openturn | 01 | New Bark Town

[ 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?

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You can probably buy better clothes in town!! If you don't have enough money for that, I don't mind lending you some - some of the clothing choices are pretty unfortunate, and it's going to get colder soon.

As to the Pokémon, it's really up to you what type you like best! And how to raise them, really. Which might not be helpful, but...everyone has their ways!

I think the clothing thing I have mostly under control now -- but thanks anyway.

[ ... ] By type, you mean like -- water, grass, fire?

Yes, exactly!! Although there are also, oh - fossil types aren't a type really, but I like those, you know?

Fossil types... what are those, like -- dinosaurs or something?

Basically!! Except pokemon. They all went extinct a long time ago...but there's a way to revive them, and those revived fossil types breed.

So they can somehow bring fossils back to life here... but there's no such thing as cars. [ makes... sense. ]

Well, there is a train? But it's got a very specific route.

... It's probably better to just save time and not question these things, isn't it?

Admittedly things can be a bit weird here, yes!

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