemon like drinking the water they create themselves.
Eevee and I then walked to the sport where Squirtle had been doing his target practice, but only instead of the discs, I pulled out the punching mittens. They were pretty big and thick, bigger than Eevee was, with a lot of surface. And on its black side that was facing outwards after I would put them on, I had drawn five yellow circles, one in each corner and one right in the middle. I also had written a number in each circle, starting with 1 in the top left, going 2 in the top right, then 3 in the bottom left, 4 in the bottom right, and finally, 5 in the middle.
Before I could actually wear them, I did need to do some preparation. I pulled out the tape and bound my right wrist and arm, and strapped on a sort of plate over that. Then, I put that hand inside the punching mitten. Later on, I would be trying this with two mittens, but this should be enough for the start. I hoped the tape and plates would provide enough stability and absorption for my arm so that the Tackles would hurt me too bad since I wanted to be involved in the training beyond shouting orders.
“Okay, we will be practicing your Tackle and Quick Attack. First your Tackle, just to see how this works.” For this, I kneed in the sand, feeling how hot it was, but not so much that it burned, and I placed my left hand on my wrist, ready for the attack. “Don’t worry about the numbers just yet, I want you to hit the middle with a Tackle, but maybe don’t go full force yet.”
Eevee shot me a concerned look and launched a hesitant Tackle by jumping forward and striking the middle with her paw. I felt the paw hit the mitten, but the mitten didn’t move.
“Okay, I can take that much. Go for full force now.”
She nodded and attacked again, and this time, my arm was pushed back and I let out a grunt. I definitely felt that, but it didn’t hurt, not really. At Eevee’s concerned look as she walked up to me, I gave her a wide grin. “Don’t worry, bud, it didn’t hurt. That means we can actually go through with this. So, we will go for aiming practice at the start. I will call out the number and you will hit it. Later on, I will be standing and moving the mitten, so you have to hit a moving target, especially one much taller than you, which will be a lot of pokemon, since the Eevee line doesn’t really get much bigger than you are now. Granted, you’ll have access to a lot of ranged attacks, but Quickattack will always be part of your arsenal, and this will benefit your ranged attacks as well if you can get close in the right way.”
Eevee agreed as she immediately launched a cheeky tackle, which actually pushed my arm back more since I wasn’t ready for it.
What a brat.
xxx
That had been the first day of our training, and the next few days had been rather similar. Before learning anything new, I wanted my pokemon to fully master their current abilities and have a firm physical foundation. Squirtle steadily improved his aim, although not quite at the level I wanted him to be, whereas Eevee actually steadily improved her speed by shaving over two seconds off her time, something I noted down in my journal, and I also intended to send an email later on to Miss Showers, since I wanted to stay on her good side.
Magikarp had been training the most, and I could feel that she desperately wanted to fight as soon as possible, but we would have to see. As a pure water pokemon with no ranged attacks, her fighting options were already rather limited, and I didn’t like her chances against most of them either, but that was something for later.
Our first training week had been monotone in that regard since we mainly kept practicing the same things until I was satisfied. By the time we reached the weekend, Squirtle had actually managed to hit all ten discs in a row two times but was faltering at the third time. It wasn’t quite perfect, but it was close enough and we would keep practicing, but now, after taking the weekend off to recover, I wanted to start him on Rapid Spin, since that would be his second main attack for quite some while.
Eevee, meanwhile, had gotten quite good at aiming her tackle and Quick Attack, although the Quick Attack had been starting to hurt my wrist to the point that I had let Nurse Joy check it once or twice, but I felt myself getting tougher as well, which would be useful to help them in their training.
I had even started to train directly with Magikarp, by entering the water, laying my hands on her face, without covering her eyes, of course, while standing in front of her, and pushing against her, while she would trying to push me with swimming. When my feet were touching the sand on the bottom, I could anchor myself enough to hold against her, but if we did so while I was also swimming, she was able to push me.
That had been sort of fun. I also had let her pull me a few times while holding onto the barrel, which hadn’t been very fast, but I had been impressed that she had managed it. I felt we were on the right track there.
While Magikarp would stick with the same training, Eevee should be starting new things next week. Baby Doll Eyes and Swift would be the next two targets to learn, while also spending some time with Sand Attack, which we hadn’t touched upon much, but which also needed more refinement.
Eevee’s plate would be full next week, it would be a busy time for all of us, but first, some rest on the weekend.