[Charles Xaqairy]

Although Charles disliked doing research, he decided that it was about time that he actually knew what his Pokémon could do. Telling his team to "let loose" wasn't actually a valid strategy. And after the near-miss in the Battle Tactics class, he was ready to hunker down and learn.

After thinking about the moves he had seen his Pokémon use, he started with Nibble. Her species was "Gible." He had seen her use Tackle for sure, but during her trip to the Dojo, the tackle started to glow like Rox's tail. There was that orange ball of energy she shot at Tyna when they first met. She had somehow kicked up a sandstorm in the middle of the Garden of the Sun, so that was probably a move, too. Those three or four were the only moves that Charles could think of Nibble using, so he searched the library for books that might have information about Gible in them.

He had remembered that Nibble was Dragon- and Ground-type, so the sheet he had gotten from the Battle Tactics class helped him figure out which types he needed to try and keep her away from. He started with the computers along the wall in order to figure out her moves. About an hour later, Charles had written down what she could know. In total there were just about 65 moves or so. He had circled three: Iron Head, Sandstorm, and Dragon Pulse. The descriptions for each move matched what he had seen Nibble do. He was going to circle Tackle, too, but figured that Nibble had preferred Iron Head.

[Charles Xaqairy]

After Nibble Evolved into a Gabite, Charles went back to the Library. It appeared to be time for more research. Ugh. He finds the book he had earlier. Since Gible was in it, Gabite would be, too. Probably.

Sure enough, Gabite was right after Gible. The section was in the same format, too. They were the same type and had pretty much the same moves. Their information was nearly identical, so Charles moved on to his next Pokémon: Rox. Rox is an Onix, so Charles checks the same book to see if he was in there. Sure enough, Onix was there, too. Surprised, Charles checked the book's Title - "Regional Pokédex: Sinnoh". How lucky? He checks to see if any of the other Pokémon he had were from his Region.

From the index, it appeared that Cyr, Striker, Nibble, and Rox were the only four. Oh, well. He made note of the other two being from Sinnoh. That would make it easier to find them later on.

Going back to Onix, Charles confirms that Rox is Rock- and Ground-type. "Holy crap!" Onix had more weaknesses than he did resistances. At least Charles knew to keep Rox away from the Wave and Nature areas now... It took another hour to write down all of the Moves Rox could know. "Geez. Why do Pokémon have so many Moves?" After going through the list, he circles Iron Tail, Sand Tomb, Smack Down, Screech, and Stone Edge. Those five matched what he had already seen Rox do.

Deciding to go see what else Rox could do, Charles places the book back on the shelf and heads back out to the island.

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Hatch Count for Emolga Egg: 4

[Charles Xaqairy]

Charles knew two of the Pokémon he was going to use against the Bolt Gym. Nibble, who had recently evolved, and Rox, whom Charles used most in his explorations, were probably his strongest. After those two, Cole was probably next. Charles hadn't really used any of his others just yet.

With that line of thought, Charles chose Cole as his Third. He was going to research Cole for the Assignment that Mr. Christopher had given them, along with the rest of his team. So this was as good a time as any to start writing the paper.

He used his Notes on Nibble and Rox as a start. When he finished those two sections, he set the paper aside. Cole was his next Topic, so he checked the Sinnoh book again. Unfortunately, Torkoal was not found in his home Region naturally. Charles had to go dig a little.

After checking the computers, he found a Reference E-Book. It listed all of the Pokémon alphabetically, including Legendaries and Evolved Forms. Each Pokémon had a list of Regions and landmarks under them. From what Charles could tell, it was probably a list of where each Pokémon could be found naturally.

He made note of the E-Book. It would come in handy later on. According the the E-Book, Torkoal were found in the Hoenn Region and the Mountain area of the Kalos Region. With a grin, he went back to where he had found the Sinnoh Pokédex Book. Sure enough, the "Regional Pokédex: Hoenn" and "Regional Pokédex: Kalos" were there as well. On either side of Sinnoh, in fact. Fortunately, it seemed like all of the "Regional Pokédex" books were written by the same guy.

He takes the book back to the table where he had left his supplies and started listing the Moves that Cole could learn, circling four as he wrote. From how the moves were described, it seemed most likely that Cole currently knew Inferno, Fire Blast, Smog, and Flail. Maybe even Shell Smash, but Charles probably wasn't going to let Cole keep that move for long.

Content with the Moves, he also writes down other information that could be useful for his paper.