Mulch delivered! Venusaurite get! Mega Venusaur is powerful, but most importantly sturdy, with Thick Fat ability nullifies two out of four weaknesses. There's a single problem - I don't have a legal Venusaur. He also gave me an insect plate which is whatever.
With most of the city issues resolved, I'm going to take to the sea. There are many strong trainers swimming in the lake, and possible good pokemon. Let's go!
Huh? A secret dive spot? I didn't know about this, really. Let's see what's in here, I guess.
I have a reason to believe I'm trespassing in the lighthouse. Not my first rodeo, but the city is now a place of order where my questionable acts cannot be excused. Let's look around quickly before the popo shows up.
What a thrill...
Well, this is the main thing in this place. There was also a jolly mint and a big nugget, but the key is what really piqued my interest. It might get me something nice.
Turns out the key was for the other lighthouse. Why would there be two lighthouses? Who knows. Also, why are there entrances from below? So many question, so few answers. Time to get my prize.
Huntail and Gorebyss are trying to eat a poor Popplio! This is nature, I should let this happen. I won't because I want to get that sea lion for myself.
Framme might not be the best for this battle because non-water physical attacks are weakened underwater. Ingrid should be good. Ingrid? I forgot to introduce the new team members!
Who would have known Forb would save the day once more? Huntail and Gorebyss were more dangerous than I thought, but they were nothing compared to a Ludicolo's defensive typing.
Decent haul, I'd say. Popplio isn't my favorite pokemon by far; in fact, it's one of my least favorite, considering the design of its evolutions, but it's free. The TM is Giga Impact, physical version of Hyper Beam. It's cool, but not very practical.
There's a serious problem with Primarina, one shared with a lot of gen 7 pokemon - it's painfully slow. That combined with its low HP and defense makes it less than viable unless you know your opponent won't be using physical attacks. Brisket himself has a horrible nature and bad IVs. Nah, not using him.
Speaking of new pokemon, I'll introduce new team members. Ingrid is a knightly fairy with amazing psychic capabilities. I was lacking good fairies, with Mustard and Hotaru being rather underwhelming. Ingrid's psychic type gives her STAB for Psychic, but also makes her more vulnerable to dark and bug moves.
A regular shiny Electivire is nearly indistinguishable from a regular one. Gatorade has a sleek black-and-blue coloration that greatly improves his value. He's powerful both physically and specially, has good IVs, and great type coverage. I picked him for my future battle against Amaria.
Rouge the Crobat is a speedy poison pokemon that's meant to strike fear in Adrienn's heart. Threebird can fly, but doesn't have any type coverage; Rouge is somewhat better in this area.
I find speedo more comfortable, but it feels really awkward for some reason. I'm glad I don't have to think about this dillema often because I don't ever go near water.
Surf is extremely dangerous on water, but so is Thunderbolt.
Surf is simply too brutal. I think it gets two bonuses from the field, not one. Of course it's the opponents who get the most of it.
Azurine Lake here I come! Let's catch a water pokeyman while I'm here!
Can you feel it? It was my super rod catch.
I can feel it! In fact, I'm really feeling it! This is an amazing crab, even despite its back asswards nature. Kingler's attack and defense are phenomenal at the cost of everything else. Eugene's attack and defense are nearly perfect. It's got Guillotine which allows for some good but risky cheesing, although it might not be the best use of a Kingler.
I'm not having fun because you fuckers have Surf and elemental seeds on everything! The trainers in this area are brutal, I'm not kidding.
Yeah, this bastard's lackey was supposed to be here. The last one before I can tackle the real deal.
There really wasn't much to this fight. Compared to the swimmers here, this dude sucked major ass. He told me that the real Corin-Rouge is where trainers fight. That would be a gym. A gym with flower and mist. That's Coral Ward gym! Adrienn happens not to be there at the moment! I have a reason to believe I need to defeat Adrienn first before the thief shows up.
Hey, I managed to reach the Azurine Island without a boat! Too bad there's nothing more in here right now. There are stuff I need to done first before coming here becomes worthwile.
There is this one "event" pokemon that I've missed earlier. It's nothing special, just a Foongus, but later it becomes an Amogus.
Alomomola fulfiled its role as a healer by serving as dinner for Forb. Well, at least this battle wasn't all that hard.
I've reached Apophyll Academy. Surprising that it still stands so long after Kiki's death. Seems like Victoria didn't take my advice to sell the school to Blackrock or some other shadowy megacorporation. Speaking of, I wonder if Victoria is in? But alas, she wasn't in.
Oh, I think I'm gonna be doing the bruisin'. Notice how this guy's Tentacruel polluted the water after I worked so hard to cleanse it. He was also a dirty cheater with elemental seeds.
I hate battles on water. It's a fair field, but the trainers are unreasonably cheap.
It's night, and it's way too windy for swimming. Lady, take your meds because you're out of touch with reality.
Another asswipe with the same opinions and, curiously, the same line as one of the previous ones. He wasn't tough despite using elemental seeds. Were these battles meant to be as hard as possible?
I think I've dealt with the majority, if not all, of the trainers, so it's time to go underwater. There's some sort of sunken resort here, and most of the houses are locked. Maybe there's a key somewhere? Maybe I'll even find Randall's key?
So there are keys to the locked buildings here after all.
S9? That ain't Fairview! There must be other diving spots with similar sunken houses. I'll finish exploring this hole, and then I'll go looking for more.
Well, I've found the S-place. I've got a blue flute from the previous area, just so you know.
Light Screen. Good especially in double battles. It's mostly available to more defensive pokemon, but it's better utilized by faster ones. Klefki might not be the fastest pokemon, but it receives priority to status moves. I don't have a Klefki, but there's always a possibility.
Glalitite, in case I ever wanted a sub-par mega pokemon. It's irrelevant if I want it though, because I don't have a Glalie.
4
That's Power-Up Punch, a move that deals damage and increases attack. At this point pokemon are bound to have better moves than this.
I went back to Coral Ward for a while and checked inside... this place. Spoink is missing its pearl, which is not good. It will have to suffer some more though, because the sidequest it's a part of is long-ish and annoying.
There's not much of this hell left. This is really tiresome, but some people can't take the hint and challenge me to grueling battles anyway.
At the very least she didn't use elemental seeds and had enough decency to have pokemon that were easy to defeat with Forb.
There was a sick Mudkip in a cupboard in one of the houses. I cured it with antidote and told it that I liek Mudkipz. It came with me without struggle, which should happen more often.
Glitter ball is just a regular pokeball cobered in glitter. A pokemon caught in it will be covered in glitter head to toe, and I'll be able to pass it as a shiny. Nifty.
I seem to remember promising to find a ring in the lake. Who woulda thought I would actually find something as small in a body of water as huge as this.
This is for Altaria, not something I have.
The guide I'm using My intuition tells me there should have been something else here, and I also should have found Rest and Leech Life. I do have Rest from somewhere else though.
The guide My gut has outdated info, it seems.
I've found a cave of some sort and it's cold as balls.
I think I killed King Pyukermuker's royal guardsman... guardswoman? Guardscucumber. It was a wild pokemon and counted as my catch for this cave. I didn't want this guy anyway, and I have one in the Holding Facility.
King Pyukermuker used the Toxic stalling technique with Recover. Even after a few X Attacks, Belladonna couldn't do enough damage. Nala set up Electric Terrain and blasted the cucumber with Wild Charge.
It's Brutal Swing, a pretty mid attack that hits everyone in battle, including the ally. It would have been okay if it was strong, but it's not.
Now I need to freeze this place. I don't have any ice moves on me, let alone strong ones. Time to go back to the pokeymans center, yay.
Peeh is up for the job. He might not be the best user of Blizzard, but what matters is that he can use it at all.
Peeh actually managed to freeze all the water! I never doubted him except all the time I did.
Audino if it was worth it. I wouldn't use Mega Audino even if I had one, because I actually have a choice between Mega Gardevoir, Mega Pidgeot, and Mega Medicham.
Mega Beedrill is the ultimate glass cannon - dishes out a lot of damage FAST, but also dies to a single physical attack instantly. I don't have a Beedrill. Not having certain pokemon is becoming a recurring theme.
Now I fully believe I can stop sailing the seven seas and never come back. There's a metaphor for software piracy somewhere in here.
Uh, okay? The lady gave me some classified information on tanks for the lost ring. She was about to sell it to some Warthunder player who would publish them and demand the devs to buff his favorite tank. Now I'm holding illegal papers and don't know what to do with them.
I just wandered into a house in Peridot Ward, like every decent JRPG protagonist would do! Is that illegal now?
Oh shit, FBI! I knew they would get me one day, but I didn't expect it to be for something lame like tank schematics! Wait a minute... These guys are Interpol! It's all about some silly European tank?
Ah, a fellow frog enjoyer! Rather unfortunate that he had to meet me when I had my Crobat at hand. Sucker Punch can be annoying though.
A jump and a spectacular StoutLanding! Despite not being a fighting pokemon, Belladonna seems happy to fill that role. Or maybe she just likes violence.
Oh, that certainly wasn't nice! Power herb allowed Arcanine to blast Solarbeam without charging, and Bismarck just happened to miss in a pathetic way. Aqua Tail is NOT a good move, no matter what anyone says! I'm teaching him Waterfall.
Here's my jolly vegetable! She's a TMX slave, but with just how good water TMXs are, she's one of my better pokemon.
Knock Off was supposed to be a weak, gimmicky move! Why did they buff it to 65 base power in gen 6? That explains why everything seems to have this move and kills my pokemon with it. It just doesn't feel right.
It's just a coincidence that his real name is Giuseppe Looker.
Yeah, I definitely never attacked an orphanage, participated in illegal pokemon trade, raided an old woman's house, dealt drugs... I'm as pure as they get!
Looker just happened to find the pearl while searching for the tank papers. Maybe I could sell it for a small fortune, or maybe I could do a good deed. Oh, and that item is just a mind plate.
Another item traded. It's this kind of sidequest. I might need to train up a bit before I do the next part. Looker's lad was nothing compared to what I'm about to face next.
Well, I won't be needing full heals anytime soon. Is this a bug? Because it feels like a bug.
Holy crap, shiny Vivillon looks sick! Has this dark aura that ghost Kiki's Medicham had. And Spooky Ghost too, I guess. It's gonna get the Ice Fang regardless.
Pal, I just wanna deliver this here crystal ball. I've spent the whole day training hard, so trying to stop me now might not be a good idea.
Don't bee fooled by the UI, this is actually a 6v8 battle. This is somehow perfectly legal btw. It hasn't escaped my notice that the horrible fashion of these two alludes to the four gems. The trinkets really are deeply rooted in Reborn culture, aren't they?
I brought Bismarck out specifically because it's raining. His phenomenal speed in rain allowed me to defeat the biggest threat on the battlefield in one turn without losing anyone. Unfortunately Bismarck got hit with Sucker Punch and paralyzed by Static.
I trained with Bijou and Calico. They are the real heroes of Reborn, I'm telling you.
Absol absolutely had to be removed because it effectively negated Bismarck's speed advantage. Don't worry, Noiseferatu is all well. I had to switch him out because I knew that Slowking would try to hit him with an ice attack. Well, it Scalded Bismarck instead, which is annoying because he can't hit hard now.
No ape remains unfungled! It seems Maddie is out of options, throwing a fire type at a Floatzel in the rain.
Don't mind the cursor. This battle is really easy if you just spam Full Restores. Previously I didn't have this possibility; now I'm a god.
Oh no, I've lost two pokemon, what shall I do? Well, I plan to win the battle, that's what. One of the ace trainers is out, so now the battle will be pretty one sided.
What a dream team! Gatorade weakens the target, Ingrid goes for the kill. The fact that they could just gang up on single pokemon somewhat lessens the impact of their victory.
Is that even legal? I mean, I'm a hardened criminal, but also a honorary member of the police force. You two are under arrest! And then they bailed.
Huh, interesting. It's probably not a field I'll be fighting on very often. Apparently fairy psychic and dark pokemon benefit from that one the most. Doom Desire, Jirachi's signature move, has its power increased four times, and Cosmic Power allows the dreaded Clefable to buff itself twice as effectively.
There was also a yellow flute in this room. Nifty little thing that removes confusion.
Better than being stuck in the past, I suppose. She could be like me, playing a gen 7 pokemon fangame with gen 3 graphics instead of finishing a sparkling gen 9 game. Okay, Pokemon Scarlet is far from sparkling, but I should finish it one day.
The R key? Finally I'll be able to type normally without having to copy and paste the letter R! Hmm... wasn't someone looking for a key?
Klefki didn't do much for Randall, at least when it comes to finding his house key, so what if it's equally useless to me in a fight? What am I saying, Klefki is a devastating force of nature.
Jinglebell is a solid Klefki. Attack stats don't matter all that much for a pokemon that mostly uses status moves, and in this case neither does speed. Her defensive stats are decent, even if not phenomenal. She could be helpful against Adrienn, but as far as I know, Adrienn prefers single battles. Hey, what's this sanctum key?
The sanctum is in the temple of Arceus, the place where El tried to shave Luna. Dark material is used in some event, that's all I know. There were some EXP candies too, but nothing interesting.
Time for another lengthy sidequest. Santiago swears a lot, but I can tell he's a good person deep inside. VERY deep inside. Like an opposite of me who's extremely evil but doesn't show that on the outside.
See? No bad person would ever admit to loving Jigglypuffs. I, for one, don't like them all that much. Unfortunately Santiago is afraid that loving Jigglypuffs would make his boys ridicule him. I should find someone who would hold on to the bootleg Kirby for a while until Santiago finishes his business here.
How sad that we have to fight. It's a forbidden friendship; we need to pretend to be enemies, but one day we will end up together. As friends.
The Azumarill knew Belly Drum and Aqua Jet, a combination that could wreck all my pokemon easily. Azumaril tends to have Pure Power which turns a wimpy creature into a homicidal monster.
Sylveon had no such tricks. Lady Flayne took it down in one hit after easily tanking its Hyper Voice.
Lopunny's Bounce successfuly prevented me from using Momo's High Jump Kick against it. It ended in a waifu fight that Ingrid won.
I've had one and evolved it into Exploud. I don't need another one even for the pokedex. Just take it back, okay? I paid in shards just to give it back.
If it's sleep you want then do I have the thing for you, lady!
Maybe that was a mistake? At the very least she took the Loudred back. Now she demands earplugs, headphones or something like this as ransom. Next stop: Apophyll Academy!
That might be something worth remembering... Anyway, she's the owner of the
Makuhita Hariyama that helped me get Pink Gordo out of his cage. The problem? She won't take the pokemon until I get DJ Arc Welder's autograph. Does nobody have any respect for pokemon in this day and age?
At least this guy is cooperative. He's the one who gave me this sidequest, so I would hope that would be the case.
Hariyama is now where it's supposed to be. She didn't even thank me for evolving it. I do deserve a reward, and I think I know what it should be.
There's some other jabroni even more famous that DJ Arc de Triomphe, a guy named McKrezzy. Apparently he's on vacation, and should currently be in Spinel Town.
Ain't that a kick in the balls. Explains why his autographs are in such high demand - because there's no supply. But I do need one, and I'm willing to resort to violence. Maybe I won't have to though, because he's the owner of the
Roggenrolla Gigalith.
He thought I was doing it from the goodness of my heart, but I have no such thing. Autograph or no rock, my dude.
I still love my violence very much though.
No matter what haters say, I love Incineroar. And no, I'm not a furry. Darkest Lariat was not enough to stop Bismarck's conquest, and the bara Garfield got wet in a brutal manner.
It was a slaughter.
It was a completely optional fight. The reward was a TM for Hyper Beam. It's a cool move, but it would be much cooler if it wasn't normal type. It relies on raw power, but leaves the user vulnerable for the next turn.
I hope these ones are as good as she said. I didn't work too hard for the autographs, but she doesn't need to know.
Maybe I should actually give them back? Whatever, as long as Jigglypuff is safe. Unfortunately nobody can guarantee my safety during the next stages of this quest.
Seriously, what's going on? I can get as much moomoo milk as I please, but I'm getting worried. Is it something in the ground, or something in the code?
It's a standard fare in Reborn; be glad that it didn't happen earlier.
Victoria -1
Heather - 3
Noel - 2
Anna - 1
Charlotte - 1
Cain - 1
Saphira - 1
Gardevoir - 1Luna -1
Aya - 1
Amaria - 1
Eustace - 1
Total - 14
Oh, so we're dealing with McSqueezy's nephew. There must be a good reward for this. Wait, she thought that her son went to the other side of the region without her knowledge? Some mother she is.
Ah, then the case is clear. I'm gonna go talk to Santiago and give him a piece of my mind!
So I'm dealing with one of these complicated situations. Again. The Onyx Ward is my next destination. I hope I'm ready...
They wouldn't leave a little child unguarded, would they? That means a double battle is in order, and that's never a good thing.
Thrash is always risky since once it gets going I have no way to stop it. I didn't even have the guarantee that it hits Muk. Of course Bismarck hit first because it's still raining.
One sly switch and Bismarck is still alive. Noiseferatu can deal with some whipping from the dominatrix pokemon.
A turn with no damage and two dead opponents is a good turn. Best turn, even.
The licky boi wasn't a lucky boi. One kick in the gut and it's over. Mudsdale, on the other hand, is tough and heard to kill. It used Rock Slide which left Noiseferatu in a bad shape. I'm not in a position to lose pokemon right now.
No more horsing around. Zangoose thought it could finish off Noiseferatu with Quick Attack, but my dragon survived, even if barely. Then this audacious critter got what it deserved - a kick in the ribs. I wish that was Fern.
Turns out Eustace has been behind his own kidnapping the whole time. He wanted his uncle's money for himself so he could buy a PS5. Little does he know that PS5 has no games. He doesn't appreciate being rescued, unsurprisingly. Tough luck, because I need to give him his Vanillish.
Victoria -1
Heather - 3
Noel - 2
Anna - 1
Charlotte - 1
Cain - 1
Saphira - 1
Gardevoir - 1Luna -1
Aya - 1
Amaria - 1
Eustace - 1Total - 13
5V5 battle, completely fair if you don't take levels into consideration. Eustace must have at least 14 badges. He couldn't have challenged Noel and Charlotte, so he had to had fought Titania and Amaria already. Hardy and Saphira can't access their gyms right now, as you probably know.
Electric types have only one weakness - ground. I don't have any ground moves, so ice is the next best thing. Manectric got frozen and Screeched on, because otherwise Gatorade wouldn't have been able to do this.
No-sell. Even when barely holding on to his life, Noiseferatu one-shot the mutant gecko.
Yeah, Sharpedo is the exemplary glass cannon, but if it can survive the first turn, it gets Speed Boost. Bismarck could still outspeed after a turn, but couldn't beat it in one hit. Then it started using Aqua Jet despite boosted speed. It destroyed itself with the item it held, which I suspect was a life orb.
The weather is on my side. The first Waterfall flinched Scizor. In the second turn the bug used Bulet Punch, but even despite priority it failed to do much.
The battle of minds ended with the knight's victory. Ingrid's Moonblast lowered Alakazam's special attack after it increased it with Charge Beam. No more boosting on my watch!
That's my secret, kid - I'm not an adult! Nobody expects a teenage girl to foil their plans. I mean, they should, because in the pokemon universe it happens surprisingly often.
No, I never asked for it. Be a bad person and you'll go further in life. You were on the right track, but lacked subtlety.
Anyway, it looks like all the stolen pokemon have been returned to their rightful owners. Time to get the big reward!
That's it, baby! My power has risen unbelievably now, although I don't have any mega stones to evolve my pokemon. However...
I'm glad I don't have to do Fortnite dances to execute these moves. Never-Ending Nightmare is probably my favorite Z-move, mainly because I used it with my Gengar in Pokemon Sun. That game had some problems, but somehow it built some good memories. It just felt good.
What do I do next? Maybe I'll check for some more event pokemon.
That was in the railnet. I'm glad I didn't restore it, because I would have missed it, I think. The city will be safer withaut this Aron chewing on the railnet support beams. I could Headbutt the beam infinitely, and there would still be Arons falling. This might be a bigger problem than I thought. I need to tell Adrienn about this.
By the way, I have four holding facilities now.
Lapras can be only be caught on Fridays, so that's not happening; Skuntank I don't really need; I could get a Salandit now, but it will be easier when I have Rock Climb. What I'm gonna get now is Munchlax.
This isn't Munchlax, not even close! It is necessary for the aquisition of said fatass pokemon. Let's fly to Calcenon City!
A freshly caught, almost wild Qwilfish for a purebred Munchlax from a good home. Seems fair.
Next is something very important, a gift from an old
friend enemy.
Corey in the House left this thing unattended, so I'll use the ring I stole from his house to snatch it. It's kind of like adoption. There was also a grass memory for Alexander. I'd prefer steel or poison for the upcoming gym.
The next event is more than a bit fiddly. I need to get a data chip from 7th Street first.
Aya's house in the Wasteland. The mom is trying to turn on a busted healing machine, but I came around to brick it completely. I just wanted to help but...
...it started teleporting pokemon from God knows where. Am I supposed to clean up after myself or what? At least the machine works now, though Aya's mom still isn't happy. She'd prefer if the hous hadn't been converted into a gym at the first place.
The next step is a bit convoluted though.
First I need to get on a Tauros. At this point I could defeat a Bouffalant with my bare hands, so that's not a problem. The next step is trickier.
It wasn't as tricky as it could be because I have a Golem with Explosion. Thanks to the healing machine I broke, I got teleported with the Tauros I was riding on. It seems I was not the only one, because there's a Haxorus rampaging inside the house. Now I can withdraw my pokemen and go get what I deserve.
Either Terra was here, or this sign was written in 2005. It does have a point though, because I did ride a Tauros up multiple ladders.
The infamous Beldum. R/S/E were kind enough to give the player a Beldum as a gift, but otherwise it needs to be caught normally, which is extremely difficult given its low catch rate and its only move being Take Down.
With 79 level difference, level balls were extremely effective. I found or received two of these at some point. Obviously I also had nest balls.
There's only one thing I can do before I get to the plot: help my homies get jobs.
These four seem to suit my friends well.
He doesn't seem to have any idea what a line cook does, but I appreciate his enthusiasm and passion for cooking. It's way beter than just loitering in this elevator.
This guy can go work for Meganium. I don't know who will sell me explosives now, so I'm kinda bummed out.
This guy agreed to work as a stripper in DJ Arcohol's club. He wanted a "cool" job, and that's apparently it.
This fellow accepted the application for the secondary strongman position in the circus. The Agate Triumvirate or whatever they call themselves are a triumvirate once again!
The only one left is Maxwell himself. He really wants to help people, but doesn't know how. I don't know either, because there are things that need to be done first. But that's for another time.
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