"Yeppers"

sapphire if youre water-coded why did you choose the fire type starter

"birb"

Of course he does.

Again, maybe she should be scared. Maybe she shouldn't be staying here and responding to his laugh with a chuckle of her own. Maybe she should just leave and leave the world saving situation to the Champion.

"Kind of expected that, yeah!"

Her PokèBall was thrown in the air one last time before she finally released her Sylveon, who laaaazily stretched as soon as he landed on the battlefield-to-be. So calm.

"Try to be at least a little bit better than your grunts, okaaaay?"

@whereskymeetsea // Gameverse: "I think this went on for long enough, yeah?" For someone her age, who just ripped through an entire evil base, Sapphire seemed way too calm. She beamed with the pride only a teenager could have, a PokèBall tossed in the air just to get caught once more in her left hand, the right on her hips. "What will it be, captain? Do you want to quit the easy way or the fun way?:

Her being here meant one single thing. His entire base got wiped.

And yet, he's grinning. No, laughing. His laughter bellows through the room, despite his grunts and admins being unable to fight. He's the last hurdle now. The only one who can protect this plan of his.

"Ya think so? But it was jus' gettin' fun!" Archie reaches for his belt clip. "O' course we're doing this the fun way! Who do ya take me fer??"

Her smile widened ever so slightly.

"Now we're talkin', Stevie!"

She's not dropping the fucking nickname, nope!

"Thinking too much will make your brain melt. I found the best places I've ever seen just while walking around a random town I ended up droppin' in after skydiving, actually. In fact--"

--she pulls out her phone!

"Want me to roll? Right now. No backsies."

Ooh. Spotaneity and impulsivity. A roll of the dice as to where they'd be off too. He liked that thought.

"...Actually, that sounds like a fun idea! Why should we have to decide when we can have the world do it for us?"

[ sapphire pokemon from gio. MC verse, currently set in gen 9, please read rules and rb this if u wanna play with a cool gal ]

"Weeeeeelllllll, I've just been in Alola, but I wouldn't mind goin' back there.

I do have to beat my record for the volcano climb."

As always, she went for the oddest tourist traps and personal challenges. Sure, Mantine surfing and the Battle Tree were fun, but nobody could claim they climbed Wela's Volcano in 47 minutes and 18 seconds! Could be 46!

"But I heard that there's plenty to explore in Paldea. Something about special rocks that can change your Pokèmon Type, or something? Tera-whatever." a shrug "Sounds fun."

Oh if only finding a suitable replacement Gym Leader were that easy...

"It's not impossible, just... unlikely at the moment."

As to where they could go? There were so many places Steven wanted to explore and hadn't yet.

"You know me. I want to travel everywhere I can eventually. I haven't had the chance to properly visit Galar before, or Alola. A chance to visit Paldea outside of League work would be nice too... What about you? Where do you think we could go?"

"Ayuuup! I relax just fine everyday, I just wanted some extra spice, you know?"

Sometimes you have to dive in new seas, climb new volcanoes, get lost in new woods… and sleep in new beds!

"From Hoenn, actually. Surfed on a few Sharpedos back at home, but from what I heard Mantines are much easier to deal with, yea?" a calm chuckle "But if you have any tips, I'll be ready to take some notes."

Holy shit this woman had some power in her. He'd have to ask for some work-out tips later.

"Oh, heck yeah! So active activities and battling? Sounds right up my alley, actually."

At the mention of Mantine surfing he chuckles. "It's actually pretty fun! Can give you some tips if you want? But honestly, I doubt you'd need them." She looked like she'd rock the waves with ease. "Where are you from originally?"

[ anyway i don’t talk about sapphire enough so.

you’re challenged by trainer sapphire to a training battle ]

[ btw sapphire can megaevos two pokemon per battle.

bc i said so ]