Slow progress again today.

Remember yesterday when I observed I hadn't found a Mega Stone in a while? Well, I've found 5 in the past 24 hours. Unfortunately, they're all still just for old Mega Evolutions (And I did at least check Sharpedo's... looks like I'm not getting that during this playthrough :/). One in particular had me a little bummed: Manectite. I swore off using a Manectric since I used one in my original Ruby run and didn't want to repeat that. But if I had just bothered to check Cycling Road back when I got a bike, and gotten the stone then (it probably would have been my first too), I'd likely have picked one up in a heartbeat. At this point, it feels a little too late. Even though I do still feel the loss of Fire and Electric types (I don't even have any Pokémon capable of learning movies via TM of those types...).

I tackled the Mossdeep Gym and encountered Groudon for the first time today. I end the day about to enter Sootopolis. And man, the things I had to do to get there... Before I face the Elite Four, I HAVE to go back to the Move Deleter and Relearner to rid my 'Mons of all these retched HMs. I'd gotten by without teaching any Strength until now, and Rock Smash was on Akamaru as a useful move, but without him... And now Dive too... Ugh, I do not like some of their movesets.

Team breakdown:

Hashirama, Sceptile Lv. 49

Glalie, Lv. 48

Flygon, Lv. 48 (Yet again, still nameless)

Latios, Lv. 47

Altair, Lv. 47

Abyss, Sharpedo Lv. 46

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