LOG ENTRY: DAY 1 - THE VHERESTORM ANOMALY
Location: Littleroot Town (coordinates match standard Emerald projection)
I touched down in the Vherestorm sector expecting a meteorological crisis or a total ecological overhaul. The name suggests chaos. The name suggests storms. Instead, I found... a moving truck. The same moving truck I've ridden in 4,000 times across the multiverse. My Pokedex isn't registering significant atmospheric deviations yet, which makes me nervous. When the landscape is this familiar, it usually means the traps are hidden deeper.
THE CATCHABILITY INDEX
Headquarters promised "New Starters". This was the primary directive. I rushed Professor Birch's bag like a starved Swellow. The selection has shifted. This is the first confirmed divergence from the timeline. However, the surrounding fauna appears alarmingly standard. I spent three hours in Route 101 headbutting trees (metaphorically) looking for a regional variant.
FIELD NOTE: If the starter selection is the only change, my completionist anxiety is going to spike. I need confirmation that the National Dex is unlockable early. I don't sleep until I see numbers go up.
THE QOL AUDIT (QUALITY OF LIFE)
I raided the Lilycove Department Store the second I had Fly access. My hands were shaking. I needed to know. Link Cable item is available in Department Store. Huge W. Or at least, it should be in any rom hack worth its salt in this era. In Vherestorm, the inventory lists were... inconsistent. The "Beta" status of this simulation is palpable. I found anomalies where items should be.
- Running Shoes: Acquired. Standard protocol.
- Infinite Repel: Negative. I had to manually re-apply Repels like a caveman. My efficiency dropped by 14%.
- DexNav: Non-functional. Tracking specific IVs is impossible without third-party tools.
THE BUG REPORT (GLITCH CITY RISKS)
The comms chatter regarding this region was garbled (`[object Object]`), and now I know why. The reality rendering is unstable. I encountered text box overlaps that threatened to crash my save file. Missable event warning! Save before entering the cave. Specifically, any cave that isn't part of the main loop. I sensed a shimmering tile in Granite Cave that looked like a one-way ticket to the void.
POST-GAME & VERDICT
Because this is built on the Emerald engine, the Post-game is massive. Battle Frontier included. That is the safety net of this expedition. Even if the "Vherestorm" script is just a light coat of paint, the Battle Frontier remains the ultimate test of a Trainer's sanity. However, for a completionist?
100% completion took me 85 hours. Just kidding. I aborted at hour 12. Without a clear documentation of the "New Starters" or the wild encounter tables, a true 100% run is a gamble I can't take. The "Great Plot" promised in the briefing appears to be a mirror of the Rayquaza conflict we all know. Until the developer patches the structural integrity and releases a wild list, this is a dangerous trek for a Living Dex hunter.
