"Psychic-type Pokémon... Gathering a full team won't be easy, will it?"
Baimu understood Actor's thinking.
But Psychic-type Pokémon were genuinely rare in the wild. Finding six different species within a year would be difficult.
Unless someone delivered a Pokémon right to Actor's door.
That was what Baimu thought.
On the screen,
Actor disembarked in Castelia City.
[You arrived in Castelia City, a city named for soaring clouds and auspicious skies.]
Although Actor lived in an earlier era, the familiar pixel art and crowded skyscrapers still stirred Baimu's memories.
He remembered how awestruck he had been the first time he guided a character across Skyarrow Bridge into Castelia City.
Its striking sense of three-dimensional depth was something the earlier games had never offered.
[A friend welcomed you and found you a place to stay. To your surprise, they also readily agreed to your additional request.]
Actor apparently had connections in Castelia City. A pixelated figure in a suit led him to a suite in a luxury hotel.
So he had money?
The modest furnishings Baimu had seen earlier had made him think Actor was broke. As it turned out, Actor simply cared little for material things—or had all his thoughts fixed on acting and becoming a superstar.
The suited figure appeared again before long.
[You obtained information on wild Psychic-type Pokémon near Castelia City. Your friend also brought you a Pokémon.]
A Gothita appeared on-screen. Smaller even than Mime Jr., it looked just like a doll.
Mime Jr. seemed to like its new teammate and approached her on its own. Gothita looked shy, or perhaps frightened, and stayed behind Actor's friend.
[Your friend told you that the recent financial crisis had driven many businesses into bankruptcy. Many Pokémon had been abandoned as a result, and Gothita was one of them.]
Someone