After their tickets were checked, Flower Crown and Raincoat drove onto the deck and were secured in their designated parking spaces. The voyage to the Hoenn Region was about to begin.
"Don't go running off, okay?"
Shen Qi gave his Pokémon a few reminders, mainly because Chansey and Dodo were particularly rowdy, and Lopunny would join in when they were around.
By comparison, Florges and Lilligant were much better behaved.
Lilligant just wanted to set up a beach chair and sunbathe on deck;
Florges was considering selling some snacks from the food truck. The ship had a small restaurant, so she would need to offer more refined, distinctive varieties than its snacks for them to sell well.
While the ship was docked, only a few vessels were visible on either side, with the view farther out obstructed;
Now that the ship was gradually leaving the pier, the full view slowly came into sight.
Fuchsia City's port connected to the open sea, after all. As one of the most important maritime hubs, it was actually no smaller than Vermilion Harbor, though it mostly served as a transfer point rather than a final destination.
At that moment, the Sea Rapidash departing from Fuchsia Harbor had already sounded its horn in preparation to set sail, while Starmie and Lanturn kept jumping into the water from aboard it.
These two kinds of Pokémon could send signals and radio waves using light, notifying Pokémon in nearby waters to move aside so they would not be injured by the ship.
It was only near the harbor that Shen Qi learned the sound Starmie made when communicating through light or radio waves: biu~biu, biu.
There were also quite a few Gyarados wearing regulation caps in the nearby waters. They, too, were working Pokémon at the harbor.
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