Sootopolis City

I’m relieved Nurse Joy kept my diary safe when I accidentally left it behind. I’ve not been able to write down the events of the last few days as they happened but I’ll try to get it all down now before I forget.

I started by visiting the pokémon center, Zinnia had another two pokémon for the PC.

But I ended up choosing Rickert and Bella.

I set off out to sea and started training, I thought I’d gone far what with all the fog. But I soon realised I was surrounded by those shimmering, wobbly walls. Seeing no way to avoid them I pick a direction and as soon as I surfed through the fog wall a small island was revealed. After landing there I was assaulted by a horde of Elekid, it was good training for Bella, enough for her to evolve.

The Elekid horde left behind some weird gadget labelled “Electirizer”, Bester took a liking to it so I let him hold onto it. I also found a bright blue stone shard. I left the island but ran into more of those twisting fog barriers, passing through I eventually reach another island. This one was inhabited mostly by a tribe of Magby, they didn’t take a liking to Rickert but he evolved soon after defeating them.

Another weird gadget was left on the floor, labelled “Magmarizer”. Maggie must’ve particularly liked it because she popped out of her pokéball to snatch it out of my hands. I caught sight of a shiny rock and pick it up, it was a green shard. Leaving that island I pass through more fog and end up somewhere on Route 124. I landed at a tiny island, more of a sandbar, with a shack on it. Inside was a guy, a self-proclaimed treasure hunter, he took interest in the coloured shards I’d found and exchanged them for a leaf stone and a water stone and I immediately put them to use.

The treasure hunter also gave me something he called a Protector, he said he won it at a balloon popping contest or something. It was little more than a few thick plates of stone, Luchenko seemed to like wearing them like body armour. The treasure hunter pointed me in what he thought was the right direction back to Sootopolis but the next fog wall brought me to a small volcano island inhabited with violent Audino. I took the opportunity for more training before I tried to leave again.

I sailed through one more fog wall and was surprised when Maggie, Bester, and Luchenko all evolved at the same time.

Thankfully on the other side of the fog was Sootopolis, how I got past the crater wall and into the central pool without diving or flying is beyond me. Trying not to think about it I headed for the pokémon center to rest.

Ah, you’re finally back! The readings from your tracker were going haywire all day! We completely lost track of you several times!

- Oh… I was just training.

So you didn’t get the last badge yet?

- I’m working on it.

Well hurry up! Judging from what we’re seeing on my end, things are getting worse still.

I make sure my diary is in my bag this time before I leave the pokémon center, right next to the silver communicator orb I just spoke to Zinna with and Blue’s old pokédex. I head into the gym and make my way to gym leader’s arena.

- Oh crap…

Caldar! You kept me waiting for a long time…