_SilphGauntlet6FBattleText1:: text "Congratulations on" line "making it!" para "It's sure been a" line "while since our" cont "last match..." para "My #MON are" line "itching for a" cont "rematch! We'll" cont "pound you into" cont "dust!" done _SilphGauntlet6FEndBattleText1:: text "Crushed" line "again!" prompt _SilphGauntlet6FAfterBattleText1:: text "CHIEF has kept the" line "#MON LEAGUE" cont "afloat for years!" para "It's only fair" line "that we're all" cont "a part of this" cont "GAUNTLET too!" done _SilphGauntlet6FBattleText2:: text "I've been waiting" line "for this, you" cont "pest!" para "Ever since you" line "beat me, I've" cont "been down on my" cont "luck!" para "I'll give you" line "the beating of" cont "a lifetime!" done _SilphGauntlet6FEndBattleText2:: text "Eeeek!" line "No way!" prompt _SilphGauntlet6FAfterBattleText2:: text "Tell you what," line "here's a secret!" para "One day, I want" line "to be as strong" cont "and beautiful as" cont "LORELEI!" done _SilphGauntlet6FBattleText3:: text "Fancy seeing you" line "here!" para "I tell you, kid," line "electric #MON" cont "saved me during" cont "the war! They" cont "even powered my" cont "Thunderchief!" ; Republic F-105 Thunderchief - Vietnam aircraft, referencing the FRLG Fame Checker, but also adding clarity for the player to figure out which war Surge was in. para "I'll zap you for" line "real this time!" done _SilphGauntlet6FEndBattleText3:: text "Haha!" line "Pint-sized, eh?" para "I think you're" line "a gallon, now!" prompt ; Originally, we wanted Surge to talk about being Major. ; But we realised RG Blaine wears a WWII-era Japanese uniform. ; Ergo, Blaine should loathe Surge for manning American war bases. ; The implication is that Surge works at an American war base in Japan. Post-war, these propped up to ensure Japan never does what it did again. In modern-day, these are super controversial. Blaine, being a soldier, would get extremely mad. ; Thus, we give Surge an explanation for being in Kanto at all... ; While also giving a haunting backstory to RG Blaine's design. ; This requires a lot of historical knowledge to get right, but we want to adequately represent Surge and Blaine's war uniforms. ; This would make Surge around 40 years old, and Blaine around 60-70 years old. _SilphGauntlet6FAfterBattleText3:: text "Huh? BLAINE? Oh," line "man!" para "Ever since I told" line "him where I work," cont "he's got his" cont "pants in a bunch!" ; s/o Megachiroptera for giving the american version of this saying para "Something about" line "that war, maybe?" ; World War II para "C'mon, I wasn't" line "even born yet!" ; This explains the age gap. He fought in the Vietnam War, deployed from the Japanese base. ; Old text. ; We wanted to reference the Chinese and German translations. ; But Surge is too young, and American, so the relations wouldn't work. ; para "Once, the higher-" ; line "ups demoted me" ; Old text from before we looked at the context of RG Blaine. ; cont "to MAJOR SURGE," ; cont "but BLAINE got" ; cont "me reinstated!" done _SilphGauntlet6FBattleText4:: text "Lovely to see you" line "again, ." para "Though this place" line "isn't my style," cont "I've been hoping" cont "for a rematch for" cont "quite some time." para "Be careful not to" ; She has Toedscruel now, you WILL spend several turns sleeping. line "let your #MON" cont "grow drowsy..." done _SilphGauntlet6FEndBattleText4:: text "You have" line "grown even" cont "stronger..." prompt _SilphGauntlet6FAfterBattleText4:: text "Hmm? How did I" line "become a trainer?" cont "It's quite odd," cont "isn't it?" para "My VILEPLUME" ; Anime reference. line "saved me from a" cont "GRIMER attack" cont "when I was..." para "About your age!" para "CELADON is still" line "polluted, but" cont "we're working" cont "on it!" done _SilphGauntlet6FBattleText5:: text "Fwahahaha!" para "I have honed my" line "skills just for" cont "you, !" para "Can you keep up?" done _SilphGauntlet6FEndBattleText5:: text "Indeed!" line "Indeed you can!" prompt _SilphGauntlet6FAfterBattleText5:: text "I feel that I may" line "have outgrown" cont "my roots." para "To train, I watch" line "over the SAFARI" cont "ZONE, but I must" cont "aim higher!" para "Perhaps it is" line "time for my" cont "daughter to" cont "take over..." done _SilphGauntlet6FBattleText6:: text "When the DOJO's" line "MASTER fell to" cont "my #MON, I" cont "felt nearly" cont "unstoppable..." para "But you humbled" line "me. Allow me" cont "to reclaim that" cont "high!" done _SilphGauntlet6FEndBattleText6:: text "I wanted" line "to fight fate," cont "but..." prompt _SilphGauntlet6FAfterBattleText6:: text "Was the future" ; HGSS quote line "I saw...wrong?" para "Perhaps my future" line "isn't so easily" cont "predictable." para "I wonder if I'll" line "ever meet another" cont "trainer like you" cont "again..." done _SilphGauntlet6FBattleText7:: text "Back in the day," line "me and the CHIEF" cont "were super close!" para "Some couldn't even" line "tell us apart!" para "Now..." para "BURN HEAL won't" ; reference to his iconic 'better have BURN HEAL!' line line "be enough this" cont "time around!" para "Hope you packed" line "a FULL RESTORE!" done _SilphGauntlet6FEndBattleText7:: text "Whoa, hey!" ; Gen 5 quote line "I'm a raging" cont "inferno!" prompt _SilphGauntlet6FAfterBattleText7:: text "The war? I don't" line "talk about it" cont "often, but..." para "Frankly, I quite" ; Reference to Adrian Carton de Wiart. line "enjoyed it." ; There's a lot of "British" references in RGBY, so it fits. para "Say, ." para "Recently, that" line "volcano has been" cont "quite active." para "I know what this" line "means. I'll always" cont "be ready." done