Two Dusk Stones.
They were just enough to evolve Misdreavus and Murkrow.
Baimu was surprised the Magician sold her magic potions for so much, but he had to give the Goldenrod City Gym Leader credit for his thoughtfulness.
Giovanni, the undercover villainous boss, aside, the Gym Leaders in the animated world were all admirable people.
[You discovered that the two Dusk Stones were exactly what your Misdreavus and Murkrow needed to evolve. Overjoyed, you gave him two extra bottles of beauty potion.]
In her era, the Magician's knowledge of Pokémon could only be called encyclopedic.
It was hard to imagine someone so talented was only a Magic Apprentice.
Give those Dusk Stones to some hot-blooded protagonist, and without anyone to tell them, they probably wouldn't learn the stones could evolve Misdreavus and Murkrow until they used them by accident much later.
After leaving the Pokémon Gym,
the Magician wasted no time using the Dusk Stones on Misdreavus and Murkrow.
Brilliant light flared.
[Your Misdreavus evolved into Mismagius.]
[Your Murkrow evolved into Honchkrow. New feather materials are now available.]
Huh?
Why were the two Pokémon getting different treatment?
Baimu suddenly realized Misdreavus was the Magician's true favorite. Otherwise, why did the other Pokémon all get descriptions like "tool" or "raw material," while Misdreavus didn't?
But was she really playing favorites? It didn't seem so. The simulation had never shown the Magician mistreating her other Pokémon. She often had them all work together.
He glanced at Shiny Gengar and wondered whether he treated his own Pokémon too much like tools. Maybe he should be better to them.
Uh.
How had he ended up reflecting on himself?
Baimu shook his head and kept watching the simulation.
After evolving, Mismagius and Honchkrow looked remarkably like the Magician, especially Mismagius. Their witch hats were practically