sierra 💙

@jessieteamrocket.standingintheodds.com

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I'm Sierra and I like pokemon! Expect shiny hunting and gaming in general. I'm jessieteamrocket on tumblr & joyconjournal on insta!

A nintendo switch with Legends: Z-A on the screen. Thr trainer is smiling in front of cobalion.

A porygon on my desk at work. He sits on the desk and holds a pen with the polygonal shape of his body.

After beating Diantha she led us into a room where we entered my team into the Hall of Fame - “for all eternity.”
The next day we met up in Lumiose City for a parade in our honor, organized by Professor Sycamore. He also rewarded us with the Honor of Kalos for defeating Team Flare.
The festivities were interrupted by AZ who challenged me to a pokemon battle. He wanted to know what a trainer is. We beat his team and he expressed that he was now free of sorrow and had let go of the part of him that had built the ultimate weapon. As AZ let go of his past, his floette floated into his hands, now ready to join him again. AZ collapsed in joy. It returned to the man it knew.

In the final door we found fire-type master Malva in the Blazing Chamber. Starting off with Vanilla versus her pyroar - he almost took out the pyroar, but it knows wild charge, so we switched Shriek in before Vanilla could faint. Shriek poisoned the pyroar with toxic, but Malva used both full restores as Shriek tried to finish it off. Luckily, it kept trying to use hyper voice against Shriek’s soundproof, so she she managed to finish the pyroar.
Next against talonflame, Shriek fainted and I sent in Garden. Talonflame almost knocked out Garden too, but he managed knock it out with discharge first. Next, Malva sent out torkoal, who knocked out Garden with earthquake before he could do much damage. I sent out Inkwell, who managed to knock it out with a couple waterfalls. For the final pokemon, chandelure, Inkwell almost fainted but managed to hang on with 1hp and knocked it out with waterfall.

After stocking up on potions and fuelling with Poke Puffs, we entered the Kalos Pokemon League. Here are the levels and movesets of the team going in:
Stranger the delphox. Level: 56. Item: Mind Plate. Moves: Psyshock, Will-o-Wisp, Psychic, Flamethrower.
Vanilla the swanna. Level: 58. Item: Sky Plate. Moves: Aerial Ace, Surf, Fly, Hurricane.
Shriek the exploud. Level: 58. Item: Leftovers. Moves: Toxic, Echoed Voice, Strength, Crunch.
Garden the dedenne. Level: 59. Item: Sitrus Berry. Moves: Volt Switch, Play Rough, Parabolic Charge, Discharge.
Inkwell the octillery. Level: 58. Item: Splash Plate. Moves: Psybeam, Ice Beam, Waterfall, Signal Beam.
Ponderosa the abomasnow. Level: 56. Item: Abomasite. Moves: Frost Breath, Blizzard, Ingrain, Wood Hammer.

We explored all of Route 22, now accessible with waterfall. We also went back to Route 16, but found the waterfall portions did not get us to the part of the route with the missing encounters. We could have accessed that when we got strength, but didn't know it connected to Route 15. After catching all those missing encounters, we made our way to the pokemon league. The ace trainer at the gate made sure we had all 8 badges and then challenged us to a battle to make sure we were ready. We passed - and prepared for Victory Road!

We tried to go to the Snowbelle City gym, but the gym leader was missing. We headed to Route 20, the Winding Woods, to look for him. At the end of the woods we found him at the Pokemon Village, a flowery meadow full of pokemon. Wulric returned to the gym, after beating the trainers and catching the new encounters through the confusing woods, we joined him.
The Snowbelle City gym has rotating paths of ice. We navigated through the gym and beat Wulfric's ice type team, mostly with Stranger's fire moves.
Wulfric’s team: abomasnow, cryogonal, avalugg

We left Couriway Town and made it through the swampy Route 19, or Grande Valee Way. We battled Trevor, Tierno, and Shauna on the bridge. Fighting them back-to-back made it a bit more difficult, but a mega-evolved Ponderosa managed to finish them off. After the battle, Shauna gave us the HM for waterfall. We finished Route 19 by spending a looooong time trying to catch a rare super rod encounter - politoed. Watch out for perish song!
In Snowbelle City, ‘a city of everlasting winter,’ we heard another verse of the song about the Kalos War in the pokemon center:
One man, through it all, lives ever on.
To a Pokemon once lost, he’s ever drawn.

After cleaning up the mess from Team Flare, we spent some time resting and eating poke puffs. Then we carried on our journey, leaving for Route 18, Valee Etroite Way. There we caught the new pokemon and fought the trainers as usual. There is also a cave on Route 18 called Terminus Cave which has quite a few trainers and a couple of new pokemon to catch.

Next, we made it to Couriway Town - ‘a town connecting differences.’ There is a train that brings people here to see the beautiful waterfalls. Professor Sycamore met us here and challenged us to a battle. After we beat him, he expressed his regret that he never talked to Lysandre about his troubling world view. Sycamore certainly should have seen this coming.

We went to Lysandre's cafe in Lumiose City to see if we could locate Team Flare’s base. We battled the staff there and found the secret entrance to Lysandre Labs. There we encountered Lysandre, who said he has been trying to save the world with their profits from his lab, but was not able to because the world is too large. He decided the only way to save the world is to take it for himself.
While navigating the labs, we again battled the Team Flare admins Aliana, Bryony, Celosia, and Mable, and received the elevator key. In the basement we found the giant man AZ. He told us his history with the ultimate weapon, and urged us not to use it.
We fought another scientist, Xerosic, but couldn't stop Team Flare from unleashing the ultimate weapon.

After exploring the rest of Anistar City, we headed to the Anistar City gym, a beautiful starry maze. We beat Olympia's psychic type pokemon and had the chance to mega evolve Ponderosa for the first time.
Olympia’s team: sigilyph, slowking, meowstic
After our gym battle success, Lysandre called us on the Holo Caster. He revealed that he is the leader of Team Flare, and that they will be using the ultimate weapon to destroy everyone who isn't a part of their plans. Calem urged us to look for Team Flare's base to stop them.

We made it to Anistar City - ‘the starry city marking the hours.’ There is a crystal structure in the center of town, now used as a sundial, that is said to come from outer space.
Outside of the gym, Calem challenged us to a battle. Our team didn’t have any trouble defeating him - and Ponderosa evolved into an abomasnow!
We explored the rest of Anistar City and learned more about the legendary pokemon, Yveltal, from a man there. They say during the Kalos War, Yveltal appeared and stole the life force of countless living beings, and then disappeared into its cocoon.

We went back to Lumiose City to access Route 16, which has a couple of new encounters. We can't access everything until we have waterfall, but we did find the fisherman who gave me the Super Rod.
We then went back to previous routes where we could catch exclusive super rod encounters - this took a while, some are pretty rare.
Finally, we went to Route 17, also called Mamoswine Road because you need to ride a mamoswine to get through the deep snow and icy rocks. We caught the ice pokemon in the area, including our new team member - a lax snover. I named her Ponderosa!

North of Dendemille Town we explored the icy cave of Frost Cavern. There we found a mamoswine frightened about something in the cave. Trevor and I decided to investigate.

At the end of Frost Cavern we found the source of the trouble was once again Team Flare. This time, Mable was the leader of the scheme. Team Flare was using their previously stolen poke balls to catch a powerful abomasnow.

After defeating Team Flare, the abomasnow gave me an abomasite. We navigated out of the cavern, battling the remaining trainers and catching the new encounters.

We finished catching the Route 15 encounters and then explored the Lost Hotel - which is hidden underground. We caught the pokemon there - including those that appear in the trash cans.
When we got to Dendemille Town, we ran into Professor Sycamore. He told us about the legendary pokemon of Kalos, Yveltal. This pokemon absorbs energy, overwhelming people with its power. After its 1000 year lifespan, it seals all the spirits around it and goes to sleep in a secret place.
Dendemille Town’s motto is ‘a town where fluff dances on the wind,’ referencing the huge windmill and snowy weather. The move deleter and move reminder can be found in a house here.

We left Laverre City to explore Route 15, or Brun Way. We started by fighting the trainers there - and Shriek evolved into an exploud! She is so big now. A backpacker told us about his encounter with Professor Sycamore in a cafe. Sycamore told him a story about a fairy type pokemon that saved the life of a king long ago. Lysandre called us on the Holo Caster to once again share his insights. He continually refers to me as a ‘chosen one.’ He insinuates that those who have the potential for great power are considered ‘chosen.’ What does he think a chosen one should do with this power?

Journal entry: Trevor and Shauna directed me to head north of Laverre City to visit the Poke Ball Factory. There we found a Team Flare grunt blocking the entrance. Shauna distracted the grunt, allowing us to head inside and investigate. We navigated the conveyor belts and fought the Team Flare grunts on the way to the leaders of the takeover - admins Celosia and Bryony. After defeating the admins with Calem, the owner of the Poke Ball Factory gave us each a Master Ball and a nugget.

We explored Laverre City - ‘the city of otherworldly dreams.’ We went to the Laverre City gym, which is structured like a dollhouse which has many rooms to navigate, full of trainers in beautiful outfits. We beat Valerie’s team of fairy pokemon - having a little difficulty taking out her sylveon.
Valerie’s team: mawile, mr. mime, sylveon
We heard another verse to the song about the Kalos war in the pokemon center:
Man’s grief brought the end, the land did tear,
Wartime finished in a lightning flare.
‘Mon’s rage brought the end, a furious roar.
Lightning crackled forth to end the war –
Kalos’s long pain was then no more.

Journal entry: Now that all of Lumiose City is accessible, we took some time to explore. We found Trevor's house, where his sister told us he travels the region with his pokedex in hopes of being like his parents, who left Trevor and his sister behind to travel the world with their pokemon.
We then went to Route 14, Laverre Nature Trail, where we saw the entire friend group waiting for us. We battled Calem again and Inkwell evolved into an octillery after learning ice beam at level 34. Then, we all went to a nearby haunted house, but nothing scary was there.

Journal entry: After our gym battle success, Professor Sycamore invited us to the Lysandre Cafe. There we saw Sycamore and Lysandre discussing mega evolution. Lysandre told us he is descended from royal ancestry. The king of Kalos sought to take everything for his own, creating a terrible weapon that caused massive destruction. Lysandre defended the use of the ultimate weapon, saying 'it washed clean that era's filth.'
Sycamore claims Lysandre is a good man, but I think he is blinded by their long-time friendship.

Journal entry: In Lumiose City, we went straight to Prism Tower, where Clemont fixed the tower's lights thanks to our help at the power plant. Inside the tower is the Lumisoe City gym, with quizzes on pokemon silhouettes as you ascend the tower. At the top awaits Clemont, an inventor with a team of electric pokemon. Stranger defeated several of his team members and evolved into a delphox!

Journal entry: On our way out of Coumarine City, we got call from Lysandre. He rambled on & on about our ability to mega evolve, the potential it gives us, and his ideas of beauty. It was pretty strange - he seems to be getting more obsessive with each interaction.
At the Route 13 gate, Sycamore's assistants upgraded our pokedex to include mountain pokemon. On Route 13, the Lumiose Badlands, we caught the pokemon in dust clouds and via rock smash. We found the entrance to the power plant - guarded by a Team Flare grunt. After beating him and finding his key card, we entered the power plant.
The power plant was taken over by Team Flare. We beat all the grunts present, and found out the leader of the takeover was Aliana - one of Team Flare's head scientists. During the battle Vanilla evolved into a Swanna!
As we left Route 13 to head to Lumiose city, we encountered a giant man muttering about a flower given eternal life. There were a lot of strange people we encountered today.

Journal entry: Now that we have a good rod, surf, and fly, I decided we should go back to routes that have new encounters we can access.

We also took the chance to fully explore routes with surf - battling trainers swimming in the water and finding items with the item finder.

Finally, we did some chain fishing in Shalour City. I love both the good rod encounters there - remoraid and chinchou. After 69 fishing encounters in our chain, we caught a new team member - Inkwell the shiny remoraid. He has a mild nature and the sniper ability.

Journal entry: On our way to the Coumarine City gym, we learned about the legendary pokemon of the Kalos region. It is said that the pokemon is in a deep sleep, that's why there aren't many stories about it.

In front of the gym, Calem challenged us to a battle. After beating him, we navigated the vine-covered jungle that is the Coumarine City gym. We beat Ramos's grass pokemon and received our fourth gym badge - the plant badge.

Vanilla the ducklett carried the team for much of this battle - he is small but mighty!

Journal entry: We made our way to Route 12, Fourrage Road, where we were given a lapras. From there, we went to Baa de Mer Ranch and rode a skiddo around the rest of Route 12. North of Route 12 is Azure Bay, which has a handful of trainers and items. After clearing the trainers and catching new encounters, we explored Coumarine City -'the city where bay and butte are bound.'

Coumarine City has two parts. The first you encounter is the bay. You have to take the monorail to the other side of the city. In the monorail station, we encountered Professor Sycamore and Diantha. Sycamore told us about his theory that a strong bond with your pokemon is required to master mega evolution.

Journal entry: We went back to the Tower of Mastery -'the tower of further awakening.' We learned more about the tower on our way to the top. Long ago, a trainer came to this land accompanied by a lucario. They found two stones - which led to the first mega evolution. Gurkinn and Korrina are descended from this trainer.
Professor Sycamore trained at the tower in hopes of learning about mega evolution. He left after deciding he doesn't have what it takes.
On top of the tower, Korrina gave us a mega ring, and her lucario joined our team to demonstrate the power of mega evolution.

Journal entry: We passed through Reflection Cave and arrived at Shalour City - 'a city of awakening.' Tierno gave me an intriguing stone on the way to the Tower of Mastery.
There we met the evolution guru - Korrina's grandfather, Gurkinn. The whole friend group was there, and we had to decide who would take the mega ring. We battled Calem for it and won - but Korrina still thought we had to prove ourselves.
We went to the Shalour City gym - a huge skate park with roller skating trainers. We beat Korrina's fighting pokemon and received the Rumble Badge.

A 3ds with pokemon ultra sun playing. You can see the trainer holding up their starter choice: popplio.

Journal entry: We started the day by catching the Route 10 (Menhir Trail) encounters. When we battled the trainers, we once again encountered Team Flare. It seems they are interested in Geosenge Town.

Pride evolved into a simipour with the water stone we got in Lumiose City.

The rocks on Route 10 are from an event 3000 years ago. We learned more about them in Geosenge Town - 'quiet stones speak volumes.' The stones are said to emit a mysterious power - some people think they mark the burial site of warriors from ancient times.

On Route 11, Mirior Way, Sycamore called us and told us Shalour City has a mega evolution guru. We caught the new encounters on Route 11, which included a new team member - Garden the lonely dedenne. He is so adorable.

A drawing of a pokemon team with braixen, loudred, panpour, and ducklett.

Journal entry part 1: We explored Cyllage City - 'a city of peaceful strolls.' There is a winding bike path through the city, and after being gifted a bike from the bike shop, we took a few laps. There were a lot of interesting people in Cyllage City. A man in the pokemon center sings this song about the Kalos War.

"So many lives were lost - both man and 'mon.

It seemed a night that ne'er would bring dawn.

No beauty, no joy in those days of yore.

Only the pain of parting was in store.

For victims of the ancient Kalos War."

A woman in the house by the pokemon center gives pokemon massages once per day. In the pokemon center, you can trade a luvdisc for a Steelix named Thumper - so cute!

Journal entry reads: Today we fully explored Ambrette Town - 'where amber dust dances.' At Hotel Ambrette, Vanilla got the alert ribbon, which is given every Monday. The aquarium has some beautiful tanks full of water pokemon. A fisherman at the aquarium gave me an old rod. I went ahead and caught the Ambrette encounter (luvdisc), as well as the rock smash exclusives.

We then did some back-tracking to get another old rod encounter - a magikarp on Route 22.

Then we traveled through the lower part of Route 8 and fought the trainers there. The experience was good for the team as we make our way to the next gym in Cyllage City.