>>35048784>realizing most of my team is over-leveled for Erika, Valencia takes priority>take her to the Game Corner and clear out the rockets pretty easily>Valencia hits level 26 by the time Giovanni goes down>before heading to the gym, I grab some antidotes from the mart because grass trainers are the scum of Kanto>Valencia plows through the gym trainers without too much trouble>using antidotes between each battle because fuck grass trainers>hit level 28 just before Erika, learning Confuse Ray>time to become the scum>Erika's Victreebell whiffs its first Wrap and eats a Confuse Ray>crit Ember and then Victreebel knocks itself out>Tangela manages to get off a two-turn Bind but suffers a similar fate>Vileplume opens with Poison Powder and gets confused>Erika forgets how to Pokemon and uses Poison Powder again (thank you, gen I)>powering through the poison, Valencia hits it with Ember a few times and earns us the Rainbow Badge>the next ace will be Koga's Weezing at level 43, so we head over the Lavender to help out Fugi and get some levels in>Gato the Gastly has joined the party>Pokemon Tower is pretty uneventful until the final floor, where Valencia finally learns Flamethrower and is allowed to evolve>With Fugi "saved", we fly to Vermillion to deliver a wake-up call>upon waking the Snorlax, Flamethrower takes out a large chunk of its HP telling me I should take things more slowly>Bravo comes out and Leech Seeds it before it uses Rest>Cut whittles its HP down, but it won't stay in the ball>refusing to use Rest again, Snorlax succumbs to the Seed and dies>shit>thinking it a good time to start training Gato and take out my frustrations, I challenge the nearest trainer>switch into Madrid and Voltorb uses Self-Destruct without dealing much damage at all>Electrode comes out>before Madrid can bite it, it Self-Destructs>okay, no big d->critical hit>Madrid faintedIs life even worth living at this point?
