Continuing his trek to the next town, Jarek had to cut through the Petalburg Forest. Nothing but bugs and grass Pokémon around here, which he wouldn't mind catching, but he rather spend a little more time with Cherri, the first Pokemon he caught in this region.

However, his trainer app, on his Rotom Phone, got a mission that's happening in the woods; some sort of...stone digging or some sort of archeology that needed protecting. Whatever it was, it'll pay him, and he's running out of Pokéballs and other items he need to aid his Pokémon.

It didn't take long to find a digging site in the middle of the forest. Many holes were around the area, with researchers either digging deeper, chipping rocks, or just looking at them. He wonder if he does a good job, they'll reward him with a stone or fossil. Well, won't do any good until he can find who's in charge here.

"Ah, did you answer the ad?" a chubby bearded man, in a typical explorer outside, approached him.

"Uh, hi. Name's Jarek, sir," he greeted. "What are we looking at here?"

"Fossils, young man. These are very rare compared to some of the regions, like Sinnoh, and the Devon Corporation are always looking to study them."

"You mean fossils that can be revived as Pokémon?"

"Why yes indeed."

Jarek looked down at one of the holes, spotting researcher carefully chipping out a Skull Fossil. Just having one of these fossils would so cool to get a Pokémon out of it.

Jarek Brager // Madeline McKenna

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