casing the joint

[comingupkurt]

Who: Kurt and whoever else happens by
What: Scouting out the battlefield
When: Afternoon, second day after the main rush of trainers in from Quakesburg
Where: Right outside the Sheercliff Dojo/Gym


Kurt had been in Sheercliff for a day and a half and still no sign of the gym leader, far as he knew. And with all the rumors flying around about how difficult it was to get a badge (he'd heard everything from the presumably trustworthy info from another gym leader, that you have to take some Dojo classes first, to the idea that you have to bare-knuckle fight the gym leader himself, who by the way, is ten feet tall and built like a Makuhita.), he was beginning to have second thoughts about trying for a badge in this particular town at all. Except that you needed the badge to join the tournament. He didn't come all this way just to be frightened into not even trying.

He thought perhaps getting a look at the Dojo itself, while the gym leader was still away, might give him some peace of mind, or at least a strategy idea or two. No such luck so far, but then, he hadn't forced himself to go inside quite yet.

"Hermes, don't break anything!" Kurt called, and his Smeargle turned away from where he'd been right up against the building, trying to peer through a window.

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[nicepartner]

Okay, Ash was definitely pretty displeased that the gym leader wasn't here, but it was something that was common in Sinnoh, so he wasn't too surprised that it occurred here too. Noticing the Smeargle, he chuckled, laughing as he approached the trainer.

"Hey, are you gonna go in?"

[comingupkurt]

"Hm?" Kurt turned and blinked at the approaching trainer, surprised out of his thoughts. He wasn't really quite used to the general friendly camaraderie among trainers. "Oh. I--I wasn't sure. The gym leader's not here, so I don't know what the point would be. Are you here for a badge," he asked belatedly.

[nicepartner]

"Yeah, the gym leader isn't here, though it's happened a lot when I traveled in the Sinnoh region," Ash laughed aloud. It was true, though. A majority of the gym leaders back in Sinnoh were almost always absent, and even though it was annoying, it gave him time to train, which was always a good thing.

Pikachu then squealed in reply as well, watching the Smeargle.

[comingupkurt]

"I'm glad they take their jobs seriously," commented Kurt dryly, turning back to frown at the gym. "They can't even have the tournament until he comes back, can they? He's holding everything up."

Hermes glanced back once he realized there was another Pokemon around, but he noted that it was one with a trainer and labeled it as "Not dangerous, unimportant", resuming his skulking. He couldn't really see inside, everything was dark and closed up, but it made him feel useful.