From: Jason Dyer <jasondyer@usa.net> Subject: [PW!] Greggory's First Pokemon Part 1 Date: Friday, July 16, 1999 8:50 AM *STRETCH* "Well, I suppose I really should be getting up about now, the floors need to be especially clean today, since the girl's parents will be here to watch them get their pokemon. Of course, I really shouldn't be talking to myself either..." The 6'2" blond sat up in his bed, in a small room that reflected his financial status. After all, how much money do you get cleaning up in a Pokemon Gym, especially when most of it is sent to your parents? A picture of the two parents rested on a small table, with The Note stuck in the frame, the one that told Greg his parents would be leaving, and that he had to continue to work at the Gym, since most of his pay would be sent to them. Most of the rest of it went to paying for the room and board, which wasn't cheap in Celadon city. Though he didn't have much money, he did get to work with pokemon, and hoped that one day he could become a trainer. Of course, he couldn't become a trainer here at Erika's gym, as that was reserved for members of the fairer sex. In fact, he was one of only 4 males who worked there, and the only one with a room at the gym. As he showered and dressed, he reflected further on the impact today would have on the 15 students in the pre-trainer class. Their ages ranged from 14-17, and today each of the girls would receive a new plant pokemon, usually an oddish, or a bulbasaur, and sometimes a tangela or exeggute would be given. The girls would then have 1 week to train their new pokemon before the basic tournament, where they would battle for class rank. And the winner of this would gain official trainer status, a rainbow badge, and could then become an official trainer of Erika's gym. Unfortunately, though he had attended all of the classes by cleaning that area during the class, he knew he couldn't even get a pokemon, much less compete. And without a pokemon to start, he coudn't capture a wild one, even if he did have the money to buy pokeballs and the time to hunt through the wilds. But for now, he had to be content to sweep the floors, and work in the rebuilt greenhouse... -- Comments? Questions? Feedback? Post it, or send it to JasonDyer@usa.net also, just send a message if you wish to hop into the story