Pokemon Blue Nuzlocke Time! (Part 9)

[guardians_song]

((Munna: *COUGH*))

Syaoran: ...Who stashed this in here?


Syaoran: You want some medication for that, sir? D:
Hiker: Y-yeah... L-lemme just get my... Claritin out of my bag... Ha-CHOO!

Syaoran: ...Boy, are you a sore loser.

Syaoran: Lot of sore losers in the area, aren't there?
POKeMANIAC: Shut upppppp! Frick you, I'm a Dragonite!


Syaoran: (The world seemed noticeably more somber as I entered the town...)

Syaoran: ...How many did they kill?
Man: ...You don't even want to know, kid. They'll do anything to get money. And those who resist them, well...
(He sadly sighed and turned away)

Man: Or they were, before the ghosts went wild. Now we can't lay Pokemon to rest because the restless spirits are attempting to make anyone who comes in "join them", and Pokemon who aren't laid to rest are becoming restless spirits. It's a vicious cycle...




Syaoran: Oi, this is a lot of data! @_@

Psyduck: (My trainer abandoned me here, whining about 'her broken Psyduck'! But enough about here... I've got a headache...)


(If you answer "No"...)

Syaroan: *jumps* You've been reading too many creepypastas!
Girl: I just had to assure five tourists that "Buried Alive" isn't real. Cut me some slack, I need a release.


((YES. TRY ON THIS MISSPELLING FROM WAY BACK.))

((YES.))

((THE CORRECT SPELLING.))

((YOU DON'T SAY.))


Syaoran: Wh-what?
Girl: Yes! The entire nearby Cubone population's been driven into Pokemon Tower - Team Rocket's hunted them down everywhere else, heaven knows!
Syaoran: Why would they do a thing like -

Syaoran: ...never mind. (With an effort, I resisted the urge to take him by the shoulders and shake him until his eyes crossed...)


Syaoran: You poor thing...


Syaoran: ...They aren't resting well now...


Syaoran: Good heavens... how far DOES Team Rocket's influence extend in this part of Kanto?
Man: You jest, surely? ...Go to Celadon. You will see.
Syaoran: Why?
Girl: ...Honestly, that's just mean. That would be like telling him to go to Pokemon Tower with all those ghosts running about.
Man: When even our Channelers can't identify them? What do you take me for, child? The situation's hopeless. At least Celadon's corruption is merely physical.
Syaoran: ...


((Just showing how badly we got beaten up before healing people.))


Syaoran: Isn't Celadon a shopping -
Man: Ah, good point. But my wallet would prefer I don't go there...
Syaoran: ?


Syaoran: What's fainting? :U I'M IN A NUZLOCKE!!!


Syaoran: Has anyone -
Citizen: We've thought about it, but how are we going to get our hands on one? They're unspeakably expensive, there's a limited supply, and none of us have connections...


Syaoran: (Lost for what to do, I went south of Lavender Town on a whim.)


Syaoran: (With dead eyes, she continued to stare out into scenic nothingness...)


Syaoran: One of these things is not like the other... >_>
(Having taken that detour and found nothing, I went west.)

Lass: I didn't find any in Mt. Moon, however...
Syaoran: ...Would you like -
Lass: Oh, gracious, no! If I'm going to evolve Clefairy with one, we should earn it ourselves. Right, Clefairy?
Clefairy: *woozily nods*
Lass: And now, if you don't mind, we have to run off to the Pokemon Center. Ta!



First non-duplicate encounter! :D


Bill: *called via public pay-phone* Thank you! My surfing is going so much faster now! :D
Mozilla: (...Hey, take it easy on the add-ons! D:)


Syaoran: And that's why gambling is bad, kids. :U



Syaoran: (I encountered yet another guard. The poor man was beginning to reel with dehydration, but refused to retreat to the back for supplies until I had departed. This can't be normal operating procedure for Saffron, no matter how poorly they treat their public employees - what was going on?!)



Man: *yawn* Wouldn't I like to... live like... that... *snore*
Syaoran: You mean, you aren't?



(Above: A brief spate of grinding before I realized there were no non-duplicates in that patch of grass. *facepalm*)


Syaoran: (The city itself seemed oddly greener than its surroundings.)


Syaoran: (Almost immediately, I spotted a Rocket member walking about in broad daylight, smirking and swaggering like he owned the town. I confronted him, thinking he would challenge me to a battle and hoping to drive him off, but he only laughed in my face and told me to get out of his organization's way. I had a sudden feeling of wrongness engulfing the seemingly-lush city...)



(Pfft. Doesn't help you if the enemy's dead before it can strike. |D
More seriously, I'm not at a point where I need crits constantly. I suppose it's possible, but most Trainers have only a few Pokemon, and I hope to sweep the Elite Four without needing crits. If the game was balanced differently, it might be useful, but... *shrug*
Before Elite Four, I MIGHT go back for X Defense and X Specials for Lance and Lorelei, respectively [given Lorelei's Blizzard skills and Lance's Hyper Beams]. But that's no guarantee. I was planning to use Queen Aria MUCH more on this run than I ended up doing, on account of Ambassador massively overshadowing her as a Ground type and Poison being underpowered in Gen 1. Body Slam is good, but Dig gets STAB. So would Earthquake, admittedly, but... ehhhh, let's just say that Queen Aria is my reinforcement if some damnably ill-timed critical hit ends Ambassador, but she's probably not going to see much screentime otherwise. A true pity - I really liked her.)


Syaoran: I entered, wondering what was within...


Old Woman: Better than my late husband, that's for sure. :U
Incidentally, dearie, if you ever get tired of the Trainer life, you can rent an apartment here and settle down to making an ordinary living. There's no shame in retirement... we just push these poor children too young into such a harsh life these days...
Syaoran: Um, ma'am... I'm stilll a boy, so -
Old Woman: Oh dear! That's what I get for not putting on my glasses. Still, if you should ever want to move away from home, I'm leaving the option open. And you're from where? Pallet? And you have how many Badges...? So young, and so far advanced...
Dearie, if you ever want to quit, I'm quite serious. The world isn't easy on prodigies. I won't look down upon you for taking a rest. When you get to my age, you'll have seen so many promising people burn out from pushing themselves too far, too fast...
Syaoran: T-that's all right, ma'am, I'm quite fine. But thank you for your kind offer.


Syaoran: What an odd bunch of people... :U


Syaoran: (It turned out there was a back entrance, so I explored that as well...)

Syaoran: Modest, isn't this person? :U

Syaoran: ...Game Boy?


Syaoran: ...wha?!


Eevee: Please, save me from this guy! D: He's nuts! I've been fed nothing but electrons for three whole days!


Syaoran: I met a strange man on the top floor...
Old Woman: ...Him? Ah, yes. A former genius who suffered a breakdown midway through his studies at Smogon University. Now, he rambles on about the entire world being a "low-grade" virtual reality simulation, and acts quite deranged...


Syaoran: ...Porygon?
Man: It's a virtual reality Pokemon! You can buy it with enough Coins!
Syaoran: (...So, basically, you're buying the right to play The Sims?)


Syaoran: (...ROCKET Game Corner? I was beginning to get some idea as to why the Team Rocket member I had seen was so confident...)


((So it's Guard Spec., not X Special. Hm, well, at least it's proof that I really AM blind-running this thing as much as possible.))


Syaoran: (Inside the Game Corner, I found a mysterious man loitering around a poster... He seemed to be the only Rocket openly wearing his uniform in the casino. I approached him, planning to "ask him for information"...)


Syaoran: (...but his refusal to leave the poster gave me all the information I needed.
Before I could even back away, though, he seemed to decide that my even approaching him was inexcusable...)



Syaoran: (Fortunately, his Pokemon were easily dispatched.)

Syaoran: (They used this very Game Corner as their base, apparently... I'd say that placed them at risk for being raided by the police, but I had an uncomfortable feeling that the police were... not very active in this city.)


Syaoran: (He ran off to a hidden escape. Unable to find the entrance, I investigated the casino...)


Syaoran: (...Rumored?)


Syaoran: So where do I get one?
Man: Don't ask me!




((HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA -
...You don't want to know.))


Syaoran: And what about you?
Aide: Shut *hic* up! My life ish telling stoopid *hic* Trainersh bashic type advanta - advanta - rock-paper-shcisshorsh! I knew I shouldn't have *hic* dropped outta Shmogon midway through *hic* firsht year...




Syaoran: You're telling me. :\ Did you know it's run by Team R-
Woman: Utshay upay outabay Eamtay Ocketray! Eoplepay avehay ottengay ILLEDKAY erovay iscussingday atthay!
Syaoran: What?! ...Oh. Oh, okay. Um... ankthay ouyay orfay ellingtay emay outabay atthay?
Woman: Ou'reyay eryvay elcomeway. And have a nice day.


Syaoran: And explodes?
Girl: That's a minor detail! :U


Syaoran: ...(A question that could never be asked in any other city...)


Syaoran: Er...
Man: And get me a drink, waiter! *hic*
Syaoran: ...I'm not a waiter...


Syaoran: ...How do you know this?
Man: Eheheh. Otnay oinggay otay alktay outabay itay.




Syaoran: Wh-what?!

Syaoran: I won't touch it. And I'm not gagging over what disgusting human beings you are, and have no objections at all to your horrible treatment of Pokemon.
Thug: *obliviously* That's great!

Syaoran: (...Saying nothing, I noted down their mannerisms and appearances for when I was in a less corrupt city, and could report them to the police...)


Syaoran: (Fortunately, some places in Celadon were benign.
It did not comfort me that they seemed to all be run by the older generation, with teenagers having found... other vocations.)

Syaoran: (Those tourists who did not take the time to scratch the surface, however, were quite pleased. The Rockets made the trains run on time, it seemed.)




Syaoran: O_o


Syaroan: I can't possibly understand why so many people are addicted... I'll investigate briefly.



((NOT pictured: All the times that I had a long losing streak, or ended up having to buy coins to proceed, etc. Also, this took an hour or two IRL, so it will show as ~10 hours on the game clock.
Also, I'd like to emphasize that THERE IS A "GOLDEN MACHINE" STATE, during which the game will hand you wins through no effort of your own. I think the machine south of the broken one DOES have higher odds of entering that state straight off the bad, but you may have to leave the Game Corner and re-enter to reset it.
Theoretically, it should be easy to rack up wins without the use of any savestates or saves whatsoever if you just exploit this golden state. The problem is, I have no idea how to set it off, it triggers MUCH less frequently than 1% of the time on machines that are not geared to go into that state, and I have no idea which machines are more likely to enter that state. :\ A great LPer, I am not.))

Comments

[sarajayechan]

Game corners sure can be addicting. Nice winning streak there! And LOL at the "too much creepypasta" bit.