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cloudbatcave · 4 years

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I fly home and my mom asks me if I’m being kind to my Pokémon because she’s N 2.0 I guess.

...ah, shit, I need to pick someone to teach surf to.

But before that I visit juniper and she gives me false swipe, which might be handy.

She also gives me protect, which is less handy.

Ferroseed goes in, Tympole comes out, because one way or another I barely have any water types.

I need more since I don’t like Tympole’s weird human face at all.

I catch a Basculin, which took me 5 net balls, 4 great balls, and 3 ultra balls to snag this asshole. Why. Why was this stupid level 9 level fish so powerful?!

I hate this game sometimes.

I hate it more when I lose Mito to a Cinccino’s tail slap because it hit five times and one was a critical. I sigh. I sigh a lot.

There are Scraggy on this island, so I’m just going to catch one of them and evolve it because this is annoying.

There are Herdier too but one of my unofficial rules is that I can’t use repeats of Pokémon I’ve actively used in my party before. I can catch repeats of Pokémon I already have, but after they’ve fallen in battle I can’t use another of the same species.

After grabbing Lad, my new Scraggy, I head back.

“There is nothing of interest beyond here and the electric bulletin board has gone pitch black. Kind of refreshing, isn’t it?”

Okay, night vale resident who escaped into a Pokémon game, glad it floats your boat.

Found a guy with an egg but my party is full. Might be worth making the trip to a PC and back for that, I think that’s a Larvesta.

And Lad dies because I wasn’t paying attention. To an Emolga with acrobatics.

Cool.

Know what? Doesn’t count. Because If I’d been paying attention I would’ve switched him out.

I find waterfall, which I can’t use in the field now but will certainly come in handy later.

And then Fiend dies to a fucking Darmanitan using Flare Blitz.

[pinches nose]

Fine. Fine. Cool. It’s good. I’m not screaming inside at all.

Marty dies too! All I have now is Murderbot who is weak to fire, and Lad, who has 20 HP left.

Murderbot dies too and all I have is Lad against a simisage.

Yeah fuck it the Nuzlocke lite ends here because this is total bullshit, REVIVES IN BATTLE FOR EVERYONE.

I won’t use anyone I already deemed killed in previous fights but from now on no more fainting is death because THIS IS THE WORST.

I actually have to send out mar the murdered tranquill but only so I can revive more Pokémon to kill this simisage because it killed a revived fiend with one crit grass knot.

Thank god I didn’t follow the release rule!

And that I kept a few revives!

All my hate forever.

We take a break from play by play blogging as I beat the Icirrus gym, beat up Plasma grunts, use my Tranquill (now an Unfezant) even though it died because I just don’t care anymore, and go to the desert to beat up more Plasma grunts before going back to Icirrus.

I respect anyone who can get through a Nuzlocke. This did not go well for me. I gave it the ol’ college try but we’re just playing normally now.

Though it is also my first time ever doing one, and I did learn from the experience, so maybe if I tried it in an easier gen like 6 it would work.

Anyway, months pass, the world goes topsy-turvy, and here I am again.

I jump back into White and spend like five minutes just figuring out how to get out of Icirrus city because I am that tired.

As if by magic, right when I’m finally about to go onto the bridge to get to Opelucid, Bianca appears.

“As I’ve been traveling lately, I’ve been thinking about things.”

I’m gonna be nice. I’m gonna let you have that.

“Things like what I can do with my life, and what I want to do, but...”

Is looking at my watch too subtle? I am looking at my watch. It’s the finest fake Rolex a boy can buy.

“I’m thinking how cool it would be to be a model like Elesa.”

That’s...that sounds great. You do that.

“And then, how cool it would be to do research on Pokémon like Professor Juniper...”

We are standing in the rain so you can tell me this. This all could’ve been sent in a text I tastefully responded to with “k.”

“If that’s what I want to do, I’m gonna have to know a lot about pokemon.”

Bianca why. No sarcasm this time, just an honest question, why are you monologuing at me. I know Cheren is basically the worst, but if we’re being real here, I’m not a lot better. You need nicer friends.

“Sooooo...would you please battle me?”

You could’ve started with that and my clothes would be less wet! If I catch a cold it is your fault!

She full restores her stoutland but then I paralyze it and kill it anyway. That’s a perfect little microcosm for all our interactions so far, really.

“Chirae, you’re amazing!”

Honestly by this point I just feel bad about beating you so many times. Maybe N is getting to me with his mopey bullshit.

Oh she wants to give me something.

Better not be her fanfics.

Oh it’s her drug of choice, full restore.

Actually serious question: I wonder what effect it would have if a human ingested pokemon hp recovery items.

“In Castelia City, my precious pokemon was stolen by team plasma.”

What, really? What incredibly handsome devil got it back for you? I’ve never heard about this before.

“So I really, really understand!”

That makes one of us!

“If team plasma forces everyone to liberate their pokemon, there will be nothing but sad people!”

Probably? I don’t know.

Blah blah stop team plasma, don’t allow Pokémon who are loved to be stolen, buy eggs and milk.

“I think that’s the truth - or ideal - that you’ve been pursuing, Chirae...”

All I ever wanted was to go on an adventure but no one has ever once asked me if I want to be left in peace to do that.

“Oh dear, here I’ve come all this way and I’m afraid I’m bothering you when you’re going through so much.”

THAT REALIZATION WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE HELPFUL LIKE TWENTY MINUTES AGO BUT THANKS.

“All I wanted was to help you relax, Chirae.”

Bianca. Bianca look at my face. Is the face of a relaxed man? Is this the face of someone who has NOT been rained on while you monologue about your future life choices? IS IT, BIANCA???

Okay. Okay. We’re good here. I had my moment.

“Knowing you, you’ll be fine! Definitely! You’ll totally be fine! I guarantee it!”

You’re trying so hard, and I want to appreciate it. I really do.

Bianca says a more awkward than usual goodbye and flounces.

Now I have to go back and heal and waltz out here again. Spiffy.

The tubeline bridge is cool but I see Worst Dad waiting for me at the end of it and his dumb ninjas make sure I can’t just walk around him.

Ghetsis congratulates me on getting the dark stone while I contemplate kicking him in the face.

Then his monologuing just turns generic villain and I tune it out.

He tells me there’s no way the legendary Pokémon will accept me as the hero and words cannot describe how little his opinion matters to me.

He tells me to search for some courage and then just walks away like the weird asshole he is.

I miss Giovanni. He just wanted money and power and didn’t bullshit about being better than everyone else. A simpler time.

#cloud plays white #bit shorter than usual but still

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