#his colors are literally purple and gray leave my ace color coded guy alone

[sovonight]

will this game never stop dealing mental damage to me

[darkx-the-dragon-kn1ght]

Chapter 10- Part 7

…I mean…isn’t that what Team Meteor is doing, though? Ace said before something like “yeah, our methods aren’t really popular, but we’re the ones really looking out for the region." Commander Redeye also said something similar about how Team Meteor is supposedly acting for the greater good of Reborn, and he went even further to straight-up call Xera and the others the "enemies of the region." 

In other words: undertaking misguided actions under the belief that doing so is better than no action at all. Hypocrites, the lot of you!! Jail for one thousand years!!

HOOOOOLD UP THERE, AURORA BOREALIS! Whatever you think you’re gonna have Crobat do, I’m not gonna stand for it, and Xera definitely isn’t! She’s- uh…wait, she physically can’t intervene, can she? I’m not talking about cutscene powerlessness or anything, I mean- literally, those giant trees are blocking the way, she can’t get over there.

Hey, wait! If the street is blocked by all those trees, then how did Victoria get over there? What secret path did you take, girl!?

GAH- whoa, that was a sick transition. The Crobat just shot at Victoria, like some kinda bullet, then- bam! Smash cut to black, barely any sound at all, the screen fades back to normal, and…nothing. They’re all gone, just like that. Now that’s how you introduce an antagonist.

And now…we’re back, unable to do a thing to stop what just happened. Before, I was like “yeah we’re not gonna let you touch Victoria, we’ll kick your spine!”, but truthfully…Borealis seems strong, like, really strong. Stronger than Xera is right now, at least. I mean, he has a Crobat! Crobat are scary! Imagine what the rest of his team looks like! I won’t lie, for all my dramatics, I was a bit scared that we would have to fight him right then and there- I still am, a little bit!

But more than that…did you notice how that hood obscured most of his head and face? None of the other major Team Meteor people we’ve faced have that, their features are all more or less visible. That alone would be suspicious, but…could you see the rest of his outfit?

Now, this could just be the lighting of the area affecting how the color looks, but…to me, that looks like a gray and purple jumpsuit. Like Corey’s gray and purple jumpsuit. Not to mention the way Borealis spoke, it…kinda reminds me of the Corey tends to speak, and vocabulary and tone and such. And the fact that he uses a Crobat, of all things- if I’m right about Corey being the former Poison Gym Leader before Cain, then that…would track…

I’m just saying, things are starting to line up in ways I do not like, ways that don’t seem like red herrings anymore. I don’t want Corey to secretly be working with the bad guys, but- my brain can’t ignore these signs! I play a lot of mystery games, I got Rain Code for Christmas for goodness’s sake! Deductive reasoning is what I do, and my deduction tells me that there’s a nonzero chance of Corey being Borealis! And I greatly dislike that possibility!

Of course, I’m suspecting Corey as Borealis’ true identity- but in-universe, I don’t think Xera suspects anything. To her, Borealis is just another Meteor agent, just like all the others, and he just made things very personal by capturing, like, the one person she probably considers something like a friend- but that’s something I can build more upon later.

Okay, that’s a little funny. “Hey, sorry your friend just got kidnapped, have some free exp. points. ♥”

Anyways, now that that tree’s gone and the vines are clear again, let’s keep going. Maybe we’ll find Borealis and Victoria somewhere in here? Maybe in one of those buildings?

Not Victoria.

DEFINITELY not Victoria!

And you don’t deserve to quote Frederick! Even if that line does work…shockingly well in a Pokémon setting.

Shuckle? Oooh, that’s not good, leaving the Flying-type out on the field against the Rock-type…

We’ll swap out Breeze to bring out Riptide while Glare lowers Shuckle’s Defenses with Screech. The Hoothoot knows Confusion, but it doesn’t do a ton to Glare, so I’m not too scared of it. 

But what is a bit jarring is what happens when Shuckle uses Struggle Bug. Remember how I said this field boosts Grass moves with a message saying “The forestry boosts the move’s power”? Well- that message popped up again when Shuckle used Struggle Bug here (which I didn't exactly get to screenshot because of my surprise).

So this field doesn’t just boost Grass-type moves, it boosts Bug-type moves as well? Grass and Bug attacks- so is this field, like, “Forest Field” or something? Because it’s got forest theming with its design and the moves/types it boosts?

Regardless, we can get rid of Hoothoot pretty easily, just have Riptide use Ice Fang like with the Spearow.

And as for Shuckle, with its Defense lowered, a few Bites from these two should bring it down. Struggle Bug still doesn’t do a lot, even with the boost from the field.

And by a “few” Bites, I meant many Bites.

I will! I will go ahead and see what happens, actually!

Huh- a Poison-healing item. I wonder if that’s indicative of a certain fight that’s about to happen. Almost as indicative of that Light Shard up there, and…are those the Gym Leaders? What’s going on up there…?

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