Decided to start by going south, to Route 14. Here, I battled all trainers, picked up all items and captured Buizel, Mienfoo, Swablu, Altaria, Golduck and Absol. However, I could not explore the whole Route as parts of it were only accessible through waterfalls. I’ll have to return later to do that. Tried to enter Black City, but it was blocked off by a bunch of dudes dancing for no reason. Hopefully they will disappear one day. I went back to Undella Town and headed out to the Bay. Battled all trainers here, found a few items and captured a Remoraid and a Mantyke. Found the entrance to the Seaside Cave, but could not get very far in it since it was blocked by a Blackbelt with a bunch of Roggenrola. He said he only battled strong trainers, and that he didn’t want to battle me as I wasn’t strong enough. So I left the cave for now.
Went back to Undella and headed north, up to Route 13. I battled all trainers here, picked up all items and captured Lunatone, Solrock, Tangela, Pelipper and Staryu. At the end of the Route, I met Cobalion again. This time, it didn’t run away, it just stood in front of me. Did it want to battle me? I wasn’t prepared for this, so I didn’t battle it. Hopefully it will stay until later. I exited the Route and arrived in Lacunosa Town. There, I met Bianca and Professor Juniper again. They wanted me to listen to a tale by an old lady living in this town. So we went to visit this old lady, who told us the story of the scary Pokemon which had arrived in a meteor and now lived beyond the town. It was also said to eat humans. Quite scary indeed.
We left the house and the Professor thought I should continue towards Opelucid City and challenge the Gym leader there. Then she went off with Bianca to do some field research. I explored this small town; there wasn’t a lot to see here, although I found a few items. However, I got one call from the person who’s Xtransceiver I have been holding, saying they wanted it back. So I met up with this person at the Ferris Wheel in Nimbasa to give them back their Xtransceiver. Then, I flew back to Lacunosa. At the western exit from the town, I met my Rival again. He was looking for Team Plasma, as usual. And just as we talked about them, one of the Plasma leaders appeared together with a grunt. My Rival could not let them go, so we teamed up against them, and won the battle. They ran off towards Route 12, and my Rival ran after them. I decided to take a calmer approach and went out to Route 12 at a slower rate.
Here, I battled all trainers and picked up all items. Continued to the Village Bridge and did the same thing there, picked up all items, battled all trainers, manipulated the running speed of the basket and tennis players by pressing B, and listened to the “Dark” musicians in the area. Although I have no idea why they are called that. I headed further west, to Route 12. Once again, I battled the trainers here and picked up all items, also captured a Zangoose and an Amoonguss in the grass. But here, just like on Route 14, some areas were not accessible for now as I lack Waterfall. While I was on the Route, a strong-looking green Pokemon also appeared in front of me. I didn’t feel like battling it, so I let it be for now.
Left the Route and finally, I arrived at Opelucid City. Here, I met Iris again. She told me that the Gym Leader was her grandfather. Kinda cool. She suggested that I should train a bit on Route 9 before challenging him, and then she left. I explored the town, didn’t find much, but many of the people here had interesting things to say. Decided to take Iris’ advice, I headed out to Route 9, battled all of the trainers there, picked up all items and captured a Garbodor. Entered the gate to Tubeline Bridge, but couldn’t get out on the bridge itself as a test was going on to see how many people could stand on it. I’m guessing the result will be a bit less than 5000. Went back to Route 9 and entered the Shopping Mall, explored it, bought some things and battled the trainers here. Then, I went back to the city. Tomorrow, I’ll challenge the Opelucid Gym.
Team:
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