Day 37: Youngster Albert

"The details are...well, I can't really

say anything, but we want you to carry

that Egg!

My assistant is at the Poke Mart in

Violet City. Could you go meet him and

pick up that Egg?"

 Immediately upon leaving the Gym, Elm has his panties in a bunch. I do what I'm told...

"This is from Professor Elm.

The thing is... we would like you to

take care of an Egg!

After you left, Professor Elm received

a phone call. I have no idea what they

were talking about.

But, after a while, Professor Elm

suddenly cried out, “I can't think of

anyone more suited than Stalin!”

Then he insisted that I hand this Egg

to you.

That's how I came here to deliver the

Egg to you.

It seems that a Pokemon will hatch from

it only when you keep it in your party

of Pokemon.

That's another reason we've

chosen you, Stalin.

Please take care of it!"

Josif Stalin

Chosen caretaker of Eggs

All joking aside, that story was boring as hell and I don't know why I needed to hear it. At least now I can...

"that Egg must be...!

I see...

So it was handed from Mr. Pokemon to
Professor Elm, then from Professor Elm

to you.

Now I get it...

That Egg is truly an important Egg.

Please do take good care of it for me.

Is that understood?

I am counting on you."

Get stopped by yet another Egg-interested party. Yes, it's a Geisha. She does a little twirl and runs off.

 

I finally make it to Route 32, the path to Azalea town. Now I can probably train Nelly without sw-

"You have some good Pokemon there.

It must be the training you gave

them around Violet City.

The training at the Gym must have

been especially helpful.

As a souvenir of Violet city, take this.

It increases the power of

Grass-type moves."

 Sigh...

 

Huh? What? A trainer? I thought this game was about disruptive dialogue and collecting embryonic life forms.

 

I decide to keep Nelly in the fight 'til the end for faster leveling. She only has Leech Life and Supersonic though, so I just spam Leech Life. It does less damage than Ratata does to her, but Leech Life's healing portion tips the scales so that she is set to win a war of attrition. It works, at first, but Ratata gets a critical attack in and ends up fainting Nelly. I'm forced to switch to Quilava to clean up the rest.

He also has a Zubat. I murder it.

 

"same tough Pokemon as everyone else."

Now I'll actually have to go back and heal Nelly... gah. I'll need to stock up on revives as soon as they are available so I don't spend a week backtracking all the time.