Of course, while the ones in the front part of the Pokemon Daycare are already in full swing, the back parts are still quite empty. From what Anthony can observe, the only place with full-blown Pokemons at the back of the center, which is also a biome with dry conditions, the types they house is the ground type suitable for places which is a desert without the occasional sandstorm.
In there are a pair of Flygons and their Trapinches and other ground types that are not in the Indigo Plateau at all. This is because the Diglett line is conceived as too troublesome to work on in a Daycare, as they're known as some sort of pest when it comes to infrastructure integrity and need to have specialized sprays in concrete foundations in order for them to stay away from the soil underneath the foundation. This, of course, made ground types in the daycare become the most in-demand.
As the Pokemons inside the artificial biomes started to make noises as a way to greet their caretakers and masters, Gyarados' altitude became lower and lower until they finally reached the ground in front of their house.
_Apparently, there's yet to be a dedicated spot for rock types and flying types whilst Psychic and electric types need more specialized care, environment, and equipment in order to be grown properly and appropriately strong, so some spaces are still empty and more space needs to be purchased._
Anthony is quite curious about what their former backyard would look like if an artificial rocky mountain and tall trees were put in the back. However, for now, Anthony's curiosity was quelled as he once again was shocked by the changes to their house's facade.
No longer is the wooden door of the house that seemed to be around 2 meters tall; instead, a glass double door of the same height yet widened way more than the original door can be seen. Furthermore, Anthony can also see two laser sensors atop the glass doors, making him know that the opaque glass doors are automatically opened and closed.
The house itself have widened a lot too with the second floor having more windows than when he was still here, at the side of the facade are two new structures that are rather unfamiliar to the eyes of Anthony, the first one is a parking space with three elf trucks inside whilst on the right side of the parking space is a glass-walled structure with lots of gym equipments, though most of them are weight-based.
Instead of a gym, Anthony felt like it was more appropriate to describe it as a weight room with a bunch of treadmills and seemingly a space for Pilates.
_So it's not a weight room in the end? Well whatever._
Anthony is actually quite excited to see the inside of his renovated house (which was already renovated before he went to the lab of Prof. Oak for the internship), so he acted a little bit like a kid and, despite having a neutral face, showed his excitement in going inside by grabbing one hand each of his parents and running towards the house. When the glass door opened, he was once again surprised, though now mostly because their living room had turned into a reception hall with a water dispenser with mugs alongside a pair of lounging tables.
On the other side of the lounging area are shelves with eggs of different types of Pokemons and on the sides of these eggs are Pokemon hatching, breeding and training pharapernalias such as incubators, Pokemon foods with 1 kg,10 kg, 25 kg and 50 kg variants and modified weight vests for small Pokemons similar to the one used by Zubat before when it just started its stamina and endurance training, there's also ones used for big Pokemons with the biggest Anthony estimated can fit an Electivire among others, all of which seemingly handcrafted (or at least formulated) by his parents.
Next to the lounging area is the receptionist's desk, which is estimated by Anthony to be as spacious as the receptionist's desk of the Pokemon Center. In it's glass cabinet are stickers of the faces of his mom and dad as well as their Pokemons, it's seems to also have stamps of their autographs, all of the things are inside the shelf of the receptionist's desk is labelled 'freebies' with different conditons such as 'if you buy more than one egg', 'if you buy an egg and another item', and 'if you buy more than a sack of Pokemon food and another item'.
Anthony also saw plushy versions of his mom and dad, though those are with price tags and seem to be a contract creation with a toy company
_Wow, it's like a personalized shop made out of their own brand being the merchandise. What's more, they're the ones that're selling it... It's like the ultimate marketing strategy if these people became more aggressive in using their fame, which started to get rekindled when their face reappeared in commercials..._
As Anthony took off and went inside the receptionist's desk and climbed on top of the stool, Ben and Hana couldn't help but sigh in contentment whilst their lips curved up with a smile. In his wonder and excitement, Anthony suddenly stopped and squinted his eyes before pulling out the Pokeball of Zubat, enlarged it, and released the Pokemon, who greeted him cheerfully with a 'Zuu!' and a little wave of its right wing.
"Where's Miltank? Zubat?"
Zubat seemed to be confused for a moment about how its master had forgotten about its newest Pokemon; even Anthony is quite ashamed, especially that he let his child self take over for a moment, as it's his first time going inside a full-blown daycare center in the true world of Pokemon. The Pokemon, however, still obliged and made a small 'zuu zuu' sound and soon twitched its right ear all the way to the back of its head, in the direction of the artificial biome compound.
_Good grief, it seems like it went with Gyarados..._
As Hana and Ben walked towards Anthony, the boy who almost forgot his Pokemon commanded Zubat.
"Can you go there and introduce yourself to the parent Pokemons with Miltank?"
Zubat immediately nodded and even made a salute gesture with its wing before dashing off through the automatic door. Hana and Ben watched all of this transpire before finally commenting.
"It seems like you trained your Zubat well."
Anthony nodded at this; he was quite proud of his work on training Zubat. His smile, however, was wiped out of his face whilst a rosy blush appeared on his cheeks the moment his mom suddenly put his hands into his armpits and lifted him up in the air before putting him on his right arm to sit.
"W-what!?"
This is one of Anthony's rare occasions of exclamation against the commands of his parents, as they wouldn't hesitate to put him into place (and it's not like they're unreasonable that he has to talk back to them). However, he was ignored by his mom and dad as they walked straight into the dining area; in there are two people: one is a kid with a plate in his hands, while the other is a mature woman who looks like the kid except in some places, like sex; unlike the kid, she was not as excited and seem to even be silently policing the kid.
"ANTHONY! IT'S SEVERAL MONTHS PAST YOUR BIRTHDAY!"
Glen said as he put up his plate and jumped around happily, making Anthony squint his eyes and put widened suddely.
_Right, all I recieved in July 1 was a greeting from my mom and dad, and I forgot about it completely... Mary and Andrew don't know my birthday, while Prof. Oak is not near me and doesn't have my contact info to greet me... Cynthia doesn't know it either._
Anthony also remembered that this is the day when he got a concussion, and a few days after that, he (the current Anthony) took over. However, he found no merit in bringing up old times, as he felt like he wasn't the one who experienced them; thus, he still forced a smile whilst his parents hugged him at the same time.
"Belated Happy Birthday, Anthony."
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"Haaouuu!"
"Arc! Arc! Arc!"
"Zuu! Zuu!"
"Miii! Miii!"
Anthony is currently experiencing possibly the most blissful peril of his life just after ejecting everything he had eaten yesterday into a single hard turd 30 minutes ago. You see, in his front, back, left and right are several parent and child Pokemons (not to mention his Zubat and Miltank) swarming him and nuzzling their foreheads all over his body. The adults are more gentle and just lick him to show their affection after introducing him as the 'young master' of the daycare center; however, the kids (mostly the 3 Kanto starters) seem not to know what gentleness is because they are using legit Pokemon moves against him whilst making giggling sounds.
While Anthony always finds these interactions cute, his delicate body seems not to find it as such very much.
"He... help..."
Anthony looked at his mom and dad, who were immediately quick to respond; specifically, Hana threw out a Pokeball and released mama and baby Kangaskhan in the middle of Anthony and the Pokemons.
"Kaaaanggg!"
Roared the mama Kangaskhan whilst the baby Kangaskhan waved its hand around the baby Pokemons, seemingly in an effort to scare them away, which seemed to yield some result when mama Kangaskhan lifted Anthony into the air and made him sit on its head; no baby Pokemons were able to latch onto him, nor were there any adult Pokemons that tried to reach for him.
"Phew... thanks, mama Kangaskhan."
Anthony sighed before patting the head of Mama Kangaskhan, who also did the same whilst making 'Kang! Kang!' sounds to make the crowd of Pokemons calm down.
Yesterday, Anthony forced himself to eat the food prepared by his parents so as not to break their hearts and also to make sure that Prof. Oak would not have the stink eye when meeting them, as they seem to have some grudges against him because of the surprise buffet, which made him sacrifice his butthole this morning. Anthony, however, felt like this sacrifice was a necessary one to maintain the power of his ultimate cheat skill 'nepotism'.
In any case, because of the smaller festivities in Anthony's house of Anthony, the introductions with the Pokemons inside the biome compound were adjusted today; however, because of the closeness of Hana and Ben to the Pokemons, it seems like they immediately treated Anthony as one of their friends too. Anthony, as he said earlier, is quite happy because he was accepted quite well.
As Ben Dover saw that his son is finally free from the painful love of the Pokemons in their daycare, he finally smiled slightly and clapped his hands as we made his way to the center of the commotion, which actually caused their shop to close doors for two days in a row, though the couple planned to have shifts in training Anthony for the Breeder's Exam and Pokemon battles, so their business will not get interrupted.
"Alright, alright, enough drowning my son in your affections, and let's go introducing all of you one by one. Go with your sons and daughters so the place won't be messy."
The tone of Ben is one of a calm farmer, nothing to be seen is his identity as the retired champion prospect of Hoenn region, yet still, he was dignified and respected enough for the Pokemons to not hesitate to stop all of what they're attempting to climb in the body of mama Kangaskhan and look for their breathren and parents. This is done with the utmost order that childish and playful Pokemons could have, which included accidentally tripping on the ground or some small fights that were quelled by more mature child Pokemons until the once messy encirclement became a neat cone with a seam that let Hana, their other master, pass through without needing to do anything other than to walk.
"Okay, let's start with the introductions."
As Hana ordered her Pokemon to put down her kid, she pointed at the very first batch of Pokemons and the ones Anthony is most familiar with.
"My son, as you already know, these 3 Pokemons are Charizard, Venasaur, and Blastoise and their partners with their lots of children which are of course gathered over the course of a year and some, though this is just only a handful compared to before as we were contracted by the league to become the distributor of starter Pokemons in our district in Fuchsia City, with big pay, of course. One of the jobs of an associate field researcher is to distribute these Pokemons from city to city, so we will train you on how to properly handle them."
Anthony's face, despite being neutral-looking perpetually turned with some semblance of seriousness as he nodded and looked in the direction where whoch his mother's finger pointed next.
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