The sun was starting to set when he finished up with that and I couldn't help but look over the out of pce thing we had built up. It was a rough and uneven grey granite hill with several pits and cracks all along the outside of it that had a wide opening at the front. 'It almost looks like someone had gouged out a cave from the side of a mountain.' I thought with a smile. It wasn't all that pretty or anything but it would serve well to house my team and I while we stayed here and may even prove useful for the good professor after we leave.-

  With that doook out the cutting board , knife and food ingredients I bought earlier as well as my wok and got to work preparing a meal for Vul and I. Potatoes , carrots , onions , celery , garlic , Pidgey stock , diced Pidgey and a few seasoning for fvor were all tossed into the wok with some water. Vul quickly collected some logs from the nearby forest that it lit up with a full strength ember. I rested the wok o the fire so the it could slowly e to a boil.-

  In case it wasn't obvious I was making soup si was a quick , cheap but filling mean for the two of us. That bottle of wine I purchased earlier was also slightly added to the soup before I allowed the mixture to simmer o the fire. A pleasant st wafted out of the wok and filled the air stimuting our hunger as it bubbled. 'Now that I have a few extra items and o worry about whatever I get making it hard to survive I suppose I aught to use that feature.' I thought while looking at the {TRADING SHOP} option of the system.-

  In truth I was avoiding this option until now because acc to the system the way it worked was that I could trade items or money with the system for tickets at random. This was to say that I gave up a thing to gamble twi a row in hopes of getting a better thing. There was rate for tradiher so if I gave the system a grade 4 water stone I very much could end up getting any sort of ticket including aicket.-

  Then I o gamble on whatever the result of THAT ticket would be meaning it was totally possible to give a grade 4 item and receive a shirt or pair of pants in exge. As a result I purposefully ighis fun until now as I wasn't willing to give up something for a mere ce to get somethier. Now though I was nid safe while also having a ash of extra items with berries taking up the majority. As I waited for the soup to cook I held my bag in front of me and grabbed a couple Cheri berries to feed the system.-

  Why did I say a couple because it took two of them for the system to t it as a valid trade. This opened up a roulette wheel that had the options of tickets I could get on it. Exp , item , ability , skill , pokemon were all there in various amounts which showed the odds for some was much better than for others. The wheel started to spin on it's own and I prayed tESUS for another ability ticket as those were clearly the best for fast improvement in power.-

  My prayer was left unheard however as I got aicket instead which I immediately tore within the bag out of sight. I wasn't stupid enough to do something like openly use a system ticket when in pin sight of so many people. The item wheel appeared and began to turn as I watched eagerly to see if this trade was worth it or not. After spinning for exactly a mihe wheel stopped and I was dumbfounded by the result. A green woolen scarf was what I had gotten from the wheel out of all the options.-

  'I'll trade two more times before leaving it alone for a while since gambling is a terrible addi to have.' I thought and traded awo Cheri berries. This time I was in luck as I got a skill ticket from the trade which I used immediately to spin the skill wheel and see what I get. My eyebrows couldn't help twitg however when I got my answer , Masonry. I got the knowledge of the skill and couldn't help but feel like the system was mog me. The skill taught how to shape and polish stones as well as carve them into whatever I wanted.-

  I immediately decided to not do the third trade si was clear that my luck was not very ght now. To be ho masonry was not a bad skill to have as people paid a lot of money for a skilled masons work but for a trainer like me it was sorta useless. If I was strapped for cash that I needed you better believe that I'd bust out the skill in a heartbeat but otherwise it was just going to collect dust in my status.-

  'Now that I think about it I have a few skills that are just wasting spa my status , writing , ing , farming and now masonry. At this rate I'll be a jack of all trades without any use for it.' I thought with a wry smile. Thankfully the soup began to boil at this poiing me know I o stir it with my new dle that I bought. As I stirred the food I checked the meat aables for doneness and decided another five minutes or so should do to finish it up. Birch walked over at this point with an ied expression as he observed the ges we had made to the pasture.-

  "Is that a pond?" he asked while pointing to the rge empty crater a dozen or so meters away. "It will be after it rains , figured it would help in case you wao have any water types to study." I said with a shrug. "That is indeed quite helpful though I am a bit regretful that all the pnts in the pasture were killed." Birch said with a sigh. "Why not sider it an opportunity to fully ize the area. Pnt the best grasses add a tree or two and maybe even grow some berries." I said helpfully.-

  I didn't really care all that much to be ho but si was my pokemon who did it I might as well try to help him fix it. Birches eyes lit up as his imagination pictured the se of the pasture after all that work was do robably a pokemon paradise in his mind from how excited he seemed. "If you want I even help you set up all of that while I'm here sih my pokemons help it shouldn't be too hard." I offered and Birodded eagerly.