Pokéstar Studios, I decided, is a funny little gimmick. But for now I'd concentrate on my career as a trainer, not as a film star. At least Roxie's father did the same thing and went back to his job as a captain. Before I could reach the harbor, however, I was stopped by a commotion involving Team Plasma. Hugh, Roxie and I chased after them when they fled, but they could escape. Not before dropping a hint about leaving for Castelia City. Alright, it's not like I was going to go there anyway.
Upon reaching the city, I was immediately approached by a clown, who gave me a free bike. Well, thank you! I've already repeatedly pressed Y until now, forgetting that I didn't have a bike yet. This would make things easier. I don't like having to hold down B for running.
I explored the city, battled my way through the various buildings and got a few hold items. But for some reason, Castelia City seems much smaller than the first time I've been there in Black version. Well, I already knew where everything was, and on top of that it is pretty small in comparison to Lumiose City.
Either way, when Castelia was checked off, I checked out the desert area. As I expected, the way to the next route was blocked, but I found some more trainers to fight and a new Pokémon to catch. A female Minccino I called Sally. Since I already had two normal types with Bluebell and Mimi, I placed it in the PC on my next visit at the Pokémon Center.
Well, there was nothing else to do, so I finally followed the main plot into the sewers, where the Plasma grunts apparently hid. I teamed up with Hugh and barely did three steps when two Zubat jumped us. At first I was a bit disappointed, because... well... it's Zubat. But I guess it could replace Horst as the new flying type. (Sorry, Horst, but I need to move on. Besides, I barely knew you after all.) The poison type is a pretty neat bonus and Crobat is awesome. At least it wasn't a Rattata, apparently the only other Pokémon here apart from Grimer. So, Zubat was probably the best thing I could've gotten anyway.
I caught the male one and named him Boris. Unfortunately, his attack stat was lowered in favor of special defense, which resulted in his attack and special attack being the same. Because of that, I taught him Venoshock so he would have a STAB move (oh, the irony), but only after teaching him thief first and stealing a Black Sludge from a Grimer as well as Hugh's Miracle Seed. He seemed to be fine with it, though. Apparently he has a whole lot of them.
Team Plasma was quickly discovered and defeated. It was only then when Burgh showed up. Well, thanks for the help, pal. You're just as useful as in Black and White. But there was another character entering the story: a weird Plasma scientist. Yeah, I've heard about him before, but I was also told that he'd be pretty awesome, so he better not disappoint me.
With Burgh back in the city, I'd be able to challenge his gym now, but first I wanted to see the rest of the sewers. In the Relic Passage I found a Woobat. Yay, more bats. In a flash of uncreativity I nearly called her Kissy, but in the end I settled on Krissy. Not much better, but hey.
Also, there was another exit to Castelia City with patches of grass. I found a Skitty, which makes me think the game may try to force me into doing a monotype locke. No, thank you, I don't need any more normal types. My second encounter was an Eevee. Do I need to mention that I facepalmed? Well, the newly caught Elaine joined her normal type buddy Minccino on the PC, which is also where Krissy ended up a bit later. I actually considered taking her with me for the psychic type, but for now, I'm satisfied with my team. I might get back to her later on.
Speaking of the team, everyone else followed Sam's example and evolved. I'm a bit sad that Bluebell lost his awesome blue eyes. And that he got the ability Illuminate. Just why?! Anyway, Mimi actually tried to evolve earlier, but I stopped it, so she could learn Bounce first. When the time finally came, I realized that she had switched gender in the process, when a female enemy successfully used Attract on her one battle later. Initially I called her Mimi, because she looked so sad for no reason. Well, now she actually has a reason, if the sudden gender change wasn't voluntary.
I'll stop here for the time being. Next time I'll be off to challenge Burgh.