Unexpected Incapacitation

One of the things we often forget about pokemon training is that battles are violent sport. Injuries are usually minor, if they persist at all - abrasions, burns, and frostbite at surface levels that are readily healed by modern medical technology. Every now and then, though, something serious goes wrong.

Imagine my shock, then, when Kangaskhan broke her leg during one of our duels with Bruno of the Johto Elite Four. The nurses at the pokemon centre did what they could for her, of course, but I am afraid her battling days are over. She has retired back to our little ranch where she will live out the rest of her life in comfort, leisure, and informal sparring.

This proved a greater setback than many could bear. I pressed on without her, and though I could beat the Elite Four even with the handicap, no amount of material compensation (with potions, ether, and revive) could make up for the sheer skill of our champion, Lance.

It is therefore with mixed feeling that I am finally able to introduce the new, improved team of pokemon from Commune Pastures Pokemon Ranch of Azalea Town! Just a reminder: Farfetch'd is invisble on trainer cards!

We hope to announce our victory over Lance in the very near future.