Vermilion City

Time for a relaxing cruise, but first let’s have a look around town. Some fishing guru just handed me a fishing rod, well at least that’s one way I can get a water type on the team.

After listening to the chairman of the pokemon fan club talk about his creepy rapidash fetish he gave me a voucher for a free bike, nice! On my way to the mart some girl asked if I had a spearow. Not any more…

S.S. Anne

I suppose I’ll look for where the deckchairs are so I can take a load off. The ship’s full of trainers? I do like prize money, and I suppose it’s good practice for the team.

Let’s barge into some people’s cabins! Let’s raid the kitchen! Oh, the crew out on deck want to fight too! Let’s go visit the captain- hey Radlac’s here and he wants to fight.

With Radlac dealt with let’s see the captain. He’s seasick? Apparently the cure is rubbing his back? I’m no doctor but I’m not sure that’s right, fine we’ll try it.

Well it seemed to work, and he gave me a free HM, Cut. So we can now cut down little trees that block our path. Coincidentally there just happens to be one of those trees blocking our way to the Vermilion gym.

Vermilion City

As I leave the ship it sails away, time to face the gym I guess.

Let’s teach Cut to Boots, and while we’re at it let’s teach Sandra how to Dig.

There appears to be a force field blocking my path to the gym leader. Well we may as well battle these other people while we figure out these buttons, why are they all in trash cans? Oh, Sandra’s evolving!

Sandra ♀ Lv. 22

With the trainers dealt with this puzzle shouldn’t be too hard. Well it took a long time but I unlock the door, and did there have to be trash in those trash cans? I need to wash my hands before we continue.

Surge! I’m here to challenge you for the badge!

Fred, open up with magnitude!

The voltorb is faster and tackles Fred first, it barely hurt. Fred’s magnitude 9 completely destroys the voltorb!

Surge sends out a pikachu.

Another magnitude should work.

Surge’s pikachu uses double team first, Fred’s magnitude 7 misses!

Try again, Fred! Magnitude!

The pikachu uses double team again, Fred’s magnitude misses again.

We’ll get it eventually. Magnitude!

Another double team, magnitude 7 misses again.

Keep trying! Magnitude!

Pikachu uses quick attack but the damage barely registers, magnitude 5 misses.

“This sure is making for an exciting battle…”

Quiet, you!

Fred, keep using magnitude!

The pikachu uses another double team, magnitude 5 finally hits and it wrecks that elusive pikachu!

Surge sends out a raichu.

“Here we go again…”

Fred, you know the score, magnitude!

The faster raichu uses double team, Fred’s magnitude 8 misses.

You know it’ll work eventually, use magnitude again!

Raichu uses double team again and Fred’s magnitude 7 doesn’t hit.

Keep at it! Magnitude!

Raichu uses quick attack, but Fred’s magnitude 7 completely messes up that raichu.

A frustrating battle but we won! The Thunderbadge is mine!

Oh, and a gift from Lt. Surge, a TM34.

“It contains the move Shock Wave, an electric move that never misses”

And we keep on rolling on!