Journey to Striaton 4

Read the chapter before, there was a mix up with the chapters.

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The journey to Striaton City was an uneventful one, at least it was after William ran off. Magnus and his pokemon still couldn't get over how much of a little bitch he was. After a night of camping near the water, Magnus got to training his team for a few hours before moving again.

Still his pockets were lined with a fat bit of cash now. The wallet that came into Magnus's possession was completely loaded with cash, 47,000 Poke deep to be precise. When Magnus was rapidly counting the stack of bills he couldn't keep a shit eating grin off his face, causing his pokemon to eye him strangely…Well Rookidee and Feebas were. Magikarp was just being Magikarp, completely unaware of the small fortune his trainer had just claimed.

With this much money in his hands he could afford to splurge on all sorts of supplies. Training equipment, TM's and good food for himself and his pokemon, he was sorted in that department as long as he doesn't go too wild.

Though it's not like he needed TM's or the like right now. All his Pokemons movesets are beyond decent bar Magikarp, but he's a Magikarp so that's excusable. His current thoughts were to wait until they evolve before making any final decisions.

That brings up the topic of Feebas's evolution, to evolve her Magnus needs a prism scale. A prism scale is an item of immense beauty, an object of adoration for many people - Magnus doesn't get it, all he sees is a colourful rock - it's popular with upper class citizens that enjoy having them on display.

Before Willia-no. His own wallet fattened, he was worried that it'd take him a while to buy one since the prices for them are in the 5000+ range and in turn cause Feebas to fall behind the rest of his team.

Now with the money sorted, he just needs to find a seller. Driftveil market is probably his best bet, they sell just about everything under the sun in that place. Legal or Illegal.

On a lesser note, he might chance on in Nacrene city. With all the historical and outright strange stuff circulating about there a seller might have one.

But that's a thought for later. The sun was nearing the horizon as Magnus arrived in Striaton and he had a badge to snatch.

Even though he arrived a few minutes ago and only part way walked through the city to look for a map, he could already feel himself getting lost in the concrete jungle. The city was huge, easily being on par with Opelucid in scale, but compared to his home that had an ancient feel to it due to keeping all of the old style buildings. Striaton was all about skyscrapers and modern looking houses, Magnus swore everything he looked at had an unnatural shine to it.

Saving himself from wasting anymore time he asked some people passing by for directions. A few miles and 3 different sets of directions later, Magnus finally made it to his destination.

The gym was a smart looking place, the pillars on the front holding up the arched roof gave the place a fancy feel. Suppose that's needed with it doubling down as a restaurant run by the gym leaders themselves.

Unlike the rest of the gym's in Unova who all have one leader and in their service several other gym trainers, Striaton's was run by triplet brothers who all share the role. With there being three of them, there is no need for any gym trainers to fill in in case of an absence.

Stepping through the stone archway that was used as the entrance, Magnus was met with a series of tables and chairs, each of which were decorated with fine utensils and flowers. He had only been inside for a few seconds when a man with light green hair and a waistcoat greeted me.

Performing a customary bow he said elegantly "Welcome sir, is it a table for one today?"

"I'm actually her for- in fact yea, table for one I could be doing with something to eat" Magnus replied, he was feeling quite peckish since the last meal he had was the n a few hours ago.

Can't battle at full capacity if you're hungry.

"Right this way then" he responded walking off in the direction of an empty table.

Getting seated, the waiter who Magnus assumed was the gym leader Cilan handed him a menu. It was filled with fancy babble that he didn't understand so it took him a minute to find the steak option.

After ordering he was left by himself for a while, even though the restaurant served food for pokemon, he kept everyone in their balls. Can't have the gym leaders knowing what their up against beforehand.

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Finishing what was possibly the best steak he had ever tasted he called out to Cilan "The meal was top quality stuff, but I'm actually here for a gym battle. Think I could get one?"

"Oh, so you're here for a gym battle then" Cilan said as he cleared the table.

The customers currently eating froze up at the mention of a gym battle and gave their whole undivided attention to Magnus's table.

Suddenly the lights in the room cut off, plunging the restaurant into darkness and stealing away the sight of all those inside. Magnus could hear the rushed footsteps and clanging of cutlery as Cilan ran away from his table.

Then a shining stage light stone on the other two brothers putting all eyes on them. The room filled with girls were already fawning over the two handsome men - with questionable hairstyles - as they began to speak.

"So you're a challenger eh. Then you will receive a welcome as hot as the mid-day sun! Chilli said with a burning passion.

Shifting to the other brother, Cress states "No, I think we should be cool. Like a refreshing glass of water, chilled of course" as he ran his fingers through his striking blue locks causing all the ladies in the building to squeal in excitement.

It miffed Magnus quite a bit honestly. All he wants is to get on with his gym battle and then victoriously head to the nearest Pokecenter so he can crash on those sweet, sweet free beds. But before that he had to deal with a pre-match… whatever this is and listen to the simping of Striations female population.

Just in time for his piece Cilan skidded to a stop between his two brothers, the spotlight shone on his fancy looking tuxedo as performed a light bow and spoke. "We welcome you to the Striaton City Pokemon Gym."

"I'm Chill! I light things up with Fire-type Pokemon!"

"I'm a Water-type specialist, and my name is Cress. Pleased to make your aquaintence."

"And I'm Cilan. I like grass type pokemon, and I'm also an aspiring Pokemon connoisseur! Now which one of us would you like to battle?"

Who to choose? It was a tough choice to make. Each gym leader fought with a different type of pokemon. That being Pansage, Panpour and Pansear being a Grass, Water and Fire type respectively.

The first choice for the battling would definitely be Cilain, Rookidee has the type advantage and better manoeuvrability which makes it a prime match up for his pokemon.

Or he could send out the big daddy Magikarp and watch on as it squashes a Pansear. As amusing as the thought of beating a gym with a Magikarp sounds, he'd rather not take the risk. Even though the brothers have a reputation for being the weakest gym leaders in the circuit - mostly due to their semi-recent instalment - they're still gym leaders, and Magnus was going to treat them as such, no matter how weak they may be.

So with his choice locked Magnus answered "I'll choose to battle Gym Leader Cilan"

Though Magikarp and Feebas have a disadvantage against Pansage, it won't matter since I'll be battling with Rookidee. The Striaton Gym always does 1v1 battle so there's no danger of having them come up against the Grass-type.

Striking another posse since he was the chosen one, Cilan pointed at the wall behind him and said "Time to get this show on the road!"