#lauras sinnoh adventure

[drampas-trainers]

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<<Good Evening everyone! We have spent the day learning about Eterna City! For example we met an underground-man who told us stories about a vast cave system beneath the whole region of Sinnoh! I would like to explore that, but i don't think Miss Solaria and Miss Laura would like to.>>

<<And then earlier in the evening, Miss Laura has challenged the Local Gym Leader Gardenia!>>

<<I have filmed the battle, but i also contacted some professional Pokémon Battle Moderators through the internet! I hope they might moderate the Battle, that would be very interesting!>>

<<Until i have confirmation i will not say how it went!>>

//just quick ooc: YAAAAYY i found motivation to play again? I also played bit in advance and recorded it so i don't have to start up the game every day, which is hopefully making things easier to post about. And... uh... in universe we literally just ignore the hiatus hehe

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Ritchie and Laura

So I vaguely implied it in the very first post, but I'm heavily leaning into the whole "Ritchie is a Discount Ash" Thing in the Papa Meowth AU by making him a Zorua whose parents are a Zoroark and Sandslash from the future, as a parallel to Ash and Delia's whole Mystery Dungeon thing. Why they time traveled is spoilers for Sinnoh. He also has a human sister named Laura who has a mysterious connection to Celebi (mysterious because I haven't figured out what it is or what it means and this buys me some time), as Maria's counterpart.

They've got their own, mostly off-screen journey that strongly parallels Ash and Maria's, including stumbling into their own World Saving Adventures at roughly the same time, though the two journeys overlap occasionally, usually at either the few Canon times Ash and Ritchie have run into each other or during Adventures that are too big to have a reasonable counterpart. This means the two of them and their problems are going to end up plot relevant, especially in Sinnoh.

Anyway, here's their teams up through Orange Islands (they don't show up in the Orange Islands for the record, that's just where Ash and Maria's team list stopped so far). And yes, they both nickname their Pokemon.

Ritchie

Sparky (Pikachu)

Happy (Butterfree) (he probably caught it as a Caterpie but I'm basing the initial stage shown in the list on whatever they first get introduced as)

Naginata (Spearow)

Rooter (Venusaur)

Zippo (Charmander>Charmeleon) (evolves during his battle with Ash's Charizard, which is an actual battle this time)

Torpedo (Tentacool>Tentacruel) (evolves off-screen, not sure when that'll be revealed)

Alec (Morgrem>Grimmsnarl) (A perfect gentleman, in contrast to most of his species. Makes liberal use of Charm and Flatter.)

Sir Daniel (Cubone>Marowak) (the one I mentioned as evolving in the same match as Ash's Cubone. When he's a Cubone his skull helmet is a bit oversized and misshapen for some reason, so it covers one of his eyes and muffles his voice to the point he's almost completely unintelligible, though it doesn't seem to hinder his battling too much and it's fixed when he evolves. based on Sir Daniel Fortesque from Medievil, Because I Can)

Cowl (Arbok)

Grit, Gravel, Grunt, Grace, and Gray (five Dugtrio who Ritchie stumbled into catching in Digglet cave as Digglets. Counterparts to the Tauros Herd)

Quackers (Farfetch'd)

Flare (Beedrill)

Yogi (Ursaring) (Yes, he lives up to the name. How else would he be able to be Sorlax's counterpart?)

Laura

Cadmus (Meowth) (No, he can't talk)

Odie (Growlithe>Arcanine) (Actually evolves in the same scene he's introduced, since Laura bought a Fire Stone from the same vendor as Maria for the same reason that Maria bought Clefable's Moon Stone, at roughly the same time, and that's how they end up meeting each other.)

Rock (Squirtle) (basically Mega Man as a turtle since I made the Squirtle Squad Leader basically Sonic. Has Mega Launcher, Protean and Trace, and somehow knows Sketch, Mimic and Copycat) (yes I rotated which starter ends on what stage. because why not)

Zingo (Electrode)

Hobbs (Hitmonchan)

Grill, Grape, Grand, Gravy and Gru (The other five Dugtrio)

Mochi (Dratini)

Majesty (Nodorina>Nidoqueen) (also evolved at the Stone Vendor at the Indigo Conference because Counterparts)

Arc (Electabuzz)

Lilac (Alolan Vulpix with cybernetic augmentations. I'll explain when I'm done with the lists)

Whirl (Lapras)

...alright, so what's going on with Lilac?

Well, I needed to give them an equivalent to Mewtwo Strikes Back since Maria got a Pokemon out of it, but by that point in the timeline there's only one Mewtwo, and something Celebi-related made the most sense since Laura's connected to it somehow and Ritchie has his whole "my parents are from the future and my egg was laid there" thing, but there's no Pokemon that has a similar relationship to Celebi as the one Mewtwo has to Mew...

...so I made one up.

Celeborg is what happens when you try to take shortcuts when making a Time Machine. Some idiot Mad Scientist in the distant future decided that instead of actually working out how to travel through time, or bothering to program a proper AI, they'd instead install a Celebi DNA sample into a robot and call it a day. The resulting Reverse Cyborg went through a massive existential meltdown blowing up the lab and stumbling backwards in time in the process, and in its unstable mindset decided to make more cyborgs so it wouldn't be alone as the only Thing like itself (and also the scientist may have been working for an Evil Team so the programming that the Celebi DNA wasn't able to sub in for possibly included world domination-type stuff). Somehow Ritchie and Laura got involved and managed to calm it down and it decided to find a place in the present to live peacefully with any of the Cyborg Pokemon who were interested in staying with it.

Celeborg is Grass/Steel Type (because I continue to insist that Celebi's time powers come from its Grass typing and not its Psychic typing. though Celeborg does still learn plenty of Psychic moves) with Levitate as its usual ability and Download as a Hidden Ability. The version in the AU has both thanks to how Abilities work there. Might draw it at some point.

[drampas-trainers]

The Start of our Sinnoh Adventure!

Good evening you wonderful people! We have arrived in Sinnoh earlier today and already took a little trip around Sunyshore City. We didn't get to do much sightseeing though, because of our little date with Professor Rowan. We were very busy though (talking with people, getting to know the customs and everything hihi), so i didn't get the opportunity to post anything. In part because Galois also forgot to remind me.

<<I'm terribly sorry Miss Solaria. I- >>

Shush Galois. Don't put yourself down like this. It happens, i'm not mad. I know you're at least as excited as we are.

So anyways, we are now in Twinleaf town, waiting for the Professor, as we are a little bit earlier. But we have met the boy already, Barry is his name. And by the guardians, he is at least as fast as Tapu Koko, this young man has so much energy! I hope he doesn't fall over his own feet or forgets his own head at some point!

His mother is very nice though. I think she is quite relieved that Professor Rowan lets her boy go on a Journey, this way he can be more active than just sitting at home all day.

I just hope he isn't -

<<Miss Solaria! Miss Solaria! I have to alert you that i believe Laura and Hugo have gone somewhere! I cannot see them anymore!>>

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Oh dear! Galois can you post this without me? So much for Barry not being too impatient to wait for Professor Rowan. I have to look for Laura.

<<Of course Miss Solaria.>>

<<I think Miss Solaria is right. Barry has probably run off to go to Prof. Rowan instead of waiting for him here. This is dangerous! He could be attacked by wild Pokémon!>>

<<I will update you once the situation has calmed down. Or maybe Miss Solaria will>>

[drampas-trainers]

Oh my, look at these little cuties!

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[a photo of a Chimchar, sitting next to a large leather suitcase. It seems rather bored and is inspecting its left hand.]

This is one of the Starter Pokémon Professor Rowan provided! He is a so called "Chimchar". He is rather quiet and actually doesn't seem to interested in either Barry or Laura, if i'm honest.

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[a photo of a pretty small Turtwig. It has apparently made itself even smaller by tucking in its little legs. It's looking curiously just off camera]

This is the second one. I'm not quite sure what to make of this little fella, i gotta say. He is looking at Barry a lot, and he seems very intrigued as well. Laura also seems to like him though. It is a Turtwig, by the way. I have to say, he is quite cute.

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[a third photo. It shows a rather large Piplup who seems to be a little blurry. It is standing on just one foot and is holding up its left flipper to make something like a Superman-pose]

Oh what a funny little guy! This one is called a "Piplup". They are apparently quite rare, even more so than the other two. He can't hold still. I would think this is the perfect partner for Barry, wouldn't you agree Galois?

<<Yes indeed Miss Solaria. I think their energy levels could be comparable!>>

[drampas-trainers]

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[A photo, taken apparently right outside Sandgem Town, the Pokémon Centers bright red roof can be seen peeking through the treeline. In the center of the shot is Laura, kneeling in the gras and holding her hand out to a shinx. Marshmallow is sitting perched on her shoulder and is seemingly trying to hid in her hair. The shinx has an intimidated look on its face as well]

We barely stepped foot outside of the town and were surprised by this little fella! I think he was running from something, he seems very timid, just like Marshmallow. According to the Pokédex, this Pokémon is called "Shinx". I have never seen one before, but it bears some slight resemblance to the Litten that are around in Alola. Does someone have adivce on how to care for one of these Shinx? The Pokédex is rather vague...

Well, we are on our way to Jubilife City now. It is not far according to the map! We will probably stay there tonight, and maybe even tomorrw. I'm sure there is a lot to see. If anyone has recommendations, let us know!

<<Clarification: Miss Laura has caught the Shinx with a Pokéball! He has been given the name "Schnitzel"!>>

[drampas-trainers]

Laura lost to Ms. Gardenia yesterday. Eterna Citys Gym Leader. And because of that, we have spent today once more exploring Eterna City and also training the Pokémon a little bit.

We met young Barry again, who gave us the very useful insight to... not lose a Pokémon Battle! I'm sorry, i found it too hilarious not to share. The boy's enthusiasm is really something else!

<<Maybe i should city him! He said "The key to Pokémon battles is to not let your opponent land a hit! Ever! Instead, your hits can't miss! That way you're invulnerable! And you win!">>

Haha, thank you Galois!

<<You're welcome Miss Solaria.>>

We also met someone strange who was pondering the Pokémon Statue in Eterna City, and while that is nothing unusual i believe, he thought it neccesary to tell us that the world as we know it is... incomplete? Oh, i don't quite remember what he said.

Oh, and Laura and Schnitzel have decided to not have him battle anymore. He really doesn't like it. Despite that, i want to publicly thank him for his amazing work yesterday! He gave it his all! He will still travel with us of course, but he won't be part of Lauras battle team. Instead, there will be Sauce! The Shellos she caught a while back near the Forest!

We will also maybe train a bit more tomorrow, and then challenge the gym the day after if everything goes well. Ms. Gardenia doesn't seem to have time tomorrow.

[drampas-trainers]

Good Morning! Sol is still asleep and Galois is pestering me about telling what happened on our trip to Eterna City.

<< My apologies Miss Laura, i did not intend to be annoying.>>

haha, don't worry sweetie, it's all good.

Anyways, we delayed our trip because of the events at the Valley Windworks, i think we posted about this? Anyways, we went along Route 205 until we reached Eterna Forest for the day before yesterday. We were a bit lazy and only got moving in the afternoon, so we didn't get quite that far. But we met another very cute little guy! I have caught a Shellos who's really a bit of a rascal. When we were walking along, he almost tackled Sol into a bunch of berry bushes. I don't think it was malicious though, he's just a bit hot headed. Oh, he's called Sauce by the way.

We then spent the night at the outskirts of the forest. The sinnohan night sky is very beautiful, really.

More interestingly, in the morning, we met another traveller, a very nice young lady who goes by the name of Cheryl! She said she heard rumors about a criminal group called Team Galactic who's apparently roaming the area. I really didn't think they would be so much trouble. So Cheryl and us went together to cross Eterna Forest. We didn't meet any more Galactics though. Instead, there were a ton of regular trainers who wanted to battle! So mucht that both Lemonade and Schnitzel evolved! We now have a Prinplup and a Luxio in our party, isn't that exciting???

Well, now we'll spend a little while in Eterna City i think. I want to challenge the gym, i also want to go back to the forest and see what kinds of Pokémon live there. I don't know why, maybe because there were so many trainers around, but we didn't even see a single Pokémon!

[drampas-trainers]

Okay! Tiramisu has just made her way through the Gym Trainers! It's very impressive to watch her fight, she's doing so well! Laura is about to face Mr. Roark, the first Gym Leader!

Galois, would you be so kind and record this?

<<Of course Miss Solaria! I read that it can be helpful to take a look at your own previous performances, so maybe this will not only be entertaining to watch, but Miss Laura might also learn something from this!>>

<<Good Luck Miss Laura!>>

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[The Video begins with an Empty battlefield in the center of the shot. Laura is standing to the left in a blue dress with white circles that somewhat resemble bubbles. To the right is a young man in workers overalls and a red hardhat. He wears black rimmed glasses. This is Roark, the Oreburgh Gym Leader. "All right! I know a lot of people think i'm a pushover because young trainers challenge my gym early on and it's not difficult to get a type advantage on me, but be sure you won't earn this badge if you don't give it your all! Geodude, you're my first!"

With this, he releases a small Geodude onto the battlefield, which is silently answered by Laura sending out Lemonade. The Piplup is looking very confidently into the camera. "Let's go dear. You can do it." is all Laura says. Lemonade reacts with charging right at Roarks Geodude who already braces for impact, just for the Water type to stop barely a meter in front of it and releasing a stream of bubbles into its face. The Geodude seems taken by surprise so much that it immediately faints. "Well done darling. Don't let your guard down." is heard from offscreen, as the camera zooms in to take a closeup at Lemonade who is waving at it.

"Ah well, no surprise here, to be honest.", Roark says. "But you would be surprised how much trouble my Geodude can prove for people who don't have such a strong Water Type! I can only repeat, don't underestimate us! Onix! Your turn!" He releases his second Pokémon from its ball.

Lemonade stumbles backwards a few steps as the enormous Rock Type hits the field. "GO ON! Stealth Rock!" Roark shouts before Lemonade can regain his posture and the snake like Pokémon releases its mystical energy to summon a few sharp rocks from the ground that make it difficult to traverse the battlefield.

"No time to waste Lemonade! Lets hit him with another Bubble!" Laura seems to finally be caught by the Gym Leaders spirits and Lemonade does as well. He runs up to one of the rocks and sprints up to its peak where he jumps right at the giant snake and blows some Bubbles into its eyes. Onix is taken by surprise not unlike the Geodude before it, but can tank the hit just barely.

In response, Roark fumbles in his pockets and takes out a potion to spray his Pokémon. The camera takes a new angle more towards Roarks side of the battlefield to get a better look at Lemonade. "Another one!" Laura is giving orders. Before Onix can even react, it gets blasted by another bubbles right into the eyes and takes a daring swipe with its upper body, just to be caught at one of its own stealth rocks and trip. It faints.

Roark has seemingly taken a hit to his confidence. "Oh damn, your Piplup hits harder than i expected! I thought the potions would be enought!"

Fired up by this, Lemonade climbs atop one of the stealth rocks again, posing like Superman into the camera.

"No Matter! You won't have an easy time like this against my Cranidos! Go! Go and show them what Rock types are made of! Headbutt, let's go!"

The instant Cranidos is released, it charges at Lemonade, hitting the Stealth Rock under his feet, making him stumble down. "Again, quick!" The Gym leader shouts as the camera pans around the battlefield to get a better look. Cranidos can hit Lemonade again, just before he can regain his footing, bumping him into another rock. Now, Laura takes her chance and gives the order for another Bubble, which hits Cranidos and makes it stumble for just a second. Lemonade is now heavily panting and looking a little wearily over to his trainer, who decides to recall him. Just as she tells Lemonade to come back, Roark comes with another ace up his sleeve. "Not so fast! Cranidos Pursuit! Before it's too late!" The rock type can barely get a scrape with his foot in before Lemonade get's recalled, maybe even knocking him out, but everything happens way too fast to reliably tell.

Laura now seems a little bit worried. "Oh dear. Tira can you deal with this one?" she asks as she calls out the small Machop she just recently caught. Tiramisu takes a look back at her trainer, apparently stepping on a small rock and flinching upon the impact but quickly focusing on the foe before her. "Let's go Tira, show him your Muscles!" Laura gives somewhat vague orders. "Headbutt, let's go Cranidos!" Roark reacts.

The Dinosaur looking Pokémon charges right at the small fighting type who quickly goes into a defensive stance. Just as the impact is about to occur, she can be seen to move her left arm before a large cloud of dust obscures the whole camera. A few moments later as it settles, she is triumphantly standing atop the defeated Cranidos. As the camera comes closer, it becomes apparent that the rock types skull has a small crack.

"Ho- Ho DAMN!" Roark exclaims, quickly recalling his Pokémon. "I was about to say, i kinda showed you not to underestimate us Gym leaders even with a type advantage, but now i think YOU went easy on ME! That Machop of yours looks like she packs some serious muscle! Come here, you officially earned your Coal Badge! Also, here take this TM. Stealth Rock is a good way to improve your tactics, especially if you know what's to come like against Gym Leaders. Well, i should go visit the Pokécenter, make sure these three are okay."

Laura and Tiramisu take their prize and hug in the middle of the battlefield, Laura quietly praising her Pokémon. The Video ends]

[drampas-trainers]

We have some more news for you! We have decided to take a little stroll on Route 207 because we couldn't sleep, and just see who we found ther!

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[A photo of Laura in front of some tall grass. Today, her dress is Yellow and has a circle-pattern. She is smiling and waving into the camera. Holding her left hand is a machop, looking up to her like a little child.]

This is Tiramisu! She was out here, punching rocks and pulverising them. I don't quite know what drew her towards us, but she put up quite a fight against Marshmallow! After a few hits given and taken, she sort of just ran up to Laura, and Hugo was about to give her some Dragon Pulse, but she just hugged her. So, well, she just joined up with us! What a surprise.

[drampas-trainers]

Good Evening! We have successfully reached Oreburgh City after a very long day on Route 203. And honestly, a lot has happened!

Barry has apparently also gone towards Oreburgh City and surprised us just outside Jubilife City where he challenged Laura to a Pokémon fight! I'm impressed by his battle prowess and is absolute resolve to never give up. In the end, he still lost, but he managed to exploit Schnitzels timid nature and his Turtwig snuck in a very strong hit which made Schnitzel faint. I think out little boy was a little bit nervous after Turtwig retreated into his shell more and more and nothing seemed to have any effect, until he suddenly struck back. Well, because of that we had to go back to the Pokémon Center and make sure Schnitzel is okay. Also, yes, he is just fine!

//I wanted to make like video descriptions of major battles like gyms or barry, but this one dragged on for way too long because of Withdraw. Also Turtwig critted Schnitzel two times in a row and Lemonade as well, and i didn't get a single crit. I love RNG.

//Schnitzel also fainted against the last trainer in Oreburgh gate to a crit, so he has one more faint before retiring. I think he'd be totally fine that, timid as he is

Well, we then explored Route 203 for a bit, and Galois spotted an Abra! Laura wanted to catch it, but it kept teleporting away once we got close. At some point Laura made a good throw with a Pokéball, but it got away. We didn't see it again. We spent most of the day on Route 203, actually.

The last thing i want to mention is that we found a new friend when we passed through Oreburgh Gate!

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[A photo of Lemonade the Piplup, sitting on a bed with the typical Pokécenter bedsheets. On his head is a Zubat, it's wings layed down the side of Lemonades head, who is holding both wings with his flippers. They seem very cuddly]

This is Stir-Fry! He is so gentle, he didn't have anything against the nurse inspecting his teeth earlier!

Tomorrow, we will visit the Oreburgh Museum, and hopefully Laura will challenge Roark, the Gym Leader. I'm very excited to see how she will do!

[drampas-trainers]

Here we go, one last report for today. We have made it to Sandgem Town! Surprisingly, we haven't met a single wild pokémon on our journey here. Maybe they were a little bit intimidated by Hugo, i had to take a break and had him carry me about half the way. Today was very exhausting, but also very exciting.

Before we left, Barry's mother gifted us a Map of Sinnoh! How very thoughtful of her, i have to say!

Once we reached Sandgem town, we went to Professor Rowans Laboratory to thank him again for the opportunity to go on this adventure, and he surprised as too! We now have a Pokédex at our disposal! I'm sure Galois could also look up the information of the Pokémon we meet, but it is a very thoughtful gift.

And not enough with this, he also gave Laura a TM! It contains the Return Move, but we have not decided to use it yet.

We also met the young Dawn again. She was also very kind to us an showed Laura how to properly capture wild Pokémon!

Laura used this opportunity to spend some more time at route 201, while i took a nap at the Pokémon Center. When she came back, she showed me a very cute little Pokémon. She caught a Starly! He seems very timid, i hope he is not too frightened by us and his new situation. Laura said he approached them though.

Oh and before i forget! Laura also gave Nicknames to her new Pokémon! The Piplup is now called "Lemonade", and the Starly is named "Marshmallow"! But i think something went wrong while registering the nickname, it says "Marshmalow" in the computer system according to Galois.

Well, tomorrow, we will start the journey properly. Our goal is to reach Jubilife City! Good night everyone. Good night Galois.

<<Thank you Miss Solaria. Sleep well!>>

//ooc i skipped the little cutscene at the varity lakefront because it wouldn't quite fit with Laura and Solaria. I think i'll incorporate this bit through Barry somehow.

//also funny that "Marshmallow" is too long for Pokémon Platinum.

//ALSO very funny that Lemonade is "Quirky" and "Mischievous"

[drampas-trainers]

Rules and Status:

Status: Game: Pokémon Platinum

Current Progression: preparing for Eterna City Gym

Current Team:

Lemonade the Piplup (2/3)

Marshmalow the Staravia (1/3)

Sauce the Shellos (0/3)

Stir-Fry the Zubat (1/3)

Tiramisu the Machop (1/3)

Jelly Bean the Geodude (1/3)

Boxed Team:

Muffin the Budew (0/3)

Cress the Psyduck (0/3)

Onion the Buizel (0/3)

Retired Pokémon:

Schnitzel the Luxio (3/3)

Rules: I will do a sort of toned down version of the Nuzlocke challenge, because i think it's gonna be boring otherwise. But people said i shouldn't do a nuzlocke, so i won't go full sicko mode and kill a bunch of pokémon

Only the first Pokémon on each route can be captured, shiny clause and dupes clause apply

All Pokémon must be nicknamed

If a pokémon faints 3 times, it dies retires. Laura will assume it doesn't really want to battle and just keep it around as a pet. Since you didn't want a nuzlocke, i might keep this even more lax, but i think this could bring a little more spice into the playthrough.

Battle Style will be "set"

No more than 3 healing items per battle

I try to keep my pokémon below the levels of gyms and stuff, but i don't wanna look stuff up, so we'll see how it goes. (if i did a full on nuzlocke, i would look shit up and do a proper level clause)

At the end of the game, Laura will release all her Pokémon or let them be adopted by other people. I will make an event at that point. (except Hugo and Galois, but those aren't part of the games anyways, and maybe if the story develops for some more exceptions)

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<<Good night everyone! It is very late, but we just arrived in Eterna City! Both Miss Solaria and Miss Laura are very tired and this Poryphone™ has to charge so i will be brief>>

<<During the trip through Eterna Forest, i could not get any reception, which is why there were no posts yesterday>>

<<We will give you an actual update tomorrow, but we plan on staying in Eterna City for a while because we heard it is just beautiful.>>

<<We also want to explore the forest a little bit more, and of course Miss Laura wants to challenge Gym Leader Gardenia for her second gym badge!>>

<<Good night!>>

[drampas-trainers]

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<<Good Evening! Yesterday, we spent another day in the wonderful Floaroma Town, watching the Combee and preparing our travels to Eterna City. After some research, i found it it is apparently a two day journey, so we spent the day preparing!>>

<<We did not start out Journey however! We will do this tomorrow!>>

<<We originally wanted to begin our hike today, but when we left Floaroma Town towards Route 205 this morning, we were stopped by a young girl in distress! Apparently, her dad had been kidnapped, or rather held hostage within the Valley Windworks! Of course we could not just let this transpire!>>

<<We found out the Valley Windworks had been taken over by the so called "Team Galactic"! They are the same group that harrassed Professor Rowan and Miss Dawn a few days ago!>>

<<Miss Laura has proved some amazing battle skills against some random Grunts though! She also won a Pokémon battle agains the so-called "Commander Mars" who had a very scary Purugly. I apologize, i could have used the Poryphone™ Videography Module to make a recording, but as i have to admit i was a little bit scared. Tiramisu was very impressive though, dealing the final blow!>>

<<We also have tried reaching out to the Sinnohan Police about this event, but we could not reach anyone from Floaroma Town. Maybe this Team Galactic has sabotaged the network. We will try again once we reach Eterna City.>>

<<The important thing is, that the young girl has been reunited with her father and that the Valley Windworks can resume operations!>>

<<I also have more pleasant news! Miss Laura caught another Pokémon! It is a Buizel, whom she named "Onion". I don't understand how she comes up with these names, but Onions seems to like it!>>

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[A picture, taken outside in a field of flowers. The background shows a Pokécenter. It shows Laura in a green dress in the same style as her usual ones and a secon woman her age, possibly a little bit older. The second woman has much lighter skin, but you wouldn't call her "white". Unlike her hair, which is very much white and is worn in a very old fashioned permanent wave. she also wears a large white sunhat. Her outfit consists of a rather formal looking combination of pants and blouse, both in black. This must be Solaria.

They are playing with a horde of Pokémon, among them the known faces of Lemonade, Schnitzel and the rest of Lauras Team. There are also a few new additions, for example a Psyduck who is being pet by Laura and a Buizel who is very curiously watching a Staravia who is perched on Sols arm. In her lap sits a Budew]

<<For another great event, Marshmalow has evolved into a Staravia! Miss Laura is so proud of her (and i am as well)! She has warmed up to Miss Solaria a lot since the Evolution earlier today. Evolution has changed her personality a little bit, i think. I wonder if that happened to me as well? I do not feel different, but my own evolution has been a while, so maybe i am wrong here.>>

<<In any case, I wish you all a good night! We will hopefully start our hike towards Eterna City without any more holdups tomorrow mornign!>>

[drampas-trainers]

Good Evening! We have reached Floaroma Town earlier today. I didn't post anything yesterday becasue frankly nothing of interest happened, we spent another day in Jubilife city.

But today, just as we went on out way towards Floaroma Town, we were harrassed by some very strange looking people. Or rather, they harrassed Professor Rowan, and we got pulled into this mess. They had some kind of Uniform, it looked like, how to describe it, a little bit like space suits? Apparently they wanted to steal some of his research regarding Pokémon Evolution!

Luckily, Miss Dawn was around as well so Laura and her could scare them off with their Pokémon. Does someone know if we should report this event? I'm sure the Professor is contacting someone, but maybe we should get this known as well.

Oh, and do not worry about us, we're perfectly fine!

Well, on our way towards Floaroma Town, Laura also caught a few Pokémon! Please welcome them!

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[A picture of a very very tiny Budew. It is trying to hide behind a cup of tea.]

This is Muffin! He seems very gentle, but sadly we can't spend much time with him right now, because trainers are only allowed to carry 6 Pokémon at one time. We'll make sure to get to know him better when we're back at the Pokécenter though. //i couldn't resist calling the Budew "Muffin". It's too funny

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[a picture of a Psyduck, standing on top of a table, curiously inspecting a piece of rawstberry-cake]

And here is Cress! She is quite the curious one, but i think she doesn't care a lot about other pokémon. But again, we didn't get to know her that well yet. Oh it is more difficult to be a travelling trainer than i thought!

In any case, we will be spending the rest of the day out in the flower fields of Floaroma Town! I can't recommend it enough, it is so incredibly beautiful here! If you ever have the chance, this is the place to visit in Sinnoh!

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[a picture of a Geodude. It is currently walking on its hands over the floor of a Pokécenter, apparently on a mission]

Also, this is Jelly Bean! She has been with us for a few days, she's originally from the Oreburgh Mines! Galois made this photo when she escaped our watchful eyes and went to steal a Poffin from the cafeteria. Of course we paid for it, don't worry.

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Good morning! Yesterday was a bit slow, and i think it'll be slow for a bit. We had a lovely day just relaxing in Oreburgh.

We'll be returning to Jubilife City today. We know there is another Gym in Eterna City which is just north of Oreburgh, but we want to visit Floaroma town because it's supposedly a very very beautiful place! So we'll be taking this detour before Laura tackles her next Gym!