Episode 1: The Trial

" I know you want that corphish, so use this" John stated to Keno as he slipped the lock case off one of his newly caught squirtles and placed it on an unused pokeball, "I want it back once you have him though" after a second, "If you like em Ican make a couple more in a bit, just need to find the suplies."

Keno was curious about the lock case, he froze ashe sized it up for a Mmoment. In his mind he imagined any Pokemon he caught with this, John could just ask for saying it was rightly his. Did John think that Keno needed his help to catch Pokemon because the first pokeballs didn't capture the Squirtle? Did he view him as helpless? Mother didn't raise him to be rude, and maybe John was just being friendly, Keno could borrow it and I didn't mean you have to use it... right?

Reaching out to get a better look at the device, "I'd feel a lot better if I paid you for it."

Jason, as the professor leads you back into the visitor center, he thought about your question. "Well, since it's winter, you're not going to find too much out here. If you go to the river, there's still some basculine swimming around the surface. Rufflet are rare around town, but you can find them, along with ducklett and swanna up north at Mound Creek Wildlife Refuge. In town, there's Pidove, Purrloin, Snubble, Houndour, and Rattata as a few examples. East of here, there's some farms with Tepig, Skiddo, Mudbray, Tauros, and Miltank. South of here, toward Mercury City, there's Pikipek, Deerling, and hibernating bugs in the Wasahgee Wood."

Keno and John, you move to the chamber with the copper sunstone. You made it in time to see the Corphish, slowly feeling around the water, as before.

While Keno talks to the strange pokemon John looks around the cave to see if there are any other interesting pokemon around.

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Keno, you remove the stone easily as the platform raises, plugging the drain for the water. It looks like it will be a few hours before the pool will be back to what it was though. The corphish obviously notices your return and raises its pincers in the air as it slowly approaches you. It was also not impressed by Gypsy's display, because it can't see.

John, you look around and notice the young poliwag are still present by the cave formation and the quagsire left. You do, however, catch a glympse of what appears to be a small pokemon with a round, egg-shaped body with big ears. It seems to be making little whispering sounds.

Jason, you find some more exhibits on the petroglyphs you saw while down in the cave. The descriptions explain exactly what the symbols are and what some of them mean. Some of the ones you saw, turned out to be images of four warriors that served the "Great Mystery" by protecting the world from darkness. Some of the others were of the "Spirit World", where the people were very different and strange to the Wasahgee Tribe. You also hear the professor call out, "If you want more of that food, you can find it in the pet stores in cities. They sell them in bulk!"

The elevator door opens and Izzy walks up to the desk, where the professor is waiting. She places her things and looks down, sadly at the floor. "Is something the matter Isabella?" the professor asked. She bit her lip and nods, "Yes sir, I'm sorry, but after thinking about it for a while after my first capture, I can't do this."

"Why not?"

"I... I find this hard to explain... but I don't think I can work with the other trainers at all. I try to get them together, but they don't seem to pay much mind to me enough to listen. So, I'm giving Peyote and my license back to you. Also, I'm leaving the Taillow for Jason. I think he could use it more than me. I'm sorry, but I may need to find a different way to be a trainer!" She seemed to speed up the last bit and starts to walk away, but she is stopped by the professor.

"Hold it there! Look, I understand it's not easy to have the force of will or the voice to gather others together to make a proper team and I also am a little disappointed that it didn't work out exactly as I wanted. However, I am still proud that you have at least tried to bring them together to help get through the trial easier and I am also happy to see that... Peyote... liked you enough to follow your orders as a trainer. For that, I'm sad to see you quit like this, but I cannot leave you empty handed. You don't have to be part of the experiment, but please, keep your pokemon and your license. You do have a long journey ahead of you before the summer." Izzy just clenched her fists and grabbed her things off the counter and ran out the door. Only a pokeball, containing the Taillow was left behind. "Good luck."

The Corphish bumps into the pokeball and instantly disappears into it. It gives the sense that it didn't see that coming at all as the ball begins to shake violently in Keno's hand.

Back when he scanned Gypsy, he saw the same information from before, but some new pages were added. They were labeled "Diet", "Habitat", "Care", "History", and "Notes".

The professor sighed and put the sparkling stone he got from Izzy into his desk. "Well, I guess three interns are better than none. I might as well work with what I got. Good thing it wasn't Ralph."

Keno, the pokeball shakes a few times, getting weaker, until it stopped moving and blinking. The capture was a success, but not as easily as you hoped.

The Dex said, "Whismur, a whisper pokemon. It is very timid and prefers to hide away in caves from predators. It's cries are normally similar to murmurs as it doesn't want to draw attention to itself. If anyone wishes to approach this pokemon, it is wise to bring earplugs. When threatened, it will suck air into its ears and release a cry that can be as loud as a jet aircraft. It will keep crying until it's tired and goes to sleep."

Keno was elated, but perhaps their friendship needed some work to grow on.

Working his way to John, "got it! Time to fight, or you good? There is a dunsparce around here... should be easy to spot with the bandage around it's neck..."