Standing By To Take Your Call LIVE from Channel EV Studios...

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✭ SPECIAL BROADCAST ✭

Lights, camera, ACTION! Are you ready for a super-special edition of Channel EV News, Johto? Then come on down and stop on by, because we're live from the Channel EV Studios with four — count 'em, four — amazing guests just waiting to hear from YOU! So get those Gears ready and those dialing fingers flexed while we proudly present to you...

Our Panel of Esteemed Guests
Gym Leader SABRINA Saffron City Hello. I am Sabrina. I've developed my psychic powers over many years, and I've mastered the art of telekinetic communication and foresight. I already know all of the questions that will be asked here, so I will start by saying no. I do not know why my Mr. Mime is a woman nor do I do know why they call him Mr. Mime if there are females in the species.	Gym Leader WHITNEY Goldenrod City Hey everyone! I’m Whitney but I bet you already knew! And I bet you also knew that the Bug Catching contest is happening close to my city right now! …Me, um, I don’t really like bugs so I’m not so good at catching them, but there are some really cool prizes and everything. So if you needed any reason to come to Goldenrod other than to fight me that’s a pretty good one!	Gym Leader BROCK Pewter City Hey. I'm Brock! I'm the Gym Leader from Pewter, which has a pretty great museum if you ever stop by. Right now I'm currently training to become a pokémon physician, but I also know my way around breeding, archeology and Mt. Moon, so you guys should definitely call in and ask me a couple of things! Especially if you're a pretty girl!	Gym Leader CLAIR Blackthorn City Tch! As though a Leader of my renown needs any introduction! But fine, I'll humor you this once. I am, of course, Gym Leader Clair, the master of the Blackthorn City Dragon-type gym and the strongest Leader in either region! So don't waste my time with meaningless questions; I only want to hear from serious trainers seeking to become the very best they can!

Codes borrowed and modified from pastries here!


HOW THIS WORKS:

→ Each Gym Leader has a starter comment posted below! To "call in" to one of them, respond to that comment with your character's opener*!

→ Threads will be brief; no more than five comments per person, for ten comments total. That means the Gym Leader will always have the opportunity to get the last word, sorry! They may also run shorter than that if the conversation warrants it, but at ten comments, things will get ICly capped for "time constraints". Please plan your dialogue accordingly!

→ You can call in to any leader with any question or topic you want! Just remember this is public and broadcast nationwide, and the station reserves the right to hang up on you if you do something inappropriate for mass consumption. (This is a family show, guys.)

→ You can call in to more than one leader if you want, but please try to limit it to one or two total. Use common sense and don't go overboard, please!

→ Have fun!

GOT QUESTIONS OR INQUIRIES? LET US KNOW HERE!

* Note: responses to threads with Whitney will be slightly delayed until tomorrow! Thanks in advance for your patience.

Comments

✭ CALLING: CLAIR! ✭

[boundbyheart]

You're the strongest, you say. Why is that? and how should one treat their....pokemon to get them stronger?

[Kagura just thinks this must be the way out of here. And this woman must be powerful to be a gym leader.]

[these_guys]

Why is that?! Because my team of elite Dragon-types is unparalleled in any region!

[Obviously.]

Aha, looking for tips, are you? Then I'll tell you — good trainers are the ones who work hard and persistently train with their rosters! That way, you're not just getting stronger together; you're forging an important bond with them, too!

[boundbyheart]

Yet people beat you.

A bond? Won't they just comply once you catch them?

[these_guys]

Are you suggesting you don't care about your own Pokemon?

[boundbyheart]

They're just a way to get out of here, aren't they?

[these_guys]

Hah! Spoken like a true amateur! A person with that attitude doesn't stand a chance of beating a single one of us Gym Leaders, let alone me!

Your rapport with your Pokemon is everything! If you don't cultivate that, you'll always be second-rate.

[boundbyheart]

.....Since when do you have to be nice to someone to make them strong?

[these_guys]

Don't be naive! In battle, it's important for a Pokemon to know how to follow your commands instantly — but the very best trainers are the ones whose bond with their Pokemon is so strong, the Pokemon can anticipate the command even before it comes! That's part of being a team, and you can't forge a true team spirit on cruelty and fear.

[boundbyheart]

Hmph, I guess you're right.

[these_guys]

Of course I am! Now go become stronger, and I'll expect to see you challenging me in Blackthorn City someday!