Text Play: Pokémon Xenoverse #29

Hello, and welcome back to the Eldiw Region! this is entry number 29 in my Text Play of Pokémon Xenoverse!

Now, as usual, I wish to warn you, I will be spoiling this game.

As such, I strongly recommend you play the game for yourself before reading these Text Plays. You can download it here. Now, with that out of the way, let's do this!

Last time, we finally, finally, FINALLY defeated Caspar, the sheriff of Westar City in his gym/prison El Purgatorio.

As a result, we earned the game's fifth badge: The Despair Badge.

With that done and over with, it's time to move on. Which I am quite happy with as Westar is a creepy place.

Still, I am going to miss the GEIST gang. Hope to see them again. They were a fun bunch. With Caspar defeated, I noticed something interesting. Remember those Team Dimension guys blocking one of the city's exits? We first saw them in entry #22. Well, with Caspar beaten, they're gone.

It's like they were never even there. Come to think of it, why were they there? Eh, I'm sure we'll find out at some point. It turns out that Westar is bigger than I thought, as this path takes us to the city's railway station. 

It makes sense. This place is a Western-themed town, why wouldn't it have a train station? The grassy areas here appear to have different Pokemon than the ones in the main section of the city. At least, I've never seen Magnemites in the main city section's grassy areas. We can go inside the train station. If we talk to the people inside the station, we can learn some neat stuff. Mainly, Westar's train is called the Quasar Express. That's a cool name for a train. And it also fits the space theme of this game. You see, a quasar is an active galactic nucleus (basically, an area of space that puts out a lot of energy), and they're powered by black holes.

 It seems like a vintage train, but it's actually got a very powerful engine, which basically makes it into a bullet train, capable of going up to 180 mph. I've got this mental image right now of an 1800s-style locomotive racing down a track like a cheetah on speed, ha ha.

Despite this train's speed, it still is being held up for some reason. Who knows why?

Anyway, in the station, you can find an Item Box.

If you open it, you get a Hyper Potion. That's handy. Nearby the station is this woman. 

You can battle her if you wish. 

1st Pokemon: Gengar (Lv. 37) - Defeated by Trishout with Boomburst. Gengar has the ability Cursed Body, which disabled Trishout.

When we first come to this area, though, we learn exactly why there was some Team Dimension robo-goons blocking the path to this train station.

Oh, it's this woman. Daliah. The Team Dimension fangirl. I hate Dahlia. I hate this woman so much. If you've forgotten about her, I don't blame you. I want to forget her too. We first met her all the way back in entry #19, when she forced that X Rapidash to battle us to protect its baby at Sunflare Canyon, I believe. God, I still have flashbacks about fighting that X Pokémon.

So, Team Dimension has taken over the train. From them, we learn that they want the Quasar Express to take them to some temple. Well, looks like it's up to us to stop them. Again. 

We can battle the woman that I mentioned earlier, but that's optional. However, you'll likely have to face this dude on the way to the train.

...his field?! Yeah, this dude is on drugs or something. Or drunk. Or maybe both. He's a redneck, who knows?

1st Pokemon: Scaracluo (Lv. 36) - Defeated by Phantump. 
2nd Pokemon: Cacturne (Lv. 36) - Defeated by Trishout.

After we beat him, he says he'll turn a blind eye to us being in his field...this time. Yeah buddy, I think you need to spend some time in a drunk tank. Near the entryway to the train platform are these guys.

Yeah, they're hard to see in the screenshot, but there are two Team Dimension robo-goons blocking the entrance. There's also an Item Box that is behind the Team Dimension goon that is at the bottom of the screenshot. The robot guy there won't move. So, yeah. Why is that Item Box there?

Well, there's nothing we can do about that. Maybe we can do something about the two Team Dimension robo-goons blocking the way. 

The sign there reveals that the Quasar Express make multiple stops, including the temple that Dahlia was blabbing about. Their route is called the Westar-Hypelion route. Hypelion. I wonder if that's a misspelling of Hyperion. Which would make sense. Hyperion fits the stellar/space name theming. One of Saturn's moons is called Hyperion, which was named after the Titan from Greek myth. Fun fact, in Greek myth, Hyperion is the father of the Greek sun god Helios, and Hyperion is also considered the god of observation and a personification of the sun.

The two guards tell us to buzz off until they realize who we are. Yup, we thrashed these guys before. Time for a double battle!

Team Dimension Duo DX3 & DX4
1st Pokemon: Trevenant (lv. 38) and Muk (Lv. 38). Trevenant defeated by Trishout with Flamethrower. Muk defeated by Trishout with Flamethrower.

With their defeat, we can get past them. The train platform has a second level to it.

Those three Team Dimension robots are presumably blocking another path. We can't get past them now, so let's not worry about it. If we talk to the conductor (the guy in the hat at the bottom of the screenshot), he pleads for help. We can then battle the Team Dimension cyborg standing next to him.

1st Pokemon: Magneton (Lv. 36). Defeated by Trishout with Flamethrower.
2nd Pokemon: Eelektrik (Lv. 38). Defeated by Palossand with Giga Drain. Ground-type moves don't work on this Pokémon thanks to it having the ability Levitate.
3rd Pokemon: Klang (Lv. 36). Defeated by Trishout with Flamethrower.

Another grunt spots us defeating his comrade and calls to inform Dahlia. With that, the robots vanish.

We're left alone with the conductor, so naturally, we should untie the guy. The conductor warns us that Dahlia is not alone. She has another comrade with her. A man with a very scary gaze. The way he spoke gave the conductor the impression he outranks Dahlia. He wishes us luck, then vanishes. Weird. Was that conductor a ninja in his younger years?

Anyway, if we board the train, we can't leave it until we clear out the Team Dimension infection. As such, we should make sure we are plenty prepared. Have lots of supplies beforehand. If you want, you can do a bit of grinding beforehand if you want to make sure your Pokémon are powerful enough to do lots of battles. I would recommend doing that just in case. 

Once we have supplies and powerful enough Pokémon, we can board the Quasar Express.

Once we get in there, there is something obviously up. 

It's friggin' dark in here! Does this train have no blasted lights or anything like that? What little can be seen seems to imply that we're in an area of the train meant to carry cargo, not passengers. Still, you'd think there would be lights in here so that security guards can inspect the cargo and make sure there are no thieves or stowaways or anything like that. And speaking of stowaways...

Yeah, Alice is here with us! Remember her? We last met her all the way back in entry #4, I believe. My goodness, it's been a long time. She came here when she heard that Team Dimension hijacked the Quasar Express. She wants to help us bring down Team Dimension's plans for this train. Sure, why not? The more, the merrier.

Getting through this cargo hold is going to be a bit difficult, as my PokéWes's HM Service has nothing like the old Flash HM. The door can be found at the northernmost wall of the train car, but there is naturally a problem.

The door is locked. It never can be easy, can it? We're going to have to find a way to unlock this door or bring it down. I couldn't find a key or anything like that wandering around this dark room...but I did encounter this Team Dimension hench-cyborg.

Getting around here has gotten me frustrated, and I need to vent. He just volunteered to be my punching bag.

1st Pokemon: Magneton (Lv. 39) - Defeated by Trishout. 

Defeating this robot reveals him to be a bit of a wimp, and he allows us to leave through the door by deactivating himself.

Yeah. That was...weird. So, again, here's the door.

Once we go through it, we end up in a thankfully better-lit car.

What are those things there, bookshelves? At least, I thought they were bookshelves at first. Took me a while to realize those were chairs. Boy, do I feel stupid. 

Anyway, Alice is with us, and she suggests we have a better chance of getting rid of these guys if we split up. Alice, you didn't do jack against the first guy we fought! Gimme a break!

You can sneak past the Team Dimension Grunt walking to and fro in the screenshot, but I'm going to fight him. I could use the money and my Pokemon could always use the experience points.

1st Pokemon: Peckabone (Lv. 38) - Defeated by Trishout.
2nd Pokemon: Blingrimm (Lv. 38) - Defeated by Harrowk.

Funny enough, after you beat him, the grunt laments that he'll try to forget this by drinking some Mental Herb tea, which "the Colonel" (presuming Dahlia) is fond of. Once we get past him, we end up here. 

The guard in front of the Item Box there is an optional fight, but the other guard there is one you're going to have to battle to get past. I'll start with the guard in front of the Item Box. Besides, I'll get a little extra money, and my Pokemon will get a little extra XP.

1st Pokemon: Beldum (Lv. 36) - Defeated by Trishout.
2nd Pokemon: Magnemite (Lv. 36) - Defeated by Trishout.
3rd Pokemon: Magneton (Lv. 37) - Defeated by Trishout.

The Item Box below this guard contains a Big Pearl. Which can be sold for big bucks. Now we can fight the third guard in this car.

1st Pokemon: Blingrudge (Lv. 40) - Defeated by Harrowk.

Once he's beaten, we can head out of the car.

You may notice that Item Box over there, and a wastebasket next to the door. Don't worry about the wastebasket, there's nothing in it. We can get to the Item Box thanks to the next car.

This appears to be a dining car. It makes sense. I mean, trains can have dining cars, especially if they're meant to go on long journeys. My guess is this train must have quite a long route. In that waste basket, you can find...waste paper. Yup, when it comes to useful items, there is...

From the door on the right, we can get to that Item Box in the previous car. It contains Carbos. With that out of the way, we can head back inside the Dining Car. 

It's kind of amusing to see these Team Dimension grunts sitting here. After all, it's easy to write these folks off as just a bunch of mindless robots. The wastebasket in the screenshot contains Iron.

And that's where we'll stop for the month. Join me next time as we rampage through the Quasar Express! Thanks for reading this blog entry! See you next time!

Pokemon Obtained:
(Westar City Train Station)
- Magnemite
- Joltik
- Palossand (evolved from Sandygast)
- Bouffalant
- Electabuzz (Took THREE ULTRA BALLS to catch this thing)
- Klink
- Tauros
- Eelektrik