[ samuel oak is a genius, and an exceptionally well-known and well-respected expert in his field. there is likely no one else in the universe that knows pokemon as well as oak does, and so in that vein, lance really has no choice but to listen to certain things.
all of that said, lance had been granted an uncomfortable insight into samuel oak the person, the day that blue lost the championship to red on the indigo plateau. and while sam had brought red to the hall of fame to properly induct him, he had left his grandson with lance, who had the uncomfortable job of balancing professionalism with being a human being. in the end, being a human being won out, which is why lance is in the viridian city gym today, three-ish years later.
he knows some portion of sam is grateful for lance's interest in blue, and lance is certain sam loves his grandson very much. but that didn't excuse the perceived overstep. or treating red like some type of final battle to be won. telling ethan he could go to mount silver without telling lance, and lance finding out via blue, when ethan should probably not be the one to find red first at all . . . it had been a messy argument. dragonite had waited outside patiently allowing the other residents of pallet town to show him around and play with him in order to avoid them seeing lance and professor oak argue over nothing, and lance had left annoyed. which he dislikes doing, on most days.
he pushes that out of his mind, though, when blue is ready to go -- and once the final trainer leaves the gym with a wave toward them, dragonite wastes absolutely no time in seizing blue into a (gentle) hug.
lance, to his credit, ignores it, speaking while dragonite hugs the quasi-life out of the teenager: ]
I leave the decision to you; I have to visit Mahogany Town, to ensure the rejuvenation process of the Lake of Rage is continuing as expected.
[ relocating the gyarados to allow the magikarp population to thrive again, so on and so forth . . . it's going to be a process, before the ecosystem is properly restored to what it should be. but from what lance hears, it's slowly but surely getting there. ]
A stop in Goldenrod City is also needed, for supplies . . . but if you have no interest in either of those stops, we can proceed to Blackthorn directly.
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Date: 2020-06-21 02:29 pm (UTC)all of that said, lance had been granted an uncomfortable insight into samuel oak the person, the day that blue lost the championship to red on the indigo plateau. and while sam had brought red to the hall of fame to properly induct him, he had left his grandson with lance, who had the uncomfortable job of balancing professionalism with being a human being. in the end, being a human being won out, which is why lance is in the viridian city gym today, three-ish years later.
he knows some portion of sam is grateful for lance's interest in blue, and lance is certain sam loves his grandson very much. but that didn't excuse the perceived overstep. or treating red like some type of final battle to be won. telling ethan he could go to mount silver without telling lance, and lance finding out via blue, when ethan should probably not be the one to find red first at all . . . it had been a messy argument. dragonite had waited outside patiently allowing the other residents of pallet town to show him around and play with him in order to avoid them seeing lance and professor oak argue over nothing, and lance had left annoyed. which he dislikes doing, on most days.
he pushes that out of his mind, though, when blue is ready to go -- and once the final trainer leaves the gym with a wave toward them, dragonite wastes absolutely no time in seizing blue into a (gentle) hug.
lance, to his credit, ignores it, speaking while dragonite hugs the quasi-life out of the teenager: ]
I leave the decision to you; I have to visit Mahogany Town, to ensure the rejuvenation process of the Lake of Rage is continuing as expected.
[ relocating the gyarados to allow the magikarp population to thrive again, so on and so forth . . . it's going to be a process, before the ecosystem is properly restored to what it should be. but from what lance hears, it's slowly but surely getting there. ]
A stop in Goldenrod City is also needed, for supplies . . . but if you have no interest in either of those stops, we can proceed to Blackthorn directly.
[ dragonite grumbles in approval. ]