Alright...that's enough time wasting I think. Let's do this.
Chapter 17: Desertification
Now that the train station has been rebuilt, it's possible to travel north into the vast Tourmaline Desert to seek out Titania, among other things. It's bright and sunny and hot there much of time (when there's no sandstorm), so it could be a tough outing unless you go at night like I did unless you're already a child of the sun like Soleil.
I got to spend a good while exploring the many new areas in the desert...all alone...watch me go at your leisure~
Tourmaline Desert 1
Did Corin-Rouge call me a "sweet supernova" just now? Why was that so fitting...
Am I just wandering around? Maybe...but I did find a mysterious tower~
Tourmaline Desert 2 - Mirage Tower
Those puzzles felt harder the third time for some reason
Okay, time to make some progress...I'm not done riding trains it seems.
Tourmaline Desert 3 - Train Town
My awkward Fire weakness came back to haunt me...good thing I don't have to fight Charlotte again I hope
So I know I'm on the right track to find Titania, but there are a couple more places I'd like to check out first~
Tourmaline Desert 4 - Teknite Cave
Shiny Minior immediately Explodes
Pink Minior almost 5-0s me, then faints before being caught
Just like I remember them...they also revealed a Rock weakness I didn't know I had
Tourmaline Desert 5 - Sugiline Cave
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Alright, enough mucking around. It's time to go see Titania.
And my oh my does it prove eventful...
Once upon a...somewhere? (Vs. The Legendary Dragon)
The Legendary Dragon...I probably should not have made the same choice in both of these runs
I don't think Tania likes me...but I did (somehow?) bring Lin here sooo...
Luckily for us, Tania took care of that supposedly, so now we have time for my gym challenge (yey)
Beating Titania will take some doing, because of course it will...
Vs. Guardian Princess Titania 1
This one was actually short by accident, but it's apparent my strategy needs refinement
Vs. Guardian Princess Titania 2-3
Something weird was happening with that Electric Gem, right? It felt like a bug.
So I got pretty close...what I mostly needed was more power (since my coverage outside the field-nerfed Fire type was almost nonexistant)
Ultimately my victorious team looked like this:
Vs. Guardian Princess Titania 4
And there it is...I found a use for Luna's TM <3
My only advantage was speed...sometimes...and Electric Gem Volt Switch trickeration but we got the win eventually (Once I stopped stubbornly remaining underlevelled it helped)
So Titania begrudgingly gives up badge #15 and TM Flash Cannon, but the moment is soured by Lin, who failed to die because of course she did
Amaria is being threatened (for some reason?), so Titania is off to go see her, but not before asking demanding that I come with.
Stay Tuned~