Part 11: Wherein Joat finally gets even.
The next morning…
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Just like we do before every mission, yes.
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Oh… Oh good heavens! I didn’t know where Red was going to end up, but I certainly hoped it wouldn’t look so… MS Paint.
Contemplating cuddles?
Anyway, back to town!
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That reminds me. He didn’t go alone, right? He had two others with him. What happened to them?
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Now it’s my turn. *grabs a tomato*
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It also sounds like where Zapdos would logically have been more likely to rest, but oh well. Maybe the constant thunder was too much even for ver to sleep through?
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…Implying that we honestly asked ver to do so?
Anyway, I just remembered, we need to give Reddybear some brain-gummies!
Even as a bear, he still has that mischievous kitty grin…
Reddybear’s IQ helped it learn how to use PP Checker!
Reddybear’s IQ helped it learn how to use Efficiency Expert!
This one causes the user to prioritize lower-HP targets. It is mutually exclusive with Dedicated Traveler.
Anyway, let’s do some appropriate training and do the Electric Maze, this time!
One of Reddybear’s main attacks is Lick.
That is both adorable and appropriate.
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Guys.
My level is even with Cherithe’s.
MY LEVEL IS EVEN WITH CHERITHE’S!
Eeee! happy-dances
And then we took zero damage from the fight. Heck, I even no-sold an attack. Me, of all Pokémon!
But sadly, Red did not level up here.
It is time.
Even if Reddybear is still only level 10.
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Maybe we should have specified a time or something.
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“Oh, and Reddybear, too, I guess.”
I must say, I like the music here, too. Subtle, yet suitably climactic.
Oft-underappreciated, but useful!
Just… too bad that I had to get poisoned, without any berries left to cure it, in order to recruit him.
My first idea was to nickname him “Burger King,” but no, I am not so cruel.
The once and future Nidoking.
Okay, maybe just future.
Normally, I would explore more of the floor, but poison is a meanie.
Weee…
Also, that thing at the bottom of the screen is a Pidgeotto. Might I suggest a different place to call home?
…How did that make it past QA?
Woo! At long last!
Alas, Reddybear, this does not bode well for your experience rate.
Woo…
Cherithe is still not quite done being ahead, though.
Alas, items do not appear on the sprites, so we cannot even use it for fashion. Still, money is nice!
Oh, wow, that is quite interesting!
Wow! This is actually happening to me, for once!
This is a bit bittersweet, in a way. Yes, I now have it and it is more appropriate for me than for Malchoir, but at the same time… this is REALLY situational.
Then again, in most cases where I would use Howl, I would otherwise be able to use either Sand Attack or a rock, so I suppose I shall go ahead and get rid of Howl, especially since I have a normal-type in the party.
He even sounds noble upon level-up! “I am most pleased, good sir.”
The second time… To be fair, this time, he was forced to fight Ampharos alone, because we were flanked in a hallway. Get Away does not exactly help, there.
Those are always quite nice!
…Um?
Well, okay, then. I guess that is a sign of what is to come.
Though, this non-grid-movement section also probably means we’ll be starting after this with full PP!
Nah, I think I’ll just live here.
The peak, in itself, is a dungeon. Lovely. Nice music, mind, but still…
It’s a good thing I found so many apples earlier, because otherwise, this would be… bothersome.
…Honestly, I am neither surprised nor heartbroken. Arthur honestly did more to decimate my Reviver Seed stock than to contribute in battle. His final moments were spent using Focus Energy and Leer.
Honestly, best to restart, at this point, from the last save point.
The king lives again!
Man, I am burning through my rock supply…
This is quite difficult, really. With only two damaging moves available, I need to be really conservative with them, and, well, I am playing as Poochyena and I have two rather under-leveled party members with me.
Tempting though the stairway is, we clearly are in desperate need of items and especially experience. I do think that, upon returning to town, I really should finish up the rest of the dojo maps. Reddybear needs a lot more training.
Arthur nearly fell yet again. Oy…
Yet, sometimes, he earns his place on the throne.
Only sometimes, though.
Oh! So, the game decided to have mercy on me for once, and made the third floor the destination.
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For that matter, where is Shiftry?
Or Alakazam? I mean, there’s not much ambiguity as to which way the summit is. Then again, for all we know, they have yet to even set out.
Yeah, we probably should have agreed on a specific time.
Or, y’know, traveled in one big group, because there’s no real reason not to. It’s not exactly a “split up and search” situation, here. We know exactly where our destination is.
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You act as if you did not expect that.
Cherithe, why are you cowering behind me? That’s like a tank cowering behind an infantryman.
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Cherithe, you are the one who has the least to fear from Zapdos’ damage output.
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I doubt that alone will be very intimidating to a legendary.
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I would normally open with a rock, but Cherithe is right in melee range. So, going in!
Well, um… ouch in sympathy. That Arthur did not go down immediately is quite fortunate.
Again, I think we may be a bit under-leveled.
Ow.
…Well said.
5,000 IQ, ladies and gentleman!
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…Quite.
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You impressed me, too! I think this is the first boss battle that actually dealt damage to us. Bravo!
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He intends to attack us again, apparently. Why, though, if ve’s calmed down? Especially since ve is clearly cognizant that ve is attacking children.
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Bravo for holding back, but still, that’s pretty faint praise.
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I failed to capture the beam that Shiftry teleported in by.
Legendary or no… Zapdos can do that?
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After all we went through, you’d better be.
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Speaking of faint praise…
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And yet you did not bring it up.
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Well, you are using present-tense, so you are incorrect. Even if you meant past-tense, or in terms of the soul, well…
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It’s like he’s psychic or something!
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“It happened one morning - a boy with extrasensory powers awoke in bed transformed into Kadabra.” – FireRed Pokédex entry on Kadabra.
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No “about this phenomenon” qualifier on that, Cherithe?
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Oh right, I guess that morning kinda gives her every right to imply I may not be the sharpest sort.
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Wait, did I miss something? When did that come up? Like, seriously, that’s a pretty big plot detail to wait until just now to bring up.
Actually, upon reflection, I suppose there is the line “I don’t remember anything”, but I think I can hardly be blamed for mentally appending “about how I got here”, given the context under which it was said.
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If we’re going by what Lombre said, shouldn’t he already know?
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Odd syntax, there.
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There, you must defend it against an enemy group of Pokémon with an Ancient of their own.
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“And somehow all night. We’re still trying to figure that one out.”
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Apparently, the future is bright.
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Well, that narrows it down.
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Did I just space out there, or something?
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I should certainly hope so, by this point.
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“At least until we’re off-camera and the player can’t hear us.”
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Oh, by the way, we got zero points for that rescue.
Y’know, the one where we took down Zapdos.