Dumb Folks 'Round These Parts- Part 30

In our previous episode our hero had just run into the Professor of Unova, Professor Juniper. She has very important information to tell us.

We will continue our adventure now.

Juniper tells me that she knows how to wake the legendary dragon!

She tells me that in order to wake the dragon... she doesn't really know what to do, but she thinks it will eventually wake up on its own. 

She then proceeds to ignore the idiocy that just poured from her mouth and asks if I regret taking my journey. That makes me remember... the bad things...

I end up never answering her and she throws me a Master Ball and runs off to do whatever professors do in these games. 

I start my way to Route 10, but before I can enter it I'm told that there is a huge storm on Route 7. I ignore the comment about it and run to Route 10.

I've already gone through a lot of this and suddenly Cheren stops me. Wait....

I forgot to heal after the gym battle with Drayden. 

Cheren challenges me to a battle.

He has four Pokémon and I start to mildly hyperventilate. 

Unfezant is out to fight against Pumprnickl, which I switch right away to Xanadu. Cheren starts to build up a Razor Wind. Xanadu Crunches on the bird, but it doesn't fully knock out Cheren's Pokémon. Razor Wind gets off and hits Xana. My red and black crocodile tries to Crunch, but Cheren has Unfezant use Detect. Another Crunch in the round is all it takes to finish this first battle. 

He begins to send out Serperior, which I counter with Licky. 

Cheren starts off with a Leaf Blade.

Licky counters with Flame Burst, but it doesn't quite take out his starter. Cheren must've tried to anticipate this and had given his snake Leftovers to heal a little bit of itself, but it's not quite enough. Another Leaf Blade and another Flame Burst and his second  Pokémon goes down.

Next is Simipour versus Royal. 

Simipour uses Leer, which was stupid and Royal takes it out in two Shadow Balls. 

For an unhealed team we are doing decently.

Last up is his Liepard... or what was his Liepard after Xanadu uses a Brick Break and OHKOs Cheren's final  Pokémon. 

After Liepard finally goes down Cheren regretfully heals me up and Bianca comes running from behind and throws me a few revives, which I can't even use. 

I don't want to sound sexist, but the women in this game are morons...

The next place to go is...

The road before Victory Road, which is still a continuation of Route 10. 

It's the badge check...

I go through gate...

After gate....

And flash all of my badges.

And there it is --

Victory Road.

*cue dramatic music*

My Team:

Racksy (Stunfisk) level 42 - Route 8

Xanadu (Krookodile) level 56 - Desert Resort

Pumprnickl (Vullaby) level 41 - Route 10

Totts (Boldore) 40 - Twist Mountain

Licky (Chandelure) 52 - Celestial Tower

Royal (Jellicent) level 50- Driftveil City

PC:

Shorty (Minccino) level 40 - Route 16

Odessa (Cofagrigus) level 40 - Relic Castle

Chowchow (Liepard) level 33 - Route 9

The Fallen:

Bigguns (Joltik) level 35 - Chargestone Cave

Gregford (Swasbuck) level 34 - Dragon Spiral

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

My Team Gets a Little Dirtier, A Little Fluffier, And A Little Dumber - Part 14

After training for a bit I head to Nimbasa City. I know past it there are more Pokémon that I can catch and that's all I need at the moment. 

After entering the gate in front of the city Juniper talks to us about some pretty stupid things and hands us all a few Ultra Balls, but then aftewards runs off. 

When entering the city, the first thing I see is Team Plasma bullying an elderly man, who actually turns out to be the Day Care man. Before I can even offer any help he runs behind me and asks me to fight them for him.

I fight them and win with Conch taking out both Pokémon and then Team Plasma runs off. I can practically see them licking their wounds as they make their way to the amusement park in Nimbasa.

The old man thanks me and gives me a bicycle, which will help me move about Unova even more quickly!

The old man runs off and Bianca sneaks up from behind and talks to me about a few things, but then runs off. What else is new.

I head into the nearest Center and heal up and buy a couple TMs for Thunder Wave and Gyro Ball.

Now it's exploration time!

I find someone who gives me a Soothe Bell, another who gives me a Sun Stone, and the amazing person who gives me HM 04, which contains Strength. 

But...

I need to catch Pokémon!

I head directly to Route 5 after exploring the city and directly into the grass...

A pile of garbage? I take a closer look at it...

It's a Trubbish. It's a Poison-type, which at least isn't weak against Fighting! His name shall be Catapult.

I catch it and run out of Route 5 and off to Route 16, which is on the opposite side of Nimbasa City.

I have to fight through a couple trainers first before I can reach the grass, which helps train Xanadu.

Into the grass I go...

It's a Mincinno, this adorable chinchilla Pokémon is a Normal-type, which isn't Dark, but it still is weak against Fighting. I currently have a team of four, but three are weak to Fighting. I name her Shorty.

There's a small area off to the side in Route 16 called Lostlorn Forest. I'm hoping to catch a nice Bug or Grass-type in here. 

I head into the grass and...

It's a Cottonee! It's a Grass-type. It rejects the first ball I send its way so I think it needs to be weakened. I have to be careful because Xanadu is weak to Grass, so I throw an Assurance its way. 

Cottonee is KO'ed with a critical hit.....

I killed the only Pokémon in this area that I could catch... and it was something that could have really helped my team out....

I run back over to Route 4 and fight the trainers there, but the bridge is up so I cannot proceed. 

Xanadu is getting pretty strong now... so strong that something happens to him. 

Something that can be talked about next time.

My Team:

Conch (Liepard) level 34 - Route 2

Xanadu (Sandile) level 29 - Desert Resort

Catapult (Trubbish) level 21 - Route 5

Shorty (Minccino) level 19 - Route 16

The Fallen:

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