Recap: We began the battle at the 5th Sigil Hall.

So here we are, half-fainted and about to face off against Red’s Venusaur.

The first thing we do is use up our turn to revive someone; in this case, Zephyr.

The first thing Red’s Venusaur does is transform into a mega. I was unaware Venusaur had a mega version.

Oh yeah, and in that same turn, he uses Sleep Powder on Foxxy.

Asleep AND halfway fainted? Looks like a good time to use a Full Restore!

Just kidding. That was a terrible time to use Full Restore.

Venusaur Leaf Storm-ed Foxxy’s HP down farther than it was previously.

NOW it is a good time to use Full Restore!

Oh. Nevermind, then.

Not really sure how long Zephyr’s gonna last, I ask him to use Future Sight. That way, if he faints this turn, at least we have a guaranteed hit against Venusaur at some point.

I don’t think Venusaur knows any other move.

Zephyr survived the attack, so we throw him a Full Restore.

This is starting to feel a little repetitive…

Red must have thought so too. I was reviving other party members while Zephyr and Venusaur had their stare-off. It didn’t last very long, because Red got fed up and switched over to Espeon.

Zephyr’s Shadow Ball took out Espeon pretty quickly, forcing Red to send back out that giant dinosaur.

Hey, guess what we’re playing!

Yup, it’s the healing game. Poor Zephyr has to stay out so I can heal up the rest of my party.

Also, did you see that Venusaur knows SYNTHESIS?

See all of those Full Restores and Revives?

A good majority of the fight against Venusaur was spent using most of them up. I’m going to skip ahead to the point when we actually were able to hit this guy.

SYNTHESIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSS CURSE YOUUUUUUUUUU

I didn’t heal Zephyr whenever he was under the Sleep Powder’s effects because I figured he would wake up eventually. I had to be patient, but my plan worked out and the psychic kitty woke himself up after a few turns.

This EXACT pattern took place about two more times before we took the big lug down.

Zephyr held strong and sent the Pokemon packing after what felt like an eternity fighting him.

Okay!

We’re done!

We win!

In your FACE, Red!

Hah!

Now we just watch the end credits roll and…

Oh? There’s still some dialogue? Alrighty then, I guess we have some time to watch everyone congratulate me.

Odin: tessering through space.

Yeah, but it’s not like I wanted to. I had to leave Shawn behind in order to do it, and had he been here, that Venusaur would have been a hell of a lot easier to take down.

Odin: It’s too late, though. See, I’m here to challenge Red, the greatest trainer of them all! I will sacrifice him to Divaevus! I will have power eternal, and ruler the world forever! To sacrifice him, and absorb his strength, I have to defeat him in a battle!

Hah! I already beat him, dimwit. He’s got no one left to fight with. Looks like all that power belongs to me now.

Odin: *turns to Red* I’ve beaten you once before, but that was a long time ago. The years haven’t touched either of us, I see.

Uh, the years have obviously touched you, buddy.

Odin: You still look the same as ever– the only thing I lost was the L in my name.

And an eye.

And your hair.

Odin: Bring it on, Red! Let me destroy you, let me sacrifice you and rule the world!

I tried to tell you, he’s already out for the count. You never listen to me.

Odin: Saga… you battled Red? You defeated all his Pokemon? All of Red’s Pokemon are fainted and unable to battle! I win by default! Divaevus! Come forth!

This looks bad.

Wh… wha…

Red?

Where is Red?

What the hell just happened?!

Odin: Team Asgard is invincible! I am invincible! We are GODS!

Wait… you guys… is… is Red dead…?

Odin: Oh, this is just too good. The friends and family of the heroine come to save her just in time. How delightfully adorable. Go, Team Asgard! This is your chance to redeem yourself! Destroy these three! I have my own little grudge to deal with!

You killed Red!! How the hell did you kill Red?! Why would you do that?! He didn’t do anything to you!!

Odin: But now… now I have Divaevus! Divaevus, the true form of the Divine Plate of Arceus! But now… thanks to you, Red has left this world!

Me?! Don’t put that blood on my hands!! Had I known you were gonna murder the kid I wouldn’t have battled him!!

Odin: I have gained infinite power! And Saga… it’s all your fault! Now look at me as we battle! I want to see the last glimmer of hope extinguished from your eyes!

I’M NOT EMOTIONALLY STABLE ENOUGH FOR THIS BATTLE

Nooooo, this started out so good and then ended so poorly…

Genevieve couldn’t land a Dig on Jolteon because of that fucking Double Team spam. She tried to nail Divaevus with it but he knows Dragon Pulse… of course…

I don’t know if it counts as battling if all you’re doing is using Full Restores and Revives.

Why can I never remember how to fight Divaevus?? I know I’ve done it before, but how? WHAT TYPE ARE YOU?

You and you’re fucking tiny-ass tyrannosaurus rex arms…

The thought of this giant Pokemon charging at me every turn is really horrifying. If you think about it, the arena we’re fighting in isn’t even that big, AND there are three other battles taking place. All of this ExtremeSpeed-ing could knock one of us into the boiling lava.

I guess that could be Odin’s real intention…

Foxxy bravely faces Divaevus with his Ice Beam attack and wins! Hell yeah! Now that the legendary is out of the way, the rest shouldn’t be a problem.

Like I anticipated, Salamance wasn’t a challenge. A few Frost Breaths fainted him.

We did have a slight problem with this bug that forced me to play Revive-Roulette for several turns, but Barret squished her before she caused me to rage quit.

I forgot about Shaymin. When he was sent out I panicked because Shawn wasn’t here, but then I remembered Yukio was, and all doubts vanished with his FLY attack.

Jolteon came out and I was like, “Yes! Now I can finally see Genevieve vs. Jolteon!”

Then history repeated itself and Gengar took his place. I was so pissed I was shouting “DIE BITCH” when the Dig meant for the electric Pokemon hit the mega ghost instead. I thought it was a OHKO and was about to brag until Gengar fought back, knocking my Garchomp out in a single hit.

OH MY GOD he has like NOTHING left, all you need to do is SNEEZE on him for FUCK’S SAKE.

Revive-Roulette gets an encore for another hundred turns before anyone can attack him.

At this point, I’m scared out of my mind that something is going to happen and I’m going to get a game over… which would mean I would have to go ALL THE WAY BACK to the beginning of the battle with Red, and I don’t want to relive that nightmare again. I don’t care if I use the remainder of my items to survive — I will not get a game over to a Gengar with NO HP left.

I’m not kidding, it took waaaaay too long to get to this point.

I am so done by this point that I’m going to wreck this Jolteon.

THIS DOUBLE TEAM SPAMMING IS MAKING MY BLOOD BOIL

Gaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh….. I can hardly form coherent sentences without growling…..

FIVE TURNS LATER we finally succeed!!

Odin is defeated!

HELL YES

FUCK YOU DUDE

I WIN

I USED AN INSANE AMOUNT OF HEALING ITEMS AND WASTED A FEW HOURS OF MY LIFE BUT I WON ANYWAY

Probably left because you are a LOSER

Odin: But… I was supposed to be…

The very best?

Wilson: Get out of the way! *pushes Loki* Odin! It’s finally over!

Odin: No…! No! No! No! As long as I’m alive, I will always–

Wilson: Megasparce! Come out!

OOOOOH DUDE YOU’RE SCREWED NOW

Odin: NO! PLEASE!

Ah… that seems… somewhat violent…

…we’re all just standing around watching Megasparce eat Odin, huh?

Wilson: I think it’s finally over… but at what cost? Red, sacrificed so a madman could be powerful… Saga almost suffering the same fate…

CAN I GO HOME NOW?

Loki: What will happen to us?

Aria: We will have the three of you arrested. And we will make sure all of you get properly treated in prison. Your brother is safe.

Loki: Thank you, Miss Aria. Its more than we deserve. *three bad guys disappear*

Aria: I can’t believe it. It’s finally over. Nearly a year’s worth of pain and suffering, all came to a head in that battle. Saga, I’m so proud of you. You really have matured on your Pokemon journey. Though I may question your taste in rivals, I cannot deny your incredible battling skill and morality. You truly are one with your Pokemon.

Jake: You’re pretty swagalicious, Saga.

Wilson: This truly was a battle to shape the ages.

Aria: As long as you live, and even afterwards, the world will never forget you. You’ve done so much for us. The world is in your debt, rather than the other way around. Saga, enjoy your victory. There are many places you can go with that new Tesseract ability of yours.

Random text box: If you ever get bored with your newfound victory and crave adventure again… come and see me in Blackfist City, okay?

Wilson: I know we haven’t always gotten along, but I want you to know I will always be proud to be your father.

Aria: Me too, Saga. Err… proud to be your mother, that is. I will be waiting at Blackfist if you’re adventure-sense still tingles as well. I love you, Saga! I love you, Saga, Champion of the Vesryn Region, and Hall of Legends conqueror!

Okay. All that shit’s done. Vesryn has been completed. We have done just about everything we can do here, so we immediately heal up and head to Blackfist. There is this building here that we have been unable to enter until now, so I’m assuming this is where the adventure continues.

Aria: This train can take you over to a neighbouring region called the Aroma Region.

Ah yes, this is that second region I had heard about!

Aria: The region has been closed recently due to a quarantine. However, I have talked with Professor Maple in the region, and he has agreed to open the borders for you alone. There’s something strange going on in that region, and I’m not sure I like it… Anyways, whenever you go to Aroma, you have to leave your team here in Vesryn. They don’t want any further contaminants from other regions. Same thing goes with leaving, you’ll have to leave your Aroma and PC Boxes there, we don’t want this infection leaking out.

Wh… what? But… my team and I… we have a special bond together! We’ve braved the worst together, they’re all practically at their level cap! I really have to leave them behind? I have to start a whole new team?

Aria: They’ll be kept safe, I promise, and Professor Maple has promised to leave you a Pokemon in the train station in Aroma that you can start your journey off there with. Have fun, but don’t forget, Professor Maple is counting on you! I love you honey!

I… I mean… I guess I want to go…

But you guys better take GREAT care of my team, you hear me?! They mean the world to me! This is a great set of Pokemon, here, don’t you DARE mistreat them!

I love you guys… I’ll return, I promise…

Sniff sniff…

Bye, Vesryn…

As soon as we arrive, we notice a PokeBall in the middle of the floor.

Dear Saga.

I am very sorry that you had to leave your Pokemon in the Vesryn Region. I have left several of my favourite Pokemon in this case. Please take one, and make your way to my lab in Tauri Town. Hoping you are well, and hoping to see you soon…

Professor Maple, MD.

Oh geez… these are my options?

These are my least favorite starters in Pokemon.

Sigh…

Well, I guess I’ll go with…

Mudkip.

Continuing with my lettering-theme, the next letter I need to use is “I”. I couldn’t think of any “I” names except Iago, and that’s only because he’s the parrot from Aladdin and I used to be obsessed with him as a kid.

Yeah, well, I’m not that fond of you either, but looks like we don’t have a choice.

You’re gonna have to start off my new team and it had better wind up just as epic as my last one.