In Littleroot:ClaireSpoiler (click to show/hide):
(He was referring to Denieve. She is the one with a camera after all.)
Again, ignorant of the world of sibling rivalries, he can do nothing besides give you a strange look and take your word on it.
“Right. Well, if you want Mudkip, I won’t stop you.” he says, handing you the PokeBall, transferring ownership to you. “Take good care of him now, you hear? Now, do you have any other questions?”
On Route 101Garian Spoiler (click to show/hide):
The Wurmple never knew what hit it, the PokeBall meeting him somewhere in the middle of his Tackle attack, a move doomed to never finish as it explodes into a red light and is drawn into the Ball, the white button in the middle flashing an angry red. The Ball wiggles violently for several long, tense seconds and you can imagine the Wurmple fighting just as hard inside the Ball as it did outside. It’s struggles are for naught though as the struggles stop and the red light fades, signaling the successful capture of this Pokemon! It’s only then with the fight over that you notice you’ve got a pseudo-audience, 2 of the trainers from earlier on the same trail as you and moving along.
Denieve Spoiler (click to show/hide):
(You’re on Route 101 right now. 120 is a good ways away
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Though you’re successful in secretly getting your pictures of the Charmander, the trainer and Pokemon both being too embroiled in combat to hear any clicks or think to look your way, you’re a little less successful about sneaking off. You bump into a Zigzagoon who looks like it was in the process of doing much the same thing you were and it yelps in surprise at making contact with you. So… what to do about this sudden development?
JacksonSpoiler (click to show/hide):
Pumped by the battle going on in front of it, you don’t have to wait long before a Poochyena jumps forth, raring to get into a battle itself. So eager is it that it’s actually midway to using Tackle on Larvitar by the time you register things!
On the S.S. Tidal:TsubakiSpoiler (click to show/hide):
It quickly becomes apparent that the “Iron Wall” strategy won’t work for long. With Nobi stuck in front of you, preventing the Abra from getting near you, the Abra is free to fire off Psychics in rapid succession all day, slamming into your Growlithe with increasing intensity. You can see Nobi getting weaker and weaker under the barrage and things are starting to look bleak. Then a ghost Pokemon slips right through the door followed by his trainer who found your door unlocked, stunning the Abra enough to give Nobi a reprieve. Between the two of you, you need to get on the offensive ASANOW or else things aren’t looking good for you.
SladenSpoiler (click to show/hide):
You hear the cries for help inside the room and try the door, only to find it open, though you find that a little too late to keep Creed from simply slipping through the wall. The scene you walk in on is a girl on her bed, laying on it in a heap that suggests she isn’t just lounging while her Growlithe, beat up as it looks from its fight against the Abra across the room, does all the work. It doesn’t look like the fight is going their way and they could probably use a hand. On the other hand, the girl is vulnerable and the Growlithe is weakened. You could take it upon yourself to increase the misery she’s in to feed Creed, though first you’d have to take down the Abra then finish off the Growlithe. Or simply finish off the Growlithe and let the Abra do whatever it is it wants to do with the girl and feed off the negative emotions THAT brings. Up to you, really.
In Mauville:IanSpoiler (click to show/hide):
(Pass)
LisaSpoiler (click to show/hide):
Following the Young Master’s instructions, you find yourself at the junkyard in front of the Game Corner… only to find no trace of the backpack. Not even the slightest hint. Well, you can either ask around to see if you can get a beat on where the thing went or go home, call this a failed mission, and think of ways to break this to the Mistress and/or comfort the Young Master. There’s a few people milling around and there’s also the Game Corner itself to check in on.
In Lavaridge:Steve and DuoSpoiler (click to show/hide):
The situation defused, hostilities die out. The kid still isn’t comfortable enough with Steve to come out from behind Duo, but at least he’s not giving his shirt the death grip anymore. He musters up the courage to whisper his answer to Duo’s earlier question.
“She… she’s part of an underground Pokemon League. They… they have Pokemon fight until they’re bruised and bloody and only stop when a challenger submits or the Pokemon is dead. And not a lot of challengers submit.” The way the kid says it, it seems like he’s seen a lot of this himself and is not comfortable with it at all. And if this is the kind of background the woman currently on the floor is from, you can bet she’s got a powerful Pokemon so she can hold her own in there. After all, the kid stopped before he mentioned what happens to those who lose… and you’re starting to think that was on purpose. Steve has no further connection to this, so he can go off and start his journey, but to Duo, this sounds like a potential lead on the people who left Granite for dead. He can grill the kid for details or set about making sure the woman can’t retaliate when she wakes up and get the info out of her.
On Route 119:EddySpoiler (click to show/hide):
(Pass)
In the Safari Zone:JordanSpoiler (click to show/hide):
You manage to get closer, no problem, but as you take the final step to toss your Safari Ball, you hit a particularly crunchy bit of grass, causing the Doduo to look up and back at you. It’s almost cinematic how as it turns its head to glance at what’s making the noise, it gets a Ball to the face. Completely caught off guard, the Doduo doesn’t struggle much before the red light in the center of the Safari Ball dies down, declaring the Pokemon caught! The sound of surprise it made has alerted the other Pokemon nearby to your presence though, ensuring that such luck will not happen again in this Zone. Time in the Safari Zone is coming to a close (2 Posts left), so at this point, it’s just a matter of whether to catch what you can with the alarm raised or call it a day with your Doduo.
On Route 121:ElixiaSpoiler (click to show/hide):
Asleep as it is, there’s really no fight as the Poochyena is captured, the red light in the center of the PokeBall fading away almost before you register it appearing. The easiest way to make Entropy stronger is through a good old fashioned journey, starting in Rustboro and challenging their gym and working your way around… but that’d take a long time. You’ve heard of underground Pokemon Leagues that deal in performance enhancing drugs such as synthesized Rare Candy, but that’s so illegal that even knowing about it gets you time in jail. And the side effects are wildly unstable, ranging from added performance on top of level gain to burning out the Pokemon to Pokemon death.