As a spin off to my previous quest, this one can be taken only after beating the Byron quest.
In the Casino of Spander city (
link to previous quest), there is a special coin machine that makes the user lose every time (s)he plays the machine. There is a gambler nearby who says:
"This machine you see at the top, strangely, nobody won a simple coin from it. Rumours say that it's haunted by some spirit. Others say that something special happened if you lose to that machine 10 times in a row, but no one every spared his time to check whether that rumour were true or not."
There you go, risk your coins for a quest. Indeed on the 10th trial, the machine will behave strangely. A message will pop up.
"The machine you are using is out-out-out-of-of-of-or-or-or-der-der-der.... bzzzz * - ......"
and sparks will be seen on the play screen, while a coin is dropped by the machine.
You talk to the coin exchange cashier (sp?) and she will tell you that the machine was messed up long ago by a man, and it never worked.
"There is always that weird coin which it throws. There is a strange symbol on it which cannot be exchanged. Nobody knows what is the use of that coin, so people have been throwing it away."
When you examine the coin more closely, there is an odd symbol engraved in it. If you are a good observer, you'll notice [...]. Going back to his lair, you'll find that [...] What could that really mean?
When you inspect the machines there you'll find some:
"A machine built by Byron. It seems to have no use whatsoever."
"A machine apparently used to extract electricity from Pokemon. The Pokemon don't seem to have enjoyed that machine."
"A strange machine with a small slot having the size of a coin. Do you want to drop a coin in there?"
Upon saying yes, and choosing the particular coin will activate the machine, opening [...] When you get in, you find a small library, presumably that of Byron, containing
various information about himself.
Reading the books (there are several books, under different headings, and you can choose to stop or continue reading after each entry):
My Childhood"Day XX, Month XX.
Today was another atrocious day. My classmates made fun of my pokesolar watch in which I had all my efforts. The only problem with that watch was that the hands went in the opposite direction but could still be used! I tried solving the problem, but in vain."
"Day XX, Month XX.
Today, my little sister, Lily got her first pokemon, a Treecko. She already set off for adventure while I'm still trying to work hard at the Prality School... Does she know anything about Pokemon? How can
she just set off like that?"
"Day XX, Month XX.
I'm really desperate. Lily has been calling quite frequently and she already got her first badge, together with her evolved Treecko and some other Pokemon she caught during her journey. Should I drop
school?"
After I dropped school"Day XX, Month XX.
Today, I found a cave just behind the waterfall, and I decided to make it my secret lair. I also found the workers at the power plant really friendly. They taught me a bunch about their strange machines."
"Day XX, Month XX.
I was running an errand today when I stumbled upon a whole lot of scientific books at the PokeCentre. They are so interesting! I think I'll start building my own machines."
"Day XX, Month XX.
The town is expanding, a gym has been built and more trainers are visiting the area. I even found some of my old classmates, and they still look down on me. I'll show them my true potential, I swear
they'll regret their thoughts!"
My Plan"Day XX, Month XX.
A new casino is being built. I'll start my plan now. I'll modify one of those machines. Oh, I know. I'll hide something under the casino, my greatest invention of them all! Nobody will get the right combination of the machine. I would be the only one who knows the combination, and I will rule the world!"
"Day XX, Month XX.
My invention is nearly ready; it is buried under the casino. If ever I fail again, I'll unleash its power over all the people who made fun of me. All it needs now is some last modifications until it's fully operational."
"Day XX, Month XX.
Today I got a bright idea; I'm going to build a huge power station and provide power to all the inhabitants of the city first, then of the whole region. People will be forced to bow before me, or else, they'll receive no power. I'll send my army of electric pokemon against them and make them regret their insolence."
"Day XX, Month XX.
I forgot the most important thing... I need a pokemon to be able to catch all the other pokemon. The Byron ultimate weapon also needs a pokemon to be able to work at its fullest. Where to have one? How to have one?"
[Note that Byron is mad and the things in his head might not always make sense]
When you go to the casino, and press the buttons on the 'broken' machine in the reverse order each time you play, until you do it five times (for example, [l - left, m - middle, r - right] lmr, rml, lmr,
rml, lmr) on the fifth trial, a message on the machine screen will appear. [if that can be implemented. It's a similar system as to the DPPt casino] {if not, make it like: 'use three coins first, then two, then
one, then two then tree again'}
"Door between shelves of library are open"
If you then head off to Byron's lair again, you'll find that indeed a door has opened. When you go through, you'll see that the passage was covered up with tall grass, besides which a stream flows. Pokemon encounter here are quite frequent and are at relatively high level. At the end of the passage, you find Byron, his back to you, facing a huge machine. An exclamation mark will appear above his head.
"What? You are here to ruin my plan again? I escaped prison with the help of Marowak, I fought my way out and this time, you will not be able to stop me!"
He sends his buffed pokemon at you while he enters the machine.
Pokemon:[...]
Beat them one at a time in a row. When done, you'll find Byron in his machine.
"Hahaha, I'll crush you like a mere bug!" he'll say. "!!!"
His machine couldn't move because of the multiple grass knots tying it to the ground. With time, the vegetation grew and trapped the machine.
He gets off the machine, red of anger and decides to flee. Follow him deeper in the cave, and a tiny maze will show up.
Get through the maze, [...]
Quest to be continued!
Thanks for reading!
Summary:
- Lose ten times at a machine in casino
- Get the coin to Byron's lair and find the machine in which it goes through
- Find the right combination to open the door
- Follow the underground path which leads to under the casino
- Battle Byron's pokemon
