Before taking on Morty, I had some things to do.
First, the gate keeper on Route 35 (iirc) gave me an HP Up for having delivered his mail to his friend.
I had met Bill at the Pokémon Center here in the last update, so I went to visit him, because I knew he would give me some Pokémon, instead of Eevee, being the encounter for Goldenrod City. It was a Shroomish and I named him Mike.
The Gym Leader was not at the Gym, so another excuse for doing other things before that.
Then, a random stranger just gave me a Dowsing Machine! I was looking forward to this, because it will help us get more randomized items.
We had some packages from Mom waiting for us at the Poké Mart.
I also found a new Berry at the National Park.
So, now I was ready to get the encounter for Ecruteak City. I throwed my Old Rod on the small pond and a Plusle came out. Too bad that I KO'd him...
A Rocket Grunt was making trouble at the Dance Theater. After defeating him, I received HM03: Surf! A great move for Ariel!
After picking up some hidden items...
...we headed to the Burned Tower, where the Gym Leader was. There I got myself a Starmie, who I named Stella (the name fits her so much!) It's just odd that she happened to have those Grass-type moves...
Hilbert was there too, admiring the legendary Pokémon, so I had to fight him. The first three Pokémon were Chingling, Spoink and Wynaut. They were so easy that I underestimated his starter Beautifly, who ended killing Wanda!! RIP Wanda Lv. 6-19 ;-;;-;
I just had a strong connection to her... But eventually I won the battle.
To replace our lost team member, I chose Rodrick, the Drapion we caught at National Park. He looks like he may become strong, but for now he needs grinding. I could take Stella, but I already have Ariel for Water-type.
Back in Burned Tower, the Dowsing Machine was useful to find these items: X Sp. Def., Sacred Ash and even a Grass Mail (I'm surprised I hadn't got mail yet in the random items....)
The legendary beasts were downstairs and fled when I came near to them. They are also randomized, I wonder what kind of Pokémon they are.
Updates on training: Ariel learned Seed Bomb and Rodrick learned Mud Bomb! (Sorry, I forgot to screenshot)
Finally, I was ready for the Gym. This time, some of the Gym Trainers didn't follow the Gym type; I ran across a Voltorb first, but the next Trainer had Togetic, and there were Weepinbell and Swablu too...
Morty was an easy battle overall. Basically Susan wrecked up the not-so-easy ones with Blizzard, because as we're upon to see, Morty is a Flying-type Trainer.
He leads up with Staravia, eventually switching to Chatot, which was easily defeated. After another Chatot and a Tropius, Staravia returned, and I got myself the Fog Badge!!
With this, Ariel can use Surf outside of battle. We also got the TM for Follow Me, a
very useful move.
And that's all for now! Next update I'll see if I can get to the next city.
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Current team:
Boxed:
Deaths:
Badges: 4/16