gather the rest
drink the blood
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Monday, August 5, 2013
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Day 172: Zubat -- Union Cave
The next day, Stalin flies to Union Cave...
In order to actually get that damned Leppa berry, I need to go to the Ruins of Alph through a secret underground route in the Union Cave I passed through many moons ago. Unfortunately this means dealing with the encounter rate caves have, but hopefully it'll only take a few days...
I don't make it far before I start to regret my decision.
I put Rhianna in front, who should be able to one-shot anything in here. Like this Zubat, for example.
Friday, August 2, 2013
Day 171: Geodude
The next day, at the Ruins of Alph...
I managed to get out of that pointless indoor area with Unowns.
I head back to the room where I fell down; you can see the trapdoor where I got "misdirected". Behind it are some hieroglyphs I'm supposed to read...
It says "Light." Easier to figure out than Webdings. I'm supposed to use Flash. I teach it to Kyle and use it...
Inside are a bunch of items, including my coveted Sitrus berry. Now I just need to get the Leppa berry.
I head back outside to where I think I'm supposed to go (it actually isn't.) I use Rock Smash on a rock ahead of me, and suddenly...
It takes two Flame Wheels to counteract his defense and typing, but he dies all the same. I gotta figure all this out tomorrow.
Oh, and with the help of a traveling Cameraman, I took another picture:
Poor Aidan gets covered yet again!
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Day 170: Unown -- Ruins of Alph
The next day, outside Chuck's Gym...
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“Then you should take this HM.”
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“You will be able to Fly instantly
to anywhere you have visited.”
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Fantastic. Let's talk to her again...
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“That's good, since he was getting a
little chubby.”
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Heh. Anyway, I gotta Fly up some loose ends. I go ahead and teach Nelly Fly, replacing the not-so-useful Astonish. Next, I head to Violet City.
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“Haven't you had trouble with a
boulder
blocking your way? Of course you have!
For people like you, there's an HM
that will come to your rescue!”
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To the west of Violet City is this fat kid.
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“It contains make-'em-faint Rock
Smash.
You can even use it to smash boulders
once you've earned the Violet City
Gym Badge!
But beware!
Hidden moves like this are hard for
your Pokemon to forget once they've
learned them.
You should think carefully which
Pokemon should learn it.”
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With make-'em-faint Rock Smash, I have a small chance of getting shard items when I break a boulder. A few of those shards can be traded for Berries. I'm after Sitrus and Leppa, which restore 30HP and 10PP, respectively. Both would be quite useful, since I make a ton of berries using the Berry Pots. Just take a look at what I've grown since I got them:
If I got these berries, I wouldn't have to worry about restorative items anymore. Rather than use those shards items though, there's a dungeon area I neglected where I can pick up those berries directly off the floor!
To the south of Violet lies the Ruins of Alph. There are several ruined buildings; I head for the bottom-right most one.
Inside I gotta do a puzzle.
Apparently archaeologists the world over have never done a picture puzzle. This one's already half complete!
After solving it, a trapdoor opens...
After my fall, this weirdo gives me an UNOWN report and then leaves. All it does is record which types of the Unown I've seen in battle.
This room I've fallen into is nothing but a hive of Unown. I mistakenly thought that the Sitrus berry would be down here, but I need to take that ladder and go elsewhere in the ruins...
A G Unown attacks before I can do that, though. It's level 5, so the outcome is predictable.
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