RECAP FOR NEWCOMERS>You are Youmu Konpaku, a half-phantom.
>You, and six others were brought together by Yukari Yakumo, who issued a challenge: She would send each of you to another world, with the goal being to collect four of seven keys she had given to the champions of the major regions of said world. Once you gathered the keys, you would be able to return to Gensokyo and battle Yukari, where, if you won, you and everyone else could go home.
>So you were sent to this vast, strange new place known as Sinnoh. Here you were given some starter gear, and soon learned this new world was inhabited by strange creatures called "Pokemon" which the locals based an entire battle system on. You soon met a young woman named Dawn, who brought you to a nearby town, where you received your first pokemon, a Piplup whom you named Floe, from a man named Rowan. You then embarked on your quest, and, following Dawn's advice, headed for a city called Oreburgh, meeting two new companions along the way: Nero, the Shinx, and Sora, the Staravia.
>You stayed in Jubilife City for the rest of the day, meeting a man by the name of Looker, who was a member of the "International Police". You also acquired a new companion: Opal the Budew, just north of the city. After spending the night, you ran into Reisen, who left her starting region. After a brief battle, you decided to travel together.
>Arriving in Oreburgh, you decided to help the local law enforcement take back the city's mine from a strange group who were lead by a man named Charon. With Looker's assistance, you took back the mine, though Charon escaped in the end... While you were down there, you also freed the hostages the group had taken, which were several miners, a group of officers, and a man named Roark, whom you learned was the local gym leader.
>Later, you challenged Roark to a gym battle and emerged victorious, claiming your first badge. During the battle, Opal, your little budew, evolved into a Roselia. Reisen won on her own some time later, and the two of you also received fossils from Roark as a token of thanks for helping with the mine earlier. You left your fossil, a Helix Fossil, in the local mining museum to have it revived.
>After eating dinner with Reisen, who you agreed to meet up with later tonight, you decided to call up Yuyuko, who you are talking to right now, in front of the Oreburgh Pokemon Center.
> "Correct. It was a bit of a challenge, but I was able to overcome it successfully. So did Reisen."
>"Oh, that's good to hear. Keep up the good work, Youmu dear~!"
>".....And just how is that foolish fairy getting badges so fast?"
>"We're honestly not sure ourselves."
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