As you walk up to the massive blue-colored gym, you notice a large statue of a Totodile with a shining golden plate near the base that is standing near the entrance. Curious, you walk up to read it:





"Welcome to the Aquila Village Gym, a small paradise near the famous Lake Lir. Rest your Pokemon and get ready to enter, I will be waiting!

Always remember, the true of foot travel 5 steps North, 3 steps West, another 5 North, and then 5 steps East!

-Umiko, Gym Leader"






With the note still fresh in your mind, you enter through the glass doors. Awaiting on the other side is a clerk behind a table who warmly welcomes you.

"Welcome to the Aquila Village Gym!" She says, smiling. "Our Gym Leader, Umiko, awaits your presence! Please, through these doors..."


You follow the clerk through a pair of deep blue doors. On the other side you find a large room with a clear glass roof, letting in the sunlight. Patches of sand are scattered throughout a large pool of sea water with small waves lapping the surface of the sand and palm trees scattered around. Magikarp swim happily through the small waves. On the other side of the room is a door adorned on both sides with large glass waves that shimmer strangely.

"Where does that door lead?" You ask the clerk. She simply bows to you, and leaves. You take a few tentative steps toward the edge of the first patch of sand. Seeing there is no crossing between the next patch and the one you are currently standing on, you panic a bit. "I never learned how to swim yet!" you mumble to yourself.

But all hope is not lost. To your left, you notice a large boulder that may be able to fill a gap of some sort...



This post has been edited by Gym Leader Umiko on Apr 18 2006, 03:40 AM