Time for an update. Of what, you ask? Why, of The Diary of Maria, of course!
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Dear Diary,
Today I beat Brock. It really was a clean sweep. If all of the Gym Leaders are like this, then I'll have no problem being the champion.
Piercer evolved twice in one day, too! Is that normal? Well, he looks healthy, so I'm guessing it's ok~ Thing is, he won't use Poison Sting anymore! He absolutely refuses to use it! Ever since he learned Fury Attack, that's all he's wanted to use. I'm not complaining, since Fury Attack is more powerful, but I kinda miss poisoning things...
Ancient is most definitely a carnivore. He's been using his newfound Vine Whip attack to pin opponents to the ground, and enjoys taking hunks of meat off of their body. I feel really bad for that Lass' Jigglypuff now...
I also caught a really cute Pokemon! Her name is Cinderella, and she's the princess of the Moonstone Kingdom. She can talk, too~ She's just like a princess from all of those fairy tales...no pun intended, hehe~ She demended I give her the Water Gun TM I found at the entrance to Mt. Moon, since she doesn't like to get too dirty. I just hope she's ready for what lies ahead...
Oh! I've gotta get back to training~ See ya later, Diary~
Team Stats
Ancient (Bulbasaur) Level 15
Tackle
Growl
Leech Seed
Vine Whip
Additional Comments: Your typical Bulbasaur right now. I'm not looking forward to losing the all-so useful Razor Leaf, but...what can ya do? He's holding his own, but he's not extremely useful at this point.
Piercer (Beedrill) Level 15
Poison Sting
String Shot
Fury Attack
Additional Comments: Because of this challenge, Poison Sting is completely useless. He's been a pretty good Pokemon thus far, but he won't really shine until I get Twinneedle. For some reason, he didn't learn Harden...which kinda sucks, actually. He's also going to be my Cut Slave, because I won't have anything else that can Cut at that point (Ancient can't, because of his ruleset, and Cinderella obviously can't). Unless I can fish up Tentacool in Viridian...
Cinderella (Clefairy) Level 16
Water Gun
Pound
Growl
Sing
Additional Comments: The newest member really hasn't had a chance to shine yet, mainly because she can't actually get any Super Effective hits off until Gym 5 (which ironically, is where most of the Rock and Ground types decide to jump ship). She'll probably be claiming the Psychic TM, and I'll probably give her the Bubblebeam TM provided she isn't able to learn Surf and HAS to have a Water type move. T-Bolt is going to Stellar, though. As for why I haven't evolved her...I kinda want to get Minimize first, to be a dick. She'll also probably grab Fire Blast or Ice Beam, with Tentacalm claiming Blizzard.