Old Chateau

- So… what’re we doing here, again?

You were the one who just had to accept Gardenia’s dare.

- Well I wanted something to do while Looker… looked.

You couldn’t have just gone to the next city?

- The bike shop owner said he’d give me a bike so we can go down the cycling path.

And you couldn’t have just hanged around?

- With that Looker guy asking questions? I get the feeling he doesn’t like me, he creeps me out.

It’s murky and dark in here. Strips of moonlight filter in through the windows. I hear a hoothoot calling from outside. A flash of light blinds me for a moment.

- Lightning?

Maybe… but where’s the boom?

I figure that in an old building like this there are bound to be some pokemon around. Everyone seems to think ghost pokemon like to hang around places like this, maybe there’s a reason for that.

I step into what seems to be a dining room. There appears to be a man silhouetted against the moonlight, he’s sitting at the head of the table. He silently rises from the chair and levitates towards the kitchen…

- Nope!

Another flash of light blinds me as I stumble back into the main hallway. When my eyesight returns I peer into the dining room once more but there’s nothing there besides a table and some chairs.

- Remember when we used to need the Silph Scope to see ghosts?

Yeah?

- I miss those days…

I wonder what changed…

I decide to make my way upstairs for some reason at the top there’s a hallway with many doors along one wall. A blue light is coming from the gap under one of the doors.

As I approach the door I can hear a voice coming from the room. I open the door.

There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission.

- Oh, it’s just a TV. I didn’t think this place had any power. The lights aren’t working, at least.

The TV falls silent and the glow fades.

- That was odd…

I get the feeling that I’m being watched. It’s so quiet now, I can’t even hear the wildlife in the forest outside.

ZUUL!!

- Wha?!

Just kidding! Hahaha

- You ass…

A bolt of blue lightning arcs from the TV directly at me, I leap aside and the bolt bounces off the wall behind me and starts to ricochet all around the room.

- It has to be a pokemon, right? Electricity just doesn’t do that, does it?

I can’t get a good look at it, but don’t get it too close! That thing’ll fry me!

- To hell with it. Pokeball go!

I throw a pokeball into the middle of the room, the blue lightning strikes the ball.

Rotom: So this annoying fellow is made of electricity…

- Welcome to the bench, Kosh!

Kosh Lv. 20

I pick up the pokeball but quickly drop it as it teleports to the PC.

- Ow! It’s still hot!

Eterna City

After a rest at the pokemon center I stop by the bike shop next morning.

Ah, I was hoping to see you again. I got a nice brand new bike here for you. I assembled it last night!

The bike shop owner hands me a brand new fold-away bike, it straps perfectly onto my backpack.

- Thanks!

Go on, try it out! There’s a cycling road to the south.

On my way to the cycling road an old man notices my gym badges and drags me into his house. He shoves an “Explorer’s Kit” into my hands and says something about treasure.

I figure there could at least be some pokemon I might find in this underground place. After a few minutes of digging I fall into a cave network.

I explore the caves for a while and manage to pry a fossil and a fire stone from the walls. Eventually finding a small opening I climb back out.

Oreburgh City

I end up climbing out of a hole hidden behind a counter in a museum.

Hey! You! Fossil?

- Uhh… I found one down there, yes.

Gief!

The scientist snatches the fossil from my hands just before I was about to show it to him. He shoves it into a machine, presses a few buttons and a pokeball pops out.

Here! For you!

Shieldon: It uses it’s face for a shield… and you say these are extinct?

- Welcome to the bench, Mister Garibaldi.

Garibaldi ♂ Lv. 20

Route 206

I notice the road above just leads back to Eterna City so I explore under it for a while and find an opportunity to recruit. A gligar. Pokeball go!

Gligar: A flying scorpion. For such a nasty concept he sure looks goofy…

- Welcome to the bench, Zack!

Zack ♂ Lv. 13

Looking around I find a cave entrance under the bridge.

Wayward Cave

I have Londo light my way through the darkness in here, I wish I’d thought of that while I was in the Old Chateau…

I find a dusk stone on the floor, as I go to pick it up I’m jumped by a gible.

- All right, let’s catch this guy. Sinclair, weaken it with razor leaf!

Gible smashes itself into Sinclair, who responds by flinging sharp leaves into it. I throw a pokeball but gible breaks out.

Gible spits dragonfire at Sinclair, completely engulfing him.

Holy crap that thing knows dragon rage?!

- Sinclair!

The fires subside revealing nothing but some charred ground.

I guess Sinclair has been reassigned…

Sinclair ♂ Lv. 5 - Lv. 23 Death by Dragon Rage

- No! Oh you’re not getting off light, you’re coming with me and you’ve got some atonement to do! Pokeball go!

Gible: It’s a shark… that walks on land…

- You’re stuck with me now, Sheridan!

Sheridan ♂ Lv. 17

I continue further into the caves, Londo still lighting my way.

A light! You there! Can you help me find my way out of here?

- Sure, I guess.

Oh thank you! I’m Mira.

- I’m Caldar.

For some reason there are trainers blocking our path to the exit, either they’ve just appeared or I’ve taken a wrong turn…

With Mira’s kadabra helping, we double battle our way past the trainers and eventually reach the exit. As soon as we step into the sunlight I feel some movement from inside my backpack.

What’ve you got there? An egg?

- Yeah, and it’s hatching!