Yeesh, this guy makes Gladion look cuddly. And he’s a Pikachu. He’s supposed to look cuddly.

Looking forward to it. Time to get out of this place.

…which is harder than it looks. No, Honey, you can’t walk on top of every hole.

Before heading to the gym, Honey takes the extra time to walk all the way back to Milkshake Swamap to visit her good friend Nick.



There is always, ALWAYS time for free Exp.

After the free Exp., Honey heads back to Sparky’s gym, and is surprised to meet someone going out.

A Honey. GG.

Nice to meet you, Miss Chelle.

(You think that’s bad, I used to have a little purple rubber cartoon turtle I called Ms. Shell. I think I probably still have her somewhere in a bag with my other… okay, they’re toys, but for the sake of my adulthood, I call them miniatures.)

Cue mandatory battle!

A fellow Grass-type trainer, we see. Rather interesting choice of attire. She’d vanish behind a green screen, leaving only her face, shoes, and that random segment of her hips showing.

Sap outspeeds easily, uses a new move it’s learned, and Bites, flinching Chikorita. Whatever the anime told you about Grotle’s speed, well, it was wrong.

Crit mattered, except not really because the last Bite halved Chikorita’s damage like Super Fang, except obviously it wasn’t Super Fang. Which meant that Chikorita was ChiKOrita either way.

Next came Pikachu. Honey apparently developed PTSD and, rather than give Sap commands, started staring nervously into her bag.

Pikachu responds by shaking its booty.

Grotle doesn’t.

It’s a OHKO. Edgychu, this Pikachu certainly isn’t. But its Static leaves a parting gift.

I just realized that Chelle’s hair reminds me of a Budew. Hmm.

Smells like a rivarly. Let me guess, next we’ll meet some kid with a Totodile.

Not surprisingly, it took Honey some time to actually get inside the gym.

Huh, that kid’s mommy was right. There really are cars in this town! Except they’re all… indoors, for some odd reason.

I think Sparky might be short for Sparkplug.

Ignoring all the trainers/mechanics, Honey goes straight to the cutest guy in the room.

Okay, I didn’t say it was a human guy. Given how high-strung Jolteon are, and that they charge electricity every time their moods shift (seriously, read some of their dex entries), it’s probably a good thing she didn’t startle it.

Chat trying to get Honey to Sparky left her banging her head against the wall.

Considering how long it took Honey just to get across the room, Sparky probably didn’t even realize she was seriously going to challenge him now. He probably thought she just came for his dog.

Anyway, Sparky has Jolteon jump-start the car with a Thunderbolt, and then apoogizes to Honey for the delay because he doesn’t like leaving a job unfinished. He then promises that “this battle ought to be shocking!”

Never heard that one before.

And I think we’ll leave off from here.

To be continued…