Sunday, November 28, 2010

The Elusive Cave Sign

Since I had such success getting the signs already, I decided to visit the cave area of the island again. This is my least favorite area to take pictures in because it is just so difficult and confusing. Again, I went with just a few goals in mind. I wanted to get the picture of the sign. I also wanted to get better pictures of Gimer and Weepinbell, as well as try to make Weepinbell evolve and figure out what is in the egg. First, I was able to get a much better shot of Grimer. I found out that if I take pictures of the first two Grimer I see, another emerges on the ledge across from the three Bulbasaur/Ditto. This one is much closer to the Zero One and makes for a much better picture. Last time I was in the cave I noticed two Jigglypuffs, each being chased by a Koffing. I felt bad for them and wanted to stop the Koffings from bullying them, so I hit the Koffings with pester balls until they deflated. Next, I captured a better shot of Weepinbell before knocking it into the pool of water. I figured since this worked with Charmeleon it would work here, and I was right. I snapped a shot of Victreebell before the Zero One moved on to the next area of the cace. Here, I decided to play the Pokeflute. The Pokeflute was the key to hatching Zapdos’ egg, so I thought it might work for this egg as well. When I played the flute Jynx began to dance around and the egg began to shake. Eventually, Articuno hatched out of it. I took a beautiful shot of him right after he emerged from his shell and began to fly. After Articuno flew away, I quickly snapped a shot of Jynx as it danced a “jolly dance” according to Professor Oak. The very last shot I took was of two Jigglypuffs singing on what appeared to be a stage. Professor Oak really loved this pose, calling it “Jigglypuff on stage” and awarding me 500 points just for the pose.

After I completed this run through, I realized I hadn’t found the Pokemon sign. I went back again and took pictures of a lot of different suspicious-looking formations and was glad when one of them developed into a sign. The signed turned out to be a constellation of Mew, found only when looking behind the Zero One from the pool where Weepingbell was. I am very glad that I found this sign on my second try- this a very nerve-wracking and frustrating course for me!


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