01 | New Bark Town - video

[openturn]

[ The video shows Rin and his new partner, a Carvanha. There’s some good news and some bad news regarding Rin’s current state of attire. One is that he managed to grab his team jacket before turning up in Johto, so he at least has something other than his swimsuit keeping him decent. The other is that, well. He doesn’t have a shirt on.

Which one of those is good and which is bad is, of course, completely subjective. ]

Is it common for people to show up here without anything decent to wear? Because I actually have no clothes besides what I'm wearing right now.

[ The joys of being a Swimmer class: he has literally no underwear. Or pants, for that matter. Or shoes, either. But he does have a nice new pair of legskins, so it's not... all bad? ]

And some other questions. Is there a decent-sized pool in any of the cities here?

[ There's a slight hesitation before he goes on. ]

And about training Pokémon. I read the handbook, so I get why we have to do it, but... How are you supposed to decide what kind of Pokémon to raise? Or what the best way to raise them is?

Comments

[openturn]

Most of them seem too offended at my lack of clothing to want to talk to me...

[akito]

Ah? That's weird...

[ he still isn't used to how prudish people are here gosh. people are half-naked at home all the time. or totally naked. either or. ]

[openturn]

Well, I can't blame them, but still. It's like they go out of their way to be unhelpful or something.

[akito]

They're usually really helpful...! Maybe they just think it's weird someone would be swimming in New Bark Town.

[openturn]

[ A world where swimming is strange... ... ]

It's not really that weird, is it...

[akito]

Eh? Swimming in New Bark? I think so! There's not really any place there to swim, ne?

[openturn]

I heard there was a ferry here... so there must be somewhere, right? A sea, maybe. Or a river.