Pokemon of Sunstone Tunnel

[Nyaa-Neko]

Setting: the tunnel is a pretty place. On the ceiling of the tunnel is Jenta's only natural indoor lighting, a glowing rock formation that imitates sunlight (hence the name). Also, most elemental stones found in Jenta are found here. So if you caught a Vulpix or something, hunt here for your Fire Stone. The tunnel itself is pretty straightforward, just a winding tunnel through the moutain without many forks, and is pretty roomy. Other than that, it's just a standard cave with some high-level cave-dwellers.

All Pokemon here are Group 3.

Common: [1-66]
-- Golbat [1-22]
-- Exploud [23-44]
-- Aggron [45-66]

Uncommon: [67-90]
-- Gabite (level 46 - 48) [67-72]
-- Pupitar [73-78]
-- Lunatone [79-84]
-- Solrock [85-90]

Rare: [91-100]
-- Bronzong [91-92]
-- Dugtrio [93-94]
-- Hippowdon [95-96]
-- Gachomp (level 48 - 55) [97-98]
-- Pikachu (MUTATED!) [99-100]

The level range is level 46 - 55.

[MorriganFearn]

From the Journal of Corwin:

While investigating the winged trapinch in the Maze, I ended up in Sunstone Tunnel, instead of my regular entrance/exit. One of my trap-y friends told me that I would be interested in meeting the "ground chargers" around here. What he really meant were the small brown pikachu that can be found in some of the holes in the walls near Nga.

Apparently some pikachu have been living in the rock caves near the tunnel. They've been chased out into the open by the gabite and garchomp that appeared in the area. After several generations living within the stone walls of the tunnels, in an environment that absorbs their electricity, these pikachu have stopped discharging electricity at all, keeping it within their system as extra fuel for the lean times -- not a lot of food is grown in these tunnels, as far as I can tell. Pikachu, I am sorry to say, don't fare too well in earthy environments. But it takes a lot of energy to create that electricity, store it inside their bodies, then release it with the proper intensity... given all of this information, I will restate my hypothesis.

Hypothesis: if pikachu are put in an environment where their electric attacks are ineffective, they simply not learn electric attacks in order to conserve energy.

Luckily these pokemon aren't as shy as the last two species that I ran into. I was able to convince one young fellow to come with me to the pokemon center. He submitted himself to testing, and we now have been able to predict his moveset, and know what TMs will work on him.

(Level - Attack)
01 - Growl
05 - Tail Whip
13 - Quick Attack
18 - Double Team
21 - Slam
29 - Feint
34 - Agility
42 - Light Screen

(TM # - Attack)
01 - Focus Punch
06 - Toxic
10 - Hidden Power (so if their HP is electric, then this is the only exception)
16 - Light Screen
17 - Protect
18 - Rain Dance (kinda useless now, huh? )
21 - Frustration
23 - Iron Tail (so I guess THE Pikachu would still be okay...)
27 - Return
28 - Dig
31 - Brick Break
32 - Double Team
42 - Facade
43 - Secret Power
44 - Rest
45 - Attract
56 - Fling
58 - Endure
70 - Flash (it's a normal-type attack...)
78 - Captivate
82 - Sleep Talk
86 - Grass Knot
87 - Swagger
90 - Substitute
HM04 - Strength
HM06 - Rock Smash

And the egg moves...
- Reversal
- Bide
- Present
- Encore
- Double Slap
- Wish
- Fake Out
- Tickle

They still are electric types, as one trainer's voltorb learned the hard way, when it tried to intimidate my wild guest. The little pikachu started laughing at being tickled, when the voltorb attacked with spark. The voltorb went off embarrassed, and I couldn't help noticing that the pikachu ended up looking better fed, better groomed, and on the whole, healthier after facing down the attack. What this means for the rest of Jenta we can only wonder, but for now, I'm heading back to the Tunnel to see about helping the pikachu not get eaten by the gabite.

This is Corwin, out documenting the life unknown.