No way that I know of. I
think this might be the last update with the pink squares, but it's been a long time since I played 5th gen and I'm not sure :/
Part VI: Nightmares in DreamyardsI actually slept pretty good last night! First time since leaving home, to tell the truth. I can't tell if I'm starting to get used to this or if I'm just in a good mood from earning a badge.
Anyway, now that I have a badge from Striaton Gym I oughta be able to get to Route 3. I'll flash it at the old man guarding the place, maybe give him the old one-finger salute as I pass...
"Hey young miss! Fennel was looking for you a little while ago! You shouldn't keep her waiting!"
Been there, done that :x
wha...wha...WHATDAFU--
At this point I'm wondering if Fennel and Juniper are secretly running this whole city, and that old man is their enforcer. Fennel just keeps babbling about Dream Mist, so if I want to make her happy (and therefore leave) I need to go get her some.
Using a 16-year-old to fuel your drug habit, what the hell?
Do your knify-thing, Crevette.
*gulp* G-good job.
little horror movie monster ._.
Bianca showed up just after the tree was reduced to kindling, eager to help out. Apparently the old man won't let her leave either, and to make matters worse her dad is looking for her. She wants to get moving even more than I do.
As far as I can tell the "Dreamyards" used to be some sort of factory. Abandoned machinery is all over the place, along with 55-gallon drums and even the occassional traffic cone. I wonder what this place was used for back in the day, and why it was abandoned.
Our initial exploration was cut short when we both heard a pokemon's cry echoing from further inside the ruined building. It wasn't anything I recognized, and neither did Bianca. "C'mon Blanc, let's go see what it is!"
Is it a ghost? It's creepy .-.
Whatever it was, it said "moooooooon" and floated away. Bianca went after it, forcing me to go after Bianca.
Two people in matching uniforms stepped out of the shadows, cutting off the pokemon's escape. The outfits definitely look like the ones Team Plasma wore! "We finally found you, Munna!" the woman proclaimed. She and her male comrade flanked the pokemon, wearing expressions I didn't much care for. "Come on, make some Dream Mist!"
The man shoved the munna, causing it to look around. It almost looked scared. Bianca certainly was. "Who are you?! What are you doing to that thing?"
The man took a break from pushing the munna around to sneer at us. "We're Team Plasma! We battle day and night to liberate pokemon from foolish humans!"
His female partner answered Bianca's second question. "Munna and Musharna give off a mysterious substance called Dream Mist, which can show people's dreams. We're gonna use that to make humans release their pokemon, using dreams to manipulate their hearts!"
That sounds sinister...
Oh geeze! He kicked it!
"Come on!" the man roared. "Spit out that Dream Mist!"
Bianca was almost in tears. "Stop that! How could you do something like that to a pokemon? Aren't you trainers, too?"
It was the woman's turn to sneer. "That's right. We're trainers too, but we fight for a different reason than most. We're fighting for the freedom of pokemon, unlike
you!"
The man chimed in. "And setting pokemon free means that we win pokemon battles and take pokemon by force!"
So you guys are...what, bandits? What the hell is this, Old Orre?
"And on that note...we're gonna "rescue" your pokemon!" The male Plasma goon withdrew a pokeball from a pouch on his belt and hurled it my way! Bianca cried out something along the lines of "don't hurt Blanc!" but she was still fumbling in her over-sized purse for her own pokeballs!
As soon as the lava slug entered the fray, the previously mild spring day became a scorcher. Vol, being cold-blooded, didn't mind at all. She landed a solid bite which the slug yawned at, mockingly. To my surprise, Vol yawned too as her eyelids began to droop! Not good.
((One really nice feature of the 5th-gen sprites is that a pokemon's eyes will close while they sleep (assuming they have eyes in the first place, of course). It's the little touches.))
Vol managed to land a second bite before passing out, and the slug took advantage of the situation to deliver a punishing blow! Not good! Luckily the pain woke her up, and she quickly devoured the slug.
The female goon watched the battle's conclusion incredulously. "Were you going easy on them because they're kids?! Get out of the way idiot, I'll deal with this!" Before I had time to do anything, even recall Vol, she attacked!
Very not good. I think it's time for Meutre to get some exercise.
Like so. Luckily the bear's snow attack didn't freeze her...can ghosts even get frozen?
"Plasmaaaaaa! This is a nightmare! I can't believe we lost..."
The man took advantage of the battle to resume beating up the cowering munna. "Make with the Dream Mist already, you stupid blob!"
Bianca finally managed to produce one of her pokeballs, and brandished it menacingly. "Knock it off!", she yelled. She might have unleashed the pokemon inside, but before she could, there was a flash of light and--
"...What are you two doing?"
Gh-Gh-
Ghetsis?
"W̷̝̞̙͕̥e̟͙̩͓̝̩,̫͈ ̭̹͖̰͡ͅͅT̖̻͖͇͈̹̲e͉̼͉͟a̱͈͈͉̱m͖͓͔͓͙ ̰P̩͓͇l̳͓͔a̪͎̺͡s̨̯̤̞̟̝̩̩m̸a͎̪̳ͅ,̞̠̮͕̙ ͇͠ͅṣ̜͎̣̪̩͘ha̩̪l̵͕̜̯͍l͈͈͇̪̟ͅ ̛̺s͈̣e͕͙̞̠͈̺p̘̲̥̭̰̦͜a̮̼̗̤̳̤r͕̦a͜t̷e̱ ̪̠̣̥̻p̼͇̣͍̳̭̣o͔̣̳͝k̤͎͎̺ḛ̡m̷̞͕̺̪͇o͙͈n̙̫͖̤̮̭̙ ̴̙̬f̡̬̠̣̼̪͈̙r̨̭o̟̳͇̲͉͓͢ͅm͙ ̧͙̱̙f̹͇̮o͕̞̺̲͙̥̖͢o͍͎l͈̩i͙̖̩͙͡s͢h͏̞ ̠̮͎̹͈̲̜p͎͖̫é̩̞̮̭̻o̸̬̺̰̮̣̣p͏̩̠̜l͠e̪̪̺̱̭̻!̤͔̺̩̯̜̹͘"
what's going on? :<
The Plasma goons backed away, looking terrified. "T-this isn't Ghetsis when he is gathering followers...or Ghetsis when he is trying to control people by tricking them with speeches..."
"Y-yeah. This is Ghetsis...when a plan has failed and he is about to declare punishment!"
"L-let's get outta here! We can figure out a good way to apologize next time we see him!" The two goons rushed off as Ghetsis vanished in another flash of light.
A second pokemon appeared in place of Ghetsis. It looked like a bigger, more powerful version of the munna, and it trailed some sort of pink gas. It cuddled up to the injured munna, making (what I assume were) comforting noises. Bianca looked as lost as I felt. "What was that just now? I saw an old man appear, and he was all over the place...was that a dream?"
That makes a surprising amount of sense. We're in the Dreamyards, after all...
That was when Fennel quite literally crashed the scene, knocking over some empty barrels in her rush to see what was going on. "That's a Musharna, isn't it?" She was apparently referring to the bigger pink blob, which gazed at Fennel speculatively before ushering the smaller blob away. "So...what just happened?"
Some scientist you are!
Bianca did her best to explain, but I think she was still upset at Team Plasma's actions and the effects of the shared dream we all had, because the story was rather garbled. Fennel somehow followed along, and explained that Musharna was the evolved form of Munna. Basically a parent or guardian to the younger, weaker pokemon that used its powers to make dreams temporarily into reality. She might have been about to explain more, but spotted a pile of residue on the ground left by the munna and got all excited. "I can complete my work with this!", she declared. "You two, come to my lab later!"
Why.Bianca at least managed to laugh it off. "How random was that? Blanc, you go ahead and go to Fennel's lab. I want to look around for the pokemon we just saw! Maybe it'd want to come with me."
Good luck with that, I want to look around myself for a minute. I already found an Ether and an Ultra Ball, maybe I can get some sort of pokem--
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