Alternatively Titled: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (the sequel)
Team:
Nami - Meganium - lv. 34
Zoro - Onix - lv. 35
Vivi - Vulpix - lv. 34
Chopper - Yanmega - lv. 34
Robin - Espeon - lv. 34
Sanji - Seadra - lv. 35
Badges: 5
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I apologize for not being here for the past forever. I moved into college on Thursday, so every day before that was packing and now every day after has been orientation. Blargh. There is a video game shop nearby, and they sell Pokemon stuffed animals, so there is a bright side. I'm actually planning on spending all of today in my Team Rocket costume and buying one. BUT ANYWAY. Enough about the real world, let's get on to Pokemon!!
So I saw Suicune and battled Eusine, who really wasn't any kind of challenge. The battle was completely unremarkable and I really don't have much to talk about besides it. Do you ever fight him again? I don't remember, but I always considered that fight kind of a pointless battle that I usually get through in a minute or two.
Then I was supposed to train, but, to be honest, there was nowhere to train. I mistakenly thought that the way to the Safari Zone would be open before the Safari Zone itself (I've made a lot of mistakes in this playthrough, and there's more to come, even in this post.), and I remember Route 48 as a really good place to train Pokemon. But since I couldn't train there, and the only other place that had Pokemon at levels high enough to give sufficient experience was in the water (and two of my Pokemon were weak to Water and one could do nothing against it), I decided to just wing it and go through the Cianwood gym at my current levels. Which, to be honest, was a piece of cake. I can't remember which Pokemon exactly I used to take out Chuck's first Pokemon (probably Vivi, she's becoming my powerhouse), but his Poliwrath went down easy to Nami, and that was that. As I reward, I got the Fly HM from Chuck's wife, which was great except CHOPPER CAN'T FLY. So we just surfed back to Olivine to give Ampy some medicine, then surfed back because the Safari Zone was open and it was time to train! I'm attempting to get everyone to level 35 before I take on Jasmine in Olivine, even though I know that Vivi is just going to kill everything anyway with her Flamethrower.
Sanji evolved into a Seadra rather early into the training, and soon after Chopper learned AncientPower and evolved into Yanmega, a fourth-generation evolution that was added to the Johto Dex because Yamna's evolutionary methods couldn't be prevented before the National Dex. I can't say I've noticed any significant improvement with a Yanmega, but it sure looks cool. And then, I decided to look up where to get certain evolutionary items that I need for Zoro and Sanji.
Guess who can't get a Metal Coat until after the Elite 4?
I was quite upset, but then I found a solution: the Pokeathlon Dome! Added in Gen IV, it's basically the response to contests, only a little more fun. To be honest, I'd only done this once before, so I really had no idea what to do or expect. But I read online (always a bad sign) that Tuesday (the day I was playing at the moment) was a day when Metal Coats were offered for 2500 points, so I set out to get that money before the day was through. After first trying out the Skill and Speed contests, I finally found my niche with the Stamina contest, which involves three events: a free-for-all, a race, and a block-breaking contest. Nami was my star player in all of them. (The other two Pokemon I used were Zoro and Chopper.) Since I made about 500 points each time, I just did the Stamina contest over and over til I made the points. However, between earning enough points and turning them in for the prize, I had a baseball game to attend. While it was indeed very fun and I enjoyed it, I always got very concerned looking at the clock. We got home with fifteen minutes to spare before midnight, so I immediately ran to turn in the points.
...there was no Metal Coat.
I almost had a heart attack. Immediately I went to Serebii.net to see what the hell I had messed up this time. Turns out, Metal Coats are only sold on Tuesdays AFTER the National Dex. (This was not my fault. There were two separate lists, and while one had Pre and Post National Dex, the one I looked at only had days of the week.) I was ready to scream, until I found out that before the National Dex you could get them on Fridays. (insert Hallelujah chorus) So the next time I write, I'll have a Steelix instead of an Onix. Thank Mew that's done with.
Now there's the problem of the Dragon Scale, which is apparently hidden in Mount Mortar. However, if I can't find it, I'll probably just use the Pokeathlon again, and same goes for a Fire Stone; I've decided that if by the time I'm ready to take on Pryce I haven't gotten a call from that guy, I'll just buy one at the Dome.
Well, that's all for now. Hopefully I'll have a bit more time in the coming days to work on Pokemon stuff, but until then, ciao~!
~Mattie
