Castelia City

As I leave the gym my train of thought is broken by an annoying noise coming from my pocket.

Hey, your phone-thingy is ringing!

- Hm?

I check my other pocket and pull out the cross-transceiver .

Hi Caldar! Can we have a battle if'n you please?

- Weren’t you training with Iris?

I was, and I think I’ve learned a few things!

It’s been less than an hour…

- Er… sure.

Great! I’ll meet'ya at the gate to route 4!

After a quick trip to the pokémon center I make my way to the gatehouse.

Hi! Let me show you what I’ve learned!

Go Herdier!

- Go Gamey!

- Air cutter!

Take down!

Gamey blasts herdier with razor sharp pressure waves as herdier leaps at Gamey and pins her to the floor, hurting itself in the process.

- Gamey come back! Go Miyagi!

Take down!

Herdier pounces on Miyagi, slamming him into a wall while hurting itself again.

- Double kick!

Take down!

Miyagi kicks herdier away and follows up by kicking it’s head to the floor.

Go Munna!

- Miyagi come back! Go Checkers!

Imprison!

As Checkers leaves his pokéball munna uses some weird power on him, but it doesn’t seem to do anything.

- Crunch!

Yawn!

Checkers bites down hard onto munna who yawns loudly, making Checkers feel drowsy.

- Crunch!

Bianca sprays a super potion onto munna but it wasn’t enough to keep it conscious after Checkers bites it again. After all the excitement Checkers decides to take a nap.

Go Pignite!

- Checkers come back! Go Bushi!

Defense curl!

Pignite curls up in a ball as Bushi appears.

- Razor shell!

Defense curl!

Bushi holds one of his shells with both hands and swings at pignite, sending it into a nearby wall. Pignite curls up tighter.

- Razor shell!

Bianca reaches in her bag for a super potion. Bushi throws his other shell, knocking the potion from Bianca’s hand.

Ow…

- Sorry!

- Razor shell!

Arm thrust!

With his first shell still in hand, Bushi smacks pignite across the jaw with it.

Go Pansage!

- Bushi come back! Go Blaze!

Leech seed!

Just as Blaze leaves his pokéball the leech seed grabs him and starts to drain life from him.

- Flame burst!

Fury swipes!

Blaze spits a fireball at pansage, exploding on impact.

Aww.. but I trained!

Route 4

The city walls sure do keep out the weather, I didn’t even know there was a sandstorm going on the other side of the gatehouse.

A gentleman points out that this is a desert route and pokémon live in the deeper, dark sand. I take this as an opportunity to recruit. It doesn’t take long before a scraggy pops up, pokéball go!

Scraggy: It’s… some sort of… lizard… with baggy pants?

- Welcome to the bench, Scrappy!

Scrappy ♀ Lv. 17

Nice catch.

Nice analysis, dumbass

Hey, Cheren, did you know removing it’s batteries makes that model perform 100% better?

I see you have the Insect Badge too, I want to test my strength again. Let’s go!

- In the middle of a sandstorm?!

Go Pidove!

- Go Checkers!

- Crunch!

Leer!

Checkers chomps on pidove while all it can do is stare angrily back at him. The sandstorm hurts them both a little.

- Crunch!

Air cutter!

Checkers chomps on pidove again and flings it to the floor.

Go Servine!

- Checkers come back! Go Blaze!

Growth!

Servine grows a little larger.

- Flame burst!

Leech seed!

Blaze spits a fireball into servine’s face, scattering embers around on impact.

Go Panpour!

- Blaze come back! Go Checkers!

Water sport!

Panpour sprays water all over, but not much else happens.

- Crunch!

Water gun!

Checkers bites down on panpour’s head, panpour hits Checkers with a short blast of water.

- Crunch!

Water gun!

Checkers bites panpour on it’s tail, it passes out from the pain.

Go Liepard!

- Checkers come back! Go Miyagi!

Pursuit!

Before Checkers retreats, liepard blocks the way and slashes at him.

- Double kick!

Torment!

Liepard attempts to torment Miyagi by way of teasing, but a swift couple of kicks to the face stopped that quickly.

Hmph! So I need to keep training. I’ll be heading north to Nimbasa City to get my next badge!

Cheren leaves quickly, I continue onwards. I figure Nimbasa City is a good place to go, but the map isn’t much use during the sandstorm.

Desert Resort

I’m not sure this is the right way to go but I take the opportunity to recruit. A sandile, pokéball go!

Sandile: Is that crocodile wearing sunglasses? Also what’s a crocodile?

- Welcome to the bench, Eric!

Eric ♂ Lv. 20

I continue looking for my way to the city and while staring at some weird looking statues as I walk I stumble down some steps.

Relic Castle

Another chance to recruit I guess. A yamask, pokéball go!

Yamask: He says his name was Geoffrey.

- Welcome to the bench, Geoffrey!

Geoffrey ♂ Lv. 19

I find some people down here and ask them for directions. Only one didn’t simply want to battle and she just gave me a cover fossil. Thankfully someone excavating a chamber tells me the right way to go, and that I should probably wait for the sandstorm to end…