Ask the Team Skull grunts

‘Yeah! You’re a lot stronger than us so we’d have a lot to learn,’ Billie smiled. ‘My guys can always use the exercise.’ On cue, her Liepard leapt through the open window, having been let out earlier for a wander. Billie beckoned the cat Pokemon over to her and scratched her behind the ears.

“Sounds like a plan. I have a bit of teaching experience, so to speak, so if you ever want some advise that’s more on the detailed side, let me know.”

Back when she was one of the “rising stars” of the Trainers’ School, Cataleya often tutored younger students who were trying to better understand the theory and practice of Pokemon battling. The finer details aren’t always easy to grasp.

Getting up off the bed, the admin says to the two grunts, “Meet me by the pool after lunch for training. And you can have the rest of the malasadas.”

‘I should get looking, then…’ Billie mused. ‘Someone’s gotta breed them, maybe?’

‘Right!’ Cole nodded. ‘What about your team? How’re they holdin’ up? If they ever want any trainin’ partners, we’d be up for it.’ 

Grin widening, Cataleya says, “My team’s holding up just fine. And I’ll be doing a bit training with my team later today. You two should drop by.”

‘I love Rowlet! They’re so cute,’ Billie enthused. She knew it was just a pipe dream, however, and sighed. ‘But I don’t think the professor’d let me have one. Probably never happenin’…’

‘Electrike is pretty cool. I dunno where you find ‘em, though,’ Cole admitted.

Ah. Rowlet’s been a popular one since they started distributing them as starter Pokemon in Alola. She’s always preferred Litten, though. Popplio’s okay, too.

“It wouldn’t be easy, but it’s sometimes possible to find them in the wild. The Professor only has most of the Rowlet population under his watch.” Looking from Billie to Cole, she says, “I think those are found at Poke Pelago. You know, those islands that are used as a sort of resort for Pokemon?”

It’s only recently that Cataleya started training more Pokémon again. She’d had a team of five Psychic-types for so long that it was weird getting used to the changes in their training routines and such but she loves her new teammates.

“Do you have any specific Pokémon in mind? Or are you just going to wait and see what kind of Pokémon you come across out there?”

“I brought them to share, so go for it!” she reassures, somewhat amused by his hesitation. It’d be rude to bring treats and not share. “So, how’ve things been going with you two? You and your Pokémon all doing all right?”

‘Fuck yeah, nice,’ Cole said, taking a bite. ‘Thanks!’

 ‘We’re good,’ Billie smiled. ‘I was just thinkin’ I should expand my team some more. Not like there’s anythin’ wrong with my two! But I figured it might be fun if someone else joined us.’

“Don’t worry about it, Cole. This is nothing,” she says, giving a smile that she hopes will show that she’s fine and doesn’t mind. Besides, their room isn’t that bad. She’s seen worse. In fact, Guzma’s tends to be one of the worst ones.

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While the humans are chatting, Konani decides to just float into the room. Then, once she’s set the box of malasadas down, she sits down on one of the beds.

As she thought, Cole’s a chill guy. Now she’s looking forward to the idea of hanging out with him and Billie. Her Pokémon would appreciate having more friends as well – even Harry, her Kadabra, as antisocial as he tries to be.

A few days later, the admin and her Raichu are going up the stairs to the room shared by the two grunts she’s planning on paying a visit. Konani is carrying a box of malasadas for them to share. Hopefully this isn’t too forward of her…

‘Oh, hey!’ she greeted brightly, then looking at Konani and seeing the malasadas. ‘Ooh, those look nice!’

Again, she’s guilty of that, too, but it was a long time ago and she’s fairly sure Guzma can’t remember her from her early days as a grunt. She’s changed.

At the mention of Billie having a crush on Guzma, she giggles. Cataleya’s guilty of feeling the same way at some point. Same thing with Plumeria. Thankfully, it’s passed. Now they’re just the head admin and boss to her, for the most part.

Cataleya shrugs. “No one knows him quite as well as Plumeria does…but we’ve sort of become close since I was promoted. We have some similar interests and whatnot. Besides, I can’t imagine him keeping an admin he doesn’t like.”

She and Guzma have a few things in common besides interests. They were both talented trainers as children and aspired to be trial captains, but something got in the way of that dream and it’s forever changed them in one way or another.

Finishing off the last of her lemonade, she sets the bottle on the ground.