Pokemon Pearl Journal: Route 213
November 16, 2007
This time I left from Pastoria City Pokemon Center for good. Apparently there's a resort area not far along Route 213, plus I still want to see if I could catch up with Team Galactic. While traveling, I saw a bunch of Wingull flying off the coast, and decided to catch one to add to the team.
93. Wingull
With my new pokemon in hand, I proceeded along the route and found the resort area. Lake Valor is very nearby and is apparently a huge tourist attraction. I stopped in to Hotel Grand Lake to give my pokemon a rest.
November 17, 2007
I did some exploring of the resort area early this morning. I found the Team Galactic grunt near the entrance to Lake Valor. He was annoyed by my discovering him, and sent out his Glameow to attack me. I sent out Spiritomb to defend myself. They had a lot of the same moves, like Hypnosis and Faint Attack, but Spiritomb came out on top. Then he ran off to the north. I guess I'll let him go. I also ran into Cynthia, the Pokemon League Champion. She said she came to vacation at Lake Valor, but it's closed to the public at this time. And, unfortunately, Team Galactic has something to do with it. Cynthia was asking me about my journey. I showed her my 4 badges and said I was going to head back to Hearthome City to see if Fantina would accept a challenge from me for my fifth badge. She asked if I would help her out by making a delivery along the way. Apparently, there's a group of Psyduck at the Cafe Cabin north of Solaceon town that need some medicine. Since it was on my way, I agreed to drop it off. She got the medicine from Cianwood City. Wow, that takes me back. I remember Jasmine's Ampharos was sick and I went to Cianwood to get medicine to help it before I was able to battle her gym. That was my very first encounter with a Steelix, which I hope my Onix evolves into someday.
Anyway, I digress. I said goodbye to Cynthia and continued to explore the area before heading back to the resort. I found a wild Girafarig that I battled and caught. I went back to the hotel to let my pokemon rest, and I had to go to work.
94. Girafarig
After work this evening, I got my pokemon from the hotel and found a place called The Seven Stars Restaurant. Not only can you get a good meal, they have a regulation battlefield for pokemon trainers to battle! So all 5 of my pokemon got a whole lot of experience by battling couple after couple in a series of double battles. The place isn't open 24 hours, but I'll definitely be coming back as often as possible, as this is a great training area.