Trainer Name: Alice
Location: Cerulean City
Aster (30/30)
[Ivysaur, Male]Clover (19/19)
[Cleffa, Female]Paprika (25/25)
[Pichu, Female]Almond (25/25)
[Furret, Female]Aria (25/25)
[Pidgeotto, Female]Plume (30/30)
[Archen, Female]
Partner Pokemon: Marionette [Shuppet, Female] (30/30)
Items: Pokeball (x8), Potions (x4), Premier Ball (x2), Lemonade (x2)
Heal Counter: 13 [Tyrunt (30), Jedi (30), Citrus (30), Memento (30)]
Points: 86
Hearing people talk about the white Rockets made Alice angry. She knew they had to find Upgrade, and fast. It might contain all the evidence they needed about what the Rockets had done at Mt. Moon. Then someone would have to believe them.
"Thats why that poor boy champion went over the deep end. When you lose your whole team trying to save the world you are never right again. That boy traveled aimlessly for years afterwards. He blamed himself for not saving those kids." The daycare lady said.
Alice pondered this, wondering what she was referring to. What kids? She remembered what Vi had said about knowing Max... and about Jacob, who came from a different but similar world. Could all of this be related?
After a while, the group moved on. Alice withdrew into herself, as she often had before this journey. Plume pecked at her shoulder every so often, worried about her trainer, but Alice just stroked her absentmindedly. She thought hard about all they had been through. Everything that people had told them. She knew this all fit together somehow...
Finally the group could see Vermilion City in the distance. Alice had been there only once as a child, after an expedition with her dad through Diglett's Cavel. Alice vaguely remembered they had stopped for ice cream in the city before heading back into the tunnel. She couldn't remember anything besides the dark, quiet cave, though. The city was completely new to her.
There seemed to be some kind of commotion up ahead. A large crowd was gathered. As Meg led them through, Alice saw a Raichu and Scyther battling. Alice recognised the well build trainer as Surge, a gym leader. He seemed to be showing off for the crowd. Alice was a little surprised. After the generosity and kindness of Brock and Misty, and what she knew of the gym leaders she had met back home, she had expected that all gym leaders were just as patient and kind to trainers, wanting them to improve. But Surge seemed to be insulting the crowd. Brock and Misty were the only ones who had immediately believed them about what had happened with Max... but Alice knew that was more because they knew Max themselves. Alice hung back, stroking Plume's feathers and wondering if Surge was someone they could trust.
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