Venia Silente
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So, here with a question of opinion and worldbuilding. Thread title is kind of a clue.
We see that at age 10 a child receives or gets somehow a Pok?mon that is their Starter. Sometimes you go out and get them right from the wild, some other times the nearby Prof just happens to have three available for you to incidentally get your hands on them.
My interest here is, we usually get some idea of what the young humans do from age 0 to 10 before they start out, I mean at least school is still a thing. But what about the Starters? In particular those who are part of a Prof's collection. What do you think their life is like before they get punted into a Pok?ball to essentially be assigned to random people at random? Are they raised specifically for the task? Do they have a choice? Does a (sanctioned / official / etc) Starter need to have particular skills so they are considered fit for the role? Given that at least for a good while they will be their partner child's only or main defense against the wilderness, the dangers of the urban world, the thugs, the scammers, the old fat guys who just won't take "get up and stop blocking the road", not to mention those pesky, friendly rivals.
So have at it. What do you think a Starter's life before the Start is like?
We see that at age 10 a child receives or gets somehow a Pok?mon that is their Starter. Sometimes you go out and get them right from the wild, some other times the nearby Prof just happens to have three available for you to incidentally get your hands on them.
My interest here is, we usually get some idea of what the young humans do from age 0 to 10 before they start out, I mean at least school is still a thing. But what about the Starters? In particular those who are part of a Prof's collection. What do you think their life is like before they get punted into a Pok?ball to essentially be assigned to random people at random? Are they raised specifically for the task? Do they have a choice? Does a (sanctioned / official / etc) Starter need to have particular skills so they are considered fit for the role? Given that at least for a good while they will be their partner child's only or main defense against the wilderness, the dangers of the urban world, the thugs, the scammers, the old fat guys who just won't take "get up and stop blocking the road", not to mention those pesky, friendly rivals.
So have at it. What do you think a Starter's life before the Start is like?