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A Butterfree Solo in LeafGreen

Keldeo

Resolute
Pronoun
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Butterfree

Let's go conquer Kanto with a Butterfree!

...Well, of course I'll have HM slaves too. And I guess I'll count the number of white-outs I get for your possible amusement?

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Butterfly is too long.

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Stereotypical default name for the win!

Let's sum up the entire plot up to Oak's Parcel in six screenshots!

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(I choose Squirtle so I don't have to catch another Pokemon for surf/waterfall. Also a bonus is that RED gets Bulbasaur, which is weak to Confusion.)

I'm going to catch my Caterpie in Viridian Forest, because on Route 2 there's only a 5% encounter rate, but in the forest there's a 40% encounter rate. So...

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Here's Dragonfly!

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COMPOUNDEYES, finally!

(do you know how many times I missed with tackle during grinding this isn't funny rng)

I think we're ready for the RED battle on route 22.

<PKMN Trainer RED wants to battle!>

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Two confusions. It just used Sand-Attack, and who cares about that when we have COMPOUNDEYES?

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OHKO, because super-effective.

Onto Viridian Forest now.

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The first non-RED trainer battle...

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...went pretty much how you'd expect. Two confusions, two dead bugs. All the other battles went pretty much the same way, and the only thing of note was this:

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<And... Dragonfly learned POISONPOWDER!>

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Out of the forest. Yay. Now to grind for Brock.

His Geodude won't be a problem, as it doesn't know any rock type moves. His Onix, though... *shudder*

But I have a plan. Kind of.

Grinding strategy:

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Spam confusion on wild Pokemon until it runs out of PP.

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Repeat until satisfied.[/hide]

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This is part of my plan for Brock. I'd like to have deleted Tackle and Harden for some of the other powders, but I don't want Confusion as my only damaging move, badass as it is.

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We're ready.

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Your rock-hard grit and determination will be crushed by the sheer force of Dragonfly!

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<Leader BROCK would like to battle!>
<Leader BROCK sent out GEODUDE!>

The Geodude knows only Tackle and Defence Curl. In other words?

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It's perfect set-up bait. Use Harden 6 times so Rock Tomb, if it hits, won't deal as much damage. I'm not taking risks.

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Two confusions. Easy. Now for the Onix.

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This may or may not be a problem, depending on whether the RNG cooperates.

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Sleep Powder always hits because of COMPOUNDEYESPOWER, so I used that. The Onix stays asleep for two confusions, and then it woke up.

And used


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Rock Tomb! Oh, no!

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...Yeah, that really didn't do too much. But if I hadn't Hardened up on the Geodude, it might have done a lot more.

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Rock Tomb lowered my speed, so it went before me and used Tackle. Which only did a little, because of the Hardens. Another Confusion takes it out.

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One eighth of the way to world Kanto domination!

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Useless but sellable TM get!

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Running Shoes get!

Next time: Mt. Moon!
 
This will be amazing. :D

You know, I really should have done this at some point.
 
Aah, definitely going to keep tabs on this! :D

Yeah, Butterfree, why didn't you ever do this.

Can't believe you ignored your own avatar and all, gosh.
 
@Noctowl: Blaine? I'm worried about Lt Surge! XD
@Butterfree: Thanks! (You totally should've, though.)
@Mewtini: Thanks.
@Shimmer Mint: I hope it will be!

In this update: Mt. Moon, vs Blue take 3, Bill's house, and vs Misty!

Nothing really exciting happened on Route 3 okay except for

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Shorts guy. That was all. Now, Mt Moon!

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I forgot to screenshot anything inside the cave except for this:

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...yeah.

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And we're out of that cave, and Dragonfly grew almost 3 levels inside! I did almost run out of confusion PP, though. Gotta get some Ethers sometime soon.

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Yay.

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I'm doing the rival battle and Bills house before Misty. So...

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Easy, confusion 2HKO. I was kind of nervous it would use Gust but it just used Sand-Attack.

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This was the rattata. Confusion 2HKO (it got in a Tail Whip and then used Quick Attack.)

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Tackle OHKO.

And then the Ivysaur fainted to a super-effective Confusion, but I forgot to screen-cap it.

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Nugget Bridge was very easy. I also beat up that team rocket grunt and got a nugget.

On the route to Bill's house only one interesting thing happened:

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Top percentage!

And then we rescued Bill, and I also found out that when Bill gets in the Cell Seperator you can walk out of the house.


S S Anne Ticket get!

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I think we're ready for the gym. Right?

Right?

I hope so.

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OH NO SPEARS RUN

...oh, it was just the Pokeballs. Never mind.

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Confusion 2HKO.

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I'm using the same strategy as Brock here. However, since it resists Confusion, and Tackle does only 1/6 damage, and it has recover, and Misty has super potions...

It was going pretty well, Dragonfly hadn't gotten confused from Water Pulse yet and he'd gotten a crit, though I'd run out of Potions.

The RNG is cruel sometimes.

Then Misty used a super potion, and it woke up, and it got a crit and

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White-out count: 1

Well. Time to grind, I guess.

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This should help with Misty a lot.

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This should also help with Misty a lot.

The Staryu went the same as the first time. I used the same strategy against the Starmie, but I used Gust instead of Tackle. It did a little bit more.

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Ha! This battle is won! It's low health and asleep, so it can't Recover!

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Screw you.

(insert gust/recover spam here)

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And then Dragonfly got a lucky crit, and all was well.

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Oh yeah, this guy.

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Easy.

That's all I have for you, so stay tuned for next update, with S. S. Anne, Vermilion City, and maybe Lt Surge.

...probably not, because if I'm crunching my numbers right Dragonfly will have to be level 43 to outspeed max-IV beneficial nature level 24 Raichu, and also max-IV beneficial nature Shock Wave will deal around 43 damage. Of course, the Raichu probably won't have max IVs or beneficial nature, but being careful is good.
 
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...I lost the save. I'd just gotten off the S. S. Anne, and boom VBA crashed. Sigh.

But since I wasn't that far into the game, I'll be spamming savestates to try to get the same nature/gender for SURFSLAVE and Dragonfly (hasty/female and lax/male respectively). (I also caught a Meowth called TREEKILLER for cut/flash but I won't bother with his nature and stuff.) That'll take a while. So, basically, the run is on hiatus until I rebuild.
 
Bugger about losing the save. D=

Good luck getting caught up. Better now than at the 8th gym I suppose? I like that you're keeping it short and sweet for this monorun with the number of pictures, although a bit more might be nice to see.
 
Yeah, I kind of fail at taking screenshots. And if I lose the save right before RED I'm going to start punching things and I don't know when I'll stop.
 
Hey guys look an update

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Games?
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What other games?
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I know not of these "other games" that you speak of.

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This is TREEKILLER. She'll be the Cut slave.

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TREEKILLER's stats.

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Went down the Underground Path.

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Came out of the Underground Path.

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Of course it is, I had no idea.

Maybe you shouldn't have been, you know, outside and shouting.

Also of note:

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I'll see your Butterfree and raise you one, sir

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city of SUNSHINE and RAINBOWS and TRASH CANS

Note:

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Magnemite are an absolute pain, seeing as I have no SE moves and am not getting any anytime soon, and they probably have Thundershock or some SE crap like that. My best bet is to put them to sleep and spam Confusion.

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*ring ring*
Hello, Useful Item! It's me, Butter.
What's that? You say you're incredibly useful?
Wow! I didn't know that. Thanks.
*click*

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city of SUNSHINE and RAINBOWS and TRASH CANS
oops, I meant city of PLOT BOATS and TRASH CANS

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Oh hell yes. Confusion upgrade get!

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Bonjour, ROUGE. êtes-vous bien? Laissez-nous la bataille! Je vais gagner.
(google translate est génial.)

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Cela a été facile. Incroyablement facile.
Peut-être que c'était facile parce que je me suis entraîné sur la route à l'est de Vermilion.

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Le navire quitte maintenant.

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Le tueur abat l'arbre à l'avant du gymnase pour permettre mon passage.
Je vous remercie, tueur de l'arbre.

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L'énigme était assez énervant. Cependant, j'ai réussi à passer.
Peut-être que je devrais être reconnaissant que Major Bob n'a pas de Magneti.

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Je détruirai!!

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Cela a été facile.

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Cela a été facile.

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Cela a mis en place un combat. Cependant, il a été facile.

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Inutilisable. Cependant, je ne suis pas triste. Erika aura une machine utilisable.

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Oh? Miaouss tient TM10. Qu'est-ce que c'est?

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Puissance Cachée. Hm.

Anyway, that's the update. Stay tuned for more!
 
Absoul/Allergies I love you more now yesss I've been waiting for this

"Games?... What games? I know not of these games that you speak of."
 
Look! In the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane!

@Mewtini: Thanks!
...oh, it's just an update?

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We return to our intrepid heroine as her dutiful cat cuts down the tree she probably could cut with a butter knife.

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Aerial Ace is obviously superior to Gust; however, both are inferior to such moves as Brave Bird, Hurricane, and Fly.
Unfortunately, Butterfree can learn none of those.

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How do you simplify 2(Butterfree) > 2(Beedrill)?
Butterfree > Beedrill.

Now, a word from our sponsors...

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This is your Caterpie.
Butterfree
This is your Caterpie, evolved.

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We now return to our heroine's adventures.

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Safeguard is for girls.
"But Allergies, you're a girl!"
oh shut up you

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Obligatory?

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Dragonfly you're not even in the same egg group get away from that Clefairy

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Rock Tunnel without Flash is a nightmare.

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The great and most magisterial Dragonfly, after the tunnel.

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town of GHOSTS and THINGS

Skipped all the skippable trainers to the west, except one.
One of the unskippable trainers was unnecessarily annoying.

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See? Unnecessarily annoying.

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Underground Path 2: Electric Boogaloo.

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city of FLOWERS and ROCKETS

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First things first.

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Second things second.

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Third things third.

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Fourth things fourth.

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And fifth things fifth!

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Je détruirai!

...You know, I might just start saying that before every Gym battle.

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Bash.

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Smash.

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Crash.

Done. Fastest Gym battle so far.

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Useful Gym TM get.

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And... Dragonfly learned Giga Drain!

That's all for today folks. Next update: Pokemon Tower, Rocket Game Corner, and maybe Silph Co.

edit: Oh yeah, I made a thing. Only took an hour or so.

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Imagine a Butterfree mating with a Clefairy---

Eeeeeek.

Too bad Dragonfly can't learn Brave Bird. <3

Waiting eagerly for the next update!
 
@Mewtini: ...Here you go.

In this part, evolutions, RED, ghosts, bizarre inventions, flutes, tediousness, and vs. Koga.

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Don't really need him and all. Bye, SMASHING!!.

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Time for ICF! to spread her wings!
(also from this point on, I CAN FLY! will be known as ICF! okay)

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This is why I hate double battles.

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They're annoying. And I have to use ICF! or TREEKILLER, and I hate using them, and--

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Ah. ICF! may not be as unpleasant to use any more.

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This was a merry message tough decision. But eventually I decided...

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It's for the best.
(ah crap now DF only has no high-PP low-power moves anymore dangit)

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Beat up all the trainers on Silence Bridge, and also all the trainers I missed earlier.

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Je pourrais poser la même question que vous, ROUGE.

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Cette bataille devrait être incroyablement facile.
Après tout, je propre un overleveled papillon.

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Il a vécu? Ce n'est pas bon pour les batailles qui se trouvent dans l'avenir.
Cependant, ses 'Mania' n'a presque rien fait.

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Facile.

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Into the depths of the dark...

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*dun dun dun*

Boring, except for one Grunt who proved to be excessively irritating.

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See?

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"o no i droped th lift kiy!1!!1!!!!11"!

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I'm in an elevator!

...What?

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You are the leader, GIOVANNI!

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You are the leader, GIOVANNI!

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You are the leader, GIOVANNI!

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You were easy, GIOVANNI!
And also, who spends their time making and designing a machine designed to see ghosts?

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Oh dear, it's a Ditto. This can't be good.

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Hello, BONEMERANG! I'm FLYING TYPE. Pleased to meet you.

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...
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...!

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my god STOP THE MUSIC argh my ears
I SAID STOP
*bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz-
We are currently experiencing technical difficulties. Please stand by.
-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!*

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Skipped all the trainers to the Routes east of Fusha Fucia Fucsia Fuschia Fucshia however you damn spell it.

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Ready for the Gym? Ready for the Gym!

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True terror?
No, I'll show you true terror!

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Easy.

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Off to Saffron, then. That's all for today, folks. Stay tuned.

Next update... (which probably won't come very soon because I'll have to make up all those Trainers I missed and also do Silph Co. and also also do Sabrina's Gym, so.)

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(@LL: HE IS THE LEADER, GIOVANNI)
This isn't really an update btw, it's just me killing everyone east of Fuckshitta :D

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Grinding!

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More grinding!

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Next time (maybe in two months or so) Silph Co. and Sabrina!
 
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