We chatted for about an hour after that. mostly about me. To be specific about my time in Orre and what ACTUALLY happened in Rota. I spoke of Cipher and their whole plan to take over the world, I spoke of my search for the truth of the region and even my trip through time. Obviously I left out a bunch of details that were best kept to myself but otherwise I was truthful. Byron listened patiently and had various expressions throughout the tale and even broke his silence to give approval when I explained what had happened in Rota.
"Quite the adventure it seems you've had over these last few months. I look forward to reading your research paper as well. Much as I happen to enjoy this chat of ours though i'm afraid we need to end it here as I'm already quite behind on my paperwork and would like to get some of it done before the days out." Byron said with a smile. I shrugged "Not a problem, I'll be camping outside town for a bit so if you need anything feel free to message me." I said calmly as I got up.-
Leaving the gym I was surprised to find the girl from earlier standing there clearly waiting for me. "Alexander Drake, variant specialist, savage saint, savior of Hoenn, so many names for a single man." she said looking me over with a critical eye. "That last ones new, annoying too. Anyone with the capability to do the same would have done just as much as I did to rectify that situation, they did too. My role in that isn't worthy of that title just as I am not worthy of the title saint. But you aren't here because of that." I said calmly.-
That last part wasn't a question but a statement. I knew without a doubt that she wasn't here for that as she wasn't the fan girl sort, much too arrogant for that. She nodded "I am here to learn from you as those three did after your tournament. I am willing to do whatever it takes to obtain your acceptance." she said firmly. I shook my head "Last I checked I hadn't said that I'd be teaching anyone so what makes you think i'll make an exception for you? I suggest you choose your answer carefully because if I don't like it you'll get nothing from me." I said seriously.-
The chick went quiet as she could no doubt tell I was being completely serious right now. While I wouldn't mind giving some pointers if I felt the person deserved it or needed it for that matter I didn't think this girl counted. And unlike with my tournament where May, Brendan and Gregory earned their lessons from me through fair battle this girl had done no such thing. If she didn't have a satisfactory answer I had no intention of sparing her even a moment longer unless she wanted to fuck.-
It had been a while since I had gotten my dick wet and she was both physically attractive and most importantly over the age of eighteen, about twenty or so if I had to guess in fact. This meant if she wanted to casually hook up I wouldn't mind but if she tried to trade sex for training I'd say no in a heartbeat, I had standards damn it. I waited patiently for a few minutes as she carefully thought out her answer before opening her mouth only to shove her foot into it. -
"My clan would be willing to negotiate your acquisition of a variant Dratini in exchange." she said with a satisfied look thinking that that was a great answer. For literally anyone else that would indeed be a tempting offer but I both had a DNA sample for a variant Dratini AND the system that had given me a pokemon ticket quite recently. "You've failed. Accept it and move on." I said firmly before turning and walking away. The chick was left with a stupefied look as if she couldn't even begin to understand how she failed.-
She didn't try and chase after me though so I assume she understood that she had no chance of changing my mind. It was only early afternoon so i headed for a general store to stock up on meat since I was out after my time in Orre. It was just the standard Pidgey, Tauros and Magikarp options but that was fine as I could just hunt any other pokemon I happened to wish to sample now that I was in a region that actually had abundant wild pokemon. After my trip to the general store I headed over to the local branch of the Poketch company.-
The Poketch company was this regions premium personal assistance tech company like how Devon, Silph and the PDA were for their own regions. Apparently Mr. Stone hadn't even bothered trying to bring the Pokenav over to Sinnoh with his branch of Devon here for the simple fact the Poketch or pokemon watch was vastly superior as a product. It worked like a smartwatch from back on earth all while still being roughly the same size but massively more durable. I'm talking anything less than a direct hit from an elite level attack on one of these things would at most scratch it a little.-
The Poketch also had several different "apps" that accomplished different functions much the same as a smartphone might but obviously more designed for this world. Unfortunately the tech was as cutting edge as it got which meant that it was also expensive. Ten thousand poke worth of expensive to be precise. While still within most households income range to afford it wasn't the sort of thing you bought willy nilly, well unless you were rich as sin like me. I didn't just buy the basic model of the device either but the one that came with all the apps that had been developed for it so far which was admittedly not many, only twenty two.-
The watch, calculator, memo pad, pedometer, team list, dowsing machine, berry searcher, day-care checker, pokemon history, counter, marking map, coin toss, move tester, calendar, dot artist, roulette, kitchen timer, color changer, stopwatch, alarm clock, pokenet access, watch call. These were all the apps currently out and thanks to spending much more for all of them I also got a special feature where if any more were developed I'd get a call telling me.-
All of the apps as the names suggested were very easy to understand and with the minimalistic style of the device itself being a wrist watch with a screen and three buttons and a stylus to utilize it was very easy to pick up for even an idiot. Thankfully I was able to transfer my contacts from my pokenav to the watch as well as interestingly enough my crime checker that my system gave me prior.