So last time I beat Viola fairly easily, then got the Exp. Share from Alexa, her sister.
However, I turned that off. That's too powerful for a challenge like this. I beat the trainers on Route 4, met Sina and Dexio and got TM27 for Return from them, and went to Sycamore's lab.
Indeed. The only concern of his was Squirtle, but Oregano took care of it. I got Charmander, which was a female, and named it
Shrimp Steak. I got another Charizardite Y to go alongside it. I highly doubt i'm gonna use it though, because since this is supposed to be a challenge, I want to be creative.
Is Calem asking me out or something? Sure. :D But there I found Diantha and Lysandre, who said some stuff before leaving.
I did get Reena's…or Little Red, as her nickname is, hair dyed orange though, in spirit of this challenge.
So after that I went to Route 5 where I met Korrina's Lucario who seems to like me, and found Tierno who I beat his Corphish without too much concern. In the middle of the route, Cheesy evolved into Braixen. Then I made it to Camphrier Town and visited Shabboneau Castle, and headed to Route 7 where we found Snorlax snoozing on the road. I headed to Route 6 so we can get the Poké Flute to try to wake it up!
But first, I ran into this thing! With Scolipede being one of my three favorite Pokémon (the other two being Lapras and Houndoom), no way can I turn it down. I caught it and named it
Jalapeno (I forgot to adjust the n in-game, yeah whatever). Anyway, I did all the stuff in Parfum Palace with the owner and his Furfrou, and was given the Poké Flute.
Then I caught an Oddish which I named
Indonesia, because I read that Vileplume is based off a flower from there. (Maybe, it's been a little while, i'm a bit dry on this.)
With Sweet Scent in hand, I was able to get a Scraggy horde to show up. I caught one and named it
Kung Pao. Then Oregano evolved into Fletchinder.
After a long while of not playing, I picked the game up again today and beat the Snorlax, then beat the trainers on Route 7 so I could catch Kung Pao and Indonesia up with the rest of my team.
These two were funny though. They had two Smeargle, and all six of my team ended up gaining full EXP from both of them. Afterward, Calem and I beat Tierno and Trevor. Then I headed back to Route 6 to battle some of the trainers that I missed. I got TM09 for Venoshock, which I threw onto Indonesia.
Then we had THESE two. They killed Kung Pao, and I was able to let both Jalapeño and Cheesy gain some EXP against them, so that was alright. I also forgot to grab the Quick Claw, so I went back to Lumoise and got that. Then I went through Connecting Cave.
Oddish vs Oddish matchup! Mine was better, though. I didn't get a Meditite in there, but it's not a huge deal. Then I found Sina and Dexio, beat a few trainers and made it into Ambrette Town. I went to the Fossil Lab with Calem, and was suggested to go into Glittering Cave.
This view is so beautiful. #BENCHES
I also caught a Sandile on Route 9 named
Ranch.
Going through Glittering Cave, I eventually met Team Flare for the first time. Kung Pao and Cheesy made short work of the first grunt.
Hahaha, classic line. I made it to the end and fought the two grunts with Calem, and now is a good time to mention HOW STUPID he is. He could've easily killed Croagunk with his Espurr's Psybeam but NOOOOOO, he just lollygagged and used Light Screen. Leave the girl to do all the work, will you… Nevertheless, I got the Jaw Fossil.
Which I revived into a Tyrunt. I named it
Cookie Crumb.
I was using Rock Smash and almost forgot about Dwebble, as well, since Crustle is in the Red color group. I caught this one and named it
Bleu Cheese.
But I forgot to heal afterward, and here's the result of what this one girl's Psyduck did to my team. She kept confusing me and inflicting super-effective damage. I almost got swept by a PSYDUCK. Let that sink into your head for a little bit. Thank god this wasn't a Nuzlocke or I would've been infuriated.
While healing, though, I found out that Dwebble had an Impish nature AND Sturdy. Nice! So, I made it into Cyllage City, and went into the boutique.
There's Little Red now! Sorry her eyes are closed, though. I think she looks cute. I also got the Bicycle, and did a bit of training. I also ran back to Lumiose and got the TMs for Bulldoze and Swords Dance before getting too far ahead of myself. I also stopped by the Battle Chateau along the way.
Doing a bit of training, which wasn't too bad thanks to Sweet Scent and Bulldoze, I got everyone to Level 22 before entering the Gym. Jalapeño and Indonesia I got to become Whirlipede and Vileplume, respectively. I went to the Gym, and after beating the trainers rather smoothly, challenged the Gym Leader, Grant.
Amaura was a clean OHKO with Kung Pao's Brick Break. While Tyrunt took more than half, I was flinched second time by Stomp while he was doing 1/3 with it, but Ranch finished him.
With that, I got the Cliff Badge and TM39 for Rock Tomb, which I immediately threw onto Cookie Crumb, thank goodness. And I gave it to Ranch as well, then decided to stop there.