Making plans for the day.

You decide to stay one more night in Pewter City to watch the MPL game tonight. “Hey, they gave out MPL tickets as prizes for winning at the gym today so I’m going to still be in town tonight," you send a message to Daisy.

Then your phone starts to go crazy. Everyone is responding to your selfie with your newly acquired badge. “I knew you could do it honey. Your father would be so proud of you,” responds your mom.

“Congratulations, me and Roger lost again. After we win though we’ll catch up with you,” sends John along with a selfie. You can see John in the forefront with Roger and another guy in the background checking over a Heracross.

“Welcome to the Bad Bitches with Boulder Badges club, I joined this morning too. Did you get a MPL ticket too? I’m training on route 3 if you want to join.” Jack sends a picture of herself holding her own badge in a cute pose.

“Yea I got a ticket. Training sounds nice I’ll make my way over there,” you message back to Jack. Smiling at getting to spend time with the bald beauty.

The nurse calls out your name. You make your way to the counter telling the nurse that you’ll need the room for another night. Suddenly your vision goes dark, your eyes are being covered by someone’s hands. You catch the scent of a flowery perfume. “Guess who?” the woman sings from behind you.

“Daisy!” you exclaim recognizing her voice. She removes her hands and you turn to face her. You slip your pokeballs back into your bag. “What are you doing here?”

“I saw your text and recognized the center in the background. I closed my massage stand for a bit to come congratulate you in person. Plus after we met this morning I bought you a present,” she reaches into her bag pulling out a flat black box. She flips the lid open revealing a translucent yellow rock attached to a necklace chain. “It’s an amber necklace, if you look closely,” she leans in close pointing at the chunk of amber. “There is a fossilized Dewpider in there, well an ancestor to the Dewpider, but inside the Dewpider is the preserved blood of an ancient pokemon. Isn’t that so cool? When you make it to Cinnabar there is a lab there that is experimenting with reviving extinct pokemon, you tell them that Daisy Oak sent you and they should be able to extract the DNA from this necklace for you.” You can’t help but smile at the thoughtful gift, but also at Daisy’s confidence that you’ll make it all the way to Cinnabar when so many people told you that you wouldn’t make it.

“Thank you so much, I love it.” You pull Daisy in for a hug. After the embrace is broken, you turn allowing Daisy to put the necklace around your neck. The amber rests just above your cleavage.

“I saw it at the museum gift shop, and thought of you. It looks lovely on you. Well I’ve been away from my stand for too long already. Have to pay for the Pewter trip. So you going to hang out with me and the Sirens later?” Daisy asks flashing you the smile she always seems to be wearing.

“Yea that sounds fun. I’m training with a friend today, and I’ll message you after the game.” You hug Daisy one more time before the both of you make your way out of the pokecenter parting ways.

You make your way through town towards Route 3. The streets are busy with people in town for the MPL game tonight. You never really like watching the games on TV but seeing all the excitement around town, you can’t help but get pumped up yourself.

Waiting for you at the start of the route is Jack. “You ready for some training before we catch the game? What’s your seat number? Maybe we’ll be next to each other.” You take out your ticket showing it to Jack. “Well we’re in the same section, maybe we can get some people to switch.” Jack takes your hand and pulls you deeper into the route.