Route 214

Setting off for the next city I come across a lot of thick grass and a houndour leaps out at me. Pokeball go!

Houndour: It’s a hellhound!

- Welcome to the bench, Talia!

Talia ♀ Lv. 22

Pastoria City

Another uneventful trip apart from Ivanova evolving while battling a passing trainer.

Ivanova ♀ Lv. 30

Hey Caldar!

Oh no… I’m not sure I have the battery life to deal with him again…

Let’s have another battle!

- But–

Go Staravia!

- … go Grace

- Ice beam!

Wing attack!

Staravia swoops down onto Grace, hitting her with it’s wings as it flys past. Grace fires a blue-white ray at staravia, freezing it solid and causing it to plummet to the ground.

Go Roselia!

- Ice beam!

Magical leaf!

Grace fires another ray, almost completely covering roselia in ice. Roselia launches a flurry of glowing leaves that fly at Grace and cut at her scales.

- Ice beam!

Magical leaf!

Grace finishes encasing roselia completely in ice.

Go Buizel!

- Recover!

Pursuit!

Buizel chases Grace and hits her as she just sits there, regenerating her wounds.

- Water pulse!

Quick attack!

Buizel darts at Grace and hits her, only to be repelled away by her pulse wave of water.

- Aqua tail!

Quick attack!

Buizel dashes at Grace only to be batted away by her tail.

- Water pulse!

Quick attack!

Buizel rushes at Grace once more only to be fired into the nearest building by her pulse wave.

Go Monferno!

- Water pulse!

Mach punch!

Monferno zips across the street fist first into Grace’s face. Grace launches monferno into the air with another pulse wave. Monferno comes crashing down at Barry’s feet.

Well… maybe you’re good enough to take on the gym.

Barry rushes off to the pokemon center and I head over to the gym.

Inside the gym there is a giant tidal pool with pontoons dotted around. I hop from platform to platform until I reach the gym leader’s arena.

Another challenger for the great Crasher Wake?

- I guess?

Let’s rumble!

Go Gyarados!

- Go Grace!

- Ice beam!

Bite!

Gyarados chomps on Grace before she fires a blue-white ray that freezes gyarados solid.

- Ice beam!

Bite!

Gyarados strains to move but can’t as more frost builds up on it’s body while Grace blasts it with her blue-white beam.

- Ice beam!

Bite!

Gyarados still can’t move while Grace completely encases it in a block of ice. The Block shatters, dealing critical damage.

Go Floatzel!

- Ice beam!

Crunch!

Floatzel bites down hard on Grace’s tail, dealing critical damage. Giving floatzel an angry look, Grace freezes it solid with her ice beam.

- Recover!

Crunch!

Floatzel is locked in a painful expression and can only watch as Grace heals her wounds.

- Grace, return! Go Ivanova!

Crunch!

Still unable to move, floatzel does nothing as Ivanova enters the arena.

- Spark!

Aqua jet!

With no sign of thawing, floatzel doesn’t move while Ivanova puts a single paw on floatzel and channels bright lightning into it. Even though it’s still frozen solid, floatzel is still able to somehow swallow the sitrus berry it was holding.

- Spark!

Floatzel, return! Go Quagsire!

Ivanova attempts to channel electricity into quagsire but it has no effect.

- Ivanova get back! Go Grace!

Mud shot!

Quagsire fires a stream of high pressure mud at Grace, miring her in a boggy mess.

- Ice beam!

Mud shot!

Grace fires a blue-white beam at quagsire, covering it in frost and dealing critical damage. Quagsire responds by covering Grace in more mud.

- Ice beam!

Wake sprays the contents of a hyper potion onto quagsire. Grace hits quagsire with another icy ray.

- Ice beam!

Yawn!

Quagsire yawns loudly at Grace as she completely encases it in frost with her ice beam, dealing critical damage.

Go Floatzel!

- Grace, return! Go Ivanova!

Crunch!

Still frozen from before, floatzel can only watch as Ivanova enters the arena again.

- Spark!

Ice fang!

Ivanova steps up to the frozen floatzel, places the tip of her tail on it and channels all the electricity she can into it, sparks flying everywhere.

Well done, you are indeed a worthy foe! The Fen Badge is yours!

Hey! Hey come quick! I just saw a galactic goon with a bomb! He says he’s gonna blow something up!

This will not stand! Come, Caldar! We must stop them!

Wake, Barry and I all run outside. Barry leads us towards a place called the Great Marsh but we barely get halfway before the ground shakes and a loud boom knocks us off our feet.

A galaxy grunt comes from the marsh gatehouse and makes a dash for the east exit of the city.

I’ll see to the marsh, there could be people and pokemon hurt there! You get after the bomber!

I’ll… I’ll stay here!

Now we’re chasing a mad bomber?! … Can I stay with Barry?

- Ha! Got you!

*pant* *gasp* Bah!

Oh, hi there, Caldar! Hey, what’s happening here?

- Uh..

Gotta go, bye!

He’s getting away!

Oh, your friend had to leave?

- Um…

I came here to study the folklore of the lake, did you come here to do that too?

- Uh..

It looks like the lake is closed, though. There’s a film crew shooting a documentary or something. So you’re into folklore and stuff too?

- I uh..

You should visit Celestic Town sometime, it’s my hometown. There’s lots of stuff to do with Sinnoh folklore there.

- Uh-huh?

You’ll probably end up there next before I do, so could you do me a favour?

- Anything.

Take this pendant to my grandmother in Celestic Town? She collects stuff like that.

- OK!

Well I’d best be off now, see you around!

Cynthia walks off towards the resort south of here.

Hey, stop staring. You look like a moron!