Throw a Rock!
Time's ticking and you decide you don't have a good chance of capturing Heracross as is. You reach down, pick up a small rock and piff it at Heracross. In the face.
"Heeerrraakaah!" Heracross charges at you - you can practically see the steam spurting from its ears. It zooms closer, hands glowing with a Brick Break attack, and you open a Safari Ball. No need to even throw it, Heracross is already close enough to be sucked into the Ball. It falls to the ground and shakes once... twice... thrice... And Heracross is captured!
***
"Hey trainer! Ding dong! Game's over!" comes a familiar peppy voice over a nearby loudspeaker. "Hope you captured your fair share of Pokemon! Come again!"
***
You continue up Route 121, finally reaching Lilycove City. You look around - Lilycove is easily the biggest city you've visited thus far. After healing your team you take a look around. There are so many places here to visit - you're not sure where to start. Where will you head?
Your Options
-The Pokemon centre's PC!
-The department store!
-Use items!
-The art gallery!
-Hotel Cove Lily!
-The Contest Hall!
-The bay!
The Contest Hall!
You head over to the large arena-shaped building in the town's south: The Pokemon Contest Hall. As you stroll into the lobby of the large, gaudy building you hear a cheer come up from the arena. You run through the doors to the arena area to an amazing sight.
"Milotic! To me!" the man calls. Milotic leaps out of the water, spinning, spraying the front row of the audience with water droplets. You notice that Milotic has a certain sheen about it - it's quite literally sparkling. "Milotic, Surf!" Milotic shoots an orb of water into the air. It explodes it midair, showering Milotic with a thin veil of water.
"Wallace is skilled, no?" says a voice with a distinct accent. "He is, how you say, truly magnificent!" You take a better look at the strangely-dressed man.
"Oh? You are marvelling at my splendid appearence? Perhaps you would like to borrow my coat? No? It's nice to see some appreciation of class... It's refreshing after that trouble at the bay..."
"Uh, who are you exactly?" you ask, fairly bewildered.
"I didn't introduce myself? How uncouth of me... Behold! You are gazing upon Juan, the elegant Gym Leader with the beauty of pure water!"
"Ok... uh... hi?"
"You are awe-struck? Not that I blame you... My student Wallace, ex-Gym Leader of Sootopolis has truly surpassed himself, no? I taught him everything he knows..." Up on stage the contest appears to be ending. Juan's prattling on with little-to-no chance of stopping... What will you do?
Your Options
-"Gym Leader?"
-"Wallace?"
-"Trouble at the bay?"
-"Wallace! Can I have an autograph?"
-Leave Juan to listen to the sound of his own voice.
Trouble at the Bay?
"There was trouble at the bay?" you ask.
"Ah yes, those unfashionable thugs were deliberately blocking ship trade routes with gangs of Wailmer... Never fear, Wallace and myself made swift work of them. The whole lot of them ran off into a small cove just offshore. They shouldn't cause any more trouble for anyone..."
"Ssh!" says a rather iritated audience member.
"I'm very sorry... I should be watching this anyway..."
"And in first place in today's brilliant Master-rank Beauty contest... the elegant artist, Wallace!" The crowd cheers as Wallace steps up to accept his ribbon.
"Thank you, all! I would like to praise each and every one of you for taking the time to watch this. I'd also like to thank my Pokemon of course - they did all the actual work, as well as my mentor Juan. Not even to mention the judges, the MC..." Wallace is showing any signs of shutting up for a while, so you turn to leave, leaving Juan and the rest of the audience to listen to his prattling speech.
***
You walk around the streets, wondering where you should go next.
"Hey you! Wait up!" You turn to see a figure strolling towards you, followed by a small crowd of admirers and fans.
"You! You're a strong trainer, no?" It's Wallace. "I saw you from up on stage.. You radiate a certain aura of strength..." He autographs a t-shirt for a nearby fangirl. "That aura... seems comparable to that of that other young man I met, or Steven! Perhaps you have what it takes to oust him?" He laughs, and his fangirls swoon. "But I ramble on - I'm late for an important meeting... I'm sure we'll meet again!" And he leaves, followed by a small adoring crowd.
***
You wander around town, thinking about what Wallace said... Your aura is comparable to Steven's? And what was this about another young man?
Hunh... Well where will you go next?
Your Options
-The Pokemon Centre's PC!
-The Department Store!
-The bay!
-The art gallery!
-Hotel Cove Lily!
-Use items!
Hotel Cove Lily
You enter the small hotel near the sea and walk up to the counter.
"Oh, you must be here to see our guest as well?" says the counter girl, "He's just upstairs, room no. 3. Go on up. And if you see the bellboy, tell him to get his butt down here."
***
You walk through the open door, looking for this 'special guest'. What meets you as you open the door is an unconcious figure on the floor, with a rather familiar figure leaning over it.
It's Ace, and the unconcious figure is the bellboy.
"Ace! What are you doing here? What'd you do?"
"Chill, I didn't do this." he says, "I found him like this. Look at that." He points to the window - it's broken, with glass shards scattered over the carpet. "Mr Special Guest got himself kidnapped... whoever it was ran into the bellboy here and knocked him out too."
"Tea... Aqua..." mumbles the bellboy. What will you do?
Your Options
-Head to the PC!
-Head to the Department Store!
-Head to the bay!
-Stay, get more information.
Welp, Dark Pulse is leaving now, so a huge thanks to him for all his help with CYOA - without it the CYOA probably wouldn't still be around today. :)
Stay, get more information!
"I'll hang around here for a while." you decide.
"Whatever." says Ace, "I'm off to crush those Aqua losers once and for all. Later." And he leaves.
***
The bellboy lies recovering in the Pokemon Centre.
"So what do you remember before you were knocked out?" you ask.
"Well... I was just bringing the special guest his breakfast. I knocked a few times, received no answer, and so headed inside. I looked around the room but he wasn't there. That was strange, as I'm sure he hadn't checked out or passed the lobby - I've been there since 5am. I stepped inside, looked around and got whacked on the head from behind, and the next thing I know that Ace boy is waking me up."
"So whoever hit you was hiding near the door... You didn't glimpse your attacker?"
"I turned my head a little and saw the Team Aqua uniform, but not much else. I don't think the special guest was there..." He rubs his head, "But why would they stick arond if they've already successfully kidnapped him? Were they after something else?"
"Was anything missing from the room?"
"The manager did a search, and nothing, aside from the guest, was taken." But then what possible reason would Team Aqua have to stick around instead of leaving... You're getting a headache... you're probably not cut out for the detective stuff.
"Who was the guest anyway?"
"I wouldn't have a clue... He was a young man, jeans, black t-shirt, messy black hair that covered his eyes... He had Poke Balls so I guess he's a trainer... We weren't told his name. He just produced an extra-big wad of cash and asked for a room, and said that he was open to visitors..." He pauses. "You're not thinking of storming that hideout are you? There are tons of Aqua members... but you do look like a good trainer... Well, be careful. To get there you just head west in the water past the main beach for a few hundred metres - the entrance is in a cave mouth. Oh, and this parcel arrived for the guest... can you take it to him?" He hands you a package.
***
You get the feeling that you're not going to be back in town for a while, so you better make good use of this chance. You should have enough time to visit one more place in Lilycove before you leave. Where will you go?
Your Options
-The PC
-The Department Store
-The art gallery
-No time to waste! Straight to the Aqua HQ!
A few more potions would come in handy. And maybe a TM?
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I see my teams, not as a power-sweeping destructive force, but as my family.
Riley - Typhlosion. My starter and closest friend.
V ENERGY - Ampharos. She found a Shiny Leaf :)
Stryker - Tangrowth. Loves hugs.
Muscle - Machamp. Grows the fastest, always happy.
Buzz - Alakazam. Seems to be scared of cliffs.
Vella - Rhydon. Loves to battle.