Day 150 - Happy Pokémon Day!

Happy Pokémon Day! No Martha updates today, but I have the continuation of her story in mind for either tomorrow or Saturday. Today in celebration of Pokémon Day I am going to go through and name a few of my Pokémon favorites! The family favorites must have the type as their final form primary type for simplicity sake. These are my favoritesas of today, February 27 Pokémon Day 2020.

Favorite Pokémon...

• Region: Johto
• Generation: Gen IV
• Starter Trio: Torterra, Infernape, Empoleon
• Game Set: Black, White, Black 2, & White 2
• Box Legendaries: Solgaleo & Lunala 
• Eeveelution: Jolteon
• Baby Pokémon: Elekid (although Toxel is growing on me)
• Pikachu Clone: Pachirisu
• Fossil Pokémon: Armaldo
• Mythical: Celebi
• Alolan Variant: Graveler
• Galarian Variant: Darmanitan
• Pseudo Legendary: Metagross (though this one changes regularly)
• Normal Type Family: Whismur, Loudred, & Exploud
• Fighting Type Family: Clobbopus & Grapploct (new favorites but Riolu & Lucario might win out in the long run)
• Flying Type Family: Noibat & Noivern
• Poison Type Family: Gulpin & Swalot
• Ground Type Family: Phanpy & Donphan
• Rock Type Family: Roggenrola, Boldore, & Gigalith
• Bug Type Family: Cutifly & Ribombee (I flip to Heracross for a week or so every couple months)
• Ghost Type Family: Litwick, Lampent, & Chandelure
• Steel Type Family: Skarmory
• Fire Type Family: Sizzlipede & Centiskorch
• Water Type Family: Wooper & Quagsire (Wooper could hold this spot all alone!)
• Grass Type Family: Chikorita, Bayleef, & Meganium
• Electric Type Family: Mareep, Flaafy, & Ampharos
• Psychic Type Family: Solosis, Duosion, & Reuniclus
• Ice Type Family: Snorunt, Glalie, & Froslass (my only branched family)
• Dragon Type Family: Goomy, Sliggoo, & Goodra (this changes a bunch too)
• Dark Type Family: Purrloin & Liepard
• Fairy Type Family: Flabébé, Floette, & Florges
• Type: Electric probably...
• Poké Ball: Premier Ball
• Champion: Cynthia (because I'm basic)
• Professor: Kukui?

How about you? Who and what are your favorites?

Day 149 - Prank Song

Everything was going swimmingly for Martha. She had 5 gym badges, including her very own father's badge. She also was still succeeding in pranking her neighbor out of a father, and he had a crush on him to boot. Things could not be going better for her, which is why she could not help herself from singing a little ditty to herself as she made her way East from Mauville.

I want to do the greatest prank,
Like no one ever has.
To steal a Dad is my real test,
To trick them is my cause!
I will travel across the land,
Research Pokémon.
To butter up Proffessor Birch
To catch him in my con!
Martha's Prank!
A new family,
So clueless they will be!
Martha's Prank!
Brendan, my new friend,
He's my brother in the end!
Martha's Prank!
I'll trick them all,
They'll be at my beck and call!
I'll prank you and you're the fool,
Mar-tha's-Prank!
A fake family!
A new family!

She was happy as a clampearl.

How do you like my prank song spook on the original Pokémon theme song?

Day 147 - Go Go Gadget Go-Goggles

Hot off of defeating Flannery for the Heat badge, Martha ran into Brendan. He was so excited to see her! He had an apology gift for her, to make up for making her cry the last time they had run into each other, the Go-Goggles. Martha hugged him gratefully and kissed him on the cheek, turning him Tamato berry red. Riding away on her bike Martha was feeling great! She was pretty sure she had tricked Brendan into having a crush on her, so much for him being suspicious of her prank.

Work is impossibly difficult and stressful right now. I need to figure out where to go in my life. I am frustrated by the fact that I am having to answer these questions that I thought I had answered in school years ago.

Day 145 - Who to Trust

Martha needed to put her crusade for the greatest prank aside for a bit. Team Magma was trying to blow up a volcano and that was the type of crisis that caused everything else to be put on hold. The confusing thing was that the criminals Martha had confronted earlier, Team Aqua, were also trying to stop them. Martha was really confused who she could trust. Her gut told her not to trust members of either team, no matter how charismatic they were. The question would have to wait until the current crisis was averted, if Mt. Chimney erupted there wouldn't be a volcano to erupt.

I have not been on top of posts since adjusting my schedule. I blame work, new projects and overall overhwhelmedness. Things have been a little hectic for me lately and I hope I find a better equilibrium here soon.

Day 144 - James

James had successfully defended his title of Indigo League Champion. He was the most skilled Pokémon trainer in the Kanto region, and as far as he knew his team was unmatched. He had traveled to every corner of Kanto and captured the birds of legend and the berserk clone of the ancient Mew. After finishing all of this there was only one thing that James wanted to do... play some video games. So he went home and turned on his NES so he could play and relax after a long journey. His mom didn't even mind. In her mind he had earned a nice break.

The real James is one of my Great Great Grandfathers on my fathers side. He was born in Sweden in 1875 and like many of my ancestors immigrated to the United States at a young age (7 years old). He ended up settling in Utah where he met and married his wife Mary Jane. Together they had 12 children. He worked as a farmer and stockman in Brigham City. He lived to the respectable age of 76.

Day 142 - Again & Again

James heard he had a challenger for his spot as the Indigo League Champion. A really strong challenger! He humbly knew that he was not ready. Luckily during his travels in the Sevii Islands he had personally met Lorelei of the Elite Four, and she had agreed to help him prepare to face his challenger. Even better still she had convinced her fellow Elite Four members to help as well. Together they all would battle, again and again, day after day, repeatedly! All of them were getting stronger and James felt he was slowly getting to the level he needed to be at to defeat his rumored ultra strong challenger!

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Day 140 - Caught "Dad" Handed

Martha was feeling pretty great about her prank's success so far. Brendan was not. He witnessed from a distance Martha's last attempt schmoozing his father with her manipulative words, and he was going to confront her about it. But first he needed to take her down a peg with a Pokémon battle! At least that is what he tried to do, but she outmaneuvered him and soundly beat his team. He was furious. "First you try to take my Dad and then you thrash me at Pokémon! Why are you trying to take everything you love away from me?!" Martha burst into tears and Brendan was immediately filled with guilt. Martha apologized through her tears that she never meant to hurt anyone and that she had just been feeling homesick and alone since moving to Hoenn. Brendan was immediately filled with guilt. "I am so sorry." he professed. "I will always be around for you if you need someone to talk to." he reassured her, "You can count on me to be a friend." He was able to comfort and calm her before they parted ways.

Tears always worked, Martha thought to herself as she watched Brendan ride away on his bike. Now things were a bit more complicated, but Martha loved a difficult prank. She just needed to step up her manipulation game a little bit.

I maybe got a little behind on posts... And I also may be a little behind on playing too.