>>35928397Regiment is still kicking around and we're here with another status report
>Business concluded in Vermilion, made a point to meet with an aide of Oak about something; receive Hidden Machine 05>Along the way, attempt encounter within Diglett's Cave; Payton crits and kills it>Heading east out from Cerulean for Rock Tunnel>Route encounter Ekans; draft 'Eastwood'>Cave encounter Geodude; draft 'Gerry'>During match with Hiker, Maxwell lost to enemy Geodude's Selfdestruct; burned Max Ether in memory (Sorry anon >>35930057)>Exiting Tunnel, touchdown in Lavender Town>Fail next two encounters; low on Pokeballs>Few options for next gym; boxed Sawyer, Payton and Aubrey to withdraw Barry, Eastwood and Gerry>Eastwood and Gerry do well; evolve to next stages>Barry continues to straggle behind rest>Growing impatient, box Barry and search out other possibilities>Exploring in Celadon; receive gift of Eevee/Private 'Ezekiel'>Also receive Coin Case from disheveled civilian>See number of prize Pokemon offered in Game Corner>Operation: Underaged Gambling!>Manage to succeed enough on slot machines to wrack up over 5700 coins>Coins spent on purchasing prize Scyther; Private 'Cyrus' joins the unit>Squad selection for gym operation; Peabody, Eastwood and Cyrus>After grueling trainer battles (FUCK STATUS EFFECTS), face Gym Leader Erika>Eastwood takes the front; proves effective at restricting enemy offense with Wrap strategy>Victreebel and Tangela KO>Manages to paralyze enemy Vileplume before being forced to withdraw from damaging Petal Dance>Cyrus braves the leaf storm to deliver killing blow>Rainbow Badge won>Eastwood made Private First Class; Cyrus Second 