Pokemon Pearl - Veilstone City

So I made it to Veilstone City, a city "Hewn from Rock" as the sign says. There are a lot of rocky hills that the buildings stand on, and the roads go between them. I talked to some people around the city, and received TM63 (Embargo) from one of the citizens. I found a Team Galactic Warehouse there at the city, which one of the Grunts told me carried the HM for Fly. I'm going to have to take these guys out of Veilstone City too...

I came across the Veilstone Gym, and Dawn. She was surprised at how strong I've gotten, and told me she was working on her Pokedex before leaving. She seemed to be having troubles of some kind, but I have no idea what could be wrong. I could have just headed in and gotten my badge, but there's a lot more of the city to check out before I continue through.

I explored the city further, and found someone who offered to massage one of my Pokemon, and I let Lucius enjoy a good massage. I received something called Determination, a decoration, that she found on him, and then I continued on my way. Next door, I found a clown who gave me a Coin Case, for the Veilstone Game Corner, a good way to lose lots of cash...

Shortly after getting the Coin Case, I found the Veilstone Game Corner and checked it out. I went inside and was greeted by a generous man on a winning streak, and he gave me 20 Coins. I talked with others at the machines, and received another 50 Coins from another player. I talked with a couple others, one who told me how the machines worked, and then another who told me he was the father of the Gym Leader!

I decided to go ahead and try my luck at the slot machines, seeing as I had some free coins from the lucky folks there.The way that it works is that you insert 3 Coins, then you spin the machine. When the pictures are spinning, you go ahead and tell each row to stop in turn. After a couple tries, I won some Coins with a trio of Pikachus. Another couple tries saw me find another trio of Pikachus. I managed to get a trio of Moon Stones and out popped a Clefairy (though it's face was like that Ditto from the old show). After a few failed spins, I managed on 777 with the Clefairy and got plenty of Coins. After that I got 15 bonus rounds in which the Clefairy showed me which rows to stop and I got a BUNCH of Coins. I called it quits after my lucky streak, knowing I'd just lose it all if I went further.

I checked out the Prize Exchange next to the Veilstone Game Corner and found that the lowest-end prizes cost 1000 Coins, and so I just continued exploring the city. I went north, and found to my unfortunate surprise that Veilstone holds the Team Galactic HQ! After I'm done with the Veilstone Gym, I'm going to have to do some serious ass-kicking to get these Galactic assholes out of here!

I did a bit more exploring, and found the Veilstone Department Store, a tall building where you can buy all sorts of different things! Floor 1 was like a Poke' Mart, Floor 2 had battle items and stat-building items (as well as a Poketch App, Counter), Floor 3 had offensive and defensive TMs, Floor 4 had Secret Base items, and Floor 5 was the Rooftop Plaza. I got a Sticky Barb from a guy at the Plaza, bought some stuff for my secret base, and then decided that was enough for the city tour. I went ahead and went to my Secret Base to get the new stuff set up, then came back to the city to fight the Gym Leader.

Current Team:

Alexander (Machop, Fighting, Lv. 25)
Maximus (Luxio, Electric, Lv. 26)
Marcus (Staravia, Normal/Flying, Lv. 26)
Maria (Shellos, Water, Lv. 25)
Lucius (Ponyta, Fire, Lv. 25)
Annabelle (Grotle, Grass, Lv. 26)