So, progress in this game has been rather brisk this time. The last gym was nothing to write home about, aside from the ice puzzle. The leader himself just crumbled before me, just like all the others, thanks to my Electivire, though it did take a while since he had 5 'mons with him.

So, with the last badge at hand, The only thing that was left for me to do before the league was to mop up whatever parts of Hoenn that are still untouched by me, namely the parts that required Waterfall...

Now, in this one, I've dispelled their psychic powers in Mossdeep's gym. All it took was a Dark Pulse from Greninja & a Metal Claw from Excadril to put Liza & Tate down & secure badge #7. Hmm, maybe Psychic-type gyms have become a shadow of their former selves in the past.

Anyway, as soon as I got out, a column of light came out from where route 129 is. Everyone throughout the region starts panicking like headless chickens. Turns out, Team Magma managed to get into the Seafloor...

Alright, now that I've gotten through more, time for another report. The Fortree Gym was blasted through with ease, though it wasn't necessarily quick, though, considering that Winona has four 'mons. Still, since I was packing Ice moves in my Greninja, it was a slow but methodical picking apart of her team. & with that, Badge #6 is mine.

That manages to unblock the rest of 120 for me to clean up & gain access to route 121. With that, I've gotten in hot pursuit of Team Magma...

Hope you guys are having a nice Christmas (eve.) For this report, I went straight to the Petalburg gym. I only needed my Heracross to break this one, however the one time that I got to Norman's second Slaking, that one did manage to survive, barely, & managed to mount a counterattack. In the end, however, it was too little, too late, as I'd anticipated him trying to heal up & delivered the deathblow right afterward.

So, with badge #5 in tow, I immediately went off to route 118,...

Continuing off from where I left in my last report, I got up to Mt. Chimney, & there was strife between the two teams that are as hot as the lava in this volcano. But sure enough, this all came to a crashing halt when I got to Maxie, who wasn't able to handle my war machine. Even afterward, he threatened that if I crossed paths with him again, the consequences will be dire. Bah! He's got no position to be making these! In all honesty, if & when we cross paths with each other, it will be...