Sinkers

(A tale from a less-known Pokemon-inhabited world with few if any humans and no Trainers, where fight-minded Pokemon find their own battles and the stakes can get high indeed...)

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I took the Grand Challenge of the Living Archipelago, and lost and must 
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The sign is on the Main Street and points into a quiet side-alley. It reads "Pool", and for disambiguation there's an Olympic-style icon of a swimmer. You don't know this town at all well - most likely you're visiting, business or vacation or whatever - but i
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