Chapter 212: Grampa Canyon reruns!
The Grampa canyon was rather disingenuously named. For one part it wasn’t just a single canyon, but rather an entire stretch of desert. It seemed to favour a lot of fire-type pokemon. Said fire types being mostly the Ponyta herds which scorched their way across the landscape. There should also be the rare Magmar hiding in caves that dotted the various canyon walls and cliff faces.
It made for a very stark shift in climate with Saffron being a shaded cool cityscape, only to enter a scorching desert with a handy Teleport from Selene. Selene herself perked up with the condition of the surroundings, no doubt reminding her of the Hoenn desert where I’d found her.
“Hey girl,” I greeted, giving her a rub. “Want to stay out?” I asked.
She bobbed up and down in an affirmative. I hummed and looked around while adjusting my attire so that rolled-up sleeves were extended, sunglasses and hat were donned, and sunscreen was applied.
In other terms, I slip, slop, slap, and slid. Feeling playful, I put a bit of pink zinc across Selene’s side causing her to trill a laugh before she smirched it back on me.
Gramp Canyon was located just outside Neon Town and on the upper border of the Safari zone. Depending on the route that you took you could end up in a number of different biomes.
The Safari zone mostly used forested areas and plainlands. Neon Town itself was a rather glamorous urban development. Then there was the large expanse of flat rolling hills and plains that were actually an artificial creation in the cycling road.
Most people when they went on their Journey, followed the route that players might have if they played the games. Places like Neon Town, Dark city, Gringey City, or Gardenia Town to name a few.
Lots of places, I knew, were trying to increase the foot traffic that was happening with trainers on the circuit. They’d done this in the past in a myriad of ways but with the trainer surge I’d heard that there was a lot more effort being put into it this year. It made sense, the pie they were trying to get a bite off was much bigger.