UPDATE 06: A Bunch of Uniformed Mooks Doesn’t Mean Anything
We begin with a Barry impact.
It’s funny how all these plot events seem timed so that Barry passes by them before we arrive.
There’s Brick Break in the cave, but it requires Rock Smash AND a bike or Surf to get. So, it’s not gettable at this time.
Spamigo and Looker made eye contact, and Spamigo felt the instant pang of regret shoot down his spine. He took a half-step back, but it was too late now. He couldn’t pretend to have not seen Looker now, the foreigner was already rushing over.
I have no need for any wi-fi features that may or may not work. Not bothering.
Well, if Looker says that it’s safe, then it must be safe.
Wait, people threatening Rowan? BUT LOOKER SAID THE CITY WAS SAFE!
Rowan’s not going to pay attention to weirdoes with cyan hair.
Aww, shucks.
it’s time
Seems like these grunts should just crumple up like a stepped-on aluminum can after that barrage of insults.
I imagine the most nasally sound possible for that “Eeeeeh!”
“Oh…” Dawn said after she glanced down at Anomalo. The disappointment wasn’t evident except for a slight furrowing of her brow, but her tone conveyed it plenty.
Spamigo sounded as clueless as he felt. “What? Anomalo’s been sort of on the bench lately I thought he needed some exercise.”
“I just thought it’d be special if we were both using our fir- You know what, nevermind.”
“What?”
" Nevermind ."
I love Fake Out. My Hariyama in my Emerald run wound up keeping Fake Out for the entire game because he had the stats to make it hurt beyond what the 40 power would imply. On a Glameow it’s not nearly as much of an issue.
Dawn’s Chimchar take the brunt of the aggro while Anomalo uses his wittle claws to get some damage in.
A lucky Burn takes out the Glameow.
And the Stunky doesn’t last long on its own after that.
He keeps saying benevolent but I keep hearing it in the voice of the alien bad guy from that one terrible Doctor Who episode that looks like a low-rent Jabba the Hutt with fake feathers glued to him and an extremely coarse bad-guy deep voice trying to talk about his “benevolence” like it’s a codeword for blowing up a planet.
You heard me.
Rowan harrumphed, “I’m a scientist, not a wizard! I’ll not sully my doctrine with this mystical mumbo-jumbo.”
Doesn’t Pokemon evolution take like 30 seconds? How would you even harness that?
…I’m gonna need to see a citation on that stat.
Dawn clenched her hand into a fist and shot a narrow glare over her shoulder in the direction those two Grunts had run off. Rowan had to hurriedly break the tension before she stormed off on her own.
Rowan’s extremely chill. “Hey, here’s a Pokemon to start your journey with. If you could fill this Pokedex for me, I’d appreciate it. But I mean you don’t have to if you don’t want to. I’m not the boss of you. See ya.”
It’s either that or he’s trying to guilt-trip the player into completing the Pokedex.
Route 204: The one with the cave. Not that cave, the other cave. No, not that one either.
I went down the main path, leaving that item tempting me. It could be anything! Is the detour worth it?
No.
No… you won’t.
Although Spamigo had always tried to be honest, he could suddenly see that being too honest in this case would simply crush poor Tyler even further. And he couldn’t bring himself to be so cruel.
Spamgio paused and noticed that in training, Bidoof teeth could sometimes inflict damage on Anomalo’s mineralized exoskeleton. And if they could do that much against a mineralized exoskeleton, surely they could do more against minerals!
So say hello to Scarfy, our Designated Rock Smash Haver.
I choose to imagine she’s just wedging her front teeth in there and ratcheting up the pressure until the rock splits.
Rock Tomb’s got 50 power, 80% accuracy, and a 100% chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage on hit. It’s not a great move, but here’s what hadn’t sunk in when I took this screenshot: Anomalo’s level-up movelist is DIRE. As in, the only Physical Rock move he gets is the Rock-Type Doubleslap. AT LEVEL 49.
As soon as I realize how he’s not going to get a Rock move I windmill slam the TM into his forehead or have him copy that floppy or serve up a crispy TM with a choice of dipping sauce (ranch, bleu cheese, honey mustard, cream gravy, or the house sauce that’s always just a thickened thousand island dressing) or however you teach TMs.
Buddy this trip’ll be hard enough even with a diverse team.
It’s almost insulting how small the cave seems from this angle.
Look, I believe in Anomalo and Castellia.
It’s just gonna take a lot of levels and TMs.
Somehow, maybe through localized air currents, the scent of flowers only hits you in the face like a fluffy down pillow after you pass under the big arch.
I can’t figure out what this town’s theme is.
It’s subtle.
Surely nothing we will never be involved with.
I’ve got Bulk and Skull’s theme playing in my head while I read these lines. Heck, I might as well put on the ten hour version of their theme whenever I’m dealing with Galactic Grunts.
Walking away from the Galactic Grunts and letting them continue their villainy seemed to leave Wilhelmina annoyed, and not particularly listening to Spamigo’s excuses while she trotted beside him.
With all of that, Spamigo didn’t need to look to know that Wilhelmina was glaring at him now. With a sigh, he pulled his cap down a little tigther around his brow and said, “Alright. We’re getting involved.”