I got out of the cave to a snowy area... and back into a cavern with a WATERFALL. But I need an HM for that.
I caught Jupihair the Lax Medicham♂ and then Chammi the Jolly Medicham♀. That got Dorapion to level 44, now evolved into Drapion.
This place is treacherous and hailing outside. Like before, Pokémon don't want to walk with me like this.
There is a hopelessly lost Team Galactic member in front of a cave entrance. I can't do anything about him.
The third time I saw a wild Clefairy, I just threw a Quick Ball and caught it... Clefablist the Careful Clefairy♀! And I evolved her to a Clefable using a Moon Stone I found while mining in the Grand Underground!
And I caught Jamesy the Gentle Chimecho♂ with a Quick Ball, too.
FINALLY AT LEVEL 48 LACEY EVOLVED INTO SNORLAX.
I... ended up at Spear Pillar now. To my surprise, really.
There's a double battle with two Team Galactic goons. Koopy and Cherri teamed up with Sunny Day strats to beat them, despite drastic type ineffectiveness.
Uh... And then a cutscene happened where Cyrus, Team Galactic's boss, used the Red Chain to summon Palkia to destroy everything and make the sky all weird!
.......To stop me from stopping Team Galactic, Commanders Mars and Jupiter are here to get in my way... but Lemmy has arrived, too!
DOUBLE BATTLE! VERSUS GALACTIC COMMANDERS MARS AND JUPITER!Mars and Jupiter have three Pokémon each... and I'm gonna find out what Lemmy has.
Mars and Jupiter each sent out a level 41 Bronzor, while Lemmy has a level 42 Munchlax♂. I sent out Yezzt (Intimidating the Bronzor) and began by using Charge.
Jupiter's Bronzor used Light Screen, while Mars's used Confuse Ray on Yezzt, which... will make things annoying. Lemmy's Munchlax used Bite on Mars's Bronzor, dealing under half damage.
Yezzt is confused, but managed to use Spark to OHKO Lemmy's Munchlax!
Jupiter's Bronzor scored a critical hit with Payback on Yezzt (137/150) and Mars's used Reflect.
Lemmy sent out Infernape♂, level 45!
Infernape has aShell Bell, and used a critical hit Flame Wheel to OHKO Jupiter's Bronzor. Yezzt moved second, using Spark on Infernape (70/134).
Jupiter sent out her Golbat♀ level 41.
Infernape used its Flame Wheel on Mars's Bronzor, doing big damage (and getting to 77 HP with Shell Bell), and I Volt Switched to finish off Bronzor.
Go, Kazza!
Golbat used Air Cutter, hitting both Kazza (117/130) and Infernape (41/134).
Infernape used Flame Wheel (47/134 Shell Bell) on Mars's Golbat, and Kazza used Psyshock to KO Infernape!
Mars's Golbat used U-Turn on Kazza to send out her Purugly (♀, lv. 45)!
While Jupiter's Golbat used Sludge Bomb on Kazza (32/130).
Lemmy sent out his Buizel (♂, lv. 42) with what looks like a Wave or Sea Incense?
Kazza went first and OHKO'd it with Psyshock, while Mars's Purugly went first and actually KO'd Kazza with U-Turn, re-sending out her Golbat.
Jupiter's Golbat used Giga Drain on nothing.
Go, Charap!
Lemmy sent out Staraptor (♂, lv. 41). Staraptor's Intimidate had no effect on the Inner Focus Golbat.
Lemmy's Staraptor has Quick Claw.
Charap used Uproar on Mars's Golbat! Unfortunately, Uproar is NOT the move I was looking for from the trailer. Staraptor Plucked at Jupiter's Golbat.
But Mars's Golbat Poison Fanged Staraptor and Jupiter's Sludge Bombed Staraptor, poisoning it, ultimately getting it to 41/128.
Staraptor then used Quick Attack on Mars's Golbat, KOing it. Charap Uproared again, KOing Jupiter's Golbat.
Staraptor is hurt by poison (25/128).
Jupiter and Mars sent out Skuntank (♀, lv. 46) and Purugly. Charap's Uproar hit Purugly, who restored her health with a Sitrus Berry. Purugly then Body Slammed Staraptor, KOing it, and Skuntank used Flamethrower, burning Charap (89/144).
LEMMY'S NOT DONE YET, SENDING OUT HERACROSS (♂, lv. 43).
But Charap OHKO'd it with Chatter.
Purugly Aerial Aced Charap and Skuntank Poison Gassed Charap, doing nothing. Charap is hurt by burn. (50/144)
Lemmy's final Pokémon is Roselia (♂, lv. 42), holding a Big Root.
Charap OHKO'd Roselia with another Chatter, while Mars's Purugly critical hitted Charap with Body Slam.
Yezzt is out all by himself now, Intimidating Skuntank and Purugly!
Purugly actually went and used DIG, while Yezzt Sparked Skuntank, doing about 1/3 of its HP in damage. Skuntank used Poison Gas, poisoning Yezzt (113/150).
Purugly hit with Dig, super-effective~ (83/150). Yezzt Sparked again, but Skuntank shook most of the damage off with a Sitrus Berry. Yezzt then dodged a Snarl and expunged the poison.
Purugly used another Dig, and Yezzt used Charge!
Now that Skuntank ate its Berry, Skuntank used BELCH! (37/150)
Purugly used Dig! (7/150)! Yezzt used Spark, KOing Skuntank, but Skuntank's Aftermath activated, KOing Yezzt!
Go! COLA! COLA used Body Slam, and Mars's Purugly used Body Slam back! (101/135)
COLA used another Body Slam! A critical hit! Mars's Purugly fainted!
Lemmy bragged about his insignificant Pokémon, deeming them to be "tough." Then he fully healed my party and ran away??
Meanwhile, Palkia is creating a new galaxy for Cyrus... or maybe not. Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf appearing, Piiih-ing and swirling around Palkia, shattering the Red Chain and teleporting away. Well, Mesprit stared at me for longer.
This infuriated Cyrus, who declared he will crush me. I dunno, maybe he shouldn't have invited me to free the Lake Guardians?
VERSUS GALACTIC BOSS CYRUS!Cyrus sent out his Honchkrow first (♂, lv. 45) while I have Yezzt (who is level 47) with Intimidate.
Yezzt went first with Charge, while Honchkrow used Night Slash... a critical hit! (87/150).
Yezzt used Volt Switch, OHKOing Honchkrow!
Go, Charap!
Cyrus sent out Gyarados (♂, lv. 45) which Intimidated Charap. But that's fine.
Charap used Echoed Voice! ...Which barely did anything, as Gyarados countered with an Ice Fang (56/144)
But Charap used Echoed Voice AGAIN... which still didn't do much, and Gyarados KOed Charap with Waterfall.
Oops.
Yezzt, come back out! Use Volt Switch! ...Gyarados ate a Wacan Berry to reduce the damage, but it still KO'd Gyarados!
Yezzt grew to level 48 and wants to learn Thunder Wave, which is a fantastic move. But I don't know what to remove... Spark, Bite, Volt Switch, or Charge... I gave up on Thunder Wave and sent out Dame Pin!
...And Cyrus sent out Crobat (♂, lv. 46) who Dame Pin can't do anything to. Oops. Come back! Go on, Noxial!
Crobat used Tailwind... into Air Cutter! Noxial used Shadow Ball (about 2/3 HP left?) and then ate Leftovers. (188/207).
Crobat still Air Cuttered and Noxial Shadow Balled (about 1/4 left?). Noxial nommed on Leftovers. (172/207)
Crobat tried Air Cutter again, but missed... and Noxial KOed Crobat. (184/207) Tailwind petered oot, and Cyrus sent out Weavile (♂, lv. 48). Finally, a Pokémon at my level.
Okay, NOW sending out Dame Pin. Weavile used Fling to throw a Chople Berry?? And then Aerial Ace. But Dame Pin then OHKO'd Weavile with a super-effective Close Combat. Clearly, Flinging Chople Berry was a poor idea.
Palkia is ALLEGEDLY OUT OF CONTROL but it's just standing there menacingly.
I HAVE TO CATCH PALKIA? (Level 47)
WELL I THREW A QUICK BALL AT IT. And... I caught it. Just like that. On turn 1.
Well, I caught Palkia! It is Lonely.
Rowan was amazed, saying he hasn't seen anything like this in his 60 years of living.
On my way out of Mt. Coronet I caught Braunzong the Timid Heatproof Bronzong and Obamasnow the Mild Abomasnow♂. I went to that cave the Team Galactic guy was guarding... and it just led me to Route 211! The same one from way back! Though I did find the TMs for Dragon Claw and Psychic.
I went to Hearthome, made four Sweet Poffins and fed them to Koopy. Then Koopy won the Normal, Great, and Ultra Cute Contests. ^_^