Hoo boy. Less-than-restful night of sleep, with some weird Nuzlocke-related dreams. Involved fractional levels and catching Pokémon from other trainers. Anyway, after training them for the battle with Brock, Anagram and Dante are more than capable of routing the trainers on Route 3, and barely take any damage before getting to the grassy area. First step in, it's...a Rattata. Well, I had one at one point, but it died, so I guess that's fair game. The bugger's at Level 12, which is definitely much better than I expected--remember back in RBY when you could find level 3 Jigglypuff there?--and is annoying as hell. Anagram's first Sleep Powder misses, then the next two have the Rattata waking up instantly. Finally get it to stay asleep and catch it, naturally naming it Bosh II. I send it to face the remaining trainers. A level 10 Rattata takes out nearly half its health with one tackle, albeit after a Tail Whip, so I let it stay in to start the battle with the Lass's second Pokémon, a Nidoran male (same species that killed Bosh I!), but immediately switch to Anagram afterwards. Anna easily routs it with Confusion.
Everybody talks about the "I like shorts! They're comfy and easy to wear!" Youngster, but nobody mentions that the other Youngster on the route introduces himself with "Hey! You're not wearing shorts!", which I think is even funnier. He has a lone Level 14 Spearow, so I switch to...wait, wrong Pokémon! ...And wow. Anagram took only 16 damage from Peck (it has 47 HP). Finally with the right one out, Dante's first Thundershock paralyzes and the second gets the knockout.
Battle with a Lass with a level 14 Jigglypuff. Bosh II leads off with Tail Whip before going at it with Quick Attack. Gets two off before being put to sleep by Sing. Lacking Awakening, I switch to Dante, who finishes the job with a crit Quick Attack. I head back to Pewter to heal up and buy five each of Awakening and Paralyze Heal. I then proceed to reach Mt. Moon without encountering anything else. A few steps in, I meet a level 6 Zubat. Bosh II tackles it once, and I throw a Poké Ball, which fails. I throw another Poké Ball and despite it having slightly more HP now (Leech Life), this one succeeds. (Goddamnit Mankey!) Welcome to the team, Edwards! Now, time for some more training.
Edwards: Level 6 Zubat
Bosh II: Level 12 Rattata
Dante: Level 16 Pikachu
Anagram: Level 16 Butterfree
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Ulti (in one of his Post-Contest Analyses): God of War turned a 5 hour deadlock into a total laugher
Anagram: Oh God, Tidus and Yuna were involved?