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xyzzysqrlAfter a bit of a sanity break...
(Hmm? No, I didn't find any.)
...we're back with the postgame of Pokemon Omega Ruby. The Delta Episode is a new add-on to the plot for the Alpha Sapphire/Omega Ruby games, none of this stuff was in vanilla-flavored Sapphire/Ruby. As such, I'm going into this completely blind.
As we begin, the game informs us it is XX:XX, the XXth day of the XXth month.
... I'm sorry, did the power go out at some point? Do we have to reprogram the VCR and type the time back into the microwave?
The scene is Mossdeep Space Center. The mood? PANIC. A meteoroid has abruptly changed its trajectory and is now headed towards the planet. Scientists type frantically, measuring the change in angle. SCIENCE indicates that it will hit on a small island just off Route 131.
"What do we do? WHAT DO WE DO, PROFESSOR?!"
"Calm yourself, man! ... so it's come to this."
This is some B-movie ass dialogue right up here, and I love it. Scene change: Now we're in front of a weird altar. A Team Magma grunt tosses her outfit off and dons a cape instead. She's on her own time now, and she has a Plan that involves Key Stones. She's going to protect her Whismur, named "Aster", at all costs.
Enough of that, though. Back to Lime's adventures! Her parents hand her a pair of tickets to the Mossdeep Space Center, so she can see the shooting star show, or "Litleonids meteor shower". Oh cool, tiny lions raining from the sky. Just the thing to take a Luxray to. We head outside to tell Brendan he's in for a free trip...
...and just outside our door is Cape Girl.
"You know, I was just thinking about you!" enthuses Cape Girl. "It is our first real meeting, right? That's right. Of course it is. The name's Zinnia. And YOU... I know ALL about you. You're Lime."
Lady my Wigglytuff knows Incinerate don't get cute with me.
"You're the new Pokemon League champion."
Oh yeah I guess I am.
"And you're one of those who uses Mega Evolution to get even closer to their pokemon, now aren't you?"
I don't know WHAT you're insinuating here, Zinnamon, but I'm charging up Incinerate.
Zinnia backs off after Aster makes some warning noises at her, and switches to admiring the town itself with an air of "NICE PLACE, SHAME IF SOMETHIN' HAPPENED TO IT Y'UNDERSTAND?" Then she decides that first encounters should be short and sweet, and sprints away.
Man, you win ONE CONTEST and the crazy stalkers come out of the bushes. Now that we've met Zinnia, why not enjoy her theme music?
Over at Brendan's place, he's not doing so hot. Some weird woman climbed in his bedroom window, shoved him over and stole his Key Stone while he was on the ground. Brendan sicced his pokemon on her but she was "unstoppable". He did hear her say something about Petalburg though.
Well this can't have anything to do with the creepy girl in a cape we just saw. The MO of this crime -- Appear suddenly, robbery, cryptic clue leading to next location -- can only fit one person.
We're dealing with the notorious Carmen Sandiego. Dang, and we left our detective coat in the previous game. Curse you, boundaries of narrative fiction!
We visit the crime scene to look for any clues, but there doesn't seem to be anything unusual in Brendan's room except for a plush Swablu. ... Hey, you remember when we saw him outside the department store and he claimed he absolutely 100% wasn't buying any stuffed animals there that day? Uh-huh. Busted.
Nice try, Brendan.
To Petalburg! ... Where Courtney is allegedly threatening Wally but in fact seems to be having a really bad time of it. Courtney is exhausted and out of breath, Wally seems fine and is repeatedly insisting he doesn't HAVE a Key Stone. When Courtney spots Lime creeping up on the situation, she whips around and launches pokemon.
She still has a stupid camel as her only pokemon though. I understand having a signature 'mon, but geez AUGMENT YOUR LINEUP.
Courtney grumps at Lime for being a meddling meddler who meddles and then sprints off to Meteor Falls to get her Leader's stone instead. I don't understand why we're suddenly on a rock chase but let's ride it out as long as we can.
Wally thanks us for our help in driving off the remnants of Team Magma. He then reveals that he left his stone in his house while he was out, and it vanished. It's okay, Wally. You're still more effective than Brendan was. Wally heads back inside to make sure his parents are okay, just in case anyone tries to bust in again.
Then our PokeNav starts ringing. ... I wasn't aware it could do that. Maybe IT wasn't aware it could do that, because the chat application is labeled "v. 0.09". It's Steven on the other end, and he needs us at the Devon Corporation building badly enough that he was forced to activate the prototype communicator functionality of the PokeNav.
So that's PRETTY BADLY then wow.
Rustboro's closer than Meteor Cave, so let's head out that way.
Steven meets us at the door to DevCorp and invites us in to speak with Company President Stone, or "Dad" as Steven refers to him.
"You see, 3000 years ago there was a war in a region far away..."
Wait a minute. We've been to Kalos, we know this story.
"This war was brought to an end by a weapon created by one man."
(POKEMON Y SPOILERS) We've cried to this story. (/SPOILERS) God, that region was bleak.
He retells us the story of Az's weapon and explains that the former Devon president once asked, "Could we use this energy to improve the lives of people and pokemon?" This led to the creation of Infinity Energy.
It's not actually infinite, that's just branding. Still, it's enough to power submarines, launch rockets...
I'm sorry, are you using the SAME SOURCE for that energy still? Because... if so, fuck you with one of your rocket-powered submarines, President Stone. That is a reprehensible act.
President Stone finally gets around to the point: A huge asteroid six miles in diameter is on track to smash into the planet and they need a meteorite shard from Granite Cave as part of their plan to destroy it with Infinity Energy. As Pokemon League Champion, Lime is the best suited to go cave-diving and find one. Meanwhile, Steven will take a Link Cable out to Mossdeep Space Center for some unknown purpose. Perhaps he's going to load up his old copy of Pokemon Blue and trade them a Mew for real no hacks promise.
Sorry, Steven, odds are good your save battery's died by now.
Off we go through Dewford town and out to the Granite Cave. I know y'all can't tell because it's textual but travel goes a lot faster now that it's postgame.
[Caught in Granite Cave: Aron, "Liver". It's high in iron!]
In Granite Cave we find Zinnia staring at the painting and musing about her ancestors, who gave her the knowledge of how to PROTECT THE WORLD from the threat that will appear from space...
"Oh! Lime, we do run into each other an awful lot. Are you interested in paintings, one of the meteor shards that serve as power for the Legendary pokemon that lives in the heavens? ... You ready to battle me?"
Zinnia I can't tell if I like you or not but I CAN tell you have the attention span of a toddler in a bumper car. Please focus here. We battle, and she has a team pretty much of ALL giant dragon-shaped things which, y'know, I cannot fault.
"Niiiice! Really nice, Lime! Full points to you!" she enthuses, and tosses Lime a meteorite shard. The Meteorite we've been carrying around all game starts to glow in response, and if possible Zinnia lights up even more. "That's giving off some vibes." she muses. "Keep a tight hold on it, huh?"
Zinnia starts to walk out, then stops and stares directly into Lime's eyes from about three inches away.
"The actions you're taking now. Are they based on ideals? Or are they based on actual truths? And how much of the truth do you think you know?"
Unfortunately her Whismur gives a growl and forces her to step along or I'd think we were on the brink of a smooching session. Personal space, Zinnia, please.
Steven gives a call and reminds us to hit up the Space Center, but a friend notifies me of an amusing moment and I sidetrack back to Lime's house instead. After a quick restorative nap at home, Lime steps out her door... and hears Professor Birch screaming like he's caught himself in his zipper.
Isn't this where we came in, way back when? Indeed, the professor's dropped his bag in the grass and is being chased by a Shroomish, which is... even more sad than last time. At least the last time it was a puppy which might give him a nomf.
So we open a pokeball and ... let's see. Chikorita, Cyndaquil, or Totodile. On the basis that I have a good solid water-type and a good solid grass-type, I take Cyndaquil and ... oh Professor Birch is okay. Well, I get to keep the Pokemon. Tabasco the Cyndaquil goes straight to the box. (I'll have to name it properly later.)
With THAT little comedy interlude out of the way, it's time for a break. What revelations will await us at the Space Center?
Heck if I know. We'll find out next time!
(Hmm? No, I didn't find any.)
...we're back with the postgame of Pokemon Omega Ruby. The Delta Episode is a new add-on to the plot for the Alpha Sapphire/Omega Ruby games, none of this stuff was in vanilla-flavored Sapphire/Ruby. As such, I'm going into this completely blind.
As we begin, the game informs us it is XX:XX, the XXth day of the XXth month.
... I'm sorry, did the power go out at some point? Do we have to reprogram the VCR and type the time back into the microwave?
The scene is Mossdeep Space Center. The mood? PANIC. A meteoroid has abruptly changed its trajectory and is now headed towards the planet. Scientists type frantically, measuring the change in angle. SCIENCE indicates that it will hit on a small island just off Route 131.
"What do we do? WHAT DO WE DO, PROFESSOR?!"
"Calm yourself, man! ... so it's come to this."
This is some B-movie ass dialogue right up here, and I love it. Scene change: Now we're in front of a weird altar. A Team Magma grunt tosses her outfit off and dons a cape instead. She's on her own time now, and she has a Plan that involves Key Stones. She's going to protect her Whismur, named "Aster", at all costs.
Enough of that, though. Back to Lime's adventures! Her parents hand her a pair of tickets to the Mossdeep Space Center, so she can see the shooting star show, or "Litleonids meteor shower". Oh cool, tiny lions raining from the sky. Just the thing to take a Luxray to. We head outside to tell Brendan he's in for a free trip...
...and just outside our door is Cape Girl.
"You know, I was just thinking about you!" enthuses Cape Girl. "It is our first real meeting, right? That's right. Of course it is. The name's Zinnia. And YOU... I know ALL about you. You're Lime."
Lady my Wigglytuff knows Incinerate don't get cute with me.
"You're the new Pokemon League champion."
Oh yeah I guess I am.
"And you're one of those who uses Mega Evolution to get even closer to their pokemon, now aren't you?"
I don't know WHAT you're insinuating here, Zinnamon, but I'm charging up Incinerate.
Zinnia backs off after Aster makes some warning noises at her, and switches to admiring the town itself with an air of "NICE PLACE, SHAME IF SOMETHIN' HAPPENED TO IT Y'UNDERSTAND?" Then she decides that first encounters should be short and sweet, and sprints away.
Man, you win ONE CONTEST and the crazy stalkers come out of the bushes. Now that we've met Zinnia, why not enjoy her theme music?
Over at Brendan's place, he's not doing so hot. Some weird woman climbed in his bedroom window, shoved him over and stole his Key Stone while he was on the ground. Brendan sicced his pokemon on her but she was "unstoppable". He did hear her say something about Petalburg though.
Well this can't have anything to do with the creepy girl in a cape we just saw. The MO of this crime -- Appear suddenly, robbery, cryptic clue leading to next location -- can only fit one person.
We're dealing with the notorious Carmen Sandiego. Dang, and we left our detective coat in the previous game. Curse you, boundaries of narrative fiction!
We visit the crime scene to look for any clues, but there doesn't seem to be anything unusual in Brendan's room except for a plush Swablu. ... Hey, you remember when we saw him outside the department store and he claimed he absolutely 100% wasn't buying any stuffed animals there that day? Uh-huh. Busted.
Nice try, Brendan.
To Petalburg! ... Where Courtney is allegedly threatening Wally but in fact seems to be having a really bad time of it. Courtney is exhausted and out of breath, Wally seems fine and is repeatedly insisting he doesn't HAVE a Key Stone. When Courtney spots Lime creeping up on the situation, she whips around and launches pokemon.
She still has a stupid camel as her only pokemon though. I understand having a signature 'mon, but geez AUGMENT YOUR LINEUP.
Courtney grumps at Lime for being a meddling meddler who meddles and then sprints off to Meteor Falls to get her Leader's stone instead. I don't understand why we're suddenly on a rock chase but let's ride it out as long as we can.
Wally thanks us for our help in driving off the remnants of Team Magma. He then reveals that he left his stone in his house while he was out, and it vanished. It's okay, Wally. You're still more effective than Brendan was. Wally heads back inside to make sure his parents are okay, just in case anyone tries to bust in again.
Then our PokeNav starts ringing. ... I wasn't aware it could do that. Maybe IT wasn't aware it could do that, because the chat application is labeled "v. 0.09". It's Steven on the other end, and he needs us at the Devon Corporation building badly enough that he was forced to activate the prototype communicator functionality of the PokeNav.
So that's PRETTY BADLY then wow.
Rustboro's closer than Meteor Cave, so let's head out that way.
Steven meets us at the door to DevCorp and invites us in to speak with Company President Stone, or "Dad" as Steven refers to him.
"You see, 3000 years ago there was a war in a region far away..."
Wait a minute. We've been to Kalos, we know this story.
"This war was brought to an end by a weapon created by one man."
(POKEMON Y SPOILERS) We've cried to this story. (/SPOILERS) God, that region was bleak.
He retells us the story of Az's weapon and explains that the former Devon president once asked, "Could we use this energy to improve the lives of people and pokemon?" This led to the creation of Infinity Energy.
It's not actually infinite, that's just branding. Still, it's enough to power submarines, launch rockets...
I'm sorry, are you using the SAME SOURCE for that energy still? Because... if so, fuck you with one of your rocket-powered submarines, President Stone. That is a reprehensible act.
President Stone finally gets around to the point: A huge asteroid six miles in diameter is on track to smash into the planet and they need a meteorite shard from Granite Cave as part of their plan to destroy it with Infinity Energy. As Pokemon League Champion, Lime is the best suited to go cave-diving and find one. Meanwhile, Steven will take a Link Cable out to Mossdeep Space Center for some unknown purpose. Perhaps he's going to load up his old copy of Pokemon Blue and trade them a Mew for real no hacks promise.
Sorry, Steven, odds are good your save battery's died by now.
Off we go through Dewford town and out to the Granite Cave. I know y'all can't tell because it's textual but travel goes a lot faster now that it's postgame.
[Caught in Granite Cave: Aron, "Liver". It's high in iron!]
In Granite Cave we find Zinnia staring at the painting and musing about her ancestors, who gave her the knowledge of how to PROTECT THE WORLD from the threat that will appear from space...
"Oh! Lime, we do run into each other an awful lot. Are you interested in paintings, one of the meteor shards that serve as power for the Legendary pokemon that lives in the heavens? ... You ready to battle me?"
Zinnia I can't tell if I like you or not but I CAN tell you have the attention span of a toddler in a bumper car. Please focus here. We battle, and she has a team pretty much of ALL giant dragon-shaped things which, y'know, I cannot fault.
"Niiiice! Really nice, Lime! Full points to you!" she enthuses, and tosses Lime a meteorite shard. The Meteorite we've been carrying around all game starts to glow in response, and if possible Zinnia lights up even more. "That's giving off some vibes." she muses. "Keep a tight hold on it, huh?"
Zinnia starts to walk out, then stops and stares directly into Lime's eyes from about three inches away.
"The actions you're taking now. Are they based on ideals? Or are they based on actual truths? And how much of the truth do you think you know?"
Unfortunately her Whismur gives a growl and forces her to step along or I'd think we were on the brink of a smooching session. Personal space, Zinnia, please.
Steven gives a call and reminds us to hit up the Space Center, but a friend notifies me of an amusing moment and I sidetrack back to Lime's house instead. After a quick restorative nap at home, Lime steps out her door... and hears Professor Birch screaming like he's caught himself in his zipper.
Isn't this where we came in, way back when? Indeed, the professor's dropped his bag in the grass and is being chased by a Shroomish, which is... even more sad than last time. At least the last time it was a puppy which might give him a nomf.
So we open a pokeball and ... let's see. Chikorita, Cyndaquil, or Totodile. On the basis that I have a good solid water-type and a good solid grass-type, I take Cyndaquil and ... oh Professor Birch is okay. Well, I get to keep the Pokemon. Tabasco the Cyndaquil goes straight to the box. (I'll have to name it properly later.)
With THAT little comedy interlude out of the way, it's time for a break. What revelations will await us at the Space Center?
Heck if I know. We'll find out next time!
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Date: 2017-08-23 12:10 am (UTC)And wow Zinnia overcompensating much on the wardrobe? Then again if I had to dress as a Magma Grunt the entire game, I'd kind of overdo it when I finally busted loose too.
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Date: 2017-08-23 12:22 am (UTC)