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12e. Watery Wrath! Aqua Showdown                                        [ttrrs]
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Archie will appear and introduce you to the beast - Kyogre. Unfortunately, he
still thinks you're his enemy, and so he will begin his assault.

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
|    Name    | Lvl |    Name    | Lvl |    Name    | Lvl |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Gardevoir  |  47 |  Weezing   |  47 | Manectric  |  47 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
|  Wailord   |  47 |   Flygon   |  46 |  Swellow   |  47 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Archie's Pokemon:

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|    Name    | Lvl |    Name    | Lvl |    Name    | Lvl |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o    Money: 3440
| Mightyena  |  41 |   Crobat   |  41 |  Sharpedo  |  43 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Sadly, Archie is a joke. Your levels should tower over his. You know how to
handle Mightyena and Crobat. Sharpedo is Water/Dark, use Electric or Grass to
take it out.

After the battle, Archie will compliment you on getting as far as you did. He
will also say that it still doesn't mean a thing that you are here, because
with the Red Orb, he can...

Oh. Wait, just a moment. Kyogre must have gotten the memo from Groudon that
there's no way that some lowly _human_ (that isn't the Hoenn Pokemon League
Champion) is gonna control it, because Kyogre does the same thing Groudon did
when we fought and owned Maxie: books out of the cave. Uh-oh, poor Archie.
He'll get a call from his grunts saying that it's raining... _really_ hard.
Maxie will rush in and scold Archie for being a dink (although he admits he was
one himself, which you can't help but respect the guy for), and after some more
crying from Archie, the three of you will go outside.

Yeah. It's raining pretty hard out, thunder and lightning and - the sun? Yeah,
that's right. Because both Kyogre and Groudon are loose in the world, the
weather has gone haywire. One minute it will be raining, and the next it will
turn into scorching heat. Maxie and Archie go off-screen, and Steven pops in.

STEVEN: [Name]!
What is happening?
This is terrible...

After the scorching heat wave ended,
this deluge began.
If this doesn't stop, all of HOENN...
No, the whole world will drown.
This huge rain cloud is spreading
from above SOOTOPOLIS...
What in the world is taking place there?

There's no point arguing here...
SOOTOPOLIS might provide answers...
[Name]...
I don't know what you intend do to,
but don't do anything reckless.
Okay.
I'm going to SOOTOPOLIS.

If you've been following this walkthrough to the letter, you didn't set foot in
Sootopolis like I told you not to. To get there, go left until you hit the
rocks. Go up until you can go left, then go left until you see the white
structure of Sootopolis City. Follow the structure clockwise until you get to
the bottom. Dive down and enter. Save your game if you'd like, because a one-
time event is going to happen.

Surface and you will see Kyogre and Groudon "doing battle" with one another. It
will shift to a cut scene where you will see detailed pictures of Kyogre and
Groudon... wiggling... in the rain. Yeeeah. Yep, that's about all they do.
Wiggle. At any rate, they will start ramming towards each other, with zero
progress. If you swim around the beasts (funny, two colossus Pokemon are
fighting each other and you're all "hey, you guys, just let me get around ya
real quick, I need to heal"), you'll see the Pokemon Center to the right, and
the Gym straight ahead. Archie's blocking your way, so you can't get in right
now. Archie will wave the Red Orb around like a ding-dong and be all "HEY!!!!
LOOK!!! U BOW 2 DIS!!!1!!" Maxie, on the other hand, simply calls to Groudon,
saying that he finally knows the extent of its power and cannot control it,
then begs forgiveness. Ha, puny mortals. Luckily, your butts are about to be
saved by a kid.

Steven's to your left. See him? Talk to him.

STEVEN: Those POKEMON fighting...
GROUDON... And KYOGRE...
The two super-ancient POKEMON
were awakened from a long sleep...
And now they are smashing each other
with their uncontrollable energy...
...[Name].

You being here now I'll take to mean
that you're prepared to become
involved in this crisis.
Well, then, there's someone that
I'd like you to meet.
Come with me, please.

You guys will walk a little, but Steven stops and runs his mouth some more.

STEVEN: Listen, [Name].

Does seeing GROUDON and KYOGRE make
you think POKEMON are to be feared?
But that's not true.
POKEMON are really more...
...Why am I asking you this?
You already know.

Now you guys will walk to the entrance of a cave that an old man is guarding.
Steven will say a few words to him, and the old guy will step aside.

STEVEN: Okay, here we are!

Inside here you'll find someone named
WALLACE.
I think you have what's needed to help
him...

Then you get shoved into the Cave of Origin.

o--------------------------------o
| CAVE OF ORIGIN POKEMON LISTING |  Players of Ruby and Sapphire will notice
o--------------------------------o  straight away that you no longer need Flash
|   Zubat          (Common)      |  to see your way. In fact, they will also
|   Golbat         (Uncommon)    |  notice that the cave is one room long.
|   Sableye        (Uncommon)    |  Yep. Follow the path, down the stairs.
o--------------------------------o

In Ruby and Sapphire, this is where the player would find Groudon or Kyogre,
respectively, and a battle between the Lv.45 colossus would start. Not so in
Emerald, as it's been drained of all liquid. Note the spiffy red and blue rocks
on either side. At the bottom of this room is a guy. I take it this is Wallace.

Guess so. Wallace will explain that he _used_ to be Sootopolis' Gym Leader, but
"something came up." He doesn't go into detail, but he does say that he left
his mentor, Juan, in charge of the Gym. So that's who he is. He says that a
third super-ancient Pokemon, Rayquaza, is what becalmed Kyogre and Groudon back
in the day. Where is Rayquaza, though? Not like you have a choice, but tell him
"Sky Pillar." Like you've ever been there, how'd you know it exists? Wallace
will have a startling revelation, and you will be left alone.

Leave the cave. Hey, Steven, where's Sky Pillar?

STEVEN: The SKY PILLAR...

I've never been there.
I wonder where it could be?

...thanks, Steve. Way to let us down.