Chapter 7 - Hideout Blow Out!
Been a long time since last time but we are back with more Full Moon and we start off on an island! To be more precise but this is the Sammerian Island but our heroes don’t know this yet. Anyways, we here Chan wants to talk with Luna. We go over to him and he tells us that he wants to explore the other side of the island. It’s been 2 months since they’ve been here. It’s kinda weird that they haven’t done that yet. I mean they really can’t use the excuse of that they’re afraid of fighting super tough Pokemon. They LITERALLY (as the game calls it) beat the Pokemon Ruler Of Hell!
After that though, we get a cutscene of where Dinor is worried about us. One of his pals, I’m guessing, whose name is Jimmy, tells Dinor where we are. Demanding for an answer on how he would know exactly where they would be, Jimmy tells him Math. After a bit more of dialogue between them, Dinor sets off on a search. I forgot to screenshot this but I thought this little part was kind of funny. I just kept imagining Dinor asking Jimmy how he found out. Jimmy would then step up slowly, grab Dinors head, lean closer and just scream “MAAAAAATH!!!!!” That’s just cracking me the fuck up.
Anyways, we (Chan and Luna) go off into the jungle. Ohh yea. I suppose I should explain how I feel about the look of the island/jungle. It looks really nice. It looks like we’re really cut off from civilization… For now that is. We get through the jungle and to the other side of the island. As we search we run into… DINOR!
We leave to the other side of the island and everyone reunites. And Dinor even meets Chan’s little brother Nello! More friends making friends! Yay!
After that, everyone discusses what they should do next. Some want to leave to return to their homes and some want to stay and not worry about society anymore… And by some of us, I mean Chan. But luckily we get interrupted by a bitch called Arietta. I mean that’s what Dinor calls her so… Don’t judge me.
She tells us that she came here cus Dinor came here. She went to visit him at his gym but when she got there, he was already flying away, so she followed him. But she informed us of Team Lightning arriving to the island. They come up with a plan, which is for Arietta and Kain to take out as many of them as they can out on the water and the ones to get passed them will be ambushed by the separated teams of Luna and Chan, Dinor by himself and Nello and Orchedy, and rush into action. Despite, taking a lot of them out, there are too many of them and they surround us. Luckily though, Luna finds a fake stump and has everyone jump into it to escape.
We jump into some kind of lab or building of some sort. Dinor jumps from a hiding spot and motions for us to come in. We all thank him and question how he got here. Apparently, there’s a lot of fake stumps here. Anyways, it’s decided we go splitting up into teams again. This time though, Nello goes by himself, Chan and Dinor team up and… Yay!
After everyone disperses, we battle a couple of Team Lightning Grunts and come to a room. We find an Up-Grade and a broken panel. As we touch it though, something comes out of it. A PORYGON! After a hard fought battle, we capture the Porygon!
After beating the rest of the Team Lightning Grunts and turning on the panels, we enter a room where there’s lava on the floor. We then see none other than Radius and Professor Gobline gossiping among each other. And that’s when precious little Orchedy says the most precious thing.
After some more talking between the 2 old men and the 2 young girls, a battle between the 2 had started. A DOUBLE BATTLE!
After that battle, the leader of Team Lightning emerged and seemed pretty threatening. He called himself Lavius and instructed his grunts to bring out our 2 friends who seemed to have been captured. But that’s not all.
Lavius was going to throw them into the lava in front of us but luckily, lava from another place in the building started to pour in. We luckily were able to get them out of there and get everyone back to safety. After regrouping ourselves, Dinor told us that we were on the tv for days thanks to the Dusknoir event. That’s when Kain accidentially told him that Therus died and… Let’s just say I don’t want Dinor as my man anymore.
After leaving the island, Arietta, Kain and Chan come with Luna to Berro City. They tell us that Orchedy and Nello went back to Snowleaf City to collect some supplies that were left behind since we were last there. Before taking Chan to the PokeCenter, Kain tells Luna that there’s a Gym Leader here and that she should start her Gym Challenge here. Weirdly though, he makes her promise to make sure she beats this gym leader, to which she awkwardly accepts, as long as they take care of Chan. He agrees and he, along with Arietta, take Chan to the PokeCenter. But this is where we shall stop for the time being.
Here is the team as of now!
Man, this has been one doozey of a Chapter. The reveal of Team Lightnings leader. We finally get to see what’s been going on with our heroes since escaping the Distortion World. And many more things. The only thing I kinda hate is the whole “Dinor turning evil” thing. I mean I know that good people will turn to the dark side but… I don’t know. I kinda wish there was more behind the reasoning than just that his master or teacher was dead and blamed Luna. It just feels somewhat weak. But everything else was fine. Join me next time as I take on the 1st Gym Leader of this game!