@Trainer17: The marketplace is bustling with activity--the calls of the merchants, the chatter of people talking, the jingling of coins changing hands, and the occasional Pokemon cry and giggling child. But the most notably absent sounds are one of Brock's instruments and his voice, singing of some brave hero, love lost or love found, or a wily trickster.

As you stroll through the marketplace, you notice the general store (general items), the smithy (weapons and armor), and the alchemist (helpful potions and charms) do not look busy.