Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Deploy the Delta forces in Torren region! [Current Chapter]
Chapter 2: Early Delta struggles!
Chapter 3: Burn scars will take long to heal... [vs Orion]
Chapter 4: Villages and Forests! [vs Xavier]
Chapter 5: Caves and Deserts-AI is dumb!
Chapter 1: Deploy the Delta forces in Torren region!
Hello everyone!
After taking a couple of weeks off to enjoy my summer (and the sea), I decided to put my Rejuvenation run on hiatus because Pokemon Insurgence got finished! So, I'd like to start by thanking Suzerain and everyone who worked to create this amazing game!
I had a save file of it, but decided to just start over from scratch, and do a run using only the Delta forms that are provided in the game! And, of course, in the highest difficulty option: Hard mode.
So... Sit back, grab popcorn... And enjoy the ride!
In the first scene, we fly together with some Wingulls and a Pelipper, admiring Torren Region from above... It is truly amazing to see a fangame having this kind of an animation!
Then, a blond guy informs us that, in Torren region there aren't criminal organizations, but Cults that serve some unique purpose and have some different goal each. So, expect the stuff to get quite dark at some point of the game! Choosing to play with the Darker version of the story contributes to that. Turns out that the blond guy is the second Augur, the strongest trainer and Leader of the region. The first Augur has recently gone missing, while trying to disband some of the Cults. He had already disbanded 5 out of the 10 Cults that existed in Torren region, so he must've been a great man!
Our story begins with us taking a nice, long nap... On a slightly uncomfortable bed, but somebody is talking to us as we sleep... Of course, I remember my name! I'm a female, and my name is Herenya. Weird name? Hey, it means Jessica in the language of the elves, sod off!
OK mum, I will wake up, Jesus Christ... Hey, wha... IS THAT GENGAR DOING NAUGHTY THINGS TO ME?!!! Game hasn't started yet and I am being molested, perfect... At least wait for the Gym Leaders to do that to me!
Thank God a Mew (ever told you how much I love this cute lil thing?) comes in and scares Gengar to death.
But, before that happened, the cultists-in-dark-robes that were waiting for Gengar to finish erasing my memories (via Dream Eater) left, after Persephone, a platinum haired beauty, told them that the sacrifice ritual would start soon.
So, I am free to escape now, with Mew in my party! We're already buddies, despite of it claiming to be undecided about whether travelling with me is a good idea or not. I'll call it Aether. And it will be the only non-Delta Pokemon I will use in this run. My first friend
Aether, the Mew
Shiny: No (Item: None)
Lvl. 65
Ability: Synchronize
Psychic
Barrier
Ancient Power
Amnesia
So, while roaming in this weird Cult base, I collect healing items that might turn out to be useful (I hope not before I escape) and read some books that reveal that this is the Darkrai Cult. There is also the Abyssal Cult, Infernal Cult, Sky Cult and "Perfection". Each Cult worships a certain Legendary. And the ritual we will soon attend is to summon Darkrai... But, before that, we get informed by a letter that Mew was holding, that, our mysterious "benefactor" sent Mew to help us by using his Transform ability to disguise us and sneak us away from danger!
That's why, we collect some blood from the scene of the previous Darkrai-summoning sacrifice... Blood of a Darkrai cultist that got sacrificed! And then, Mew Transforms us into him! Mew even managed to get us the same outfit as his! I didn't know Transform could do that!
Soon after, a Darkrai cultist gets sacrificed by Persephone, and miraculously Darkrai arrives!
We attend silently in our cultist disguise. Probably Mew is invisible to everyone else, because nobody wondered why is there a damn Mew strolling around the corridors of their base!
However, when Persephone asks it to join the Cult that worships it and do "great things together", it just decided to "poof", hence rejecting her offer... Probably a Legendary doesn't care about "doing great things", such as enslaving people and making them bow to a Cult's power... Persephone assumes that Darkrai went off to Selene City to hang out with her sister... She might be a Gym leader... We'll find out later!
And then, in her fury and disappointment for the failed attempt to befriend/enslave Darkrai, she murders a couple grunts that suggested to try again, using Fire Blast by her Houndoom... I reckon Persephne is a Dark type user! Just a hunch...
I decide not to be the next person that gets turned into a barbeque by Cerberus, and flee ASAP, heading through Shade Forest towards the nearest Town, in the South. Telnor Town that is!
As soon as Mew and I arrive, Mew hands me a Quartz Flute and another note, which explains that, if I need to summon Mew for any reason (e.g. to Transform me into someone), I can use this flute! So, it is some kind of ninja weaponry!
Then, Mew vanishes, to my great disappointment... But let's be honest, I wasn't expecting a Lvl. 65 Mew to stick around with me so early in the game! However, a silver-haired guy, Damien, notices the Mew and asks if he saw correctly.
I don't deny it, and he then invites me to the Town Hall, where they get ready to welcome the second Augur, who is coming to their small town for a visit!
1st part: Holy Mew and Darkrai Cult escapade!
I roam around Telnor Town a bit, and find that there is a Pokemon Professor here! She is called Professor Sylvan, and has already given Eevees to most kids of the Town.
However, since the whole Town is busy awaiting the Augur's imminent arrival, she refuses to give me a Pokemon yet... So... Town Hall it is! When we get there, we meet Damian again. He is with his dad and his foster mother, who is adamant that Damian is irresponsible and can't raise a Pokemon on his own. However, Damian has forgotten to get a present for the Augur and he has to get a Pokemon to keep him safe as he goes in search for a present in the nearby Forest and Cave. So, I'm assigned with the mission of accompanying him! So, off to Professor Sylvan's Lab to get our Eevees! Or not?
At the Lab, Sylvan is talking with the leader of the Cult of Perfection, who came to leave three weak Delta Pokemon to her, as failed experimental results of his cult... In honour of their old friendship, Sylvan accepts and gives us the chance to pick either an Eevee, or one of the three Delta Pokemons he left! After she explains to us the concept of Delta Pokemon...
So, we have to pick among a Dark/Fighting Delta Squirtle, a Psychic/Fairy Delta Bulbasaur and a BADASS AS HELL Dragon/Ghost Delta Charmander. Meet the new member of our team...
Lucifer, the Delta Charmander (Male)
Typing: Ghost/Dragon
Shiny: No
Lvl. 7
Naughty/Spirit Call
Scratch
Growl
Twister
Sadly, my excitement was short lived, since Damian wanted to have a spar! And Dark/Fighting Delta Squirtle with Pursuit proved to be a tough opponent for Poor old Lucifer...
Guess I'll need Damian's protection and not vice versa... But oh well! It's only the beginning! So, off we go North, to Shade Forest again, where we grind a bit and defeat some trainers. I nearly get destroyed by a Patrat which Bites. And by a Sand-Attacking Aipom (God, that was annoying...). So, after a lot of back-and-forths to the Poke-Centre of Telnor, we cleared shade Forest! Time to head even more to the North and go find Damian in the Telnor Cave, to finally collect a present for the Augur and return!
2nd Part: Delta Charmander brings forth the darkness!
We will do that in the next chapter though...
Till then, enjoy everyone!
The team so far: