#skvllbug

[imperiarre]

                     ❝  You should know better than to try and communicate with someone of such low calibre. Use a word longer than three letters, and you’ve confused the poor boy already.  ❞

[itsraiyninmeteors]

“...Somethin’s up..”

Gene had seen Guzma run off to the daycare in order to chill after a meltdown and now, she was worried about the big boss. Sure, they weren’t really Team Skull anymore, but the gang was the closest to family she’s had. So...she was worried about him.

Should she approach him to talk about it? Maybe...

Instead it’s both her Sylveon and Golisopod that would go off to find the man and maybe, get some answers. They’re worried too!

[pkmnsdarkqueen]

“Did someone just insult Guzma’s bugs?”

[horizonboundtrainer]

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May primarily speaks a variant of Japanese similar ( but nowhere near identical ) to Kyushu's Hichiku dialects. It's a language commonly spoken in Slateport, Lilycove and Dewford where the "people of the sea" once settled. It's a dialect more influenced by the Draconids' original tongue along with some subtle Alolan influences than the one spoken by those further inland.

Archie and Shelly taught her the original "purer" dialect used by the residents of Pacifidlog and parts of Sootopolis's older population. May understands but struggles to speak it since it's pretty much mutually unintelligible with standard variants of Japanese. It's also a dying language because of how rarely it's being passed on to the younger generations outside of Pacifidlog.

May can also gain fluency in an old, archaic variant of the Draconid tongue by essentially stealing from Rayquaza's mind. She's not particularly inclined to do so as draw too deeply from the well will wear away at her sense of self and leave her weeping as she's forced to experience someone else's memories and emotions. In addition to draw the dragon's attention which wouldn't end well for either of them. ( Note: The language Rayquaza's familiar with is also not the modern Draconid tongue. It's something far older, something reserved for the Lorekeepers and only selectively taught to their lesser priests... which is pretty much why it's died out with the only modern speakers being Zinnia and Wallace's family. The greatest divine mysteries were always meant to be kept from the common man )

May is a weird case where she can only understand part of the written text on her own ( and probably mistranslate quite a few things... ) Speaking is another matter since she only knows a few words and phrases she's picked up from Zinnia and her grandmother. Aeon has sort of worked out the modern Draconid syntax though he's missing much of the context. ( It helps that his species has evolved to learn them quickly )

She’s also picked up bits and pieces of various other languages over the years but the only major ones she’s fluent in is English. She’s definitely interested in learning German and Chinese for the sake of reading old philosophical treatises in their native language. She just doesn’t have the time for it.

[imgonnaketchumall]

As the raven haired boy knocked on the door, he knew from an instant he had fucked up. He didn’t think he did too terribly a job, but everyone else had said so otherwise. He could just imagine the jokes his former best friend would have said, or the loud cries of his full name from his mother. He could already imagine Brock holding back laughter and trying not to cry at the boys once raven locks.

What was once a messy fluff of raven was now a Rotom-mower looking hacked up mess. Purple was splotched on bits of pieces with some murky orange brown color on the strands that didn’t take to the purple. The supposed undercut was actually just various pieces that were hacked shorter than the other. After seeing the damage done to his beloved trainer, Pikachu was glad Pikapi never groomed him with sharp objects.

If that were bad enough, just hours beforehand the boy was trying so hard to make an Alolan dish. He wanted Professor Kukui to see that he does take pride in Alolan customs, but, reading Alolan was never his strong suit. And reading aloud wasn’t even a talent of his.

The traditional Alolan dish lay in the sink blacked to a crisp that even Munchie wouldn’t eat.

Ash was trying to be better with domestic things. He wanted to show everyone that he too, could follow suit in Alolan customs and traditions. That he wasn’t hindered by his Kantonese raised lifestyle.

His results, were clearly not the case.

As he knocked once more on the door of the Team Skull hideout, he called out loudly for the man who he felt was the best to help him.

“Guzma! Guzma!” Ash called out. As soon as the door opened, Ash started talking miles a minute. “I tried to make my hair purple and cool like yours and Leon’s only the directions were in Alolan and I can’t really read it well and so I just put on the biggest numbers of the bottles stuff and put it on my head and then my hair turned orange and burned and the purple doesn’t stay in that good. I tried to fix it by making it cool like yours but it doesn’t really look like that an’ now I don’t know how to fix it?” Ash gives the older man a crooked smile.

“An’ were supposed to make a traditional Alolan dish for school because were studying the history of Alola and I kinda burnt the dish and almost burned down the kitchen....” Ash looks down at his shoes. “Can you help me? It’s kinda dumb but I don’t think I can ask my friends for help cause they don’t really get it—and Professor Kukui would just kinda baby me about the assignment and I really wanna just not mess up?” Ash blinks, and lets out a breath.

A piece of fried bleached hair falls over his forehead.

@skvllbug

[tectorius]

     Does he hear his name being mentioned?

[akidfrompallet-a]

@skvllbug​

     “Hey! You like bugs right? i got a present for ya then!”

[miraiconnection]

skvllbug:

i see alolan raichuuuuu

and golisopooood

//Kukui gave him Pichu as his starter because he loves Ash’s Pikachu so much uwu

And he gets Wimpod after saving it from some angry Pokemon, I haven’t fully fleshed it out yet asdfhj

[casu-dana]

“I don’t have much to give, but I do have this.”

“It’s a Deep-Fried Shwaffle from the Crust Bucket. It’s sweet, salty, and a bit savory!”

[gcttacatchemall]

[🕷] “What a lovely Golisopod... I think they deserve all the treats.”

[lunalaapunk]

Nobody likes Lysandre because nobody likes a fascist.

There, I said it!

[psychic-master-will]

@skvllbug

“No, I will not get Surskit. You can’t make me.”

[itsraiyninmeteors]

“I see Goli is up to his tricks again to get treats and snacks.”

[controlledflame-archive]

✿ + Any horror setting of your choice

This is mostly inspired by Dee’s silent hill monster, taking note of the idea of making a monster based on your muse’s past and issues.

I don’t know much about silent hill though personally, except for watching a playthrough of the second game one time. So I guess feel free to keep that in mind. This ended up also being more about a game itself instead of just one monster, maybe someday I’ll expand more on that.

Honestly my interpretation of this idea for Red is probably closer to the horror game known as The Path than it is Silent Hill. I always associate my Red with the woods regarding his interest in nature and his past. 

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One of the biggest dangers I can think of for being out in the woods is running into a hunter. Except in the case of this hunter, it would attack at random and take on different forms. Some are dressed in trainer clothes just like him, others are more personal like his mother, a man in a business suit with a sickening grin, and a void representing his absent father. It could attack Red with the hopes of bringing home a trophy kill, or it avoids him entirely believing he’s not even worth attempting to chase after. Disappointed in the fame that they’d heard about him before.

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There are also arsonists in these woods, they don’t seek to harm Red unless he strikes them first. But they seek to destroy the entirety of the woods, representing Red leaving behind his title and attempting to rid himself of the reputation he’d built up for himself.

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There are often screams of fear from somewhere deep in the woods. It’s impossible to find whoever it is that is calling for help, a reflection of Red’s crippling anxiety that is always just past the surface.

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There is at times a person who could be called a doppelganger, who is everything that Red is not and seeks to destroy the actual Red. This could be taken as both a reference to the sort of person that people expect Red to be, but also a manifestation of the guilt he suffers from learning that his brother (@theotherredeyedmaster) felt overshadowed by his fame. Red believes he deserves the title more, but it’s far too late to change anything.

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??L??E??A??F?? is an entity in the forest as well, from the deep-rooted conflict Red has with his gender dysphoria. He does his best to be as masculine as he can be and not allow anyone to doubt that, but he still has feminine aspects of himself that he is guilty of and keeps hidden. Fearful that others would never take him seriously again if he was ever honest about them. They don’t actually act out against him much unless he does first, they’re more of a looming presence that he cannot escape from for long.

[aquanna-alight]

“Omma!! Slow down!!”

Aquanna struggled to keep up with her little Omanyte as it skittered down the road. The poor thing had been scared by an angry Yungoos and bolted. It wasn’t uncommon for this to happen, but it was the hottest day of the year so far. The blue-haired girl was quickly running out of steam, and nearly lost her grip on the Phantump in her arms more than once.

In his panic the small fossil Pokémon didn’t notice someone in his path, and smacked into the leg of a man with white hair and yellow sunglasses. He squeaked and whined but finally stopped, giving the tiny girl a chance to catch-up.

“Omma!��� She quickly reached down to scoop him up in her other arm and backed away from the adult. Hopefully he wouldn’t be too upset. “I’m really sorry mister! Omma just got scared! He didnt mean to!”

@skvllbug

[iuniorre]

             “You all see what I had to put up with as his brother?                                           All that over cereal.”