THE RULES:
1—All pokemon must be nicknamed.
2—I must attempt to catch the first pokemon I see in any route or area. I may catch no others in that area.
3—If a pokemon faints, it is considered “dead” and may no longer be used. I will release them from the next PC.
4—Legendaries cannot be caught or used.
5—The Pokewalker cannot be used.
6—If the first encounter is a duplicate of a pokemon I already have, I may ignore it and re-try for a new one. After three re-tries, however, I must catch the fourth one even if it is a dupe.
7—Gift pokemon, such as Bill’s Eevee or the Tyrogue from the Karate King, can be accepted and used and do not count under the “first encounter” rule. Forced encounters, such as Sudowoodo and the Red Gyarados, however, do count under the “first encounter” rule.
8—In-game trades are acceptable, but out-of-game trades, even to make pokemon such as Haunter or Graveler evolve, are not.
9—The Daycare Center cannot be used to breed, but it can be used to level up pokemon.
10—If all pokemon in my party faint, or if I am in a situation where I need to use a move like Cut or Surf to progress but have no pokemon that can use these moves and cannot obtain one without breaking the rules, I lose and my adventure ends.
Deaths so far: 8
Badges so far: 8
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New Bark Town
It's been a week since our last update. Let's get back in the spirit of things—time to start our Kanto adventure!
Yep, we’re back here, everyone! Despite our ascendancy as League Champion, the journey is far from over yet! The Professor wants to talk to me again… probably in yet another ill-disguised attempt to buy my friendship with a gift. Pffft, whatever, man.
The item in question is the S. S. Ticket. Now we can finally depart for Kanto!
Olivine City
Okay, time to head to the harbor and—Oak, what are you doing here?! Oh, you want to give me the National Pokedex? Well, that’s all fine and good, but I’ve been seeing a lot of you lately. I’ve already got three stalkers in the form of Lyra, Joey, and Irwin—I don’t need a fourth!
S. S. Aqua
All aboard the giant dickboat! Seriously, though, take a look at the HGSS model for the S. S. Aqua sometime. Am I the only one who thinks it’s a little phallic? o_O
Immediately some older gentleman bumps into us. His granddaughter is missing! Uh… isn’t that like a huge crisis? I’d think more people would be worried about this!
“Are you alone? Then let’s battle!” Making sure I’m alone before attacking me, eh Hiker Noland? Yeah…
The trainers here have started breaking out the later-gen pokemon like Bronzor. Neat! In the top left room we meet the old guy again. Turns out he’s worried that his granddaughter is… wait for it… bothering someone. Um, and what if she’s fallen overboard?! What kind of grandpa are you?!
Oh, by the way, did I ever explain Randall and Jacob’s personalities? I know it’s a bit late, being post-E4 and all, but here goes: Randall is a brainy introvert who is easily embarrassed. Jacob is gruff and brusque and isn’t afraid to criticize. However, he still remains friends with the other pokemon. He’s basically Noelle’s second-in-command: he’ll offer an opposing viewpoint to her, but usually goes along with what she decides.
Oh, and when he learned that Aaron routinely rejects the advances of female pokemon, that was something that piqued his interest…
Okay, back to the ship. One of these rooms has a TV with a freaking Wii hooked up to it! I mean, jeez!
Belowdecks, a sailor asks us to find his truant friend. He’s up a level in one of the rooms. Hey, you! No shirking work! Forty lashes! His name is Stanly. No, not Stanley, Stanly. Did your parents have a vendetta against the letter E or something?
Afterwards, the other guy lets us wander into the freaking engine room where a Picknicker is just wandering around! What is wrong with all these people?
Up the stairs, we meet the Captain and finally find the little girl. One game of hide-and-seek later and we return her to her good-for-nothing grandpa. Yes, heaven help you do anything but dither around your room while a young girl is off potentially falling into the sea or whatever! He gives me a Metal Coat so I won’t warn CPS.
And with that, we’ve made port at Vermillion!
Vermillion City
Right off the bat, we run into Suicune and Eusine. Y’know, I’d almost forgotten about them!
“Team Rocket is no longer in Kanto. That alone makes me happy.” Yeah, uh, and where do you think they went exactly? Hint: I llive there!
Meanwhile, in the Pokemon Fan Club, we meet… him. You know who I’m talking about.
HIM.
“Oh, my precious Rapidash… it’s cute… lovely… oh so wild… beautiful… hug it… it’s warm and cuddly, captivating…” Um, yeah. Note that this was toned down from the originals, where he said he sleeps with his Rapidash. Of course, a lot of people let their pets hop in bed with them, but given how, uh, extreme he is already…
Oh, we get a call. Let’s see… “Hi, Dee! Erin’s Oddish is much stronger than before. I know, because I’m Erin! *click*”
…uh…
Well anyway, there’s a Gym here. Time to begin our newest badge quest! I swap Noelle out of my party for obvious reasons and tag in Geoff instead.
Waah! I run into my encounter for the area while Surfing—a Wingull! There was a swarm going on and I didn’t even know it! I snag it easily. Let’s call you Lionel! “Mild nature. Somewhat vain.”
Okay, let’s enter the Gym. Jacob’s front and center. Earthquake, Earthquake… Earthquake… Earthquake, Earthquake, Earthquake! Boy, that was easy. (Although I did use Randall once when a Juggler sent out an Electrode after Jacob’s defense had been lowered. I was worried an Explosion was headed my way.)
Back to the center to heal our PP and it’s go time! …after a minute or two of poking through trash, that is. >_>
BOSS: Gym Leader Lt. Surge
Holy. Shit. That music. I freaking love the Kanto Gym music in the Johto games! It’s just sublime!
Okay, Surge leads with a lv. 51 Raichu. Go, lv. 50 Jacob. Raichu uses Quick Attack, Jacob uses Earthquake. It goes down and he reaches lv. 51. Surge’s next pokemon is a lv. 47 Electrode. It uses Double Team, Jacob doesn’t give a shit and pwns away with Earthquake.
Surge’s next pokemon is Magneton lv. 47. Earthquake! Next up is lv. 53 Electabuzz. Jacob, use Double Kick! …naw, just kidding. Use Earthquake!
And you get an Earthquake! And you get an Earthquake! And YOU get an Earthquake! Everyone gets an Earthquake! WE’RE GONNA BRING THE HOUSE DOWN WITH EARTHQUAKE!!
(Jacob also took down another lv. 47 Electrode btw)
And with that, the Thunder Badge and Shock Wave TM are ours. Our first Kanto badges! Huzzah! But it’s too early to celebrate, is it not? We’ve got seven more challenges ahead of us! Stay tuned!
Current Teammates: Kenya (Fearow), Laika (Stantler), Aaron (Kadabra), Randall (Magneton), Jacob (Nidoking), Geoff (Tentacool)
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