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I decide that my original two level rule will suffice for the playthrough for now, in part because I had the wrong level for Maylene's Ace, and I think 2 levels ahead is fair without making the game too easy.

After saving Lucas from Team Galactic and getting his pokedex back, I get the TM Fly. Alas poor Angry Bird. You would've loved this. For now, I can't bear to give it to anyone else. Though Batwoman has taken his spot in his absence.

Traveling on Route 214, Batwoman evolves into Golbat! And then one battle later she evolves in Crobat. Apparently she was so happy to be on the team, she evolved twice. She's a real trooper. On Route 214 I catch a Stunky who I name Fifi. Then I put her in the box.

Realizing my team is still missing something, I caught a Brozor on Route 206 and named it BB-8. Wanting to train it up a bit, I head to Lost Tower. Though I didn't find any pokemon, I did find an oval stone which I gave to Joy. I had a scare against a Golbat who used Mean Look against BB-8, but BB-8 managed to survive. Just barely. I play it a bit safer after that, with Owen in the lead.

I returned to Route 214 and my pokemon, seeing how happy I was with Crobat, took it as their cue to evolve as well. Joy evolved into Chansey. Dudette evolved into Graveler. Then joy evolved again into Blissey.

In Valor Lakefront I struggle, but catch a Girafarig who I name Zootopia. And then Owen evolved into an Infernape. His final form.

On Route 213 I catch a Shellos and name her Shelly. I keep her in my team for now, as Garrus is getting too high of a level to face the next gym leader. And I know I'm going to need him.

I arrived in Pastoria, and went to the Great Marsh. I caught a Wooper there and named her Sally. It's the only one I'm allowed, but she's the only one I need.

Afterwards, I start to plan how to face my next gym leader. He was right there, almost next to me, and I wanted to get past him without losing anyone if possible. But I knew that might not happen. The first part of my plan had me training Conker. Having two electric types would limit casualties. The second part of my plan was to give two of my pokemon U-Turn, so I could swap and deal damage in the same turn. In Set Mode, U-Turn is extremely valuable.

Once I trained up a bit, I thought I was ready. We went into the gym, and faced off against each gym trainer. One of the fisherman, though, gave us a real problem. His Gyarados trapped Fifi in a whirlpool. She lost her life. We hadn't even gotten to Crasher Wake yet, and had already lost someone. Sure, I knew it was a possibility when I took her with me. She had been the contingency plan. But I never wanted it to happen.

Once the gym trainers were dealt with, I returned to the pokemon center and gave things some serious thoughts. Garrus and Conker were obviously coming with me. But who else would I bring? Owen was out of the question. He was too high of a level anyway. I didn't have any grass types, thanks to a Kadabra. Ultimately, I decided to bring Batwoman along. She was ready for this. We had trained, and she was more powerful than ever.

The battle began. Crasher Wake sent out his Gyarados. I sent out Conker. A Thunderbolt took out more than half of his health. But Conker was hurt in the process. I figured Conker could take out Gyarados with another Thunderbolt. But I was wrong. Crasher Wake recalled Gyarados, and sent out Quagsire -- who is immune to electric type moves. Thunder Bolt did nothing. Undeterred, I had Conker use U-Turn and sent out Batwoman. She whittled down Quagsire's hp, with neither dealing significant damage to the other. But eventually, Batwoman went critical. Quagsire wasn't far behind, but one more hit would take Batwoman out for good. I had her use U-Turn, and then sent out Garrus. He had been in the box for a while, and was itching for a fight. One Bite, and Quagsire was down. Things were going so well. Crasher Wake sent out Gyarados again. Spark took down the rest of his health. This left him with just one pokemon left: His Floatzel. Floatzel, though, got off his Aqua Jet first, almost taking Garrus down to about 1/3rd health. If Shock didn't take him out,... it could spell trouble. Especially since I had no potions on me. Another hit, especially a critical hit, and Garrus would be gone. It'd be up to Conker if Garrus went down. But I knew we had to do it. Garrus used Shock... and Floatzel went down in one hit. The Fen badge was mine.

Four badges down, four to go. It's been a tough go. Though I never intended on using Fifi, she will still be missed. She died, so that others could live.

Current team:
Owen (Infernape, Level 36)
Garrus (Luxray, Level 33)
Ron Weasley (Floatzel, Level 31)
Batwoman (Crobat, Level 29)
BB-8 (Bronzor, Level 26)
Shelly (Shellos, Level 23)

In The Box:
Zootopia (Girafarig, Level 21)
Jiminy (Kricketune, Level 20)
Sadie (Ponyta, Level 22)
Poseidon (Gyarados, Level 20)
Darwking (Psyduck, Level 19)
Joy (Blissey, Level 28)
Conker (Pachirisu, Level 26)
Muffy (Bidoof, Level 11)
Sally (Wooper, Level 22)
Dudette (Graveler, Level 28)

R.I.P.
Rhonda (Machop, Level 6)
Rose (Roselia, Level 22)
Angry Bird (Staravia, Level 32)
Fifi (Stunky, Level 23)