Chapter 36: Why do I have such a weak defense?

'Dewott: Wait. So before we begin trying to convince Pansear to leave the team, can we teach me surf? My feet are frozen.'

'Stoutland: And water is going to help how?'

'Dewott: ….. the water is hot? Just teach it to me, please.'

"OK. Now back to the argument thingy. Well, first of all, Pansear, are you OK with leaving?"

'Pansear: … … .. … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …what? No!'

"Didn't think so. Well… if I give you a poffin? Kidding. Why not?"

'Pansear: Well, you're… friends. Wow, that sounds cliché. But yes. And the way the game's designed it makes you want to keep playing. So it makes me want to keep going, to find out the climax. Isn't that why we all do stuff? To see what comes next? That and not giving up my spot on the team to a little dragon wannabe. Has my little, or giant, speech convinced you?'

'Unfezant: Wow. YES!'

'Litwick: Yeah! Pansear should stay!'

'Pansear: …Wow. And I thought I had a bad reason to stay.'

'Dewott: …while that was a good speech, you realize that Kyle has the final decision?'

'Pansear: Well, yeah! Why else would I try to convince him?'

"I don't know, if I had a veto? Nice speech, by the way. I don't know, though. I really want an axew…"

'Unfezant: YEAH! I HAD AN IDEA!'

'Ferroseed: Then wot is it?'

'Unfezant: How about we just don't get an axew! Then everyone's happy ,and we can stop this silly argument and catch a legendary pokemon, and store it in a computer for whenever!'

'Stoutland: Wow. Did Unfezant just come up with a good idea?'

"Yeah! It's a new record or something."

'Ferroseed: I can't help but think that this should have dragged on a bit more…'

'Pansear: Look, don't question things that you like.'

'Ferroseed: Why?'

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I taught Dewott Surf, overriding Razor Shell, and then flew to Driftveil, and caught a legendary pokemon.

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I taught Dewott Surf, getting rid of Razor Shell, and then flew to Driftveil City, and caught a legendary pokemon.

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Driftveil was the closest way to the old man, and therefore the legendary Cobalion, and so Tranquill flew over there. To the left was route 6, with the stream and bridges. Except now I could go on the stream.

"Excuse me for a second. "

'Ferroseed: Uh, wot for?'

"You'll see in 3..."

I pressed up and the sprite of my character faced the stream. If you could walk on water, you could go, avoiding the patch of grass, and head to the next bridge. And there was a pokeball too, which I intended to get.

"2..."

'Dewott: The suspense is ki- fainting me.'

I pressed A, and the text box came up. It read 'The water is a deep blue… would you like to surf on it?'

"One…now!"

I pressed A, and the text box changed to 'Dewott used Surf!'. The sprite faced the screen, and held out a pokeball.

"Dewott!" I said excitedly. "Use Surf!". And then I collapsed into giggles.

'Unfezant: Yeah! You can do it! Dewott! Use surf!'

A blue band appeared lengthwise on the screen, and Dewott's sprite slid in from the right, paused, and headed to the left. Then a blackish-purple circle appeared on the water, and the sprite jumped onto it.

'Litwick: …That was way less awesome then I thought, but it was still awesome!'

'Dewott: My…back…'

The music began playing an upbeat tune.

'Litwick: I take that back. With the music, it was AWESOME!'

'Stoutland: Yeah! Music solves anything! (mood-wise)'

I pressed up and left, and jumped off of the black thing, assumed to be Dewott, and grabbed the pokeball: the TM for Poison Jab. A physical attack that can poison a pokemon; good to have in my arsenal.

One more surf and I was on the second bridge, a patch of grass blocking my path. I ran from a lone Karrablast, ran past the season house of lazy researchers, and went up. From there I crossed the stream to get to the healing house, healed, and jumped back on the Surfing Dewott.

'Dewott: Ow. Hey, it's not hurting as much now!'

'Pansear: That's great. However, seeing as the sprite you're riding on looks more like a Whiscash, I'm not too worried.'

'Dewott: Wait, the sprite is WHA- AAAH WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BODY! IT DIDN'T SAY THIS ON THE LABEL!'

'Litwick: …it didn't have a label.'

'Dewott: DON'T INTERRUPT MY RANTING! Now where was I? Oh yeah. AAAAHHHHHH!'

I tried to head to the right, but the screen rippled, and I got propelled into a battle with a Basculin. You know, those fish pokemon that the fisher in the desert had.

And Ferroseed got sent out… onto a blue platform. And didn't sink.

'Ferroseed: So I'm standing on water? Wot kind of battle is thi- ohh, that 'Tendo Logic, right?'

'Litwick: …yeah… water. I don't want to battle on water platforms! Water is scary!'

"I know type matchups, but that's taking it a bit too far, Litwick.'

'Litwick: But my parents SAID so! And that they had a bad defense, but they were judges.'

"If you have water sprayed on, you don't die. You just make it into steam or something… I don't know.'

I ran, went on the grass to avoid some rocks, and continued heading right, downstream. There was a patch of ground, which I landed on, and to the right of that, a cave entrance.

"Well, we're at the legendary… uh…"

I stepped inside, and the caption told me that this was Misaltron cave.

"Misaltron cave. If the old man's right, which they usually are in RPGs, Cobalion's here. "

'Unfezant: Now let's go imprison a super awesome pokemon in a ball, take it away from its resting spot, and make it fight! Woohoo!'

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