Yes!

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Town Whore Emilia – Your chances of winning are zero!

• Diglett – Weak, Healthy

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VS

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Youngster Joseph - I failed my statistics class, but my Rattata’s strong so whatever!

• Rattata - Very Weak, Healthy, Bottom percentage of Rattatas

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Surprising nobody, Joseph goes for a direct attack right away. “Rattata, use Quick Attack!” It’s okay, you have a plan for this. At least you think you do, hopefully it will work.

“Diglett, use Sand Attack!” A cloud of sand is kicked up between Rattata and Diglett, and Rattata runs into it headfirst. It emerges an instant later, sailing above your Diglett and missing it altogether. Diglett turns around on instinct, using Scratch to capitalize on Rattata’s miss.

This sets the pace for the rest of the battle. Joseph orders his Rattata to use Quick Attack again, and it again fails to land a hit, suffering a Scratch in retaliation. **** to turn things around, Joseph orders Rattata to use Bite, and after a narrow dodge by Diglett, Rattata finds itself lodged in a nearby tree by its buck teeth. One more Scratch, and the fight is decided in your favor.

“Aw, rats!” Joseph says. “Well, you won. So what do want out of it?” he asks.

“Uhh, what do you mean?” you ask in response. You don’t really get what he’s asking. You weren’t trying to get anything out of this other than battle experience. Well, you also wanted to embarrass him in front of those girls. Speaking of which, where’d they go? They were cheering during the battle, but they just sort of… vanished. Ah well. They must have gotten bored once they figured out that Joseph was all talk.

“It’s the rules of pokemon battles, don’t you know? Winner gets whatever they want from the loser. Within reason, of course. No permanent physical harm or anything. You know, basic ‘don’t be dumb about bets’ stuff.”

You think briefly about all of this. “Wait, then that means you were serious about sucking your dick?”

The boy looks away nervously. “Well yeah. I mean, a lot of trainers will do a lot worse out th-”

You interrupt him, “Pay me $5000.”

“That’s insane girl! You can’t ask for that, it’s like putting me in a crazy amount of debt! You can only ask for what people have with them.”

You sigh. “Fine, how much money do you have on you?”

He replies, “Only like five bucks.”

Insight Check: Failed!

“Fine, then that will work. Hand it over.” Joseph grimaces as he hands over all of his money on hand, having been completely fleeced by your expert judgment. He asks to exchange numbers with you, but your intuition tells you that would be the worst decision you could make on this entire journey, so you decline.

Money Gained: $5, Total: $25

You’re close to the bridge now, so it won’t be long until you reach your destination. Overall, you’d say your adventure has started off pretty well! As expected of someone as talented as you. At this rate, nothing can stop you!