M4RC

Shelly: 9 Anna: 17 Laura: 7 ZEL: 3 Really? Shelly is gonna beat Laura? Something's wrong here.

Lugia: 28 Groudon: 22 Dialga: 10 Giratina: 34 Reshiram: 32 Zekrom: 33 Kyurem: 22 Yveltal: 25

Kabutops: 21 Aerodactyl: 31 Cradily: 20 Armaldo: 28 Tyrantrum: 15 Aurorus: 15

Does anyone have a male Geodude and a male Slowpoke (both with good IVs) to spare? I could offer a few shinies in exchange.

Shelly: 9 Anna: 15 Laura: 10 (although I don't like to correct this one, Laura was supposed to be on 9 before my vote, it just seems that @Hycrox didn't see the votes of @ArcherEric) ZEL: 8

Lugia: 30 Groudon: 21 Dialga: 16 Giratina: 33 Reshiram: 30 Zekrom: 34 Kyurem: 27 Yveltal: 25

Kabutops: 20 Aerodactyl: 31 Cradily: 20 Armaldo: 28 Tyrantrum: 18 Aurorus: 16

@seki108 Just tried it on E17, they don't seem to check it. I could just return any Igglybuff it seems. Any idea whether or not you could return it if you evolved it?

Do you think there will be any (minor) consequences in the future if you return any Igglybuff to Ms. Linda, but not the one you got from her? Personally, I don't really think so. The "right" thing would obviously be to return her own Igglybuff, but then again, giving up a 3x31 isn't always easy (my answer to it will probably be breeding and returning the original, though)

@Rising Emperor Thanks - that's a shame since I didn't do it on friday because the guide said saturday Edit: @Ross_Andrews you may want to change that

You did actually mention eleven, as you used "The third PULSE" twice. So it's eleven PULSE Pokemon I believe (I'm writing PULSE-Pokemon since I believe that Tangrowth was used in three different PULSE machines)

Has the day for the Lapras event been changed again? I believe it used to be Friday, but I read in the guide that it's Saturday now, so I didn't bother looking for it yesterday. Fast forward, today's Saturday and there's no Lapras where it's supposed to be. Do I need to meet any specific criteria, like the weather? (although that wouldn't make much sense underwater, in a mountain)

Shelly: 16 Anna: 16 Laura: 17 ZEL: 10

Lugia: 32 ffs @Zarc Groudon: 20 Dialga: 18 Giratina: 35 Reshiram: 30 Zekrom: 38 Kyurem: 27 Yveltal: 24

Kabutops: 22 Aerodactyl: 33 Cradily: 23 Armaldo: 27 Tyrantrum: 21 Aurorus: 16

I'm quite tired, so correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't find much "theory" in this post, it's mainly story, mainly confirmed parts of the story with maybe a little bit of interpretation at the points where there aren't confirmed facts, but just implications.

I could trade you one (and get it down to acceptable levels with common candy before) if you want one this bad Whoops, my bad, I only just saw that you're playing Juvenation. I can't help in that case, sorry

For the sake of your health, you should probably wish for rain. nvm, just saw the "control your greed" (I'd probably wish for nothing in this case though. It would also be interesting whether or not those two look out for each other)

Chapter 8 - The white king, "god" & the darkness Laura and I continue through the cave, looking for Saphira. There's a lot of toxic waste here. After some time, we manage to find her. She seems to be further down than we are, and there's an enraged Steelix ravaging near by. It comes up and I defeat it to calm it down a tiny bit. With it's help, we make it back up. Saphira uses the Steelix to attack the base while I return to the room I was in before. Team Meteor still hasn't managed to control the PULSE Abra, therefore they let me take it on and destroy it. Right after our battle, a green haired woman turns up. It seems that this is Lin. Sirius tells her that I am a new recruit, but she seems to see through the lie immediately. Nonetheless, it doesn't seem that there are consequences for now. Sigmund asks if they've ever seen each other, which just earns him a "Certainly not" from that woman. She has something dark, something dangerous and incredibly powerful coming from her. And she reminds me of the fourth person whose fate I saw back at Shade's gym. But, is this really what's gonna happen? The presence of this woman seems way too unshakeable to even think of something like this. Since Team Meteor has noticed Saphira attacking them, Lin leaves to take her down, which gives me the chance to leave as well. I return to Tanzan Cove to hear that Saphira has been shot down by that woman and that they haven't heard anything about her. However, they will leave as they aren't save here, but I can't go with them. That would just be too dangerous, because of the keys. Therefore, I return to the cave and look for Saphira, who I find after some time. She's not just gonna roll over and die from an attack like that! Saphira leaves, and I continue, through to cave, through the Adventurine Woods, until I reach Vanhanen Castle. As I enter, I am greeted by the girl called Luna, the one that lived with Serra back in the day. The gym leader, Radomus, is there as well. It seems that Luna claims him to be her father now. She also seems to see herself as the maid, at least she acts like it. Radomus lets her do as she wishes. There's also this Guardevoir of his, who can communicate via telepathy. At this very moment, Cain enters as well and we battle to decide who is allowed to face Radomus first. I win, when Luna comes back in and asks if anyone has seen Guardevoir. We thought she was with her, but apparently she's vanished. Radomus mumbles "Apparently I'm playing as black this time", which kinda sounds like it has a deeper meaning. We learn that Guardevoir has been kidnapped by El. Has Radomus already had conflicts with him? I'm thinking about "this time". However, Radomus says we should do nothing. He cares for Guardevoir, and for this exact reason he doesn't need to do anything. "Should black be concerned, when the white king places himself in check?" That being said, it is Luna's wish that we go after them, therefore Radomus decides to go. We will follow El and free Guardevoir. We reach the other side of the Grand Gate, where we find El talking about how it's sealed. He sees us and flees. We inspect the gate and find a hole, through which we can fall and reach a cave under the gate. There's a lot of star pieces here. We continue through the cave and reach some kind of special place. It looks like the outside, there's grass & there is a huge tower, but we're still underground. Furthermore, there's this energy, this "aura" if you want to call it that. It just feels different from the outside, and there's some kind of pressure on my body. Then, another person shows up. The person's named Adrienn, and Adrienn was told by El that we would come, and that Radomus had brainwashed Luna and abused Guardevoir. Adrienn's got a Guardevoir with him as well, which takes the Amethyst Pendant off me, says that it and the Ruby Ring belong to El. Adrienn thought tells us, that he/she (I can't really tell from the appearance) thought he/she was trapped down here, when he/she suddenly saw a girl climb up the wall followed by El & Guardevoir coming down the wall shortly afterwards. After this conversation and some accusations, we continue through the tower since I managed to hold onto the Ruby RIng. We catch El, who is talking about the meteor that brought down "God Lord Arceus" being in this sanctum. That man really is a crazy fanatic, a lunatic. Everyone is discussing about the issue with Guardevoir and Luna, and Radomus just seems to get more confident of something that he - and probably I as well - suspected. In the end, I get asked who I side with. Now while something about Radomus seems off, he seems to be a rational being who is calm and collected. Up to now, I don't feel he's an enemy. And I'm interested in his story, because I presume he lost his wife, since I saw the name Vanhanen on the graveyard. If what I assume so far is true, then I have to side with Radomus as well. Taken those things into consideration plus the fact that I'm not gonna side with a religious fanatic any day of the week, the decision is easy. I side with Radomus, and fight El, whose Guardevoir turns out to be an Ditto. I assumed an illusion to decieve us here, so I'm even more confident that I was before. El has his Ditto turn into Arceus, and after a long, hard-fought battle, I manage to defeat this "Dittoceus". I'm still interested in what story Radomus and El seem to have. I feel like it reaches back much further. As I leave, I hear a voice. Do I actually hear it, or is it just in my head? "Hehehe. Hey...Everybody...Come back and play again sometime, okay? Let's keep playing together for a long, long time...Isn't that right~? Hehehe..." As we reach the surface again, we find the Grand Gate working again. It also turns out that Adrienn is a gym leader, that xe is neither male nor female and that xe has apparently been frozen in time, since what he thought was an hour he spent down there was actually more than a decade. We - with the exception of Adrienn - return to Vanhanen Castle, where we see that Radomus has brainwashed El into being Elias, his butler. So brainwashing like that is possible, it seems... Turns out that Radomus doesn't intend to return the Amethyst Pendant to me just yet, which worries me. I still believe siding with him was the right thing to do, but I'm not happy with that choice of his. Not at all. After this, our gym battle starts. Not letting Radomus set up Trick Room turns out to be the key to defeating him. Next up is Luna. She is a gym leader herself, the dark leader. Before we can go to where she wants to fight, the lights suddenly go out. "For it was darkness, hence I came.", Luna says. Turns out this is the doing of Team Meteor and El, since El wasn't under Radomus' 'spell' for long. Furthermore, it turns out that El is one of the Elite Four! They've captured Luna, and Cain stays back to take on El and everyone else all by himself, to allow me to flee and free Luna! He believes in me, in my ability to surpass everyone in my way, in my ability to save everyone. Thanks, Cain. I won't disappoint you! I run into Radomus, who has disguised himself as one of Team Meteor. He tells me that he presumes that Luna has been taken to 7th street. What's more, he has decided to keep the Amethyst Pendant for now as he's heard a story of the keys being sold by a merchant and it seems he wants to investigate. I'm still suspicious, but I have no choice. I make my way to 7th street and investigate, until I find the entrance to the "holy place" thanks to Bennett, although it turns out to be a trap and I get captured. However, in the cell beside me there's a guy called Randall, whose Klefki has picked up a key to free me. I get to the "cleansing ceremony" of Luna just in time and try to save her, as El has Bennett threaten to kill Cain if I interfere. At this very moment, Radomus and Guardevoir suddenly show up. He stops El while she teleports the other members of the sect away. As I suspected, the Guardevoir that lives with Radomus is the one that lived with Bennett and Serra while Luna was there. It seems that it's her duty to look after Luna and protect her, be it from fanatics like El, for from Bennett's obsession. El manages to reach Luna with a swing though and rips an Emerald Brooch off her. That's the fourth key! I now know about all of them and who's in possession of them! It seems that it was a gift from her real father for Luna as well - I see the parallels to how Anna get her Amethyst Pendant. After that, the situation is resolved. El has left and we managed to get Luna back. Radomus tells me that he won't return to Vanhanen Castle for now. There's also a "thanks for the hint" and he leaves without returning the Amethyst Pendant to me. Luna hands me a key that will allow me to find her in Iolia Valley, where our gym battle will take place. She also says "The darkness in Master's heart bores a hole that I cannot hope to fill alone." I wonder, what does she mean? Is she referring to the loss of this wife? Is she referring to something he's gonna do? Hearing this from a girl who has grown to accept the darkness, to even see it as beautiful, is certainly strange and very impactful. I reach Luna in Iolia Valley, Bennett was following me though. Luna is scared of him and progresses further, so he can't reach her. I beat him to protect her. Afterwards, I progress to Luna, and I find her at the end of Iolia Valley, like Alice in Wonderland. She reminds me of her, for some reason. I defeat her after a well fought battle and leave Iolia Valley. She stays there, and fortunately, she should be save there. Save from everyone, especially from El and Bennett. As for Bennett, I hope for both him and Luna that he realises one day, that what he 'feels' towards her is not love, but obsession. And he can't force her to love him. As for me, my next destination is Agate City.

Florinia: 2 Shelly: 21 Anna: 15 Laura: 18 ZEL: 15

Mewtwo: 1 Lugia: 32 Groudon: 19 Dialga: 18 Giratina: 37 Reshiram: 32 Zekrom: 38 Kyurem: 28 Yveltal: 24

Kabutops: 21 Aerodactyl: 34 Cradily: 24 Armaldo: 27 Rampardos: 4 Tyrantrum: 22 Aurorus: 15

Chapter 7 - Leader I need to get the medicine for Anna as she seems to be getting worse. This means I gotta go through Chrysolia Forrest to Spinel Town. After what felt like running in circles I finally reach Spinel Town, however, things there seem to have gotten a bit out of hand. Things are vanishing and reappearing all the time. Something strong is teleporting them. I find a woman with a Kadabra in her house, but it's not the source of this all it seems. Just as I want to enter the gym and ask where the market is, it appears ON TOP of the gym! As this happens, I meet Bennett, the son of Spinel Town's gym leader, Serra. In the gym, I meet his mother as well. The two also tell me about an adoptive daughter of Serra, Luna. She seems to have just come one day and claimed that Serra is her mother. However, she isn't there. Suddenly, another man appears. He wears a robe, looks kinda religious in it and emits a feeling of uneasiness. He asks after Luna as well and claims to be her real father. He's looking for her. I catch myself thinking "Oh come on, this is a set-up". But it's not. He actually showed up trying to find her just as they told me about her. But they don't know where she is. They can't help him. And I'm not upset about it. I don't know this Luna, but I know the feeling around this man who calls himself El. Anyways, since it seems that there's nothing to do right now because the market on the roof isn't accessible, I decide to battle Serra. Not long after defeating her, the building is suddenly trembling. What felt like an earthquake at first is actually the market disappearing. That being said, it didn't reappear in Spinel Town, so I leave. To my surprise I find the market just outside the forrest. I get the medicine and return to Anna, who actually just pours it over her doll because "it was for Nostra". That being said, she actually looks a lot better afterwards and she also feels better, so I'm fine with that. Maybe she took a bit herself. Or it's something supernatural. It wouldn't surprise me with this mysterious girl. Not at all. Since Anna's feeling well, Noel is ready for our battle now. We get in position in front of the house and are just about to start, when Saphira suddenly shows up. She tells us that Sigmund and Team Meteor are coming here. This means, we have to come up with a plan. Saphira will take out as many as she can outside, while Laura and I protect the house. Everyone else is going to hide until it's over. They seem to have come in numbers, because they manage to break in, even though Saphira is battling them, and you could see the animosity towards them coming from her as soon as she showed up. Sigmund is the first to show up, so I defeat him. "You're not gonna get past me, Sigmund" - my eyes turn ferocious. My instinct to protect the ones dear to me has always been exceptionally strong, but it seems like it developed even more, while my humanity towards my enemy is falling - in specific situations at least. I can't help but to have two things on my mind. The first is a lion, protecting her cubs with every ounce of her strength, without showing any mercy and without letting herself being pushed back. The other one is a phrase. "To rise above monsters, we have to abandon our humanity". After defeating Sigmund, Sirius shows up as well. He managed to survive, but he reckons Saphira killed most of the people out there. They realise that they are two and I can only stop one of them. Sigmund stays down - he will find the ones in the kitchen if I leave. Sirius - who still has his team - goes up. That being said, there's still a certain someone waiting up there. Laura's skill is monstrous. She's not a member of the Elite Four for nothing. I have faith in her, and I've got my eyes set on not letting Sigmund do anything. As I'm keeping him in check, Saphira shows up. She has revenge on Sigmund on her mind. Revenge for what he did to her and her family. Contrary to her wrathful, protective nature, this is a cold, calm hatred, which is a lot scarier. She doesn't hestitate and uses Hyperbeam. She hyperbeams Sigmund right in his face, his eyes lighting up with fear momentarily, and just launches him through the wall and out of the house. While she does this, Sirius suddenly attacks her out of nowhere. He couldn't make it past Laura, as expected, and his Seviper had just enough strength to use that one Poison Jab left. Saphira collapses, having lost consciousness, and Sirius kidnaps her. Laura comes down and realises everything. Charlotte says it would be the safest not to go save Saphira at all since she can take care of herself and it's probably a trap. Right after saying this, she asks when we're gonna go, because "We're not safe - we're family". Laura and me decide to go immediately, however, Charlotte has to stay back since they're after her and she's strong enough to protect the house if they try anything while we're out. Right before going, Anna tells me that Nostra says I shouldn't catch Laura if she falls. I find myself thinking about this the entire time while we get to Tanzan Mountain. What does it mean? Will Laura get severely hurt? Is it a metaphor? We're in front of the closed gate and I'm still thinking about what this means as Laura suddenly slips and falls on some stones, which happen to be the switch for the gate, which is now open. Here I am, overthinking things as usual, and now just glad about what it actually meant! As we continue through their base, we see that Saphira already broke free. We find her just a few minutes later. We continue and reach a room with Sigmund, ZEL and a PULSE Abra. Now I realise what the cause of the vanishing objects in Spinel Town is. As I'm about to take on everyone and destroy the PULSE, Sirius rushes in. "Lin is coming" This Lin seems to be the true leader of Team Meteor. As Sigmund hears this name, you can only just see him flinch ever so slightly. I think I hear him mumbling "Lizzy, Lizzy" to himself. I wonder. Does "Lizzy" refer to Lin, or to Elizabeth Connal, who I assume was his wife. They absolutely cannot allow us to be seen by Lin, so they have Abra teleport us away. I'm somewhere... somewhere underground, with waste lying around. Luckily, I find Laura. We talk for a while and she tells me about her hatred for the number 7 and her love for the number 8, which she regards as complete. She also tells me that there was a girl called Lin at the orphanage once. She was younger than Anna and loved manipulating people. And she was good at it. She also loved breaking one of Laura's pens every time she had 8. Laura loathed her. However, one day, Sigmund got angry with her. "Did it have something to do with 'Lizzy, Lizzy'?", I ask myself. He took her away, and since then, they've never seen her again. The suspected that he killed her. But, how could this Lin possibly be the same that's arriving at the Team Meteor base right now, when this girl was younger than Anna? Why does this name provoke strong reactions from everyone who hears it and why am I feeling this uneasy? It couldn't be...could it?

Florinia: 9 Shelly: 22 Anna: 14 Laura: 20 ZEL: 16 @Thiazzi Yeah, like Laura

Mewtwo: 5 Lugia: 32 Groudon: 19 Dialga: 20 Giratina: 36 Reshiram: 32 Zekrom: 39 Kyurem: 27 Yveltal: 24 Not gonna lie, I want Lugia, Giratina, Reshiram and Zekrom to be the last four