It was a no-brainer trade, so Jinyu had the luxury of being picky.

He didn't open the Poke Ball that he received after skipping the Starter Lab since he didn't want to get attached. While he already turned off Pokemon Speech, he knew that a Mudkip was too fucking cute and he could easily go back on his gimmick at the very start. Actually, while waiting for his account to properly kick in, he was already thinking of possible adjustments to the "full Magikarp team" since it was pretty damn inconvenient to just travel around with Magikarps. To start with, he needed at least one ride Pokemon, something that he didn't need when he first played the game since it was just on a tiny island and he was just going there as a means to escape and you remember the waves? The sea salt breeze? The sand under your feet and Zmey happily resting by your side? You wished to bring her here and hope that it could just wash away her worries, just for a moment--

Slap

❝I knew this was going to happen.❞ he muttered, feeling the sting on his cheek. The reduced pain threshold did little to mitigate self-inflicted harm. Anyway, the game had gotten much much bigger since he had played long ago, and he even heard of a new area opening up. Thus, he needed at least one Gyarados, and he figured that designation could go to the first Magikarp he got.

The second was a psychic type - actually, the requirement was A Pokemon that could help the Magikarp move around comfortably. He figured that a psychic type that could make huge water bubbles seemed like a good candidate, especially if there was no body of water around to place the Magikarp in. What kind of psychic type would be strong enough to do that, though? Would any do? What psychic types were even available in the game, anyway?

Ah well, one step at a time. For now, he flipped through the options and tried to see if any of these shmucks looked like a decent guy to get his adorable Mukdip.