A Champion in a Twisted World

Chapter 20 - A Little Tradition Lesson

"Mrrah! Human! Lemme- go!" Grim yowls out as he stays tied to your chest in a make-shift stretchy baby wrap you made from your jacket, his ears pinned down.

"You'll never become a "great mage" if you never go to class!" You scold Grim, feeling annoyed. "Next time, don't run off!"

"UGH! When did you get all bossy? I..." Grim trails off at the ice cold look you give him. It's colder than any Ice Beam any Pokémon could fire off. "..."

You and your group strolls into the cafeteria, that's filled with students eating and chatting with eachother. You pull your hat a little lower on your head to avoid dragging attention to yourself, but thankfully everyone seems distracted.

Grim looks excited as you untie your jacket and set him down.

"Okay, Grim, I'll let you go to get food. If you try to run off every again, I'm never letting you out from being tied to my body." You say as you give the cat a serious look.

Deuce coughs quickly, and you swear to Arceus you hear, "I wouldn't mind being tied up by you-"

"What?" You ask as you look back at him.

"Nothing!" The blue-haired boy blurts out, looking flustered.

You look at Moonstone and shrugs, and the Umbreon sits up on her hind legs to shrug back. The people here are so weird...

You grab a tray, looking out at the buffet in mild surprise. "It's even bigger than the one back home..."

"Woo! Look at all that good-lookin' grub!" Grim excitedly calls out as he grabs a tray, hopping up onto the lip of the counter to rest the trays on as you get food.

"...uh..." You raise an eyebrow at you look at everything. "...is there anything vegetarian..?"

Ace raises an eyebrow at you. "You're vegetarian?"

"Oh, yeah." You nod quickly. "I refuse to eat Pokémon. And also the animals in this world. So many of them are so cute, how can I possibly eat them? And I'm guessing most "meats" here aren't artificially made like they are made back home..."

"Uh... no." The orange-haired boy says with a shake of his head.

"Look how fluffy those omelets are! Ooh, grilled chicken! And a bacon and egg tart!" Grim drools out, almost screeching with how loud he's being.

Ace cringes at how loud Grim is being. "Shhhh- dude! Inside voices! Where was this energy during classes?"

You sigh, shaking your head as you look at a ghost behind the counter. "Uh- excuse me, but can you please tell me what the vegetarian foods are?"

"Everything marked with a "v" on the little label card, miss." The ghost cheerfully responds.

"Thank you." You reply with a smile, looking at the food as you grab what catches your eyes that you can eat. You also put food on your plate for Moonstone.

When the group walks a bit ahead of you and you have the space, you send out some of your Pokémon. Not everyone, just Chile (your Skeledirge), Grace (your Milotic), Bangbang (your Tinkaton), Chompers (your Garchomp), Koraidon, Miraidon, and Sweet Apple (your Hydrapple).

"Okay, food everyone! Don't take too much, we don't have much money here... same thing I said as yesterday." You direct your 'Mons. They nod and you help the Pokémon that don't have hands get trays and food.

"Myah! Hench-human, grab me the grilled chicken! There's only one left! And an omelet too. And that jelly-filled bread! Just fill the whole tray with 'em!" Grim yowls back at you, and you roll your eyes as you approach.