Fire Red Post 7
Yes, apparently I was well prepared for Misty with Wormy the Butterfree and Oddiu the Gloom in my squad. Misty truly didn't stand a chance with all that possible status available.
After deliberating, I decided it was best to start with Wormy. For 3 reasons.
1. Butterfree has a very accurate Sleep Powder
2. Staryu isn't /Psychic.. so Confusion will be very lethal
3. Oddiu is the only Pokemon I have that can withstand Starmie's Water Pulse/attacks
Wormy instantly goes for the SleepPowder, and I'm pleased. I now Confusion twice.. but unfortunately couldn't KO. Misty uses a Super Potion.. and Staryu wakes up after my next Confusion. [I should have Sleep Powder'd but it's okay]. Wormy has to take a huge hit from Water Pulse.. but has enough life left to finish off Staryu this time with another Confusion.
I go Gloom. It's the only way. Starmie comes out looking pretty boss. Oddiu takes a hit.. but is able to lay down it's own Sleep Powder. From there.. it's over baby. Let the killing / healing Oddiu begin.
Absorb, Absorb crit, Starmie wakes up and gives me a hit, but then I just Absorb ftw.
Misty was a strange one in which she did not go for the Super Potion on Starmie.. practically giving up. What a little bitch.
A comment I get from a lot of women..
I say, "Yes, I shouldn't be too rough." And take my prizes and bolt out of there. Thanks for the TM.
I heal up at the PC then head South. I check the wild grasses before the DayCare and run into a ..
I'm pleased.. it might have some potential to replace Rattata/Fear as I'm sure Fear will slow down in quality.. [although it sucks now tbh]
Zippo dishes out one hit.. a simple Scratch attack.. and crit Meowth.. /faints
Welp.. damn. Moving on then.
I go to the Daycare.. and knowing that I have a few weak links, decide to give him Buzz the Beedrill to raise up a bit.
Buzz looks cool and can be a valuable piece maybe.. I just don't have time to level him up. Maybe on the way back through to the Rock Tunnel I can pick him up.
I go to Route 6 and completely forget it's a new route and just start killing wild Pokemon. I'm so retarded.. so I lose out on whoever my first wild encounter was. Damn.
You know in the old R/B/Y games when between Route 6 and Lt. Surge town you had to face a lvl20 Butterfree then another trainer with a high lvl Raticate? Those were always very hard battles for me.. well anyways, it wasn't this time. I gave Zippo the lead for a while and he ran through them.
I healed up a bit in the new towns Pokemon Center, then decided to make a "drastic" move.
At level 19, I decided to box Fear as it's just a waste of a slot atm.. since Kensey the Jigglypuff is doing more than fine as my Normal-type.
Goodbye Fear, for now.
I head to Diglett's Cave. I wonder if I'll run into one. ^_^
I catch a cute little 'nub' and nickname her Nub. Hardy and is an Arena Trapper. Rock on.
Welcome the new addition. Hell.. as you can see below, she fits in perfectly with my squad.. what a great starting level.
/file saved
Next objective? I'm looking forward to going East for a bit and slaughtering the trainers there.. hopefully. There are a lot of quality trainers and annoying Pokemon.. so I need to be careful. Also.. I'm hoping to run into a Drowsee when I fight my first wild Pokemon.. it has a decent % encounter rate, we'll see!
Now that I faced one of the toughest beginnings I've ever had to deal with.. I feel like I'm getting back into the rhythm of things, and my team and I are really working as a unit. In the back of my mind every single day.. is the fact that the world I've left behind to protect and fix is depending on me to fix the broken and right the wrong. Charmander.. Zippo.. has stuck by me so far with no complaints and although he's still a little stubborn, we're growing to understand one another and truly become one. We're going to be a very fierce team when things start connecting.
Just knowing Gary is a few steps ahead of me at every turn makes me want to fight harder to make things right.