PUZZLE 003 [VIOLET CITY - VIDEO/ACTION]

[snapandscoot]

[[As soon as she set foot in Violet City, Emmy immediately sought out the Gym for a battle! However, if you've got your Pokegear on or you're near the Pokemon Centre, you'll see her and her Machop emerging, looking...rather defeated.]]

Well, that certainly could've gone better.

[[Almost in unison, the pair sigh and seat themselves on a bench outside the centre.]]

That Falkner fellow had some horribly powerful Pokemon! That creepy owl....gosh, I had no idea what to do! Perhaps we shouldn't have rushed in there so soon. I'm sorry, Machi.

[[The Machop frantically waves her arms and points to herself, before sighing and slapping her palm against her forehead.]]

It wasn't your fault!

[[Emmy smiles, and puts a friendly arm around her Pokemon's shoulders.]]

Don't worry, Machi. The Professor wouldn't give up and neither will we! We just have to train harder so that next time, we're ready! We're not going to lose to the likes of him!

Comments

[ACTION]

[notrueking]

[Man, Emmy, don't worry about it-Bradley here probably would have done the same thing.

...granted he basically just got finished powering through the first two routes and Cherrygrove on very little sleep, he is going to need a sit down on one of those benches at least

man being old and human sucks. -but oh, hey, someone... vaguely familiar]

Had some trouble with the Gym Leader, then?

[It's mostly an educated guess-nobody around here has been particularly challenging so far, and Gym Leaders are supposed to be the best of the best.]

[snapandscoot]

[[Ohay, it's the King! :>]]

Well, hello Mr Bradley! It's nice to see you in person!

[[....aaand then she'll just. scratch the back of her head and laugh awkwardly....]]

Ah, was it that obvious? I'm afraid he made short work of me! I intend to try again, though!

[notrueking]

It's nice to see you too, Miss Altava. I wasn't expecting to meet up with you so soon.

[you could've taken more than half-hour breaks, Bradley...]

Really, though, given the other Trainers I've encountered so far, I can't exactly blame you for rushing in unprepared. They're not that much to write home about.

[snapandscoot]

[[.....seriously man you must be a machine, my god]]

You've certainly made very good time! Have you battled many trainers? Ah, how's the...

[[.....brb, she looked this up on her Pokegear....]]

...the Skarmory!

[notrueking]

[...it's an apt description tbh]

I battled all the trainers I met on the way here. Some were certainly more... enthusiastic than others.

[man, what was with that Joey kid? he seemed really adamant about the whole phone number thing... oh well, it's not a big deal.







OR SO HE THINKS]

Anyway, she's doing quite well. She hasn't exactly had trouble with much of anything so far, so I'm hoping it'll stay that way.

[snapandscoot]

[[GOOD THING HE HAS NO PROBLEM WITH KIDS WHO MAKE INFURIATING NOISES, OR ANYTHING....]]

You're very lucky to have received such a powerful Pokemon, then! Mine aren't going too badly.

Have you managed to catch any others? It seems hard at first, but once you get the hang of it it's really quite simple!

[[just don't like. knock the pokemon out by kicking it in the face

feels bad man]]

[notrueking]

[YEP

THAT WOULD REALLY SUCK!]

I haven't really found any that suit me yet. Then again, I should probably catch something so I know how it goes...

[...yeah he'll... definitely keep that in mind...]

[snapandscoot]

I don't think it could hurt! Apparently there are some Electric sheep in a nearby route, if you want to add a bit of spark to your day!

[[What Pokemon do you even recommend to the man that has everything]]

[notrueking]

Electric sheep, hm?

[things with lots of sharp edges, if you want to be really accurate.]

You're right-it couldn't hurt. Though, I'll admit that I'm mostly looking for Ground types at the moment-I'm told that having one of those will cover most of Skarmory's weaknesses.

[snapandscoot]

[[...ok, ok, she gets the point

...8D?]]

Ground types, hmm? Oh! I think I have one of those, a Nidorina!

[[And FLASH here is her Nidorina! Allow her to bitchface at you, Bradley.]]

...or was that her evolution....hm. I think it might be her evolution that's the Ground type. Maybe you should look into training up one of these, Mr Bradley!

[notrueking]

Hmm...

[man what is that thing supposed to be

some kind of spiky bunny monster? almost everything here has actually looked like something up until this point

well it does look pretty strong for something that vaguely resembles a rabbit]

I think I will, then! Where do you find them?

[snapandscoot]

Ah, mine was actually a gift, so....oh! Hang on, I should be able to look it up in the Pokegear!

[[ho hum ho hum]]

Route 35 appears to be the closest area! Perhaps you should head there!

[notrueking]

Hmm...

[AND HE'LL CHECK HIS OWN POKEGEAR]

So, slightly to the west of here, then? I suppose I'll make my way over there in a bit, then.