Knowing this would be a long, time-consuming job, Xia You let out all his Pokémon except the two silly birds and sent them to play in the gym's pool.
When Sakura and the others saw Xia You's Dratini, they all gathered around it in fascination.
"Is this a Dratini!?" Ayame reached out to stroke its head and said in surprise, "These are even rarer than their final evolution, Dragonite! Where on earth did you catch it?"
Brock added, "In all our travels, we've only ever seen a Dragonair mother and her Dratini child in the Safari Zone outside Fuchsia City. They really are incredibly rare. I never thought you'd have one too. You're so lucky."
Although Xia You's Dratini had become much more outgoing under Charmeleon's influence lately, it still shyly hid behind Charmeleon when it saw so many people gathered around it.
Xia You ignored the chatter around him and simply reminded Gardevoir to keep an eye on those mischievous Pokémon and make sure they didn't cause any serious trouble.
Then he turned his attention back to the script on the table and read it carefully.
Since it was a short play, the script was only a dozen or so thin pages. Apart from the story outline and character descriptions, the rest consisted of settings, dialogue, monologues, and narration.
"Ayame wrote this script," Penny said. "What do you think? Is there anything lacking?"
Xia You nodded. "Judging by the story structure alone, it is a little too simple. It lacks twists and turns and isn't exciting enough. But there are only a few of you acting here. Even with the Pokémon, you're still short-handed, so that's understandable."
Watching Xia You's serious expression, Misty propped her cheek on her hand and asked curiously, "Xia You, what exactly did you do