[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Dragonstrike]

Karen slips and slides across the ice, and after nearly falling, ends up in front of the lady;
"Name's Karen, are you Candice? Kinda weird to refer to yourself by name."

"Nice to meet you, Karen! Yup, that's me!  Candice, Gym Leader of Snowpoint City, at your service!  I don't always refer to myself like that, by the way.  I think it's kinda cute, though."

Candice holds out a hand, offering a handshake.

Fun Fact (courtesy of Bulbapedia's Trivia section):

Candice's habit of speaking of herself in the third person is a very literal translation of her Japanese speech. In Japanese, children often refer to themselves by their own name, making such speech patterns childish or cute.

 
Candice looks to be in her mid to late 20s, by the way.

"So, just here to challenge the gym, or was there some other reason you need to challenge Candice?  How many badges have you got and how strong would you say your pokemon are?  Candice needs to figure out how difficult to make this battle for you, after all!~"

Badges aren't the only thing that count for scaling Gym Leader for obvious reasons.  It's hard to tell if Candice is just making small talk or actually taking her job seriously, though!  It might even be some weird combination of the two...