People are looking at my Let's Play. That doesn't mean they're reading or enjoying it.
The problem is, on days I play, I can just sit and play for hours. As I said in the RPG Binge thread, that's just how I play. So I can accumulate a lot of pics really quickly. It also makes me more likely to update if I'm doing it on that day, but I don't know at what point it would just be a deluge of info that people would not be able to keep up with.
Still, good to know that there's a 25 picture maximum, I didn't even know that (although I'm kind of sad that I don't seem to be able to upload multiple pictures at a time anymore).
On with the journey! There's still quite a bit more to the Cipher Lab, after all.
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Um, yes, I did. It's a matter of public record. This place has been known as the Cipher Lab for five years, buddy. Where have you been?
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Shadow Pokémon Alert!
This Numel is actually kind of important to point out, and I'll show you why that is once I can access his Pokémon stats page.
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"In case of emergency, the exits to the Cipher Lab are located here, here, and here. Please proceed in an orderly manner to your next exit, and kindly refrain from ruining our research in the process. Thank you, and have a wonderful visit to our evil lab."
I take a trip down another elevator and...
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Hmm, decisions, decisions. I'll go left first.
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You're only like a foot taller than me. Jovi is tiny.
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Oh, now you're just being rude.
It must be in the Cipher Peon handbook that anyone below the age of 21 must be called "brat".
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I decide instead to take that second elevator right beside me. Ooh, another trashcan.
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Yah! Ok, so this chest has a guard. That's...new.
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Ah, much better. Always nice to see people treating me with properfearrespect.
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So I pop open the chest, and then go to visit my new best friend. The Healing Machine. See what I mean? These things are so much more useful than Pokémon Centers, because you can put them anywhere. You don't need to trek back to a two story building in the middle of a town three routes away. You just drop one where there's heavy traffic and *boom*. Free healing. It's awesome.
So I go back to the earlier split, take the south path, then the right path towards another chest (which you can see from the entrance, actually).
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Nope, like I said, I'm heading for the chest. Thanks for offering directions, though.
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Isn't my Espeon so pretty? Not only is this one of my favorite games in the series, it also has the best animations for my favorite Pokémon. It's just so elegant. Such a regal little psychic kitty. Yeah, no real point to this pic, except "lookit the kitty". I really like Espeon.
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Another chest opened. Let's see, I think I'll take the top route now.
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See that little icon in the upper left? The game gives you that and an audio notification whenever a Pokémon is ready to be purified, and if you just press "A", you get a note saying which Pokémon it is. At this point, it isn't super helpful, but it gets to be pretty dang handy a little later.
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So I open another chest.
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And run into another scientist.
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You notice how everyone always explains the rules they just broke to me after we battle? Why don't they ever say "oh, sorry kid, go on ahead, we shouldn't battle here"? They're the ones starting everything!
Please click to view this next image, because the inset does not appear to be displaying correctly at all. Sorry.
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This would be a valid question were it not for the fact that "Cipher Security" is apparently the Hexagon Brothers.
Anyway, with him defeated (and there being absolutely nothing behind him to interact with), I head back to Azalea to purify my Spheal.
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And my Mareep.
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And my Gulpin.
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Is it just me, or does Aurora Beam seem a little powerful for this point in the game? I mean, sure it's only a 60 BP Ice move, but I seem to recall that one being one we usually pick up fairly late game.
Note, you don't actually have to Purify them at any point, they'll stay ready to purify even in the PC, so you could just go back to the Lab start and switch them out for other Shadow Pokémon to Purify instead. I just like Purifying them ASAP.
Well, with them purified, I suppose I should go back and save the Professor now.
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Or not.