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The setting sun’s orange glow glossed through the recently cleaned windows of the Pokémon gym. Owen had just finished wiping clean the last window when he heard a telephone ring echo throughout the building. The young man perked up at the sudden sound and peered towards the reception area of the gym. A second ring sounded out through the gym before the phone was secured and picked up by the receptionist in the other room. Owen took a moment to try and listen in on the conversation as he made his way down the short latter. With cleaning supplies in hand, he turned to the grassy battlefield and saw his Stunky and Arcanine playing with one another. Owen’s Arcanine the average size of its species but still almost six times larger than Stunky. Even with a large margin in size, Arcanine still played delicately with the skunk Pokémon. Owen couldn’t help but smile at the two Pokémon but his attention was diverted toward the gym’s receptionist as she entered from the short hallway.
“Owen?” The receptionist called right as she was looking up from her clipboard and a soft smile would form over her lips when she realized he was already present, “Lidia from the league office is on the phone for you. She mentioned the yearly review meeting coming up.”
Owen’s heart skipped a beat at the news. He was really hoping that the lack of trainers stopping at his gym wasn’t going to be brought up during the discussion with Lidia but Owen knew it was an issue he had to address sooner than later. “Thank you, Corie. Oh, and when you see Gabe, can you tell him to bring in the other Pokémon? It’s almost time we closed for the night.” Owen spoke with a nod as he made his way to the reception area of his gym. As Corie went to look for Gabe, the gym’s judge, Owen gulped, paused a moment, then finally picked up the phone. “Hello?”
Two more Pokémon entered the gym, following close behind Gabe and Corie. Whirlipede and Ivysaur were greeted warmly by Owen’s other two Pokémon and the small group waited patiently for Owen to finish his business on the phone. Corie knelt down to give the curious Ivysaur some attention by rubbing its blueish green cheeks while Gabe’s brown eyes shifted back and forth nervously. Owen finally returned after a couple more minutes passed and stopped just before the group.
“Ah, Owen. Um… I-… I couldn’t find Gengar anywhere…” Gabe said with a large frown. Owen could only chuckle softly with a shake of his head, “Don’t worry about it. He’s here.”
“Wh-What? How can you tell?” Gabe asked as he peered around the battlefield erratically. A purple figure began to slowly rise from Gabe’s shadow, just out of sight of the nervous judge. A chill began to run up Gabe’s spine and he finally turned to see Gengar looming behind him with its face stretched horizontally between its hands and its tongue sticking out. Gabe yelped loudly and jumped as far away from the ghost Pokémon as possible. Gengar burst into boisterous laughter while fading in and out of sight. “Gengar!” Gabe yelled, “Stop scaring me like that!” Corie giggled and began to play with her crimson colored hair while watching the exchange between Gabe and Gengar. Owen joined in with the laughter but regained himself to tell the other two employees the news from his call.
“We’ll be traveling to the League headquarters in Hanabi City. I guess they’ll be conducting the yearly review a little differently this time around. Lidia also mentioned some kind of invitation that the league director will be extending out to all the gym leaders. She was kind of broad about it though.” Owen paused just as his Arcanine nuzzled at his hand. His hand rose to scratch behind Arcanine’s ears while he continued to speak, “The meeting will take place this Friday, so you two better be ready to leave early.” He teased Corie and Gabe while reaching to his belt for each of his Pokéballs. “It was another slow day but hopefully tomorrow will be better. Let’s call it a night and I’ll see you two in the morning.”
The setting sun’s orange glow glossed through the recently cleaned windows of the Pokémon gym. Owen had just finished wiping clean the last window when he heard a telephone ring echo throughout the building. The young man perked up at the sudden sound and peered towards the reception area of the gym. A second ring sounded out through the gym before the phone was secured and picked up by the receptionist in the other room. Owen took a moment to try and listen in on the conversation as he made his way down the short latter. With cleaning supplies in hand, he turned to the grassy battlefield and saw his Stunky and Arcanine playing with one another. Owen’s Arcanine the average size of its species but still almost six times larger than Stunky. Even with a large margin in size, Arcanine still played delicately with the skunk Pokémon. Owen couldn’t help but smile at the two Pokémon but his attention was diverted toward the gym’s receptionist as she entered from the short hallway.
“Owen?” The receptionist called right as she was looking up from her clipboard and a soft smile would form over her lips when she realized he was already present, “Lidia from the league office is on the phone for you. She mentioned the yearly review meeting coming up.”
Owen’s heart skipped a beat at the news. He was really hoping that the lack of trainers stopping at his gym wasn’t going to be brought up during the discussion with Lidia but Owen knew it was an issue he had to address sooner than later. “Thank you, Corie. Oh, and when you see Gabe, can you tell him to bring in the other Pokémon? It’s almost time we closed for the night.” Owen spoke with a nod as he made his way to the reception area of his gym. As Corie went to look for Gabe, the gym’s judge, Owen gulped, paused a moment, then finally picked up the phone. “Hello?”
Two more Pokémon entered the gym, following close behind Gabe and Corie. Whirlipede and Ivysaur were greeted warmly by Owen’s other two Pokémon and the small group waited patiently for Owen to finish his business on the phone. Corie knelt down to give the curious Ivysaur some attention by rubbing its blueish green cheeks while Gabe’s brown eyes shifted back and forth nervously. Owen finally returned after a couple more minutes passed and stopped just before the group.
“Ah, Owen. Um… I-… I couldn’t find Gengar anywhere…” Gabe said with a large frown. Owen could only chuckle softly with a shake of his head, “Don’t worry about it. He’s here.”
“Wh-What? How can you tell?” Gabe asked as he peered around the battlefield erratically. A purple figure began to slowly rise from Gabe’s shadow, just out of sight of the nervous judge. A chill began to run up Gabe’s spine and he finally turned to see Gengar looming behind him with its face stretched horizontally between its hands and its tongue sticking out. Gabe yelped loudly and jumped as far away from the ghost Pokémon as possible. Gengar burst into boisterous laughter while fading in and out of sight. “Gengar!” Gabe yelled, “Stop scaring me like that!” Corie giggled and began to play with her crimson colored hair while watching the exchange between Gabe and Gengar. Owen joined in with the laughter but regained himself to tell the other two employees the news from his call.
“We’ll be traveling to the League headquarters in Hanabi City. I guess they’ll be conducting the yearly review a little differently this time around. Lidia also mentioned some kind of invitation that the league director will be extending out to all the gym leaders. She was kind of broad about it though.” Owen paused just as his Arcanine nuzzled at his hand. His hand rose to scratch behind Arcanine’s ears while he continued to speak, “The meeting will take place this Friday, so you two better be ready to leave early.” He teased Corie and Gabe while reaching to his belt for each of his Pokéballs. “It was another slow day but hopefully tomorrow will be better. Let’s call it a night and I’ll see you two in the morning.”