Remember how I closed the previous entry with Honey jumping ledges all the way back down to her hometown of Glennwood Town instead of catching new party members?

Yeah, I was being overdramatic. Storyline-wise, we actually wound up right where we were supposed to be.





Blake explains that Team Fusion has been poking about a place called the Haunted Isle, possibly defacing the ruins. This can’t in any way be good, although I have to wonder why Team Fusion is wrecking a place where a bunch of very real and possibly vengeful ghost Pokemon are hanging out.

Blake asks Honey to come along in a way that makes it sound totally optional, but we all know how these Pokemon RPGs go, so of course Honey’s going to need to go with Blake whether she wants to or not.

In the meantime, though, Professor Willow insists that Honey HAS to deliver this “absolutely urgent” pressure sensor to Manager Flo at the Seaspray Dam. In return, the Prof offers her access to his Pokemon sanctuary, which is coincidentally exactly where the chat wants to go to rebuild their team. He also gives her an HM01, which is handy because she just got the badge that lets her use it.

Interestingly, when Honey talks to Prof. Willow again, he does a Professor Birch impersonation.

He claims that Honey has seen 19 Pokemon and caught 4 Pokemon, but since we already know Honey has caught six Pokemon, his math is off. Maybe he’s only counting Pokemon numbered inside the slots for the original Hoenn Pokedex. Which aren’t all Hoenn Pokemon – BBC the Poochyena was Honey’s only Pokemon that’s a native Hoenn species.

On a nationwide basis, Honey’s seen 39 Pokemon and “caught 7,” although technically Turtwig and Grotle are the same Pokemon, just evolved.

So, now let’s watch Honey try to teambuild in that patch of grass I mentioned.

Whoops.

Whoops.

Whoops again.

Razor Leaf too stronk pls nerf.



We should really just leaf them alone.

Finally Honey decides to stop flinging Razor Leaves and start flinging Poke Balls.

Meet Aiden (A10). Who is, coincidentially, at level 10. Honey has a new snek.

Poke Balls remaining: 10

And then another successful catch.

Our team so far. I’m calling Oshawott “MGN” like MGM. It makes sense as a mascot – it’s gonna evolve into a sea lion.

Poke Balls remaining: 7

Oooh, this is a nice one.

RIP the nice one.

Honey doesn’t waste time on the next Froakie that comes along. (Well, about as much as any Host can not waste time in trying to do anything in Anarchy.)

She does however waste her Poke Balls.

Poke Balls remaining: ZILCH

Honey then tries to grind in Milkshake Swamp, but with overleveled Sapping Turtle at the head of her party, she fails to raise either of her new Pokemon to a single level before the Salandit Ivy does them all in.

Strangely enough, this time she didn’t get Bug Catcher Nick involved.

Meanwhile, back in Glenwood Town:

What we need is a parallel reality where Honey can grind something that isn’t Grotle.

Back to trying to grind.

After about two hours of attempted grinding fails to raise either Unova starter a single level, the chat manages to move Sap Grotle to the back of the party.

Which results in both Unova starters fainting anyway before they can gain a single level.

Hours have passed without the two new team members getting any stronger. Honey has no Poke Balls, no money for Poke Balls, and no patience left. Rather than go cry on Bug Catcher Nick’s shoulder, she goes to take matters into her own hands.

To be continued…