Your attention's immediately grabbed by the Gastrel being among the samples.. those aren't the most common in this part of the world, right?
You're not hugely familiar with the pokemon.. so you pull up one of the various online
pokedex websites. The species was first published in the Accolanto-Calivera joint regional pokedex, so that region's official government website popped up first in the results alongside some national dex options.
...It's immediately clear that some of the moves 'Kimchi' has access to are egg moves.
Well, that's interesting.
You tab back to the mon's profile listing and scroll down to the bottom to check the adoption fee. The cost the adoption directory is asking makes sense. It's not unreasonable, as they're trying to place it outside the budget of a novice trainer without the knowledge or resources necessary to provide it a healthy environment to grow, or alternatively an unstable home environment.
Still it's not as crazy as trying to get ahold of a foreign starter.
Its not uncommon starters need to be rehomed, and it's not uncommon a breeder or trader will put out listings through the center directories.. but that doesn't make them cheap.
You scroll back up to the body of the profile and give it a look over.
Apparently 'Kimchi' was curious enough to split off from his flock and harass tourists for snacks. Clearly food-motivated and with the species' food aggression behaviors it's understandable why he kept going after the cheesy kimchi fries being sold on the boardwalk... hence the ranger mission that resulted in his capture.
There's not much mention of why he wasn't returned to the migratory group his flock came from but a listing's up for a reason. The body section notes that despite his antics he wasn't using any damaging moves against the public despite the option.
He's no threat to himself or others, but the aptitude section makes sure that he'd be a bad match for sky battles and other flier activities whether it's pokeringer or as a taxi mon. Same goes for any pokeculinary tracks. They cite with both he'd need a bit of training to return to his partnered trainer and to avoid going all in on whatever's in front of him without the option of recall (but at least there's pokeball return, right?).
They do list him as likely adapting well to any team-based activities such as double battles, so the flocking experience was clearly good for something.
Otherwise the intake lists him as being both intelligent enough and understanding sufficient human speech to be adopted by a trainer or as a house mon, so long as his new owner can provide him with sufficient enrichment.
So long as you have some basic poison-type handling on your record (and you do) it's stated that there shouldn't be major issues beyond what's stated so far.
As you're already logged in you take a quick check at what discounts you'd be eligible for with this adoption..
It wouldn't have been as bad at full price with what you have to work from. You dont have to worry as much about funding this adoption thanks to keeping your trainer registration up to date, but you did hit the max discount threshhold on a less intensive listing like Kimchi's. Either way at least the local regional association recognizes you as a trainer of your tiering and experience, but it probably helps you've been to the Casca Association a couple times before.
That leaves it at about 17000 pokedollars.
You could easily pay for it with savings, and while you haven't checked your checking account there's almost definitely enough to cover it in there too..
You've been coasting though, so it's probably not a bad idea to sign on for a payment plan you can handle over the next month or two.
