Your adventure throughout Kanto is nice so far... Birds are singing, flowers are blooming. Everything is great. At some point you decided to visit Lavender town, and town was as gloomy as ever... not as gloomy as long haired girl you see in the distance, though. Stevie... Ex Champion of Kanto herself... Who is staring off into distance, with her hair waving in the soft wind. She is standing there...menacingly.
...you want to approach her, out of curiosity, but you also remember rumors.