Nacrene City

Who are you people and what’re you doing on the displays? Also, get off the displays!

We’re Team Plasma and we’re here to take this dragon skull in the name of pokémon liberation!

- You’re going to spread your message by stealing a dragonite skull?

Dragonite? Is that what it’s called? Are they common where you come from?

- Well, uh…

He would have had one if he didn’t get Drake killed before he could evolve!

- You know you can be really hurtful sometimes…

All I’m saying is I’d have switched to that Gengar I never saw!

- She was in no condition to fight, I couldn’t risk them both!

Um–

And apparently you got her killed later anyway!

- Shut up!

Hey! They left, and they took the skull with them!

- Crap!

I run outside to see where they went but they’d all disappeared.

What’s all the commotion? Seems I get to miss all the fun around here.

Hi Burgh, those Plasma thugs just stole the dragon skull from my exhibit!

Plasma? Those space-hoodies?

Caldar, I think it should be you who chases after them while I stay here. Burgh, could you go with Caldar here?

Fine…

I’m here too!

Me too!

That’s great! You two can help me clean up!

Pinwheel Forest (Interior)

So there are two paths those… um, what’re they called again?

- The plasm people?

Right, there are two paths they could have taken. There’s the direct path and then there’s the winding path. I’ll try to cut them off at the end of the direct path and you can chase them down the winding path. We should trap them that way.

- OK.

Oh, the winding path is also full of wild pokémon and pitfalls.

- …

I trudge through the path and come across a sewaddle, pokéball go!

Sewaddle: It’s um… a Caterpie wearing a leaf coat?

- Welcome to the bench, Po!

Po ♀ Lv. 14

Hey! Did you just trap that innocent Sewaddle?!

- Found you!

Oh, it’s you! I’ll liberate that pokémon and any others you have right now!

A short battle ensues, I make quick work of her own pokémon. I can’t help but notice she keeps hers in a pokéball too…

- So if you don’t have the skull, where is it?

We need it for important research!

I just ignore her and continue into the forest, I soon come across another plasm person.

You! You shall go no further!

- Do you have the skull?

No but you shall go no further!

He reaches for a pokéball and I grab him by the throat.

Gak!

- I have no time for this.

I throw the grunt into a nearby ditch before I carry on down the path. I soon come across another grunt standing on a log. Seeing he doesn’t have the skull I just kick him off before he can do anything else to annoy me, he lands face first in a thorn bush.

Eventually I find the grunt with the skull in a clearing near the other pathway.

- Hand it over!

Um, no?

Oh, just hand it over.

Where'd he come from?

But, our lord’s plans!

I see you found the skull, great work!

That skull is unrelated to the legendary pokémon our lord seeks.

- I told them it was a dragonite skull. And who are you?

I am of the Seven Sages along with Ghetsis, my name is Gorm. We are the ones directing Team Plasma to liberate pokémon by any means necessary.

And that means resorting to theft?

Any. Means. Necessary! We will leave quietly for now, take your dragon skull.

Gorm and the grunt leave. The grunt begrudgingly shoves the skull into my hands as he passes me..

They’re certainly an odd bunch. I’ll head back to my gym now, you should challenge me sometime! See ya!

I take the skull back to the museum and decide to take the short path through pinwheel forest this time.

Skyarrow Bridge

I wish I had taken the train…