To the cave for real this time!
Oh hey, zubat!
Zubat remains quietly unmoving in a dark spot during the bright daylight hours. It does so because prolonged exposure to the sun causes its body to become slightly burned.
I think I’m going to catch every zubat I find and then wondertrade them to everybody. Remember that? That was great.
Okay, another cutscene of a bigger mural. I actually like it less because it’s too obvious what’s going on. Part of why I was trying to find a picture of the other one was that I wanted a bigger version to examine. And Steven, of course.
Lucki what are you doing running up to him without me telling you that. Stop looking excited, he is terrible and exists only to killsteal.
…Mm-hmm. So in the ancient world, their primal forms once held this much power…?
The super-ancient Pokemon… What terrible strength… But this appearance here… It seems somehow different from Mega Evolution…
Steven, no. They are cave paintings Steven you can’t tell that kind of thing.
Also I’m pretty sure you haven’t even seen them, let alone what their mega forms look like.
Hmm. It seems my questions will not be answered today.
Steven. Sweetie. Your questions will never be answered because as soon as I get my hands on them I’m going to kill you so you never butt in on another battle of mine.
Hm?
Oh, nothing.
You are…?
Definitely not still holding enormous amounts of resentment against you from playing the original versions of this game! Nope!
… Ah, I see. It’s a pleasure, Lucki.
I don’t know what she said but good job covering, Lucki.
My apologies. My name is Steven. I’m interested in rare stones, so I travel here and there. Today my journey brought me here, but what about you? Oh? A letter for me?
No, Steven. It was a Letter. I mean, clearly the fact it was capitalized before is because the pokeworld uses a different grammar than ours where Letter is correct and it has nothing whatsoever to do with the game conventions.
Lucki gave Steven the letter she had been entrusted with!
Entrusted, ordered to take, same thing.
Why, thank you… It must have been some trouble to track me down. I suppose I must repay you in some way. Let me see… I will give you this TM. Please accept it. It contains my favorite move, Steel Wing.
Hey, more useful than the stupid gym leader! Maybe my first act of god-ownership shouldn’t be killing you. Maybe you won’t even be annoying in this version! I can hope.
If you don’t mind me asking… Do you feel anything in particular when you look up at this wall? A primal world, lost thousands of years in the past… A Legendary Pokémon of tremendous power became humanity’s greatest threat… The terror aroused by that power is clear to see in this ancient artwork.
It really is pretty cool. Cave paintings are great. Unclear past warnings are great. Unclear past warnings communicated by cave paintings are awesome.
…Yes. But not all power is terrible. Your Pokémon are clearly quite capable as well.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHHAHA
I mean yes I am a responsible person who can be trusted with magic monsters of ever-growing power and definitely not a murderer.
Looking at you all together I think that you have in you what it takes to become a Pokémon League Champion. As long as you keep training, that is. Good luck to you. I must be going now.
Go and stay gone unless you have exposition or items and I will graciously let you live in my godmonster dictatorship.
The longer a Geodude lives, the more its edges are chipped and worn away, making it more rounded in appearance. However, this Pokemon’s heart will remain hard, craggy, and rough always.
Never been quite sure what they were going for there. Outward appearances don’t change who you are inside? It’s an asshole no matter what anyone does or how long it lives? It literally has a rock heart and if you crack it open you’ll see the internal organs (somehow there despite being rock don’t smooth out over time like the outer skin does?
And another zubat! By the time I am done, I will have so, so many.
And then wonderful news! The gracious Oliver Jasmine had a shiny squirtle (with mirror coat no less!) and donated it to the cause of me playing a game under the name of Lucki. In return, I promise to get it beat up so, so much while trying to make mirror coat work, because that’s the Lucki way.
I head off to the boat and learn there’s another favor to do. No, I have to get berries. I’m not going to replant them because no idea when I’ll return to the area.
The news thing says something interesting when I check it.
This is a HNN special report.
Today the Devon corporation announced that it has succeeded in developing an entirely new energy-generating machine. The president of the company, Joseph Stone, 52, had this to say. “If we use this machine, it will be possible to create various kinds of energy to support our way of life using magma and other substances deep beneath the surface. Wahahaha!” The Devon Corporation has plans to offer this machine to the general public as well. We can’t take our eyes off this leader of industry in Hoenn.
That was ridiculously hard to transcribe, I hope you appreciate it.
But anyway – such plot ideas! Is this a great way to reduce the damage humans do to the environment, or about to make things even worse? Is this all really a front for a Team Magma plan, and the pathetic attempt by that grunt earlier was part of making sure no one would be suspicious of Devon? Given life in the pokeworld is way more diverse than in ours, “magma” is a valid ecosystem even without the fact we know there’s at least one incredibly powerful pokemon hanging out there.
(It occurs to me that you could make a good case that it’s nearly impossible to live without harming pokemon given how many niches they take up. In our world, we can theoretically move to areas with lower densities of life. In the pokeworld, places with no energy to support life could be stuffed with pokemon powered by the absence of energy, because magic.)
Zubat remains quietly unmoving in a dark spot during the bright daylight houses. It does so because prolonged exposure to the sun causes its body to become slight burned.
s/houses/hours
s/slight/slightly
This is a HNN special report.
Today the Devon coproparion announced that
it has succeeded in developing an entirely new energy=generating machine. The resident of the company, Joseph Stone, 52, had this to say. “If we use this machine, it will be possible to create various kids of energy to support our way of life using magma and other substances deep beneath the surface. Wahahaha!” The Devon Corporation has plans to offer this machine to the general public as well. We can’t take our eyes off this leader of industry in Hoenn.
That was ridiculously hard to transcribe, I hope you appreciate it.
Devon coproparion – Corporation
energy=generating – replace equal sign
resident of the company – should be president, or maybe not?
“kids of energy” – should stay as-is. That sounds awesome.
And yeah, I do appreciate it.
blarg. Yesterday was a busy day, can you tell?
Vaguely.
[s/houses/hours]
I see this sometimes and it’s impossible to google. Where does this come from?
Search and replace function used in some text editors.
So that’s why! Thanks! :D
I intellectually understand why so many people hate zubat, but even though their wings now make me slightly dizzy I will always consider them to be beautiful and good and true. Really you are doing people a favour.
I never got the zubat hate because I kill everyone who crosses my path, so the fact some pokemon are harder to run from than others means nothing. They’re just crunchy exp!
Plus, bats. Bats are cute.
I guess it’s because zubats and golbat appear 90% of the time when inside a cave, and they usually confuse you if you try to fight them.
Bats are totally cute. And if you train a zubat up to evolution it gets to see because of you and will soon become purple and deadly. Tis the stuff of poetry.
“Master, I once lived in a world of darkness. Now, you have brought me to the light. I… I can see now. I see the faces of my victims. The fear… the hopelessness. I can see the despair, the tiny shadows that grow in their eyes as I bring them back to the dark.
I can never thank you enough. I will kill for you, only for you, until the end of my life.”
And this is why golbats require high friendship to become crobats: it’s a wonderful relationship that you have to nurture carefully.
See, you understand.
Steven is a lot less kill steal-y this time around. Though he does show up more, and something tells me that you’re either going to be really happy or really upset with him later on in the plot.
I look forward to finding out!
Whether you believe in God or not, this is a must-read message!!!
Throughout time, we can see how we have been slowly conditioned to come to this point where we are on the verge of a cashless society. Did you know that the Bible foretold of this event almost 2,000 years ago?
In Revelation 13:16-18, we read,
“He (the false prophet who decieves many by his miracles) causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.”
Referring to the last generation, this could only be speaking of a cashless society. Why? Revelation 13:17 tells us that we cannot buy or sell unless we receive the mark of the beast. If physical money was still in use, we could buy or sell with one another without receiving the mark. This would contradict scripture that states we need the mark to buy or sell!
These verses could not be referring to something purely spiritual as scripture references two physical locations (our right hand or forehead) stating the mark will be on one “OR” the other. If this mark was purely spiritual, it would indicate only in one place.
This is where it really starts to come together. It is shocking how accurate the Bible is concerning the implatnable RFID microchip. These are notes from a man named Carl Sanders who worked with a team of engineers to help develop this RFID chip
“Carl Sanders sat in seventeen New World Order meetings with heads-of-state officials such as Henry Kissinger and Bob Gates of the C.I.A. to discuss plans on how to bring about this one-world system. The government commissioned Carl Sanders to design a microchip for identifying and controlling the peoples of the world—a microchip that could be inserted under the skin with a hypodermic needle (a quick, convenient method that would be gradually accepted by society).
Carl Sanders, with a team of engineers behind him, with U.S. grant monies supplied by tax dollars, took on this project and designed a microchip that is powered by a lithium battery, rechargeable through the temperature changes in our skin. Without the knowledge of the Bible (Brother Sanders was not a Christian at the time), these engineers spent one-and-a-half-million dollars doing research on the best and most convenient place to have the microchip inserted.
Guess what? These researchers found that the forehead and the back of the hand (the two places the Bible says the mark will go) are not just the most convenient places, but are also the only viable places for rapid, consistent temperature changes in the skin to recharge the lithium battery. The microchip is approximately seven millimeters in length, .75 millimeters in diameter, about the size of a grain of rice. It is capable of storing pages upon pages of information about you. All your general history, work history, crime record, health history, and financial data can be stored on this chip.
Brother Sanders believes that this microchip, which he regretfully helped design, is the “mark” spoken about in Revelation 13:16–18. The original Greek word for “mark” is “charagma,” which means a “scratch or etching.” It is also interesting to note that the number 666 is actually a word in the original Greek. The word is “chi xi stigma,” with the last part, “stigma,” also meaning “to stick or prick.” Carl believes this is referring to a hypodermic needle when they poke into the skin to inject the microchip.”
Mr. Sanders asked a doctor what would happen if the lithium contained within the RFID microchip leaked into the body. The doctor replied by saying a terrible sore would appear in that location. This is what the book of Revelation says:
“And the first (angel) went, and poured out his vial on the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore on the men which had the mark of the beast, and on them which worshipped his image” (Revelation 16:2).
You can read more about it here–and to also understand the mystery behind the number 666: https://2ruth.org/rfid-mark-of-the-beast-666-revealed/
The third angel’s warning in Revelation 14:9-11 states,
“Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, ‘If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.'”
Who is Barack Obama, and why is he still in the public scene?
So what’s in the name? The meaning of someone’s name can say a lot about a person. God throughout history has given names to people that have a specific meaning tied to their lives. How about the name Barack Obama? Let us take a look at what may be hiding beneath the surface.
Jesus says in Luke 10:18, “…I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.”
The Hebrew Strongs word (H1299) for “lightning”: “bârâq” (baw-rawk)
In Isaiah chapter 14, verse 14, we read about Lucifer (Satan) saying in his heart:
“I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.”
In the verses in Isaiah that refer directly to Lucifer, several times it mentions him falling from the heights or the heavens. The Hebrew word for the heights or heavens used here is Hebrew Strongs 1116: “bamah”–Pronounced (bam-maw’)
In Hebrew, the letter “Waw” or “Vav” is often transliterated as a “U” or “O,” and it is primarily used as a conjunction to join concepts together. So to join in Hebrew poetry the concept of lightning (Baraq) and a high place like heaven or the heights of heaven (Bam-Maw), the letter “U” or “O” would be used. So, Baraq “O” Bam-Maw or Baraq “U” Bam-Maw in Hebrew poetry similar to the style written in Isaiah, would translate literally to “Lightning from the heights.” The word “Satan” in Hebrew is a direct translation, therefore “Satan.”
So when Jesus told His disciples in Luke 10:18 that He beheld Satan fall like lightning from heaven, if this were to be spoken by a Jewish Rabbi today influenced by the poetry in the book of Isaiah, he would say these words in Hebrew–the words of Jesus in Luke 10:18 as, And I saw Satan as Baraq O Bam-Maw.
The names of both of Obama’s daughters are Malia and Natasha. If we were to write those names backward (the devil does things in reverse) we would get “ailam ahsatan”. Now if we remove the letters that spell “Alah” (Allah being the false god of Islam), we get “I am Satan”. Coincidence? I don’t think so.
Obama’s campaign logo when he ran in 2008 was a sun over the horizon in the west, with the landscape as the flag of the United States. In Islam, they have their own messiah that they are waiting for called the 12th Imam, or the Mahdi (the Antichrist of the Bible), and one prophecy concerning this man’s appearance is the sun rising in the west.
“Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— saying with a loud voice, ‘Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.'” (Revelation 14:6-7)
Why have the word’s of Jesus in His Gospel accounts regarding His death, burial, and resurrection, been translated into over 3,000 languages, and nothing comes close? The same God who formed the heavens and earth that draws all people to Him through His creation, likewise has sent His Word to the ends of the earth so that we may come to personally know Him to be saved in spirit and in truth through His Son Jesus Christ.
Jesus stands alone among the other religions that say to rightly weigh the scales of good and evil and to make sure you have done more good than bad in this life. Is this how we conduct ourselves justly in a court of law? Bearing the image of God, is this how we project this image into reality?
Our good works cannot save us. If we step before a judge, being guilty of a crime, the judge will not judge us by the good that we have done, but rather by the crimes we have committed. If we as fallen humanity, created in God’s image, pose this type of justice, how much more a perfect, righteous, and Holy God?
God has brought down His moral laws through the 10 commandments given to Moses at Mt. Siani. These laws were not given so we may be justified, but rather that we may see the need for a savior. They are the mirror of God’s character of what He has put in each and every one of us, with our conscious bearing witness that we know that it is wrong to steal, lie, dishonor our parents, murder, and so forth.
We can try and follow the moral laws of the 10 commandments, but we will never catch up to them to be justified before a Holy God. That same word of the law given to Moses became flesh about 2,000 years ago in the body of Jesus Christ. He came to be our justification by fulfilling the law, living a sinless perfect life that only God could fulfill.
The gap between us and the law can never be reconciled by our own merit, but the arm of Jesus is stretched out by the grace and mercy of God. And if we are to grab on, through faith in Him, He will pull us up being the one to justify us. As in the court of law, if someone steps in and pays our fine, even though we are guilty, the judge can do what is legal and just and let us go free. That is what Jesus did almost 2,000 years ago on the cross. It was a legal transaction being fulfilled in the spiritual realm by the shedding of His blood.
For God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 18:23). This is why in Isaiah chapter 53, where it speaks of the coming Messiah and His soul being a sacrifice for our sins, why it says it pleased God to crush His only begotten Son.
This is because the wrath that we deserve was justified by being poured out upon His Son. If that wrath was poured out on us, we would all perish to hell forever. God created a way of escape by pouring it out on His Son whose soul could not be left in Hades but was raised and seated at the right hand of God in power.
So now when we put on the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 13:14), God no longer sees the person who deserves His wrath, but rather the glorious image of His perfect Son dwelling in us, justifying us as if we received the wrath we deserve, making a way of escape from the curse of death–now being conformed into the image of the heavenly man in a new nature, and no longer in the image of the fallen man Adam.
Now what we must do is repent and put our trust and faith in the savior, confessing and forsaking our sins, and to receive His Holy Spirit that we may be born again (for Jesus says we must be born again to enter the Kingdom of God–John chapter 3). This is not just head knowledge of believing in Jesus, but rather receiving His words, taking them to heart, so that we may truly be transformed into the image of God. Where we no longer live to practice sin, but rather turn from our sins and practice righteousness through faith in Him in obedience to His Word by reading the Bible.
Our works cannot save us, but they can condemn us; it is not that we earn our way into everlasting life, but that we obey our Lord Jesus Christ:
“And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.” (Hebrews 5:9)
“Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.’
Then He who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold, I make all things new.’ And He said to me, ‘Write, for these words are true and faithful.’
And He said to me, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.'” (Revelation 21:1-8).
This is spam, but I’m approving it just so everyone can boggle at it with me.
I’m not really bogggled but then i’ve been desensitized by all the ChatGPT outputs.