July 10-August 16, Year 1 July 10 Celadon City is the last big city I haven't been to on the main part of Kanto. To get there, I decided to go West onto Route 18. On the way to the Cycling Road, I encountered another Karrablast and decided to quickly catch it. Thankfully, I picked up Quick Balls yesterday and I caught Kanagawa the Karrablast with no issue.
True to its name, Cycling Road is a long paved path that you can only travel on if you're riding a bike. I ended up renting one for a week and started up it early in the morning.
Unfortunately, I'm going from South to North... and the Cycling Route is uphill from here. Riding a bike uphill is worse than walking up a hill. It would have been easier warping back to Saffron and walking to Celadon but I don't want to backtrack. So here I am, fucking exhausted.
Can't even think of what else I can write. Too tired.
July 13 I haven't done anything besides eat, sleep and cycle for the last couple of days. It's not so bad once you find your rhythm and the Cycling Road is nice. The sunrise over the ocean makes it easy to want to get up early and the seabreeze is nice to cycle to. It's a bit annoying seeing people going South from Celadon zip past me downhill but I'm managing.
I wasn't going to write but I wanted to note I've caught a Varoom. Its name is Crank. For all of yesterday and today, it was following me up and down the Cycling Road, probably wondering why I was so slow. It zipped and span in circles around me, keeping me distracted from the pain over cycling uphill for several straight hours. Today, it ended up parking next to me when I set up camp and I just ended up catching it. I can't ride on a Pokemon on the Cycling Road but I'll have Crank hover arond as I ride up for the upcoming days.
July 17 Earlier today, we finally got off the track and entered Route 16. It was a relief to finally get off the bike but I have to admit the whole ordeal was enjoyable.
Made it to Celadon City fine. There was a little incident where Crank was attacked by a Corvisquire but Chomp threw some rocks at it and shooed it away.
Celadon City is a fancy, high-end area, filled with boutiques, casinos and hotels. I booked us a reasonably nice room and ended up resting during the afternoon. Earlier this evening, I got up again and looked around the city. While walking through a backalley from my hotel to the main road, I ended up encountering a Purrloin. It was sleeping in the middle of the road so I tried to go around it but then it stood up and actually smacked my legs away. I considered backtracking but before I could do so it attacked. Thankfully, Crank was still out of its Pokeball and it ran over the damn cat.
Ended up catching it though, so now Nyasu's joined the team. I think he and Tom will get along well. They're both damn stubborn cats.
Dinner was nice and I have the research notes for Erika's gym. Will stock up at the Celadon Department Center tomorrow and face the gym.
July 19 After some training, I've decided to go back to Saffron City to finally fight Sabrina. After the battle with Erika, I feel better in my Pokemon Trainer abilities.
I didn't realise how close Saffron is to Celadon. We've started travelling on Route 7 today and will be at Saffron tomorrow. I should have absolutely gone from Fuchsia to Saffron and then Celadon, not how I've done it.
Oh well, not like I'm in a hurry. And now I'm stronger for it.
July 20 Back in Saffron City. I did my study on the gym leader and I'll have to do some more prepwork before I face her. She's no slouch and even with Chariot I'll have my work cut out for me.
I had my first encounter with one of Sybil's prophecies. As I was walking down the streets with it, Sybil stopped and started floating in place, eyes glowing blue. Caused some people a fright.
I've transcribed what was said as best I can below:
'In a plant of white and electrode's might, Retrieve a generator gold with a tale of black. Trade the ghost child back of what you have received. And be gifted with a treasure of one close to your daughter's heart.'
Not sure what that meant but after it was done they returned back to normal. I took Sybil back to my hotel room and started looking up 'plants of white' and electrodes, since this prophecy involves Jolyne somehow.
It took me all of today to figure out that the plant isn't an actual plant but the Power Plant on Route 10. Electrode's might refers to a Pokemon, not a conductor. I have to go there to do... something? Or Sybil predicts I am going to go there to do something related to ghost children and generators. I'm not sure if Sybil's prophecies refer to things I 'might' do or 'will' do regardless if I get the prophecy or not.
May as well check it out. After I'm done here in Saffron City, I'll have a look. If it seems too much of a bother, I won't get whatever this gift is from Jolyne.
July 27 Yesterday, we went from Saffron City to Route 5. After a pit stop at Cerulean City, we've entered Route 9. The road goes over a mountain and the path is almost like a maze, filled with twisting paths and slopes. On the path, I saw a Silicobra and caught it with a Quick Ball. I've named him Dune and he's rather docile. He's quite happy resting on my neck on on Kosugi's head as we traverse the mountain side.
It'll take us some time to get to Route 10 where I can catch the ferry to the Power Plant. Hopefully, this trip will be worth the effort.
July 29 We got to Route 10 today and made our way to the ferry that takes us to the Power Plant. The Power Plant isn't open to trainers but it is open to educational tours, so I paid to join that and see what this place was all about. It was interesting - the Kanto Power Plant generates all the energy for the Kanto region. Power lines and telephone wires connect it to every single town in the region. It's an impressive structure.
I was stuck in the tour and couldn't go exploring but thankfully I didn't need to. Within the Power Plant, there was a Helioptile absorbing power. The guide noted that Joltik, not Helioptile, usually mess with the grid but still encouraged us to catch it. I think that the first two lines of Sybil's prophecy referred to Frills - Helioptile is known as the Generator Pokemon and it's yellow with a black tail. So that's that mystery solved.
On the way back, I considered the rest of the prophecy. A ghost child arbitarily related to Jolyne might be referring to Emporio. I'll call him and see if he knows what to make of the prophecy tomorrow morning.
July 30 I called Emporio this morning and asked him if he needed a Heloptile. He was surprised but did confirm with me that he was looking for a shiny Helioptile for his gym. I'll have to breed Frills to try get a shiny for Emporio.
Good grief, I think that Sybil predicted me eventually trading Pokemon with Emporio. That's it. I knew these prophecies were minor but not that minor. Good to know I can ignore them, then. Or I don't have to go out of the way to fulfill them unless I want to (and I want to help Emporio).
Spent the day going from Route 10 to the Rock Tunnel. I would have reached the cave sooner but Frills decided to go chase a Scraggy that was scattering berries around Route 10. Since Frills likes him so much, I caught the Scraggy. May as well at this point. Not like I'm against adding even more members to the team.
July 31 The map makes going from Route 10 to Lavender Town look so short. I thought I could swing by Lavender Town and check in on the Pokemon House and be back to Saffron in a couple of days. However, I've been told that the Rock Tunnel is incredibly complex and traversing it can take upwards of a week to go through. I was tempted just to walk back to Cerulean and warp back to Saffron, skipping this nonsense, but figured that since I was here I may as well go in.
I've been warned that the Rock Tunnel is much darker and less scenic than Mt. Moon so I doubt I'll be able to write much even with the light from my Pokemon and my torch. I've paid for a guide to lead me through the tunnel, so hopefully this won't take long.
August 7 Not a lot happened in the Rock Tunnel. The guide, Tony, was a decent enough for conversation and was happy to talk about the natural rock formations in the Rock Tunnel. That kept me occupied for most of the week and I learned a lot about geology in the short time. The biggest event that happened in there was I caught a Zorua.
A few days ago (it's hard to keep track of time down there), Tony and I heard lots of loud and shrieking sounds. The sounds were Swoobat using Disarming Voice on Mira. Even though Mira has type advantage, she couldn't reach and strike the Swoobat. I can't stand bullies and I didn't like seeing her outmatched and outnumbered so I stepped in and drove off the Swoobat.
I was going to leave her alone but Mira's a jumpy thing, alert to loud noises, and didn't like being by herself. I ended up catching her to try calm her down. She didn't the entire time we were in the Rock Tunnel but now we're out in Lavender Town she seems like a new Pokemon. Still reserved but much happier.
Visited the Pokemon House as planned. They're doing well. They have new volunteers again so they didn't need my help. I let them look over Mira before heading to the Pokemon Center for a checkup and rest. Tomorrow I'll warp Fushcia City and keep moving forward. The next gym on the Seafoam Island awaits.
August 8 Route 19 is less a costal road and more a path through the ocean that's been designated safe by Kantonian officials. Lots of people swim and sunbathe on this rocky road but thankfully I had the badge for surfing, which allowed me to travel without participating in part of a marathon. Travel would have taken a lot longer if Pause didn't know how to Surf.
The Surfing Pikachu have made their way over to Kanto. Thankfully, I had Jerry and I sent him out to catch up with his buddies. He was glad to see his old friends and was quite happy to surf with them while taking a break on a beach. As we rested, I came across a Mareanie. Mareanies are like living sea anenomes so of course I had to catch her. I've named her Halcampoides.
After Pause was rested up, we continued down the Route. The Pikachu hoard surfed with us, all the way down to Route 20. Having the Pikachus ride the waves with us meant the nearby Tentacool and Tentacruel were less inclined to come close, and the trip was overall peaceful.
The group has broken off from us now, following the waves back from the sea back to Fushcia. We'll be continuing on Route 20 tomorrow and will probably need to travel for a couple of days to get to the Seafoam Islands.
Jerry's in a great mood and has been humming the entire evening, content to do pretty much anything I tell him to do, even help with dinner. I was surprised he didn't want to go with his friends and wanted to keep travelling with us but I'm not complaining. I'm glad he's happy.
August 10 Route 20 is a popular route with swimmers for some reason but there was none when we travelled along there yesterday. Today, we found out why. Apparently, a rather cantankerous Dhelmise has been causing havoc in the area and most swimmers don't want to be attacked by a haunted anchor.
We only encountered it because it was preying on us. Pause, being herself, was completely oblivious to the danger, and travelled along the designated route. Since she was going at a reasonable pace, the Dhelmise found us in the otherwise calm water. At about noon, it emerged from the water and shot chains at Pause, throwing me off her.
I don't know how the swimming trainers do it. Maybe my pack and clothes were just heavy but I struggled to keep my head above the water long enough to order my Pokemon around. Pause was severely outmatched in every way so I had to send out Star Platinum and Chomp. Chomp kept me afloat while I had SP take care of the threat.
Damn thing put up quite a fight. Thankfully, SP is so overlevelled that he put it in its place. I ended up catching the Dhelmise to see what its deal was and to give us time to regroup instead of giving it a chance to attack us again.
I've named it Anchor. Thought it was a steel type but it's actually a ghost type. It's rather fascinating. I may not release it afterwards like I planned.
Note to self: ask the people at Seafoam Islands if people haven't been swimming on Route 20 because of the Dhelmise. Might need to tell them I have the bastard apprehended.
August 11 I have to say, I've never actually had the Gym Leader come to me before. I landed on the Eastern Island of the Seafoam Island and was immediately challenged by Blaine of the Seafoam Island Gym. I thought he was just some guy pretending but a very haggard-looking gym trainer confirmed this was him.
I was tempted just to sweep him with Star Platinum but instead I fought him there and then on the beach. Chomp was key in the battle.
After we both had our fill of battle, and I left that weirdo laughing alone on the shore, I ended up going to the Western Island to rest my team up and book a room. It's surprisingly tropical down here, which I didn't expect given about what I read about the Seafoam Islands. Tomorrow, I'll poke my head into one of the caves for a few days. I could use a few more Ice types.
August 13 This is more what I expected. It's so cold down here that I had to change into that stupid green santa outfit I got when I arrived here. The islands spiral down and ice crystals practically hang in the air, disturbed by only my breath.
I've seen a few water Pokemon around like Azurill and Oshawott but no Pokemon I really need or want to catch. Apparently, it can take a couple of weeks to really explore the Seafoam Caverns to find the rarest of Water and Ice-type Pokemon.
Unfortunately, I've decided not to go and explore. Emporio's notified me that there's a big festival at the end of August in Saffron City and it'll take me a couple of weeks to get back to Sevii Islands to meet up with him and Jolyne. I have to leave now if I want to make it in time. I promised I'd be there and I'm trying to make good on those promises now.
I'll come back afterwards. No reason not to.
August 16 Managed to get out of the Seafoam Islands in one piece and surfed over to Cinnabar Island. The volcano is not only active but currently spewing smoke. Despite this, I was told it's fairly safe to be and I ended up landing here to spend the day and night. It's a beautiful island, despite it being mostly ruins. You can see nature has really reclaimed it from humans, and everything man-made is overgrown with new wildflowers or short, dry grass. There are lots of fire Pokemon running about and I even managed to catch one, a Magby that I've named Danro.
There's only two man-made structures about. One is a natural preserve dedicated to looking after displaced Ultra Beasts. I wasn't allowed to go and look at these alien Pokemon so I ended leaving pretty quickly. The other is the Pokemon Center where I am now, that's pretty quiet save for the Nurse snoring at her desk.
I'll leave this island tomorrow and head down Route 21 to get back to the Pallet Town. Shame I didn't get to see the Ultra Beasts.
Note (written several hours later): What the fuck is that sound?
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July 1-August 16, Year 1
Date: 2024-09-12 06:18 am (UTC)July 10-August 16, Year 1
July 10
Celadon City is the last big city I haven't been to on the main part of Kanto. To get there, I decided to go West onto Route 18. On the way to the Cycling Road, I encountered another Karrablast and decided to quickly catch it. Thankfully, I picked up Quick Balls yesterday and I caught Kanagawa the Karrablast with no issue.
True to its name, Cycling Road is a long paved path that you can only travel on if you're riding a bike. I ended up renting one for a week and started up it early in the morning.
Unfortunately, I'm going from South to North... and the Cycling Route is uphill from here. Riding a bike uphill is worse than walking up a hill. It would have been easier warping back to Saffron and walking to Celadon but I don't want to backtrack. So here I am, fucking exhausted.
Can't even think of what else I can write. Too tired.
July 13
I haven't done anything besides eat, sleep and cycle for the last couple of days. It's not so bad once you find your rhythm and the Cycling Road is nice. The sunrise over the ocean makes it easy to want to get up early and the seabreeze is nice to cycle to. It's a bit annoying seeing people going South from Celadon zip past me downhill but I'm managing.
I wasn't going to write but I wanted to note I've caught a Varoom. Its name is Crank. For all of yesterday and today, it was following me up and down the Cycling Road, probably wondering why I was so slow. It zipped and span in circles around me, keeping me distracted from the pain over cycling uphill for several straight hours. Today, it ended up parking next to me when I set up camp and I just ended up catching it. I can't ride on a Pokemon on the Cycling Road but I'll have Crank hover arond as I ride up for the upcoming days.
July 17
Earlier today, we finally got off the track and entered Route 16. It was a relief to finally get off the bike but I have to admit the whole ordeal was enjoyable.
Made it to Celadon City fine. There was a little incident where Crank was attacked by a Corvisquire but Chomp threw some rocks at it and shooed it away.
Celadon City is a fancy, high-end area, filled with boutiques, casinos and hotels. I booked us a reasonably nice room and ended up resting during the afternoon. Earlier this evening, I got up again and looked around the city. While walking through a backalley from my hotel to the main road, I ended up encountering a Purrloin. It was sleeping in the middle of the road so I tried to go around it but then it stood up and actually smacked my legs away. I considered backtracking but before I could do so it attacked. Thankfully, Crank was still out of its Pokeball and it ran over the damn cat.
Ended up catching it though, so now Nyasu's joined the team. I think he and Tom will get along well. They're both damn stubborn cats.
Dinner was nice and I have the research notes for Erika's gym. Will stock up at the Celadon Department Center tomorrow and face the gym.
July 19
After some training, I've decided to go back to Saffron City to finally fight Sabrina. After the battle with Erika, I feel better in my Pokemon Trainer abilities.
I didn't realise how close Saffron is to Celadon. We've started travelling on Route 7 today and will be at Saffron tomorrow. I should have absolutely gone from Fuchsia to Saffron and then Celadon, not how I've done it.
Oh well, not like I'm in a hurry. And now I'm stronger for it.
July 20
Back in Saffron City. I did my study on the gym leader and I'll have to do some more prepwork before I face her. She's no slouch and even with Chariot I'll have my work cut out for me.
I had my first encounter with one of Sybil's prophecies. As I was walking down the streets with it, Sybil stopped and started floating in place, eyes glowing blue. Caused some people a fright.
I've transcribed what was said as best I can below:
'In a plant of white and electrode's might,
Retrieve a generator gold with a tale of black.
Trade the ghost child back of what you have received.
And be gifted with a treasure of one close to your daughter's heart.'
Not sure what that meant but after it was done they returned back to normal. I took Sybil back to my hotel room and started looking up 'plants of white' and electrodes, since this prophecy involves Jolyne somehow.
It took me all of today to figure out that the plant isn't an actual plant but the Power Plant on Route 10. Electrode's might refers to a Pokemon, not a conductor. I have to go there to do... something? Or Sybil predicts I am going to go there to do something related to ghost children and generators. I'm not sure if Sybil's prophecies refer to things I 'might' do or 'will' do regardless if I get the prophecy or not.
May as well check it out. After I'm done here in Saffron City, I'll have a look. If it seems too much of a bother, I won't get whatever this gift is from Jolyne.
July 27
Yesterday, we went from Saffron City to Route 5. After a pit stop at Cerulean City, we've entered Route 9. The road goes over a mountain and the path is almost like a maze, filled with twisting paths and slopes. On the path, I saw a Silicobra and caught it with a Quick Ball. I've named him Dune and he's rather docile. He's quite happy resting on my neck on on Kosugi's head as we traverse the mountain side.
It'll take us some time to get to Route 10 where I can catch the ferry to the Power Plant. Hopefully, this trip will be worth the effort.
July 29
We got to Route 10 today and made our way to the ferry that takes us to the Power Plant. The Power Plant isn't open to trainers but it is open to educational tours, so I paid to join that and see what this place was all about. It was interesting - the Kanto Power Plant generates all the energy for the Kanto region. Power lines and telephone wires connect it to every single town in the region. It's an impressive structure.
I was stuck in the tour and couldn't go exploring but thankfully I didn't need to. Within the Power Plant, there was a Helioptile absorbing power. The guide noted that Joltik, not Helioptile, usually mess with the grid but still encouraged us to catch it. I think that the first two lines of Sybil's prophecy referred to Frills - Helioptile is known as the Generator Pokemon and it's yellow with a black tail. So that's that mystery solved.
On the way back, I considered the rest of the prophecy. A ghost child arbitarily related to Jolyne might be referring to Emporio. I'll call him and see if he knows what to make of the prophecy tomorrow morning.
July 30
I called Emporio this morning and asked him if he needed a Heloptile. He was surprised but did confirm with me that he was looking for a shiny Helioptile for his gym. I'll have to breed Frills to try get a shiny for Emporio.
Good grief, I think that Sybil predicted me eventually trading Pokemon with Emporio. That's it. I knew these prophecies were minor but not that minor. Good to know I can ignore them, then. Or I don't have to go out of the way to fulfill them unless I want to (and I want to help Emporio).
Spent the day going from Route 10 to the Rock Tunnel. I would have reached the cave sooner but Frills decided to go chase a Scraggy that was scattering berries around Route 10. Since Frills likes him so much, I caught the Scraggy. May as well at this point. Not like I'm against adding even more members to the team.
July 31
The map makes going from Route 10 to Lavender Town look so short. I thought I could swing by Lavender Town and check in on the Pokemon House and be back to Saffron in a couple of days. However, I've been told that the Rock Tunnel is incredibly complex and traversing it can take upwards of a week to go through. I was tempted just to walk back to Cerulean and warp back to Saffron, skipping this nonsense, but figured that since I was here I may as well go in.
I've been warned that the Rock Tunnel is much darker and less scenic than Mt. Moon so I doubt I'll be able to write much even with the light from my Pokemon and my torch. I've paid for a guide to lead me through the tunnel, so hopefully this won't take long.
August 7
Not a lot happened in the Rock Tunnel. The guide, Tony, was a decent enough for conversation and was happy to talk about the natural rock formations in the Rock Tunnel. That kept me occupied for most of the week and I learned a lot about geology in the short time. The biggest event that happened in there was I caught a Zorua.
A few days ago (it's hard to keep track of time down there), Tony and I heard lots of loud and shrieking sounds. The sounds were Swoobat using Disarming Voice on Mira. Even though Mira has type advantage, she couldn't reach and strike the Swoobat. I can't stand bullies and I didn't like seeing her outmatched and outnumbered so I stepped in and drove off the Swoobat.
I was going to leave her alone but Mira's a jumpy thing, alert to loud noises, and didn't like being by herself. I ended up catching her to try calm her down. She didn't the entire time we were in the Rock Tunnel but now we're out in Lavender Town she seems like a new Pokemon. Still reserved but much happier.
Visited the Pokemon House as planned. They're doing well. They have new volunteers again so they didn't need my help. I let them look over Mira before heading to the Pokemon Center for a checkup and rest. Tomorrow I'll warp Fushcia City and keep moving forward. The next gym on the Seafoam Island awaits.
August 8
Route 19 is less a costal road and more a path through the ocean that's been designated safe by Kantonian officials. Lots of people swim and sunbathe on this rocky road but thankfully I had the badge for surfing, which allowed me to travel without participating in part of a marathon. Travel would have taken a lot longer if Pause didn't know how to Surf.
The Surfing Pikachu have made their way over to Kanto. Thankfully, I had Jerry and I sent him out to catch up with his buddies. He was glad to see his old friends and was quite happy to surf with them while taking a break on a beach. As we rested, I came across a Mareanie. Mareanies are like living sea anenomes so of course I had to catch her. I've named her Halcampoides.
After Pause was rested up, we continued down the Route. The Pikachu hoard surfed with us, all the way down to Route 20. Having the Pikachus ride the waves with us meant the nearby Tentacool and Tentacruel were less inclined to come close, and the trip was overall peaceful.
The group has broken off from us now, following the waves back from the sea back to Fushcia. We'll be continuing on Route 20 tomorrow and will probably need to travel for a couple of days to get to the Seafoam Islands.
Jerry's in a great mood and has been humming the entire evening, content to do pretty much anything I tell him to do, even help with dinner. I was surprised he didn't want to go with his friends and wanted to keep travelling with us but I'm not complaining. I'm glad he's happy.
August 10
Route 20 is a popular route with swimmers for some reason but there was none when we travelled along there yesterday. Today, we found out why. Apparently, a rather cantankerous Dhelmise has been causing havoc in the area and most swimmers don't want to be attacked by a haunted anchor.
We only encountered it because it was preying on us. Pause, being herself, was completely oblivious to the danger, and travelled along the designated route. Since she was going at a reasonable pace, the Dhelmise found us in the otherwise calm water. At about noon, it emerged from the water and shot chains at Pause, throwing me off her.
I don't know how the swimming trainers do it. Maybe my pack and clothes were just heavy but I struggled to keep my head above the water long enough to order my Pokemon around. Pause was severely outmatched in every way so I had to send out Star Platinum and Chomp. Chomp kept me afloat while I had SP take care of the threat.
Damn thing put up quite a fight. Thankfully, SP is so overlevelled that he put it in its place. I ended up catching the Dhelmise to see what its deal was and to give us time to regroup instead of giving it a chance to attack us again.
I've named it Anchor. Thought it was a steel type but it's actually a ghost type. It's rather fascinating. I may not release it afterwards like I planned.
Note to self: ask the people at Seafoam Islands if people haven't been swimming on Route 20 because of the Dhelmise. Might need to tell them I have the bastard apprehended.
August 11
I have to say, I've never actually had the Gym Leader come to me before. I landed on the Eastern Island of the Seafoam Island and was immediately challenged by Blaine of the Seafoam Island Gym. I thought he was just some guy pretending but a very haggard-looking gym trainer confirmed this was him.
I was tempted just to sweep him with Star Platinum but instead I fought him there and then on the beach. Chomp was key in the battle.
After we both had our fill of battle, and I left that weirdo laughing alone on the shore, I ended up going to the Western Island to rest my team up and book a room. It's surprisingly tropical down here, which I didn't expect given about what I read about the Seafoam Islands. Tomorrow, I'll poke my head into one of the caves for a few days. I could use a few more Ice types.
August 13
This is more what I expected. It's so cold down here that I had to change into that stupid green santa outfit I got when I arrived here. The islands spiral down and ice crystals practically hang in the air, disturbed by only my breath.
I've seen a few water Pokemon around like Azurill and Oshawott but no Pokemon I really need or want to catch. Apparently, it can take a couple of weeks to really explore the Seafoam Caverns to find the rarest of Water and Ice-type Pokemon.
Unfortunately, I've decided not to go and explore. Emporio's notified me that there's a big festival at the end of August in Saffron City and it'll take me a couple of weeks to get back to Sevii Islands to meet up with him and Jolyne. I have to leave now if I want to make it in time. I promised I'd be there and I'm trying to make good on those promises now.
I'll come back afterwards. No reason not to.
August 16
Managed to get out of the Seafoam Islands in one piece and surfed over to Cinnabar Island. The volcano is not only active but currently spewing smoke. Despite this, I was told it's fairly safe to be and I ended up landing here to spend the day and night. It's a beautiful island, despite it being mostly ruins. You can see nature has really reclaimed it from humans, and everything man-made is overgrown with new wildflowers or short, dry grass. There are lots of fire Pokemon running about and I even managed to catch one, a Magby that I've named Danro.
There's only two man-made structures about. One is a natural preserve dedicated to looking after displaced Ultra Beasts. I wasn't allowed to go and look at these alien Pokemon so I ended leaving pretty quickly. The other is the Pokemon Center where I am now, that's pretty quiet save for the Nurse snoring at her desk.
I'll leave this island tomorrow and head down Route 21 to get back to the Pallet Town. Shame I didn't get to see the Ultra Beasts.
Note (written several hours later): What the fuck is that sound?