Azure and Rose walkthrough/Section 2

## Maracaleza Town

Maracaleza Town is a beachside town known best for its resort against the Ranselic Ocean. A Gym, where bodybuilders go to train, is located in this town as well. This Gym is one of the optional Verelan Sunset League Gyms, known as a "Twilight Gym". There are several optional things to do here, though some of them do have to wait (or at least, should wait) until you have at least one Gym Badge.

Access to the famed Maracaleza Beach is blocked for now, until you have two Badges, so simply just go to the school, known as Maracaleza Primary, to the north.

On the way to Maracaleza Primary, feel free to talk to the "Middle-Aged Woman" north of the Pokémon Center. She'll offer you the quest "The Catnapper!," where the goal is to rescue her Pokémon that was stolen by a Street Thug. However, the thug appears after defeating the Maracaleza Gym, which you can't do yet.

### Maracaleza Primary

When you try to enter the school, the teacher, Teacher Bonnie will notice you, noting how Aria said you were a strong Trainer. She will then battle you. After you win, she will let you inside, where Aria and Mona are waiting for you so the three of you can teach the students - and by extension, the player, if they hadn't heard about them yet - about held items. After an explanation, Mona decides to show how they work, by battling you.

This battle is a Double Battle, where two pairs of Pokémon battle at once. In this particular case, Mona will still start the battle if you only have one Pokémon, but will still comment about it. While this battle can be quite difficult - Mona's starter is super effective on yours - losing simply means missing out on money and experience.

After this, Aria initiates a "Berry Scavenger Hunt," and you and Mona also participate. During this time, the Preschooler trainers above are fought. After all the items are found, they head back into the school and wrap up, and you can now head back to Alipigra City (possibly battling Youngster Catu and Bicycler Tonio from Route 5). However, Aria asks you for one last favor before you head out: could you get Bird Keeper Tobias from Starview Lake, since the Gym's going to reopen?

## Starview Lake

A quaint lake found near Alipigra City, Starview Lake has three areas of water: southwest, central, and northern. The southwestern part is separated from the central part by a land bridge, while the northern part is crossed by two bridges, one against the water and one that goes over it. There is a large cave to the northwest, but it's only accessible after completing the Hirihopa Gym.

As you snake around, enter the house between the southwest and central water sections; in here, after defeating him, Fisherman Antelmo will give you the Super Rod (no other fishing rods are in the game). Tobias is the northernmost Trainer; defeating him will finally open up the Alipigra Gym.

## Alipigra Gym

**Alipigra City Pokémon Gym**

**Leader: Aria**

The Grade-A Glider

The Alipigra Gym specializes in Flying-type Pokémon. The Gym has an easy-to-understand gimmick of parkour; this will later be seen in Verela's ancient ruins. The arrows indicate the rough direction you'll be jumping to. There are two main paths around the Gym platforms; each one has one mandatory Trainer before the paths combine, where Bird Keeper Tobias will rematch you before facing Aria.

Aria's Pokémon all know the move Aerial Ace, so moves like Sand Attack are useless. Her team shares a weakness to Electric-type attacks, and Woobat also has a weakness to the Fire-type, however, Aria uses an X Speed on Woobat as the battle begins, so it will almost certainly get at least one hit in, and if that hit is Attract, your starter is likely to get infatuated (as the Verelan starters have a 75% chance to be male). Marihush does know Astonish, which can cause your Pokémon to flinch, but Normal-type Pokémon are immune to the attack (Scrappy does not work in reverse).

After the battle, Aria awards you the Glider Badge, which makes all Pokémon of level 20 or less obey you. She also gives you TM30 (Aerial Ace) as a prize. From there, it's off to Rocavideo Town, the location of the next Gym.