Kazza

This stupid miner took out Sekhmet with his Machop. She used leer on him though, so Hanuman's scratches should hurt more. They do, and the the Machop goes down easily. I find another miner and challenge him too. Ninhursag is already quite strong, no need to switch her in. Hanuman uses ember, but apparently it isn't good against Geodude. Still, this miner is bad at battling and his Geodude fails to capitalize on this, so Hanuman wins. Then he switches in Onix. Rock throw hurts Hanuman a lot. But ember still manages to outrace the snake or whatever Onix is. I exit the mine for adventures elsewhere in the city.

A few of the residents talk about Roark. They practically worship the young man. But at least not everyone on the planet talks about pokemon and only pokemon. Some girl wants to trade her Abra for a Machop. I remember fighting Abra and it was pretty good. But I lack a Machop. If I catch one, I should bring it back to trade. An old woman nearby informs me that pokemon obtained in trades grow quickly and might not always obey, but that it won't matter if I have enough gym badges. How is that? Are the badges magical? This makes no sense. Forget it. A fat man wants me to show him a pokemon called Zubat. They can be found in the mine, your corpulence. Shall I fetch you anything else? Perhaps some not eating so much? I wrestle with whether I should oblige this sloth. Maybe, maybe not.

One man tells me that every pokemon has an ability. I check the pokedex. Yes, Apsu has "swift swim" and is faster in the rain. Is that why he seems useless? There's no water to swim in for my battles? But it indicates nothing about having moves that do anything. So maybe not. More people talk about Roark. A woman gives me a dusk ball. What? She says it works better if used at night or in a cave. Oh. Some moron named his Psyduck "Yellow." Stupid. My names for pokemon are much better. More people talk about pokemon. A blue-cap kid gives me a great ball. He does not tell me what it does.

I enter a museum. Ah, I love museums. This one appears to be all about coal. It has samples of different coal as well as mining tools from generations gone by. There are also some plaques describing the process of coal formation. Pedagogical! A crazy man claims that he is on the verge of a breakthrough that will let him extract pokemon from fossils. What a lunatic. Why is he even in a coal-themed museum? Forget it. Having explored the city I head north on Route 207. I am unable to climb a muddy slope. Someone on a bicycle informs me that I would need a bicycle to get to do so. I consider having Hanuman light him on fire while I take the bicycle, but this fellow was courteous enough to help me, and there does seem to be another way around. It contains tall grass, but that just means more training for my pokemon.

A wild Machop attacks. Capture it and trade it for that Abra? Oh yes! Hanuman's ember nearly finishes the Machop, then I throw a poke ball. I am trading this pokemon, so what kind of name should I give him? I settle for Heracles. Another Machop attacks me. I do not need two, so I have Sekhmet beat him up. Yet another Machop appears. That girl really should have come here before asking me for a trade. Machops are quite easy to acquire just near her own hometown. Or maybe the whole city is filled with sloths? Out of character for a coal-mining community. Sekhmet should make quick work of this Machop, but she keeps missing. Finally, she hits him enough to make him faint. Then it's back to the Poke Center to heal and back to that girl to trade Heracles for...

...Kazza. And this Abra only knows teleport. It had better learn more moves later. I elect to ignore the request about Zubat for now. I am too interested in exploring north and maybe even finding another one of those gyms.