March 22-31 Year 1 March 22 Jerry had such a bastard grin on his face as he and Natsumi presented me not 1 but 7 eggs. I guess I'll have to look after them until we get to Kanto and then get them checked by the JKBA. I'm fairly sure I need a Pichu egg to qualify for a rank up. Hopefully at least one of these eggs is correct.
March 23 Pallet Town is a lot less sleepy than New Bark Town. While New Bark Town only has the Pokemon Lab and "Mom's" house, Kanto has an actual inn, a bustling port and fishing industry, and a bakery. The bakery is the only place in both Kanto and Johto that has the evolution item for Milcery.
And it certainly is priced that way. The sweets in the bakery literally cost two-thirds of my income. Thankfully, I only needed just one. I had Cream herself pick the sweet and she picked the star ones. She smiled happily at me and pointed to my shirt, clearly having chosen it due to it matching me. I couldn't help but smirk.
Anyway, I paid for the item and gave it to her. However... she didn't evolve. My book told me some Pokemon need to touch evolution items to evolve while others needed to be traded while holding it so I was surprised. Surprised enough for the cashier to laugh and explain to me that you need to spin to evolve your Milcery. I thought she was kidding but someone else in the store coincidentally was evolving their own Milcery. They held hands and span... and the Milcery evolved when they stopped.
Good grief. I'm in my forties. I'm not spinning around in public.
...I'll figure out how I'm evolving Cream later.
On the way out, we encountered a small, brown Wooper. Initially, I thought it was a shiny so I immediately tossed a Pokeball at it and caught it without weakening it. However, it appears to be the Paldean variant of Wooper. No matter. Clump has given me a good estimate of the strength of the Pokemon around here. This week I'll be training my egg Pokemon up.
Inn is nice and comfortable but even though it's quiet it's too crowded for my taste. I'll head out tomorrow.
March 24 Started on Route 1 with my team. It was good having the Pokemon out, though I think Jota resents me before keeping him in the PC for a while. Regardless, he still listens to me and we took out a Patrat that crossed our path today without any help from my other Pokemon. Doesn't seem like there will be much trouble on this Route.
Considering the attractions in Pallet Town, I'm surprised how quiet this route is. Lots of rolling hills, windmills and a few Pokemon out and about.
March 25 I decided to get over myself and evolve Cream. I considered letting SP do it but Cream clearly wanted me to mix her. I didn't do it for long but it was enough to turn Cream into a Salted Cream Alcremie. She smells like sea salt now.
I strangely didn't feel embarrassed. If anything, it was nostalgic, like picking up Jolyne when she was little and twirling her around around. Oh how she used to laugh and yell for me to spin faster. She'd probably punch me if I tried that now.
March 26 We just trained and walked yesterday and the better part of today. We arrived in a small town called Viridian City, which is ironic since it is smaller and quieter than Pallet Town.
We restocked our supplies and headed straight on to Route 2. I figured it was better to just keep moving. It's strange... I'm no longer in a rush but I feel like I have to keep moving.
I'll try not to dissect that.
Our journey on Route 2 was slowed down by a group of Squawkabilly, parrots with pompadour-esque hair. They were making a racket and singing loudly, which pissed Zahand off for some reason. Zahand insisted I fight all of them, which I allowed. By the time we beat a couple up, the remaining flock flew off faster than lightning.
Pity, I would have definitely named then Josuke if I caught one
March 27 As we were continuing down and out of Route 2, Zahand spotted a large number of Taillow. I don't know if it was the noise or if Zahand has a problem with birds but they went nuts. They started yelling and challenging them to a fight.
I had SP out to monitor the situation but despite that Zahand held their ground. I did have to switch him out eventually but it was with Echoes, under Zahand's insistence. Together they took care of the flock, even though we had to sit aside for a few hours to patch them up. I think it was a worthwhile fight though, because both of them evolved. Zahand is a Dewott and Echoes is a Quilava now. I can really see how shiny Echoes is now.
I think we'll turn in early tonight and let those two have a hard-earned rest. We'll enter Viridian Forest tomorrow and hopefully have no problems.
March 28 Aquatic Pokemon can survive outside of water. They're not bound to it and can just float, like SP who's a dolphin. But it's still surprising to see a swarm of fish dashing and vaulting around when there's no visible water, especially in a forest.
I was just watching a Sawsbuck in the wild when all of a sudden these fish (Veluza) came out of nowhere. Like a bunch of piranhas, they just tore apart the bush it was eating from, eating all the berries. Honestly, it was a little surreal.
The Sawsbuck looked a lot stronger than the fish but it galloped off, looking like it did not think the Veluza were worth its time. The Veluza didn't give chase but instead one came for my bag. I thought I was ready to intercept it but then the Pokemon shed its flesh and leapt over me before I could react.
Thankfully, Echoes was keeping watch on our supplies. They attacked it with a quick attack and we fended it off. I ended up catching the Veluza so I could see if it was injured but, aside from the injuries gained from the fight, it was fine. In fact, Jetstream (as I've named him) has already regrown all the flesh its shed.
It's very weird.
Jetstream keeps punching my stuff, scattering it throughout the forest even as I make camp. It seems he's bored and wants to play. Note to self: get a ball for him and the others for the moments we have downtime.
Now I have to stop him from spreading liquid soap all over the forest floor. What a troublemaker. Hopefully, I won't wake up tomorrow to find anything missing.
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March 22-31 Year 1
Date: 2024-03-28 04:11 am (UTC)March 22-31 Year 1
March 22
Jerry had such a bastard grin on his face as he and Natsumi presented me not 1 but 7 eggs. I guess I'll have to look after them until we get to Kanto and then get them checked by the JKBA. I'm fairly sure I need a Pichu egg to qualify for a rank up. Hopefully at least one of these eggs is correct.
March 23
Pallet Town is a lot less sleepy than New Bark Town. While New Bark Town only has the Pokemon Lab and "Mom's" house, Kanto has an actual inn, a bustling port and fishing industry, and a bakery. The bakery is the only place in both Kanto and Johto that has the evolution item for Milcery.
And it certainly is priced that way. The sweets in the bakery literally cost two-thirds of my income. Thankfully, I only needed just one. I had Cream herself pick the sweet and she picked the star ones. She smiled happily at me and pointed to my shirt, clearly having chosen it due to it matching me. I couldn't help but smirk.
Anyway, I paid for the item and gave it to her. However... she didn't evolve. My book told me some Pokemon need to touch evolution items to evolve while others needed to be traded while holding it so I was surprised. Surprised enough for the cashier to laugh and explain to me that you need to spin to evolve your Milcery. I thought she was kidding but someone else in the store coincidentally was evolving their own Milcery. They held hands and span... and the Milcery evolved when they stopped.
Good grief. I'm in my forties. I'm not spinning around in public.
...I'll figure out how I'm evolving Cream later.
On the way out, we encountered a small, brown Wooper. Initially, I thought it was a shiny so I immediately tossed a Pokeball at it and caught it without weakening it. However, it appears to be the Paldean variant of Wooper. No matter. Clump has given me a good estimate of the strength of the Pokemon around here. This week I'll be training my egg Pokemon up.
Inn is nice and comfortable but even though it's quiet it's too crowded for my taste. I'll head out tomorrow.
March 24
Started on Route 1 with my team. It was good having the Pokemon out, though I think Jota resents me before keeping him in the PC for a while. Regardless, he still listens to me and we took out a Patrat that crossed our path today without any help from my other Pokemon. Doesn't seem like there will be much trouble on this Route.
Considering the attractions in Pallet Town, I'm surprised how quiet this route is. Lots of rolling hills, windmills and a few Pokemon out and about.
March 25
I decided to get over myself and evolve Cream. I considered letting SP do it but Cream clearly wanted me to mix her. I didn't do it for long but it was enough to turn Cream into a Salted Cream Alcremie. She smells like sea salt now.
I strangely didn't feel embarrassed. If anything, it was nostalgic, like picking up Jolyne when she was little and twirling her around around. Oh how she used to laugh and yell for me to spin faster. She'd probably punch me if I tried that now.
March 26
We just trained and walked yesterday and the better part of today. We arrived in a small town called Viridian City, which is ironic since it is smaller and quieter than Pallet Town.
We restocked our supplies and headed straight on to Route 2. I figured it was better to just keep moving. It's strange... I'm no longer in a rush but I feel like I have to keep moving.
I'll try not to dissect that.
Our journey on Route 2 was slowed down by a group of Squawkabilly, parrots with pompadour-esque hair. They were making a racket and singing loudly, which pissed Zahand off for some reason. Zahand insisted I fight all of them, which I allowed. By the time we beat a couple up, the remaining flock flew off faster than lightning.
Pity, I would have definitely named then Josuke if I caught oneMarch 27
As we were continuing down and out of Route 2, Zahand spotted a large number of Taillow. I don't know if it was the noise or if Zahand has a problem with birds but they went nuts. They started yelling and challenging them to a fight.
I had SP out to monitor the situation but despite that Zahand held their ground. I did have to switch him out eventually but it was with Echoes, under Zahand's insistence. Together they took care of the flock, even though we had to sit aside for a few hours to patch them up. I think it was a worthwhile fight though, because both of them evolved. Zahand is a Dewott and Echoes is a Quilava now. I can really see how shiny Echoes is now.
I think we'll turn in early tonight and let those two have a hard-earned rest. We'll enter Viridian Forest tomorrow and hopefully have no problems.
March 28
Aquatic Pokemon can survive outside of water. They're not bound to it and can just float, like SP who's a dolphin. But it's still surprising to see a swarm of fish dashing and vaulting around when there's no visible water, especially in a forest.
I was just watching a Sawsbuck in the wild when all of a sudden these fish (Veluza) came out of nowhere. Like a bunch of piranhas, they just tore apart the bush it was eating from, eating all the berries. Honestly, it was a little surreal.
The Sawsbuck looked a lot stronger than the fish but it galloped off, looking like it did not think the Veluza were worth its time. The Veluza didn't give chase but instead one came for my bag. I thought I was ready to intercept it but then the Pokemon shed its flesh and leapt over me before I could react.
Thankfully, Echoes was keeping watch on our supplies. They attacked it with a quick attack and we fended it off. I ended up catching the Veluza so I could see if it was injured but, aside from the injuries gained from the fight, it was fine. In fact, Jetstream (as I've named him) has already regrown all the flesh its shed.
It's very weird.
Jetstream keeps punching my stuff, scattering it throughout the forest even as I make camp. It seems he's bored and wants to play. Note to self: get a ball for him and the others for the moments we have downtime.
Now I have to stop him from spreading liquid soap all over the forest floor. What a troublemaker. Hopefully, I won't wake up tomorrow to find anything missing.