That's a pretty cool idea.
Also on a completely related note I'm about to be pretty inactive for a few hours, so I don't think I'll be able to respond right now...
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Another OTHER completely related note is that I wonder how I'll be able to intersect Richie catching his lost Pokemon into the story, I want it to hold symbolism, like him catching a Fire Type, which he's been afraid of for quite some time. But I don't exactly know how that would fit into the story unless he randomly got a burst of character development like right now and decided on a fire type pokemon to catch...: P