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xaq_the_aereonWith the Melemele Grand Trial out of the way, I planned on taking part in a minigame that's supposed to open up.
First, I decided to check out the Melemele Mall now that it's open. The first thing I come across is a Grimer named Grimey, and a janitor...who accuses me of leaving a bunch of Pokemon "well, you know...don't make me say it" all over the place.
It's okay, dude. We're adults here, you can say you're accusing my team of shitting all over your mall. You'd be dead wrong seeing as the mess has been here longer than I have, but okay, I'll clean it up and get the TM for Round for my troubles. Hope you enjoyed eating that whole pile of whatsit, Grimey!
Anyway, let's check out the apparel store and see what new kind of clothing I can buyOH GOOD LORD THIS CRAP IS EXPENSIVE okay never mind, moving on.
After that, I went back down to the new beach area by the motel to try out the Mantine Surfing game. However, the girl running the event was nowhere to be seen...what I DID find, however, was a kid. He told me about how the Trainer School was haunted by ghosts at night and how it'd be great if someone who was recognized by the Island Kahuna could go check it out.
Gee, THIS certainly doesn't sound like a sidequest. And I'm certainly not gonna just hop on my Ride Tauros and charge over to check it out and
[ONE HORRENDOUS CRASH LATER]
So here we are back at the Trainer's School and good lord the music's creepy. Oh, and there's a creepy kid with a Drifloon here. Serenity, lock on Echoed Voice, be ready to fire...
Oh, she's explaining the 7 creepy things going on and want us to look at what's going on. Well, there's 1 of me and 6 'mons on my team, so...LET'S SPLIT UP, GANG!
Ha ha ha, no. I am not Scooby-Dooing things that way. One mystery at a time, guys. First up, weird lights "near burning place." Hmmm, probably the incinerator. "Someone burning and crying. You hear girl's voice."
...If I come across any partridges during this sidequest I am preemptively annihilating them.
Okay, nothing by the incinerator but ashes...maybe check inside the school and
"I...SHOULD...BURN..."
okaythat'sitI'mcallinginthefuckingghostbusters
A trip back to the incinerator and I come across a Lass talking about how she should burn all such things...what things? Embarrassing drawings? The souls of the innocent? WHAT ARE YOU UP TO!?
...Oh, she's burning embarrassing love letters. Okay, time to try and offer some dating advice oops never mind now she wants to battle.
Right, screw it, no more Miss Nice Viridian. Time to deal with your... ...Growlithe. *sighs* Serenity, if you please...
[TA-DAAA! BUBBLE BEAM'D! ^_^]
Right, one mystery solved and some actual encouragement given (and actually RECEIVED this time). Time to see how ridiculous the other 6 are.
[LORD SLIMY]
Oh, THIS one has a promising name. "If Lord Slimy find you, he swallow you. You're gone." ... ...This is gonna be a damned Grimer, isn't it?
Outside: Nada.
1st floor: Bupkis.
2nd floor: A note that seems to pertain to the creepy kid, but otherwise, nope.
3rd floor: This place has a third floor? Anyway, noth*SHLOOP SHLOOP* Hold up. Game wants me to hide...ah, perfect, a locker with no escape route! Surely the Grimer won't find me in herethegrimerfoundmeinhere.
Oh, and it's got a Hiker with it. Specifically the janitor's grandson. The same janitor from before. His Grimer, Grimo, apparently has a rivalry with Grimey.
Oooooookay then. Mystery solved, time to report in with the creepy girl. NEXT!
[SCARY PA SYSTEM]
If this is a Rotom I'm gonna be disappointed because this is getting too predictable. Anyway...
"At night, teachers' lounge, second floor. You hear broadcast from beyond grave." At least I won't be wandering around like a schmuck this time.
I walk in, get a "nobody's here" and AH CRAP THE MUSIC STOPPED as I auto-walk in. Great, this is gonna be fun and YEP THERE GOES THE PA SYSTEM. ...static, then nothing, then it happens again a few steps later?
"...you...*crackle* you...can't ...get out..."
2000 Poke-yen says I'm not getting the whole conversation and that I'm about to be told "you can't be in here! GET OUT!" or something.
...Or it could be a guy working on the PA who couldn't get himself out because a Slowpoke parked in front of the door. Okay, so 0 for 2 on my guesses here. Good. I like a surprise...as long as it's not a jumpscare anyway.
Aaand the creepy music's back. Report to creepy girl. NEXT.
[STAIRS TO NOWHERE]
Oh come on, kid. Everyone knows by now that you just face down the stairs and crouch-jump backwards...oh wait, wrong stairs. Right, time to check this out.
Go up to 2nd floor, feel a cold draft behind me, go back down to 2nd flowaaaaaaaaaaait a minute. What the...
Heading left, the camera auto-focuses on the bulletin board. Let's see..."one note has black stains on it."
Lower-left corner, upper-left corner, lower-right, upper-right. I wonder what--Oh. There's item sparkles on the floor. Let's check them out in the indicated order. 2 are clear on the other side of the hall, though...but once I touch all 4, the cold air goes away. Great, now can someone explain what the hell just happened? And why is the cold air attacking me all of a sudOH. It's a Ghastly.
*facepalm* Of course. Obsidian, get 'em!
[ONE BITE LATER] Nice job with the Ghastly...oh, and you hit Lv 23 and learned Rock Tomb! Good girl! :D
Right. What's next, creepy girl? ...Actually, can I just call you CG from here on out? Okay, next mystery, CG.
[CURSED DIARY]
"It appears on shelf, third floor. Keep reading, and scary thing happens. If you finish reading it, someone take you away."
...can it be 6AM already, please? D:
Right, let's see what we've got here...3rd floor, book shelves...oh, I saw a a Choose Your Own Adventure book here before. Let's see if it's the source of--yep. It's a tattered diary now. Do I want to read it? Game, this is the most horrible idea imaginable right now...of COURSE I want to read it!
As I'm reading the pages about a person moving into a new house, I can't help but notice the camera panned down. I swear, if there's a Haunter behind me when the text box goes away I'm tossing my 2DS.
*crack crack* What the...
*next page* AGHWHATTHEFUCK wait was that a Drifloon? Is the creepy girl's companion being mischevious?
Aaaand the lights just went out. Obsidian, be a good girl and kill...or rekill...what's about to attack us, would you please?
...Wait, maybe I can catch it? It IS Lv 19 after all... Y'know what, Obsidian? Switch with Gauss real quick so I can Thunder Wave it and wear it down a bit more.
Okay, redline health, Paralyzed...Great Ball, GO!
[wigglewigglewiggleCLICK] BOOYA! And Gauss hit Lv 22 in the process. Double-win! Anyway, welcome to the Pokebox, Gespenst (had it been female I would've named it Nena. It'd be neat to have you on board, but Gastly's got better moves.
...Oh for crap's sake, that diary was a horror novel that Gespenst was using to pull pranks? Sheesh.
Right, what's next CG? ...Oh, and Gespenst wasn't her companion Drifloon. Okay.
[GHOST'S CLASS]
"At night, classroom, second floor. You hear laughter. Ghosts are taking a class, too."
... ... ...This just sounds silly, so it's probably gonna be horrifying. Well, let's go check the empty classroom out and IT'S NOT EMPTY WHY ARE THERE STUDENTS AND A TEACHER HERE?
Well, the kids seem kind enough, though they seem to want to be here forever...and ever...and wait, how does the teacher know my name when introducing me to the class?
I ask the teacher who she is. "I...Drif...loon....chil...lonel..." So she's another DrifloNOPE SHE'S A FUCKING HYPNO Good lord that sudden change spooked me. Hate shit like that. Right, time to add another to the Pokedex.
...Or not? It just ran away. I think that might be the Hypno mentioned in the diary entry earlier...maybe it's a friend of CG?
"Hypno's trick...but it remember me. That is happy..." Yep, piecing this all together now. On to the last mystery, CG. I bet it's about you, isn't it?
[WHAT'S NUMBER SEVEN?]
"Seventh story. I don't know. I'm very sorry..."
Well that's a letdown. But she's very happy that I solved all seven mysteries...even though I only solved six? But she gives me some Wise Glasses for it, so... ...yay?
...Ah, I see. Her English is broken because she came from another country and doesn't speak it natively. (Doesn't...or didn't?) She loves (loved?) her school friends and wants to protect it.
As she's telling me this, the school's security officer yells at me, demanding to know what I'm doing here. I turn to look at him for a second, then turn back and YEP, JUST AS I FIGURED, SHE'S GONE. Apparently she was never there to begin with, which I guess makes her the seventh mystery.
...
...
Did... ..did I just help a dead child's spirit pass on?
...
...
RIGHT, I'M OUTTA HERE.
*leaves* *returns* Aaaaand now the school's back to its normal music.
....I'm just gonna end it there for now. Brr.
First, I decided to check out the Melemele Mall now that it's open. The first thing I come across is a Grimer named Grimey, and a janitor...who accuses me of leaving a bunch of Pokemon "well, you know...don't make me say it" all over the place.
It's okay, dude. We're adults here, you can say you're accusing my team of shitting all over your mall. You'd be dead wrong seeing as the mess has been here longer than I have, but okay, I'll clean it up and get the TM for Round for my troubles. Hope you enjoyed eating that whole pile of whatsit, Grimey!
Anyway, let's check out the apparel store and see what new kind of clothing I can buyOH GOOD LORD THIS CRAP IS EXPENSIVE okay never mind, moving on.
After that, I went back down to the new beach area by the motel to try out the Mantine Surfing game. However, the girl running the event was nowhere to be seen...what I DID find, however, was a kid. He told me about how the Trainer School was haunted by ghosts at night and how it'd be great if someone who was recognized by the Island Kahuna could go check it out.
Gee, THIS certainly doesn't sound like a sidequest. And I'm certainly not gonna just hop on my Ride Tauros and charge over to check it out and
WHOOOOOOAA NELLY!!!
[ONE HORRENDOUS CRASH LATER]
So here we are back at the Trainer's School and good lord the music's creepy. Oh, and there's a creepy kid with a Drifloon here. Serenity, lock on Echoed Voice, be ready to fire...
Oh, she's explaining the 7 creepy things going on and want us to look at what's going on. Well, there's 1 of me and 6 'mons on my team, so...LET'S SPLIT UP, GANG!
Ha ha ha, no. I am not Scooby-Dooing things that way. One mystery at a time, guys. First up, weird lights "near burning place." Hmmm, probably the incinerator. "Someone burning and crying. You hear girl's voice."
...If I come across any partridges during this sidequest I am preemptively annihilating them.
Okay, nothing by the incinerator but ashes...maybe check inside the school and
"I...SHOULD...BURN..."
okaythat'sitI'mcallinginthefuckingghostbusters
A trip back to the incinerator and I come across a Lass talking about how she should burn all such things...what things? Embarrassing drawings? The souls of the innocent? WHAT ARE YOU UP TO!?
...Oh, she's burning embarrassing love letters. Okay, time to try and offer some dating advice oops never mind now she wants to battle.
Right, screw it, no more Miss Nice Viridian. Time to deal with your... ...Growlithe. *sighs* Serenity, if you please...
[TA-DAAA! BUBBLE BEAM'D! ^_^]
Right, one mystery solved and some actual encouragement given (and actually RECEIVED this time). Time to see how ridiculous the other 6 are.
[LORD SLIMY]
Oh, THIS one has a promising name. "If Lord Slimy find you, he swallow you. You're gone." ... ...This is gonna be a damned Grimer, isn't it?
Outside: Nada.
1st floor: Bupkis.
2nd floor: A note that seems to pertain to the creepy kid, but otherwise, nope.
3rd floor: This place has a third floor? Anyway, noth*SHLOOP SHLOOP* Hold up. Game wants me to hide...ah, perfect, a locker with no escape route! Surely the Grimer won't find me in herethegrimerfoundmeinhere.
Oh, and it's got a Hiker with it. Specifically the janitor's grandson. The same janitor from before. His Grimer, Grimo, apparently has a rivalry with Grimey.
Oooooookay then. Mystery solved, time to report in with the creepy girl. NEXT!
[SCARY PA SYSTEM]
If this is a Rotom I'm gonna be disappointed because this is getting too predictable. Anyway...
"At night, teachers' lounge, second floor. You hear broadcast from beyond grave." At least I won't be wandering around like a schmuck this time.
I walk in, get a "nobody's here" and AH CRAP THE MUSIC STOPPED as I auto-walk in. Great, this is gonna be fun and YEP THERE GOES THE PA SYSTEM. ...static, then nothing, then it happens again a few steps later?
"...you...*crackle* you...can't ...get out..."
2000 Poke-yen says I'm not getting the whole conversation and that I'm about to be told "you can't be in here! GET OUT!" or something.
...Or it could be a guy working on the PA who couldn't get himself out because a Slowpoke parked in front of the door. Okay, so 0 for 2 on my guesses here. Good. I like a surprise...as long as it's not a jumpscare anyway.
Aaand the creepy music's back. Report to creepy girl. NEXT.
[STAIRS TO NOWHERE]
Oh come on, kid. Everyone knows by now that you just face down the stairs and crouch-jump backwards...oh wait, wrong stairs. Right, time to check this out.
Go up to 2nd floor, feel a cold draft behind me, go back down to 2nd flowaaaaaaaaaaait a minute. What the...
Heading left, the camera auto-focuses on the bulletin board. Let's see..."one note has black stains on it."
Lower-left corner, upper-left corner, lower-right, upper-right. I wonder what--Oh. There's item sparkles on the floor. Let's check them out in the indicated order. 2 are clear on the other side of the hall, though...but once I touch all 4, the cold air goes away. Great, now can someone explain what the hell just happened? And why is the cold air attacking me all of a sudOH. It's a Ghastly.
*facepalm* Of course. Obsidian, get 'em!
[ONE BITE LATER] Nice job with the Ghastly...oh, and you hit Lv 23 and learned Rock Tomb! Good girl! :D
Right. What's next, creepy girl? ...Actually, can I just call you CG from here on out? Okay, next mystery, CG.
[CURSED DIARY]
"It appears on shelf, third floor. Keep reading, and scary thing happens. If you finish reading it, someone take you away."
...can it be 6AM already, please? D:
Right, let's see what we've got here...3rd floor, book shelves...oh, I saw a a Choose Your Own Adventure book here before. Let's see if it's the source of--yep. It's a tattered diary now. Do I want to read it? Game, this is the most horrible idea imaginable right now...of COURSE I want to read it!
As I'm reading the pages about a person moving into a new house, I can't help but notice the camera panned down. I swear, if there's a Haunter behind me when the text box goes away I'm tossing my 2DS.
*crack crack* What the...
*next page* AGHWHATTHEFUCK wait was that a Drifloon? Is the creepy girl's companion being mischevious?
Aaaand the lights just went out. Obsidian, be a good girl and kill...or rekill...what's about to attack us, would you please?
...Wait, maybe I can catch it? It IS Lv 19 after all... Y'know what, Obsidian? Switch with Gauss real quick so I can Thunder Wave it and wear it down a bit more.
Okay, redline health, Paralyzed...Great Ball, GO!
[wigglewigglewiggleCLICK] BOOYA! And Gauss hit Lv 22 in the process. Double-win! Anyway, welcome to the Pokebox, Gespenst (had it been female I would've named it Nena. It'd be neat to have you on board, but Gastly's got better moves.
...Oh for crap's sake, that diary was a horror novel that Gespenst was using to pull pranks? Sheesh.
Right, what's next CG? ...Oh, and Gespenst wasn't her companion Drifloon. Okay.
[GHOST'S CLASS]
"At night, classroom, second floor. You hear laughter. Ghosts are taking a class, too."
... ... ...This just sounds silly, so it's probably gonna be horrifying. Well, let's go check the empty classroom out and IT'S NOT EMPTY WHY ARE THERE STUDENTS AND A TEACHER HERE?
Well, the kids seem kind enough, though they seem to want to be here forever...and ever...and wait, how does the teacher know my name when introducing me to the class?
I ask the teacher who she is. "I...Drif...loon....chil...lonel..." So she's another DrifloNOPE SHE'S A FUCKING HYPNO Good lord that sudden change spooked me. Hate shit like that. Right, time to add another to the Pokedex.
...Or not? It just ran away. I think that might be the Hypno mentioned in the diary entry earlier...maybe it's a friend of CG?
"Hypno's trick...but it remember me. That is happy..." Yep, piecing this all together now. On to the last mystery, CG. I bet it's about you, isn't it?
[WHAT'S NUMBER SEVEN?]
"Seventh story. I don't know. I'm very sorry..."
Well that's a letdown. But she's very happy that I solved all seven mysteries...even though I only solved six? But she gives me some Wise Glasses for it, so... ...yay?
...Ah, I see. Her English is broken because she came from another country and doesn't speak it natively. (Doesn't...or didn't?) She loves (loved?) her school friends and wants to protect it.
As she's telling me this, the school's security officer yells at me, demanding to know what I'm doing here. I turn to look at him for a second, then turn back and YEP, JUST AS I FIGURED, SHE'S GONE. Apparently she was never there to begin with, which I guess makes her the seventh mystery.
...
...
Did... ..did I just help a dead child's spirit pass on?
...
...
RIGHT, I'M OUTTA HERE.
*leaves* *returns* Aaaaand now the school's back to its normal music.
....I'm just gonna end it there for now. Brr.