Training Time

[sonrise]

[Varian was happy to not be traveling alone anymore. Mirabel and her sister had invited him to come along with them after prom - where he'd apparently missed some fiasco with legendary bird Pokemon, incidentally. You missed a lot chasing a Kecleon through a dense forest... But at least Varian had gotten his goggles back, and a new teammate, too. And now that Pascal was one of his Pokemon, it was time for a bit of training.]

Alright, Mirabel, are you ready to go?

Changes

[swapling]

[The more Bede committed to the Ballonlea Gym, the more things from his life before Opal had found him just didn't fit. He'd discarded the watch Chairman Rose had given him almost immediately, but objects were easy to decide to let go of, all things considered. Friends, the only ones he really had, weren't something to be cast aside.

That said, there was no denying that Duosion and Gothorita no longer fit on his active team of Pokemon. Bede wasn't entirely sure it was fair to keep them around when they'd have no chance to grow from battle and reach their full potential... And he'd considered donating them to the minor league Psychic Gym, but simply couldn't bear to. So he spent time with them when he could, and honestly, there were enough wild Pokemon in the nearby Glimwood Tangle to train against. Some just weren't ideal opponents for Psychic types.

A wild Sinistea had gotten the better of his Gothorita, and now Bede had her cradled in his arms as he rushed to the Pokemon Center. Anyone who got in the way, he simply pushed past-- Perhaps a bit rougher than necessary; taking out his frustrations with himself for not running away from the fight on passersby.]