M4RC

Kabutops: 20 Aerodactyl: 29 Cradily: 14 Armaldo: 21 Tyrantrum: 16 Aurorus: 1

Saving your game.rxdata should be everything you have to do if I'm not mistaken. When playing normally, the game.rxdata changed with every save you made and is your "newest" savefile. The backup files are before that point. That being said, since apparently you've uploaded an "old" game.rxdata, you can just save one of your newest backups (the one with the name and the badges) - you'll just have to rename it to "game.rxdata" on your new laptop in order for it to work. If you download your savefile, you will have to move it to the right place manually. If you want, you can post your file here (the game.rxdata you uploaded) or PM me and I'll look into it. If that's the one you wanted, then you know for sure that you did everything right.

Lugia: 38 Groudon: 18 Dialga: 1 Giratina: 34 Reshiram: 30 Zekrom: 27 Kyurem: 20 Yveltal: 19

Kabutops: 20 Aerodactyl: 29 Cradily: 15 Armaldo: 23 Tyrantrum: 14 Aurorus: 5

Did you defeat all three impostors, then the one in then find the real one and have him flee before you talk to the police chief?

I believe it's after you have the 15th badge, isn't it? If you're at that point, look at the bottom right of the Grand Hall

@StarryDreamerKitten That would be great - I pm'ed you

Lugia: 36 Groudon: 20 Dialga: 3 Giratina: 33 Reshiram: 30 Zekrom: 29 Kyurem: 20 Yveltal: 19

Kabutops: 19 Aerodactyl: 30 Cradily: 17 Armaldo: 24 Tyrantrum: 13 Aurorus: 7

Lugia: 34 Groudon: 20 Dialga: 5 Giratina: 33 Reshiram: 30 Zekrom: 31 Kyurem: 20 Yveltal: 19

Kabutops: 20 Aerodactyl: 31 Cradily: 16 Armaldo: 25 Tyrantrum: 16 Aurorus: 7

Shelly: 2 Anna: 12 Goodbye, Shelly. You should have come third imo, you came second. Well deserved though, Anna is just too interesting!

Lugia: 31 Groudon: 22 Dialga: 7 Giratina: 32 Reshiram: 32 Zekrom: 30 Kyurem: 21 Yveltal: 23

Kabutops: 19 Aerodactyl: 32 Cradily: 16 Armaldo: 27 Tyrantrum: 15 Aurorus: 13

I don't really remember - is Randall's Klefki supposed to be shiny or did I just get really lucky?

Shelly: 8 Anna: 12 Laura: 9

Lugia: 29 Groudon: 22 Dialga: 8 Giratina: 32 Reshiram: 32 Zekrom: 32 Kyurem: 23 Yveltal: 25

Kabutops: 20 Aerodactyl: 30 Cradily: 20 Armaldo: 28 Tyrantrum: 13 Aurorus: 16

@Shingo I actually thought about something similar, but I wasn't sure about using the same move multiple times! Yes, that's perfect, thank you very much! As for the Slowpoke - it will probably take some time until you got them ready, but would it be possible for me to already solve the mashup now?

@GreenDecidueyeArrow Respect for the acceptance of his flaws I can definitely see (although it's more generic than many other characters imo), however, it still doesn't redeem everything. Don't get me wrong, I fully understand people not hating Cal (although I'm not the biggest fan), but in my opinion, he doesn't deserve to be amongst the most liked. That being said, it's just opinions, and luckily, opinions differ! (For example, I really like Saphira, but I can understand people not liking Saphira and Titania because of their violence)

Cal being liked so much while other amazing characters are hated/overlooked is one of the things about Reborn I just don't understand.

@Shingo StunspoRecycLeafblaDetect - took me quite a few tries, but it should fit now I believe.

I'd like to try a Portmanteaus for the Onix, if possible. And if I may suggest something for the breeding-list: Slowpoke. If it were to be added, I'd like to try a Mashup for it!

Chapter 9 - The triumvirate and the traitors The guards to Agate City are still sleeping, but Cain just decides to break in the door so we can get through. We enter Agate City. It's quiet. I've never seen a city of this size be this quiet. There are no people here either. We progress a little bit further and suddenly we see two people lying on the floor. It's Hardy and Aya! They're passed out, and there's no way for us to wake them up right now. On the contrary, Cain seems to be getting dizzy and sleepy as well. Just as he's about to slip away as well, a loud, colourful, funny-looking girl with a huge hammer shows up, just barely missing us with her swing! Her name's Terra, it seems. "WHAT THE FUCK IZ A PHYSICS?" she shouts as she launches Hardy and Aya somewhere with her hammer. Because of that noisy meme of a girl, Cain manages to resist and doesn't fall asleep. Terra takes us to Agate Circus, because everyone who stays in Agate City falls asleep, apparently. I can already guess the reason. We reach Agate Circus, where the stars are also gym leaders. There are three of them. Samson, who became the fighting-type leader after Kiki passed away, Terra, the ground-type leader, and Ciel, the flying-type leader. Together, they form the "Agate Triumvirate". However, to be able to battle them, you need to find specific battle passes, since everyone visiting the circus would give it a try otherwise, and they want to keep the battles entertaining. That being said, battling them isn't my most urgent task right now. Hardy is still missing. As for Aya, she was lucky enough to land in the circus, where they've found her and taken care of her. Cain is staying with his sister while I make my way to Route 2, where Hardy has apparently been launched. I conquer Route 2 and reach Fiore Mansion, Amaria's house, at the end of it. I enter to say hello. Amaria looks good, although still injured, and introduces me to Titania, her partner. It seems that Titania found Hardy and carried him upstairs. I decide to look after him, Titania accompanies me. Amaria wants to come too, but Titania tells her to stay downstairs and not move too much because of her injury. Hardy's still unconscious. *Titania used Wake-Up Slap. It was super effective* After that, Hardy wakes up and I learn that he's actually Titania's brother. He's about to leave and goes downstairs. Seems like they don't have the best relationship with each other. I follow him, when we suddenly hear the news from the TV. Team Meteor have taken control over Labradorra and they've put up a seemingly indestructible barrier around it. That being said, Saphira is already fighting them from Calcenon City, trying to take out the barrier. If she makes it through, they are gonna be done for! Apparently, the barrier has been created by a PULSE Mr. Mime. However, Saphira says that this is not their only PULSE in the area. They seem to prepare another one in the city and have two more in the surrounding areas. One of those is probably in Agate City. Before we can say anything, Titania already tells us that she wants everyone to stay out of this, especially Amaria. Amaria got the Sapphire Bracelets from her. She found it in the Chrysolia region in a hidden lake at some point, surrounded by ash. That being said, Titania agrees to let me go after them. I mean, why wouldn't she? We only just met. However, I am gonna need Surf for that. And to be able to use Surf, I need to defeat Samson. Luckily, they've been sent a battle pass for him, which they don't need because they're gym leaders. They hand me the battle pass and they will give me Surf once I've defeated him. With that information, I return to Agate Circus and face Samson. I'm focused, therefore I master the challenge. After our battle, Terra proclaims that she found a RAWWWWWR... uhm, a data point, that could be responsible for the signal over Agate City. It seems to come from Ametrine. This means, my destination is Ametrine City. I may find a lead to the other PULSEs there as well. The others are heading towards Ametrine Mountain for now. Firstly, I have to return to Fiore Mansion in order to acquire Surf. Back at the house, I catch a glimpse of Titania's diary, but I decide not to read it. However, at the very moment that I'm standing before the diary, looking at it, Titania comes back, hands me TMX Surf, and asks me if I read it. There's no way she's gonna believe that I looked at it and decided not to at this very moment. She'd think I'm a liar. Therefore, I decide to tell her that I did, and to face the consequences. After all, I did take a look at it, which is an offense to her privacy. Titania's first impulse is to throw me out of her house, but then she tells me about everything. Her love for Amaria - it isn't love. It's misguided compassion towards a depressive, at times suicidal, woman. It's as close to love as something can be without being the real thing. But it's a lie, after all. She also tells me that Amaria must never know. Unfortunately, Amaria enters the room at this very moment. She asks me what we talked about. I know Titania doesn't want me to tell anything and she probably already doesn't like me after the incident just now. But it's Amaria, I can't lie to her. Plus, the diary is right beside her, within her reach. If she suspects anything, she will be able to read it. And if Titania has written what she's told me there, Amaria will feel betrayed. If I lie to her now, she'll feel betrayed and embarrassed by two people, as if we were conspiring behind her back. What would that do to a person with mental problems? To a woman whose most important person has just turned out to have lied to her for years? I tell her what I know - which isn't much since I've actually never read the diary - but that's not enough for her. She reads the diary anyways and her world is shattered. She leaves, heartbroken. Titania rushes after her immediately, and so do I. As I'm running, I see the Absol I've seen a few times before. It usually appears right before something bad happens, and I'm not sure about its' connection to Shade. Then it hits me, and I see pictures flashing before me. I saw Amaria falling down somewhere at Shade's gym, and there's a waterfall not far from the mansion. I cannot let this happen! As I reach them, they're discussing, Amaria just emits heartbroken desperation, rationality is gone, and so is her hope in this moment. She jumps before any of us can interfere. Titania tells me that she doesn't have a way up, and that it's my task to get them out of there, for it was my fault Amaria found out and jumped. Then she jumps after Amaria. She seems confident in Amaria making it, in Amaria surviving the fall. That wasn't a desperate, a hopeful, a bargaining confidence either. This was pure confidence, she's just sure of it. This means I have to acquire Waterfall. As I have no idea where to get Waterfall or who I have to beat in order to use it, I decide to catch up with the others. I make my way through Ametrine Mountain and find them in front of a huge block of ice. Because of that block, Ametrine City can't be reached. What's more, I find out that Waterfall is being held in Ametrine as well. Hardy suggests heading for Calcenon since there are strong people fighting Team Meteor there, some of who may be able to help. As we try to get up the stairs to Calcenon, they are shattered. Saphira shows up and tells us that Team Meteor has a PULSE Clawitzer to attack Calcenon from afar. She can deflect the attacks easily, but things like this are the inevitable collateral damage. We need to access the city via the eastern entrance after route 3. We get split up by a bridge collapsing on the way - so now it's just me and Aya while Cain is 'having fun' with Hardy. On our way, I see the Absol from before running again. What the hell is happening? What is the deal with this Absol? And does this mean another disaster is gonna happen? As expected, we face Team Meteor members on the way as well. They're really trying to take over those northern cities. At long last, we run into Aster and Eclipse. We beat them and Eclipse tells us that she's decided to leave. Team Meteor has done nothing but harm, and her father, the only person she cares for, lives in Calcenon and is now in immediate danger. She also turns off the PULSE Clawitzer. However, Sirius comes in. He doesn't tolerate traitors and 'burns away her soul' with Chandelure. What's left is an unresponsive body. If this ability actually works like that, it's scary... He's about to use that very ability on Aya as well, but he decides on taking her as hostage. I have no way but to continue to Calcenon and tell everyone what has happened. In Calcenon, there's the huge barrier. There's also Charlotte's gym. Laura is in there with her, crying. It seems that she has been fired from the Elite Four and that she's already been replaced. This is El's doing. I'm sure of it. She runs out before I can say anything, though. Behind the barrier, another enemy has appeared. It's Fern. Apparently, he's sided with Team Meteor. What's more, Sirius appears as well. He wants to exchange Aya for the Ruby Ring. Saphira says that he can go fuck himself no, but Hardy wants to exchange it. Charlotte comes in and asks me whether I'd save her or keep the ring. I can already imagine where she wants this to go, after having witnessed her in Yureyu. I say I'll keep the ring and she plays the pissed off one, snatches the ring from me and offers Team Meteor to do the exchange at the power station. I follow her and she confirms what I assumed. "In any situation where someone is making an ultimatum, you never acquiesce to it". Team Meteor could kill off every single person in Labradorra, but that wouldn't get them any closer to their real goal. She returns the ring to me and says that she's gonna wait in the gym for our battle, which will allow me to use Dive. And I may need Dive to get around that ice block in Ametrine Mountain. Team Meteor should be distracted for a while, so we can battle. What concerns me is that she hasn't found Laura yet. I hope she's alright. The battle with Charlotte really is one where I have to use fire to beat fire. It seems like tragic irony considering Charlotte's backstory, although she told me that she doesn't regret it. She's decided to live without regret. Finally, I manage to beat her on her own field, thanks to my Typhlosion. After that, I return to Agate Circus to get TMX Dive and make my way through Ametrine Mountain, since I think that I might just be able to dive under the huge ice block with some luck. Turns out luck is on my side. While I can't dive through it, I manage to reach the center of it, where a PULSE Avalugg is stationed. I defeat it, and the massive ice barrier vanishes. Shelly has witnessed everything, since she's at Ametrine Mountain because she's desperately trying to get through to Ametrine City, because Heather is there. Cain told me before. Apparently, some guy called Blake has taken care of her. Shelly and I reach Ametrine after all, and we start looking for Heather immediately. I figure if we find her, we find Blake who might know something about Waterfall. We find a house with what looks like an unfinished PULSE, however, everything seems old and dusty. Shelly tells me that they tell a scary story about this place. It is said that two girls died here. We also find a battle pass there which means I can fight Terra. Shelly finds a diary. A diary that belonged to a girl name Lumina Seijaya. I'm starting to suspect something. "Dear diary. Now Mama is getting very sick. (...) The doctor says there probably isn't any help. I don't want her to leave me like papa did." "Dear diary. Mama is with papa now after all. Evelynn and I are alone now." Lumina, Evelynn, an abandoned house, a PULSE prototype. This...were these the Lumi and Eve of ZEL? "Dear Diary. Evelynn called the doctor and he says that I've developed the same disease that mama had." I keep reading. It seems that Lumina was gonna die of that illness, and that Eve was working herself to the bone, researching, trying to find a cure. In the end, she came up with a machine. A machine meant to enhance the healing powers of Pokemon. Then, a man in black showed up and wanted to use this machine for his organisation. He took Lumi as a hostage. Suddenly, there was an accident. The PULSE had a Magneton evolve in it and with the three parts of Magneton fusing into one, the three people in the room seem to have fused into one as well. Eve, Lumi, and that man in black, who I assume was Zero. ZEL was born. And the bodies of the girls - it seems they have died. It seems that this part of the story is the link to the story the people are telling. As we're reading, a blue-haired guy shows up and tells us to get out of here. We follow that order. There doesn't seem to be anymore to this house anyways. We ask around and find out that Heather is regarded as the guardian angel who feeds the people - it wasn't possible to deliver food to Ametrine due to the ice barrier, and food was getting less, however Heather managed to find a way to feed everyone. We also get told that that blue-haired guy we saw was Blake, and that he must never find out about this. That's enough. We decide to look for Blake. We find Blake in his appartment and he says it's clear what sides we are on. He demands the Ruby RIng, the one that's so dear to Heather, in exchange for her life. By now, I know well enough to not give in to such demands, and I know that I can find Heather without his help. He offers me Waterfall as well. Although I need this to help Titania and Amaria, I'm not gonna give in. I refuse, and Shelly keeps asking me to do so. By doing that, she slips up and mentions that I already have the Ruby Ring in my possession. Blake realises this and snatches the ring off me. I really need to put those keys in a secret, less accessible pocket... As expected, he wasn't interested in telling aus about Heather either way. He locked her up somewhere because she was giving food to the people and he - being part of Team Meteor - wants everyone to starve. We're looking for clues, as Cal shows up. That fuck. He's not our enemy anymore, I realise that, but I still hold grudges against him. That being said, he is very helpful, he's trying to redeem himself. He tells us that an air unit of Team Meteor is being dispatched here, which means Blake is likely off to the top of Ametrine Mountain. That being said, we decide to look for Heather first. We still have some time, and she could be the help we need in taking down Team Meteor here. After all, she is one of the Elite Four. Cal tells us there should be a hidden passage in Blake's appartment. Luckily, it's not difficult to find and so Shelly and me make it through to find a shed, in which Heather is being locked. We free Heather, and she apologised to Shelly for how she's been treating her. Her and Shelly will fly to the peak, catching up on things and taking out the air unit. I on the other hand will get to the peak on foot, taking out everyone who stands in my way until I face Blake. Cal assists me at times. Just before reaching the top, Aster shows up. It seems that he stole TMX Waterfall, and is giving it to me. That being said, he does want to fight me one last time. He talks about Eclipse, about everything. He puts his faith into me to be the one to change the world the way it needs to be changed, not the way Team Meteor wants to change it! He also tells me that he has decided to leave Team Meteor. Now there's no one in my way anymore, it's only Blake. I rush to the top and beat him with everything I have. As he tries to flee after having been defeated, Cal and Heather attack him from the air and manage to snatch back the Ruby Ring. After that, we all descend the mountain to the city. There, Cal tells me that there is no PULSE in Ametrine City, since there's not a station here that could emit a signal strong enough to put Agate City to sleep. He tells me that whoever said the sleep in Agate City came from Ametrine was lying. I mention Terra, and he tells me that she is - in fact - with Team Meteor. She was there even before him and started getting promoted as soon as Lin took charge. It seems that Cal was with Team Meteor even longer than I had anticipated, since he knows so much. "They couldn't be more different, but for some reason, Lin seems to favor Terra" With that, the Ruby Ring is returned to Heather. While this means that it is where it belongs, it also means that I can't stop anyone for sure, since I'm not in possession of any key anymore. All I can do is have faith in the people who hold them, mainly in Amaria and Heather, and protect them as well as I can. The situation is resolved, and I return to Agate Circus, ready to battle Terra. Terra is exposed by our questions, admits that she's with Team Meteor, and then flees INTO the computer. I follow her into the glitch world she's created and overcome the obstacles. On my way, I see a lot of things, some of which you wouldn't believe, even if I wrote about them here. However, it's noteworthy that I find a tombstone with "C4T3LyN '3CL1P53' F1SH3R" - Catelyn 'Eclipse' Fisher - written on it. Does this indicate that Terra cares about specific people within Team Meteor to some extent? That she's not as heartless and cunning as Sirius? There's no time to dwell on these thoughts right now, though. I keep making my way through the glitch world and even defeat a Mewtwo. After all, I reach Terra and we battle. That one was really hard #thatswhatshesaid In the end, I get the badge that allows me to use Waterfall and I escape the computer. Before Terra can do anything, Samson turns off the entire thing, so it's likely that Terra is captured in there. Now I can finally go look for Amaria and Titania. It's been quite some time since they jumped down. I descend the waterfall. "Do you have any fucking idea how long I've been down here?" Titania seems a bit worn down, but fine. I seems that this place has been infested by Team Meteor as well, with Titania already having killed a few of them before they were able to lock her. However, a new commander has now ordered them to allow us to access the facility - we're in the Water Treatment Center. We progress through the facility as Taka shows up. It seems that he is the "new commander" here. Now, he's changing the water levels, getting Titania stuck. However, the third time we meet Taka, Titania has seen through him. We would't have been able to get through any room where he changed the water levels UNLESS he did it. He's helping us progress. He tells us that he disagrees with Team Meteor, but that he has no choice. His father is basically the leader of Team Meteor (although I guess that Lin is above him) and his family are the last direct descendants of the culture that enshrined Arceus' meteor. Titania calls him spineless for not making his own choice but instead letting himself be victim to what he believes is his fate. At last, we reach the room where Taka and Amaria are. Amaria is unconscious, but fine. Taka has ordered to treat Amaria's wounds and returns the Sapphire Bracelets. However, Taka asks me, he begs me to battle him, so he can say we took everything by force. At this point, I really want to help him and save him from being in trouble. I like Taka, and he's done a lot for our side, the side of Team Meteor's enemies. That being said, I decide to give Taka the choice he doesn't think he has. I will not fight him. It feels bad and he might resent me, but I believe that this is the way to show him that he has a choice, to set him free, if he wishes to be free. Or, to face severe punishment. I just hope they don't kill him. (I have a savefile where I chose the other option) As I'm about to leave, Shade suddenly shows up. "Forget not: Four screens foretold four souls' fortune forsaken, for forsooth, from foreshadowed, only two will be taken." Considering Corey and Kiki have already died and Amaria has survived the fall, I think this is Shade's answer. Only two of the fates shown result in death. Those two were Corey and Kiki, Amaria has survived what was shown - does this mean, Lin will survive too? It certainly seems reasonable when you look at that woman, but then again, her fate seemed to be a clear one. Titania and Amaria ride up on Amaria's Lapras, I decide to follow them. Just before reaching Fiore Mansion, Julia and Florinia show up, because they've seen Amy and Tania - Amaria and Titania - riding up the waterfall. They also give me TMX Fly, as they were ordered to do so by Ame. To use it, I will need to beat Ciel tough. We're still talking as Florinia suddenly sees a helicopter of Team Meteor about to land on the mansion. We have to stop them! Titania is still weakened and Amaria is still unconscious! Me and Florinia team up to defeat the first waves of their attacks, including Fern and Blake, Julia was supposed to take care of the backside of the mention, but Blake froze the door, so she can't get out. After having beaten Fern and Blake, Florinia suddenly gets attacked by Sirius' Seviper, however, Julia managed to break out of the frozen room in the meantime. We join forces to take on Solaris and an orderly. After we defeat them, they admit that they will not be able to break through our defense. However, Sirius tries to burn the house down so we have to leave and be vulnerable. "This will be the second house I've had burned down for the sake of these bracelets." It couldn't be - is he responsible for the fire at Belrose Mansion as well? The one Charlotte believes she's responsible for? It makes sense. Titania even told me about it. She found the bracelets in the Chrysolia Region, at a hidden lake, surrounded by quite some ash, but unharmed! That means, she found it at Tanzan Lake after Sirius burned down the house and killed the parents of Charlotte, Laura and Saphira. However, this time, things are different. After all, this mansion is a water gym, and so Titania just floods the entire mansion, therefore making at impossible to set fire to it and completely defeated Team Meteor. They retreat. Florinia still is down, though. "It's normal for people to be hurt when their friend blows up besides them. She trusted you, and you betrayed her!" Titania says to Julia about Florinia. I sense some kind of backstory here, but I dare not ask. Then, Amaria shows up. She has woken up! That being said, she's suffering from retrograde amnesia. She doesn't even recognise me. The last thing she knows is that she wanted to go down to Obsidia, because of the plant incident. Florinia, who explained Amaria's retrograde amnesia to us, who still seems deeply hurt and injured, says that she's gonna make her way to Calcenon. She's most likely to encounter Fern there, and "he needs correction". In the meantime, Titania has left the house. She's tired of this. After all that happened, she was at least happy to have the burden of playing her role off her back. But now, that's back. From her view, everything was for nothing. Nothing has changed, after all. She also talls me that she's taking the Sapphire Bracelets as far away from Amaria as she can, in order to protect her from Team Meteor. With this, there's nothing I can do for anyone her right now, it seems. Therefore, I'm returning to Agate Circus. At this point, I have completely forgotten that I need a Battle Pass, until the Ringmaster reminds me of it. Luckily enough, Ciel is interested in me, in fighting me, therefore she slips me a Battle Pass for her and we can fight. After an exciting fight in the filled up manege, I manage to beat her, which means I can use Fly now. But, where do I fly next?