LogFAQs > #945579949

Welp... I have 4 badges now, but things got really chaotic on the way.

- I went to Route 11 and caught a Drowzee, who I named Karen since it was female and Drowzee has big "I want to speak to your manager" energy on its face. Then I started training on that route and Diglett's Cave, and it turned out horribly. Most of the trainers on Route 11 were pretty easy, but then a Raticate right at the end got a critical hit with Hyper Fang after Dryad missed with Sleep Powder and KO'd her. RIP Dryad.
- After that, I went through Diglett's Cave to get the HM for Flash on the other side. I had Filo in the lead to try and get some experience killing Digletts who couldn't do much to her... and then a Dugtrio showed up. I couldn't flee because Filo was too low leveled, and she was wiped out by a Fury Swipes from the overleveled Dugtrio. Then Pigeon also couldn't flee and got hit hard, so I decided to put Dugtrio to sleep and try to KO it. I managed to take it down and keep Pigeon alive, but Filo was gone.
- I got Flash and taught it to Longcat, who also has Cut and the useful Pickup ability so he's my HM slave for normal travel now. I also taught Dream Eater to Pigeon using the move tutor back in Viridian City, so thank you to whoever suggested that because it's been a big help. After that, I made my way back to Cerulean City and started on the way to Lavender Town.
- On Route 9, my first wild encounter was with a Rattata, who doesn't count as a duplicate now since Mickey is already dead. I caught him, named him Mickey 2 because I was feeling lazy, and dumped him in the PC to most likely never be used. Then on Route 10, I caught a Voltorb and named it Gutterball because I needed a ball-themed name and my dad happens to be a league bowler. I added it to my party and used my Shock Wave TM to make training it easier, but I had completely forgotten that it learned Spark in like 4 levels, so I wasted that TM by mistake.
- I stopped just outside of Rock Tunnel before I went to bed last night and then resumed my journey this morning.
- I accidentally knocked out the first Pokemon I saw in Rock Tunnel, so no catch there. This place had me terrified because of all the Geodudes and Gravelers I would be fighting that were high enough level to know Selfdestruct, but thankfully I made it through without any explosions.
- After restocking in Lavender Town, my first wild encounter on Route 8 was a Vulpix. Butterfree missed with Sleep Powder (fun fact: after the boost from Compound Eyes, Sleep Powder and Stun Spore have 97.5% accuracy) and then the Vulpix used Roar to end the battle so I didn't get a catch for that route. Thankfully, I got a second chance at a Vulpix on Route 7, and this time I was able to catch it and named her Fenneko after the fox from Aggretsuko. I really wanted to make a Melee Fox joke and name it Wavedash or something, but that doesn't make sense for a female Vulpix.
- I did some grinding on Route 7 and inside Erika's gym, and between that and the Rare Candies that Longcat had been finding with Pickup, I got Fenneko to level 29. That let her learn Flamethrower by level-up, and then I used a Fire Stone to evolve her to Ninetales. After that, Erika was very easy to beat thanks to Butterfly, Pigeon, and Fenneko having type advantages over her, an uneventful end to an eventful section of the game.

Party:
Lv27 Polnareff the Wartortle
Lv27 Butterfly the Pidgeotto
Lv27 Pigeon the Butterfree
Lv28 Hibiki the Wigglytuff
Lv26 Gutterball the Voltorb
Lv29 Fenneko the Ninetales

Stored:
Lv6 Sandler the Sandshrew
Lv10 Longcat the Meowth
Lv15 Karen the Drowzee
Lv17 Mickey 2 the Rattata
Lv31 Tombstone the Dugtrio

Dead:
Mickey the Rattata
Dryad the Weepinbell
Filo the Spearow

Next up is the Rocket Game Corner, the Pokemon Tower, and then making my way to Fuchsia City to face Koga. I do plan on withdrawing Tombstone pretty soon because he'll be useful in the battles against Giovanni, Koga, and Blaine. Also, I didn't pick up the free Eevee in Celadon City yet because I already have Pokemon on my team of the same types as the three eeveelutions you can get in FR/LG. If Polnareff, Fenneko, or Gutterball dies, then I might grab Eevee and evolve it into the corresponding eeveelution to replace that fallen team member.
---

"Someday I too will fly... and find you again!"
https://imgur.com/urDb8LF