Day Three: Maudville Gym and Lavaridge Gym

I reached Mauville and got my Mach Bike, allowing me to train on Cycle Road. I caught another Poochyena(nicknamed "InsanityII") on Route 117, this one was lv13.

I continued to train Leviathan, Nega, and InsanityII on Route 117, until Leviathan reached lv15 and learned Tackle. At that point, I took him to the Verdanturf end of the Rusturf Tunnel and had him level up against many Whismur(can you say "HP EVs"?). After a while, Leviathan became a Gyarados and learned Bite.

For some additional training, I challenged the Winstrate Family on Route 111. I beat them all, however, Nega died there at lv25. Once InsanityII became a Mightyena, I stopped training, and headed to the gym, where I beat Wattson using, once again, only Trip.

I headed up Route 111, using InsanityII's Rock Smash. Once I reached Route 112, I caught a lv14 Marill(nicknamed "Darwin"). In the nearby Fiery Path cave, I caught a lv16 Numel(nicknamed "Flamoo"). On Route 113, I caught a lv14 Spinda(nicknamed "Dazy"), which I boxed once I reached Fallarbor Town, to use as a safety net if ever necessary. At Route 114, I failed at catching a Swablu. However, once I reached Meteor Falls, I did succeed at catching a Zubat(nicknamed "Bruce").

I trained hard, and evolved Darwin into an Azumarill, and Bruce into a Golbat. Flamoo died in training at the hands of a Barboach and my own idiocy, really. But it didn't matter, because after the mess on Mt. Chimney, I caught a better Numel(nicknamed "FlamooII") at Jagged Pass, at lv21.

Once Leviathan was lv25 and Darwin was lv30, I challenged Flannery for my fourth badge. Darwin went through her first 3 Pokemon easily, using Bubblebeam. But her Torkoal used Attract on Darwin, so I switched to Leviathan and used Dragon Rage, bypassing Torkoal's Defense stat.

After I got that badge, May approached me and gave me the Go-Goggles, which allowed me to enter the desert on Route 111. I entered the Mirage Tower and caught a Trapinch(nicknamed "Sparx") at lv21. I grabbed the Claw Fossil, trained a bit, and went to Petalburg City to conclude Day Three.

Pokemon with Me:
"Trip" Breloom lv32
"Leviathan" Gyrarados lv26
"InsanityII" Mightyena lv23
"Darwin" Azumarril lv31
"Bruce" Golbat lv25
"FlamooII" Numel lv21

Fallen Pokemon:
"Aquasellia" Marill lv5
"Insanity" Poochyena lv10
Whismur lv12
"Psychopath" Abra lv13
"Nega" Minun lv25
"Flamoo" Numel lv17

Boxed Pokemon:
"Dazy" Spinda lv14
"Sparx" Trapinch lv21