The Trainer Campaign for Brighter Caves

I think I speak for trainers everywhere when I say that modern caves are too dark. Darkness in itself is not such a bad thing, but given the level of gadgetry that a trainer can enjoy in the Unova region, from the ridiculously unnecessary C-Gear to the important necessity of running shoes, how is it that no one has ever thought to give me a torch for those pitch black caves.

I recently revisted Wellspring Cave, where I had caught my second Pokemon some time previously. Employing the useful HM03, Surf, I was able to further explore what this cave had to offer. I've always been happy for a squad member to have Surf as one its moves. At 95 damage and 100% accuracy, it is in many ways a better water move than Hydro Pump. Not only that, it of course allows you to surf across water.

My expedition into the depths of Wellspring Cave lead me down some stairs and regrettably into darkness. Now, despite an odd spotlight following my immediate person around, I couldn't see very much in this cave. Luckily I own Flash, an HM move so terrible that it became TM70. However, a stranger handing over TM70 free of charge, hardly makes up for the fact that no one has ever thought to give me a torch. That is because, the advantage of a torch would be that I would not have to use one of my Pokemon's precious move slots with a TM that does so little, yet, which is so essential to my navigating my way around. Surf is essential to the game and doesn't severly handicap your Pokemon if you teach it to them. You teach a Pokemon Flash...you might as well tie it to a tree and call in the Hydreigon to start chowing down, because it's a sitting duck. Especially if it's a Ducklett, although I'm not sure it can learn flash.

My point is, this could all be avoided if the authorities (whoever they might be, for all intents and purposes the Unova region seems a place of anarchy ruled over by vigilanty law and terrorist groups) - ahem, but if the authorities would just invest in some lighting around popular cave locations, then perhaps I wouldn't find myself lost, walking in circles, running low on max repel and with only a vague spotlight surrounding my body to keep me company...because I am NOT wasting my time teaching any of my squad Flash; it's just not happening.