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Hey, JaDe here! And welcome to Part 2 of Genwunner No More!
Before I get started with Part 2, I want to state that I will be attempting each playthrough as a Gymlocke (Nuzlocke variant) where I will have a party limit and a level limit based on the next Gym Leader's team in addition to the usual Nuzlocke rules. My party limit will be 1 more than the size of the next Gym Leader's team when facing Gym Leaders/Elite 4, and the level limit will be the next Gym Leader's highest level plus the size of their team. (I know, a little confusing...) With that clarified, let's get back to Crystal!
With Spinarak caught I once again invoke the mystical powers of asking-my-girlfriend-what-to-name-it, and the only reasonable name of WebButt is decided on.
The NPC trainer battle along Route 30 is finally over, so I am able to battle a few more trainers and proceed on towards Route 31.
My first wild encounter along Route 31 is a Bellsprout. Its Vine Whip isn't very effective against Spinarak, which makes it that much easier to catch it. Although I haven't seen Little Shop of Horrors, I know that there's a giant man-eating plant as the main monster, so I nickname Bellsprout after the plant in the movie: Audrey II.
Continuing along Route 31 towards Violet City I can see the entrance to a cave. A traveler tells me it's called the Dark Cave, I wonder how it got that name... Ooh, I literally can't see a single step in front of me, that's where it got that creative name. Gotcha.
I immediately exit the cave and head west to Violet City. After healing my party I start exploring some of the houses. The first person I talk to wants to trade his Onix, and what are the chances that he's looking for a Bellsprout... do I really give away the Pokémon I just caught?
I absolutely do, an Onix (already nicknamed ROCKY) is definitely going to be much more helpful than a Bellsprout. Now that the trade is done, it's time to explore the rest of the town. Besides a school that teaches the very basics of Pokémon training, there is also Sprout Tower. I'll give you 3 tries to guess what Pokémon each trainer has. If I can make my way to the top I will get an HM though, so you know it's time to beat some little plants. As I reach the top though, who else but RatDog is claiming their own HM. Man, he sucks. It doesn't take much to beat the Elder, and I receive HM05, the powerful move of Flash.
Before I can use Flash though, I must beat the Gym Leader, Falkner. I finish my tour around the City, but someone blocks me on Route 32 and says to go face the Gym, and Route 36 is blocked by a wiggly tree, so I guess I'll head to the gym.
Due to the party limit, I'll only be taking in Rocky, Kansas, and Feathers, since WebButt probably wouldn't hold up too well against a Flying type gym. I gotta say, it really wasn't a challenge to beat a Pidgey and a Pidgeotto. Winning the Zephyr Badge really was anticlimactic, but hey at least I didn't lose any party members.
With my first badge officially acquired, I will be calling this the ending of G1NM: Crystal Part 2. Thank you so much for reading! I will be heading into the Dark Cave next so if you have a suggestion for who should learn Flash (or if you think I should just navigate through the cave in the dark), tell me down in the comments. Thanks again and I'll see you soon.