This should end it! - Entei

- Fixed up the Fishing Rod encounters.
- Finished the Pocket Lapras
- Farfetch'd on Route 13 and 15
- L50 Chansey on Victory Road 3F for Repel trick grinding
- Changed Surge's text to be way, way more accurate to the differences between American and Japanese relations at the time. See file for more details.
- Fixed the build error with the new Galarian Bird track

engine/items/item_effects.asm

@@ -782,8 +782,17 @@ ItemUseLapras:
 	ld a, 2
 	ld [wWalkBikeSurfState], a ; change player state to surfing
 	call PlayDefaultMusic ; play surfing music
+	
+	; no jimmy i will NOT make a new item
+	ld hl, SurfingGotOnLaprasText
+	ld a, [wSurfMonItemSwitch] ; check if the mon item switch has been set
+	and a
+	jr z, .skip
+	
 	ld hl, SurfingGotOnText
+.skip ; now shut the fuck up
 	jp PrintText
+
 .tryToStopSurfing
 	xor a
 	ldh [hSpriteIndexOrTextID], a

engine/menus/start_sub_menus.asm

@@ -165,6 +165,14 @@ StartMenu_Pokemon::
 	bit 1, [hl]
 	res 1, [hl]
 	jp z, .loop
+	
+	; this makes it so the pokemon shows up instead of pocket lapras
+	; no visible effect when using surf, it's actually for the item effect later
+	; it makes it so I don't have to make a craptastic new function that falls through, which would require a new item, which is so unimaginably cringe i would fall off my chair and die
+	; - pvk
+	ld a, 1
+	ld [wSurfMonItemSwitch], a
+	
 	ld a, POCKET_LAPRAS
 	ld [wcf91], a
 	ld [wPseudoItemID], a

engine/overworld/field_moves.asm

@@ -33,10 +33,18 @@ TrySurf:
 	and a
 	jr nz, .no2
 	call GetPartyMonName2
+	
+	; pocket lapras illusion maintenance service
+	ld a, 1
+	ld [wSurfMonItemSwitch], a
+	
 	ld a, POCKET_LAPRAS
 	ld [wcf91], a
 	ld [wPseudoItemID], a
 	call UseItem
+	; pocket lapras stuff
+	xor a
+	ld [wSurfMonItemSwitch], a
 .yes2
 	call CloseFieldMoveTextBox
 .yes