It seems Fennel wanted me to find some Dream Mist from a cute Pok?mon called Munna. Before I was able to release my friends, I had to stop some Team Plasma Grunts who were literally kicking the Dream Mist out of a Munna in the Dreamyard. They revealed that Ghetsis uses his fantastic speech-writing techniques to manipulate others into doing what he wants, and that he's very unforgiving when things don't go his way?could it be that Ghetsis is the bad guy?! What a twist!
Building back up my team, I caught a Purrloin and Munna. On the way to Nacrene City, there was more trouble with Team Plasma. Cheren doesn't seem to want to even try to understand their point of view, but then again, their "we want to liberate Pok?mon and we'll steal yours if we have to" approach is admittedly a bit... two-faced. Regardless, we made quick work of them, and I added a Pidove, Woobat, and Blitzle to my team in preparation for the upcoming Gym battle with Lenora. All three are Pok?mon I really love but never got a chance to use in my original playthrough of Black and Black 2.
In Nacrene City, we got to enjoy some awesome accordion and see just how interconnected Unova is: Nacrene City is home to many artists who have turned the abandoned textile factory buildings into studios. One such artist is Burgh, who is described by an NPC to be Castelia City's Gym Leader. Because he's from Nacrene, he has connections to Lenora, and she, being an archaeologist, has ties to Clay, who is mentioned by another NPC, but we know him as Driftveil's Gym Leader.
Anyways, I checked the outside of Pinwheel Forest very quickly, and as much as I'm looking forward to catching some new Pok?mon for my team, I held off?the battle with Lenora is fast-approaching, after all. I stepped up to the door of the Gym... and backed up as N exited.
He asked me if I wanted to see the future, one where Pok?mon are perfect. That led to a battle which, due to the number of Pok?mon on my team, wasn't too tough. But as he left muttering to himself about obtaining a power that could make anyone agree with his ideas, I slogged to the Pok?mon Center. I know N's doing the same, but it's sad having to release my party.
Sami the Purrloin, Lv.13 ?
Luna the Munna, Lv.13 ?
Birdie the Pidove, Lv.13 ?
Betty the Woobat, Lv.13 ?
Sparks the Blitzle, Lv.13 ?