Purity~! Whip's Nuzlocke of Light Platinum~!

Well that was a murder run omg
So much death

TL;DR: We built a team up, then two thirds of it died.
we tried again but two thirds of it died again, but we got a free potion.

Thanks, pokemon!

petition to call potion 'bob'
AND THE NEAREST POKEMAN SHALL BE NAMED EDGE
And don't worry Whip, that's how ALL of my Nuzlocke attempts go 8D

I WARNED YOU, DAWG
I WARNED YOU ABOUT THE LACK OF HEALING ITEMS

And you did the smart thing - quite certain it's impossible to do a standard Nuzlocke from that point. But now the game is actually fair! Huzzah! 
RIP the Oof-Squad.

Thanks you guys a ton for all the comments and such. It's good to know you guys are even remotely interested even if no condolances were offered for MOST OF MY TEAM DYING
*clears throat*
A-NY-WAYS~
Let's pick up where we left off. =3




Ah yes, the really cool-looking Pokemon Center with the two stories. Now I remember, we're in Central City, after losing... most of our friends. Haha;;;
But Squirt toughed it through with 6 HP to spare, and so now he's healed up and... about ready to evolve.
...
I'm gonna just go and evolve him first. One sec.


Oh yeah, because that last route was a freaking CAKEWALK.
But I'm tempted and curious. We have an Ultraball, Squirt is fully healed, and he's also high-levelled and about to evolve. Why not make a new friend on this route, which will, thanks to Spark, be named Chant.
...
Frick you Spark. c:


Oh okay nevermind I guess not.
Well, if I can't go that way, then I'll just give the rest of the town a little exploration. =3


HECK TO THE FRICK Y E S.
This game is literally throwing Pokemon at my(and Jasmine's) face! It's great! There's no pond here that I can see besides the one Kaori made earlier on the doom artifact, so this is what I imagine would be the only catchable Pokemon here, SO!
COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE CHANT!




Unfortunately, there seems to be a running issue in which Pokemon you recieve outside of battle aren't prompted for nicknames, but hey. I'll just wait for the namerater. Until then, you are officially Chant the Growlithbdhvisbg
yAAAAAAAAAY
 ...*cough*

Anyways. This Central City apparently has fricken everything, because a few steps to the right of free Growlithe is...

WHOOOOO
Man who even needs to earn all these cool things when it's just given to me right off the bat!!
So giving the inside of the Safari Zone lobby, I learn something pretty interesting!

In this mod, there are four different safari zones, one for a corresponding habitat, Marsh, Field, Desert, and Ice.
As this is a Nuzlocke challenge, I feel it's only fair to catch a single Pokemon. But at least it gives me the choice on which habitat I want to catch it from!
Looking at my team of Squirt and Chant, even though they're by no means complete, having a water type and a fire type means I should probably balance them out with something even. Though I'd love to give the Desert or the Ice habitats a try, for the safety of my team, I'm gonna have to hope for a Normal or Grass-type in the Field habitat. =3

Please and Thank you~
And so, with my first foot in the first tile of grass in the area---


*ANGEL CHOIR*
YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS
BUN BUN BUN BuN BUN BUN BUN



Interestingly enough, the Safari Zone is treated like a normal battle. I guess that's pretty cool, though I wonder if that means it just gave me the 30 Safari Balls to keep afterwards... that'd be kind of cool. >v>
Nonetheless, BUUUUN.


...Oooor it could give me... no... Safari Balls. That's uh... that's cool too, I guess.
Fine whatever. I'll do this the old fashioned way. c:
And hope Squirt doesn't kill him.

YESSSSSSS
I was so excited to meet our new bun friend that I immediately ran to the exit--


...
....
U-uh....
...

So as it turns out, the Safari Zone has been glitched this entire time. Looking it up, apparently I was supposed to have a normal Safari experience and Safari Balls, etc. etc.
HAhaha;;;
Okay, so thankfully I didn't save in here. Let's just... load it up again and try again. XD



Do you remember when you killed me twice~?


So, I won't submit you guys to all of that again, but needless to say, there wasn't a ton of backtracking to be done. 
Things to note are that Chant is now!! Female!! She also has a Bashful Nature and the Intimidate Ability, so, overall, a lateral move I think. 
So, upon trying the Safari Zone again...


Siiigh...
Luckily, I saved just outside of the Safari Zone. So a quick reload and, perhaps, a different field will help instead?



Awesome! So that worked then! I guess an unfortunate circumstance prevents the Field habitat from loading properly, but hey. Do what you can, right? The Marsh Habitat will have to do!
So! Into the Marsh we go! Let's see who our new not-bun friend will be!


...
An odd choice for Team Dad, but... I'll take it! Poison types can come in handy, and I quite like Skorupi's design! WELCOME TO THE TEAM, DAD.

....
But it fled.
...
Welp. I guess Team Dad isn't a female Skorupi.


What a waste of 500 Poke.


Ah well. I still have Chant, and there's probably some other routes and people to talk to, so let's continue exploring!
To sum up the exploration process...


Horrifying Pichu poster with an Amalgamation-like face hole.




You were almost mine bun. Alllmooooost.




And oh. I guess Kaori is a girl. Whooops. She read to me as a guy, my mistake! XD
She could still do with learning how to spell her own name though--*Shot*
BEsides all this, I also found TM01(still Focus Punch) and an Amulet Coin, the latter of which is extremely helpful and I've planted on Squirt's forehead like he's a cheap aquatic Meowth. c:
Also, as a testament to how forgetful I am, I begun my training (without touching grass; I'll catch a new friend later) on the area to the right, which happened to be Marfeny Lake, where we meet two "familiar" faces~!



So Professor Oak and "Kenta" (it's very clearly Gold but just roll with it) are apparently here by the lake studying Feebas. Kenta becomes so enamoured that he instantly catches one without battling it at all, in what is actually a fairly well-rendered cutscene, right before we break tradition again by saving the second professor in one game.
Because he's being attacked by.... A Feebas.
Mind you, he did just mention that Feebas are brave but nonviolent, though I know for a fact that neither are true, which brings into question what made you think you knew about a Pokemon outside of your region Professor?
Nonetheless, it's, as per usual, up to me, a 10 year old with master linguistic skills, to save the day!!



NOW I NEED YOU GUYS TO BARE WITH ME WHILE I LAUGH HILARIOUSLY HARD.
BECAUSE THE GAME TREATS THIS LIKE A SERIOUS THREAT. I'M NOT KIDDING. LISTEN TO THE MUSIC THAT PLAYS DURING THIS BATTLE.




I'M DEAD SERIOUS. 
FOR A FEEBAS.
I'M FREAKING CRYING.




THE HORROR.

Just before killing it though, I remembered that this was a Nuzlocke challenge.





After defeating that horrific threat, Oak thanks me for saving his life, to which I tell him about Jasmine doing important research on... well, the creation of the universe. 
He's pretty chill about it. Also Kenta is apparently his nephew and not at all Gold.
And then they walk away. Welp. That uh... that certainly happened.
But hey. We walked away with a Feebas as our Team Dad. I can't complain!
Now I have a real reason to enter the Pokemon Contest Hall that I was deliberately ignoring!!
Only... without Thief, I don't have any berries left, which means...
...
I certainly hope there are other ways to obtain berries in this game. ovo;;;
I MUST EVOLVE TEAM DAD. IT MUST HAPPEN.







...Or not.
As it turns out, all you need is a Water Stone in this mod, which there happened to be one right south of where you first run into this little sucker.
So... I just, have a Milotic now. Neat. Welcome to the team, Team Dad.
Who is actually a mom.
Not the point. THE POINT IS, WE'VE BEEN PUSHING OFF A LONG-NECESSARY TRRRRAAAAINING SESSION~!


Yaaaaaay now Dad can do some form of actual damage!!


Aaaaand that's where it'll have to wrap up for now. Not much in the way of training really, despite that being today's main goal, but I do have work tomorrow and it's currently midnight, so... let's celebrate the small victory of nobody dying!
hooray! =D
With Chant and Team Dad under our belts and the scariest boss battle so far being a brackish-water fish, I think it's safe to be cautiously optimistic about our future. =3

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Team So Far~!
 
-- Squirt, Level 15.
 -- Team Dad, Level 6.
-- Growlithe(Chant), Level 8.
--
--
--

Deceased~
 -- Doof, Level 5 - 8. 
 -- Floof, Level 3 - 4.
 -- Free Potion, Level whoopsIforgothewasmyclosestfriendandusedhimduringtraining.


Thank everyone who's following this series for being super cool and going along with it~! I'm having a load of fun playing through this(as evidenced by me updating almost daily so far), and I hope you're all enjoying it as well!
As always, please feel free to leave name suggestions for future friends to be caught! I do allow myself to switch between captured friends, so it's not like after the sixth name, it's suddenly pointless because I'll never see them barring a murder run. =3
And if there's anything you want to suggest I do to make things more entertaining, by all means, feel free to suggest things and I'll take them into consideration! Thanks again, and I hope you all enjoyed. =3

OH MAN, THE CHANT IS EVEN FLUFFY AND HAS A PSUEDO BEARD
I AM SO PUMPED FOR THIS NOOOOOW


also gosh darn glitching safari zones. I'd say 'hack in the bunery', but I don't know if that's really in the spirit of things, sooooo nah

Just for the record, your commentary is adorable, yes.

So~! 2+ months is long enough of a break, and I wanna actually be somewhat active here again! So, let's kick this off before I'm dragged back into work for forever, aye? =3
Now where did we leave off at? =3




Oh right. The Pokemon Center. Last time, we got a Milotic named Team Dad, a Growlithe named Chant, and we levelled up a bit. Oh, and met Kenta and Oak, apparently, but whatever that will probably have like no impact on the story ever.
Anyways! We never did evolve Squirt, so I think I'll dedicate some time to a proper training session this time around!
But first, I might have to actually progress the story a little more, because everything in this area is at an insultingly low level, and thus, giving very little EXP. >>;
So~! Back to Yellow Town we go~! =D



And it's Oak again~! 


I did no such thing you lying sack of old man.


So Jasmine proceeds to tell Oak about how, with my prestigious help, she's been able to decipher more of the creation myths~!  
Oak finds it absolutely incredible, and brings up his research into Pokemon DNA, which, no, sorry Oak, that's not you. You're a Pokemon Sociologist, Rowan and Juniper are the DNA experts GOSH GUYS THIS ROMHACK IS SOOO INACCURATE--*Slapped*
So Oak decides to read her full report later, heading off to the Radio Tower like the faux-scientific celebrity he is, so he asks her to stuff it on a CD and bounces. 

So after all of that, Jasmine pops the good news; I've been put on the Zaheer League registry, so I'm all set to battle a Gym~! Great~! =D
...


...Thanks for reminding me Professor. 8I
Anyways, with that all set up (and carefully ignoring Mom's house. I can see you breathing in the window mom 8I ), it's now time to head into a new route west of Central City, which means, neeeeew friend~! =D



SHIIIIIIINX~! =DDDDD


So I used Squirt with a simple Bubble attack to weaken her--

*Clutches heart*

L-let's just catch her. c: ;;


FIRST TRY AWW YEAH





First name: Owthe


It occurs to me that, besides maybe Absol, I couldn't have picked a better Pokemon to name "Edge". c:
But yes, with that, Edge the Shinx joins the party~! =D
So, trying to head down further into the route leads to...

There's one in every region...


So these jerkoffs with their crap Pokemon are blocking the path. Fine, whatever, I'll just... dawdle around and hopefully poke into some trainers or a new path then.

On a whim, I decided to go visit Oak in the Radio Tower, since that seems to be the only important thing to do right now (and the only grass patch here has criminally low-leveled Pokemon UGH).


Oh look, it's not-Gold. (Or Ethan, whatever. c: )


Gift? GIMME GIMME


So the gift is, of course, a Pokedex, but not just any Pokedex. The National Dex. 
Right off the bat. Alright.
Kenta, once again, ditches, stating that we'll have a great battle one day (here's a hint: not likely), and then we're off. Into the great, bold, unknown world as a ten-year-old girl with an encyclopedia and a pet turtle.
This bodes well.



wait wait. WAIT. WAIT WHAT
NO OAK. NOOOOOO
I ALREADY CAUGHT A POKEMON IN THIS TOWN (Chant) NOOOOOO
So yeah, he offers one of the three Johto starters, which you can pick one of. But... as we already have Chant, that'll be a no-go for me. ;v;
I don't regret it though. Chant is great and I love her I'm all good. uvu
TEEHEEE
So, with that disappointment out of the way, let's go see if those dumb trainers are done blocking the bridge. 8I




So that'll be a yes.

So I'll just fight these two trainers real qu--


no

NO

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO




Haaaa.... awesome. uvu

But yes. At this point, I have to note something unfortunate. XD
If you noted, I didn't put up stat information on Edge. That's because, during this battle with a freaking Venipede by the way, the game crashed.
When I started it back up, I couldn't find another Shinx in the grass. I think this game employs a time-based system, which whilst awesome, probably means it's no longer the proper time of day to catch a Shinx.
So uh... with that said, I had to end up catching a... slightly different "Edge".


....
 




...Well. It was a fitting name.
Nonetheless, welcome the new-new Edge the Wurmple!
Anyways. c: ;;
Continuing--

Oh FOR FRICK's SAKE--

So very-obviously-Lucas points out a Pokemon out in the water in a well-animated cutscene, and then Purity realizes it's a Pichu and--

Freaking jumps in after it.


I have to give it to this game. As ridiculous as the treatement is story-wise, I still somehow like Purity, if only because the programmed cutscenes really give her some personality. Like jumping into a lake to save a Pichu. owo
So we dolphin dive several times out of the lake, and Lucas greets us, happy we didn't, like, drown to death.
So the Pichu, as you do, rewards me with a battle~!


Only....
I already caught a Pokemon on this route, so....


No hard feelings Pichu. c: 



So this is Diamond, from the Sinnoh region. He says that even though he's registered as a Rookie, he's not really one and then challenges me to a battle.
Well kid, I don't wanna SAY you're gonna get rocked, but uh, let's wreck this kid Squirt. c:



So we battle~! He's pretty tough, but the biggest issue by far is his Elekid. None of my Pokemon are particularly advantageous against him, and not only that--

HE ALMOST FREAKING KILLED SQUIRT HOLY CRAP MAN




can you hear my sigh of relief


But that thankfully ends with no deaths. And, it results in two evolutions at once~! =D

 

Oh hi there future-Dustox~!






Freaking finally. This is like, the third time I purported to want to evolve Squirt.


So with those two transformed and the battle won, Diamond proceeds to congratulate me for my victory~! Then he runs off to go challenge a gym, and I'm left to be free of my own devices~!
Which involve a beeline to the Pokemon Center once again. c: ;;

Bless you Nurse Joy.


So, back on Route 402, I barrel through a few trainers who have obscenely high levels compared to the wild Pokemon, but then it turns out that at the end, there's... another route.


...Huh.
Well, with work coming up very soon and a new route ahead of us(combined with the fact that I'M OUT OF NAMES TO USE FOR NEW FRIENDS HAHAHA;;; ), I think it's time to call it here~!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Team So Far~!
 
-- Squirt, Level 16.
 -- Team Dad, Level 6.
-- Growlithe(Chant), Level 10.
-- Edge, Level 7.
--
--

Deceased~
 -- Doof, Level 5 - 8. 
 -- Floof, Level 3 - 4.


Thanks again for keeping up with this~! I know it's been a while since the last one, but as this is more of a fun little thing to do from time to time, I hope you'll all forgive the time spans. XD
Also, please throw more names at me~! I could do with a bunch of them, as there are many friends to be had~! =3

Team Dad as a name always just never fails to make me laugh. It's so utterly bizarre.
And oh god. something tells me you'll be scarred by Venipedes for life. Whip, Whip I'm so sorry.

(Also you should totally call your next one Disappointment )

...Huh, I've never done a nuzlocke, so I was always under the assumption that you could take pokemon offered to you, even if you'd already caught one on a route. The more you know!


Also we cannot let ourselves be tormented by this bug-eyed threat any longer! We must learn to defeat our fear, and move onwards with our lives! So, to do so, we must name a pokemon Venipede! SHOW THE WORLD THE NAME HOLDS NO SWAY OVER YOU

Spark wrote:So, to do so, we must name a pokemon Venipede!

I hate you.

Well, let's get this thing started then. =3



 
So! About to embark on the new route~! About to catch a new friend~!
Those fancy-looking trees on the upper left there are actually headbutt-able, which would have been cool! Unfortunately, I have no Pokemon with the move Headbutt, so we'll have to catch a bog-standard bushmeat. XD



...Ooorrrr not. >o>
Hey, if I can make it through this route without encountering a wild Pokemon, then maybe I can come back with a headbutt-equipped Pokemon and catch a tree-dweller~! =O
I'll try that. But meanwhile, trainers and junk to clear one sec. c:
Surprisingly, that guy there that looks like a trainer actually gave me a Full Restore. What a stand up dude. =)
But a little further up north, we have this guy.

Sup Diamond.
He's so focused on the tree that when I pass by, he totally ignores me, but trying to walk too far away from him snapped him out of it and dragged me back anyways. =v=


Um yes?? We've met???


Oh. Whoops. It's not Diamond, it's actually Red, from the Kanto Region.
Who looks identical to Diamond. For some... reason.
And despite being from the Kanto region, he has a... Croagunk. Alright.
So he explains that the tree we're both now rigidly staring at has fruits on it, which attract rare Pokemon to it. That's such a nice explanation that I'm mad that isn't canon in the Pokeverse, but whatever. He continues by saying that all you need to catch them is a Pokemon with Headbutt, which, thanks Red, I figured out on my own.
Predictably(though also gratefully!), he hands over the TM for headbutt~! =D
NOW OUR NEW FRIEND CAN COME FROM A TREE YESSSS
Thanks Red you're already leagues better than Diamond and Kenta. ccc:
And yes, it's a bit strange that pretty much all the main characters from every continuity at once are all here and making friends with Purity, but look. If you're still complaining about the story of this game, then maybe just play a different one. At this point, I'm just kind of... tuning out the story in favour of the great gameplay. XD
But yes~! Let's stick that Headbutt TM on Chant and catch a new friend!






...Um.
Nothing happened. L-let's try again.
...
So, it seems that these trees in this general area are tapped out, so uh, I guess I'll hope there are some more later on in the route. XD
Which it turns out, there are! But trainer battles first, so let's take care of those.
And finally, I hit a tree, and a Pokemon comes out!!



*siiiiiigh*








I COULDN'T HAVE PICKED A BETTER NAME IF. I. TRIED.


Well, I'm not gonna show off his stats because I'm not gonna use him. Using a Male Combee is asking for it to get one-shot, so uh... sorry Disappoint. For your own safety, I'm dropping you off on the farm--
Wait.
Wait wait wait, can we... roll this back real quick.

I.... I beg your pardon? ovo

Six foot seven inches? OVO
Are you freaking joking? ovo
That's like, almost a foot taller than me?? OVO
So uh, now I'm tempted to look back through all the archives and see if all the entries were this uh... inaccurate? Or... did purity catch the world's biggest Combee?? OVO

*ahem*

Either way, let's press on. =3
Another problem arises, however; I don't have anymore Pokeballs, and the Mart in Central City doesn't offer any(I would know; I accidentally bought 6 potions and 7 antidotes thinking they were Pokeballs and Potions, respectively =^= ), so... Here's hoping there are no new routes up ahead!


oh nvm lol.

Also, whilst fighting a trainer, Edge evolved again!


Yaaay, now you're useful~!


And now--

GOSH FREAKING DARN IT ARE YOU KIDDING


I'D LIKE TO GO TWO STEPS WITHOUT ANOTHER IMPORTANT CHARACTER LUNGING AT MY FACE!


No. Only disappointment.


So she introduces herself as Jessica, leader of the Inore Gym and official rule-breaker of the punny names. She tells me that the Combee are going nuts and attacking people for no reason on this route, though uh, the only Combee who have attacked me were well within reason to, as I was headbutting their trees. So...
She then uses her Vespiquen to cut down these trees, which, FYI, is a MASSIVE WASTE OF A VESPIQUEN ARE YOU KIDDING ME.
*ahem*
Either way, new route time. =3


Now let's see who can befriend us first!
Unfortunately, taking TWO STEPS ON THE BRIDGE ran me into--

UGGGGGH


GET OUT OF HERE KENTA. I JUST WANT TO POKEMON IN PEACE HOLY CRAP.
And oh crap. He immediately challenges me to a battle. Only, I haven't trained yet, and have Team Dad, at level 8, in the front of my team.
...Let's cross our fingers. 



AHAHAHAHAHA CHAAAAAANT COME SAVE US PLEASE




Your friendly neighborhood Elder One, to the rescue~!

anyways, the battle goes off mostly uninteresting from there. He has all baby Pokemon and a Totodile, which critically hit Squirt three times in a row. Fricken' Gen III critical hit ratio man. 8I
But yeah, he sucks my lady--, er, power, and tells me all about my powerful Pokemon. As if I need to hear that from you pal c:


Sorry friend, I don't have all eternity. c:


So I continue on in the forest, hoping for an exit into the next city but instead hitting trainer after trainer. The path behind me is long and I'm stocked, but not super stocked, so I'm hoping to hit Inhore soon...

Something to note is that one of the trainers had a Shinx. This Shinx--
No.
THIS SHINX
I used Chant as she is currently the only one on my team who can stand up to electric-types, and she almost died four times to it I ended up going through all six of my potions, my super potion, my Max Potion, AND MY FULL RESTORE, just to keep her alive.

And then I realized the Shinx didn't have a single electric-type attack.



I hate this game sometimes.
And as if that wasn't enough, immediately after that, THIS happened:

are you freaking for real?


The bees chased me away without a fight thankfully, though now I'm curious as heck to find out what it is they're protecting...
Still, more trainer fights ahead and I'm worried, mostly due to the prospect of running into another electric-type. I need something to counter them, fast. So... with that thought in mind, I decide to forgo any potentially rare Pokemon I might have a chance at later and instead try my chances with a wild Pokemon.


...Well fRICK




*grumblegrumble*




Regular-sounding height... I guess the Combee was just an oversight? ovo




Thank goodness Spark's dumb name fell upon a Pokemon that I will NOT be using. c:


Well, that was a bust. Let's just try our luck against the next few trainers then...



So uh... This is a move I consider despicable, but... Another Shinx appeared. And it nearly killed Chant. And this one does know an electric attack.
And... I only need one free turn to beat it. Which... means....


I'm... sorry Venipede. You didn't deserve this.










~R.I.P Veni--












....
He used Tackle.
Venipede survived.

!!!!!!


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA


VENIPEDE I AM SO SORRY ABOUT EVERYTHING I EVER SAID ABOUT YOU. YOU HAVE SOLIDIFIED YOUR SPOT ON THIS TEAM FOR FREAKING EVER HOLY FREAKING CRAP I LOVE THE GUTS OUT OF YOU AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA


FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF


Thankfully, Squirt proved to be way stronger than I thought, and he took care of that other Shinx as well with two well-placed and lucky Water Guns. Holy fricken Bouffalant 
This game is going to kill me.
Stealthily dodging the rest of the trainers, I come across the most beautiful sight I've ever seen.

*ANGELIC CHOIR*


I JUST DASHED OUT AS FAST AS MY RUNNING-SHOELESS LIL TEN-YEAR-OLD BODY WOULD LET ME AND DUCKED IN, AND SPOTTED INHORE CITY, AFTER ALL THIS TIME~!!


And look. It's Jessica again. And you can only see a few pixels of them in the screenshot, but there are Combee buzzing around town.
Seriously what the heck. Does NO ONE have a Fire-type around here?
But yes. Jessica does indeed freak out about the little babby bees infesting the city, with a nice pan to the whole city being overrun by them. A very creative way to show off the town, I'll admit. =3


OF C O UR  S E ONE IS BLOCKING THE POKEMON CENTER. OF. COURSE.

Jessica explains that until all these bees are sorted out, she can't reopen the Gym. She then points out that their hive must be in the forest, which is all good and dandy, but I'm not doing jack crap so SHUT UP AND LET ME HEAL. I'LL FIGHT YOU COMBEE.
But in my rage, I almost missed something... strange.

There's a second Pokemon Center.


And this one's unblocked.
...Sure I'M SO DOWN YOU DON't EVEN KNOW OKAY.


AND AGAIN, BLESS YOU NURSE JOY.


So now, I guess the only right thing to do... is to go wreck face with my healed-up team. c:
Let's do it, Chant, Venipede. cccc:
Of course, upon closer inspection, I can't actually fight any of the Combee. Just as well, that building in the cutscene I thought was a second Pokemon Center was actually the Inhore Gym, which just looks incredibly similar, though notably different, from the Center. Oops.

So Harmonious.


Ah well, I guess I should help Jessica fight off that hive then. =3
(Side note; this happened on the way to the hive:

and I can't stop laughing)


MOTHER F--

AUGHRUGHHG
I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU YOU FR E AK I NG  VENIPEDE
VENIPEDES ARE THE BAN E. OF. MY. LI FE.
I was so proud of Venipede too...
He... saved my life so hard.
...



R. I. P: Venipede. LV 9 - 10.

I hate this forest. And I hate Venipedes.

Whatever.
So up on the Hive--
 
I. WILL. CHOKE. YOU. OUT.
In this battle, it ironically comes to turn that Squirt is the best match against Shinx, who otherwise completely demolishes my team without trying. And thanks to the Combee, I can't even access the PokeMart for healing items.
So needless to say, Team Steam is really starting to tick me off, along with the rest of this forest. 8I
So after three grunt fights(and multiple visits to the Pokemon Center because this game has ZERO SENSE OF PACING *grumblegrumble*), we finally find Jessica and her Vespiquen duking it out with some other person.

I like to imagine she's being facetious in the light of HOW OBVIOUS IT IS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.


So it turns out Team Steam was testing some capture equipment on the Combee as practice for a legendary Pokemon, which begs the question why they thought a Combee could be compared to a legendary Pokemon. 
But then

.....




Prove me wrong.


Yeah blah blah I'm an important member of Team Steam whatever. You know how this goes it's fight time c:
Only, not for me.
Instead, I watch a cutscene of Jasmine fighting Shelia, in which her Vespiquen fights against Shelia's Drifblim. I'm not sure if that's supposed to be a creative way of letting me know what kinds of Pokemon and moves they both have before I inevitably fight them, but I kind of like it. 
Anyways, Jessica loses, but still praises her Vespiquen, and then Shelia tries to finish off Jessica personally with a Shadow Ball.
And like. Holy crap.
Let me repeat, she tries to kill Jessica with a Shadow Ball. 
That's...
that's balls. That's some serious balls. I approve. Shelia best villain. 
But of course, I'm not just gonna stand by and let that happen. c:

...*ahem*




Better. c: 


So Shelia, as expected, is mostly a Ghost-type trainer. Besides her Poocheyana, her whole team consists of Ghosts, but thankfully, they're all weak as nads and both Squirt and Chant have Bite, which helps out a lot.
Even the big one I was worried about, Drifblim, ends up going down without too much hassle. Overall a, thankfully, simple fight. =3

After the fight, Shelia pulls the mysterious disappearance and Jessica thanks me for saving her hide. She should basically be giving me the badge right now, because I just proved that I can beat someone who beat her. But no, she simply thanks me and states that she can't wait to see me in the Gym.
Ah well, better that than nothing. Now's the time to go and stock up on items, since the Combee should hopefully have chilled the heck out by now.

Indeed, the villagers are now out and about. In fact, some lady gave me a fancy-sounding TM for keeps~! =D

OwO




....Oh.


Well, not useless, but not quite what I was hoping for. =~=
Anyways, I decided at this point to go ahead and do a little skipping around town to see what it has to offer, just so not to bore you guys with the details. In essence:


SAME LADY. S A M E.




yESSSSSSSSS
*BACKDROPS IT ON TEAM DAD'S HEAD*




Wow rude. Think you're so fancy just because you're in a University, getting advanced education.




YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES




YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS


 


I can't name her yet due to the Gift-Pokemon glitch, but when I can, her name will be Arceus.
You know, as you do. c:


Ooooo... Mystery. owo




Holy fricken crap. okay. We just jumped from Potions and no Pokeballs to.... Hyper/Max potions and Ultra balls. ovo

...
This presents an interesting problem. I can't afford as many ultra balls and Hyper Potions as I could Pokeballs and regular Potions, and they're about equally as useful at this point. This kind of forces me to have less items than I'd otherwise have, which is creative, but sucks hard.
I guess I have to play it smart.
Which of course means I'm going to abuse the EXP Share and train everyone to a satisfactory level, with emphasis on Chant and Arceus~ uwu

And for now, we'll call it here! Lots and lots have happened, and when I pick back up next time, I'll probably just grind a little more in preparation for the Gym Leader fight~!
Still. We made a friend, we lost a friend, and we made another friend yet still. Venipede, you will be missed. VENIPEDE, go choke on a pike and thrust it in and our of your larynx violently. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Team So Far~!
 
-- Squirt, Level 22.
 -- Team Dad, Level 12.
-- Growlithe(Chant), Level 15.
-- Edge, Level 12.
-- Torchic(Arceus), Level 14
--

Deceased~
 -- Doof, Level 5 - 8. 
 -- Floof, Level 3 - 4.
 -- Venipede, Level 9 - 10




Don't forget to toss me name ideas~! And anything else you might think I could do to spice up the run~! Thanks again for your time, and I hope I was able to entertain you all with this installment~! ^v^

Well that was a pretty big disappointment.
And oh my god, fucking RIP to Venipede. They were so close to levelling up. Whip. Whip I'm so sorry. Looks like Venipede was no match for Venipede.

And I mean, we have a Shelia there.
So why not do Vas for a name, eh?

...Well shit, I guess Venipede had that coming. Karma for the name stealing, I guess... hmm.. looks like we'll need to find another way to deal with the Venipede menace! WHICH MEANS WE NEED ANOTHER VENIPEDE UP IN HERE

... also if we're going to do Bar'd names [you know, the ones that aren't banned]...  B.W.U.P, because I doubt bouncer wake up procedures will fit.

Spark wrote:WHICH MEANS WE NEED ANOTHER VENIPEDE UP IN HERE

No.


Anyways, I wanna thank you guys for like, putting up with me and junk~! I'm having loads of fun spamming the forum with my posts and generally Pokemonning again, and I appreciate the attention this gets. CX

So, between last time and this, I went ahead and trained everyone except for Edge, who doesn't really have anywhere reliable to train. In the process, Arceus evolved as well~! =D



Stiiiill can't rename her.


So yeah~! Let's get started, shall we? =3




The Gym is open, my team is (tentatively) ready... Let's get this over with! First Gym here we go! >=D


HRHGHRUDOFHGSADSDLFHGH?RHGNFHG


WHAT. WHAT DO YOU WANT RED. GET OUT OF THE FRICKEN WAY AUGHTGH

WHAT?
NO.
NON O NO I"M NOT READY TO FIGHT SOMEONE LIKE YOU MY FIRST POKEMON IS CHANT BECAUSE I WAS EXPECTING TO FIGHT BUG POKEMON!!!
N O RED STOP--

UGHGHHHHHHH


So we have to fight Red. Awesome. Great, really. 
As you could have guessed, his first Pokemon is a PIkachu, which, great. An Electric Type. Awesome. And as a running gag, Chant becomes paralyzed, which of course paralyzes her three times in a row whilst the Pikachu Tail-Whips her.
Luckily, my team is slightly less vulnerable to electric types now.

I'm going to double-kick your overused face into the dirt.


Funnily enough, it doesn't have any electric-type attacks besides Thunder Wave, which is freaking AGGRIVATING BECAUSE I WAS TERRIFIED AND JUST
GAH. *throws arms in the air*
The Pikachu goes down without much of a fight after that, and Red then throws out a Turtwig for... some reason. I guess. Sure he's from Kanto but just let him have a Turtwig why not.
Chant, of course, eats him alive(though not before another three turns straight of paralysis in which the Turtwig spams Curse, just don't get me started), and since I already know his third Pokemon is a Croagunk, I immediately switch over to Edge, since he has a pretty strong type advantage against a Poison/Fight type. =3
Except... his last Pokemon is a... Riolu.
...
So I guess he??? murdered his Croagunk and formed a Riolu from it's corpse, 

I'm going with that.

Have fun piecing him back together. c:


So he loses, calls me lucky (UM EXCUSE YOU PUNK??), and then gives me HMO1, Cut~!
Handy! Dunno who I should give that to though, but I'll figure it out.
Actually...


You just CONTINUE to live up to your name right now.


So yeah, only Arceus can learn Cut, and I'm not gonna give it to her, so for now, I'll just make do without. If it ends up being that I absolutely NEED to give it to her, I will, but hopefully I'll pick up a friend later who can learn it. =3
Anyways, let's heal up and head back to the Gym FOR REAL THIS TIME.



Alright, so it looks nice. No real gimmicks(which are my least favourite part about modern Pokemon Gyms anyways), some Combee just buzzing around freely, and a couple of trainers to fight. Let's get right to it then~! =D


Subtle.


So remember when I said there was no gimmick here?

I lied. And it's a creative one too.
There are beehives all over the place, and interacting with them throws a Combee at your face. This is interesting, because the hives don't seem to run out of Combee, so this could potentially be a good training spot for a little while...
But yes, after a few goes to see if there were any Vespiquen in there (hint; there aren't), I went on to actually challenge the gym. XD
The trainers mostly use a bunch of bug types, as expected, and Chant serves me well just burning them all down. I'd like to use Arceus to fight here as well, but I know Combee are Bug/Flying, and I don't want to risk one of them using gust or something. Not to mention the spare Butterfree here and there.
Also Team Dad learned her fourth move.

Tha-that's... that's just... fantastic Team Dad. R-really.

But after some refreshingly straight-forward battles with no surprises or even close-deaths, we make it to the Gym Leader, Jessica!


That's actually really cool that she stands next to her Vespiquen like that. owo




Well said Vespiquen.





Then let's get started. >=D



Old!Team Dad. We meet again.

The battle kicks off with a Skorupi, as you can see, and it gets in exactly one Poison Sting before Chant wrecks its face. 
Then she throws out a Whirlipede, and I have a mini-heart attack just from seeing it. Luckily, a quick switch to Arceus burns the trash, which leads to her immediately coming out with Vespiquen.
A Vespiquen that somehow turns Fury Swipes into a horrifying move. Holy freaking Crap Chant fell to 1 HP and I quickly scrambled to shove Hyper Potions down her throat like mad.

But alls' well that ends well. c=


Jessica's last pokemon ends up being an Ariados, which is pretty cool~! =D
But Arceus takes care of that, and the battle is over. c:

Thanks, I am pretty awesome. c:


So I get the badge with all the fanfare of finding a potion on the ground, and she also hands over the TM06, Toxic. A move that... she... never actually used in the battle proper.
But whatever. Got me a badge, got me a TM, now on to the next area! =D

Heading north through an exit that this round guy previously blocked off caused him to want to give me something though.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
YES STRANGER. GIVE IT TO ME, I WANT THEM!!!!
OOOH IT'S GREAT TO RUN EVEN IF THE RUNNING ANIMATION LOOKS A LITTLE SILLY. IT'S SO FREE AND RELIEVING I CAN MOVE SO FAST 
huuuu... uvu

*ahem*
Anyways, northward bound!

*insert error joke here*


New route, which means new friend!! Let's hope it's someone good and/or someone who can learn Cut. XD


PREACH IT SISTER. NORMAL-TYPE MASTER RACE.





And our first friend(via bashing Chant's brains in on a tree) is a Heracross! And our first male friend since getting Squirt! XD
Let's give him a good catch!



Wait... what was the next name on the list?




...Pf... pFFFHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
 
YES. PERFECT. HAHAHAHAHAAH THIS IS THE BEST THANK YOU SPEKKALhAHAHAHA



Welcome to the team, Vas. XD


With that, let's continue, after dumping Cut onto him of course. XD
Travelling further up north reveals a couple of Ace Trainers battling each other.

Their battle ends as soon as they notice me, and then...



Oh frick.


So now I'm fighting Lunick and Solana. Seperately, thankfully, but still, two battles in a row are you kidding me.
Lunick's fight is nothing special, with his scariest Pokemon being Luxio that Arceus takes down without a problem. 
Then Solana... just ditches. Despite having wanted to fight me.
Ah... whatever, I'm not complaining about an endurance run. They split up and decide to do their own things, and now the path is freed up to continue on~!
I'm sure they, like almost everyone else at this point, won't ever show up again. 8I

Along the route, I pick up TM35, Flamethrower, which is cool! But, both of my Fire Types right now will naturally learn Flamethrower later, so I figure, might as well save it. XD
Also, this happens.

Hey kid... wanna learn how to use a rod?


He sits through a small cutscene with me in which he teaches me how to catch a Pokemon via fishing rod, only... He catches a Gyarados.
And proceeds to fight it.
With his bare hands.
And afterwards, shrugs it off as "that was rather strong for these waters, but at least you learned how to fish!"

This guy is my hero.
He also gave me a Good Rod, which is awesome, as now, if there's ever a city that doesn't give me a free Pokemon, I can just find a lake somewhere in it and catch one myself. =3
The rest of the route isn't very noteworthy, except for a Pinsir that tried my entire team and gave me a heart attack. Seriously, Seismic toss is such a garbage move holy crap I hate.
But everyone's okay, and we head on... to the next route~!


I can't remember if Pokemon games usually had routes interconnected like this, but nonetheless, might as well! This means it's time for a new friend again~!
Only, I'm gonna go ahead and cut grass, just to see if there might be another method of catching a new friend instead that I might abuse.
Purity: Professional LawnMower

Just passed the grass is a farm as well~! owo

PLEASE LET ME HAVE A MILTANK PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE


Also, the nice trainer just below me was actually Luana, who I can only guess is the evil twin sister to Solana from earlier. c:
and she had a Vulpix.

I want.
Your Vulpix.
Give it to me.


Regardless, upon entering the farmhouse...

YES. PLEASE BE A MILTANK. My KINGDOM FOR A MILTANK!!!


AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


MILTANK MY BAE. MY BABY BAE BABY BABBU BUU I LOVE YOOOOOU CCCCX


FRICK.
I need to find a Pokemon Center, STAT.


NO. GET OUT OF THE WAY KENTA.


KENTA N   O . I HAVE NO HEALING ITEMS AND HALF MY TEAM IS INJURED!!


AUGHGUGNGINEHfVOUHGODUVNOFUG


Thankfully, his team was a group of pushovers. Though I swear, his Magby was roided out. A Baby pokemon should A) not be level 21, and B) not take out half of my health from a not-very-effective attack on a Wartortle the same level as it.
Nonetheless, he thankfully did not trip me up with his stupid ambush battle. 8I

Shut up and get out of here Kenta.


Anyways, as he leaves, I find out that this whole area is a big farm. The Hyor Farm, to be precise. Which is awesome. I love farms in video games. owo
and then another heavenly moment. owo

yESSSSSSS


Moomoo Milk is the best. It's cost-effective and better than even Soda Pop in terms of burst-healing. It's my absolute favourite healing item in all the games, even when you have to buy them one-at-a-time like in Black and White.
And I can just bulk-buy them here.




Worth every cent.


But yes. As I need an empty space in my inventory to get that Miltank, I'm gonna have to find the next POkecenter, sooooo~!
Moving on--

Oh. Snorlax.
Well, the girl there says that she's the owner of the Honey Shop in Inhore City, and that if I buy some from her, we can use it to move those Snorlax.
For a moment, I was terrified I'd be forced to fight those Snorlax first before I could get my Miltank, but thankfully, I still have a chance. XD
So, I guess it's time to cut that grass again and slink back to Inhore City, where I can at least drop off one of my friends first~


Thanks for the service, Edge~ =3


I decided to drop off Edge, just because she, like many beginner Bug-type Pokemon, start to lose their advantage of early evolution later on in the game. I don't wanna risk her life against future Pokemon who'll be much stronger than what we're facing already, so... Stay safe Edge. =3
...I should send Edge and Disappoint to mum. 
But she's probably used to being on the Edge of Disappointment already c:
*SLAPPED*

A~ny~ways, let's go buy that honey, get our new friend, and bypass those Snorlax~ =3


FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF--


Okay. That was my fault. Hindsight, huh? =^=
I went ahead and sold my Rare Candy I found earlier to buy myself a few Honeys. Might be useful to catch Pokemon in a tree at some point, provided I can't find anything else. =3
Back at the farm, we get our new friend, BWUP(Bwup for kindness' sake).

Heeeeee CCCCX


 


Would'a preferred Scrappy, but this'll do nicely. C:


Next, Snorlax. >=)
Those two slugs are sleeping on Nyan Point, a name so ridiculous it had to be on purpose. XD
But yes, let's wake these two sleepyheads up with some Honey. =3

Purity... baby... that's NOT where you should put the Honey.


BATTLE START!




Battle Over. c:


A quick battle, but I should be grateful. He used Belly Drum, which made my heart stop because I was worried he'd proceed to wreck shop.
But fortunately, he just kept using Defense Curl(which, because of his size, had a wonderful graphical glitch where he flew off the screen; this causes me to believe that the creator went in an reprogrammed every single Pokemon, which is freaking nuts), and the battle was done with. uvu

And with one to spare~ c:

Continuing on--

AURGH THERE ARE WILD TAUROS HERE??? I WANT ONEEEEE

I seriously hope there are other areas with wild Tauros in the future. ;v;
I'd still prefer Miltank over Tauros, but... like, only veerrry slightly. ;v;
Ah well~ Let's continue. =3
In the process, I managed to pick up a move, TM35, Secret Power, which is a pretty powerful Normal-type attack that anyone can learn. I wanted to give this to Team Dad, but... she's not a physical fighter by any means, and as Normal type attacks are always Physical in this game, it's a no-go. I'll give it to Bwup instead~ =3


And after a long period of trudging through trainers and Tauros I wish I could have, we finally make it to Pantem Town~!
And I think for now, this will be where I call it today! We beat a Gym Leader, didn't lose any friends, made a few friends in Bwup and Vas, and learned a bit about how I'm a little obsessed with video game farms~ c:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Team So Far~!
 
-- Squirt, Level 24.
 -- Team Dad, Level 17.
-- Growlithe(Chant), Level 19.
-- Miltank(Bwup), Level 13.
-- Torchic(Arceus), Level 19
-- Vas, Level 18

Deceased~
 -- Doof, Level 5 - 8. 
 -- Floof, Level 3 - 4.
 -- Venipede, Level 9 - 10




Thank you all for keeping up with this, and I promise to try not to update so often now. XD
Still, I'm having loads of fun, and I'm grateful for everytime you guys take a peek at this, even if you don't comment or anything. As always, please be sure to leave me some names below, and thanks a ton for your time~ =3

Your lack of Venipede naming... disturbs me. Do you noT WANT TO FIGHT YOUR FEARS?!

Also yesss for the good old grass cutting trick. Here's hoping our little lawnmowermon doesn't get murdered, huh? c: