Chatot

Me and Waterking had gone into our nests after saying goodbye and good night to everyone after we had finished eating. He was laying on his back, looking at the ceiling.”

“Today was a little hectic, wasn’t it?” I glanced over at him. He was smiling. “So much has happened! But, I feel relieved that our very first job ended successfully.”

“Yeah.” I added. “But I’m still a bit upset about how most of the money goes to the Guild.”

He turned his head to look over at me. “Well… That’s just the cost of training, I guess. Not like we can do much about it anyway.” Waterking looked back up at the ceiling and yawned. “What was your favorite part of today? Mine was probably when we got thanked by Spoink for bringing back his Pearl.”

“I guess that mine was-” He was already sleeping while I was answering him. I shifted in my nest and closed my eyes.

***

I groaned as Loudred’s voice racketed through my ears. “Come ON now! Time to wake UP!” Though my ears were still ringing, I could hear his footsteps going back down the hallway.

“Good morning, Firequeen.” My partner said, getting up and stretching.

When we arrived out into the main room, the others were already on the third morning chant. We quickly joined in, hoping that no one had noticed. “THREE! SMILES GO FOR MILES!”

Chatot fluttered his wings cheerfully. “Alright Pokemon! Time for you all to get to work!”

Waterking and I looked at each other because we weren’t sure what to do. We both looked over to Chatot when he started talking again. “Ah… Are you two still lost? I would like you to follow me.” Climbing back up the ladder, the three of us stopped in front of a board. Waterking looked at the board, then back at the bulletin board that we were at yesterday.

“Huh? Why are we over here? We got Spoink’s job from that board yesterday.”

“Yes.” Chatot nodded. “You did get it from over there. But for today, I’ll have you try one from this board.”

I raised an eyebrow. “What makes this one different from the other?” Chatot motioned for us to move forwards and look at the papers pinned on the wall.

“Hey!” Waterking exclaimed. “These papers have a variety of different Pokemon on them! They look so cool… Are they famous explorers or something?” He said excitedly.

Chatot’s smile turned into a frown. “Well you see… These Pokemon… Are outlaws. Shady characters. These are their wanted posters for the crimes they have committed.”

My partner stumbled backwards a little. “Ou-Outlaws?” He stuttered.

“Correct. That means that they have bounties on their heads. Which means, if you catch one and turn them in, you’ll get a cash reward for it.” Chatot sighed. “There are so many aggressive Pokemon showing up these days, and everyone is finding it hard to keep up with the problems they’re causing.”

“Hold on.” I interrupted. “You’re telling me that you want us to go and catch these Pokemon?”

“I hope you’re not serious, because that’s not possible!” Waterking added in with worry in his voice.

Chatot grinned and started laughing. “It’s a joke, a joke! The outlaws have different… Shades, you could say, of how bad they are. Some are just small thieves, but some are absolutely wicked. So, in that saying, there’s naughty to evil, and all of those in between. I do believe we can avoid giving you a job with a super bad Pokemon.” He turned back to the board. “For today, I’ll let you look over the posters and choose one that looks weak to you.”

“You say they’re weak…” Waterking started. He was looking down at the ground. “But they’re still dangerous, aren’t they? Thinking about facing any kind of dangerous Pokemon makes me scared.”

“I’m sure you two will work it through. It’s all a part of your training.”

I'm pretty sure it's a bit longer than the other chapters

Chapter 10: https://pokemon.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000003603572

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Spoink looked overjoyed as we showed up with his pearl. “Thank you!” He placed it on top of his head. “I had missed it so much! You see, it must have dropped off of my head sometime when I was bouncing around. If I don’t have my pearl up there, there was no possible way that I could have calmed down! I got all of these bumps and bruises from jumping around everywhere…” Spoink handed us two bags. One had a Protein, a Calcium, and an Iron. And the other bag had-

“2,000 Poké??” Waterking exclaimed looking into the bag. Spoink smiled as he watched us look at the money.

“Of course, of course! This is almost nothing compared to the value of my precious pearl. Goodbye!” He began bouncing over to and up the ladder.

“We’re- We’re rich!” Waterking peered into the bag again. “That quickly!”

Chatot hopped over to us. “Well done! Very good. Now, if you please, hand over the money!”

“Huh??” We exclaimed as he took the money bag from Waterking.

“You see,” Chatot began, looking the Poké over. “Most of the money from jobs completed by the apprentices here goes to the Guildmaster. And your Team’s share comes out to… 200 Poké.” He handed the money back to us.

“That’s it?” I asked.

“That’s awful! This is barely anything!”

Chatot looked at us. “That’s how the guild’s rule works. Looks like you’ll simply have to deal with it!” He said cheerfully.

“Hmph.” Waterking said, looking down at his feet.

***

Me and Waterking were in our room looking out the window. “You know,” He started. I took my gaze away from the orange, red, and yellow sky outside to look at him. “We never made a Team name.”

“A Team name? What for?” I questioned.

“So other Pokemon know who we are of course!” He plopped down on his nest, while I stayed standing. “When we end up getting famous, they’ll have to call us by something.”

I went and sat down on my own nest. “You really think we’ll get famous?”

“We have to!”

I sat thinking for a moment. “What about Team Scald? Scald is water that can burn, and I’m a Fire type and you’re a Water type.”

He grinned. “That’s a great name!”

“Thanks for the wait everyone! I finished making dinner!” We could hear Chimecho’s voice.

We both got up at about the same time. “Race ya!” I said cheerfully, running out. I could hear his footsteps following swiftly behind me.

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“This is the job bulletin board. Pokemon that are from various places come and post things on here when they need help with something. You are aware that there are many bad Pokemon that are showing up in bigger numbers, yes?”

Waterking nodded. “Yeah! It’s because the flow of time has gone all weird. It’s creating havoc, right? And that’s why many bad Pokemon are appearing!

I looked at my partner in surprise. The flow if time is getting messed up? Like… Time? As in hours and minutes? That kind? Is there something going wrong with the time here? And because of that, more and more bad Pokemon are popping up? My mind went back to Zubat and Koffing. Are they bad Pokemon? Have they been doing other bad things

When Chatot nodded it took my focus back up to him. “Precisely.” He said. “The fact that time is going all out of whack has made bad Pokemon show up more than usual. Maybe because of that, we have been seeing an increase in the number of jobs. And… It is not known if this is related to the time’s influence… We have been seeing a mass outbreak of Mystery Dungeons.

Mystery Dungeons

“So Firequeen!” Waterking had turned to me and started talking. “You know how we got my stone back yesterday? That place that we went to, Beach Cave, is a Mystery Dungeon. Mystery Dungeons change every single time you go into it. There's a different layout of the floors and even the items change! But… If you faint in the middle of one then you lose half your money. There’s also a chance that you could lose half of your items or even more. And lastly, when you faint you get kicked right out! They are very strange places. There’s always new things to explore when you go in though! Fantastic places to go exploring in!

Chatot fluttered his feathers. “You sure are quite informed now aren’t you!” He said to Waterking. “This makes my job of explaining easier.” He turned to face both of us. “All jobs take place in Mystery Dungeons. So, I would like you to take this one.” He handed us the paper he had grabbed. On it was a drawing of a Pokemon with words put neatly around it. The picture was a Spoink

“Let’s read it!” The Piplup said, taking the paper and looking down at it

“Hi! My name is Spoink! An outlaw has run off with my most prized possession. That being my precious pearl! To me… That pearl is life itself! If that pearl isn’t on my head, its proper place, I just can’t seem to settle down! But I have heard that it has been spotted! It has been said to be on Rocky Bluff, but that Bluff is extremely dangerous. There’s no way I could go somewhere so frightening! Whoever is friendly enough to read this, would you please go and retrieve my pearl? I’m begging for your help, Exploration Team members! From, Spoink.

“Wait a minute.” Waterking said, peering closer at the paper. “We’re going to fetch an item that someone dropped!? I would rather do something that’s more adventurous.” It looked like his eyes had sparkles in them. “I’d rather look for treasure or explore some unknown places. Things like that!

Chatot snapped at him. “Hush!” Waterking yelped. “It is important that you two rookies pay your dues! Pay attention! I’ll repeat the warnings to make sure they stick! If either of you faints, you’ll be kicked out of the dungeon and sent back here. You’ll lose half your money if that happens! Be careful! Even half of your items or more will be gone too!” His feathers fluttered. “If you understood all that, then I suggest that you get on with the job.

“Uhhh… Yeah.” Waterking said as we walked out of the Guild

It is very compact because there is a lot of talking

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We were, yet again, in front of the grate on the ground. Waterking took a deep breath as he walked up and stood on it. The feathers on the back of his head seemed to stand up slightly as the voice sounded again.

“Pokemon detected! Pokemon detected! Pokemon is: Piplup!” Waterking had managed to keep his cool enough so he could stay on top of it.

“You may come IN!” It was a different voice this time. “But WAIT! There’s someone with you!” Waterking looked back behind him towards me.

“I think they’re talking about you.” He stepped off of it. I glanced down at the grate. I’m sure there’s no way to fall through…

“HEY!” The second voice shouted again. “Come ON! Step on it already!”

I flinched a bit as I walked up onto it. “Pokemon detected! Pokemon detected! Pokemon is: Umm…”

“WHAT is it Diglett?”

“You see- It’s just- I’m not too sure.”

“WHAT!? You ALWAYS know what they are!”

“Ok, ok. Pokemon detected! Pokemon detected! Pokemon is: Torchic!”

“You may PASS!” The loud voice shouted. A gate that was covering the entrance of the tent lifted up.

“This is so scary…” Waterking said as I walked up next to him. We went into the tent. There wasn’t much, just a post that held the tent up, a ladder that went underground, and a sign that said ‘Entrance To Wigglytuff’s Guild’.

We carefully made our way down the ladder. We arrived on the first floor. There were Pokemon everywhere, talking and chatting and looking at some papers hanging on two boards. A bird Pokemon came up to us. “Hello. My name is Chatot. I assume that you two are new here?”

Waterking nodded. “I’m Waterking, and my friend here is Firequeen.” I nodded as he said my name.

Chatot squinted as he looked us up and down. “What, do you think you can just walk in here and become an Exploration Team?”

Waterking and I were surprised by the hostility in his voice. “Well- Erm- We kinda-” He began stuttering as he couldn’t think of anything to answer with.

“CHATOT.” The loud voice from earlier was heard from behind the bird Pokemon. All three of us looked back and saw a Loudred.

“Uh, you’re so loud… What is it?”

“Diglett had a little PROBLEM identifying the Torchic’s FOOTPRINT. They are quite RARE around here.”

Chatot let out a big sign as he closed his eyes. “Fine. Follow me down to the last floor.” He walked over and jumped down the ladder. Me and Waterking followed behind carefully, trying not to fall. To the right of us was what looked like a little potion shop, but no one was there. Waterking ran up to a little grate on the right wall.

“Wow! A window? All the way down here?” He said excitedly.

“We’re in the side of a cliff you know.” Chatot said matter of factly. He stopped in front of two doors somewhat near the window. Knocking on it, he spoke. “Wigglytuff! We’ve got some visitors!”

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