Success - One
So, I beat Roxanne. I like her gym, the fossils are pretty cool.
But that's not the biggest thing to happen. I put some pokemon away before starting the forest, so I only had Pyre and Matchstick with me. Matchstick evolved halfway through the forest, into a combusken.
Pokemon Get! Combusken - Matchstick
But, right after that, I came across this scientist weirdo being harassed by some dude in red clothes. Said he needed some parts from the scientist, and hell, I was about to grab them for him when he shoved me.
Don't shove me. I kicked him in the stomach, punched him in the mouth, then gave him a jab to the crotch to be sure. While he crawled away the scientist thanked me and gave me some weird thing he said would help train my pokemon before running off. It looked useless, I tossed it into the bushes.
Anyway. I went on ahead into town, and beat the gym leader. Got the first badge of this region.
Yay me.
Also, I guess this is a good time to tell you about the challenge Holly set for me.
I need to beat all eight gym leaders. No time limit, but I can't leave Hoenn until I do. Once I do that, I can leave and never come back, if I want. However, if I quit, I have to get 'Quitter' tattooed on my ass.
The twist, though, is that if I choose to go on and battle, then defeat the Elite Four, Holly gets 'Loser' tattooed on hers. And what good sister would pass that up?
Anyway, I'll keep heading north and see what happens when I get there.
Capulus out.













