Part 9: Lively Town, Expedition Society, & the Air Continent

Oh boy. I have quite a bit to talk about.

I make it through the dungeon and we arrive in Lively Town. It certainly is... lively. Get it?

Okay that was bad. Moving on...

After confirming it's actually Lively Town, we don't have the best start as we get threatened by a Krokorok who basically tries to mug us. OFF TO GREAT START I SEE.

But then... what looks like a mob of pokemon trample us. Then we recover and we are still being mug attempted. Then the mob comes around again. At this point the Krokorok gives up. Well... that was... something...

Anyway... we explore the town and try to find the Expedition Society and do but no one's around. Until we find them. Apparently they're starving because their 'cook' ate all their food. WHAT IS HE A GLUTTON?!

Also, in their skirmish the Pokemon Nexus is destroyed. That... escalated quickly...

*sighs*

Either way we get food for them and eventually we inform them that we want to join. But they say we can't 'cause we're kids' THIS AGAIN. Luckily, a mysterious voice comes to our aid.

THE AMPHAROS COMETH. Anyway eventually we find out the previous Ampharos we met was actually the chief of the Expedition Society. Not that we didn't already know that. Either way, he basically null and voids his 'no children allowed' rule and we officially join the Expedition Society. Yay?

Either way the other members are apparently Ampharos, Mawile, Buizel, Archen, Bunnelby, and Swirlix. Apparently there's one more and IT'S A FREAKING LEGENDARY. Specifically, Jirachi.

We're tasked with waking it up.

When we do. IT ATTACKS US. SERIOUSLY?!

However...

Spoiler

I wasn't able to prepare for this, but somehow, I still pull off a victory.

Jirachi wakes up and fixes the Pokemon Nexus and then Squire and Fenne are tasked with managing it. I suppose this is what Fenne wanted... but... it's certainly not going to be easy...

Eventually, after some regular work... we encounter Krokorok again and we're saved by Buizel but not before meeting Krokorok's 'boss' Krookodile who threatens us then leaves. How nice.

After more work... Archen offers to allow us to go with him somewhere to further the Pokemon Nexus. After he reluctantly buys us Lapras Liner passes... we head off.

We then see a scene with a Latios and Latias seemingly running from something. OH GOODIE.

Anyway... we end up in a place called the 'Air Continent' which Archen doesn't like for some reason. He should have paid attention to the passes he was getting then.

But then... we see the crash landing of two pokemon who are CLEARLY Latios and Latias. WELP. I CAN ALREADY SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING.

Yep. We're checking it out. Despite something called the 'Flaming Phantom' which is rumored to be responsible for Pokemon turning into stone being rumored to be in the area. I'M SURE THIS WON'T END BADLY OR ANYTHING.

Either way... I'm severely underleveled for Mystical Forest according to my walkthrough but I HATE grinding. I guess I'm attempting it then.

BACK TO THIS GAME BEING "THE ANSWER" I GUESS.

Next time:

Can I survive Mystical Forest? If I do, what will I find? Will I get a Game Over with all of us turning to stone?

We'll see I guess...