Persistence might as well have been the Magician's middle name.
[You ran back to the docks to sell potions again.]
After two failures, the Magician had finally learned her lesson from Ecruteak City and changed tactics.
[You displayed three Badges and invited the sailors at the docks to battle. Anyone who beat you would get a free potion; anyone who lost would have to buy one.]
"Would that work?"
Baimu doubted the sailors had that much time to kill. Besides, Officer Jenny might haul the Magician away.
But events proved him wrong.
Even in the Magician's day, Pokémon battles were a beloved pastime for countless people.
Her three Badges drew a steady stream of sailors eager to challenge her.
And the Officer Jenny he had worried about never showed up.
The Magician was a master of potion-fueled battling. Not one of the sailors at the Olivine docks could beat her, and Hoothoot even evolved during the string of battles.
[Your Hoothoot evolved into Noctowl. The timer gained a flashlight function.]
A flashlight function on the timer? What the hell...
Hoothoot had only recently joined her and had already evolved. Had it been close to evolving anyway, or was the Magician's Well-Bred talent about more than pumping Pokémon full of potions?
Baimu had no idea.
All he knew was that, as the footage sped up, the little face in the bubble above the Magician's head went from happy to ecstatic.
[When Murkrow lost, you ended today's battles and bundled sales. Selling more than thirty bottles of Underwater Breathing Potion filled you with joy.]
Her joy did not last long.
[You noticed many sailors throwing their potions away as soon as they left. You realized this sales strategy would not make them value the potions.]
Clearly, the Magician wanted to earn travel