with the pokémon, but he didn’t make any claims on it;
performance anxiety maybe, wot with all the watching eyes.
-So the end result is that I have a Slowpoke to take care of now.
-Honestly, my plan is just to head to the Isle of Armor and release it
- back into the wild; I don’t have any need for another pokémon but
- mainland Galar is clearly not its correct habitat.
-I might see if Professor Magnolia has any tasks I can do there as
- well—not exactly looking forward to spending the next few months in
- Wedgehurst while everybody else is off having adventures.
+ So the end result is that I have a Slowpoke to take care of now.
+ Honestly, my plan is just to head to the Isle of Armor and release it
+ back into the wild; I don’t have any need for another pokémon but
+ mainland Galar is clearly not its correct habitat.
+ I might see if Professor Magnolia has any tasks I can do there as
+ well—not exactly looking forward to spending the next few months in
+ Wedgehurst while everybody else is off having adventures.
+
+: [2023-08-30]{as=time}[^time]
+
+ There were still a few pokémon local to the Wedgehurst area that I
+ hadn’t yet made a pokédex record for, so I decided to try to find
+ them before setting out.
+ Purrloin wasn’t too hard to find, but Hoothoot sure is rare!
+ To give a sense for how long it took, several of the bug pokémon I
+ had under observation had already evolved by the time I found one.
+ It was several trips to the Pokémon Centre because my party just kept
+ getting worn out!
+
+ On a more positive note, while hunting through the tall grasses of
+ Route 2 I managed to befriend an incredibly shy Yamper—it fetches
+ my pokéballs for me when I miss.
+ I named it Ballecherche, which is a pun on the Kalosian _aller
+ chercher une balle_{as=i lang=fr}, meaning “to fetch a ball”.
[^time]:
The dates here are “real‐world” dates not “in‐universe” dates, which
: Species
- Sobble ♀
+ Sobble ♀:as_text:
: Ability
: Species
- Wooloo ♀
+ Wooloo ♀:as_text:
: Ability
: Species
- Galarian Slowpoke ♂
+ Galarian Slowpoke ♂:as_text:
: Ability
somehow.
I caught it with the intention of returning it to its native
habitat?
+
+## Ballecherche the Recluse
+
+: Species
+
+ Yamper ♀:as_text:
+
+: Ability
+
+ Ball Fetch
+
+: Nature
+
+ Quirky
+
+: Characteristic
+
+ It’s mischievous!
+
+### Notes
+
+: Route 2, [2023-08-30]{as=time}
+
+ Encountered while I was looking to fill out my pokédex with the
+ pokémon I was missing from the Wedgehurst area.
+ Its Ball Fetch ability has already come in handy!