-Gwen’s Audio Journal, March 14th, 2012
Pokémon centers are the most convenient thing on the planet. I got a free Audino bone repair from the gym leader in town. I’ll thank him or her later. By the way, having Heal Pulse mend a broken bone HURTS LIKE HELL! I’m pretty sure I woke up everyone that was still sleeping. The police actually came by the Pokémon Center asking questions.
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I met the gym leader in town, her name is Skyla. She went to the Celestial Tower, no I am not gonna make a Celestia joke, because she saw an injured Pokémon on top of it when she was flying. That place is rather infamous for being a host of Litwics, I hope she’s okay. I better check on her.
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Man, I hate this tower. Tombstones everywhere really fill me with dread. I often feel that-
AH! LITWIC!
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As I was saying, I often feel that something will pop out from the graves and just eat me. I know it’s ridiculous, but-
EEK!
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Sorry, another Litwic. I know it’s ridiculous, but a zombie apocalypse is one of my worst fears. The fact that-
CRAAAAAP!
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The fact that things will rise from the grave and turn you into one just by biting you is incredibly unnerving to me. I guess I’ve read one too many grimdark fics.
AYEE!
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These Litwics -
OH BUCK!
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Two times in a row man! Two times in a row! I try to record stuff and Litwics keep flying into my
faaaaaace!
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Well Skyla healed the Pokémon on the top of the tower with no problems, so I’m heading back down.
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FREAKING, HATE, LITWICS! At least Inferno evolved again.
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Alright, it’s gym time and my team is all ready for-cannons? Seriously?
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-dazily- I can see why Skyla wanted my leg to be healed for this, oi… I need some Tylenol.
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(music plays)
Now that battle was a case of teamwork! My battle with Skyla was really boring at the start of it. Snap took care of Swoobat with Faint Attack while Inferno, and I kid you not, knocked out her Unephezant with a hug. I think the piggy had a crush on the bird. Anyways the really cool part happened when Skyla sent out her Swanna. Both Swanton and Tide got riled up. It was like both of them wanted to fight, which gave me an idea. Swanton was first up and used Leech Seed. I knew that Swanna had Aqua Ring so I had to put something to do passive damage to prevent it from healing off my team’s hard work. I switched to Tide next. I had her use Scald. It managed to burn Swanna, which was the point. Unfortunately Swanna managed to knock out Tide with a critical Air Slash. During this time I gave Swanton a piece of Evilotite to help with his defenses. I then gave him a dose of X Special to further protect him from Air Slash. Swanton then threw his Seed Bomb to bring down Swanna with all the damage that had been accumulating with the Leech Seed and the burn. N came to see me after my battle but I didn’t pay much attention to him. Well I tried but I was too worn out from being shot around by cannons to listen to what he had to say. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna pass out on this couch. –thud-
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I just woke up from my forced nap to find something awesome. Swanton has evolved into a Semisage, but he still thinks he’s a swan.
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-squeal- Alder just gave me the HM for Surf! He’s so awesome! Oh yeah, Cheren and I had another battle. His Pansear and Tranquil both evolved but nothing really special about that. Still, Alder gave me an HM!
SWEET! Oh, that reminds me. I heard that a cave near Driftviel contains Axews. Having one of them on my team would be a great help. I’ll have to use Fly and Surf to get there though, and Tide hates using flying type moves. I guess I’ll have to catch a Tranquill or something.
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Note to self, Tide makes a comfy seat.
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That cave was pretty dark, good thing I have a flashlight. Anyways I found an Axew that looked like it was doing a riverdance. I figured it would fit right in with the rest of the team so I went and caught it. The Axew, whom I have named Aximat, loves to dance and always uses Dragon Dance when he comes out, but then he follows orders. At least Snap has more toys to play with in battle. I can’t wait to see how she uses Dragon Claw!
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Hmm, I’m no expert but I think Tide should’ve evolved by now. Anyways Twist Mountain is kinda tough to climb, and I’m pretty fit too. At least I’m not getting shot out of cannons. My entire body is still sore from Skyla’s gym!
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Well, I managed to get out of Twist Mountain, and you’ll never guess what happened! Aximat evolved into a Fraxure! I guess letting him battle so much gave him enough experience to evolve, but I didn’t expect him to evolve the day I caught him! He also does numerous dances when he uses Dragon Dance. So far he has done four breakdances, seven riverdances, a number of dances I don’t know of, and even the Thriller dance once! He’s quite a sight.
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Why does Icirrus C-c-c-city have to have an i-i-i-ice gym? At least-t-t-t-t sliding on ice is f-f-f-fun, until I st-t-t-tart to spin. –retches- My poor b-b-b-body.
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(music plays)
Ahhh, it feels so good to take a hot bath after being in a cold place. Brycen wasn’t too hard to beat either, despite wanting to throw up the whole time due to spinning all over the place and being super cold. First up was his Vanillish against Snap, and boy this fight was hilarious. After Fake Out, Snap pulled out Dragon Dance from the grab bag of Assist, but this wasn’t an ordinary dance. She, and I kid you not, did the exact same
dance Pinkie Pie did when Fluttershy sang Evil Enchantress, complete with a tongue sticking out! -Gwen laughs for a full minute- It was so hilarious. Anyways, the next thing she did was turn into a kitty ball and bowl over the living ice cream cone a few times to get it to faint, although it did get a few shots in with Frost Breath. His Beartic was up next. It dodged the Rollout and knocked out Snap with Slash. I sent out Inferno. Beartic used Swagger on Inferno to confuse him, but thankfully he managed to pull out Brick Break. Brycen sent out his last Pokémon, a Cryogonal. Inferno unfortunately knocked himself out as Cryogonal put up a Reflect barrier. Not even thinking about Seismic, whom also had Brick Break, I pulled out Tide. I chose Tide because she’s the only member of the team, other than Inferno and Snap, that can use special attacks. I had her use Scald and it burned the thing. I know Surf does more damage, but I like passive damage. The snowflake retaliated with Aurora Beam and nearly knocked out Tide with a critical hit! Thankfully she pulled off Surf and hit it with a massive wall of ice. It didn’t knock out Cryogonal, but the burn Tide gave it finished the job. I half expected Tide to evolve on the spot, but nothing happened. After I exited the gym I ran into Cheren and Bianca. We chatted a little until Brycen barged out of the gym yelling at someone. I thought he was losing it until The Shadow Triad appeared out of nowhere. They told me to go to Dragonspire Tower, but I’m sure Cheren and Brycen can handle whatever is going on up there. I’m just relaxing here at the Pokémon Center-
(music stops, an earthquake occurs, an explosion is heard)
What the hell was that?! Maybe I should check out Dragonspire Tower!
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Wow… I’m at the tower and there is a pillar of fire at the top! Something is going on up there, and I’m gonna find out what!
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Team Plasma is everywhere in here! There’s so many of them that Cheren and Brycen are being held back! I have to be careful when I battle though. One wrong move could destroy a pillar and potentially destroy the tower. That would kill everyone in here.
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-pant- This tower is a tough climb, but it’s defiantly worth it because Seismic evolved… maybe that’s not such a good thing. On one hand it helps him contribute more, on the other hand it also fuels his… berserk mode and makes him into a stronger… threat. Hopefully I won’t have to face that again…
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I… I am at a loss for words. N was at the top of the tower and behind him was a dragon of legend, Reshiram. I fell to my knees at the sight of it. I’m not a nerd, but mythology is an interest of mine and I know about the legend of Reshiram and Zekrom and the battle they had. It almost destroyed Unova. Now N has one of the two dragons at his disposal. With all that power behind him he has a very real chance of beating Alder. I need to get much stronger to have a chance of beating him. Brycen and Cheren came up and I told them all about what I saw. We headed down and I called Professor Juniper to ask for her advice. She said that my best bet was to find the Dark Stone which, according to legend, contains the spirit of Zekrom. My best lead is the Relic Castle in the Desert Resort. I’ll head there tomorrow. For now, all of us need some rest.
