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Does your character need to get in contact with Cilan for something? Then you've come to the right place for that!
All you have to do is please title your initial comments with these:
Action | Written | Voice/Video/Messenger Bird/etc. (????) and a date! (example: July 13th or something)
so that I know what method your character is using to try to contact him so that he can respond properly
this post can also be used for continuing threads from events or memes if needed
[written, 20th July]
that totally flies over his head. ]
Were they fun? Do gym leaders in Unova use only 1 type too? That's how it is in Kanto so far and your brother had fire type pokémon
[written, 20th July]
[But since having gone traveling with Ash, Cilan has Crustle and Stunfisk too, so he doesn't just use only grass-type Pokemon now... (Also did he just happen to forget about answering that first question you had, about whether it was fun battling that other gym leader...?)]
[written, 20th July]
What type of pokémon did the gym leaders you meet use? Do you remember what they were like? I can tell you about the ones I met or what I remember
[written, 20th July]
It was Lenora, Burgh, Elesa, Clay, Skyla, Brycen, and Roxie that Ash and I met with on our journey. Respectively, they had normal, bug, electric, ground, flying, ice, and poison-type Pokemon that they liked to use in their gym battles. They were all very interesting people to get a chance to taste the skills of, even if I was only observing most of Ash's battles with them back when he was collecting the badges. [...] Other than my brothers, the only Gym Leader I've had a battle with personally so far is with Skyla and her flying-type Pokemon.
[written, 20th July]
Erika - Cerulean city - she uses grass type pokémon and has a gym like a garden
Misty - Celadon city - water types and her gym is like a big swimming pool!
Brock - Pewter city - rock pokémon. He was the first gym leader I challenged!
Surge - Vermillion city - electric. He is a soldier or was? He had weird trash cans with buttons in them
[ Giovanni could count, except he doesn't. So there. ]
Before I came here the city I was in had a lot of flying type trainers. But if Skyla beated you or you beated her do you get a badge? If you wanted one
[written, 20th July] 1/2
He's one of the most interesting Pokemon trainers I have ever met, and he's one of my closest friends now.
[Maybe even one of the first friends he had made in a while at the time, including Iris as well.
(Despite the fact that Cilan is still keeping a couple of secrets from him about some stuff and still hasn't really...talked...about That Dying Thing That Happened a few months ago, but ssshhh.)]
[written, 20th July]
Out of the names you mentioned, I think Ash has mentioned Erika to me before here in Luceti, once, when he was telling me about a gym he had been to in Kanto. Apparently he said something rude to her once about the type of perfume she has, so he had to do something embarrassing before he could get her to agree to a gym battle with him. [And god bless Cilan for not telling Red what that embarrassing thing was, Ash. At least he cares about your dignity even when you still admit embarrassing things about us. >_>]
As for Skyla, no. Unlike Ash, our battle wasn't for that kind of purpose, and unfortunately I don't really know any Gym Leaders who do battle one another to try to get badges like that, so I wouldn't be able to tell you otherwise.
[In fact his battle with Skyla was...not really for fun...]
[written, 20th July]
(Ash you suck, Red told you to talk to Cilan about that arceus) ]
Erika sounds like a scary lady when you get her mad then. When I went to her gym she was dozing even after all the battles I had with all the gym trainers. [ ...he doesn't sound like a very interesting trainer when he says that, does he... ] But I think if you two met you might get along? You both
arehave a similar taste.[ That took him a second to explain. Does that explain anything?? But it's a pretty good word...!! ]
But I guess gym leaders wouldn't want badges if they want to be gym leaders. But I think it could be fun if you wanted to have new challenges. You could take on the Elite Four and learn new stuff right? But then you wouldn't be able to be a gym leader if you left your gym? I don't know how gyms work. Viridian's gym leader was never around but that's because [ he was a criminal. is. The leader of Team Rocket.
... ] he's a bad guy who shouldn't have been a gym leader
[written, 20th July]
"Bad"? In what way?
[Because if there's one thing that can catch Cilan's attention faster than anything else, it's the idea of bad gym leaders.]
[written, 20th July]
he really shouldn't be secretive about something like this or feel the need to be, but... it's weird. ]
Viridian's gym leader turned out to be the leader of a big crime gang in Kanto. Team Rocket. Ash knows about them
He's here too. His name is Jeovanni
[voice, 20th July]
WHAT [Suddenly, those are some rather angry looking letters there, like someone had pushed the pencil down a lot harder than they had before when they were writing. There's a long pause before Cilan suddenly switches to voice without much warning, and when he does speak, it almost sounds like he's trying to keep his tone as neutral as possible.]
Did I read that right? That the leader of Team Rocket is also a gym leader, and that they're here in Luceti?
[Because, uh...yeah. Cilan knows about those guys too, Red, and he is definitely not a fan either.]
[voice, 20th July]
but oh, voice command. ]
You didn't know? [ ... ] But yeah, he's here, and I didn't know he was the gym leader until I met him here.
I don't think he's a gym leader anymore though. Lance knows about him so I guess Team Rocket got taken down. Or Giovanni did.
[voice, 20th July]
I certainly hope that is the case. Someone who leads a life of committing terrible crimes against people and Pokemon doesn't deserve to be called a Gym Leader, much less be granted the position of one.
[...There really is no disguising the fact how much Cilan detests people like Team Rocket, even with his attempt at a neutral tone of voice at the moment. In fact, he's positively seething at the mere idea that someone like that was ever a Gym Leader...]
[voice, 20th July]
Silver thinks he's telling the truth, even if he's holding onto the badges and giving them to people. He gave one to him, anyway. [ There's a quick and small sound, much like a huff. ] But he thinks the guy should be given a second chance or something. When I talked to Lance about Giovanni too, he just said I should leave him alone. But I'm gonna try and take his badges anyway, even if people think it's stupid or pointless.
[ It's not said bitterly as it once might have, but very matter-of-factly. That's what he's going to do. ]
[voice, 20th July]
[Cilan then shakes his head.] I don't know why Silver would feel that way, but I must admit that I'm more inclined to agree with Lance and say that you shouldn't get involved with them. Not just because of his association to Team Rocket, but because he doesn't sound like a proper Gym Leader to begin with. Like I said, being a Gym Leader is more than just giving out badges when someone defeats you, and I can't even begin to tell if he truly understands this taste or not...
[...Well. Unless Cilan decides to try to speak with him, that is.]
[voice, 20th July]
He frowns to himself. ] But he is dangerous. If you ever meet him, watch your back. He'll attack you whether you want it or not.
A trainer should always be prepared. [ And they're more just words when he says them, not just a warning - like a fact, a lesson to remember.
Don't get soft here. ]
[voice, 20th July]
...Yeah. Don't worry, I'll make sure to keep that in mind if I ever cross paths with him here. [And he'll likely try to keep an eye on Ash to make sure he stays away from Giovanni as well. There's a slight pause, before he adds.] Please try to be careful too, Red. Like you said, he can be dangerous, so don't do anything too reckless here.
[...If you can help it, anyway. You're a lot like Ash in that way sometimes, he thinks.]
[voice, 20th July]
I'll be fine, don't worry. I don't know if it'll help, but he's a tall man with short black hair. He usually walks around in a large coat and with a hat on.
He uses ground-type pokémon -- but he's got a kangaskhan too. Kangaskhan, Rhydon, and Nidoking.
[voice, 20th July]
[There's a slight pause, before he adds.]
...I must admit, I'm a little disappointed that he's such a dangerous person. Under normal circumstances, I would have liked to talk to him about his taste in Pokemon. [Because let's be honest here, Cilan would fanboy a little about getting to see those Pokemon in person since they're not common at all in Unova, but alas.]
[voice, 20th July]
Uhh, I guess... [ WEIRD THING TO SAY... ] but trainers come and go all the time anyway, so you can meet them and their pokémon one day.
[voice, 20th July]
I know. [...And here, he actually laughs a little.] I'm sorry, I can't help being a little curious about what someone's Pokemon might be like sometimes, even if their trainer is not someone I would prefer to meet.
[At least he's honest?]
[voice, 20th July]
[voice, 20th July]
[And, maybe if he was a little more honest, he would say that he was curious to know what the bond between the Pokemon and their trainer is like, but seeing as this is the Leader of Team Rocket they're talking about, he has difficulty imagining that it's a good one.]
[voice, 20th July]
I know it's your thing, but...
[ y e a h ]
[voice, 20th July]
[But still, as an A-class Pokemon Connoisseur, he still can't help but be occasionally fascinated with Pokemon, especially ones he's never seen in person before.
(Even if their trainer is someone he would never want to meet in person, that is.)]
[voice, 20th July]