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Update #20: These Are the Keys to Your Life! I led with a freshly-evolved Skellington, and he led with Dewott. Skellington tanked two fury cutters, then set up a leech seed and got off a razor leaf before finishing Dewott with a shadow sneak... or at least, he would have, if Cain hadn't used his super potion right then. Instead, Dewott fainted from a second razor leaf after getting off one last fury cutter. Cains ent out his Venomoth next, and I sent out an also-freshly-evolved Roll. Poor Roll got put to sleep by Venomoth, but after getting smacked by a psybeam the next turn, she woke up and OHKO'd the Venomoth with a field-boosted smack down. Cain sent out his ace, Nidoking, next, and I sent out Drakonia. Drakonia tanked a chip off and slashed away with a razor shell, lowering Nidoking's defense in the process. Unfortunately, she fainted the next turn from a poison tail, so I sent out a very angry Scarlet. Scarlet barely tanked a thrash, and got off a gear grind, doing significant damage. I spent the next turn healing Scarlet, and she tanked two more thrashes before she finished the Nidoking with a gear grind to the face. Cain, running out out of options, sent out his Grimer, and I sent out Nikki Minaj. Nikki Minaj outsped the pile of sludge and slammed it with a confusion, causing it to hurt itself and allowing her to finish it off with two more confusions (Cain healed Grimer with his last super potion)! And with that we get the right to challenge...oh, hi, Heather. How are you? Wait, come back! Cain, where are you going? You still have to give me the key! Cain! CAIN! Sigh... The team so far:

Update #20: Always Someone Better Well, Fern was pretty easy. I led with Simbette, and he led with Ferroseed. Simbette unleashed a mighty fire fang, but the Ferroseed proved to be a tough nut to crack; it shrugged off the damage and retaliated with a gyro ball, doing some damage. Simbette's resolution, however, was a lot tougher than the Ferroseed's skin, and with one more fire fang she cracked and roasted the nut all at once. With Ferroseed down, Fern sent out his racist caricature Ludicolo, while I switched out to Snek. Snek began hacking up acid sprays; Ludicolo got off a mega drain and a zen headbutt, but ultimately it fell to a relentless barrage of special-defense-lowering acid. With that down, Fern sent out his ace, Roserade. I gave Snek a well-deserved break and sent out Nikki Minaj the Smoochum (I'm waiting until she learns psychic to evolve her), but she fainted from a single hidden power. Feeling very frustrated, I decided to take off the kid gloves and sent out Iris the flying squirrel of death and destruction. Iris tanked a giga drain and clipped the rose with a graceful acrobatics to the face, resulting in Fern sending out his last Pokemon: Servine. Servine just barely survived an acrobatics and set up a leech seed, but none of the health recovery in the world could have saved it from a second acrobatics. With Fern defeated, it's time to head over to the Beryl Ward and see if Cain can give us the key! The team so far:

Update #18: Savage Reservations Well, the Beartic guarding Smoochum was a little tricky, but it went pretty well. I led with Snek, and after dodging a blizzard she paralyzed the savage with a glare and then let loose a screech before getting hammered by a blizzard. With Snek down, I sent out Scarlet, and she did some damage with a gear grind before fainting to an icicle crash. Roll came out next, and she latched onto the Beartic's face and exploded, taking off a huge chunk of its health. Bully then came out swinging with a close combat, and MUDAMUDAMUDA'd the Beartic to death. With Beartic dead, let's welcome NIkki Minaj the Smoochum real creative name I know to the team! In other news, I updated the main post with a list of all the major battles I have to win, as well as a massive amount of Pokemon that I caught! Feel free to check it out! The team so far:

Update #17: Coming Out of Your Shell(y) I led with Iris and Roll the Graveler, and she led with Masquerain and Illumise. Iris managed to make Illumise flinch with an air slash, preventing it from attacking and allowing Roll to just barely survive an energy ball from Masquerain (thank you, sturdy!), which in turn allowed her to set up a stealth rock. Shelly spent her next turn switching out her Masquerain for her Anorith (probably to spin away the stealth rocks) and healing her Illumise, but that proved to be a big mistake, as doing so not only slightly damaged Anorith from stealth rocks, but also allowed Iris and Roll to do serious damage to Illumise and Anorith with am=n air slash and a smack down, respectively. Shelly desperately tried healing her Anorith the next turn, but that backfired on her, too, as Iris just took out Illumise with a third air slash while Roll slammed it with a smack down. With Illumise down, Shelly sent Masquerain back out, only for it to take massive damage from stealth rocks. It was then promptly finished off by Iris, who clipped its wings with an air slash; Roll, unfortunately, got done in by a knock off from Anorith, prompting me to send out Simbette. Shelly sent out Heather the Yanmega, but Heather took serious damage from stealth rocks (even more so than Masquerain) and was promptly air slash'd to death by Iris; sadly, both Iris and Simbette fainted the same turn from a rock slide from Anorith. I sent out Drakonia and Scarlet, and despite getting slammed by a rock slide and a mirror shot, Scarlet managed to get off a gear grind and end the Anorith. With Anorith down, Shelly sent out her ace: Bugsy the Volbeat. Crud. I kept Drakonia and Scarlet on the field, and Drakonia (who the previous turn, wasn't able to do much damage to Wormadam) was able to do massive damage to Bugsy with a razor shell, and just barely survived a struggle bug; Scarlet, however, fainted from a giga drain from Wormadam. Running out of Pokemon, I sent out Bully the Granbull, who tanked a dazzling gleam and a struggle bug (which a freshly-healed Drakonia tanked, too) and got off a close combat (thanks for the egg moves, Ame!), seriously injuring the Wormadam. The next turn, Wormadam and Bugsy finally fell to a close combat and a razor shell, respectively, ending the fight and earning me the Cocoon badge! With that over with, it's time to report Corey's death to Amethyst! The team so far:

Update #16: Think of the Children! Well, Victoria wasn't too bad. I led with Drakonia, and she led with Scraggy. Drakonia used a water pulse, but got smacked hard by a high jump kick, so I switched out to Skellington... and Scraggy used payback! THE COMPUTER IS A CHEATING B@$%@*#! Anyway, Skelling ton fainted the next turn before he could get a hit off, and I sent out Iris. Iris proceeded to dance all over the Scraggy's face with an acrobatics. It felt satisfying. Victoria switched out to her ace, Pignite, and I sent out Drakonia. A very weak Drakonia went down very quickly from a take down, so I sent out Snek to get revenge. Snek paralyzed the Pignite with a glare, tanked a heat crash, and then spammed screech and crunch while a very desperate Pignite tried rolling into her but failed due to paralysis. Ultimately, the Pignite actually managed to get some traction and steamrolled Snek, so I sent out a very angry Bully, who Glasgow kissed (or headbutted, in layman's terms) the Pignite to death. Victoria then sent out her Kirlia, but Scarlet just ground it into a paste with gears before it could even get off a damaging attack. All that remained was her Hariyama (speaking of which, I should really dust off Slapstick and put him on the team), and I sent out Iris again. Two acrobatics and one failed belly drum on Hariyama's part later, and the battle was over! Man, Emolga's kinda overpowered... Anyway, in a bit of a status-updatey kind of thing, I'd like to apologize for the lack of updates today; I was at my grandparent's house all day, and I couldn't get Reborn working on their computer mainly because my big fat-headed Charlie Brown flash drive wouldn't fit into their computer. Also, in other sad news, my laptop's hard drive is completely totaled, so all of my previous runs, such as Femme Fatales, my TPP Challenge Run, and my Successors of Atlantis Rejuvenation run, will no longer be updated. I'm really sorry that I had to end those runs, but there's literally no way to get that data back. I promise I'll make it up to you guys! The team so far:

Update #15: Waking Up from a Mechanightmare Well, the battle against the Klinklang on the path to getting Litleo was rather easy, now that I have some levels on my team. I led with Iris, and she paralyzed it with a nuzzle, just barely survived a discharge, and got off three electro balls (thanks to Klinklang missing a charge beam and getting immobilized by paralysis) before fainting to a second discharge. I then sent out Scarlet, and after tanking a discharge she unleashed a mighty gear grind, messing up the Klinklang's gears and leading to it fainting! And so we get our newest team member: SImbette the Litleo! Anyway, time to get back on track! The team so far:

Update #14: Gemstone Throwdown Aster and Eclipse were actually kind of easy! I led with Scarlet, Victoria led with Pignite, and Aster and Eclipse led with Lunatone and Solrock. I had Scarlet use a gear grind on Lunatone's face, and with a little help with a take down from Pignite, it went down after firing off a psywave... and out came Magmar. Crud. I kept Scarlet on the field, but Pignite stupidly used heat crash on Magmar, of all things, and Scarlet flinched from a rock slide (and got confused, too.) Scarlet fainted the next turn from another rock slide (Magmar missed a fire spin), as did Pignite; in retaliation, I sent out Drakonia, and Victoria sent out Scraggy. Drakonia got trapped by a fire spin and slammed by a psywave, but managed to break through it and end Magmar with a razor shell (at the cost of being burned), while Scraggy used chip away (sigh) on Solrock. Then Aster and Eclipse sent out their Electabuzz. Double crud. (Double crud? Sounds like some sort of medical condition.) Drakonia went down to a shock wave pretty fast, but Scraggy at least managed to do serious damage to the Solrock with a high jump kick. I then sent out one of our new team members: Skellington the Pumpkaboo! Skellington shrugged off two swifts from Electabuzz while Aster and Eclipse healed their Solrock, and then fired off a leech seed and a razor leaf as Scraggy unleashed a payback and a high jump kick. Once Aster and Eclipse ran out of super potions, Solrock tried using a fire spin on Scraggy (phew) and Electabuzz set up a light screen, but Scraggy broke both the light screen and Solrock's face with a brick break, leaving only Electabuzz (which got slammed by a critical-hit razor leaf). All it was able to do was get off one last swift before fainting to a brick break and a razor leaf, ending the fight and saving Victoria! Time to head back on up to Shelly and see if we can get her some help! The team so far:

I think that in the first one, one of the chairs is facing the wrong way; in the second one, one of the plants is a different color; and in the final one, one of the tiles isn't reflective. I may have gotten the first two mixed-up, though... Hope that helped!

Update #13: SuicideCorey.avi (Anybody see what I did there) Well, the Corey battle was close, but it went pretty well! I led with Scarlet, and Corey led with Skrelp. The Skrelp tried everything: a venom drench, a bubble (that did no damage on a steel type; way to be a genius, Corey) and a smokescreen, but nothing saved it from the cold, calculated death machine that was Scarlet and her relentless charge beams! Corey sent out his Croagunk next, and I sent out Louis Cypher. The poor Croagunk didn't even get off a single hit before Louis ended it with a psyshock. Corey decided to send out his Skuntank next, and I sent out Pile o' Crud. Pile o' Crud tanked several pursuits and got off two acid sprays, but ultimately fainted from two pursuits and an incinerate. Drakonia, fury in her eyes, came out swinging with a mighty water pulse to avenge her fallen comrade, finishing off the Skuntank (after tanking an acid spray)! Corey sent out his Grimer, and I sent out our newest team member because grinding Tnepres was too hard: Snek the Arbok (thank you Female Gallade)! Snek tanked two mud bombs and an acid spray, set up a glare and a screech, and began spamming crunch; after three crunches (Corey used a super potion), Snek took out the big puddle of gunk! Corey, starting to get a little desperate, sent out his Nidorina, and I sent out Drakonia again. Drakonia honestly didn't do too well; maybe she got a little disoriented from the poison or something, but after getting off a single water pulse she got soaked in a venom drench, then took massive damage from a bite; ultimately,I decided to use her last turn before fainting to heal Snek. A very angry Snek gave Nidorina the evil eye, paralyzing it, and then set up a screech before spamming crunch; Nidorina tried disabling glare, then tried a bite and a double kick, but it all was futile in the end, as Snek just chomped it into oblivion. Running out of options, Corey sent out his Donald trump card: his ace, Crobat. I quickly had Snek use... acid. Stupid clumsy fingers. I almost paid dearly for my mistake, as Snek almost fainted from an air cutter and a venoshock, just barely hanging on with one hit point. Snek got off one last crunch (a critical hit crunch, at that) before fainting, and I sent out Iris. Iris got off a shock wave, but the poor, frail thing fainted from a single venoshock. I sent out Louis Cypher, and he ended the Crobat with a psyshock, ending the fight! And now, I get the.... wait, Corey, why are you releasing your Pokemon? No, Get down from the railing, you could fall off! Wait, NO- ... A moment of silence for Corey. And my badge. RIP Badge. The team so far:

Update #12: Day of the Tangrowth 3: Live Free or Tangrowth Hard (Okay I'll stop now) Well, the final PULSE Tangrowth battle was a close battle, but I think it went pretty well. I led with Big Reb Blob, Taka led with his Lileep, and ZEL led with xyr Glaceon. Markimoo did serious damage to Lileep with a fury cutter, and tanked an icy wind; Big Red Blob,however, wasn't so lucky, as he got slammed with a critical hit icy wind and a constrict, and only did minor damage with an incinerate. I switched tactics and had Markimoo use a fury cutter on Glaceon, and he did significantly more damage; unfortunately, poor Big Red Blob fainted from a quick attack by Glaceon, leading to me sending out Drakonia. Drakonia tried using razor shell, but Lileep absorbed the hit... somehow... (Seriously, how does one absorb a shell?!) making the attack useless. Luckily, Markimoo was able to finish the Glaceon with a fury cutter. ZEL sent out xyr Espeon next, but all it was able to do was set up a future sight before Drakonia and Markimoo fury cutter'd it to death. All ZEL had left was xyr Umbreon, and Markimoo and Drakonis managed to fury cutter it into oblivion as well; sadly, Markimoo was seriously injured by a feint attack, and fainted that same turn from an acid by Lileep. I sent out our newest team member, Iris the Emolga next, and she finished the Lileep with Drakonia's help, pinning it down with an air slash and leaving it wide open to get fury cutter'd to death. Unfortunately, Drakonia got hammered by the future sight attack, fainting from it. Taka sent out the Tangrowth next, and I sent out Pile o' Crud to replace the fallen Drakonia. Things kind of went wrong that turn, as Iris missed an air slash and Tangrowth healed off all the damage it took from Pile o' Crud's acid spray. Fortunately, the next turn both air slash and acid spray connected, and Tangrowth only used vine whip instead of, oh, I dunno, something actually threatening. Anyway, Tangrowth went down the next turn to an air slash and an acid spray, and Taka sent out his last Pokemon: Chatot. Iris nuzzled the Chatot, and luckily, rather than hit Iris, the Chatot aimed for Pile o' Crud with a chatter. Pile o' Crud fainted from confusion damage, so I sent out Louis Cypher to replace her. Together, Iris and Louis managed to finish the Chatot with a shock wave and a psybeam, ending the fight! So, with that done with, we learn the identity of the mysterious man behind the PULSE Tangrowth project- and shock-horror, it's me, Dio Beryl Ward Gym leader Corey! Let's chase him down and bring him to justice! ...and get our badge. Getting our badge would be nice, too. The team so far:

Update #11: Day of the Tangrowth 2: Tangrowth Harder (Am I just cracking myself up here) I led with Markimoo, and he led with Lileep. After the Hell that was Florina's Cradily, this guy was kind of easy. Markimoo got a fury cutter off, but then he got confused; fortunately, he managed to focus just enough to get off one more fury cutter, ending the Lileep. Taka sent out his ace- Chatot- next, and I switched out for Scarlet the Klink. he got confused by a chatter, but still managed to land her mark with a gear grind; she then proceeded to tank a chatter again and once again hit Chatot with a gear grind. Taka desperately tried healing his dear Chatot, but it backfired when Scarlet broke out of her confusion, giving her a free turn to get in a gear grind. The next turn, however, she missed a gear grind, and got taken out by Chatot. Fortunately, the next turn Chatot (in a move that I can only describe as suicidal, stupid, or incredibly cocky) used a nasty plot instead of attacking, allowing Drakonia (who came out to replace Scarlet) to clip the bird's wings with a razor shell. Pile o' Crud came in to counter Taka's Tangrowth, and began spamming acid spray while Taka had his Tangrowth set up a growth twice and then use vine whip; after three turns, Pile o' Crud began firing off sludge, but ultimately fainted from an acid spray and a mega drain, so I sent out Louis Cypher to finish things. With a single psybeam, Louis Cypher broke the Tangrowth's mind, ending the fight and saving the Jasper Ward (or, well, you know, what's left of it). Time to rescue the Beryl Ward as well! The team so far:

Update #10: Nip It in the Bud (yay plant puns) Well, Florina went pretty well. I led with Pile o' Crud, and Florina led with Maractus. Pile o' Crud got slammed with a nature power-turned-sand tomb, but hung in there and retaliated with an acid spray. She wasn't able to withstand a needle arm, so I sent out Big Red Blob next. He tanked a needle arm much better, and managed to end the Maractus with an incinerate! Florina sent out her Breloom next, so I switched out to Louis Cypher. He got hit by a leech seed, but he still fought through it and did serious damage with a psybeam before finishing the Breloom with two more psybeams (Florina used one of her super potions on Breloom). I then switched out for Big Red Blob, as Florina switched out for her Ferroseed. It went down almost instantly to an incinerate, so Florina sent out her Cacnea next. I switched out to Markimoo, and despite getting hit with a leech seed, he still managed to 2HKO the Cacnea with a series of fury cutters, making Florina use up her last super potion in the process. I kept him on the field for her Cottonee, but despite his best efforts, he fainted from a pile-up of sand tomb damage, leech seed damage, and poison damage. Oh well... on the bright side, he managed to knock it down all the way to the red, paving the way for Drakonia to swoop in and finish off the Cottonee with a fury cutter, only getting hit with a leech seed in the process. All that Florina had left was arguably her most dangerous Pokemon: Cradily. I switched out for Slapstick, and after getting off a fake out, he began spamming sand-attack while tanking smack downs left and right, ending with the Cradily having almost no accuracy left and Slapstick having 18 hit points. Slapstick sadly fainted the next trun from a smack down, but Big Red Blob came out to avenge him, getting off a couple hits before fainting to a smack down. Running out of options, I sent out Drakonia. While Cradily set up a stockpile and a sandstorm as well as firing a smack down, Drakonia just kept spamming fury cutter, eventually ending the fight and earning me the Canopy Badge! Time to head to the Beryl Ward and fight off the plant problem at the root (yay more plant puns)! The team so far:

Update #9: Pulling Out the Weeds Well, Fern went pretty well. I led with Pile o' Crud, and Fern led with Lombre. Pile o' Crud tanked two absorbs and did what she does best: set up an acid spray, then begin spamming sludge. Fern Tried to heal it, but it just proved to be stalling the inevitable, as Pile o' Crud managed to take it out (with a little help from poison and a lucky critical hit)! I switched her out for our newest team member, Big Red Blob the Slugma, and Fern sent out his Servine. Servine missed a leaf tornado, then set up a growth and unleashed a mega drain, while Big Red Blob just spammed incinerate; ultimately, Big Red Blob fainted from a leaf tornado, but she did get a lot of damage done. I sent out Drakonia next... and, predictably, she fainted almost instantly from a leaf tornado. (sigh) Anyway, I then sent out Markimoo, and he managed to tank a leaf tornado and finish the Servine with a fury cutter! All that Fern had left was his ace, Roselia; I sent out Louis Cypher to counter it. He did some damage with a psybeam, but also took massive damage from a mega drain; rather than just sit there and let him die, I quickly switched back out to Markimoo, who tanked a mega drain and two poison stings while weakening Roselia with two struggle bugs before fainting. Louis Cypher came back out, and managed to both tank a mega drain with ten hit points to spare and get a critical hit on a psybeam, ending the fight and earning me the right to challenge Florina! Not that I needed that right; I'm plenty strong enough. Right, guys? Right? Okay I'll go now The team so far:

Update #8: Day of the Tangrowth Tangrowth was kind of easy, but I think I have hax to thank for that. I led with Stickums, and he managed to paralyze the Tangrowth with a thunder wave, but got taken out by a critical-hit acid spray. I sent out Markimoo next, and he began spamming fury cutter while tanking an acid spray and a vine whip before fainting to a second acid spray (he did manage to get two extra hits off thanks to the paralysis, though). Louis Cypher came up afterwards, and he managed to finish off the Tangrowth with two psybeams, ending the fight and saving the Obsidia Ward! Time to take on Florina! The team so far:

Update #7: Clash of the Oshawott Trainers Well, Cain wasn't too bad. I led with Louis Cypher, and Cain led with Grimer. The big pile of sludge went down fast, fainting after two psybeams and only getting off a single sludge while making Cain waste a potion. Cain sent out his ace, Nidorino, next, and I sent out my ace, Drakonia. Drakonia tanked two fury attacks and ended the Nidorino with two razor shells. With his ace down, Cain sent out his Venonat, and I sent out Markimoo. Markimoo began spamming fury cutter, while the Venonat began spamming confusion; ultimately, Markimoo won the day (with a little help from some critical hits), and Cain sent out his newly-gained Oshawott. I sent out Stickums, who finished the Oshawott before it could even attack, ending the battle! With that over with, it's time to get to the bottom of this floral kerfuffle! The team so far:

Update #6: This is my 'Hood, Punk I led with Drakonia and Pile o' Crud, and the Pokemon Gang led with two scraggy. Pile o' Crud tanked a feint attack and poisoned both Scraggy, while Drakonia tanked a low kick and smacked the stronger of the two Scraggy with a water gun. Pile o' Crud used poison gas again (because I'm a derp with clumsy fingers) while Drakonia used water gun, and the Scraggy used low kick on Pile o' Crud and sand-attack on Drakonia. Drakonia missed a water gun the next turn and got smacked by a feint attack, but Pile o' Crud managed to hit the stronger Scraggy with an acid spray before getting hit with a sand-attack. Drakonia and Pile o' Crud managed to gang up on the stronger Scraggy, taking it out and allowing Drakonia to level up, learning razor shell in the process! I then had Drakonia injure the newly-sent out Scraggy with a water gun while Pile o' Crud finished the other, weaker Scraggy with an acid spray; sadly, Drakonia fainted from a headbutt to the face during that same turn. I sent out Markimoo to avenge her, and he began spamming fury cutter on the newly-sent out Scrafty; Pile o' Crud, meanwhile, managed to poison both the Scraggy and Scrafty before fainting from a pair of headbutts. Stickums came out and used a shock wave while Markimoo kept spamming fury cutter; sadly, he was barely able to do any damage to Scrafty, and got hit with a swagger and a sand-attack to boot. He still managed to hit the last Scraggy the next turn, but Markimoo wasn't so lucky, missing a fury cutter and getting smacked with a sand-attack and a swagger. Fortunately, even though Markimoo injured himself from confusion and then fainted from a headbutt by Scraggy, Stickums managed to finish off the last Scraggy and the Scrafty then fainted from poison, ending the fight! TIme to head on down to the Coral Ward! The team so far:

I'm getting to that. Serebii wasn't loading, so I couldn't update it. Thanks! I'll probably put Tnepres back on the team a little later, once I get more ability capsules and I reach the level bracket where Ekans learns glare.

Update #5: Into the Slums Well, Victoria wasn't too bad. I led with Pile o' Crud, and she led with Ralts. As to be expected, it went down after two acid sprays, only getting off a lucky chant and a disarming voice. Victoria sent out her Makuhita next, and I sent out Louis Cypher. After getting smacked by a fake out (which, surprisingly, didn't really do much thanks to Makuhita's sheer force), he took the sumo wrestler down with two confusions. All that stood in my way to the slums was Victoria's ace, Pignite. I sent out Drakonia, but she fainted from an arm thrust barrage. In her place, I sent out one of our newest team members, Stickums the Blitzle! Stickums paralyzed the Pignite and started spamming paralysis, but ultimately failed to do much damage before fainting to a series of arm thrusts. Oh well; as Cain says, the first time's always rough. I sent Louis Cypher out, and he did way better, spamming confusion while the Pignite was immobilized by paralysis and Victoria kept desperately trying to heal him. Ultimately, the potions failed to save Pignite from the relentless blasts of confusion, and Pignite fainted, giving me access to the slums! The team so far:

Update #4: Easy on the Caffeine I led with Pile o' Crud, and she led with Helioptile. Pile o' Crud set up two layers of toxic spikes while tanking a charge beam and thundershock, but was too weak to do anything else and fainted from a second charge beam. Markimoo came out next, and began spamming fury cutter while Helioptile threw a mud-slap. Julia tried healing her lizard, but it went down after another fury cutter. She sent out Voltorb #1 next, and I sent out Drakonia. Drakonia tanked a mud-slap and sprayed the Voltorb with a water gun; to my surprise, however, Julia had her Voltorb explode, taking Drakonia with it. Out next came Voltorb 2: The Electric Boom-aloo, and I sent out Louis Cypher. He fainted to two sonicbooms, but on the bright side he did manage to whittle its health down to the yellow. Holly came out next, and she tackled the Voltorb while Julia healed. The Voltorb tried a rollout, but after two turns it only did scratch damage and Holly took it down with a few tackles (although she did take considerable damage from the aftermath explosion). Julia sent out Emolga to avenge her fallen comrades, and I sent out Penelope, leading to an epic clash of the two Pikachu successors. Emolga tried a nuzzle, but failed to paralyze Penelope, who went on to do massive damage with a spark. Emolga got a little smarter and hit Penelope with a quick attack, but she shrugged it off and took it down with one last spark! I kept Penelope on the field while Julia sent out Blitzle. Penelope charged up a bide, tanked two charge beams, and then retaliated, doing enough damage to Blitzle to leave it to die from poison. All that Julia had left was her ace, Electrode. I switched out for Markimoo, but all he was able to do was get off a single fury cutter before he fainted from two charge beams. I sent out Holly again, and had her act as a meatshield while I healed Penelope. As to be expected, she fainted within the turn, so I sent out Penelope, used quick attack, and prayed for the best... and to my shock, Electrode missed its charge beam, and the next turn Penelope got a critical hit on her quick attack! With Julia down and the Volt Badge obtained, it's time to head on down to Obsidia and help with the plant situation! The team so far:

Update #3: Meteor Mash Well, Aster and Eclipse weren't too bad. I led with Drakonia, Fern led with Budew, and Aster and Eclipse led with Magby and Elekid. On the first turn, Magby and Elekid ganged up on BUdew with a low kick and a feint attack, Budew used growth, and Drakonia sprayed Elekid with a water gun (because I'm a derp and aimed for the wrong Pokemon). Drakonia got smacked with a low kick the next turn, but she shrugged it off and did serious damage to Magby with a water gun. Fern, however, wasn't so lucky; his Budew got hit with an ember by Magby,and fainted from the damage, prompting him to switch out for his Lotad... which promptly got knocked down to the red by a shock wave from Elekid. My luck wasn't all bad, however; Magby missed a fire spin, and Drakonia splashed it with a water gun. Fern, knowing that his Lotad likely only had one turn left to attack, boldly and wisely ordered it to use... growl. (slow clapping) Anyway, Lotad fainted the next turn from a shock wave, while Magby got healed by a potion and promptly lost all that regained health from a water gun that Drakonia fired. Fern sent out his Snivy, and it tanked a shock wave while Magby whiffed a fire spin. Apparently, the shock wave must have scrambled the Snivy's brain, because it used vine whip on Magby. (slow clapping intensifies) It didn't knock out Magby, but Drakonia did with a water gun, and she leveled up from the experience! Elekid went down two turns later from a barrage of water guns and vine whips, ending the fight and leading to the destruction of the Mosswater Factory! Time to take on Julia! The team so far:

Update #2: Weed Whacker Well, Fern was anticlimatic. I led with one of our newest team members, Markimoo the Kricketune, and he led with Lotad... and it promptly fainted from a fury cutter. As did his Snivy. And his ace, Budew. ...and that was the battle. Yay. Anyway, let's welcome to the team (in addition to Markimoo): - Penelope the Pachirisu -Pile o' Crud the Trubbish -Holly the Bidoof -Louis Cypher the Espurr -Tnepres the Ekans and -Squigly the Igglybuff! Let's welcome them all to the team, and hope that they all pull their weight! The team so far:

Well, Oshawott's the only one I can't get later, so the completionist in me made me choose it... Thanks! And don't worry; Femme Fatales will come back one my computer gets fixed, assuming the files aren't lost.

Wow. Look's like we're all one-upping each other here... All kidding aside, this looks pretty hard. Good luck with your run!

Update #1: The Adventure Begins Well, the Cain battle went pretty well. I led with Drakonia the Oshawott (I named her after a good friend of mine) and he led with Nidoran, as always. Drakonia set up a leer and began spamming tackle while Cain set up two leers and began scratching Drakonia. Fortunately, Drakonia had surprisingly good defenses, and tanked a hit and finished off Nidoran with a flurry of tackles, earning me my first victory! The battle against Victoria went pretty well as well. I sent out Drakonia, while she sent out Tepig. Drakonia set up a tail whip, then spammed tackle while tanking tackles from Tepig, and eventually the pig went down! Time to explore the wards and get some new team members! The team so far: