--second badge--
Tutorial lady has a heartfelt reunion with Cheren, who apparently is horrible at keeping in touch with his friends.
Leave the city and Tutorial lady shows up again, something about a habitat thing on the dex.
Alder gives me berries, yay berries!
Bunch of random trainers go after me, one of which gives me a fair amount of trouble with his koffing,
I catch a Patrat, who is apparently this gen's HM slave fodder.
I arrive in Virbank City, see some people having heated family arguments in public.
I go down to explore some Electrical Complex like all good little boys and girls do. There I decide to catch a Growlithe, then i find another Growlithe of a significantly higher level, then i decide not to use either of them and get a Magnemite
To the gym.
I literally just spam magnemite's sonicboom attack until Roxies Pokemon stop breathing.
Badge get!
Oh look, one of the guys in the audience is apparently one of those talent agents which means:
After showing my natural talents I return to the city to find roxxie in a tussle with generic badguy set #5. Uninspired rival characteris there as well. After clearing them off they escape to the west, could it be a sign?
Go west young Pokepal!!!!!
Go west to follow your destiny!!!!!!!
(Just for the record, Go West Young Meowth is one of the 6 or so episodes of Pokemon I can recommend everyone watch without hesitation. It's awesome.)
This is more annoying to do then I thought, oh well.