MAEL WHERE DID YOU GET A TORKOAL.
Anyway, saddle down, I've been gone for a day so I've got back on track with some craziness.
Barely any Audino training happened at all... mostly because Edge was now having trouble keeping up, still being a baby pokemon. ANYWAY, after ploughing through the other strange models in the gym, I meet Elesa (who now looks like an entirely different person >_>) and it's go time.
Right off the bat the Volt Switches are pretty annoying. I manage to keep an overall low on them anyway, so it's not much of an issue. Her Zebstrika went down first this time around, because Pignite is a badass karate porkCHOP *shot*. Emolga got smack downed by good ol' Voxie, and then Edge finishes off the Flaffy with ONE HP! *trollface* Edge, I never thought you had it in you
Then, setting off straight to route 6 where more Audinos await, I charge through a bunch of trainers, and lo and behold, Charles is there, ready to bring triple battle action outside of Driftveil... but that didn't last long. Wanna know why?
*flashback*
So Edge was being given the battle exp, because guess what: at lv30, he became an awesome Electabuzz, bringing a new level of pain with a paralysis + Electro Ball combo and Thunderpunch. Of COURSE, all of charles's pokemon were weak to electric, so you can figure how that worked out.
Then there's the Driftveil Bridge. One major event happened. We caught a new member! That's right, it's Ducklett. I named it after Amethyst, and for good reasons, too. First of all, Male Swannas still look girly, and second of all, the term for saying whether a pokemon is a boy or girl was "gender". And this Ducklett was a girl. So excuse me Ame for finding these amazing loopholes . Anyway, this will be our flyer.
Now- WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! What happened to Driftveil? Everything's now a hotel (apart from that one old store), and the Cold Storage is history because of some tournament thingy. Right off the bat I see an ex-team plasma and a team plasma member argue it out. After rushing to the ex-plasma guy's defense, he said that many people quit because of N's desires. I like the new situation of Team Plasma. The old outfits represent being some sort of messiah, while the new ones, with their dark colours, bring on sinister thoughts, suiting the personality of Ghetsis and his evil self. I think everything about Team Plasma has been knocked up a notch (apart from their pathetic battling skills).
We find the building where the old team plasma members are, who've atoned and are now good guys, though jerkface thinks otherwise (although his sister's Purrloin was stolen, so he does ACTUALLY have a reason for being stuck up!). After a battle with the sage, he gives me a ZORUA! Epic! Unfortunately, it can't be nicknamed, and the fact that it was N's means that the exp boost makes it an easy win for the game... and I'd rather not do that. After learning some interesting backstory, I leave.
Anyway, after some random discussions and another swift battle (this time being rotation) with Charles, not to mention some shopping to get Insenses and Moomoo Milks, I go route 6 and train there FOR AN HOUR getting all my pokemon to a similar level to the gym ones, after seeing a lv31 Baltoy cause trouble. The Audinos just usualy HAPPENED to be the opposite gender and spammed attract to death... oh god, that was a nightmare.
Now my pokemon are really buffed up. They've learned new, DEVASTATING move that I'll explain at the end.
Then I navigate through a decently entertaining new gym puzzle, battle some random workers and make it to the gold platform where Clay stands. He doesn't plan to talk, so we cut right to the chase!
He starts off with a Krokorok. Amethyst bubblebeams it to death, and wastes Clay's hyper potion, so no problems here.
Then he cuts RIGHT to Excadrill. I try to attempt to send SS, Edge and Amethyst all in on it, but I severly underestimated it's speed and it 1hkoed all three of them. Now that was a horrible play on my part, but he's part steel, and definetely faster than a Sunflora, so... yeah.
Then something, possibly the most epic moment of this journey so far, happened. I sent Voxie out. Now, at this stage, Voxie is the member of my team with the highest attack and defense, because Gigalith is a monster. Planning to use Sturdy, I Iron Defense once. Strangely, Clay only pokes at me with slashes. Not letting this confuse me, I use Iron Defense 2 more times, and bam, +6 defense. This is a fucking beast. Bulldoze? Metal Claw? About 13 hp chipped off out of 106. Rock Slide? 6 hp. Slash? 3. hit. points.
Voxie doesnt have any good means of offense against him, but because of STAB rock slides and Clay's lack of a Hyper Potion, I beat the Excadrill in a one on one duel WITHOUT HAVING TO HEAL VOXIE. YOU ARE AWESOME, VOXIE! Sheesh, it's overpowered to have this thing this early in the game.
After that, I walk down to the Tournament place that replaced the much loved Cold Storage (I MISS YOU VANILLITE AND HIGHER LEVEL AUDINOS ;_; and after bumping into CHEEEEEEREEEEEEEEN! and Jerkface again, I save, ready to face the wimpy tournament next time (Mael is foreshadowing for me).
Current Stats:
SS (Pignite): Lv32
Moves: Heat Crash, Rollout, Arm Thrust, Flame Charge
This thing is still staying the same, although Heat Crash is a new addition for any lightweights who come too close... muhahhahahahahha...
Pimpin' (Sunflora): Lv32
Moves: Giga Drain, Growth, Leech Seed, Petal Dance.
Let's get this done quickly. Rose Incense + 1 Growth + Petal Dance = I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING THIS DOESN'T KO. I honestly have no idea how strong this thing is going to be. Heck, it's on level with VOXIE for getting Petal Dance AT LEVEL 28!
Edge (Electabuzz): Lv32
Moves: Quick Attack, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Electro Ball.
Edge has so much diversity and does it all so quickly, it's just been crazy. Amazing coverage after spending 10 red shards to get Ice Punch!
Voxie (Gigalith): Lv32
Moves: Rock Slide, Iron Defense, Power Gem, Headbutt
I find it ironic how it hasn't been needing as much experience as anyone else, yet it's our first full evolution and is AN ABSOLUTE MONSTER, with great base attack and defense and moves to back it up.
Amethyst (Ducklett): Lv32
Moves: Fly, Bubblebeam, Air Slash, Roost
A new addition to our team, and a good one too! Decent choice in attacking, decent special attack in itself, and roost for recovery, too!
I put Herpaderp and the Zorua in the PC. We won't need Herpyman for a while.