Daily Life in Starfort (Part 1)

Z shrugged, "I don't think a ranger position is for me.  I like battling and competition too much to become a ranger.  As for my pokemon, most of them have jobs, though Ruby just likes to cause trouble while Kit's job is to mainly keep Ruby from causing too much trouble.  Most of my pokemon spend their time helping in the mines with their strength, busting rocks and hauling loads of ore out of the tunnels so we can send them to some of the refineries in the larger cities to be turned into valuable things like gold, silver, and gems, while the elemental stones and evertsones we find are sold in shops or traded to the rest of the island."

"I just meant that rangers seem to focus on protecting pokemon and people instead of battling and catching new pokemon," said Z, "that's not what I'd prefer to do.  I'm more of a person that wants to train and be the strongest that I can be with my team at my side.  We all like to battle and grow stronger and are strengthened by the bonds we share."  they walked past the shops to where ore was being loaded onto carts pulled by pokemon to be taken to the big cities.

"I also have a gym to run," said Z, "so until I can find someone to replace me, I'm always going to have to come back here to deal with business here and would put running the gym above the duties as a pokemon ranger.  Do you want to see the mines now or are you going to inspect the gym arena as well?"  Z glanced at the sun's position and made a note so he would know when would be good to head to the mines, so they wouldn't head there during the hottest part of the working day.

"Sure," said Z, "Most of them are working right now, but Volt should be free and he would welcome some company.  charging the town's generators tends to be a bit tedious after a while, so he usually takes a nap while doing so.  He sleeps more than a Slakoth," Z chuckled, thinking about it, "I keep telling him he might turn into a snorlax if he keeps sleeping so much but he doesn't care.  he's still as strong as ever and all the stored electricity amps up his motor drive."

Z smiled, "I don't think it will come to that.  Let's go, little one.  We're headed to the generators where Volt provides the power for the town's electrical systems.  You don't have any metal on your person do you?  Jewelry? Piercings?  That kind of stuff?"  As they walked, Vivian fluttered to the ranger and landed on his head, roosting in his hair to relax a bit.  She was very friendly with strangers and could sense if they had any ill intent.  She sensed that the ranger was a good person.

Vivian took one of the berries and began to nibble on it while resting on his head.

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Z picked up the smaller pokemon and put her on his shoulder, "most of my own team like to make new friends as well.  Only Ruby doesn't, but that's mostly because she's a troublemaker and would rather annoy someone than befriend them.  Which is why it's Kit's job to keep her in line, because her attacks do the most damage."
They walked to an area with insulated walkways and giant generators connected by cables.

*I'm vivian* said Vivian, *you're comfy.*

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Z nodded and pointed to a metal chair/bed where an electrevire was channeling electricity into the machines.  the bed/chair was also hooked up to several large lightning rods, so it could draw pure lightning into the electric pokemon to help power it up. "Hi Volt!" said Z.
*Eh?* said Volt *you brought a vistor?  who's the little one and why did she come all this way?  Is she a new comrade?*