TINA's Nuzlocke Series

[There Is No Arceus]

Before i go challenge the gym, i decide to head south into the industrial Virbank Complex for some training. There, i pick up an awful stenchthat can only mean one thing: there's a Koffing nearby. I track it down and catch it so that the workers don't have to suffer through this, and i name it Big Smoke. This guy will make a nice addition to the team though. I train him up a bit, then i beat up all the trainers in the complex before training a lot more for the gym here.

After some training, i make my way to the gym, which doubles as a rock club. This is a poison gym, so nobody will have to sit this one out. There's no puzzle here, but the music is so loud that Roxie cannot hear me as i challenge her, so i have to beat up some of her band members first. After that, i challenge Roxie herself; she leads with Koffing and i lead with Luke. My quick attack does very little unfortunately, and a crit tackle brings me into crit range immediately. This forces me to bring in Dro-mAthra, who manages to get a crit to take him into the yellow, but gets taken into crit range before she can finish it. I thus opt for a switch to Big Smoke for a Koffing vs Koffing showdown. We exchange Assurances for quite a while, but Roxie has a super potion up her sleeve, which she uses when her koffing falls into the red. I manage to bring her back down to low health, but then i fall into crit range so i opt for a switch to Il-il. She finally finishes this thing off with a crit, so it's time to face Roxie's ace, her Whirlipede. I switch Gortwog in for this task, and that absolute madlad scores a crit on his first ember. A second Ember takes the big wheel down, earning me my second badge. To make things even better, the excitement from beating the Whirlipede prompts Gortwog to evolve into its second stage, Pignite. You've earned it, buddy.

When i leave the gym, someone invites me to go to a place called Pokestar Studios. I think that's where Roxie's dad went. I really should not be making a name for myself here, but i see little harm in trying out a new hobby, as we have no leads on Team Plasma's activities anyway. When i get there, i have to suffer through an absolutely atrocious movie made by Roxie's dad; even he agrees that he absolutely sucks at being an actor and that he should return to being a boat captain. I'm still gonna try my hand at it though; a guy guides me to the filming studio, where i meet the former gym leader turned movie star, Brycen. I remember getting a badge from the guy all those years ago, but now's not the time to reminisce. Brycen will play the antagonist in my movie, which follows the same basic plot as the one the captain made except it's not god-awful.

In fact, my movie is a major hit, which is an indicator that i should not continue with this. My cover must not be blown. I must remain low profile in order to seek out Team Plasma. So it's probably best to head on to the next town. As i head for the ferry though, i find Remco and Roxie confronting some Team Plasma goons there. These grunts apparently think that N is a traitor who did not allow them to conquer all of the region. N was very wrong his ideals that pokemon are not slaves, but at least he eventually came to see that they are just tools of war. Anyway, we beat them up, and Roxie gives me HM01 Cut as a reward. We chase after them onto Route 20, where i catch up with and beat up another one. The joy of beating the shit out of this evil bastard is actually enough for Luke to evolve into the mighty Lucario. This time, we do manage to get some useful information out of them; they're travelling around by boat.

Remco suggests we head to the ports in Castelia City, but i'm gonna call it a day for now.
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My current team:

Dro-mAthra (Purrloin) lv 16
Big Smoke (Koffing) lv 16
Il-il (Pidove) lv 16
Luke (Lucario) lv 17
Gortwog (Pignite) lv 17

Never expected Lucario to evolve so quickly. This'll be a great help going forward.

 

[There Is No Arceus]

With the captain back to doing his job, me and Remco take the ferry to Castelia City in pursuit of the evil team. We see a strange sailing ship in the docks, but it's probably just some hobbyist. When i leave the docks and enter the city proper, a clown gives me a bicycle for some reason. Eh, it's no Miraidon, so i prefer to walk. He asks me to partake in something called the harlequin hunt; i have to find clowns in a number of specific places. I'm looking around town anyway to find team plasma, so i might as well.

I decide to go challenge the gym here in town, but when i arrive there, i find that Burgh has gone off to deal with some trouble. As i'm speaking with the guy here though, the Opelucid gym leader Iris shows up to complain to the gym guy that Burgh is always away. When i ask her about Team Plasma, she says she might have an idea of where they might be, and she leads me into the city's sewer system. At the entrance, i find Remco again, who has apparently also picked up on this lead. We decide to go and explore this disgusting place together, but we immediately run into a pair of Zubat. I opt to catch one of the guys and nickname it Keese. Sure enough, we find plasma grunts here; disgusting people in a disgusting place. After we beat the shit out of them, they flee, and the gym leader Burgh shows up and tells us he's cleared out the rest of the sewers. Remco then decides to give me his HM04 Strength as thanks for helping clear the plasmas here, and he heads off. A weird scientist-guy passes by and comments on the strength of my pokemon, but no matter. Burgh heads off, and now i'm free to explore this rat-infested sewer by myself. I actually manage to find an exit that leads to a secret garden, where i stumble upon an Eevee. I of course immediately fling a Quick Ball at it, and i bestow upon it the nickname Builara.

I'm not yet strong enough to take on Burgh's gym, so i head onto Route 4 to see if i can get some training in. There, i run into one of those Scraggy things, so i catch it and name it Asshole. This route seems to have undergone some significant changes since i was last here; the desert is mostly gone, replaced by a new Castelia suburb. However, as i'm beating up the fishermen here, a psyduck lands a crit Confusion on Big Smoke, killing him. I really should have known it would have that move.

After Big Smoke's funeral, i decide to take Keese onto the team. I'm moving my training grounds to the sewers though, to prevent similar accidents. While here, i find a secret passage to a cave system. I of course head inside to satisfy my curiosity, and i actually find a Drilbur there. These are very good pokemon, so i catch i and nickname it Johnny. I return to the desert for training, but i make a mistake and Dro-mAthra gets killed by a wild Darumaka. Entirely on me, wasn't even a crit. I continue training for a little while, but then i decide to call it a day and take some time to mourn those i've lost.
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My current team:

Johnny (Drilbur) lv 18
Il-il (Pidove) lv 18
Luke (Lucario) lv 20
Gortwog (Pignite) lv 19
Keese (Zubat) lv 19
Asshole (Scraggy) lv 17

Things were going so well, and then i get two deaths that are entirely due to my own stupidity