Text Play: Pokémon Zeta #23

 Hello, and welcome back to the Vesryn Region! This is number 23 in my Text Play of Pokemon Zeta!

Now, I will warn you all as usual, this game will be heavily spoiled here.

If you want to play this game for yourself, I recommend downloading it at the game's wiki here. And with that, let's go!

After we finally defeated Zeus (as well as learned some rather shocking things about his past), it's time for us to get back on the road to completing the gym leader circuit. We have already defeated six, so there's only two left. I am still amazed I made it to this point. Thanks to everyone who's been reading these entries so far. The support has been very helpful. 

So, where do we go next? Well, we were told we should head to Blackfist City. This city has a big Department Store, a subway system, and it has the game's second Safari Zone. It's also home to the game's seventh Gym. The leader of said Gym is named Demetri, and the Gym specializes in Psychic-type Pokemon. I can imagine this won't be the insanity that Sabrina bought back in Red and Blue.

To get there from Treader Town, we have to do a bit of backtracking to get to Route 315. We have to hit Route 312. If you remember the last time we went there, there were two Team Olympus grunts blocking that route's northeastern exit. Well, with Zeus beaten and on the run, the grunts are gone. So, we can now use this route to get to Blackfist.

The route splits into three paths: East, South, and West. The eastern path will take you to a grassy area surrounding a rock.

This is a Moss Rock. If you level up an Eevee here, it will evolve into a Leafeon. Gotta remember this for the future in case I want to breed me some Eeveelutions.

Anyway, all three paths eventually will lead you to the entrance to the Thunder Underroute. Thunder Underroute. It sounds like a bizarre monster truck course. The Underroute is an underground cavern we have to travel through if we want to get to Blackfist City. The thing is, the Underroute is quite a tough little cave to get through. Luckily, the game's wiki provided a map!

And they also have one for anyone with colorblindness. 

Pretty nice, huh? I thought it's pretty cool they made a version of the map for those who have trouble seeing certain colors. 

Before we get to the Underroute, I personally recommend that you head back to Ladoga Town and get some supplies at the local shop if you need them. Especially Escape Ropes. They let you instantly get out of caves like the Underroute quickly if you need to head to a Pokemon Center. Now, I know you may be wondering something. Why is this place called the Thunder Underroute? Well, that's because it's the home to a bunch of Electric-type Pokemon. You can get a Magneton, Magnezone, and a Manectric here if you want them. Since we're playing Zeta, we can also get an Eelektrik here. If you're playing Omicron, you can get a Mawile here. 

I do want to give a bit of a warning here. There's a glitch in this game that will get you stuck if you try to Surf in any of the bodies of water in the Underroute. So DO NOT SURF IN ANY OF THE BODIES OF WATER HERE. If you do end up in the water, there are a couple ways out. You can use an Escape Rope, or a Pokemon that knows Dig or Teleport if you have one. You can also try to reset the game's map by pressing the hotkey ("P" is the default for this), then use Surf again and press the down button.

If you really want to explore the Underroute, there are a couple TMs you can get there: You can get some items there as well, but I really just want to get through this place and hit Blackfist City.

If you make your way through the route like the map showed, you'll find yourself at the very end of Route 315. And it's a short walk (there's a trainer there, but he can be avoided), you'll find yourself in the Blackfist Residential Area. 

Blackfist City is rather unusual compared to many other towns/cities in Vesryn. As you have likely learned from past entries, many of the towns/cities in Vesryn are usually named after lakes. There is no Lake Blackfist to my knowledge. Like in other towns, you can get items here as well. For example, there's this house on the lower right of the Residential Area.

This house is home to a lady with a pair of Bibarels. One of them has an item that would have been very helpful to us in the past: An EXP. Share. For those new to the Pokemon franchise, an EXP. Share is an item that allows Pokemon who have not participated in battles to get some EXP. It's a handy little item for building up new teams to take on Gym Leaders. I just wish we had gotten this item a lot earlier. It would have been very handy.

I mean, I get why you get the EXP. Share early on in Sun and Moon. Unfortunately, this EXP. Share is based on the earlier versions, which means it's a held item. Still, it's better than nothing.

And I think that's where we'll stop here for the month. I am sorry this entry isn't much, but the thing is, I didn't have a lot of opportunity to really work on this Text Play this month. Still, a small bit of progress is better than no progress. I'm just grateful that I managed to get through Mt. Press and make it here. So, I hope you all join me for the next entry!

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Pokemon Obtained:
(Route 315)
- Slaking
(Thunder Underroute)
- Eelektrik
- Manectric