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[Sup, Johto! Jake looks extremely happy and pleased with himself. So does Stripes the Zebstrika, posing with his head held high.]

Well, I just got my first badge in Johto!

[Now he looks sheepish.]

Though, I don't think Gym Leader Falkner really appreciated how it all went. Eheh....

[Stripes snorts and looks like he could take on anybody. Someone got an ego boost after a successful gym battle.]

What's the second gym like, now that I'm thinking of it? I've only heard that the Goldenrod City gym has...some issues.

[PRIVATE TEXT TO DAVE STRIDER]

[Now, Jake's dumb, but he's not stupid. He thinks he can understand that after Bro left, Dave might be a wreck. He'd be the same way if Jade had left like that.]

Mr strider i have a query for you!
Are you up for a sparring match?
Im absolute shite with a sword or anything resembling a blade but im good at unarmed combat if thats anything!

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Congrats, man! [John beams, the Litwick on his shoulder giving a tiny, nubby clap and making a happy little squeak. Yay Grandpa! Grandpa got a badge!] Only seven more to go! Or...well fifteen, technically but one region at a time, haha!

The second gym depends on which city you go to next: Azalea or Goldenrod. Seems somebody already spoiled Whitney for you so I'll tell you about Bugsy. Probably easy to guess by his name, but he uses bug types. And if I am being honest...he's probably the easiest of the Johto gym leaders. At least in my opinion, then by the time I finally got to Azalea, I had a Pidgeot.

Thanks! And I'm not even thinking about Kanto until I'm done with Johto. Or at least up to the last gym in this region.

[Aw, cutest Litwick!]

I'm afraid so. Twilight Sparkle would have been the one to do that. Apparently, her gadget had caught her right in the middle of one of Whitney's...ah...temper tantrums. [He shrugs.] Well, he'll probably not be much of a challenge since quite a number of my team know fire or flying moves. Most notably my Growlithe, Halley. [Jake runs a hand down his face. That fucking dog, man.]

Speaking of Halley, you and your group might want to get him to recognize your scents. Er, for your own safety, really.

Yeah the uh...temper tantrums are pretty standard. So is her trying to get a date out of you, just a heads up.

[HAVE FUN JAKE.]

But why do say that? Is Halley aggressive or something?

[SIGH.]

I was hoping to see if I could bribe her with Jane's sweets....

[Deeper sigh.]

No, not necessarily. He's more fierce in his loyalty and protectiveness. As in, if you get within ten feet of me and he doesn't recognize your scent or anything, then he'll growl. Any closer and he'll strain to snap your limbs off. He's excellent as a watch dog, but I think he's a bit too enthusiastic about it.

[Deepest sigh will come after the actual battle itself, yes?]

It's worth a shot, but if I were you I would take one of your girl friends as back up. Pretend the two of you are dating. It...sort of helps. [More like his girlfriend is just very...err...well she's Rose. That's really all that needs to be said here.]

Ah, gotcha. Yeaaahhhh I think I would like to have my limbs remained attached. Kind of fond of them right where they are.

[Bingo.]

The three of them will probably want to come along to watch anyway. Perhaps that might discourage her?

And I'm rather fond of having you all hale and hearty myself! I truly don't understand why Halley's like this. I mean, I know the 'dex said that they were loyal Pokemon, but are they ever this devoted to it?

Unless she's changed since the last time I was there...no. Rose had to actually say something to her in order for me to escape with the badge.

[Have fun, Jake.]

I am not really sure what to tell you about Halley though, I can't say that Growlithes are my area of expertise. And my only really protective Pokemon isn't really aggressive about it. Might be something to ask Jade though, dog Pokemon are more her thing than mine. Plus, Growlithe was her starter.

Great. I might have to ask for one or all of them to get involved then, as much as I don't want to drag them into that mess.

[FUCKING SIGH.]

Oh, capital idea! If not, then I hope that he at least simmers down a bit upon evolving to Arcanine.

Mmm. Though, on a more positive note, actually battling her isn't all that bad. Really, her Miltank is the only thing you have to watch out for. If you managed to get your hands on a fighting type already, focus on training that up before you take her on. That's the only weakness normal types have, unfortunately.

Well, I've got one already, and I'm planning on getting another. Karkat told me her Miltank had Attract, though?

Yeah. That and rollout. Attract is easy enough to counter if you have a lot of girl pokemon. Rollout just gets really irritating and can take you out if you're not careful.

Mm, I don't think Rollout would be all that much of a problem if you either got her accuracy down to zilch or at least had a Pokemon with resistances to her moves.

[Definitely not using any of his flying-types in this gym.]

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