Mistralton City

Another gym with crazy dangerous stuff inside. I launch myself around with giant air cannons, landing near gym trainers each time. At least battling them has allowed Gamey to evolve!

Gamey ♀ Lv. 32

One more cannon launches me into a wall and I hear a snap. After peeling from the wall and tumbling to the floor I check my nose is not broken and find myself next to Skyla.

Oh great, there’s another crack in my case!

Oh hi! I’m glad you made it! Are you ready?

- Yeah!

Go Swoobat!

- Go Geoffrey!

- Will-o-wisp!

Amnesia!

Geoffrey summons little wisps that scorch and burn swoobat. Meanwhile swoobat tries it’s best to forget about the whole thing.

- Hex!

Acrobatics!

Swoobat swoops around in a series of complicated manoeuvres to build up momentum and slams into Geoffrey who grabs swoobat with his ghostly hands and makes the burns on it’s skin burst into flames that consume swoobat.

Go Unfezant!

- Will-o-wisp!

Air slash!

Unfezant sends a slashing shockwave into Geoffrey who sends out more wisps, but unfezant dodges them.

- Geoffrey come back! Go Hans!

Air slash!

Hans is greeted by a shockwave to the face, but he quickly shakes it off.

- Rock slide!

Leer!

Unfezant stares at Hans while he summons a mass of boulders that tumble onto it.

- Rock slide!

Quick attack!

Unfezant darts across the arena and slams into Hans who throws more boulders at it, burying unfezant in a pile of rocks.

Go Swanna!

- Rock slide!

Aqua ring!

Swanna surrounds itself with a spinning ring of water while Hans throws another flurry of rocks that tumble down onto swanna. Swanna’s aqua ring heals a small amount of it’s wounds.

- Rock slide!

Bubblebeam!

Swanna fires a blue beam of bubbles at Hans, striking him full on. Hans scoops up some rocks from a nearby pile and hurls them at swanna, knocking it down and burying it.

Congratulations! You’ve won the Jet Badge!

After a trip to the pokémon center I check the map, it seems I have to go through Twist Mountain to get to Icirrus City.

Route 7

It’s pouring down with rain by the time I reach the foot of the mountain.

Caldar! I have the Jet Badge too so I’m going to battle you now!

- Again??

Go Unfezant!

- Go Hans!

- Rock slide!

Air slash!

Hans crunches down on a rock gem I had him hold and his eyes begin to glow as he slams his claw into the ground. Moments later a slew of rocks come tumbling down the mountain and completely buries unfezant.

Go Simipour!

- Hans come back, go Geoffrey!

Scald!

Simipour blasts Geoffrey with boiling hot water as he leaves his pokéball, sending him flying into the mountainside and dealing critical damage.

Well at least he was already in his funeral attire…

- Nooo! Get him, Scrappy, get him!

- Hi jump kick!

Leer!

Simipour leers at Scrappy as she leaps foot first through the air and kicks it across the jaw.

- Payback!

Scald!

Simipour sprays Scrappy with boiling water, making her angry and she immediately takes her rage out by breaking simipour’s face with her fist.

Go Servine!

- Scrappy, come back! Go Gamey!

Mega drain!

Servine drains a little of Gamey’s energy.

- Air slash!

Slam!

Gamey blasts servine with razor sharp pressure waves. Servine leaps at Gamey and hits her with full force of it’s tail and then nibbles on some leftovers it had stashed away.

- Air slash!

Slam!

Another blast of air from Gamey cuts at servine and knocks it into a nearby tree.

Go Liepard!

- Fly!

Fake out!

Liepard bats Gamey in the face with it’s paw, making Gamey flinch.

- Fly!

Torment!

Liepard teases Gamey as she takes flight above.

Assurance!

Liepard looks up at Gamey, thinks for a moment and turns to Cheren to give him a disapproving look. Gamey swoops down at liepard but misses completely.

- Roost!

Assurance!

Gamey curls up and heals her wounds. Liepard leaps on Gamey, pinning her down and bashing her with it’s paw.

- Fly!

Assurance!

Still pinned down, Gamey gets another bashing from liepard before she breaks free and flies up.

Hone claws!

Liepard sharpens it’s claws while Gamey dives down and collides with it feet first and drives liepard’s head into the ground.

Great battle!

- ?!

A- Alder! What do you mean “great battle”? I lost!

Come now, even if you lose you can still learn something!

- But… Geoffrey died…

But how can I be strong if I keep losing?!

Tell me, if you were to become the strongest, what would you do then?

Well, I’d become champion and then I’ll be done.

Is that all? You’ve no ambition to do anything else? I suggest you really look into what you want to do with yourself.

My cross-transceiver starts ringing while Cheren receives a life lesson from Alder.

Caldar! I have some news! While working on the time machine my instruments picked up a disturbance in the south!

- A disturbance?

About a day ago I detected a phenomenon with similar properties the time machine produces during testing!

- You’re sure it’s not you causing this?

I’ve kept extensive records as to prevent crossing my own timeline, I can assure you it’s not me. It’s either you or someone else.

- It’s not me, or… um… I don’t plan on going there again? Or I won’t go there?

Hmm, then could I ask you to check it out? It seems to have occurred somewhere on Route 18.

- I’ll find a way to get there, then…

I’m still going to find my own way to get stronger!

And I hope you find a purpose on the way. And what of you, Caldar? What’s your aim?

- Right now? I want to go to Route 18

Interesting, well you’ll probably need this. You can have one too Cheren.

Alder hands us a HM03 each.

- Thanks!

Route 17

Gamey can’t seem to fly me any closer to where I need to be so it looks like I’ll have to get Bushi to carry me the rest of the way. And I take the chance to recruit. A frillish, pokéball go!

Frillish: It’s a pink frilly jellyfish…

- Welcome to the bench, Esmeralda!

Esmeralda ♀ Lv. 9

A few trainers challenge me to battles and after I beat them all, Bushi evolves!

Bushi ♂ Lv. 36

Route 18

I land on an island and start looking around. I find a HM05 labelled “Waterfall” and a dwebble, pokéball go!

Dwebble: It’s a crab that lives inside a rock.

- Welcome to the bench, Pebbles!

Pebbles ♀ Lv. 30

I decide to take a rest at the only building I can find on the island. As soon as I step inside a rather odd looking pokémon ranger is in my face, staring at me.

It’s you!

- Huh?

The green fairy told me you’d come!

- Um..

It told me to give you this!

The ranger hands me a pokémon egg. As soon as I see it I feel a familiarity with it.

You must reach your destination!

- OK…?

For the sake of us all, destiny must be re-written! The fairy told me!

Can we go now? He’s scaring me.