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- Joined
- Dec 25, 2012
- Location
- 'Murica
A trainer exited the Ecruteak gym, his challenge had met with failure. The trainer was a bit short, black hair, blue eyes. His hooded jacket, T-shirt, and jeans implied he was rather from Unova than Johto. With a depressed look, he went to heal his precious team.
Irou sighed, exiting the city's Poke-center and holding a lot of camping gear on his back. The young adult had just been defeated by the resident gym leader and denied a badge to prove the strength of him and team. Irou was told he wasn't 'committed', and his bond with his Pokemon was not deep enough, too shallow. The humiliation was something that would drive him to start looking for a solution. Irou bought supplies, preparing to head on a sort of 'vacation' from his training. The young man was getting ready to set out from Ecruteak city and begin his trek into the wilderness.
Irou walked along the route for quite awhile before making a detour, taking a hard turn off the pavement and leaving the road. Many a trainer would just catch the first few pokemon they see and be done with it. A few more adventurous types would disregard the sage old advice of 'stay on the path', and delve into nature. Secret spots could be found, unique pokemon, rare opportunities, and so on. High risk, high reward. He liked to play things safe, by the book. Irou's defeat got him thinking. Maybe he was out of touch with his Pokemon? Recently, all he cared about was getting them to help win that gym battle, and he lost miserably. To help try and remedy this, the trainer decided to spend time in the middle of nowhere with Pokemon. He wanted to try and regain that bond with the ones he collected, and maybe meet a few new ones.
It didn't take long for the trainer to find himself completely lost. Having never trekked into the wilderness before, he lost his bearings rather quick. Already exhausting himself, he rested himself against a tree to try and think if this was a good place to stake a campsite.
Irou sighed, exiting the city's Poke-center and holding a lot of camping gear on his back. The young adult had just been defeated by the resident gym leader and denied a badge to prove the strength of him and team. Irou was told he wasn't 'committed', and his bond with his Pokemon was not deep enough, too shallow. The humiliation was something that would drive him to start looking for a solution. Irou bought supplies, preparing to head on a sort of 'vacation' from his training. The young man was getting ready to set out from Ecruteak city and begin his trek into the wilderness.
Irou walked along the route for quite awhile before making a detour, taking a hard turn off the pavement and leaving the road. Many a trainer would just catch the first few pokemon they see and be done with it. A few more adventurous types would disregard the sage old advice of 'stay on the path', and delve into nature. Secret spots could be found, unique pokemon, rare opportunities, and so on. High risk, high reward. He liked to play things safe, by the book. Irou's defeat got him thinking. Maybe he was out of touch with his Pokemon? Recently, all he cared about was getting them to help win that gym battle, and he lost miserably. To help try and remedy this, the trainer decided to spend time in the middle of nowhere with Pokemon. He wanted to try and regain that bond with the ones he collected, and maybe meet a few new ones.
It didn't take long for the trainer to find himself completely lost. Having never trekked into the wilderness before, he lost his bearings rather quick. Already exhausting himself, he rested himself against a tree to try and think if this was a good place to stake a campsite.