Tales of

Sinnoh

Ace came across many excuses of pathetic trainers while he was staying over in the Sinnoh region, but he had to guess that this was the most stupid of them all. He lifted an eyebrow while he watched the boy have an interaction with his Gligar, although the Pokémon didn’t seem to want to listen to the trainer. If it even was a trainer. Ace had both of his Pokémon out and while Igneel was snorting, Inpulsa was watching closely, a happy grin on her face. Ace pocketed his hands in the side pockets of his jeans and wanted to turn his back to the boy so he could continue his way towards his apartment, but it seemed to be Inpulsa had other plans. The Pokémon ran towards the boy and his Gligar, her arms happily into the air. Ace growled under his breath as he watched his Elekid approaching the boy. She stuck her little thick arm out towards the boy’s leg and patted him softly, a happy sound leaving her mouth. ”Why does she has to be so goddamn social all of the time?” Ace muttered under his breath as he had no choice but to turn around again and approach the boy and his Gligar. ”If your goal is to become the next Champion of Sinnoh, you have a long way to go,” he informed the boy not too friendly. He nodded at the Pokémon. ”What did you do to make you practically beg for her attention anyway?” As his Elekid was showing no intention of leaving the boy behind, he had no other choice than to stay and try to help the boy out. In his own cold, sarcastic way, that is.

Ace probeerde zijn mondhoeken naar beneden te houden toen hij de jongen onder zijn adem hoorde mompelen. Hij wist niet zeker of de jongen de confrontatie wilde vermijden of dat hij gewoon geen ruzie wilde zoeken, maar er waren in elk geval geen onaardige dingen uitgewisseld en Ace fronste toen hij naar het probleem van de jongen luisterde. Zijn blik gleed onderzoekend naar de Pokémon voor hem en hij overwoog om zijn Pokédex uit zijn te halen, maar deed dat uiteindelijk toch niet. ”There are two possibilities I can think about,” he said coldly, his eyes averting from the Gligar and back to the boy. ”She’s either too high leveled for you to command or something has happen with her before you got her that makes her not be able to listen to you. Fear can be a powerful thing, especially with Pokémon.” He nodded at the Gligar. ”Where did you get her?” he asked. His Houndour was observing the situation from a safe distance, but Inpulsa wanted to make friends and got closer to the Gligar, giving her a short wave, a smile surrounding her lips.

Ace listened closely to what the boy was saying, figuring out pretty easily what was the matter after the boy told him that his brother preferred another Pokémon over his Gligar. ”I think it’s pretty clear what’s the matter here,” he said to the boy, a knowing look in his eyes. ”I think she feels deserted by your brother and has a hard time trusting you because she thinks that you will desert her as well, choosing another Pokémon over her.” It seemed very logical to him that that was what the real problem was. ”As Pokémon do have the same feelings as us humans, fear and anger can be a powerful emotion for your Gligar. I think she needs to start trusting you before you can order her around.” He didn’t look very impressed as his Elekid was almost stung by the pinchers of the Gligar. ”Inpulsa, back off,” he said coldly to his Elekid. ”She doesn’t want to play with you, so don’t even bother.” His Elekid dropped her eyes to the ground and Ace tried to mask a sigh coming up. Why was his Pokémon so damn social anyway? She couldn’t have gotten it from him, that’s for sure. ”It seems like you have a lot to work on,” he stated coldly, looking from the Gligar towards the boy. He wasn’t sure if he wanted to stick around to help the boy, but the least thing he could do, was giving the boy some tips. He was a Crescent Moon-member after all, so it was expected of him that he helped other people, even if he didn't want to do it.

Ace was a bit skeptical about the fact that the boy didn’t realize what was wrong until Ace told him. It wasn’t that hard to figure out for Ace what the main reason was why the Gligar didn’t listen to his trainer and he bet a lot of other trainers would’ve figured this out by now. He wasn’t that great with feelings, but at least he understood so much. ”They do,” he confirmed. ”Look at me and my Elekid. It looks to most people like I’m treating her like shit all the time, but she knows how I feel about her. If you are as sincere with your Gligar as you make it out to be, I’m sure she’ll listen to you soon.” It was a hard thing for him to do to be positive for someone else, but it didn’t feel that bad. He did mask that up by speaking his words coldly, because he didn’t want the world to know that deep down he actually cared about others. He just wasn’t so sure of how to show it. His Elekid crossed her arms and sat on the ground as a little child. Ace rolled his eyes and looked back at the back when he spoke his words. ”It’s up to you to make that happen,” he stated coldly. ”There are multiple ways to show your Pokémon you respect and love them and it isn’t just using the right words, but doing the right actions as well.” He hoped he didn’t have to draw a picture to make the boy understand what he meant by that, because if he had to do that, maybe the boy should reconsider if going on an adventure was a good idea for him after all.