So Abner decided against taking along his big strong team and instead decided to bring the trigger-happy Pikachu, the nervous Zorua, and the only mature one of the group, his Froslass.

He was back on the 'bend' in a sense. Making his way through towns and routes, simply browsing his way through and possibly just getting his face more known than it was. Overall, he was bonding with the strange little shits he had in front of him as well. Mostly Zorua, who kept confusing the Pikachu by shifting himself into Pokémon around him, though mostly just Pikachu.

She found it really offensive and usually chased him around and rattled off babble at him, incoherent babble that made Abner laugh and shake his head. Cute little fuckers are what they were. Maybe that Pikachu could learn teleport...

Now Abner had his Pokédex out, browsing as he walked through Oldale Town's less crowded areas, looking to see if a Raichu, raised to evolve into their Alolan counterpart, would be able to learn teleport.