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So the penultimate chapter is here...I'm not necessarily proud of this one, but I am satisfied Chapter 15: Cirque du Soleil (about time I use this one) Soleil heads down the Celestinine Cascade in search of Amaria (and Titania, I guess.) At the bottom she finds herself in Reborn City's Water Treatment Center WTC 1 I got a bit lost at the end (again), but I found my way. I find Titania down in the WTC; she's been here ever since jumping from the waterfall after Amaria, so she's in a foul mood (more than usual at least.) The two of us cooperate to navigate the labyrinthine water grids. We're being "impeded" by Taka, but we (well I) make progress nonetheless. WTC 2 (Vs. Pokémon Stopple) That was kind of annoying We succeed in finding Amaria, thanks to Taka's poorly disguised efforts to assist us. Taka doesn't agree with the lengths Team Meteor has gone, but feels obligated to stay a part of the organization since his father is the (ex)leader, and their (well Solaris') cause is the responsibility of their family. Titania, however, sees this as cowardice. I still find it hard to disagree with her on this to be honest, however, if Taka can do more to inhibit the Meteor's destructive acts from inside then it is better he stay a double agent. At the moment I'm not so sure that's the case though...unless his plan is to ensure someone like me can do the sabotage. Still seems like a lot to leave to chance, I'm not yet sure it doesn't make sense for him to actively oppose them instead of passively, though future revelations may change this opinion. WTC 3 (Vs. Meteor Admin Taka) I'm not convinced this is really the "right" choice, but for the purposes of this run I'd rather showcase another fight than not We (well I) succeed in recovering Amy and her Sapphire Bracelets, but Taka warns us Team Meteor will seek them out. Titania takes Amy back to their house, I follow them. I run into Julia and Florinia on the way there, and all 3 of us head to the house. It's obvious we're in for a fight... Fiore Mansion (Vs. Swag Jockey Fern and Agent Blake, Vs. New World Orderly John and Meteor Leader Solaris) Both times my partner had to finish the battle...but still, just one attempt? I'll take it. Besides, it was a joy to watch Julia finish John and Solaris alone...I'm honestly impressed. Even making several questionable choices she still won. That alone is enough reason to allow this outcome to stand in my opinion. We learned that Amy has retrogravy amnesty, something Tania takes, well, horribly. She leaves for the desert. Julia informs me that if I wish to seek out Tania, I'll have to access the desert from Reborn City, and getting back to the city will require use of the TM Fly they gave me earlier. Of course, I need another badge to use Fly, so my next move is to go back to Agate Circus, to fight some wild Seel... My victorious team looked like this: Well, here goes... Vs. Skydancer Ciel Yeah...this will take some doing. It's true, she knows way more positions than any of us will ever get to see, I had no hope of matching such experience This is the second leader I got a bit stuck on, but with enough iterations I found a winning strategy... Vs. Skydancer Ciel 2 "You've stuck the landing!" I don't know about all that...A little bit irritating, since by the end I knew what sequence I was going for, yet the win came when I had to go off script since she did something unexpected. Archeops is too easy to abuse to be honest, a smarter AI would not waste an extra turn Earthquaking something it cannot hit (unless she's trying to preempt a second switch, in which case a more practical AI would switch immediately instead of trying to counterbluff my double bluff when I only used a single bluff) My conquest over Ciel earned me badge #13 and TM Acrobatics and I got a lot more flexible too Now it's finally time to return to Reborn City. Stay Tuned~

Hardy had taken Aya to see his gym...in Agate City. So they got sleep'd, then after you find them you all end up heading to Calcenon. You could argue their involvement in the plot was just bad luck; they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. As far as Anna and Noel I'm pretty sure we don't know what happened to them yet. Charlotte's still young, there's plenty of time for her to get wrinkles probably

I'm still thinking about Scarlet; feels like I should save that one for another female mon, but I have yet to find another one. May or may not be Salandit

Octillery

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It was a good game. Fascinating how much changed based on sheer luck

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Hi all, I've begun this run. Check it out at your leisure here, over on the Rejuv forum. Thanks everyone for your input!

Um, hello internet friends! (Wait is "friends" too intimate...?) Here in this thread I'll be documenting my attempt at an all Fire-type run of our beloved Pokémon Rejuvenation. It's not really my first time playing this game, but I'm only but so familiar so I'm likely to make mistakes. Questions, comments, and concerns are welcome (especially if you think I'm missing something, that would be much appreciated ). Beyond the mono-fire rule, I don't intend to use items during battle, just because. I don't have any more rules really... Well, let's get to it! Table of Contents Chapter 1: In the Red Meet the protagonist of this story: I'm on a cruise with my mom, who's surprisingly a character I've seen before, Yancy/Nancy (I think Nancy was her idol name, but Yancy her given name, that sounds right). We're headed to the Aevium Region. Everything seems fine, but there are some suspicious happenings to be seen on the ship, and some people definitely attract my attention. While we're at dinner some people calling themselves Team Xen show up to cause trouble. A lot happens after this, but the result is not pretty Rather suddenly the ship is sinking, and it's full of weird tentacles During all the panic I manage to find Mom. It becomes apparent that the calamity is more connected to us than I thought Things are not looking good at all. We're about to be grabbed by the naughty tentacles (or rather, Deoxys' naughty tentacles) before we get some help from above It's nothing short of a miracle that I make it off the boat. There's several powerful people involved in what's going on. It seems I'm seeing just the surface of something much bigger than myself... Luckily Tesla reminds me where to go next. She's already become a very comforting presence. So I head into (East) Gearen City after an implausibly smooth processing by the immigration officials (honestly I didn't even have a passport, but they're just like nah, you cool). I must admit I have mixed opinons on the people I encounter here. I then meet Amanda. She and her brother Jan are regional administrators, or something like that. Amanda takes me to choose my first partner Pokémon. I collide with someone on the way Before I can pick a starter, Amanda takes me to meet the Pokémon Professor Jenner. Anyways I can pick a starter now. There are dozens of choices but I can narrow it down immediately Eventually though I settle on one Now that I'm paired with this little one, Amanda cannot resist the urge to battle me. As luck would have it, she seems to be a fire trainer as well Vs. Amanda Amanda found my technique appealing but before I know it another opponent appears. His name is Ren Vs. Ren I'm now ready to explore the city, and explore I do In the park I find one new friend And on the pier, another There's already tons to find in the city, plus I can do most of the help quests right now. Eventually I come across Veronica Venam, East Gearen's poison gym leader. She and Ren are friends, along with someone called Melia. Since Jenner asked me to find Melia, they invite me to check out the Abandoned Sewers (which aren't really abandoned). I'm paired with Ren for the exploration. While we're down there, a change occurs: Soon we find Melia, who I apparently have seen before These 3 are conducting some sort of experiment involving trash They want to know if it's true that trash bags can mutate into Trubbish. That's what the dex says, so it must be true, right? Except how it says Escavalier "fly around at high speed" or Pidgeot "races through the skies at Mach-2 speed." This one, however, appears to be true. We get surprised by some Trubbish and a (shiny!) Garbodor. yep Melia invites me out with her to Goldenwood Forest. I aid Melia with her various errands Then we team up to explore Goldenwood Cave In the cave the team witnesses another change In the cave we find something interesting. This is why Melia was told to come here apparently. But then- The new passage opens into a pleasant grove. Melia is very happy about all we accomplished today During our picnic Melia opens up to me a bit more Then Melia goes on to say how she's leaving soon for Grand Dream City, where she will become the normal type gym leader. We end up in a somewhat awkward, yet intense silence. Then... Vs. Melia I'm simply too good for Melia right now After the fight the area is engulfed in an eerie green glow...I think I've seen this before. We go back through the cave. What will happen next? Please stay tuned! I hope this proves enjoyable...

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I see. So I can't be sure I'm 100% right then

Chapter 14: Astral Projection Next up, I'm off to Ametrine City with Shelly. We each have business there, so going together is the prudent thing. To Ametrine City (Vs. Pokémon Redoubt) We found a lead as to Heather's status. Of course that Blake guy has something to do with it. Won't tell us anything, needlessly rude...I know the type. The search for Heather continues So Cal's actually a blue-nette? Makes sense since he's Blake's brother after all. I like it better this way, it makes him much cuter--I-I mean it's nice he's being true to himself now ("After all, blue flame burns even hotter." Does he try to look cool 24/7? I'm irritated to say that one actually kinda worked...) Anyways we succeeded in finding Heather, since it took me all of like 3 minutes to find Blake's secret passage (I don't like the way that sounded). She's clearly grown a lot from these ordeals, it's good to see. With her skills added to ours it's time to stop the rendezvous up on Ametrine Mountain. Pursuing Blake (+Vs. Meteor Ace Aster) It's a pleasure to see Shelly's development as well. Aster's Electivire is hitting, like, way over its speed tier in my opinion...but then again I landed a Thunder during a sunny day to win that fight so I have no room to complain. He gave me a much better fight than, say, Solaris; I don't see why he wasn't promoted sooner. At the top Blake's acting all cocky because he beat Shelly already...never mind that it's his field and she already had a huge type disadvantage. I, however, have no such disadvantage. Vs. Agent Blake Psh, weak. At least Serra actually gave me something. With this guy it was over before I even knew it, how am I supposed to get any satisfaction from that? And half their mons are literally the same, so I don't see what his excuse is... Even though Shelly achieved her goal, it becomes clear that the Agate sleep signal is not coming from here. Cal helps me figure out where the misinformation came from, and then even gives me a ride...back down to the city. I guess he really is a nice guy now (and he's nice and warm too...look I was starting to get cold up there, ok?) Our suspicions as to the Meteor in our midst lead me back to Agate Circus. There I confront the questionable character (and I mean that in every way imaginable). Somehow I end up diving into a computer... In the Glitch World (Vs. PKMNPKMNT M2) Know your place, Mewtwo Now I will face Terra, another irritating person. This is the team: I do a bunch of shuffling with the items in the video. If you can't tell I was getting rather flustered with the whole thing, see for yourself: Vs. M3G4 T3RR4 This one was annoying because only 1 of her mons was a real threat. Hell, just 2 of the other 5 even put up anything resembling a fight. Of course since that 1 mon is God-chomp it can easily destroy the whole team without the slightest warning. I mean it ate a +6 Petal Dance, good grief (yes, it has Assault Vest but come on). And it survived Explosion, but that's just because I put basically no effort into EVs. I got a badge out of this, somehow. Also TM Bullshit, I guess I could use that...probably not though. So I can use Waterfall now. It's time to get wet go after Amy and Tania I guess, I almost forgot after all the nonsense that just happened. Stay Tuned~

Chimchar seems good. I think that's the way I will go. On another note screens won. I'll do my best but I reserve the right to change my mind if it proves too great a time commitment. Though as it stands I'm not going to have class for at least another week sooo...

Lunatone

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Oh really? My own info told me you are infantry so...either it's a mistake, or you're lying, or I was given misinformation. I don't know why I'd find out info that was wrong; it doesn't seem like any role has the ability to fool me like that EDIT: It was a mistake (?), see above

So polling is done, looks like a monotype is the winner! Since @GreenDecidueyeArrow and @Yagami both mentioned Fire, I think I will attempt that. It should be pretty interesting, though I can already think of a few places I might stumble...(looking at you, Valarie) The next question is which starter to pick. There's 7 (+1) choices after all...Torchic seems an obvious choice, but would also be tempted to take Chimchar or Fennekin. Any thoughts?

I've been rather distracted of late...If I seemed absent that's why. Anyways in the interest of time I think I'll share what I'm thinking. I was struck twice last night, and I presume it was 2 different people; one of them may have been the last maf (?). I've learned about DigitalAmber, Megagun, and Magister Divergent. All 3 of them are infantry. This alone tells me a lot about who's who, but not necessarily who is an enemy. Some assumptions about the charas: I might be wrong I guess but I've become a FE nerd in recent years so I think I'm right; we could ask @Jace Stormkirk but I don't think he would tell us sooo... We know Marth is town, and infantry. Beyond that presumably Clive is a town as well. Anyone else is a potential mafios@ I can't speak to the weapons used by everyone, though I have some theories about that as well. Will this help us puzzle everything out? Were I a better player I might have had even more info at this point tbh It should be obvious what role I play now, so my days could be numbered...but this is worth it I think

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1. When starting a new gen, I always seem to pick the water starter first (only exception being I picked Charmander first, and now my favorite is Bulbasaur) 2. Connected to the above, I usually end up with a least 2 Water types in my squad, 1 physical and 1 special. In the past it helped with the numerous water HMs, but I also like their performance. Solid in both offense and defense, and many have tanky stats which fit my preferred fighting style. 3. Whenever possible I always train a Magnemite, it's been a personal favorite since the beginning 4. I'm not a huge fan of the Flying type, so any non-Flying mon that still can learn Fly is sure to make my team at least once 5. I always try to have a Steel, Ghost, and Psychic. If I can fit all 3 in the final team it feels like a success

I'm bumping in hopes of getting some more votes... Right now monotype is winning. Should that be the result, I ask what type I should do? I know @Filthy Casual said fighting; I wonder if there are more suggestions...?

A correction then: Trick Room is not affected enough by Prankster. Priority tiers strike again. I guess this is so people like me don't just completely break the idea of "speed" in this game (that's totally what I would do)

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Indeed I should have...it somehow didn't occur to me