Rainer sat on the bed in his new room, rummaging through his backpack, his Pokedex and three occupied Pokeballs next to him. An open suitcase sat at the foot of his bed. Finally finding the map he had been sent he pulled it out once more. He wanted to go check out the training gym before class, so he could get a feel for it before it got crowded later in the day. It'd be good to find a library or a computer lab too. He glanced at his shiny new Pokedex. While it was a convenient resource, he knew it was a bad idea to assume it would always work when he needed it to. He'd have to use his other resources for now. After all, between Rainer and Flux,the Pokedex probably had a few weeks left max. 

He glanced a the pokeballs sitting there, so quiet, so peaceful. With smirk, he grabbed each one in turn and released the Pokemon within. Flux immediately zoomed to the door and back, floating along as its side units rotated excitedly. It quickly examined its new surroundings from the closet's top shelf, to the space underneath the empty bed across the room. The Magnemite's behavior was in direct contrast to Swoops, who climbed onto Rainer's bed and made himself comfortable on the pillow, and Zen who sure enough... just stood there. 

"Well boys, we made it. Get a good look, this is where we'll be living," he gestured making a quick seeping motion around the room. "We're not here to vacation or anything. I expect the three of you to work hard, harder than we did travelling Sinnoh even. We're headed for greatness, and each of you will play your part to earn it. Got it?" He poked Swoops playfully, as the Gligar pretended to not have heard a word. Flux had stopped zipping around the room to listen to Rainer and now floated more steadily, the speed of its magnets making clear its excitement for the coming year. The Slowpoke meanwhile seemed to just have realized it had come out of its ball. 

Rainer still wasn't sure to make of Zen. He hadn't had him long, but he seemed to train hard and they'd been in two battles. The first one had been spectacular, Zen seeming to be in sync with Rainer's thoughts. The second had been a disaster though, as Zen had not acted at all. Apparently, the Dopey Pokemon wasn't quite used to his new trainer just yet. 

"All right, team. So let's go check out the training gym. It'll give you a chance to stretch and get around. We can get to know it together, since we're hitting it hard whenever classes are done. We've been taking it easy and it shows. I mean just look at all that extra fat Flux put on." 

"Gliiiiiii" the irritated groan of the Gligar could barely be heard over the sound of Rainer's laughter at his own dumb idea of a joke. A small spark or two suggested Flux had found it at least mildly amusing.