Continuing through the cave, our intrepid heroine runs across what appears to be a crab with a fungal infection, and catches it, with the help of Cremes wonderful singing voice. She names him Para-Para, and shoves him into her PC.
[[Musiks Notes: Kangajii named that one.]]
Pressing through the cave, Scarlet runs into a scientist, a young girl, a boy in shorts and a bug catcher, none of which you would expect to find in a cave. She also finds floor candy, which she gives to Creme to test it for future consumption. It seems to go down a treat, but who knows with floor candy?
She battles a strange, camp, easily surprised fat man, who identifies himself as a "hiker". As she walks off, she almost swears she hears him wondering if his "well hiden trap" nearby has caught anyone yet, which she finds odd. The Camper then walks off towards the vicinity of we're she found the floor candy, while Scarlet trips over a moon stone, which is promptly chucked into her bag.
She heads down stairs, only to be accosted by more thugs, these ones also enjoying to use sand attack. Scarlet comes close to snapping, but just about manages to pass it off with minimum eye twitches involved.
She comes across a Clefairy, which is caught as well, and named Tippi.
[[Musiks Notes: Kangajii suggested that one too.]]
She is once again attacked by a thug, and wonders momentarily why this "team rocket" only hires men. If they were to hire someone as good as her, they wouldn't have to worry about hanging round caves and getting beaten by kids all day.
She also finds Tippi munching on a nearby stone after the battle, upon which she becomes a giant, weird, fairy thing. Scarlet boxed her after that.
Pressing on, she also meets a Nerd known as Miguel.
Miguel: Hola Señorita! I am Miguel! With my excellent fossil finding skills, I have dug up these two fossils. I intend to keep them, and show them off to the other fine Señoritas! I saw how you were doing the walking towards them. I will not allow you to take my beloved fossils away from me!
She fairly trounced him, thanks to Blasty's help. He also evolved, into a slightly darker version of him, which now had a wispy tail. Her dex identified it as "Wartortle".
Miguel: Señorita, your power astounds me! I shall allow you to relieve me of one of my beloved fossils. Go now, before you see my partake in the crying.
She grabbed a Helix Fossil, sure it would never be of use, then left the cave.
And thus, Scarlet's journey through the cave was complete. Tune in next time to see her head into Cerulean City!
Team
- Blasty, Level 18, Wartortle
- Stinger, Level 14, Beedrill
- Breakwing, Level 14, Spearow
- Creme, Level 15, Jigglypuff
In the next few routes, I'll be looking out for Ekans, Sandshrew, Abra and Bellsprout, so suggestions for them please.