Part 15: More Dirt. More Cold. But Less Hate.
Hello and welcome to Panzer Plays Pokemon Black and man I want that Egg to hatch because it's taking up valuable real estate!
Anyway, I head up to Twist Mountain and, once inside, I see Cheren.
Not often I get to sneak up on someone. Usually people interrupt my travels, not the other way around. What isn't shown is that Clay is there as well. He speaks with us for a little while, and one thing he mentions is that the gym leaders did have a talk about Team Plasma (although he touches upon his concerns over TP ever so briefly), and mentions that this area would be a good place to train in, and that we can stay for as long as we want.
They both leave off and leave me alone. The next area is comprised of what looks like several floors interconnected by pathways in the sides. But no elevators because that was a gimmick they could do without!
Some of the trainers are actually hiding in dirt and pop out when you are seen. Just wanted to bring this up.
Eventually I see Cheren and a TP member. I then turned around and left because, hey, there was an area I skipped. Not much here, though, but a TM and a curious ice covered rock.
And then I see a path leading upwards and pass Cheren again.
But that lead to a dead end (the sort of dead end where you can accidentally get there from another path and have to take the long way back up), so CHEREN I'M COMING!
But it seems like he didn't really need my help, as Cheren seems to have beaten him.
Cheren, dickish he has been lately, does bring up a good point in that, well, if they want to liberate Pokemon from humans, they should start with their own pokemon. Also stealing Pokemon is bad.
Another TP member comes in and says TP got what they came for and state they will use force to liberate the pokemon from humans. They leave, and Cheren says he'll stay to once more ponder over the Champion's words from before.
The second I get outside there's a guy waiting for me to ask how my Emboar is doing. I think it's Dad-Juniper. He asks me if I heard about Dragonspiral tower. I say no and he says he isn't surprised before talking about it.
It's an old area in the region where legendary Pokemon either come to life or remain in slumber. But not much else is known about it because no one has really went inside, but Dad-iper wants to go in heads off.
I also found another Pokemon and...
What is this? Seriously? I just don't get it. It's so bizarre.
I mean, Ground/Electric? Seriously? It's like having a Fighting/Ghost type. And I bet there probably *is* a Fighting/Ghost type Pokemon somewhere.
I head into
Iccirus Town
proper. Sold my Nuggets for money, saw some people dancing, did some talking...
I think this is the first time in the game where Zekrom is specifically named. Well... I think it's the thing on the title screen...
Not looking it up, though. But this is probably Zekrom.
I also see another Pokemon Fan Club and I shown him my Emboar and got another EXP Share. I think it's the second one in the game, it's been a while. Anyway, another woman says that all the Pokemon I have on me are super friendly to me. And, yes...
...I tried the egg. It seems to be getting closer to hatching, though.
I tried another building and I get thrown into a "Pep Quiz" immediately. The first question is easy, what day is it. However...
...it isn't exactly multiple choice... its that word selector thing most of the games have. And since I almost never find myself using it, "what day is it" is not nearly as hard to figure out as "where day is it".
And yes I know not grammatically correct.
However, I do not find it. So I just select "No". There are two other text categories that I cannot enter, so I don't know if the days are there or not. I get it wrong, but I get a simple item for my troubles. Whatever.
(((Note: In hindsight, they may have wanted me to say "Birthday". Because while doing this part the Pokecenter nurse was asking me if it was my birthday. How you answer doesn't matter, though.
But its not my birthday. In fact, as of me writing this my birthday was almost 2 weeks ago.)))
I don't check out the gym, I head elsewhere onto another route. A woman says she has a bunch of TMs in her umbrella and asked if I wanted one, but it was only a facade.
Elsewhere there's a girl who will give me rocks. And makes rock puns.
I like the cut of her jib. Also, there's some team plasma goons nearby. I can't get by them, but they will loudly declare...
So, yeah, I guess that's the next spot on my list of places to go.
Also my egg finally hatched into a Larvesta, a Fire/Bug type.
Continuing north past the town and Dad-Juniper... which leads to a dead in. Or at least the type of dead end where you realize you can get through this are, just not yet.
So, I head into the gym. It's fairly obvious that the gym leader uses Ice types
The guy says that Ice types are weak to, among other things, Fire and Fighting. I smell Emboar Sweep.
Oh, an ice slide jump OVER AN ABYSS. You're worse than Skyla, at least the Gym leader here has a place where carcasses just take care of themselves.
Also, while I'm not keeping count, this gym has a similar issue to the electric gym in that there's not a good variety of Pokemon. Mostly Cubchoo and Vanillish, although there's a third Pokemon I've seen here before the gym leader so it's not quite as bad.
Another oddity is that the trainers all seem to be martial artists. which is weird because:
1) These NPCs generally use fighting types. Even earlier in the game the "Karate NPCs" stuck with fighting types. Which Ice types are weak to.
2) It's in an ice area and I'm seeing martial artists. Even Cold Storage had a more thematically sensible area and NPCs.
In any case, I reach the gym leader, beat him, take a dangerous ice ramp to the entrance...
...is there someone who's going to talk to me the instant I walk out?
HAH, KNEW IT! I mean, the gym leader is just kinda there, no story associated with him. He gets a name drop or two outside the gym but that's it, really.
Yeah, you kinda became a bit of a power hungry jerk. Anyway...
Since, ultimately, everything between getting out of Twist Mountain and fighting the gym leader here has had no actual plot relevance (and because this game seems to like having people wait outside for you for plot reasons) there had to be *something* that happens.
Anyway Cheren starts talking about whether or not if its just his Pokemon becoming stronger, not him, and still questioning his own goals. Bianca tries to to lighten the mood but also is searching for what she wants to do. However, Brycen, the gym leader, comes out, and asks who they are. The other Warriors introduce themselves. However, Brycen wasn't asking Bianca and Cheren who *they* were, he was asking about the...
The Triad make themselves known to everyone. They congratulate Brycen on seeing them, and said that although they had a message to deliver to Hilda alone, they might as well tell everyone. Ghetsis wants Hilda to come to the Dragonspiral Tower, where Lord
The Shadow Triad leaves, and Brycen says that, if Cheren had wanted to challenge him, he'd have to wait. He needs to check on the tower. But the Warriors decide to go as well.
Join me next time as we take on this Dragonspiral Tower!
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