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[Neonivek]

I don't get it.

[Bluerobin]

Apparently the SCP Foundation is a fictional thing created as a mass creative writing project. The universe it's in seems pretty well developed and it's all community-created. SCP-682 is described as: "a large, vaguely reptile-like creature of unknown origin. It appears to be extremely intelligent, and was observed to engage in complex communication with SCP-079 during their limited time of exposure. SCP-682 appears to have a hatred of all life, which has been expressed in several interviews during containment." The method of containment is putting it in a small room and filling the room with hydrochloric acid which doesn't kill it, but keeps it under control.

Who knows how much of that is carried over (my guess is not a lot), but I haven't played enough of Zeta/Omicron to know if any of that's actually applicable to the synthetic pokemon in question.

[Akura]

Would I be amiss if I gave out some evolution spoilers?

Evolution spoilers are fine, I'm more concerned with story and encounter spoilers. Yes, you were right about me being wrong about the Reaper Cloth, although the fact that it evolves Dusklops makes it pretty useless since Dusknoir can be found in Midnight Mansion. I just missed it on that run-through. And I am aware of how Helioptile evolves long before this, as well. I'll very likely evolve her before I tackle the Elite Four, I'll just have to do some re-drawing in the process.

Apparently the SCP Foundation is a fictional thing created as a mass creative writing project. The universe it's in seems pretty well developed and it's all community-created. SCP-682 is described as: "a large, vaguely reptile-like creature of unknown origin. It appears to be extremely intelligent, and was observed to engage in complex communication with SCP-079 during their limited time of exposure. SCP-682 appears to have a hatred of all life, which has been expressed in several interviews during containment."

A link to SCP-682's page might be more informative.

I'm not sure on how much a crossover it is, either, since Wilson's favorite is described as a fusion of Zekrom and Darkrai, which according to Bulbapedia is Black Zekrom. Fun. Black Zekrom looks nothing like SCP-682, and doesn't seem to have any regeneration moves. It be more of the "destroy everything it sees" part.

Interestingly, the Cresselia I caught is related to Darkrai, whom I thought was the goal of Midnight Mansion.

[Bluerobin]

Huh. I thought I'd put in a few links to that post, but I guess I didn't. Thanks!

And yup, Cresselia/Darkrai are version-linked I think, both in the original games and in Omicron/Zeta.

[Cerol Lenslens]

I'm not sure on how much a crossover it is, either, since Wilson's favorite is described as a fusion of Zekrom and Darkrai, which according to Bulbapedia is Black Zekrom. Fun. Black Zekrom looks nothing like SCP-682, and doesn't seem to have any regeneration moves. It be more of the "destroy everything it sees" part.

Ah, I think that's Black Kyurem you're thinking of. There's no Darkrai involved in that one. Regular Kyurem can be fused with Zekrom or Reshiram to create Black Kyurem or White Kyurem, who, as a fusion of two legendaries, gets some pretty powerful stats. The process is reversible, in that case.

I'd not put it past the game to have done something crazy. I mean, Delta Pokemon are a thing in here, and I remember looking at some of the Reddit pages and seeing that they were adding their own Mega Evolutions and an altered Meloette from a romhack they particularly liked.

Maybe Wilson will show up with a Babos. Anything's fair game at this point. 

[Akura]

They also added in their own moves. The OHKOs that each of the E4s favorites have were added in.

I would have had the update up today, but I worked late.

[Akura]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

This is going to be a fairly short update, as I haven't had much time to play.

I did, however, manage to get my save file to my netbook so I could download the Mystery Gifts. These were: a (fake) Medical License, a License Template(apparently to make another fake license), a Cinnibar Ticket, an Aerodactylite, and Hawlucha.



First, a quick Fly to Ladoga to see where the Cinnabar Ticket takes me.

Well, Cinnabar Island, obviously.

It's a pretty short trip.



And immediately, someone is screaming for help.


All three of those are acceptable things to call me.


"creature! Help! Help!"

I assume he means a Pokémon.

I cannont enter any of the building here. It seems the locals fled in terror.


And the Pokémon is torturing people. Or the people are torturing it.


This isn't Missingno. is it?


Looks like it.


Yep, Missingno. Welp, there goes my save file.



Dammit, stop corrupting my save!


"This... thing... has been destroying everything we hold dear! Please, get rid of it!"


You know, I'm gonna try catching it to see just how bad my save file can get.


Interesting.


"We will have to repair our town again."


"eruption."
Yeah, I don't think there's a kind of disaster relief fund for glitch Pokémon.


"this menace. The people of Cinnabar owe you a great deal. I will find a way to repay you someday, I promise.
And thus Blaine owes me a favor.



Missingno. has some weird stats. It has 152 Attack, but only 4 Defense, 11 Sp. Attack, 48 Sp. Defence, and 12 Speed. Its Ability, Glitch, apparently "corrupts" physical attackers. I have no idea what this means, and I'm a little afraid to find out. It only knows two moves, Water Gun and Sky Attack.

Oh, and I did check out the corruption effect, apparently it's a OHK on things that attack it physically.

Now that Missingno. is taken care of, I still feel I'm not ready to challenge the Victory Road. Instead, I'm going to do the Police Club and Rangers' quests first.

Off to Fianga.


"dealing with."
I can imagine him using air quotes as he says Team Rocket because he doesn't know who Team Rocket is.


He doesn't know who Professor Oak is, either.


Real police would have sent somebody already. Maybe even a SWAT team.


"battle! Good luck!"
Really? So what did you guys do when shit hit the fan before I joined?

Anyways, I'm immediately transported to Pallet Town.

Where a Grunt sees me immediately and attacks! Using Gloom, two Golbats, and a Houndoom, all Lv.29. This isn't going to be hard.

The town is crawling with Grunts, but none are of any difficulty. A few minutes later, the town has literally crawling Grunts after I broke their legs. My main goal here is Oak's lab.


"get hurt!"


"Police!"


"Quickly! Get the machine!"

And they grab whatever it is they want and run out somehow bypassing the kid with an armor-plated mole standing in the doorway.


Hi, I'm the policeman you requ-

Oy! Help! Police! An old man is attacking me! ...oh wait, I am the police.

First was Tangrowth, who managed to paralyze Excadrill. Next was Blastoise, who was fried by Helioptile. Next was Lickilicky, who was Double-Edged by Relicanth. Venusaur fell to Staraptor. Charizard was likewise fried by Helioptile. And finally Yanmega was beaten by Zoroark.


And it took you that long to notice?!


"Rocket Grunts!"
I suppose the black jacket and pants might make you think that...

"Please accept my apology! It's a shame Team Rocket got the machine they wanted... I just can't understand why they would need a set of armor for harnessing Psychic potential! There isn't even a Pokémon that fits it!"

Why would you make Psychic armor for a Pokémon that doesn't exist(*yet*). And why would Team Rocket need it yet? It wouldn't fit Mew, and the decision to create Mewtwo instead of a normal Mew clone was supposed to have been made after they had Mew's DNA and begun the cloning process.

"Thank's for helping anyways. I'm sure your superiors would have been very proud of you."
"Would have"? I'm pretty sure I could have chased them if you hadn't attacked me in a blind rage.

He does give me 10 Ultra Balls though.

For the next Police mission.


Yeah. I told you what the deal was, because I was right there when it was made.

"Team Rocket wanted some Mew DNA for whatever reason."
According to one of the scientists in the big building right next door, they've been trying to clone Mew for years.

"Thankfully, you stopped Team Olympus from getting it in Agassiz City."

Wait, that's what is on top of Psychic Temple(I'm still not allowed up there)?

"But now, it seems Giovanni, Team Rocket's leader, has found Faraway Island, Mew's ancestral home. You need to stop him before he capture's a legendary Pokémon!"


I'll say this about the Police Club, they do have ample transport assets.

For now, I'll just cut a path through the army of Grunts there. Their Pokémon are about 5 levels higher than last mission, but still far below mine.

Most back away, except for three idiots who challenge me and are quickly put down. Now just Giovanni.


"for my Grunts and for Team Olympus as well."
If the best you can refer to me as is "wannabe cop", you haven't heard too much about me.

"Well, your pestering is about to end forever! If that Grunt couldn't beat you, I'll have to!"


First was Rhyperior, who is no match for Excadrill. Next were Golem, Nidoking, and Nidoqueen, all of whom were beaten by Victreebel.


Despite having type advantages and being twice your level? I don't think so.



"I got some of its DNA! You've failed, Akura! Team Rocket, let's go!"

Apparently, Mew was watching that battle while plucking its eyelashes or something.


And you didn't think to, I dunno, stop them? Also, those Grunts I battled are still here for some reason.

"It's not your fault."

Don't patronize me, you're the one letting them get away after I kicked the crap out of them.

"We'll figure out a way to stop them. For now, just go home and rest."
And no, there was no reward for this mission.

Now for mission number 4.


"Because he ended up getting Mew DNA, we're worried he might try something dangerous. We need you to go stop him, and bring him to justice!"
And of course, with no backup.


The Rocket Base. The Grunts have again gone up by 5 levels, but they're still no threat.

After a long hallway filled with now-broken Grunts, I find Giovanni in the midst of cloning Mew.


"It doesn't matter. It's too late! The cloning device is successful! We will use it to clone every single legendary Pokémon and rule the world! Watch as Mewtwo emerges!"

...I'd rather not.


"Master Ball! Go!"


Yes, you've done what everyone who played Red, Blue, and Yellow/Green has done: cheap-shotted the final boss.


Heh, Zeus tried the same thing.



Shaymin was actually stronger than that.

He hit Relicanth with a first-turn Dark Matter. Then Giovanni used two Full Restores in a row. It wasn't enough.



Fear my tankfish! Slayer of living gods!


Zeus said the same thing too when I beat him, just before pulling a gun and... oh crap.



May have been a bit premature with that oh crap there. Because now it definitely applies.


If I could see anything, I'd say that looks pretty painful. Maybe I should be glad I can't see it.


"infernal set of armor. In return, I will not kill you."

Sounds like a good deal to me!

"I will also teleport you away from here. I do not wish you to be involved in the aftermath."

I've been playing F.E.A.R. all week, it wouldn't be anything I haven't already seen.

Anyways, that's it for that mission. Now for the fifth mission.


"It tells them to come to New Island, and compete against the most powerful trainer of all time. We want you to investigate. Mewtwo could seriously hurt somebody."
Or, he could rip a person apart, cell by cell, like he just did with Giovanni.


A short trip to New Island, and without an inconvenient hurricane. There's a Nurse Joy waiting for me.


"Please step this way."

I'm led into a tower, with a bunch of other trainers.


Mewtwo appears before the camera pans away.


Well, I know who's going to be painfully killed first.


"Pokémon, and your freedom."

He stuffs all the trainers and their Pokémon into Pokéballs. Except me.


"Annoy me again, and your life is forfeit."


"and clone any Pokémon, and maybe even people. You need to destroy these machines! Go! I'll deal with these people."
And by that, he means find some way of getting people out of a Pokéball. I probably don't want to see that. Remember, Pokéballs aren't meant for people, so they don't actually fit into the ball. Take a guess how that would end up.

I'm now left in a maze against clone trainers named after the 7 sins. The first is Sloth who sent out Snorlax, Slaking, and Slowking, all at around Lv.56, much higher than I anticipated. Only Snorlax got any damage, and even then it was just on Relicanth.

Next is Gluttony, with Snorlax, Simisage, Simisear, and Simipour. Not sure how the last three fit in with Gluttony. But he's no threat.

Third is Lust, who had Luvdisc, Delcatty, and Milotic. Those three made sense, but I'm surprised he didn't use Lopunny or Gardevoir.

Fourth is Envy. He had Spinda and Lilligant.

Fifth is Greed. He had just a Sableye, but he was a much higher level.

Sixth is Wrath. He had Wobbuffet, who beat Helioptile with Mirror Coat, Froslass, Lucario, and another Wobbuffet.

Last was Pride, who had a single Milotic.

After that was a stair leading up, where I meet three bumbling idiots.

"Pssh! What's the worst that can happen?"


"It was an accident!"

No it wasn't, you had every intent on pressing the button labeled "make the place rumble ominously".

"It's going to blow up!"
"Let's go!"

And my useless backup arrives.

He gives me a Strange Machine. Because handing evidence out as personal property is normal police procedure.

Examining it, the Strange Machine appears to be Mewtwo's armor. Why is that here?


I'm not sure what exploded, but that's the end of this mission.

And now for the sixth, and hopefully final mission.


"Hurry! He might launch an attack any day now!"

I'm still remembering the part where Mewtwo said "annoy me again and die", so I feel really comfortable about this.


Back here again.


"expected your return."
Wait, he expected me to come back? Then why is he displeased?

"He wishes to do battle. Follow me please."


Back inside the tower, we pass various Pokémon fighting. Or mating. I'm not sure which.


Continuing on through the orgy, Joy leads me towards the back of the tower.


"harmonious world. For that, you must pay."


"I have made my decision. We will battle. Cloned Pokémon versus the real ones. Let us prove which one is truly stronger!"



First is Ninetales, which is L.72. Already I see I've bitten off more than I can take. Immediately I switch to Relicanth, who can very much tank the Ember that Ninetales hit her with upon switching in. Ninetales goes down to a critical Dive.

Mewtwo sends out Venusaur. I meant to send in Staraptor but accidentally sent Victreebel instead. I try to use Spore, but I forgot that Ninetales used Safeguard when Relicanth was Diving. A few turns later, Safeguard falls, and I can Spore Venusaur, allowing me to switch to Staraptor. One hit from Aerial Ace is enough.

Next is Pikachu. I send an underleveled Excadrill. Despite the level disadvantage, Excadrill hits first with Earthquake, taking Pikachu out before he can act.

Next is Charizard. Relicanth is back out. Relicanth got burned on the first turn, which more than negates Leftovers' healing. I put Charizard to sleep with Yawn, and use the time to heal the burn. Two AncientPowers finish Charizard off.

Primeape is next, and I send Staraptor back out to deal with her. As I set up Fly, Mewtwo withdrew Primeape and sent out Blastoise. As I set up Fly again, he used Rain Dance, and then Iron Defense after Fly hit, but by then Blastoise's HP is too low to survive another attack.

Last up is Primeape again. With nothing to switch to, it can't avoid Fly. It couldn't survive one.

Okay, so that wasn't so hard.



"Myself and my clones, we will leave Vesryn and never return, I swear it. If you can find us, I will fight you, as myself. Until then, Akura, until then."

Well, now I just have to find him next time to catch him.

Unfortunately, that wasn't the last Police Club mission.

"difficult, too dangerous. Please return when you have defeated the Quasar League."

I can't do the last mission however, until I beat the Elite Four.

Doing the Police Quests took longer than I thought, so I'll end this update here. I wanted to do the Rangers' quests, but that'll have to wait until next update.

Spoiler: Current Team (click to show/hide)

[Neonivek]

MUST... NOT.... SPOIL.... GAME!!!

Also wow Relecanth is better then I thought.

[Cerol Lenslens]

Next is Gluttony, with Snorlax, Simisage, Simisear, and Simipour. Not sure how the last three fit in with Gluttony.

It's literally their normal ability.



Also, for more of the 'They scrambled the timeline!' theory, the Missingno. quest puts the timeline firmly between RBGY and GSC, since the volcano erupting and destroying Cinnabar was an event between the two. And uh, the Police Quests pulled directly from the first Pokemon movie, which presumably occurred when Ash was a ten-year-old, and not a washed-up divorcee Olympus grunt.

...

Although you've replaced Ash there now, which means you've probably destroyed the timeline further. Maybe it's not Zeus and the Time Caller responsible for this! Maybe it's the Police Club sending you through time tunnels en route to your destination to scramble history! The plot thickens...

[Neonivek]

Trust me the whole "continuity" thing goes out the window later...

We are still at the part of the game I still like...

[Akura]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

With the Police Club quests done for now, there's just the Rangers' quests to do before I hit the Victory Road, so it's a quick Fly to Kivu Town.



"region. They used it to hypnotize Pokémon to do their bidding. We've tracked another one to a desert not far from Route 308. Your mission is to defeat the Team Olympus member guarding it! Go now!"

At least this seems to be a more competent group than the Police Club.

I'm brought to a forest(didn't they say it was a desert?), where I come across an Olympus Grunt right away.



He first sent out Arcanine, then Vigoroth, and lastly Spiritomb. They were much higher levels(36-37) than Team Rocket's Grunts. These missions aren't going to be as easy.

The forest does quickly turn into a desert(that's still surrounded by trees), with more Grunts along the way. They're not particularly hard, so I eventually come across the leader of this group.


It's Apollo. I thought he was still sore from me beating Zeus.


That usually happens when so many of your plans fail simply because I show up.


"I'm sure you and your little Ranger faction want to destroy it... You'll have to beat me first! Consider this payback for the Hadron Collider!"

And everything else I've done to you and your sister?




He sends out Ninetales first, which happens to be weaker than the one he used the last time I fought him. It's probably a different Ninetales, since it's also female when the last one was male.

Helioptile takes out about 1/3 of her HP with Bulldoze, but got Hypnotized. A Fire Blast next turn convices me to switch to Relicanth, who gets hit with Psychic coming in. I didn't know Ninetales could learn that. AncientPower finishes Ninetales.

Next is Solrock, who is taken out by a single Dive. As does Rapidash, although Relicanth was burned by Flame Body.



Larvesta was knocked out with Double-Edge.




"I understand, Akura, that I cannot beat you. You've inherited Aria's skill... and Aria is someone I cannot beat. I will retreat for now. Consider this Gigaremo destroyed."

If I had done this mission earlier, that would have explained his defeatist attitude on Mt. Press. Anyhow, that's the end of this mission.

If I recall, there were only four Gigaremos, and I've taken care of two of them now. Time to hit the third.


"It's guarded by an Olympus commander named Artemis. I need you to take him down."
HER. I think she'd be really pissed if you refer to her as a man.


Or ignore me completely. And I'm not the one physically destroying these devices? So what, am I designating for an airstrike or something?

"Go now!"


Somehow, I'm in an ocean cave in Hoenn. Whatever, I've seen wierder insertion points.

The water leads me down a winding channel. There's no encounters, but the place has several false turns, so it takes me a little while to reach the Gigaremo.


And yes, someone really should inform the Ranger leader that Artemis is not a guy.


Hi.


"dumb Gigaremo anyways."


Oh? So Apollo isn't the only one crushing on me? ~_O

"Prepare for revenge!"

Or not.




First is Lunatone, who is about 4-5 levels higher than Apollo's team. First Thunderbolt and then Parabolic Charge bring it down.

Second is Stantler, who is taken down immediately by Zoroark.

Then is Gallade, who gets Aerial Aced by Staraptor.


And only a short time before you're down to none.

Helioptile full healed herself with Parabolic Charge, then finished off Xatu while he was trying ready Wish.



"I care not for this Gigaremo. Destroy it if you will. I'll leave it and allow your putride Ranger friends to deal with it. Goodbye, Akura. As for the next time, I know the victory lies with me."

This might have explained her attitude on Mt. Press, maybe not.

Now, for the next mission.


"It's guarded by someone named Athena, in a volcanic section of Mt. Press. Go now!"

Not much of a briefing, but that's all I really needed to know.


Wait a minute, there weren't any wild Pokémon in this area when I was here catching Victini, so why is there a Gigaremo here?

Also, just where is the Vesryn Region in relation to Hoenn? These Gigaremos are supposed to be arranged in a square, right?


Here's the map with the locations of the Gigaremos from Route 308(.5 which was the desert part) and here. The first one didn't give a specific location, but was implied to be in a general area of Kivu Town. Actually, it would be off the map if it were a true square, since on that map there, the distance between the 2nd and third one is about 265 pixels.

Don't look at me like that. Geometry was a class I literally slept through and still passed with fairly high grades. Or was that algebra? Meh, same thing.

Anyway, beating up on more Grunts.

"You'll pay for that!"
Actually, I hit all three. And I didn't destroy them, the other Rangers did, or at least they said they did.

He starts off with Parasect, who is L.62. Much higher than I anticipated. Staraptor takes it out, but is almost beaten by Emolga, so I switch to Excadrill. A Rock Slide finishes it. Last is Sigilyph, who is beaten by a Rock Slide and Strength.

It took five Fresh Waters and a Paralyz Heal to fix everyone up after that, but I think my supplies can take it, mostly because I still have a few dozen normal Potions.

A problem did arise when a Grunt threw some Ice-types around. It seems I don't have much to deal with Ice. Why are the using Ice in a volcano anyway? Didn't any of them watch the anime?

I did notice that many of the Grunts here are attempting OHKOs. So far, they've tried Sheer Cold, Fissure, and Guillotine. None of them worked since I still have a level advantage.


It took a little strain on my supplies, but I made it to the Gigaremo, guarded by Athena.



"away in one of our bases."
Oh? I'll be sure to inform the Rangers of that. I can probably guess it's location with GEOMETRY.


"You lose here!"



It's taken me this long to notice, but Athena isn't wearing shoes. Just some really long socks.

First was Noctowl. Finally Helioptile got an opener she can beat.

Next was Mienshao, who tried a Hi Jump Kick while Staraptor was Flying, but missed and crashed for massive damage. I thought that Hi Jump Kick could hit Flyers, but I think it also has less than perfect accuracy.

Athena sent Lucario next, who fell to a single Earthquake from Excadrill.

Next was Heracross. Staraptor dealt with this one.


That Medicham looks just like Athena, now that I see them side-by-side.

Still, it's a single Aerial Ace and Medicham goes down.


I think it's a little too late to forfeit when you've already lost.


"After the amount of times we've already screwed up, I don't think Zeus'll be too appreciative of this. And now the Rangers are coming, to destroy the Gigaremo, aren't they? A shame it was really quite expensive. You'll pay for this, Akura. I'll promise."

Just send me the bill for the Gigaremo.

That wraps this one up. I'm guessing there's at least one more Ranger mission, to deal with the last Gigaremo guarded.


"away. We've managed to track them down. We've sent our agents to help you."

Finally, someone to help.


"Go now!"


It appears to be a lake with some unusual physics. Or maybe that's some kind of dam, I don't know.

Based on my calculations from the known positions of two of the Gigaremos, I should be somewhere near Tisza Town, assuming this Gigaremo is in the center of the square.

However, what the Rangers neglect to inform me is that I need Waterfall to go anywhere here, so I savescum(thankfully I did not save on the mission) and replace Relicanth with Seaking. I don't know what I'd do if I did save on the mission. Nevermind, turns out you can simply abort the mission by walking back into the cave.


At the top of the waterfall is a huge tower. How can a tall tower be hidden anyway?


The inside looks suspiciously like the Rocket Base where they cloned Mewtwo.

The first Grunt was L.68-69, so I don't think I'm as underleveled as I thought.

The third Grunt mentioned that Artemis and Apollo are fighting together again. I guess this is why the Rangers are sending some help. Hopefully it's competent help, since I don't want a repeat of Miranda.

I fight my way up to the fourth floor. The last two Grunts used the same lineup for some reason.




"them all!"

"Not only that, it's on a self-destruct timer!"

Wait, I'm here to destroy it, why are you doing the work for me?


Oh. Hold on, so will you, you dumb bitch!


Isn't someone supposed to be helping me with this fight?


2v2, although in total it's six against eight.

I switch Helioptile for Zoroark, but he took a Fire Blast from Ninetales. He's still standing. Espeon hit Seaking with Psychic, and Seaking knocked Ninetales out with Waterfall.

Apollo brought out Volcarona. Zoroark took out Espeon with Night Slash, but Volcarona beat him with U-Turn, swapping out for Rapidash. I sent out Staraptor to deal with Gallade who replaced Espeon, while Rapidash was defeated by the Waterfall meant for Volcarona.

Solrock was next. Gallade was beaten by Aerial Ace, and replaced by Xatu. Solrock was taken out by Waterfall, leaving just Volcarona for Apollo. I sent Staraptor into the air while switching Seaking for Helioptile. Both Apollo and Artemis targeted Staraptor, which doesn't make sense since Seaking was both a major threat and wounded.

Fly missed Volcarona, and Xatu was only seriously wounded by Thunderbolt. Helioptile took a bad hit from U-Turn as well. Next turn, Helioptile fell to an X-Scissor from Volcarona, and Staraptor was burned by her Flame Body(and Volcarona still standing with 1HP). I sent out Excadrill, who was hit with a weak Psychic(which is why I didn't send Victreebel or Seaking).

Staraptor finished Volcarona with Quick Attack, and Excadrill got Xatu with Strength. Apollo is out of the fight, and Artemis just has Stantler left. Stantler took out Excadrill with a Jump Kick, but was taken down next turn.


Except for the dozen times you have already.


Half of those times were attempts at vengeance.


You're the ones who put a bomb on the thing!


That came from someone who was supposed to keep that previous fight from being a 2-on-1 situation.




"You can call us tree-huggers all you want, but we sure know what we're doing! Let's get out of here, Akura!"

I'm not exactly sure how I got out of there, since the whole point of that battle was to keep me there until it exploded. I dunno, Escape Ropes or something?

There's still one more Ranger mission, but, like the Police Club quests, I cannot do it until I beat the Elite Four.

I guess that's it for this update. Next up is Victory Road.

Spoiler: Current Team (click to show/hide)

I have to figure out who I'm going to bring to the Elite Four. It would be ideal if I could get a decent Fairy-type, but none of the retconned Fairy-types are in as their apporpriate type(although I'd have to double-check Clefairy to be sure). The only Fairy-type I have is Klefki, which might actually be a very good choice after all, since it'd get a double resistance to Tobias' Dark-types, plus immunity to Wilson's Dragon-types.

Next is Gluttony, with Snorlax, Simisage, Simisear, and Simipour. Not sure how the last three fit in with Gluttony.

It's literally their normal ability.



Also, for more of the 'They scrambled the timeline!' theory, the Missingno. quest puts the timeline firmly between RBGY and GSC, since the volcano erupting and destroying Cinnabar was an event between the two. And uh, the Police Quests pulled directly from the first Pokemon movie, which presumably occurred when Ash was a ten-year-old, and not a washed-up divorcee Olympus grunt.

Ash was at least eleven by the first movie, since the series starts on his tenth birthday(or shortly thereafter), and if I recall, the episode he got the badge from Viridian City, which was exactly one year later, Giovanni leaves the Viridian Gym to Jesse and James because he got a very bad phone call, presumably about Mewtwo destroying the lab he was created in.
I haven't seen the first movie, though I did read the novelization of it.

I didn't think about the Gluttony ability. The Zigzagoon I caught has the same ability.

[Akura]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Now that the sidequests are taken care of, it's time to hit the Victory Road.


Hey Victini, isn't this supposed to be your home, with you being the Victory Pokémon and all? Or you don't live there because you suck?


"Why don't you go f-"
*logs off*



This is the last obstacle before the Elite Four. Those who can't make it here are not worthy to challenge the Quasar League. Those who struggle cannot hope to succeed.


Victory Road appears to be divided into three sections: Rock, Ice, and Steel. According to the Mythologist in the base, that's because it corresponds to the three legendaries here: Regirock, Regice, and Regsteel.


Well, that's very comforting.


Isn't Honey Boo Boo that trailer trash lolicon?

He first sent out Golem. It was the same level as Helioptile, the weakest on the team, but she got beat quick. Excadrill took it out. Next was Hariyama who was taken out by Staraptor. Then Lucario. Last was an Excadrill that my Excadrill beat.



Aside from Helioptile going down(which was my fault, not hers), that wasn't so bad. I might be ready for this after all. Hey, who's laughing back there?

Anyway, there's new, powerful Pokémon to be had here, as well.


This one knows Rock Climb, which opens up a great many places even if I don't find(or have already completely missed) the HM for it. Helioptile was knocked out again catching it, though.


I'm sure that you could learn much by studying Darkrai, or watch a Munna or Drowzee use Dream Eater.


He sent out Plusle and Minun. Both fell to Helioptile's Bulldoze.


Now, study your dreams as they are crushed. That's what you came here for, isn't it?


If yoga is crushingly harsh, you're probably doing it wrong.


What is it with people and trying to end everyone's dream?


He used Marowak, Ambipom(which looks downright creepy, and I thought Aipom was bad), Hitmonlee, and Mawille. Nothing hard, although Helioptile almost lost to Mawille. She's really struggling, isn't she?


Now give me your money.


Thank you.


Why an orphanage? They have no money or anything of value. And if you want to smack a few parentless kids around, you usually have to pay them for the privilege.

Anyhow, the discovery of a Dive spot next to the thief prompts me to teach Dive to Seaking.

In the seaweed under there, I find...

I hope that Michael Bay doesn't make a movie about four of these who... oh wait, nevermind.

Coming up, there's more.

I lost Helioptile again catching this. Gotta do something soon about that.


Took a lot of Ultra Balls to catch. The first attempt(asleep at ~10%HP), it broke out after one shake.
A Dark/Dragon? If it had three heads, I could make a joke, but I don't think many people would get the reference.


Mienfoo sounds like something I'd see at a Chinese restaraunt.


Once more, Helioptile fell while trying to weaken it without overkill(granted, it was harder since I can't shock it).

An Escape Rope to exit back to Huron Town to heal up and restock on Balls. I have to do something about Helioptile. On the one hand, she'll be useful against at least Morgan, and who knows what else they might throw at me. On the other hand, she's about as effective as a porcelain doll fighting a semi-truck with a taser. It's not a level disadvantage. Statwise, she comes up about half or worse of everyone else except Speed.

I can either put her in a box. Or...


"...Evolve me."
(Wow, that sadface Helioptile turned out creepier than I expected.)

Are you sure?


"I have to get stronger, right? Then, you have to make me evolve."


Well, okay. I have a Sun Stone, so I can do it.

...Erm, how do I actually use it? Do I throw it at them, like a Pokéball?


"What? No! That's not how you-!"

*wham*

Special thanks to GIMP, which decided to blur parts of the image when I tried to rotate them. That was a pain in the ass to fix.



I don't think I did such a great job with the glasses. I was trying to copy the style worn by the Succubus Witch from MonsterGirl Quest(not for *that* reason, it was just a design that fit), but I think I messed up. I might update them some other time.

The evolution bumped up her stats quite a bit. She's still a bit below everyone else, but not by much, and can be explained by her low level and generally poor growth rates in her physical stats. To compare, her physical Attack and Defense are low, but are higher than Excadrill's(who is at a similar level) Special Attack and Defenses(which are his dump stats). She does have a fairly large amount of EVs in those stats as well.

I could say that her Special Attack, her primary stat besides Speed(which is now second only to Staraptor), is a bit lower than the rest of the team's primary stats, but that may be due to level or rather poor development. I can probably bump that up before the Elite Four with some drugs or something. For a comparison of how strong she got, at the end of last update, one level ago, Helioptile's stats were: 141HP/68 Attack/73 Defense/119 Sp. Att/61 Sp. Def/137 Speed. After gaining a level and evolving, Heliolisk's stats are: 166HP/92 Attack/ 99 Defense/ 169 Sp. Att/120 Sp. Def/195 Speed. It's her poor Defense and HP that's hurting.

Going back to Victory Road, I find more trainers talking about broken dreams. Then I realize it, the Rock section is the first part, so all these guys are just the rejects.

Heliolisk showed some worth tearing up a Sailor(okay, fine, that's a Water-type class), and helped capture Hariyama.


And this is why there's only one train in the country, and it's in a region where Hariyama doesn't appear.


A climbable rock, but it only leads to one of those holes in the walls. I've been wondering what those are, but I'd better not ask, or Neonivek won't be able to contain himself.


"broken dreams. Feed me."

That's... that's all kinds of screwed up.


Seriously.

She sent out Xatu, Vaporeon, Mandibuzz, and Rotom. Heliolisk took out the first three, ironically feeding off of them with Parabolic Charge, while Zoroark got Rotom.


I could probably get you some real food. I didn't think humans took too well to Dream Eater anyway.


Ow! My flesh! My soft and blood-filled flesh!



Oddly none of his Pokémon - Vileplume, Frosslass, and Dustox - knew Cut. His Vileplume did do an inordinate amount of damage to Staraptor, though, and was later poisoned with Dustox's Toxic.


What the hell. First that girl, now a child cannibal? What the hell, did the Elite Four decide to turn Victory Road into an insane asylum?


After a few more psychotic rejects, and a waterfall that made me really glad I taught Dive to Seaking instead of swapping for Relicanth, I'm at the Ice section of Victory Road. I have to skate across the ice. This is harder than it looks.

At least there are some much-needed Ice Pokémon.


Oh Mia, I got some mammoth burgers for you!
...It does look like it'd be pretty tasty, actually.


I missed this one on Mt. Press. Come to think of it, there aren't too many pure Ice-types, are there?


...Yeah, I met the kid who was cutting people.


Why is it that everyone with a stab wound who asks me for help attacks me?

He had Scizor with claws, Heracross with a horn, Pinsir with two horns, and Mr. Mime. I bet with was Mr. Mime who stabbed him.


Hey wait, he's not stabbed. It's too cold for him to feel pain!

Anyway, here's some ice cream.





What's that sticking out in front?


After a long series of annoying ice slides, I make it to the Steel section. Why couldn't I attach skates to my Rocket Boots. That would be awesome, but would probably kill me.

This area's schtick is the walls are invisible, so I have to pick my way through.




And yet, I still suffer FPS death on Dwarf Fortress with it.


That's nowhere near the earth's core.


Where it presumably killed everyone on-site.


I swear, that was worse than the Treasure Shop game from Majora's Mask. ...huh?


"cave. The Elite Four... the hardest challenge any trainer could ask for."


"Go, my high-school friends!"

...Seriously, you're going to throw fanboys at me?


I'd have a bit more respect if they were fangirls. Now I know whatever he said about my mom was a load of crap.


YOLO means "you only live once". Why do you insist on doing things that drasticly shorten your only life?



I switched to Staraptor. She was confused from Rock Climb, but she didn't attack herself and instead brought Scrafty down to low HP. Then it killed itself with Head Smash.

Next was another Scrafty, but since Staraptor is hurt and confused, I switched to Seaking. They seem to insist on Head Smash which hurts them almost as much as it hurts me. Two Scrafties down.

Another Scrafty. Switchted to Staraptor and used Fly. Three down.

Last is... Scrafty. Fly again.


Where's that cannibal kid?


I'm attacked again without pause. At least with the Elite Four you can use items in between.


At least it's not Scrafty. Heliolisk had trouble so I switched to Victreebel in time to blunt an Earthquake.

After that it was three more Tyranitars. All taken out by Victreebel, despite being worn down by their sandstorms.


Seriously! Where's a cannibal when you need him?




What? Hell no. The last time we fought together, you pulled out three crappy Pokémon and left me to fight against 2-on-1! You didn't even legitimately earn that last badge. You can't take me in a straight fight, so you send your yoloswagtards to try and weaken me. Quite frankly, I'm amazed you made it through Victory Road without being torn apart by cannibals.

...Plus, I don't think two people can challenge the Elite Four together. Isn't it a rule that only one can stand at the top?



Go home, Jake. You're not ready for this. Hell, I'm not 100% sure I'm ready for this. But you... you don't have what it takes.


*sigh*
If you won't go home, then I'll send you home.





My team may be half worn-out, but his are still grossly underleveled(those swagtards had Lv.63 teams).

Klefki got Thunder Wave off faster than I anticipated(remember, Heliolisk is the 2nd-fastest on the team), but Parabolic Charge took a good chunk out of her HP. It didn't fill up much of Heliolisk's, indicating low HP stat. I'll remember that for when I examine my Klefki later.

While I pour some Fresh Water on Heliolisk, Klefki created a Substitute.

After clearing the paralysis, Klefki used Swagger, so I switched to Excadrill. The only attack move Klefki has is Foul Play.


Klefki only managed any serious damage because of Swagger.


This shouldn't be too hard. (granted, that's what I always say before getting stomped...)


Eh, just a Faint Attack. Nothing serious.


Been here before, haven't we?


It used Quick Attack before I could get into the air. I'm not sure why I still have that on Staraptor's movelist.


I'm still not sure where the hell that Jirachi came from. It's version-locked, I suppose? I haven't tried Zeta yet.
I know Zoroark doesn't have a offensive advantage here, but he's the only one not bleeding from some wound or another.


It hit me with Double-Edge, but that only weakened it for a finishing Night Daze.


Oh come on, Jake, you saw what happened to an entire team of those, right?


That. That happened.


At least he's right about that.


Scald is an interesting attack. It's Water-type, but inflicts burns.




Didn't I tell you? You're not ready for this.



Legendary does not always mean most powerful. And... Jirachi seems an unusual choice for you. It doesn't fit your swag style.



You just don't learn, do you?

Well, at least with Jake out of the way, I can press on.



I'm here. It's been a long journey, but it's not over yet.



Right. I'm gonna heal up, then spend some time planning a strategy, and training everyone up.



I'm going to need some supplies. Although you can't run back to the Pokémon Center after you start, nothing says you can bring potions with you or use them in battle(I expect them to spam Full Restores).



I guess it's time to relax a bit before starting. Might as well end this update as well.

Spoiler: Current Team (click to show/hide)

Still trying to figure out who's fighting the Elite Four. My goal is to get three type-effective Pokémon against each one, but I doubt that's possible. For Tobias, I suppose I could use Lucario and Klefki, but who else? Excadrill? I've got Excadrill, possibly Garchomp and maybe Victreebel for Corlett. Victreebel and Heliolisk for Morgan. And for Wilson, Klefki and Garchomp? Klefki for sure(immune to Dragon), but Garchomp has as much of an advantage as disadvantage(Dragon against Dragon).

[Neonivek]

Having a much easier time then I did where everyone was 5 levels above me at that point... Wow was the EXP fix necessary.

Isn't Honey Boo Boo that trailer trash lolicon?

Trust me by turning Swag off a lot of the unfunny didn't get through... you do NOT want to know what Jake ACTUALLY says here.

As well welcome to the start of the dumb... but you are still going to be spared it for a tiny bit.

[Cerol Lenslens]

A Dark/Dragon? If it had three heads, I could make a joke, but I don't think many people would get the reference.

Just wait until it evolves, then make it.

What's that sticking out in front?

A beard made of frozen bear snot. I only wish I was making this up. Its preevolution, Cubchoo, makes it more explicit by having a giant dangling snot glob hanging from its nose.

I'm still not sure where the hell that Jirachi came from. It's version-locked, I suppose? I haven't tried Zeta yet.

I'm not sure if its locked, or just like the Lugia/Ho-oh fights in Gold and Silver, where one of the two was main-quest, and the other relegated to postgame content. Jirachi is the one Zeta gets instead of Victini, though, I'm pretty sure.



Also, I will say, getting massacred by Machamp isn't really a strike against your Helioptile. Machamp is supposed to hit like a mack truck. (Probably was a good idea to evolve her anyway, though.)

[Neonivek]

Beartic looks so bad because it was one of the X/Y pokemon... So they had to create original sprites for them.

Unless he is from Black and White and I just don't remember (Black and White kind of being ugly in general)