Upon the Doorstep...

Emerging into the sun from the Mines, I squinted, cinched up my bag, and put on my big boy pants because it was nearly time for me to claim my first badge.

Along the way, I came across a Hardy Sea-Faring Meowth who knows naught of this land-lubbering life and I just had to adopt it as my Steel type. Yeah, I know, it's the best, grumpiest salty captain if the waves. And also it is a cat, so that is always a bonus as well.

My evolution streak continued when Chirpy the Rookidee evolved into Corvisquire. Corvisquire has a great design, but I think that the existence of "Corviknight" as an already established pokemon has spoiled the ending of this particular pokemon's lineage. I like the blue colouration on this pokemon.

Sonia took me to see a giant Kecleon marking in the hillside. She mentioned the "Darkest Day" where all the Giant Pokemon attacked as being somehow linked to Dynamax and this giant Kecleon, but decided that it was time that I run off to get a gym badge. The writers of this story definitely get what the player wants this time around. #gen5worstgenfightme #gen5toomuchdialogue

In order to make things difficult, I had decided at the start of my playthrough that I would be limiting my party size for gym matches. For my first badge, I decided that four pokemon would be a good number to bring along. I had done some recon and found out that the Gymleader Milo is a specialist in the Grass Type. By this, I mean that I was forcibly introduced to him earlier on Route 4.