#violet!dapper

So I was working with my mom at her beauty salon and some kid shows up asking for a grooming appointment with their Pokémon. We didn’t really think much of it since this kinda thing happens all the time, usually with canine or feline Pokémon. Honestly the weirdest we got was a Primarina from an Alolan tourist.

But that changed when the kid brought out an Iron Valiant. You know the robotic gardevoir/gallade paradox Pokémon? The one with the actual double bladed scythe? Yeah, that one. Now it isn’t my first time seeing a paradox Pokémon, especially since more of them started to just crawl out of area zero recently. I have seen a few. My mom has seen at least one (an Iron Treads to be exact) but some kid, probably like 6, just had this robotic powerhouse, and in a regular pokeball no less! My mom checked its level and it was like level 70 or something, so that kid was extremely lucky that he’d caught it in a regular ball.

It was covered in mud and dirty, and even a tiny bit of a clodsire’s sludge (which we safely disposed of). It was kinda like washing a car. The Iron Valiant was pretty still and didn’t mind the sponges and towels we used on it. I asked the kid where they found this Pokémon and it was just, like, near their house??? I think it was like curious or something? It was honestly really wild to hear the kid say all this. My mom didn’t mind the Iron Valiant though. She even joked about going to area zero herself and I quote “wrangling one up” (she’s southern btw. Also no mom that is illegal).