My Crew and I Get a Little Twisted - Part 23

The Cheren battle still isn't too different. He still has a team of four Pokémon, which he starts out by sending out his Unfezant and I send out my Licky. 

Lick gets Taunted and then follows up with a Flame Burst. Unfezant then uses Detect, which protects against an Inferno that I send towards the bird. Eventually, Unfezant uses Air Slash and Licky uses another Flame Burst to knock the bird out of the sky. 

Simpour is the next in line to fight off, which I send out Cowface to interfere. 

Cowface uses a Discharge and that is that. 

Servine is the next one that Cheren sends out and I re-send-out Licky. 

Servine slashes out with a Leaf Blade, which critical hits Licky down to pretty low HP. Licky gets off a Flame Burst and I return it back. I switch out to Cowface again and Servine uses Leftovers to heal itself. 

Cowface uses a Flame Charge that KO's Servine, but only after Servine uses Leaf Blade. 

Last of Cheren's Pokémon is his Liepard. It uses Fake Out against Cowface first. Cowface counters with a Stomp and it not only knocks out Liepard, but is a crit. I beat Cheren!

Alder calls my battle great and then he jumps off a cliff. 

He talks to Cheren and I, and Cheren is till being a little turd. Alder is done taking that from the little punk and retaliates.

"Just accept the compliment without the stinging remark."

He then gives the two of us Surf and leaves us to our own devices.

I head into the tunnel, which is a new area. Welcome to Twist Mountain. 

Clay and Cheren are nearby the entrance and Clay tells me that the Gym Leaders are looking for Team Plasma. Even though I seem to be the only person who can defeat them and constantly find them without even trying... Clay tells me that we should forget Team Plasma and just have fun with our 'mons. 

It's winter time on Twist Mountain so I have a higher chance of finding some solid Ice-types. I run around and run into the first Pokémon...

It's a Boldore the future evolution of what Amasya was going to be... I catch the rock and name it Totts.

It's time to head deeper into the mountain. I start to train and find special items like TM Substitute. 

I train against Cubchoo, Boldore and even Throh. 

And a Throh is what takes out Cowface after being hit by two Revenges...

I scream enough to scare my landlords that live above me and continue to train on the mountain, eventually running into Cheren and Team Plasma, which have all been defeated already.

I need to bury Cowface, but not before Cedric stops me to talk about Dragon Spiral Tower. I don't even remember what he says as I head to the Pokémon Center to say goodbye to Cowface...

*WHOOPS! I just saw that I hadn't changed Xanadu to evolving from a Sandile to a Krookodile this whole time. That has been adjusted!*

My Team:

Xanadu (Krookodile) level 48 - Desert Resort

Shorty (Minccino) level 35 - Route 16

Odessa (Cofagrigus) level 34 - Relic Castle

Totts (Boldore) 29 - Twist Mountain

Licky (Lampent) 35 - Celestial Tower

Bigguns (Joltik) level 30 - Chargestone Cave

PC:

- - - - 

The Fallen:

Cowface (Zebstrika) 46 - Route 7

Catapult (Trubbish) level 30 - Route 5

Cracker (Foongus) 31 - Route 6

Dexxter (Vanillite) level 30 - Cold Storage

Tumbles (Ducklett) level 29 - Driftveil Bridge

Conch (Liepard) level 34 - Route 2

Zkippy (Lillipup) level 15 - Route 1

Upstairs (Oshawott) level 12 - Nuvema Town

Butterball (Pansear) level 18 - Dreamyard

Yuko (Blitzle) level 15 - Route 3

Amasya (Roggenrola) level 18 - Wellspring Cave

Flathead (Timburr) level 17 - Pinwheel Forest

Woodrow (Scraggy) level 30 - Route 4

Cannot Catch At These Areas

Lostlorn Forest

Skyla Sends Me Soaring Through Her Gym - Part 22

Do you know what time it is?

I head into the gym and realize that it is indeed a giant hangar... with canons?

I seriously have to fight trainers and get shot out of canons... like old carnival folks. 

Cowface is chewing all of the Pokémon the trainers have and it takes them out all in stride and without taking much damage. 

Before long I'm standing in front of Skyla. I take a look at Cowface and he looks a tad bit tired (also known as his PP is down for his moves). I take a canon out of the gym and head towards the Pokémon center.

I heal and run directly back into the gym and straight for Skyla. I also get a little nervous and train Cowface up a few levels. 

I talk to her and we begin the battle.

Skyla has three Pokémon and sends out her first. It's a Swoobat.

It's a Psychic/Flying-type and can cause a hassle if not dealt with quickly. I send out Cowface who uses a Discharge and Swoobat doesn't even make a noise. 

Swoobat is taken out and before I know it she sends out an Unfezant.

There are two types of Unfezant, depending ultimately on their gender. Skyla has the brown one on the right. It's a Normal/Flying-type and Cowface snorts in her face before taking it out with another Discharge.

Cowface actually gets a level in the process and grows to level 46.

Her final Pokémon is a Swanna, which is what Tumbles would have eventually become...

Cowface must feel my pain and automatically destroys Swanna. 

And with that I defeated Skyla and recieved the Jet Badge!

She also hands me TM for Acrobatics, which is sometimes helpful, but I don't have anything that can use this move now anyways.

I head outside to heal up Cowface's PP on his moves again, but... N was stalking me outside.

He completely goes by me and talks to my Pokémon, specifically Cowface. He asks if he likes being my Pokémon. Cowface doesn't disappoint however and tells him that he likes me, but that doesn't help. N still wants to take all Pokémon away from all humans. 

Oh... and that he wants to awaken a legendary black Dragon to help him in his quest in taking all Pokémon from people. 

He then walks off and I'm left alone to think about my own Pokémon from being taken from me. 

In the meantime I head off to train a little, specifically Licky, because I love the little guy.

I train him until he evolves at level 31 into a Lampent. 

I get a little excited and head towards the next area, which is Twist Mountain. Cheren stops me, however, before I can continue and he challenges me to a battle.

My Team:

Xanadu (Sandile) level 46 - Desert Resort

Shorty (Minccino) level 35 - Route 16

Odessa (Cofagrigus) level 34 - Relic Castle

Cowface (Zebstrika) 46 - Route 7

Licky (Lampent) 31 - Celestial Tower

Bigguns (Joltik) level 30 - Chargestone Cave

PC:

- - - - 

The Fallen:

Catapult (Trubbish) level 30 - Route 5

Cracker (Foongus) 31 - Route 6

Dexxter (Vanillite) level 30 - Cold Storage

Tumbles (Ducklett) level 29 - Driftveil Bridge

Conch (Liepard) level 34 - Route 2

Zkippy (Lillipup) level 15 - Route 1

Upstairs (Oshawott) level 12 - Nuvema Town

Butterball (Pansear) level 18 - Dreamyard

Yuko (Blitzle) level 15 - Route 3

Amasya (Roggenrola) level 18 - Wellspring Cave

Flathead (Timburr) level 17 - Pinwheel Forest

Woodrow (Scraggy) level 30 - Route 4

Cannot Catch At These Areas

Lostlorn Forest

Ghosts and Mummys and Death - Part 21

A new day brings on a new training session. 

It's time for Cowface to get some much needed training. I want to make him a staple in my team. 

I run around Route 7 and train the zebra and even find a couple decent TMs Charge Beam and X-Scissor. 

I even get a call from my Mom, who is just checking on me. 

After training up Cowface a tad I start training Cracker.

Cracker will be a great addition to the team once he evolves so I have him Giga Drain and Ingrain himself through victory after victory...

Until...

During a trainer fight I send out Cracker and have him use Ingrain. I defeat the first Pokémon easily enough, but the second gives me a start. It's a Ducklett and it will give Cracker a spot of trouble. I try to switch out Cracker, but forgot that I can't if I use Ingrain. I watch in sorrow as Cracker nearly defeats the bird, but takes an Air Cutter to the face...

I sadly take my little mushroom and bury it. 

I take Catapult to the front and begin to train him. He has some bulk and a decent moveset so he can take care of himself a bit.

While fighting random Pokémon in the grass I get nervous while fighting an Emolga so I switch out Catapult, but he is hit by Pursuit, which is powered up when used on a Pokémon that is switching. It deals a massive blow and...

I'm starting to get a sense of deja vu...

I cry a little and start training up Cowface a little more.

I train Cowface until I reach Twist Mountain, but I cannot go any further. 

I decide to train up Odessa a little and then...

He evolves into Cofagrigus! It's a Pokémon design that I both like and dislike, but it's another evolved Pokémon and that means it gets a little stronger as well! I welcome the sarcophagus with open arms (times 4). 

I head over to Celestial Tower and get ready to meet up with Skyla. This is a place to bury Pokémon , and full of trainers and ghosts. It's too spooky for many...

I switch in Cowface for more training and I take a few steps deeper into the tower and...

Oh.

Oh you guys.

It's a Pokémon that evolves into one of my all time favorites!

It's a Litwick! I cross off the next nickname off my list and name it Licky. I'm super super excited for this one!

I don't train it because Cowface is the Pokémon that I need to train the most as it will wreck the next gym. 

After slipping through the tower, fighting and getting stronger I reach the tippy top, where Skyla is waiting.

I talk to her for a bit and ring the bell and she heads back to the gym, where she is waiting to fight me. I head back down the tower and get a little bit of training under my belt, but not much. 

I head to Skyla's hangar and enter her gym...

To fight her next time on Nuzlocke Challenge with Whitemistake!

My Team:

Xanadu (Sandile) level 46 - Desert Resort

Shorty (Minccino) level 35 - Route 16

Odessa (Cofagrigus) level 34 - Relic Castle

Cowface (Zebstrika) 43 - Route 7

Licky (Litwick) 29 - Celestial Tower

Bigguns (Joltik) level 30 - Chargestone Cave

PC:

- - - - 

The Fallen:

Catapult (Trubbish) level 30 - Route 5

Cracker (Foongus) 31 - Route 6

Dexxter (Vanillite) level 30 - Cold Storage

Tumbles (Ducklett) level 29 - Driftveil Bridge

Conch (Liepard) level 34 - Route 2

Zkippy (Lillipup) level 15 - Route 1

Upstairs (Oshawott) level 12 - Nuvema Town

Butterball (Pansear) level 18 - Dreamyard

Yuko (Blitzle) level 15 - Route 3

Amasya (Roggenrola) level 18 - Wellspring Cave

Flathead (Timburr) level 17 - Pinwheel Forest

Woodrow (Scraggy) level 30 - Route 4

Cannot Catch At These Areas

Lostlorn Forest

Ninjas Can Kiss My Lucky Egg - Part 20

I turn on a little background noise, this time it's Jurassic Park 3 on the SyFy channel. 

Eesh... I forgot how horrible this movie is...

I head off to the cave, where Clay is waiting for me. The entrance is being blocked by a spiderweb made by Galvantulas. He clears it for me and gives me the TM for Bulldoze.

I'm left alone and head into Chargestone Cave, which is a new area!

I'm excited for a new Pokémon, but first I have to deal with N, because I see him a few steps away. I take a deep breath, ready to fight him, but first a Pokémon appears!

It's an adorable tiny, Joltik! It's an Electric/Bug-type, which is also the smallest Pokémon in existence. 

I catch it, use the next name on the list (Bigguns, which is pretty funny) and remember I have to head towards N. As soon as I do ninjas appear. 

Yes... ninjas.

N spouts his random nonsense and calls the ninjas the Shadow Triad, calls me the chosen one and then he warns me that there are Team Plasma grunts up ahead. They leave me, but soon I am joined by Juniper and Bianca.

Nothing about what they say matters because... they give me a Lucky Egg.

I love them more than anything now. Bianca and Juniper are my favorites. They gave me an awesome item. An item that will pretty much double the speed at which my Pokémon will level up.

I give them the honor of my attention now and realize that Juniper wants me to find Klink so she can study it. I promise to do my best and head into the cave. 

There are lots of trainers and lots of random encounters happening here. I get in some much needed training. 

I run into more ninjas as well and they re-remind me of the Team Plasma grunts further inside.

I don't fight everyone here though. I can use some of these trainers for training later on. I'm planning ahead!

I fight Team Plasma left and right and eventually I see N again.

He's blocking the N-trance to Mistralton City. He's blocking... the N... trance. 

N challenges me to a battle.

He has four Pokémon. 

The first is a Boldore, which is the evolution of what Amasya would have been...

Bigguns goes out first, but is switched with Xanadu. Xanadu takes it out with a couple Rock Smashes. 

Next he sends out a Joltik, which is KO'd by a single Crunch. 

He sends out a normally dangerous Ferroseed next.

Normally, this is a dangerous Grass/Steel-type, but Xanadu takes it out easily with a Rock Smash.

Klink is N's last Pokémon and it's the one that I had to gather information on for the lovely Professor Juniper. 

Xanadu cleans up this last Steel-type and I have defeated N again.

Juniper and Bianca appear after the battle and N and Juniper talk for a bit. N despises Juniper and tells her that he does. After a short yelling match N runs off and Bianca tells me that she is Juniper's bodyguard now. 

I run into Mistralton City where a man and lady interrupt me. 

The man calls himself Cedric Juniper, Professor Juniper's dad. 

He upgrades my Pokédex and introduces me to Skyla, who is the next Gym Leader and a hot-shot pilot. 

She says she wants to battle me, but she has to wait because she saw a sick Pokémon on Celestial Tower. She says I can join her if I want and she runs off on her own. 

I explore the town and find a TM for Skydrop and not much else. 

Route 7 time!

I run into the tall grass and find a...

Zebstrika! The evolution of Yuko! I got Yuko back and stronger than ever! I catch it and call it Cowface, which is the next name on the list. 

Post end.

My Team:

Xanadu (Sandile) level 45 - Desert Resort

Catapult (Trubbish) level 30 - Route 5

Shorty (Minccino) level 35 - Route 16

Odessa (Yamask) level 30 - Relic Castle

Cracker (Foongus) 30 - Route 6

Cowface (Zebstrika) 29 - Route 7

PC:

Bigguns (Joltik) level 30 - Chargestone Cave

The Fallen:

Dexxter (Vanillite) level 30 - Cold Storage

Tumbles (Ducklett) level 29 - Driftveil Bridge

Conch (Liepard) level 34 - Route 2

Zkippy (Lillipup) level 15 - Route 1

Upstairs (Oshawott) level 12 - Nuvema Town

Butterball (Pansear) level 18 - Dreamyard

Yuko (Blitzle) level 15 - Route 3

Amasya (Roggenrola) level 18 - Wellspring Cave

Flathead (Timburr) level 17 - Pinwheel Forest

Woodrow (Scraggy) level 30 - Route 4

Cannot Catch At These Areas

Lostlorn Forest