A rescue mission was certainly in order, judging by the small swarm of children taking Nic further out into the field where the grass started going above some of the smallest children's heads. everyone was willing to give up a ball but no one was willing to give up one of their own precious Pokemon, so of course the only answer - without a well-meaning Professor to intervene - was for the children to emulate the professors they had seen and gift Nic with a Pokemon of his own.
Being as none of the children were technically trainers yet and few of them had any formal training at all, the entire ordeal was quite chaotic, balls being thrown at everything that moved, wold Pokemon scattering in all directions, hoots and howls coming up from the fields. When all was said and done, through the efforts of most of the villages children Nic walked back out of the grass with one full Pokeball and a bunch of screaming, cheering children, every one of them claiming to have played some part in the work and none of them knowing exactly whose ball caught the poor unconscious Pokemon.
"Okay but before you start training him you have to take him to the hospital so he can be all patched up! And then you should to to the next city, and you should train him the whole way!" several of the youngsters chimed, guiding Nic around and explaining that only by beating a Pokemon with another Pokemon could you capture an additional Pokemon. He didn't know if that was just a rule or not, because it seemed like it would make a lot more sense if he just beat the Pokemon himself.
He'd have to test that later, because of course...how else did the first ever Pokemon trainer get their first ever Pokemon?
But now the kids were dragging him around and trying to teach him the best throwing techniques and Nic was puzzling over how to throw as gently as possible because he could probably kill a Pokemon with a casual toss...
Can't stop. Won't stop. Too Gangsta.
Being as none of the children were technically trainers yet and few of them had any formal training at all, the entire ordeal was quite chaotic, balls being thrown at everything that moved, wold Pokemon scattering in all directions, hoots and howls coming up from the fields. When all was said and done, through the efforts of most of the villages children Nic walked back out of the grass with one full Pokeball and a bunch of screaming, cheering children, every one of them claiming to have played some part in the work and none of them knowing exactly whose ball caught the poor unconscious Pokemon.
"Okay but before you start training him you have to take him to the hospital so he can be all patched up! And then you should to to the next city, and you should train him the whole way!" several of the youngsters chimed, guiding Nic around and explaining that only by beating a Pokemon with another Pokemon could you capture an additional Pokemon. He didn't know if that was just a rule or not, because it seemed like it would make a lot more sense if he just beat the Pokemon himself.
He'd have to test that later, because of course...how else did the first ever Pokemon trainer get their first ever Pokemon?
But now the kids were dragging him around and trying to teach him the best throwing techniques and Nic was puzzling over how to throw as gently as possible because he could probably kill a Pokemon with a casual toss...