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Chapter 11: Castle Crashers Beyond Tanzan Mountain I emerge into a new forest. This is the Aventurine region. After a short trek, we arrive at Route 1 (took a while to get here, didn't it?). Mere steps into the new area, we see none other than Fern, here to gloat at me I guess. (Somehow) he already has 8 badges (even though he didn't fight Noel), so he thinks he's better or something. I then put him in his place. Vs. Swag Jockey Fern V I once again failed to respect the ungodly beast that is Roserade, since the field made Bide not viable this time, but we managed the second time Traversing Route 1, and then a hedge maze, we eventually make it to Vanhanen Castle, where the gym leader Radomus resides. We also find Luna, who we've heard so much about already. Then Cain shows up, back from his quest to find Heather. He left her with someone in Ametrine City, so she's fine. Cain's also here to challenge Radomus, but 2 on one would be unfair (for us apparently), so Cain fights me to see who goes first. Vs. Pretty Boy Cain V I got jumped the first time by Gengar and Galvantula, but this time was better Cain lets me face Radomus first, but we get interrupted; turns out Gardevoir has been Taken. Radomus receives a ransom note from El, but he isn't concerned. Luna is though, and she convinces him to go after Gardevoir Radomus deduces the culprit will go toward Reborn City, so off we go. After some shenanigans we end up beneath the stairs, and eventually come to Citae Astrae. We see Gardevoir with Adrienn, who thinks Radomus is abusive. Gardevoir then steals the Amethyst Pendant from me. As we progress, Cain and then Adrienn are perplexed by Radomus' lack of care for Gardevoir. They don't know who is lying. At the top we find El and Gardevoir. As I see the truth, I make my choice of who to believe. Then all is made clear. El gets mad and tries to smite us: Vs. Parson El The false god beaten, Radomus can finally act. The real Gardevoir appears and sleeps El, so all is well. Apparently this could have happened any time... We head back to the city with Adrienn. Adrienn doesn't recognize the city. We deduce that xe has somehow been time displaced. We decide to head back to the castle, but I take a detour. After much effort I can catch a Heracross, which means I can breed Megahorn on to this guy: After training up my brave bug knight (4th bug now!), I return to the castle. Luna's happy to see we were successful. Radomus invites in a new butler, who looks suspiciously exactly like El... I can finally go on with my gym challenge. After solving the fairly irritating chess puzzles, I'm face to face with the Master of the castle, who has once again dressed for the occasion. Vs. Grandmaster Radomus Easiest battle so far, but that's to be expected since his strategy is basically made for my team. (But seriously, Escavalier is made for this fight. And Karrablast is literally on the way here!) After the battle the power goes out. It seems the castle is under attack form Team Meteor, working with Elias. They've Taken Luna! Cain holds El while I escape to save Luna. As I leave Radomus reveals he took back the Amethyst Pendant after inviting Elias into his home, and gives advice on where to find Luna. He says she would be Taken to somewhere seedy, where criminals might gather. Luckily: We can ask my gang leader about it. Next time it's down into the dark underworld of Reborn, to rescue the distressed damsel Luna!

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Chapter 10: Protect This House Passing back through the forest, we see that the Mart has conveniently appeared on the other side. We return to bring the medicine for Anna Nostra. Now recovered, Anna suggests I take the opportunity to fight Noel and Charlotte for their badges. Charlotte refuses; I'm not yet strong enough to face her, but Noel agrees. However before we can begin the eldest Belrose Saphira appears. She warns us that Dr. Sigmund and Team Meteor are coming to get us (again). She decides the best plan is to fight. Saphira tasks Laura and me to guard the house while the kids hide inside and she murders all their advance forces. Soon Dr. Sigmund appears He brings more orderlies to entertain me. Upon their defeat Sirius appears. He's angry that the attack isn't going as planned I refuse to move, so we fight Vs. Meteor Admin Sirius That was unusually stressful I choose to hold Sirius at the door, but as a result Laura is injured and Anna and Noel are Taken. Saphira goes ahead to the Meteor base in Tanzan Mountain, and I follow. As a result of beating up on more Meteor dudes, Klang reaches final form: Eventually we come across yet another PULSE, this time it's Abra. Abra is the cause of the teleporting shenanigans in Chrysolia Forest and Spinel Town. ZEL's been struggling to control its power. We're informed something quite important And then forcefully warped away. I'm separated from Saphira in the Tanzan Depths; after some wandering we come across the source of the earthquakes: Vs. Pokémon Gargantuan That took almost everything I had Saphira pairs up with Steelix to save the twins while I go back to the base. Back to the PULSE, they are having no luck taming Abra, and they can't afford to show Lin a failed project. So ZEL asks me to stop Abra. Vs. Meteor Admin ZEL IV (sort of) After I clean up their mess, the Meteors coerce me to act like one of them so Lin isn't mad (it doesn't work, incidentally). Before anything can happen Lin leaves to take care of Saphira and Steelix. Sirius tells me to leave immediately, so as to avoid trouble. Back at the house, spirits are low since Saphira never came back. To change the subject, we decide to resume the fight with Noel that never happened. Vs. Prodigy Noel Pretty much under control here, once I blew up Porygon-Z...even if the results tell a different story So we got Noel's badge. He then asks us to look for Saphira, though he is not confident she survived. But when we go back to the mountain, we find Saphira no worse for wear after the run in with Lin. She also got back Heather's Ruby Ring ad Anna's Amethyst Pendant, but tells me to hold on to them since Meteor won't know I've got them/because I can take care of myself (that being said, Heather's an Elite, and Anna is...Anna, so am I really better?). She's taking the kids toward Labradorra and Calcenon, and I'm to make my way there on my own. Before I leave, I head back to the depths to find this: Next time it's onward into the unknown world beyond Reborn!

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Praise be to the Air Balloon

Do Competitive Jigglypuff! Don't know how much she will help (unless you get Perish Song, your choice)

Thanks! I was helped immensely by the rain both times, though it still felt a lot like luck. Your compliment is much appreciated though

Chapter 9: To Chrysolia and Beyond With strength, we can (finally) go rescue those kids. Back down in the railnet, I move all the junk out of the way, and Cain and I head up the only open path, which leads to the Yureyu building. The place is apparently a Meteor base, so I'm paired with Cain for the infiltration: Cain's team make for good decoys while I do all the fighting. We eventually succeed in finding Shelly and Charlotte, and then encounter Heather with Dr. Sigmund. Having had enough of this guy's nonsense, I decide to fight him: Vs. Dr. Sigmund Connal I was a bit derelict with the screenshots here, but I expected to reset after my initial mistake so I wasn't really trying, yet got the win anyway. Not an impressive battle, Steelix just spammed Rock Slide half the time With Sigmund beaten we go upstairs to find Anna and Noel with Sirius (it is Sirius yes? pretty sure Solaris would not be here to get beat by me a second time). Sirius takes Anna's Amethyst Pendant before the Meteors leave. Now that we saved the kids, we can continue our escape from the city. Before we leave, I find this bad boy: And then I can do this: When we get outside Heather leaves immediately. Losing her pendant has made Anna Nostra ill, so we head to the Belrose Manor (Manse? whatever) as per Charlotte's suggestion. Her sister Laura's already here, having before left the Orphanage of Doom since she's 18 now. I get sent on an errand to get medicine from Spinel Town. I navigate the forest full of paths that change direction, and arrive at the town, where there's junk teleporting all over the place. When I go to the Mart it disappears (of course). Luckily, the museum doesn't move, so I'm able to reanimate this from my fossil: With some TLC this happens: Further investigation reveals that the mart has teleported on top of the Voclain estate (Manor? whatever), where gym leader Serra resides with her son Bennett. Serra also took in Luna, who is not her daughter, but Luna recently left. Serra's not all that worried, but Bennett wants to find her. Bennett really likes Luna. As if by magic, El shows up at the door, claiming to be Luna's father. We say we don't know where she is, then Serra invites him to watch our gym match, because since I'm here we might as well fight. Near the end of the gym puzzle Bennett challenges me. He wants to be a gym leader, so this is a test for him. Vs. Lepidopterist Bennett I was still training Bastiodon, so this was effectively 5 v 6. That being said, I was still sloppy for sure. That performance leads El to say Bennett could be in the Elite 4...but I won in 1 try, which tells me he's not better than Shelly That done, I can now face Serra: Vs. Beauty Queen Serra My first offensive type advantage, yet Serra still put up a fight: I was also swept by Froslass once when it evasion-haxed its way through my team, really nothing to be done there. I guess I could have led with Magneton and just Flash Cannoned everything, but where's the fun in that? After the fight the Mart disappears from the balcony. Also, Bennett leaves with El. Apparently, El can make him an Elite if he helps find Luna. Bennett tells him Luna is going to Vanhanen Castle (Castle Vanhanen? whatever). Serra is a bit worried Bennett will do something stupid, but decides she should be happy her son has this opportunity...though this is totally when he begins his fall to the Dark (...Light?) Side. We still need to find the mart to get that medicine, but Serra says it's probably not far. We shall see next time.

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Starmie

True. Seems like she's saying she doesn't have to battle anymore but maybe she just means she doesn't have to battle me anymore

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22, But I'm a fan of whatever twin #s really

A long chapter here, but a good one. Chapter 8: Trainer Stahl and the Unusually Lengthy Fetch Quest In search of Cain we sail to Azurine Island. There we find an unassuming structure, but inside we get jumped by Team Meteor: Vs. Meteor Grunts Aster and Eclipse Definitely one of the easier times I've had with this fight Having lost the two taunt me: I find the secret room, where there are more Meteor dudes, including Taka, who tries to capture me: Vs. Meteor Admin Taka III The Meteors leave, their plan already in motion. Cain tells me they are going to use PULSE Camerupt to blow the volcano and wipe out Apophyll. Which is bad. We go back to stop it. Kiki decides she must go to help...Cain goes ahead of us. On the way back up the volcano we're paired with Victoria to fight more Meteor dudes (Well I fought. Her mons just got doubled and lost every time). At the top we find Cain there with Solaris and Taka, already haven been beaten (Oh and Cal's there...). Victoria has to fight Taka, Solaris decides to handle me himself... Vs. Meteor Leader Solaris In preparation for this fight I stocked up on a bunch of Air Balloons, and equipped them to everyone but Mawile. Thus I was able to do some misdirection: It took several tries to get my strategy right, yet in the end I still went off script. My actual plan was to let Forretress Explode. I was going to just lower its health with Empoleon first but this works too! Solaris isn't impressed, because apparently The Battle Didn't Count (never mind that I still took his money). Now Kiki is here, but her efforts are stopped by Cal's betrayal. She and Medicham are killed then Cal decides that crosses the line and destroys the machine (can Magmortar use Blast Burn?). Solaris leaves, his plan having failed. Cal's pretty devastated, and Victoria hates him now, you know, because he's a lying snake. Victoria finally gives up TM Strength, and would give me Kiki's badge but apparently it's now invalid since she's gone...(honestly who would know though?) So I have to win anther badge before I can use Strength. As such, Cain finally decides to unlock the wasteland for me (since it's now clearly the only option to save those kids, in case he forgot about that) Back at South Obsidia, Cain tells me his reasoning: So Cain was preparing himself mentally for the idea of (me) meeting his family that drove him away. He's ready now, but insists on fighting me again first. Vs. Pretty Boy Cain IV Still simple, moving on Cain opens the door, finally We navigate the wasteland with little trouble, my mons' steel bodies are corrosion resistant. Eventually we get to the hideout, and meet Cain and Aya's mom. Her name is Lana. The place has been upgraded to be a gym/poke center, so that's nice. When we head to the arena we meet Hardy and, unfortunately, none other than Fern *sigh* Vs. Swag Jockey Fern IV I was beat again by Roserade the first time around, having learned nothing from the past. I don't yet have a counter that isn't Bide it seems, but that should change With that over I can face Aya. She's not all that motivated though. Vs. Wasteland Punk Aya This was done on the first try, guess I should be happy Salazzle is not a thing (yet) Having beat Aya I finally get that poison badge and her TM, which is pretty much useless for me. Aya's pretty thoroughly depressed, but Hardy's here for her, so that's nice. Now I can go to save those kids that were stolen, like, a while ago...I hope they're ok Until next time!

Looks like Kiki doesn't understand how Strength works on her own field. Fancy that.

In this chapter we begin the Apophyll sidequest/arc/thing. It turns out to be pretty eventful. Chapter 7: In Search of Strength Back down in the railnet we come across Victoria. She tells me Cain left to find the TM Strength so he can chase after ??? to rescue the kids: Victoria also confirms that the Poison reserve is his sister Aya, and that only he has the key needed to access the wasteland where Aya resides. We head to Coral Ward to pursue Cain. In Coral Ward, Cain rides away on Muk (without giving me the key since he's in such a hurry now...) since it can survive the toxic water. It seems like we're stuck until Amaria appears again. She believes the pollution is coming from Blackstream Factory and asks for my assistance to investigate, so off we go. We break into the factory and it is clear to me that Amaria in no way needs my help really We get separated, and I fall for an obvious trap But I escape, and eventually make it to the source of the pollution: another PULSE machine: Amaria tasks me with stopping the machine: Vs. Meteor Admin ZEL III I flubbed there but it was fine, moving on ???, who is Solaris, scoffs at my victory, as the damage is already done: He tries to end Amaria but can't, since she's apparently made of iron as well All the Meteor guys leave, and Amaria lets me use her boat to chase Cain. So, we sail to Apophyll Island. I check out the Academy and learn a lot form reading all the books, as well as commit some petty larceny in exchange for some girl's number sticker I talk to Kiki; she's willing to let me use TM Strength if I can prove my worth, which starts by climbing a volcano to defeat her gifted student Cal. Before I start I explore the island some more. Inside a cave I find this by breaking open some rocks: Then I navigate the inside of an active volcano, because convection shmonvection. At the top I challenge Cal, who's in the middle of his brooding cool guy act. Vs. Ex-Leader Cal I got a lot of help with that win, I'll admit it, but I didn't think I would get quite that much mileage from Magneton. I won't pretend like this didn't take some doing to get right though...Interestingly when I first got here the weather was actually sunny. I knew I had no chance with that so I had to wait for it to change I head back down to the Academy to tell Kiki I won. It's revealed that Kiki is actually terminal, and she has been working very hard to make it seem like everything is fine. However, she agrees to fight me for her badge and TM. Victoria, however, doesn't want me to fight her beloved sensei while she is infirm: Vs. Apprentice Victoria IV These are getting closer each time, but we won, mostly due to poor move choice by Victoria Having failed to stop me, Victoria remembers what we came here for and lets me face Kiki. It begins... Vs. Sensei Kiki This was quite a task, it took many tries before enough went my way. Again it feels rather lucky, but the previous attempt came so painfully close I'm not gonna complain. Truth be told since Kiki seems to favor using Strength a lot I was usually beat down by Lucario since it picks Aura Sphere instead, the rest generally were not as bad as they could have been (save for Medicham). Good thing the fighting+psychic results in a neutral against steel Kiki collapses literally moments before giving me a badge. She's in no condition to give it to me now apparently...Victoria also notices that Cain isn't actually here, and tells me to look for him on another island. Next time, we're off to find Cain (again). Stay tuned!

Chapter 6: Hii Power With Shelly's badge and access to rock smash, I'm able to take a few steps to improve the team. First, I can go back under the Stairway and grab the mining kit. With it I succeed in digging up an Armor Fossil! Expect that to come in handy later. I can also head down to the Railnet early. After some searching (well, a lot of searching) I finally obtain my 6th party member: Also Prinplup can now ascend to final form: Took some time to bring Mawile up to speed, then went over to talk to Ame. However, Fern beat us there. He's riding high after beating Shelly. He doesn't want to tell me about the wasteland key so I can meet Aya, but decides to say something if I can beat him. Guess he has something to prove. Vs. Swag Jockey Fern III The first time I neglected to remember that Roserade has HP Fire, and I paid for it. Bide is still OP by the way pls nerf Fern says to look for a "fruity looking" guy near Beryl Cemetery, so off we go! At the cemetery said fruity guy turns out to be Cain. Go figure. He doesn't really want to give me the key for some reason, but agrees to if I can beat him, since nothing is free in this world. Vs. Pretty Boy Cain III Good to see I still have Cain under control Cain's about to give us the key, but Heather appears. Cain's looking for her because he's worried and wants to befriend her, but Heather's not having it. She leaves to see Shelly, and we follow. In Shelly's room we manage to make Heather mad again and she storms out Outside she's confronted by Dr. Sigmund The doctor abducts takes Heather into custody. The three of us decide we're not having that and team up to raid the Orphanage of Doom. I'm paired with Shelly and with Cain's help we mow down Sigmund's army of orderlies. We rescue Heather and the other (plot relevant) kids and escape into the railnet, but are faced with a roadblock. Shelly tells me to ask Shade to power the Yureyu factory. Anna tells me to fight him, cuz why not? So we're off again. In Shade's gym I find another party member. This one's an old favorite: I level up as Magnemite to get Discharge early, of course. Wormadam will be benched, she has served me well I'm also able to get a Metal Coat from a different Magnemite. All of this combined lets me give the team a big power boost in preparation for Shade: Preparations complete, I'm ready to challenge Shade. Vs. Entity Shade As predicted, Magneton is a monster in the Factory/Short-Circuit field. That being said, I still had to learn to save Steelix to face off with Rotom after being swept by that beast with Steelix already down in my first attempt. The results: Shade helps me out after my win. After the factory is powered up, he shows me all my fellow fugitives sans Cain being stolen by ??? Looks like a rescue mission is in order. We've got a very tough stretch ahead of us, stay tuned to see if I survive!

Chapter 5: Shelly Shocked (I'm sorry) So first thing's first, I have been advised that the mystery egg is Larvesta, not Pawniard, and sure enough: Turns out Pawniard's egg looks like this: Honest mistake, yeah...? I mean they look nothing alike but I never got either of these before Anyways, we went over to Lapis ward to see what was happening. Victoria is already here, as she intended to challenge the leader Shelly. However, the incident with Corey has really shaken young Shelly, so Victoria is reluctant to make her fight. While we're there Shade shows up (right the hell out of nowhere, naturally) and takes Corey away, and Aster and Eclipse let slip that Team Meteor is behind the stairway bombing. Victoria runs off to investigate the cave that's apparently under the stairs, and immediately gets captured, so I have to save her! Yay! Along the way Pineco is able to promote: Steel is finally the more common type on this team At the bottom ??? monologues at me, then I pair with Victoria against Aster and Eclipse: Vs. Meteor Grunts Aster and Eclipse Nothing too special here, moving on Having saved Victoria, we go back to check on Shelly. She is still upset, so Victoria asks me to find a psychologist So I end up at the Orphanage of Doom (foolishly) looking for Dr. Connal. He's not amused by my intrusion, and sics his orderly on me... I won't show the battle with Orderly John, but my victory was by no means pretty, and I was humiliated the first time, as usual... It wasn't, actually Anna makes me leave before I have a chance to screw up more battles, but not before giving me advice for Shelly, so I go back to see her again. Heartened by my words, she agrees to face me in a gym battle. Victoria, however, still doesn't want Shelly to fight yet: So she challenges me to try to stop me: Vs. Apprentice Victoria III These Victoria fights are not getting easier, but I was definitely careless there So Victoria couldn't stop me, and I go on to face Shelly. After solving her (college level!) gym puzzle, I come face to face with the first doubles leader. She's eager to prove she's not useless. Vs. Bookworm Shelly As it turns out, resisting Bug didn't do much for me. The first problem was my team's preference for physical defense even though most of hers use special attacks. If the summary above looks like a mess it's because I fully expected to lose that battle again since my strategy continued to prove flawed. In particular I had to accept sacrificing Onix to set Stealth Rock instead of hoping in vain to get any actual attacks off. I can't say I'm proud of this win, but I'm not confident I could make it much less ugly at the moment, really I was lucky to find a way to not get swept when Yanmega appeared judging from my previous attempts The results: Regardless, we now have Shelly's badge, and the level cap is (probably) up to 40, according to Shelly. She then asks me to inform Ame of Corey's fate so the Poison reserve can be called into action. But who could that be??????? We'll find out next time!

You're right, I was thinking like just genderless, I think that group is actually called undiscovered...? Though by that logic you could also use male only and Nidoqueen I suppose