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Update 30: We’re back! Time to fight Kiki I’m about finished with episode 14 on my main file, so it’s finally time to come back to this (plus I was waiting for a day that wasn’t either rainy or sunny)! Only for two episodes though, as I plan to do the same thing with Serra as I just did with Kiki (play the waiting game until next episode where she gets her own field effect so I can fight her at her best). And now on to the reason I waited so long to fight Kiki- her new field. It’s pretty much the biggest difficulty spike I could ask for, it buffs all her Pokemon and almost none of mine can do anything about it. I COULD bring back Vivillon to spam Gust and mess up her accuracy, but that would only work on half her Pokemon because of their abilities. Not to mention, Vivillon would only survive long enough to get one Gust off. But at least it’s not as bad as the field effect to come, the prospect of fighting Aya in the near future is kinda terrifying right now. What’s worse, the move relearner’s house has been locked in this episode, and I won’t be able to access it until AFTER Aya! Anyway, on to the battle. As per the norm for the important battles nowadays, I led with Pumpkin and set up some screens. Unlike the norm, I got to keep him in battle for longer than just two turns, because the field boosts the power of Psychic (the only benefit the new field effect gives me). He actually managed to take down Machamp, and next up was Gallade. This gave me the opportunity to switch to my MVP for the match: Strawberry. You see, the majority of Kiki’s Pokemon are physical attackers (because, well, most fighting type moves are physical), and with Cotton Guard, Strawberry becomes all but immune to physical attacks. He easily survived two Zen Headbutts, a Night Slash, and a Strength (it took four turns instead of three because Fake Tears), to one-shot the guy with Draining Kiss AND recover what damage he did take. Just then my Reflect faded, but it didn’t matter, Strawberry had already become invincible. Even Toxicroak couldn’t take him down (mostly because it didn’t even use a poison move but spammed Sucker Punch). But the inevitable happened, and the inevitable was named Lucario. I was dumb enough to let it get off two Calm Minds and lost Strawberry to a Psychic. It was all I could do to get Pumpkin back in to put Light Screen back up, and I lost him because of it. Thankfully, my OTHER team MVP Braveheart came through, she outsped and one shotted it with Flamethrower! I tried to use the resulting Moxie boost against her final Pokemon (the Medicham), but it didn’t last because type advantage. Jack then finished the job for her. And lookie there, another gym battle that I won on my first try. Granted, this was easier for me because I had grinded everyone to the level cap, which is higher than they should be at this point. Now every time someone levels up, I’m gonna have to use a common candy.

Okay, so Kenny was a bad guy now. Edward didn't question it, he was well beyond the point of questioning anything down here. "If you think I'd go with you alive, then you've clearly forgotten how little death means in this place." He was pretty sure what the general response was going to be, and he was ready for it. Besides, Kenny was kinda giving off a 'I was gonna kill you anyway' kind of vibe right now.

Edward suddenly stopped caring about what was going on, as his Enya sense told him she was getting closer. And there she was, running around and screaming like someone was chasing her- but no one was. Okay, now that she's here he could... But before he could think about exactly what he was going to do, Kenny happened. "There you are... You're in for a world of hurt because of your Thievery, Edward." Because of the drastic change in look, plus the covered up face, Edward didn't recognize his adversary. He assumed it was a minion of Smaug or something. Wait, if Smaug knew to send a minion here, then does that mean his psychic connection to the gold still worked? Edward couldn't be sure, since maybe Smaug had recognized the area through the portal, and told his minions to check there first. After dispatching this guy, he'd have to move somewhere else, and if they STILL found him, then he'd know. "Hey Phantom? Reil? Remember how I told you Ethic wasn't a bad guy? This guy is." He kept his eye on the approaching figure and his sword, but did not move. By the way, he was getting his wish wasn't he? He said to himself earlier in the previous circle that he wanted to get attacked by a demon with a sword...

Yeah, I'm not big on cheating myself. Only time I did with any video game was when I borrowed a friend's action replay back when I was 12 to get the event legendaries, because the were literally impossible to get (at the time). Wouldn't do that with Reborn anyway because all of them will be obtainable in the aftergame.

Gust. Anything with Gust. Corey minus his poison mist field equals easy battle.

Okay, so people were interested in the Sailor Moon Cresselia idea, but couldn't visualize it, so I was thinking: So first of all, the main body should be white. Not sure what color the stripe down the front of her body should be though. That bow thingy that Sailor Moon wears over her boobs (Plz don't kill me for not knowing its official name if it has one) should be on her neck, halfway between her head and her hands. She should be wearing that super short miniskirt around her underbelly, her head should be the same color as the Sailor's skin, and the crescent thingies on her head should stay yellow, cuz you know, Sailor Moon's hair. That leaves us to the Purple parts. Not sure what they would be, maybe red? Also, maybe she should have some blue coloring just below her head to resemble Sailor Moon's (gigantic) shirt collar.

Just spitballing here, and I don't have the artistic spark that everyone else here does, and maybe someone already brought this up and the idea was discarded, but if we already are going with Tuxedo Mask for one Pokemon, should we maybe give Cressalia a shot at being Sailor Moon?

Yeah I knew that, it was a typo. Thanks for pointing that out. Anyway, small update: as of episode 14.1, floor 9 is also blocked off instead of just 10. But they can both still be accessed by going back to episode 13.

Well Notus, due to Kenny himself, Smaug's missing a lot more than a few coins. And they're not even coins anymore but a bunch of misshapen blobs of gold.

Also, remember how Ame mentioned that there would be an "extra" ending for those who took certain story paths? I can almost guarantee the path where you refuse the HM is one of them.

In kinda curious now, exactly what would be Gestas' idea of play had Kenny refused?

Well, okay, that was unexpected. I'll delete that now...

Deleted because apparently help be overrated and stuff.

My shiny Gardevoir's backsprite still has that background transparency issue.

Only when Phantom had appeared, had Edward realized he remembered the guy Ethic had been talking to earlier: It was Reil, part of the team of thieves he had gone along with (joined isn't exactly the word). And now that Phantom was here, it seems they want to fight these guys! Ethic hadn't turned to him yet, so he quickly waved his hands at the other two mouthing "they're not bad guys!". He had no idea about the whole "team deathmatch" thing that this circle had going on.

Okay, I'm finally back from Universal Studios! P.S. they're building something huge right next to the Jurassic Park area... I'm willing to bet it's Jurassic World

"Hey Ethic," Edward piped up, "are there any floors below us that you know of? Because Gestas might be down there... He might've kinda just used a trapdoor to kidnap Kenny..." It had happened just after Edward "recharged" himself with Kenny's powers, JUST as he was about to turn away. It was a good thing it happened then and not a moment later, otherwise he might have wasted his new powers again before realizing he had lost his chance to replenish them.

Guys, let's not forget Slowpoke! He's in the same situation as Feebas