[Raino] Metawhining.

As long as there are people, there will always be whining.

I'd love to see the faces of the whining horde the moment their hated tiers and rules were to be dissolved, having the game collapse in on itself, hurling its players out into raw, unrefined and primitive chaos.

It would, quite frankly, be a sight to behold.

[Grace] Jirachi, grant my wish and move to Ubers.

Jirachi used Iron Head!
Flinch!
Jirachi used Iron Head!
Flinch!

Etc., etc.

So yes, lots of Pokémon Online lately. And also lots of PokéSupe fanfiction. Yeah, I'm in one of those moods.

My point being however, Jirachi is the single most annoying thing in the OU Tier. Oh, and Scizor. fffffff

Working on my Pokédex in HG currently. Yay for 300+ caught! And still waiting for my Celebi event to be in North America. CURSE YOU JAPAN.

That is all.

[Raino] Spain won! slowpoke.jpg

What the 'karp, my last post was after Spain lost their OP match? OH WELL. THEY'RE CHAMPS NOW. Blah blah blah. And a psychic octopus.

Nngghghghrrrgh. Ugh. I haven't been playing any Pokémon lately. I did play yesterday, though. When the Jirachi event had already ended. I guess I'll have to make due with only two, then.

Now for some goals. I need them:

>Train that Venusaur
>Train a Curselax
>Train a Kingdra
>Train a Breloom
>Trade over all valuables from Pearl
>Reset Pearl, set out for Nuzlocke adventure

... >Install Pokémon Online, damnit.

[Grace] Breeding never ends.

So since I've little to do in HeartGold at this point -- oh don't get me wrong, I'm still playing like crazy, but it's just grinding at this point, you know: Elite Four over and over, some Battle Frontier in between since I still need those gold prints, etc. So now I'm jumping on a bandwagon and doing a Nuzlocke run, and I'm being classy about it and doing Red version. I do all my playing at my LiveStream, and you can watch older vids I did there too. I have a Pikachu (FUCK YEAH) and I started with a Bulbasaur. Three badges and counting!

So... yes. I've not been up to much really, I've been strangely busy the past like two weeks. Which is weird for me. Oh, I've also been breeding some more Pokémon to switch into my team when I feel like it, namely a Jolteon and a Breloom, cuz I like them. Oh! And I've been playing lots of Pokémon Online, which you should all definitely get into. It's basically like Shoddy Battles, but better. I'm MedliSage there if you ever see me on one of the servers.

Mmm. So I'm going to get back to battling peeps there, I guess.

[Raino] AND SPAIN LOST THEIR OP MATCH. Uhhh.

Boo-yah!

Mimieux [Dragonite] has now finished her training and she is itching for battle. LucySky/Luciel/MY GENGAR (I can't decide), has had a few battles now and they were all glorious. I can't believe Focus Blast can actually hit ANYTHING with an accuracy at practically zero. Nah, not zero, that's for Sing. And DynamicPunch even more so. AH-HAH-ANYWAY - OOMPH. Take that, Kackles, you and your Tyranitar would do well to remember its... well... ever-changing name, I don't even know. HAH!

And so I've moved on with my next objective, which is: To finally get a useful Venusaur!
My Venusaur never do jack shit in real battles, so I'm hoping that this one will, when I finally get around to breeding and training it, but I won't care about things like perfect IVs, that shit's for people who can't take a loss or two and still like their Pokémon.

Oh, and yeah, as I said many posts ago, I still haven't beaten Green (or Blue, since the game says so. Which is like retarded, because they already gave us LeafGreen). You know, so I can farm and grind the EXP and money out of the E4, and THAT LANCE DUDE STILL CREEPS ME OUT. What is with this "kept here for all of eternity" business? I'm SURE OF IT. He really does clone me and my pokémon every single time I beat them, and every time, he stores me and the crew away in this so-called "Hall of Fame" he loves so much. That creep!

Also, lol world cup lol Spain.

[Grace] Numbers and cosplay

So in my excitement to just be done with breeding, back in my Platinum I accepted just an okay set of IV's on my Riolu because you know what? After five boxes of freaking Feebas and multiple boxes of other Pokémon, that crap gets very tiring very fast. Of course, I paid the price when as a fully-EV trained Lucario, he can't even take a single earthquake. So yes, it's back to the daycare, and Ryuu and Ditto are breeding like rabbits. So far I got six modest ones (thank Arceus for the everstone) and none of them had acceptable IV's. Argh. I'm going to be here. Forever.

But besides that! Utilizing other members of my team, I've gotten my Silver Print in both the Battle Tower and the Battle Arcade. With a 30 win streak in the Hall, I'm well on my way to that as well. Furthermore, I've broken all the records in the Pokéathlon, allotting the third star on my now-purple trainer card. Life is good.

Oh! I went to visit my Gold and Silver cosplaying friends from the con I went to back in April with my friend who cosplays as Yellow. So Gold, Silver, Blue, and Yellow all took a trip to the Lake of Rage (we're all girls, mind you) and saw wild Surskit. It was an interesting experience.

And school is over pretty much; all that's left is finals. So I will have more time for breeding! Woop de doo!

[Raino] Oy, what are the odds?

So last Friday night I caught a female Timid Lapras with Water Absorb, and this Friday I decide to go do the same and catch another one, right? Well, I really did. Timid, with Water Absorb.

Odds'd.

Stuff to do:
>Evolve Haunter
>Finish training Dragonite
>Is 'Zard still "do want"?

[Raino] The Doctor, was it?

Rowan: Your name is Doctor?
>Yes

Rowan: OK...
So, you're [the] Doctor?
A fine name that is!

--

Rowan: All right, Doctor, the time has come.
Your very own tale of grand adventure is about to unfold.
On your journey, you will meet countless Pokémon and people.
I'm sure that along the way you will discover many things, perhaps even something about yourself.
Now, go on, leap into the world of Pokémon!
>CUE THE FUCKING DW THEME AND SHOW ME SOME TARDIS.

--

Rival Kackles: There you are! Hey, Doctor! Did you just see the TV? Sure you did! Prof. Rowan's that really important guy who studies Pokémon, right? That means he must have lots and lots of Pokémon. So if we ask him, I bet he'd give us some Pokémon!

Rival Kackles: Oh, hey! Is this a new PC?
Uh... Where was I? Oh, right, right! We're going to go see Prof. Rowan and get some Pokémon. I'll be waiting outside. OK, Doctor? If you're late I'm fining you P10 million!

--

Mom: Doctor!
Kackles already left. I don't know what it was about, but he sure was in a hurry!

Mom: Oh, yes! Doctor! Don't go into the tall grass.
Wild Pokémon might attack you.
It would be OK if you had your own Pokémon, but you don't, so...
Well, take care, sweetie!

[Raino] A new game and a new beginning

A bit of a cliché title, don't you think? Well, it doesn't matter. Well, it does, if you're a hater and want to be anal about it. Well, but then again, it really doesn't.

So anyway! Today I went out with friends and I had fun, and had a barbecue, and it was fun, and we were fun and everything was fun, but that's sort of off-topic, so! I went out today, and I went and bought myself Pokémon Platinum! ... Because I wanted to play it. And I dislike Pearl. Because I'm a snob. OKAY.

Yeah, so I was thinking that maybe this run, I could name my character after The Doctor, the main character of the ever-popular British sci-fi series: Doctor Who. Yes, just imagine it. Wouldn't it be awesome to have The Doctor save their reality as well? The answer is obvious.

And I've been battling. And losing. Regretfully more than I've been winning. I have one fight up on Youtube against my good friend Kackles, and I'm planning to upload a few more. And Twitter. Yes, I have one of those now as well. I'm not really sure how long that is going to last.

>>Youtube
>>Twitter

But that's enough for now, I'm sure. Sinnoh awaits me, adios!

[Grace] Grinding, breeding, grinding

So. Since my last post, I have half of my team all EV trained! Yay! Well I don't know if I should be yaying, considering I've probably made Magikarp and Goldeen endangered species by now, but I digress. I dare not delve into details in fear of my superawesomespecial team being exposed to prying eyes before it even makes its debut, but I shall say that two of these Pokémon have all their moves put on them. The last, however, doesn't learn two of its moves until it gains quite a few levels -- so that'll have to wait a bit. Sadly, the last three members of my team aren't even bred; so it's back to the ol' daycare for me. More cycling and hearing about how that old guy is just so surprised that they found an egg there. Whoopdeedoo. But it's all worth it. This is so exciting. I love all aspects of team building. Planning it, making a blueprint, tossing out insane ideas just for the heck of it. Making your final draft, gathering necessary materials, breeding it, EV training it, then leveling it up and watching those stats skyrocket. It's such a good feeling when it's done, too.

So let's see, other than that -- I guess I've been just doing general completionest stuff. Catching Pokémon I don't have, doing all the daily events, etc. Yeah. Pretty much just a daily grind for now: training, collecting, yadayada. To be honest I'm not sure what I'm going to do once my team is done. The only upcoming tournament is in New Jersey -- I live in Massachusetts, which is like a couple states up (in other words, too far to travel, especially since I lack the ability to drive and also my own car) so I guess I'll look for more local smaller-time tournaments. Should be fun stuff. Maybe I'll get myself back into the trading card game. Ohoho.

Mm... yeah. I'm sorry I didn't have much to say -- but hey, something is better than nothing, right? Right!

[Raino] Hah, figures.

I finally give my 175-hours-plus-trusted Slowbro a name, and it's a name like Brobro'd. Gee, I sure am clever. Who cares. You just got Brobro'd.

Soon-to-be additions to my team:

Clarent, my Red Gyarados, named after the sword which assassinated King Arthur himself. I've been training its Speed and Attack and it's currently lacking an attack or two.

Avalon, my Dual Screening Gardevoir-to-be. I'm still training her as a Kirlia as I write this.

Gram, the Charizard. It'll be a Special Attacker, that's for sure. Choice Specs, maybe? Dragon Pulse to slay dragons, because that's what Gram does.

And then some winsome.

[Raino] Really kind of still grinding or something.

Kay, no picture this time. Can't be arsed. Really, it's a pain. No, not really, I just can't be arsed... Alright then, moving on!

I have a Lv. 70 Adamant EV trained Scizor who knows the moves U-Turn and Bullet Punch while also sporting a Choice Band. It. Feels. Good. Let's see, what else, what else? Well, I don't know, really. At the moment I'm training a plain old boring Sp. Atk Charizard who'll know at least two STAB moves and something to take out various counters. Charizard is really an all-time favourite of mine, truth be told. That one's precious.

Other than that, I've been battling a lot. No, not sweeping the E4 with my Scizor, but actual, real battling. Friends. I have been challenging my friends. And I've won. Kind of, sort of. Wanted to. Would have, really. I swear. I was one away from winning, I tell you. Fuckin' Garchomp.

[Grace] Apologies and astronomy.

Despite the title, I promise you this post will have something to do with Pokémon. I promise.

So, apologies -- between some Internet issues and being sick and parental issues, I know I haven't posted for a bit. So for that, dear readers, and especially to Rai-nii-san, I apologize.

Onwards... well, I've basically been grinding at the Battle Frontier this whole time; mostly the Hall and the Factory. When I wasn't doing that, I was breeding -- still working on that perfect team. So far I have three out of six with the right natures and good IVs, yay. I do wonder how many times that old man is going to be surprised that he found my Pokémon holding an egg though. Oh, I've about 160ish hours in or the game too, woot!

I don't believe I've mentioned it on the blog, but pretty much my whole playthrough of the game can be found at my YouTube (the titles are longer than just "Pokémon HeartGold -- silly YouTube thumbnails can't fit more than that). It's missing a couple of gym leaders/elite four that went over the ten minute time limit (I was going to crop them into smaller bits but I forgot, typical of myself). So if you're interested, views and comments are always welcome!

I still have not gotten myself a Pikachu that knows surf or fly from the Yellow Forest, unfortunately. That shit is rarer than I thought it would be. fffffffffff

And with that, my friends, I must be off because my DS is about to die and I'm in the middle of a Battle Factory challenge and my charger is in my room.

P.S.: No, astronomy had nothing to do with this post, but it was the first word that came to mind when trying to think of something else that started with "a" so that the title just sounded linguistically nice.

[Raino] Lol. Fail.

I suffered my first in-game defeat on this SS run, ever, a few minutes ago. How? Oh, I kinda just activated the Lance/Clair double battle, no biggie. Except I only brought three pokemon, two of them below Lv. 40.

Yup.

[Raino] A hundred hours and 15 badges.

Why fifteen, you ask? Oh, that is because I am underleveled. How, you ask? When all of my team is above 60, bordering the 65-mark? Oh, you know why. Because the big and the bad, the final boss, the Master himself is waiting on top of Mt. Silver, with a bleeding Lv. 88 Pikachu to wipe my baby-team of inexperienced, grasshopping contenders.

Yes, now, while I still only have them 15 badges, I'm going grind and pound Lance and his E4 into oblivion and back for quick EXP gathering, and an even quicker money harvesting.

Oh, and I've been in and out of there, what, five times today? And I've noticed. Believe me, you should all have noticed. But didn't it ever make you wonder? How you'd end up back in your home with your crew fully rested? Without a Pokémon to fly you home or anything like it. Just poof -- home. DOESN'T IT MAKE YOU WONDER? Well I have this idea. This thought. How things might be happening.

That machine they use to place your team into the Hall of Fame? Well, yeah, that's what it literally does, it abducts your team and puts them on display in the HoF, eternally.
And then Lance pumps out a few clones to replace them and gives them back to you, WHILE YOU'RE DRUGGED AND UNCONSCIOUS, mind you. And then he tells the old geezer with an Abra to 'port you back home and voila. Harmless, ya? BUT FREAKIN' CREEPY NONETHELESS.

Phew. Oh, did I tell you? I paid a visit to all the female Kanto Leaders first, before wrecking all the other gyms (save for Green's ofc, I won't touch him before another ten levels).

Not much else to say here, really. Doctor Who has been lording over my time lately (hyuk hyuk hyuk), my bass is collecting dust, my homework has piled up, but I'm still playing. I'm still playing. I am.

[Raino] Where to begin?

Well. Here I am, days later. In Kanto with one badge. Which means I've beaten the Johto gyms as well as the Elite 4 and the current champion, Lance the Dragon-tamer. But of course we all know Lance isn't the true champion, he couldn't even be the true champ three years ago (in-game time-line) in R/G/B/Y/Fr/Lg. No, even then he was beaten by the true champion's rival, Mr. Green (last name Oak?). You all know the true champ is Red, don't you?

With the Johto Leaders defeated and the (pre-nat dexter) Elite 4 bowing down to my "overwhelming power", I now have the defeat of the Kanto gyms as my next goal. Urghh. That's it for now.

I have a Dragonite.

[Grace] Pokémon Con Experience

Well hey all. Sorry about the little gap between my posts here; a convention keeps you busy, especially when you're there almost the whole day each day and you also are keeping a guest at your house. Anyway.

So yes, I went to AnimeBoston this weekend, an animecon in the the Northeastern US. I went as Blue from the PokéSpe manga, my friend as Yellow from the same, and my boyfriend also went along for the adventure. We were pretty popular and lots of people took pictures of us, and we made friends with two girls about our age cosplaying as Gold and Silver; it was pretty awesome. It was made more epic when the father of the girl who was Silver was there dressed as Giovanni. How much cooler can a dad get? Also, we were in a giant Pokémon-themed photoshoot on Friday, and on any given day you couldn't walk twenty feet without someone saying PokéWalker?! and offering to connect. It was pretty sweet. Pictures shall happen when I stop being lazy. I bought some pins, including one of Gold and Silver, one of just Silver, and one of Mareep. Ohoho.

But other than that in my Pokélife... let's see. I've caught Kyogre and gotten myself a lot more Battle Points. I got myself the Yellow Forest route over WiFi today, and plan on catching a Pikachu that knows Surf. That thing is so going on my final team. Totally.

And so my friends, I'm off now to see if I can get myself that Pikachu. Best of luck to Raino as the Johto segment of his journey comes to a close.

[Raino] ...And make it double.

Lv. 38 Anubis (Lucario) -> Lv. 48 Anubis (Lucario)

Lv. 41 Kaizer (Typhlosion) -> Lv. 51 Kaizer (Typhlosion)
Lv. 39 Mjollnir (Pikachu) -> Lv. 40 Mjollnir (Raichu)
Lv. 35 Verano (Venusaur) -> Lv. 40 Verano (Venusaur)
Lv. 40 Lockheed (Dragonair) -> Lv. 52 Lockheed (Dragonair)
Lv. 40 Slowbro (Slowbro) -> Lv. 50 Slowbro (Slowbro)

And so I finally have a Raichu. That's one childhood ambition accomplished (This is like my second Raichu ever, that idiot Lass Dana never gave me a thunderstone on Crystal) and I'm 12 levels closer to getting my first Dragonite too. Only three more levels to go, buddy. Clair's Kingdra doesn't stand a chance. In fact, I just finished mowing down the last trainer in the gym to stand in my way, and every single battle was a OHKO fight by three of my fine warriors, except two. In another trainer's words: it was a cakewalk.

So here I am standing in front of Clair, with only two bruises from these raging dragons, as I sign off for the night. Chick better prepare for trouble.

[Raino] A decade-old childhood dream?

Hoo-hah. So I've had this game for almost a week now, give or take a few hours, and I'm finally on my way to the Ice Path. Yeah. Taking it nice and slow. Well, very nice, but even slower. And as I draw closer to the eighth and final gym of the Johto League, I am also closing in on the 60 hours played mark. Well at least I'll have at least have a level 50 team when I reach the Indigo Plateau, and not a level ~38 team with maybe one or two main pokemon around level 45.

That said, I'm actually only fifteen levels away from making a decade-old dream come true. To train and raise my very own Dragonite. And not just any Dragonite that you've won as a Dratini as some prize, or that you've caught halfway through the game, no. I'm talking about a Dratini you've had since the beginning, one that's been together with you through thick and thin, both hard times and good times. A lifelong companion. I love me some dragons, okay.

Alright, a quick summary! Since last time I've defeated Jasmine (shitshitshitshitshitshit), beaten Rocket Grunts down in the ground, battled alongside Lance's Dragonite (askjfadjasas), beaten more Rocket Grunts, defeated Pryce and his prized (pun oh-so intended) ice-type pokemon, defeated my Rival Silver once again and disbanded Team Rocket. Man, them female grunts looked good. And so my team is as follows:

Lv. 30 Anubis (Lucario) -> Lv. 38 Anubis (Lucario)
Lv. 31 Kaizer (Quilava) -> Lv. 41 Kaizer (Typhlosion)
Lv. 29 Mjollnir (Pikachu) -> Lv. 39 Mjollnir (Pikachu)
Lv. 28 Verano (Ivysaur) -> Lv. 35 Verano (Venusaur)
Lv. 30 Lockheed (Dragonair) -> Lv. 40 Lockheed (Dragonair)
Lv. 34 Slowpoke (Slowpoke) -> Lv. 40 Slowbro (Slowbro)

Hey, everyone's gone up almost 10 levels. 'Twas more than expected, honestly. Oh, speaking about leveling up. It seems all this grinding-in-one-spot-until-I'm-satified training has made my team's stats go all wonky. The stats don't match up to what's expected of their natures and things like that. Like how Kaizer's SP. ATK has surpassed everything except his Speed-stat, despite his Impish nature. Oh unpredictability, I find you highly amusing. I'm so glad this is purely a PvE team.

Back into the grass with me, Raino signing out.

[Grace] Legends, cosplay, and the Battle Frontier

So yeah. I've caught several legends now -- Suicune, Raikou, Entei, Kyogre, Mewtwo. Unfortunately all of them took painful amounts of Ultra Balls, so I'm currently broke and grinding the Elite Four for money. Fff.

Anyway, so my Blue cosplay is done. Con is tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday (though I'm not sure I'm going Sunday). My friend is coming as Yellow; we look totally fab together, I might add. Pictures will ensue: I promise.

My win streak at the Battle Factory was broken at 20 -- yeah, 20, right before Thorton -- cuz my opponent got a crit that killed me. If they hadn't I would've won, fff. But you know, that's life, and it's mkay, I enjoy it anyway. I have a 7 win streak at the Castle, 10 at the Hall, 21 at the Arcade, and I haven't done anything in the Tower yet.

So this entry is going to be short; guests are over. I just wanted to update for the sake of consistency and of course giving further updates as to my Pokémon life. So once again thank you for reading peeps; this entry must come to a close.

[Raino] 40 hours?! Team update, oi oi oi!

What the crap, man. It says I've been playing for 40 hours. How did this even happen? Sure, there was the level-grinding and the egg-hatching. And then there was the level-grinding. Uh, the time I ran all the way back to Violet City from Goldenrod because Wade wanted to give me a berry. Uh, the level-grinding? 40 hours? I mean, I've only collected 5 badges up until now, what is this madness? And why the hell am I only running into Magnemite now? Don't tell me all the Raticate, Tauros and Farfetch'd went to sleep because the sun set a little? Oh come on, what is this!

Oh well. Current team Raino:

Lv. 31 Kaizer (Quilava)
Lv. 30 Anubis (Lucario)
Lv. 29 Mjollnir (Pikachu)
Lv. 28 Verano (Ivysaur)
Lv. 30 Lockheed (Dragonair)
Lv. 34 Slowpoke (Slowpoke)

Ah, I'm so proud of Lockheed for taking on that whole Lighthouse by himself, turning himself into a worthy Dragonair and all. And then there's Slowpoke, holy god, what a beast. Curse -> Headbutt/Zen Headbutt. I was out raping Tentacool thinking he'd evolve at 27, but it seems I got it all wrong. At least he's at Lv. 34 now.

That aside; hnnnggg. I can go battle Mikan (Jasmine) any time now, but I'd rather have Kaizer at an even higher level before taking on that Steelix of hers. On the other hand, I don't really want to hurt her poor pokeymans. Why are you doing this to me, Mikan, whyyy. erk. Maybe I should just do it and get on with the game. I have some srs plans for when I go to Kanto anyway.

WELL THEN, TRUE BELIEVERS. UNTIL NEXT TIME.
asdasjdkjskafj. EFF YOU MAGNEMITE.

[Grace] Zapdos, indecision and breeding

So since I got lost, oh, about ten minutes into the Whirl Islands, I decided to go catch some things where I won't get as, er, lost. For instance, Zapdos, which sits nicely outside the Power Plant merrily waiting for me to detain in a computer for all time.

After getting him down to a pixel of health, paralyzed, none of my thirty Ultra Balls worked. So I'm thinking, ffff. It was so hard to get him so far down and I'm not even going to catch him. And you know what? On a whim, I threw a Dusk Ball, and it worked.

Sure, that's good and all, but I'm going to now spend a ton of money replacing those Ultra Balls. Argh. Because, I must have thirty of those at all times, and five of every other ball, and fifteen hyper potions and ten of every other healing item -- the list goes on and on, but the point is, when it comes to games I'm completely organized and probably a tad obsessive compulsive but in real life you can hardly see the floor in my bedroom because of all the books, cloths, stuffed animals, etc., on the floor.

But hmm, what now. More Battle Frontier? Go catch Moltres and Articuno to finish the trio? Maybe try Kyogre/Groudon/Rayquaza? Or try Latias again? Oh, decisions, decisions. Or I could finish breeding my team, which I've been avoiding because, you know, breeding. After breeding five full boxes of Feebas (without a Pokémon that has Flame Body, mind you), you tend to want to avoid breeding as much as possible. And out of those [whatever thirty times five] is Feebas, only like ten had a Modest nature, and get this. The highest SP ATK IV on all of them? Fourteen. Fourteen. And no, I'm not completely insane yet and am fully aware I've mentioned this, but I feel the need to express my despair as much as possible, so you can get a small idea of said despair. Yeah, I'm a positive person, I know.

So anyway, hmm. It's morning right now, here in the past anyway. 6:30AM. And you know what that means! Time to consult my list and see who we can call of get the number of to schedule a rematch. Ergo, dear readers, I am off -- I have some numbers to grab.

[Raino] Picnicker Liz, team update and Lucario

Uhm, so

...... ......
This is Liz! Good afternoon!
Listen, listen!
My NIDORAN♀... it's... so pretty...
and...giggle...so awesome...yes...but...
very much... eeek!
And...lovely...just ravishing...
Oh, too much! Hug it... Sleeping...
That's right...pretty... Sigh...
So nice...cute...
...Oops!

Very. FFFFing. Creepy. What I was thinking when I traded numbers with that disturbed psycho, I do not know. Seriously, who'd make a phone call like right after meeting someone for the first time? Did she not have anything better to talk about? I mean, there was this one time she phoned to talk about how bored she was, and she actually sounded like a normal person, but noooo, it turns out she didn't call the right person. But why am I complaining.
She's kind of...pretty...and...giggle...but...very much... OH SHI--

Ahem. Anyhow, my group of trusted companions has expanded and, naturally, they have become a lot stronger. Well, most of them. Last night (or was it the night before? idek) the final two eggs hatched and Dratini and Riolu joined my team. I named them Lockheed (if you know why I chose this name, then you're a nerd) and Anubis. Mjollnir later evolved into Pikachu around Lv. 18, and Anubis evolved into Lucario at Lv. 20. I also caught a Slowpoke in the well and named him... Uh, it seems I forgot to name him. Thus my team is as follows:

Lv. 19 Mjollnir (Pikachu)
Lv. 23 Kaizer (Quilava)
Lv. 14 Verano (Bulbasaur)
Lv. 21 Anubis (Lucario)
Lv. 18 Lockheed (Dratini)
Lv. 14 Slowpoke (Slowpoke)

I'm especially satisfied with Anubis here. He made my life so much easier when going up against Whitney's legendary MilTANK of myths and despair. That Normal-Type gym really wasn't a challenge at all with this guy on the team, nuh-uh. I just wish the cow would be around Lv. 24 or something instead, like Lt. Surge's Raichu in the FR/LG versions for the GBA. At least then I'd have enough EXP to share around on the team, you know?

But oh well, easy win was easy, no room for complaining here. I'll head back into the grass for some grinding now before I go rain on Sudowoodo's parade. kekeke.

[Grace] Caves, cosplay and Tentacool

Hey again fellow Earthlings, Grace here once again. After sitting around in Cerulean Cave for more than a half an hour being obsessive about getting every item -- because I'm anal like that -- I spent about, ohh. Fifteen minutes on Mewtwo? It wasn't that difficult, or frustrating, to my pleasure and surprise. My first try I ran out of Ultra Balls (I only brought thirty), my second try I was a little more lucky and only had to use seven -- I had him down to a pixel of health instead of two pixels like before. It makes a lot of difference!

So now here I am, in the Whirl Islands, gettin' myself a Lugia. Or attempting to. I generally have a good sense of direction, except when it comes to caves. I don't know why, but cave confuse me. （　ﾟДﾟ） I mean -- I've been in here, like, five minutes. And I'm lost. Fff, you know?

Other than that, other Poké-tales and adventures? Well, I checked all the IVs of my, like, what, about ten modest-natured Feebas? And get this. The highest SP. ATK IV out of all of them? Fourteen. Fourteen. Out of thirty-one. Like, are you serious?

Sigh. Well, I also started out myself on the Battle Frontier for the first time in HeartGold -- I had at least a silver thing in all of them back in Platinum -- and got myself to a seven win streak in the Factory and Arcade, and a ten win streak in the Hall, thanks to my beautiful Empoleon. Don't know if I'll continue with one of those or try a different facility, hmm.

It's Sunday, 11PM, and I really should be doing my homework, but you know, a girl has more important things to attend to. Capturing legendary creatures that helped shape the world, training with her partners in battle and life, you know. The usual.

Oh, also, I went to a fabric store today (I know this isn't sound like it's going to relate to Pokémon, but just stick with me) and picked up some black, brown and red cloths -- why, you ask? For my Blue cosplay, of course. Using her post FR/LG arc outfit (for those who don't understand: go read the Poké Special manga, you uneducated, poor soul). Blue as in the Japanese Blue. Blue as in the chick, just so we're clear. Oh America, Red's rival is Green. Not Blue, you fools. Because, you know. Red is the complimentary color of Green and it makes sense, jeezum.

So I have the hat, the shirt, the skirt, the bag. Some modifications need to be made to my hat, shirt and bag -- hence the cloths -- and I still need some shoes. The con I'm wearing this outfit to starts Friday, so I got some time to get it to together. There will be pictures, and -- oh my god, if I see another freaking Tentacool.

Surfing. You know how it is.

Well, folks, I have myself a legendary guardian of the seas to catch here, so the Grace is off.

[Raino] The journey begi-- continues.

I'm somewhat sorry for not really putting up a decent introductory post myself, but with Grace here, I was able to jump straight into my journey back to Johto in all its wondrous colours and wonders.

Huh? Oh, right. I'm Raino (think: Rhinoceros, Rhyperior, Raichu), as Grace said I'm sort of the main man here, and I'll be blogging about my adventures as I take on the exciting Pokémon League Challenge and battle the heinously evil Team Rocket (Oh them poor Slowpoke).

But I guess I'll also take the time to talk about trivial things -- like how some trainers call you ten a day times only to tell you the same things over and over again without even bothering to rephrase their material and how silly them female Wobbuffet look with their outrageously red lipstick, or maybe about how sad I am that there is no chance in hell that I'll be able to go on a date with Jasmine even after I've saved her precious Amphy from dying a slow and painful death of pain and illness. /fistshake

Oh, but enough about that. Let's see. Right, I started my journey on Friday, the 26th of March, and since then I've beaten every person to stand in my way. I dominated my poor rival Silver's Lv. 5 Totodile with my Lv. 10 fire-breathing Cyndaquil named Kaizer, but this is all boring stuff, really. The fun stuff comes later.

Right now my team is consisting of three pokémon and two eggs. Yes, eggs. No, there's not a single Togepi in this lot. They are as follows:

Lv. 6 Mjollnir (Pichu)
Lv. 20 Kaizer (Quilava)
Lv. 1 Verano (Bulbasaur)
Lv. 0 Egg (...)
Lv. 0 Egg (...)

And I have the most generous Grace to thank for this. I am very happy with my Pichu, seeing Gold (I named myself Gold and the rival Silver, yeah) walking around with a Pichu really makes me wanna read more Pokéspe. That shit's amazing.

For now, I'm just hatching eggs, really. After that I'll spend hours level-grinding, so I'll probably wait with posting an update unless I happen to find a trainer who likes shorts or something.

That's it for now, folks. Raino signing out.

[Grace] Taking the liberty.

Well, Rai man I'm taking the liberty of going first here -- I hope you don't mind.

Let's see. For those new to this gig, I'm Grace, Girl of the World That Was. The main man here is Raino, Boy of the World to Be.

So, I was thinking, god, I want to post something. I mean, new blog and all. That itch to post, you know? Then I remembered something that Rai had said earlier;

Raino says (7:49 PM):
*Okay, maybe I'll blog tomorrow
Raino says (7:49 PM):
*I give up. I have to play now
Raino says (7:49 PM):
*I can't keep on torturing myself like this

And just, oh my god. It's like, sure, the Rai man says things I can relate to a lot -- but this, I don't know. I don't think it's just us, maybe, I think it's one of the huge drawing aspects of Pokémon, but maybe I'm just crazy -- it's just that feeling. That feeling of excitement, of anticipation. Like, I'm about to start a journey, to be the very best, like no one ever was. Maybe I'm just clinging to my childhood memories and fantasies here, but still at the age of fifteen that feeling doesn't lose one ounce of its appeal and excitement. Only with Pokémon, too -- it's a feeling that only that series has accomplished. For me, anyway.

On a side note, playing HeartGold, I just encountered Latias. For the umpteenth time. And also for the umpteenth time, I failed to catch it. The thing is level 35, and my Ampharos is 63 -- and get this, Ampharos is still slower and can't get a Thunder Wave off before it runs. Like, my god, Ampharos. Do you have to be that slow? Really? Really. My goodness, Amphy. I've managed to get Golbat to Mean Look it though and get it down to that sliver of red health, but I still need a status effect on it -- or at least, I feel I do, I don't know, habit -- and nothing that's fast enough has a status-enducing thing. Fffff.

So while I'm sitting here, my sixteen badges shiny, Raino is just starting his journey. I kind of envy that. That feeling. I blew through the game so fast I kind of didn't savor all the juicy, satisfying moments. But that's okay, I enjoyed it, I felt like I was seven again.

Well anyway. This entry must close; Latias is too frustrating, I think I'm off to go catch me a Mewtwo.