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I decided using Batman instead of Tweety might be the way to go. I think Crobat is ultimately stronger than Pidgeot. And it's not a bad idea to have a pokemon partially leveled as a backup in any case.

Batman evolved into Golbat in the lighthouse, and Dom evolved into Ampharos.
On Route 39 I caught a Tauros (it took like 7 great balls, but it was caught) and I named him Bruiser.
On my way to Cianwood to get medicine for the Lighthouse Ampharos, I caught a Tentacool and named her Angela.

When I got to Cianwood, I got the medicine Jasmine asked me to get, then decided to tackle the gym. (I also ran around a bit, hoping to raise Batman's friendship). Batman handled all the gym trainers pretty easily. And then... while training him up the last bit before going into face Chuck, he evolved into Crobat!

Batman handled Chuck's gym by himself. I brought Dom with me as backup, but it was't needed. Five Wing Attacks took both of his pokemon down, and badge #5 was mine!

I gave Jasmine the medicine. Then decided to visit the Safari Zone. On my way, Poison died during a double battle because Dom fell asleep. He stayed asleep during the second double battle as well, but luckily nobody was lost that time.

I failed to catch an Onix in Cliff Cave. It died to burn damage, which is really unfortunate.
But in the Safari Zone, I caught a Goldeen and named her Ariel. I decided she will be my water HM slave. And I have no plans on using her in battle unless forced to.

On Route 48, I caught a Girafarig and named her Gracie.

I did a bit more training, especially with Ash II who learned Lava Plume at level 35.

Against Jasmine, I brought Ash II, Dom and Smaug. Jasmine started with Magnemite, who went down to a single Lava Plume. She then sends out Steelix.. who did not go down to a single Lava Plume. It took two! She then finishes with Magnemite, who goes down like its brother did. The sixth badge was mine.

I made my way to Route 42, where Ash II evolves into Typhlosion. This means Ash II is ineligible for Pryce, because for some reason his pokemon are lower leveled than Jasmine's.

I arrived at the Lake of Rage, and caught the Shiny Gyarados and named her Scarlet. I add her to my team, taking Poison's place. In Rocket Hideout, I caught a Voltorb who I named Volt. Team ROcket goes down pretty easily.. until the last fight, when Gracie was killed. She wasn't on my team long, but she was good against the Rocket Grunts... R.I.P.

The gym trainers in Pryce's gym aren't difficult. Then to fight Pryce, I brought Dom, Sadako and Scarlet. Ash II was over leveled, so I couldn't bring him.

Pryce started with Seel, which went down to a single thunderbolt from Dom. Next, he sent out Piloswine. I swapped to Scarlet, who gets off two surf's before being put in critical condition. Not confident Scarlet can finish the fight, I recall her and send out Sadako. Piloswine manages to get Sadako down to Yellow, but it's also in the yellow. In order to take it out, I call for a Sucker Punch. I figure Piloswine won't use a non-attacking move. And what did Pryce do? Well, he used an attacking move, because Sucker Punch KO'd the Piloswine. Down to just Dewgong, I swap to Dom. Thunder Punch doesn't take quite half its health. And Dom goes into critical HP. Now all my pokemon are low on HP. Lucky for me, however, Dom outsped the Dewgong and used a thunderbolt to bring it down and earn me my sixth badge.

I cleared out Radio Tower. Nathan challenged me, but he didn't prove too mcuh trouble. Team Rocket Admin Archer on the other hand was a bit rough, with his Houndour causing Scarlet to flinch -- but she took him down easily anyway.

In Ice Path on my way to Blackthorn, I caught a Swinub and named him Stark.

Clair's gym trainers posed no difficulty for Scarlet, who gained a lot of exp from taking most of them down with Ice Fang's. i had a bad feeling about Clair, so I decided to bring death fodder with me. Vic. The bellsprout from way back. I never used him. But now.. he might have a purpose. He might allow me to swap in without one of my main attackers taking damage on the swap. I also bring Scarlet, Sadako and Dom with me.

Clair started with Gyarados, which Dom took care of with a single thunderbolt. Though it's too fast, and got a hit on Dom leaving him with an uncomfortable amount of HP. I swap out to Scarlet, who gets paralyzed, but on the next turn uses Ice Fang and knocks out Dragonair with one shot. The next turn, however... Scarlet is paralyzed and can't move. She takes another hit. But on the next turn, she got off an Ice Fang and took Dragonair #2 down as well. Next comes Kingdra... Scarlet went for an ice fang. But still paralyzed, she wasn't able to do anything. I had hoped that she'd get at least one hit on before switching to Vic. But I had no choice. I sent Vic out, who looked so happy just to get a chance to be on the team. I felt bad doing it. Knowing what was coming. And it came hard. One hit, Vic was gone. It was an inevitability. But it allowed me to send out Sadako who outsped the Kingdra. Two Shadow Balls was all it took. Victory came, but not without a price. Clair refused to give me the badge at first, but soon I convinced her grandfather to give it to me.

Next up... the elite 4. Before that, some training. Hopefully we can handle this. I'm pretty happy with our team so far. I'm hoping for no more casualties before heading into Kanto. But the best laid plans...

Current team:
Scarlet (Gyarados, Level 40)
Dom (Ampharos, Level 41)
Sadako (Gengar, Level 40)
Smaug (Dragonair, Level 40)
Ash II (Typhlosion, Level 40)
Batman (Crobat, Level 37)

In the Box:
Fleur (Sunkern, Level 12)
Rad (Oddish, Level 5)
Batman (Zubat, Level 6)
Minnie (Rattata, Level 13)
Vic (Bellsprout, Level 3)
Mags (Magnemite, Level 16)
Luna (Butterfree, Level 10)
Leif (Sudowoodo, Level 20)
Dasher (Stantler, Level 15)
Rocky (Geodude, Level 16)
Puck (Togepi, Level 11)
Kate (Sandslash, Level 22)
Ariel (Goldeen, Level 17)
Stark (Swinub, Level 21)

Deceased:
Muscle (Machop, Level 19)
Poison (Nidorina, Level 27)
Gracie (Girafarig, Level 24)
Bellsprout (Vic, Level 3)