Move training

Move training

Today though was different then usual as today we weren't going exploring but rather I wanted to see if I could get Gaia to make some new moves using the old ones as a base. I shook her awake at our usual early wake up time. She got up with a yawn while I went to work reviving the fire again. I was getting pretty good at it too as I was starting to figure out the best way to blow as well as what the best embers to use for it were.-

I also had the clean out the heavy ash of the nearly constant burning fire which wasn't that hard since I just made a temporary torch using resin which burned while I put out the other fire and swept the ashes out of the cave with a handful of pine needles. After that I just set the torch as the base of the burning fire and all was good. "Alright so today I want to see if we can mess with your moves or the energy you use to make new ones." I said in my now journeyman level common.-

Apparently the rank of skills and moves was based on how familiar with them we were with novice being not at all , journeyman being less than optimal and adept being fluent or near instant to use. According to the system there was expert , mastered and transcended after that. With most of Gaia's moves being at at least journeyman I believed we had a decent shot manipulating some new moves out of the old ones. I had also noticed that Gaia made almost no progress with move proficiency after reaching adept. This training may help with this or at the very least I hoped it did.-

Once the fire was set we walked out of the cave into the slightly cloudy weather and over to a large boulder nearby. "Ok so lets start with something easy. Punch this boulder as hard as you can without any moves." I said and Gaia looked a little confused but did as I asked. I would like to emphasize that pokemon are fucking terrifying in terms of power. Gaia cocked back her right claw after getting right next to the boulder since she has short arms before swinging her full body at an angle as her closed claws shot forward.-

The way pokemon moves worked for example may simply not be something anyone thinks about and only I as a person not native to this world or it's norms would try and shake up the understanding of basic things like this. Still I couldn't help but marvel at how amazing Gaia was as a creature as she quickly began to recover from her exhaustion just by taking it easy. I myself as a human might not recover from an intense workout for the entire day and she was basically good to go merely minutes later , insane.-

I wasn't a slouch myself either as I also worked out everyday to maintain my body now that I was in shape. I admit it wasn't the most original idea but I basically followed the full body training method of the aura skill that was supposed to make my body better at circulating the energy. It was uncomfortable to say the least as I was both very hungry and sore after each workout. 'No wonder it said that this skill was not for the weak willed , it's a lot of work for very little payoff at the start.' I thought after Gaia returned from her hunt with five Wingull and an annoyed expression.-

"Quick guess says they all hit you with water gun and it hurt like a bitch." I teased her and she snorted and tossed the corpses at me to be defeathered. "Right on the money huh? I told you to leave the things alone but nooo you just had to go and see what the big fuss was about didn't you?" I continued teasing her but she looked away embarrassed at being figured out so easily. I laughed at her pouting expression as I got to work getting the feathers off the dead birds.-

Wingul as it turned out were incredibly greasy birds that had a whole bunch of fat rendered out when subjected to heat. I suppose it made sense given their aquatic habitat that they usually lived by. The oil likely lets them float near effortlessly at the surface of the water much like regular sea gulls on earth did with their hollow bones. Wingull however did not have hollow bones which I found interesting considering how they were still able to fly despite this being the case.Fôll0w current novÊls on n/o/(v)/3l/b((in).(co/m)