Charles met Erik Lehnsherr, heir of the once famous Lehnsherr Pokémon Ranch in Magnus Village, at the Xavier Gym where he was later beaten by Cain, Charles' older brother and Gym Leader.
Erik agreed to accompany the two youngest Xavier siblings to Cerebra Village where Raven's very important baseball game will be taking place at midday so he could train with Charles and learn a way to defeat the Xavier Gym Leader.
While Raven gets ready for the game, Charles shows Erik to Cerebro, his joint project with the young lab assistant at Cerebra's Pokémon Lab.
"Meet Cerebro!" said Charles with a flourish.
The big machine was Hank's and Charles' pride. Hank had built it all himself, genius he was, but Charles had helped with some calculations and had gotten it to run properly after Hank's long months of frustration when it wouldn't work, rejecting user after user. Cerebro would bring a revolution to Pokémon Research, would pave the way for better Human-Pokémon relationships and Charles was sincerely hoping to show Erik the genius of it all.
But Erik wasn't looking very thrilled.
Charles gave his newest friend a shy smile. "I admit it is somewhat crude-looking, the whole thing is still in its beta phase, you see, but what it is capable of doing even just now is simply amazing."
Erik gave him a short nod, clearly unconvinced. He looked warily around the room, his face scrunched up with an apprehensive frown, and his eyes narrowed minutely when Eevee squealed loudly and happily having cleaned its plate of food.
"You liked that, didn't you?" asked Hank to the small Pokémon. It yipped, content, and ran up to Charles who petted it behind its ears.
Hank switched on Cerebro then and began the calibrations, the device chirped as its buttons lit in blues, reds, yellows and greens.
Truth be told, Charles had been hoping to impress Erik with his and Hank's work. The boy's frowning face and evident apprehension, however, told him well enough how little he had succeeded. Perhaps when the actual session began, Cerebro working its magic, Erik's mood would change.
Because, well, Charles liked Erik and wanted to show off. He was mysterious and Charles loved mysteries; here was a piece of the puzzle that was the downfall of the Lenhsherrs' Ranch, a beloved place for Brian Xavier that Charles never got to visit --oh, his father had promised to take him there, he had, but then the accident happened and Brian never came back home.
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FILL: "The Very Best" - 02 A Legendary Game! 1a/? - Warning: Mention of death.
Date: 2012-03-08 04:13 am (UTC)(o)============================(o)
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In the previous episode:
Charles met Erik Lehnsherr, heir of the once famous Lehnsherr Pokémon Ranch in Magnus Village, at the Xavier Gym where he was later beaten by Cain, Charles' older brother and Gym Leader.
Erik agreed to accompany the two youngest Xavier siblings to Cerebra Village where Raven's very important baseball game will be taking place at midday so he could train with Charles and learn a way to defeat the Xavier Gym Leader.
While Raven gets ready for the game, Charles shows Erik to Cerebro, his joint project with the young lab assistant at Cerebra's Pokémon Lab.
"Meet Cerebro!" said Charles with a flourish.
The big machine was Hank's and Charles' pride. Hank had built it all himself, genius he was, but Charles had helped with some calculations and had gotten it to run properly after Hank's long months of frustration when it wouldn't work, rejecting user after user. Cerebro would bring a revolution to Pokémon Research, would pave the way for better Human-Pokémon relationships and Charles was sincerely hoping to show Erik the genius of it all.
But Erik wasn't looking very thrilled.
Charles gave his newest friend a shy smile. "I admit it is somewhat crude-looking, the whole thing is still in its beta phase, you see, but what it is capable of doing even just now is simply amazing."
Erik gave him a short nod, clearly unconvinced. He looked warily around the room, his face scrunched up with an apprehensive frown, and his eyes narrowed minutely when Eevee squealed loudly and happily having cleaned its plate of food.
"You liked that, didn't you?" asked Hank to the small Pokémon. It yipped, content, and ran up to Charles who petted it behind its ears.
Hank switched on Cerebro then and began the calibrations, the device chirped as its buttons lit in blues, reds, yellows and greens.
Truth be told, Charles had been hoping to impress Erik with his and Hank's work. The boy's frowning face and evident apprehension, however, told him well enough how little he had succeeded. Perhaps when the actual session began, Cerebro working its magic, Erik's mood would change.
Because, well, Charles liked Erik and wanted to show off. He was mysterious and Charles loved mysteries; here was a piece of the puzzle that was the downfall of the Lenhsherrs' Ranch, a beloved place for Brian Xavier that Charles never got to visit --oh, his father had promised to take him there, he had, but then the accident happened and Brian never came back home.