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Pokemon Blue Nuzlocke Time! (Part 8)
Rock Tunnel!
Syaoran visits the Route below Cerulean, having belatedly realized that he hadn't caught any Pokemon on it, but it turns out that Duplicate Clause prevents him from catching anything on it. (Yes, Duplicate Clause has drawbacks too. Oh well.)
In the meantime, Bell Tolls evolved while I was fighting through duplicates. That's good, I suppose. If I need a Grass-type for any reason, it will come in handy.
Minor typo. :P
(If I was smart, I'd drop a Pokemon here just as a level-bajillion placeholder. I'm not smart. :B)
Syaoran: Is that a crime these days? D:
Syaoran: Huh?! Wha?! How did I "deceive" you?! I had Pokemon! D:
Syaoran: ...Are you sure?
Reservoir: You know, I'm a Water-type. It wasn't exactly a challenge. :\
Syaoran: Ah, someone else from Pallet!
Syaoran: Albeit one who doesn't know about this thing called "evolution"...
Syaoran: I wish I had your brain chemicals. o_o
Ambassador: The standards for "super" Bug Pokemon are lower than you would lead me to believe. :\
Monarch: On the contrary! But you need to train yours better.
Syaoran: Little?!
Syaoran: ...Thank you?
Syaoran: Wasn't that useless, then, was it?
Syaoran: You must be reading too many creepypastas. :U
Syaoran: YOU DON'T SAY.
Gentleman: You'd be surprised how many people don't know that!
Syaoran: ...Yes, I've fought a good deal of them. :\
Route 10 catch!
Monarch: Your assistance in weakening it was appreciated.
Bell Tolls: ...Is this truly needed?
((This was supposed to be proof Route 9 and Route 10 were different, because I thought I could catch something on Route 9. But no, turned out to just be duplicates of what I already had...))
((Route 9 tall-grass montage. Reservoir has low health because, as it turns out, Sandshrews have Slash now. Welcome to critical-land.))
((Finally gave up.))
Syaoran: Why, thank you!
R-66Y: Bzzt! CoME FRom - bzzt! - PoWEr PlaNT...
Syaoran: Power Plant?
Pokemon Center Nurse: ...Power Plant? Oh, yes! There's one nearby, across the water. But it was decommissioned years ago - something to do with its generator going berserk. I did hear some of the Pokemon they used in there had made their way over to the patch of grass.
Syaoran: Were these Pokemon slave labor, or...
Pokemon Center Nurse: Not at all! Rather, they originated from it - Magnemite and Magneton spontaneously arose from scrap metal and junked devices when the area of electrical machines first started, and Voltorbs and Electrodes, well, I think we've all heard the stories of the failed PokeBall prototypes that were rumored to have come to life, right?
Syaoran: Wow, you know a lot about this!
Pokemon Center Nurse: *laughs* Well, you pick up a lot, living in this area.
Anyway, the only Pokemon not native to the environment were Pikachus being used to supply some of the Plant's tower, and those are always quite happy in their jobs. Ask any emergency-generator supplier.
I... There's also...
...I don't know. The people who survived the catastrophe that led to the Plant's shutdown... They... won't talk much. But they make strange comments from time to time, when they're talking about it over a drink or two - almost like the generator was... a living creature.
But that's impossible. What could possibly be powerful enough to supply the energy for an entire Plant?
Must be a figure of speech... Anyway, I'm keeping you too long. Good luck in Rock Tunnel!
Girl: I've challenged the Gyms multiple -
Syaoran: Well, I won each time...
Girl: Er, perhaps this battle isn't such a good idea.
Syaoran: Perhaps you should train your Pokemon up a bit more? :\ And catch more of them, while you're at it...
Syaoran: They weren't joking about this being dark!
Syaoran: Even my mind is dark! D:
((And our first unique encounter is...))
((...Well, a Machop was too much to hope for. But on the bright side - hooray, now we get a Leech Life-spammer if we need one! :D))
SYaoran: This place is certainly "perpetually dark"! *walks into a wall*
Back on Route 9...
((If I was allowed more than [one of, depending on luck] Caterpie/Weedle, Paras, Venonat, and Game-Corner!Scyther/Pinsir depending on version, I would seriously consider a NON-NUZLOCKE Monotype Bug run just to show him up. :P))
Refueling...
I COMPLETELY give up on Route 9.
Nosferatu: Quintessence! I must have more quintessence!
Syaoran: How about you keep Klakarton company for a while? D:
Syaoran: ...That's all? I wouldn't have gone to the trouble of storing things if I had known. :\
Syaoran: Are you ready for Rock Tunnel, everyone?
Reservoir: Rocks were made to be drowned. ...Or something along those lines.
Wormtail: And anything else? Fodder for my fangs.
LEERSPEAR: To say nothing of the peculiar fondness of many weak Trainers for Bugs.
Syaoran: Off we go, then!
((BLIND RUN COMMENCE!))
Syaoran: Where?! Wait, where are you? Am I throwing my PokeBall in the right direction? D:
Syaoran: Why are you frantically poking at your pager and muttering something about savestates? :\
Pokemaniac: OW! There's one now... *sounds of a struggle*
((What a coincidence, so do I!))
Syaoran: Perhaps you could draw me a map after this battle? ...If I could see the map, I mean. D:
Syaoran: Okay, you're... to the left of me?
Pokemaniac: *gropes around* I don't know. You're to my right, aren't you?
Syaoran: I... thought I was on your left?
Pokemaniac: What? Ball's in the wrong hand, then... *keeps patting down the walls*
((Slowpokes are no longer anywhere near Teh Uberthreat they used to be. >:D))
Syaoran: After all the searching you had to do to just begin the battle? I'm not surprised. :\
Syaoran: ...Then why do you run up and fight random people? :\
Pokemaniac: For the art!
Syaoran: -use not-yet-invented-internet-memes when you do?
Wormtail: Use Rattatas! Hyper Fang is a wonderful thing.
Syaoran: Er, no. Did you take the wrong turn to Dragoncon?
((Story of this cave. Reservoir was in front, so he did some crazy leveling on all the Machops/Zubats (Bite) and Rock-types (Bubble). You'll see by the end...))
Cosplay Dude: You wanna see my Jynx costume?
Syaoran: NO.
Syaoran: I have to figure out where you are first! D:
Syaoran: Wait, did I even hit you? Did you hit me? Where am I? What is life? You are tearing me apart, Lisa!
Reservoir: Who's Lisa?
Syaoran: ...Come to think of it, I don't know, either. *shrugs* Let's more on.
Reservoir: I am getting a bit low, though...
Syaoran: Sorry about that. Here you go.
Syaoran: What, who? Where? What? Why?
Hiker: Grrr! I have no tolerance for brats with no darkvision!
Syaoran: Right, um... You're over there! Over there? Um... here, maybe? Er...
Hiker: Come on, kid! I know it's pitch-black, but I'm not exactly easy to miss!
Syaoran: (As it turned out, he was right. Unfortunately for him, the same went for his Pokemon.)
Hiker: Forget what I said about respect, kid! You're good!
Syaoran: Is that rhetorical?
Syaoran: Yes, I noticed.
Hiker: HEY!
Syaoran: What?! Huh?! You ran up to ME!
Young Woman: Oh, heavens! Don't ravage me! Especially not in a rough yet seductive manner! Or against this wall! And not at all just how I like it! Or -
Syaoran: Uuuuuuh, I'm too young for this... D:
Young Woman: What?! You're not a burly, rugged Hiker?! Blast it! This calls for a battle!
Young Woman: Sorry, kid. Didn't mean to traumatize you.
Syaoran: C-can you please check whether the person you're talking to is over five feet tall next time? D:
LEERSPEAR: So have I. That did not last long.
Syaoran: ...What do people DO here in the dark?
Young Woman: Kid, don't ask questions to which you don't want the answers.
((Awakening!Morgan?! Is that you?!))
Syaoran: Aaaagh, sunlight! D|
...*after a few minutes* Whew! Finally, an end to creepy nineteen-year-olds on Spring Break and the Hikers who love 'em. :D;;
Syaoran: Everyone all right?
Reservoir: Better than ever.
Monarch: Nothing a bit of Confusion couldn't handle, my good fellow.
Wormtail: It appears some things bite back.
LEERSPEAR: Grmph! The less said about Stun Spores, the better...
((Yeeep. Six levels above the rest of the team. Pity this is a Grass-type Gym coming up, so he'll be in the backlines for the entirety of it. Otherwise, it would be a cakewalk. *shrug*))
((And that's all for Rock Tunnel! Next up: A bit of Lavender Town, and a not-so-successful Game Corner trip. Mostly worldbuilding, in all probability.))
Syaoran visits the Route below Cerulean, having belatedly realized that he hadn't caught any Pokemon on it, but it turns out that Duplicate Clause prevents him from catching anything on it. (Yes, Duplicate Clause has drawbacks too. Oh well.)
In the meantime, Bell Tolls evolved while I was fighting through duplicates. That's good, I suppose. If I need a Grass-type for any reason, it will come in handy.
Minor typo. :P
(If I was smart, I'd drop a Pokemon here just as a level-bajillion placeholder. I'm not smart. :B)
Syaoran: Is that a crime these days? D:
Syaoran: Huh?! Wha?! How did I "deceive" you?! I had Pokemon! D:
Syaoran: ...Are you sure?
Reservoir: You know, I'm a Water-type. It wasn't exactly a challenge. :\
Syaoran: Ah, someone else from Pallet!
Syaoran: Albeit one who doesn't know about this thing called "evolution"...
Syaoran: I wish I had your brain chemicals. o_o
Ambassador: The standards for "super" Bug Pokemon are lower than you would lead me to believe. :\
Monarch: On the contrary! But you need to train yours better.
Syaoran: Little?!
Syaoran: ...Thank you?
Syaoran: Wasn't that useless, then, was it?
Syaoran: You must be reading too many creepypastas. :U
Syaoran: YOU DON'T SAY.
Gentleman: You'd be surprised how many people don't know that!
Syaoran: ...Yes, I've fought a good deal of them. :\
Route 10 catch!
Monarch: Your assistance in weakening it was appreciated.
Bell Tolls: ...Is this truly needed?
((This was supposed to be proof Route 9 and Route 10 were different, because I thought I could catch something on Route 9. But no, turned out to just be duplicates of what I already had...))
((Route 9 tall-grass montage. Reservoir has low health because, as it turns out, Sandshrews have Slash now. Welcome to critical-land.))
((Finally gave up.))
Syaoran: Why, thank you!
R-66Y: Bzzt! CoME FRom - bzzt! - PoWEr PlaNT...
Syaoran: Power Plant?
Pokemon Center Nurse: ...Power Plant? Oh, yes! There's one nearby, across the water. But it was decommissioned years ago - something to do with its generator going berserk. I did hear some of the Pokemon they used in there had made their way over to the patch of grass.
Syaoran: Were these Pokemon slave labor, or...
Pokemon Center Nurse: Not at all! Rather, they originated from it - Magnemite and Magneton spontaneously arose from scrap metal and junked devices when the area of electrical machines first started, and Voltorbs and Electrodes, well, I think we've all heard the stories of the failed PokeBall prototypes that were rumored to have come to life, right?
Syaoran: Wow, you know a lot about this!
Pokemon Center Nurse: *laughs* Well, you pick up a lot, living in this area.
Anyway, the only Pokemon not native to the environment were Pikachus being used to supply some of the Plant's tower, and those are always quite happy in their jobs. Ask any emergency-generator supplier.
I... There's also...
...I don't know. The people who survived the catastrophe that led to the Plant's shutdown... They... won't talk much. But they make strange comments from time to time, when they're talking about it over a drink or two - almost like the generator was... a living creature.
But that's impossible. What could possibly be powerful enough to supply the energy for an entire Plant?
Must be a figure of speech... Anyway, I'm keeping you too long. Good luck in Rock Tunnel!
Girl: I've challenged the Gyms multiple -
Syaoran: Well, I won each time...
Girl: Er, perhaps this battle isn't such a good idea.
Syaoran: Perhaps you should train your Pokemon up a bit more? :\ And catch more of them, while you're at it...
Syaoran: They weren't joking about this being dark!
Syaoran: Even my mind is dark! D:
((And our first unique encounter is...))
((...Well, a Machop was too much to hope for. But on the bright side - hooray, now we get a Leech Life-spammer if we need one! :D))
SYaoran: This place is certainly "perpetually dark"! *walks into a wall*
Back on Route 9...
((If I was allowed more than [one of, depending on luck] Caterpie/Weedle, Paras, Venonat, and Game-Corner!Scyther/Pinsir depending on version, I would seriously consider a NON-NUZLOCKE Monotype Bug run just to show him up. :P))
Refueling...
I COMPLETELY give up on Route 9.
Nosferatu: Quintessence! I must have more quintessence!
Syaoran: How about you keep Klakarton company for a while? D:
Syaoran: ...That's all? I wouldn't have gone to the trouble of storing things if I had known. :\
Syaoran: Are you ready for Rock Tunnel, everyone?
Reservoir: Rocks were made to be drowned. ...Or something along those lines.
Wormtail: And anything else? Fodder for my fangs.
LEERSPEAR: To say nothing of the peculiar fondness of many weak Trainers for Bugs.
Syaoran: Off we go, then!
((BLIND RUN COMMENCE!))
Syaoran: Where?! Wait, where are you? Am I throwing my PokeBall in the right direction? D:
Syaoran: Why are you frantically poking at your pager and muttering something about savestates? :\
Pokemaniac: OW! There's one now... *sounds of a struggle*
((What a coincidence, so do I!))
Syaoran: Perhaps you could draw me a map after this battle? ...If I could see the map, I mean. D:
Syaoran: Okay, you're... to the left of me?
Pokemaniac: *gropes around* I don't know. You're to my right, aren't you?
Syaoran: I... thought I was on your left?
Pokemaniac: What? Ball's in the wrong hand, then... *keeps patting down the walls*
((Slowpokes are no longer anywhere near Teh Uberthreat they used to be. >:D))
Syaoran: After all the searching you had to do to just begin the battle? I'm not surprised. :\
Syaoran: ...Then why do you run up and fight random people? :\
Pokemaniac: For the art!
Syaoran: -use not-yet-invented-internet-memes when you do?
Wormtail: Use Rattatas! Hyper Fang is a wonderful thing.
Syaoran: Er, no. Did you take the wrong turn to Dragoncon?
((Story of this cave. Reservoir was in front, so he did some crazy leveling on all the Machops/Zubats (Bite) and Rock-types (Bubble). You'll see by the end...))
Cosplay Dude: You wanna see my Jynx costume?
Syaoran: NO.
Syaoran: I have to figure out where you are first! D:
Syaoran: Wait, did I even hit you? Did you hit me? Where am I? What is life? You are tearing me apart, Lisa!
Reservoir: Who's Lisa?
Syaoran: ...Come to think of it, I don't know, either. *shrugs* Let's more on.
Reservoir: I am getting a bit low, though...
Syaoran: Sorry about that. Here you go.
Syaoran: What, who? Where? What? Why?
Hiker: Grrr! I have no tolerance for brats with no darkvision!
Syaoran: Right, um... You're over there! Over there? Um... here, maybe? Er...
Hiker: Come on, kid! I know it's pitch-black, but I'm not exactly easy to miss!
Syaoran: (As it turned out, he was right. Unfortunately for him, the same went for his Pokemon.)
Hiker: Forget what I said about respect, kid! You're good!
Syaoran: Is that rhetorical?
Syaoran: Yes, I noticed.
Hiker: HEY!
Syaoran: What?! Huh?! You ran up to ME!
Young Woman: Oh, heavens! Don't ravage me! Especially not in a rough yet seductive manner! Or against this wall! And not at all just how I like it! Or -
Syaoran: Uuuuuuh, I'm too young for this... D:
Young Woman: What?! You're not a burly, rugged Hiker?! Blast it! This calls for a battle!
Young Woman: Sorry, kid. Didn't mean to traumatize you.
Syaoran: C-can you please check whether the person you're talking to is over five feet tall next time? D:
LEERSPEAR: So have I. That did not last long.
Syaoran: ...What do people DO here in the dark?
Young Woman: Kid, don't ask questions to which you don't want the answers.
((Awakening!Morgan?! Is that you?!))
Syaoran: Aaaagh, sunlight! D|
...*after a few minutes* Whew! Finally, an end to creepy nineteen-year-olds on Spring Break and the Hikers who love 'em. :D;;
Syaoran: Everyone all right?
Reservoir: Better than ever.
Monarch: Nothing a bit of Confusion couldn't handle, my good fellow.
Wormtail: It appears some things bite back.
LEERSPEAR: Grmph! The less said about Stun Spores, the better...
((Yeeep. Six levels above the rest of the team. Pity this is a Grass-type Gym coming up, so he'll be in the backlines for the entirety of it. Otherwise, it would be a cakewalk. *shrug*))
((And that's all for Rock Tunnel! Next up: A bit of Lavender Town, and a not-so-successful Game Corner trip. Mostly worldbuilding, in all probability.))
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also holy shit you are BRAVE going through the Rock Tunnel without using Flash
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It actually wasn't so bad! I didn't have to hit the Pokecenter once. It turns out that a Water Pokemon with a strongish physical move (Bite, in this case) can pretty much eliminate everything wild via a Water move on the rocks and Bite on everything else, and so many of the Trainers are Hikers that the strategy for 'em is similar.
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NICE. :D