vr travel log

johto map | kanto map

+ august 2024

aug. 18	New Bark Town. Almost has a mental breakdown over Mom and immediately books it out of town, sleeps out in the woods overnight on Route 29.
aug. 19	Belatedly meets their starter... (by finally fiddling with the Pokeball). Also remembers that like. Eating food and drinking water is important.
aug. 21	Cherrygrove City. Sneaks in early in the morning to buy some food (carbs and jerky) and moves right along to Route 30.
aug. ??	TDM threads, after which Loop actually starts doing Pokemon battles. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and also Dell.
aug. 26	Route 31.
aug. 28	Violet City.
aug. 29	Route 32, where they catch a Buizel and then circle back partway through when they're told the only way to continue is Union Cave... nope, not ready to be stuck inside a cave for 2+ days.

+ september 2024

throughout	September log (Beetlejuice, Doppio, Envy, Heather, JW, Min-Gi, Scar)
sep. 1	Back in Violet City (Dell), but they quickly head onward to Route 36.
sep. 9	Still on Route 36 and Route 37. Their team is a bit under-leveled here, so they're really slogging through and are traveling slower than usual.
sep. 10	Staggers into Ecruteak City in the morning. Their team is worn out and they finally have to admit that they also are and don't... actually have a good reason to be in a rush to go anywhere. They'll be staying here for a bit.
sep. 15-21	Project Paradox event (Cecil).

+ october 2024

oct. 8	Time to get antsy and start traveling again, now that the weather's back to being nice! Heads out onto Route 38.
oct. 11	Arrives at MooMoo Farm, and stays for a few nights, swapping ranch work for food and a place to sleep. (But why are the Growlithes so small?)
oct. 14	Route 39.
oct. 15	Still Route 39, but now with way more bats!! Also starts to get more concerned about figuring something out for winter, it's getting chilly...
oct. 21	Olivine City! Here for half a week or so, and originally intends to stay longer, but something about the harbour atmosphere makes them want to cry...
oct. 25	Warps back to Ecruteak City, just in time for ghost shenanigans. (Lust, Henry, Envy)
oct. 27	Route 37.
oct. 30	Route 36.
oct. 31	National Park. (BJ)

+ november 2024

nov. 1	Route 35, where they are slower than usual, nursing some booboos from their fight with BJ.
nov. 6	Goldenrod City, where it's time for another break from traveling!
nov. 10-16	Fourth wall! (Henry, Buson, Min-Gi, Wrath)
nov. 27	It is getting cold. Warps back to Ecruteak City specifically to trek out on Route 42 toward Mt. Mortar, in hopes of catching a fire Pokemon.

+ december 2024

dec. 2	Back in Ecruteak City with a new Cyndaquil and with Orrery having evolved.
dec. 8	(Cecil)
dec. 11	(BJ)
dec. 12	Warps to Goldenrod City, intending to resume traveling from there, but...
dec. 14-16	SNOMSTORM (Doppio, Jotaro, Envy, Heather, Wrath; pending: some of Scar, Lust, Henry??) also (BJ)
dec. 17-24	Odd jobs around Goldenrod City. At various points the Delibird swarm gifts Loop the following: 3 metal spoons (completely normal spoons, not Twisted Spoons) and a one-way Magnet Train ticket.
dec. 25-31	Gifts. Gets a shiny Minior egg from Arceus, placed delicately in between Alfinse's paws while the Buizel is asleep. (Harry)

+ january 2025

jan. 4	Uses that one-way Magnet Train ticket to head to Saffron City. (BJ)
jan. 6	Uh oh, Snorunts. Signs up to help and gets sent to courier supplies from Saffron City to Cerulean City. Route 5.
jan. 8	Cerulean City. (III)
jan. 9	Route 5.
jan. 10	Saffron City.
jan. 11	Route 8.
jan. 14	Lavender Town. (BJ)
jan. 15	Warps back to Cerulean City.
jan. 16	Route 5.
jan. 17	(JW)
jan. 18	Saffron City.
jan. 19-26	Somewhere here, some of their Pokemon do catch the Snorunt Pokerus, so they end up staying in one place and helping with odd jobs around the Pokemon Center.
jan. 31	Snorunt fortune! Or Snorunt misfortune?

+ february 2025

feb. 1	Adopts a Type: Null from Silph Co.
feb. 2	Back to Goldenrod City on the Magnet Train, then warping back to Ecruteak City.
feb. 3	After one night in town, out to Route 42 and Mt. Mortar, this time to try and actually make it through.
feb. 3-10	Makes it through Mt. Mortar in a very exciting week. At least they mostly missed out on the ice storms, although not the mysterious sudden ability to use Sonic Boom. Inside a cave. Uh oh. Somewhere in here, Fleuirk evolves!
feb. 10	Mahogany Town... where Meeple hears about the Swinub Scurry and insists they have to get to Blackthorn City and participate, so they only stay one night.
feb. 11	Route 44.
feb. 13-20	Ice Path. The only reason this isn't particularly miserable is this is basically the conditions they've been traveling in already! (Cecil)
feb. 20	Blackthorn City. Only one day to rest, but Meeple is still determined!
feb. 21-23	Swinub Scurry, during which Burnoit evolves! (Jotaro, Scar, Emporio, BJ, Min, Envy, Ed)
feb. 24	It's time for a hecking break. They are staying in Blackthorn and resting for at least a week. (Min)

+ march 2025

mar. 1	Warps back to Ecruteak City and sets off on foot from there. Or more accurately... on Meeple-back!
mar. 4	Back in Violet City. (Cali) Also, months and months into their Pokemon adventure, Loop finally tries a gym battle seriously.
mar. 5	Warps to Cherrygrove City and heads off toward New Bark Town.
mar. 7	At New Bark Town to peek at the Petal Gym! (Emporio)
mar. 8-20	Works at the Petal Gym for a couple of weeks, doing arena maintenance and Pokemon care. (Joseph)
mar. 22	Stays overnight at Cherrygrove City.
mar. 23	Warps to Violet City to finally head toward Azalea and collect their final Johto warp... or at least the last one that doesn't require ocean travel. Route 32.
mar. 27-28	Union Cave.
mar. 29	Route 33.
mar. 30	Azalea Town and Ilex Forest. (Cali and Rui)

+ april 2025

apr. 1	Takes a break (and finds some more work) at Azalea Town.
apr. 8	(Min-Gi)
apr. 14-30	Turn Back Time (Ed)

+ may 2025

may 1	Warps over to Goldenrod City after returning from ancient Johto. (TDM with Odile?)
may 6	(Cali)
may 17	Starts to travel with Cali! (Cali)

+ june - august 2025

jun 16	Ecruteak City. Smeargle Premeiregle. (Cali, Doppio, Chris)
july	AC Summary
august	Event Participation, AC Summary

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