"Pokemon trainers face many challenges, evolving at the end of a Gym match probably isn't usually one of them. Unfortunately, I, Sarah Smith, a 16-year old Pokemon trainer, just am not that lucky. Instead, the successful conclusion of my fourth Gym badge challenge reveals to me, my Pokemon teammates, and the watching Gym officials that I am not nearly as, well, human as I'd always believed myself to be. And, so starts a new 'Pokemon' journey for this aspiring Trainer as I struggle to figure out just what this means for my identity, relationships, ambitions… and, well, what exactly it means to be a member of a species that just seems to love to fake everyone out."*Cover image generated with the use of Google Gemini**Crossposting to Spacebattles and FFN
