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Revamped Chapter 2! 🌷🌷🌷

I forgot to update y'all on that, but Chapter 2 did get revamped.

Editing TEBF

So for those who don't know, I'm editing TEBF! I haven't done major edits, mostly due to school and other obligations preventing me from doing so, but I've found the time to slowly edit the chapters!

This means that I decided to add to chapters like descriptions, character reactions, and more that help flesh it out better.

I didn't know what to add in my previous (mostly grammatical) edits of the chapters, mostly because they were fine as they were. But now I want them to be better.

Or at least, better than before.

As such, newly edited chapters will be marked with a 🌷near the chapter title.

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Editing TEBF

So for those who don't know, I'm editing TEBF! I haven't done major edits, mostly due to school and other obligations preventing me from doing so, but I've found the time to slowly edit the chapters!

This means that I decided to add to chapters like descriptions, character reactions, and more that help flesh it out better.

I didn't know what to add in my previous (mostly grammatical) edits of the chapters, mostly because they were fine as they were. But now I want them to be better.

Or at least, better than before.

As such, newly edited chapters will be marked with a 🌷near the chapter title.

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heartwarming and uplifting story MY ASS

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You are a coward (affectionate) for not giving Azul a meowth with Scuba gear and the move payday

counterpoint: Psyduck can learn Payday via TM, and Azul with a Psyduck would be hilarious.

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good luck little drifloon ! ✧o(•̀⤙•́o )

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quagsire is a very floyd coded pokemon, thank you

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So!

"The Eternal Blooming Flower" has a TvTropes Fanfic Recommendation.

Never thought I'd ever have a recommendation on there for my fanfic! I was told this a little bit ago by someone. But thanks for all the love and support on TEBF, everyone!

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figured I'd do Azul for his birthday(ish), and did the twins too while I was at it!

Azul gets Octillery and Tentacruel, Jade has Gorebyss, and Floyd has Huntail. all pretty obvious choices, but sometimes it is just obvious!

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couple more of the pokemon crossover! Mightyena for Ruggie (someone suggested a shiny because of the colors, which I did originally do...but I ended up liking the look of the darker colors with him better? all the browns were like...TOO much somehow) and Rockruff + Maractus for Jack (ultimately went with Maractus over Cacnea because I feel like it's a more decorative plant-type cactus, but I also kind of want Jack to just have a very round pokemon. the decisions -- the decisions are just too hard sometimes 😭)

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Summary:

It was on a beautiful moonlit night when the Champion of Kalos had gone missing. No calls. No texts, aside from one to her grandmother. No one knew where she was, but most believed she would be fine. After all, she was the strongest trainer in the region.

Who would mess with her?

Night Raven College very much did not get that memo. The one to not mess with the non-magic human with scary monsters who would and could raze the school to the ground if it meant getting their ramshackle of a dorm fixed. No, that threat does not (surprisingly) include Grim because he was the normal monster of the bunch.

Author's Note:

Chapter 15 is out!

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i feel like idia might have a rotom

ooh and if I may expand on this: Idia HAD a Rotom, and then he built himself a brother around it. Rotom (Ortho form).

I'm counting Rotom as Ortho's pokemon, so I'm also giving Idia a Porygon-Z (shiny, because ~color coordinating~) and a very lonely Minun.

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I know you already gave ace a Pokémon, but I would like to say that he would absolutely also have a nickit, as he is basically human nickit just without eye liner

I did think about giving him a Nickit, but I wanted everyone to have unique ones, and. well. there is another character who fits Nickit even more.

Ace WOULD also have a Nickit on his team though! I also really liked someone's suggestion of Zorua for him (I think it would be like...a very sarcastic Zorua though) (actually that's amazing, hold on). he gets all the sneaky pokemon. although I kinda want to give him a Pidgey or something, because 1) wind magic and 2) Ace is the closest thing NRC has to a normal person, he should have the most painfully normal pokemon there is.

(I did really want to save Nickit to steal wallets for Fellow though)

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I understand that Special Events are non-canon in The Eternal Blooming Flower. But say how would you let Glorious Masquerade play out in your What if?

I love the Glorious Masquerade event, but the way that the event would play out in my What-If goes like this:

The first thing that would happen in this universe is the fact that Soni would definitely look around the City of Flowers and go, "This feels very similar to old Kalosian architecture." Makes sense since the movie was based in Notre Dame, which takes place in France

Obviously, she does a little bit of research into the city before she goes there, mostly because she doesn't want to do a social faux pas in a place that really reminds her too much of Kalos. Either way, Soni looked at the city itself for half a second before she gets dressed in an ensemble that would definitely remind her of her more formal attire as the Grand Duchess of Kalos.

I like the idea of a mixture of dark blue and gold accents with black-purple being the main color of the outfit itself. I feel like Soni wouldn't get a mask (mostly because I can see her just taking it off and not putting it back one because she's not a huge fan of masks in general) and get something like a circlet instead (looks like Xerneas' horns with clear crystals on top of it).

Happiny gets taken along because Deuce can't bear to leave her alone for a few days, which means she gets her own little outfit! A small pink mask with little beads that look like Oval Stones and a small hat that allows her little ponytail to stick up. As much as I would love for Happiny to have a little scarf, it'll definitely drag behind her like a little cape.

I could have Sobble here as well as Morpeko, and they would be wearing something similar to what Azul and Ruggie wear respectively. Obviously, the first half of the day plays out similar to the event itself: invitation, gets shown around the city, and then meeting Rollo makes Soni just feel a little uncomfortable, especially when Rollo himself looked into the students themselves to the point of getting Azul's eye prescription because I'm sure that's looking into someone medical history and I'd be wondering why anyone would do that much and even lightly comments on Soni's lack of information in a roundabout way that set off alarm bells.

Rollo: "When making accommodations for all of you to enjoy yourselves to the fullest, I noticed that Miss Monet has made no additional requests beyond what was stated in the itinerary, despite being the sole magicless person of your group. Do you truly not have anything else to add that you may have forgotten to write down beforehand?"

And even when Soni says that she doesn't, Rollo says, "If anything comes to mind, I do not mind making time to discuss any details with you on anything you wish to say."

Soni finds it weird that he points out that she was magicless when most people outside of NRC didn't know that, but that itself could be chalked up to her shared student status with Grim as a two-in-one student. Also Grim might just say that Soni doesn't have magic from the get-go because "the Great Grim ain't a familiar!"

However, that last bit poked at her the most because it implied that Soni withheld information that she didn't want written down.

Which is exactly what she did, but for the reason of her privacy and safety because people looking into Soni would potentially use it against her. Not to mention, she listed any needed information (i.e. medical, emergency contact, etc.) and the like on the papers themselves, so it's not like she needed more than that for Rollo to see. To imply that she still had more to say when she didn't and that Rollo was subtly pushing for more information about Soni while disguising it as a gesture of goodwill makes Soni think of all the verbal maneuvering that she had to do as Grand Duchess with many businessmen doing the same.

When the dance in the city happens, I like to imagine that Soni is made to come along with the others, awkwardly following along to the steps with Grim just spinning around like he does in the rhythm game. Happiny is being danced with by Riddle and Deuce, bouncing around cheerfully in the process.

That's when Rollo appears with a specific look in his eye when he sees NRC using magic alongside the other magicians:

"When you first came here, magic was truly a baffling mysterious force as a magicless person, was it not?"

Soni looks at the guy, her tone neutral as it could be, "It was, but who am I to tell people on how to live their lives?"

"Does it not trouble you? With how dangerous it is?"

Soni shrugs, "I've dealt with worse."

Then comes the night where all the Crimson Flowers are basically everywhere. Students are falling over because their magic is being drained out of them.

Cue Rollo's big reveal, and suddenly Soni understands why he mentioned that. She very much dislikes the fact that everything looks like it is on fire.

When they all fall downwards, Soni releases Dior and Charlie, the former teleporting everyone within reaching distance to the ground and Charlie snatching as many people as possible.

If we want to do the non-Championship Team, Nimbus, being a large puffy cloud bird, basically released a whole lot of fluff from using Cotton Guard as a cushion. Honestly, the idea that everyone just falling from a huge height, only to flop onto a cloudy-like fluff without having to use any magic was very nice.

When the others have to deal with the Crimson Flowers and pull weeds, Happiny is very enthusiastic about it because Happiny picks wild flowers all the time, so this isn't very different from what she normally does.

Ruggie, yanking Crimson Flowers with dirt flying everywhere: "Put your backs into it!"

Epel veins popping out of his head: "I can pull these weeds faster than you can breathe!"

Happiny, literally pulls off an entire cluster of Crimson Flowers with her bare hands: "Hap Hap!" This is fun!

I imagine that Happiny's given chores in Heartslabyul, and one of them is weeding the garden. It certainly comes in handy now that there's a magic flower that's trying to take people's magic away.

Then comes the plan to storm the tower and ring the Bell of Salvation.

Obviously, everyone's got an entire plan, but Soni goes, "You're all forgetting that I've got no magic. Those flowers can't do anything to me. And from what I've observed, they don't effect Pokemon either."

And what they settled on was for Soni basically leading the charge with her Pokemon taking down as many of the Crimson Flowers as possible. Dior using Psychic to physically pull as many Crimson Flowers away as well as assisting any passerby in the process. Charlie obviously uses his Flamethrower to burn away the Crimson Flowers in larger areas and even provides aerial assistance with Epel when the Crimson Flowers try to capture them both.

And Happiny doing her best to weed as many of the flowers as possible. Obviously, she stays behind with Deuce when he gets hurt and basically starts ripping apart the flowers even more when they start trying to hurt him.

And while it would be more heroic for Soni and the others to try climb the tower like they did in the original game, they could just teleport up to the top with the help of Dior or fly up there with Nimbus and/or with Charlie.

And in the process of catching their breath from the few fights that they engaged with on the way to the top, they stumble into the private area where they find the diary of Rollo.

And of course, they still go up against Rollo in the process, covered in flames and all. Hearing Idia's speech is certainly one that Soni understands the core meaning, but it could've definitely been handled better.

Soni looks at Deuce when seeing Azul use Deuce's UM to punch Rollo: "You did what? When did you do that?"

Deuce: "Back in the main area..."

Soni: "I looked away for five minutes-"

Deuce gestures to his leg: "I wanted to hit him, and Azul offered!"

Soni: "And I would've done it for free. We are talking about this later when we aren't at risk of falling off a tower and being roasted alive."

Malleus dealing the final blow with his lightning magic left the thickest smell of ozone in the air with Soni's arm hairs standing up on end.

And skipping to the song that happens during the party, Soni has her time to dance with the others again, although she's not all that good with it. In the background, Happiny and the other Pokemon are equally enjoying their time together at the party.

Side Notes That I Couldn't Put In:

A comical Pokemon for Soni to bring along in this particular event is her Skiddo because one, it's a little goat and they would see such creatures around. Two, it can eat the Crimson Flowers as a free snack. I cannot confirm whether that the Crimson Flower is fit for Pokemon consumption.

Soni using Kalosian and basically finding little to no difference between French and Kalosian; funnily enough, I like to imagine that Soni manages to get better deals this way from people at stalls because she's getting souvenirs for the others (Ace would complain if he didn't get something; Soni bought him a mug that Milcery uses to sleep in).

And that's the general gist of the Glorious Masquerade event!

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When you have the time can we see a casual Pokegraphic of Nimbus' (Swablu and Altaria) line? Or maybe the Ralts line?

Soni: "Today, we're here talking about one of the most iconic fluffy birds there are from where I'm from: Swablu and its Evolution, Altaria."

Soni: "You're probably thinking of sinking into the fluffy body of these guys, thinking that you'll be surrounded by floof and carried off into the sunset. You'd be right if you were someone that they were close to or happened to be the right person."

Soni: "Because these little birdies can land on your head and pretend to be a little hat, all while using their wings to smoother you in fluffiness. Why? It's said that that's how they bond with their friend. I wish I was kidding, but it happens, even with their adult forms."

An Altaria pops their head out from the corner and approaches behind Soni with their wings spread out. Their head is bobbing up and down to catch her attention.

Soni: "See? Not right now, Nimbus. I'm recording. But if you want my opinoin, they probably think you're cozy enough to be around and no one can really tell them no when they've got those beady black eyes looking at you like this."

Soni: "Go ahead and tell me that they aren't precious fluff balls. They've got amazingly beautiful voices, something that many wish to listen to whenever they have the chance to witness such a thing.

Soni: "That being said, don't underestimate them either. The larger, fluffier bird is classified as a Dragon back home, and like all Dragons, they are fiercely protective over those they consider one of their own. So don't try and piss off a fluffy cute bird regardless of how many people have said their species is docile. Because there's always that one person who finds out how menacing they truly are when the Pokemon's temper runs out."

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Summary:

People go on Pokemon Journeys. That's what the world in this life often said was the way to live. Being called a Pokemon Trainer was something that everyone had the capability of being. It didn't matter where you started or where you ended, you just had to get there in the first place. Living in the Pokemon World is not all that it's cracked up to be, especially when the main story for the region that you’re living in was finished years ago by the time that you went on your journey. Haru certainly doesn't know what she's doing at this point, but who would ever stop her from trying to live?

Chapter 5 is out!

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Based on a popular meme on twitter rn lmaooo

But uh, hey y’all, not dead!

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Collection of Journal from the first Grand Duke of Kalos

[These are the Common translations of the journals that belonged to the first Grand Duke of Kalos that were recently discovered. Not all words translate directly into Common as the journals themselves were written in an old dialect of Kalosian, so liberties were taken to ensure the most concrete translation.

There are also a collection of other miscellaneous works included, such as poems in these journals.]

Given that everything that I had given and all that I had gained, there is not a single thing that I would have exchanged for the life I lead. My people, who are often forgotten in the mess that is the land of which we live, are those most effected by this. Yet their voices are lost. Nobility, for all that they speak of righteousness by the people, do not include my people. And I will never forget that for as long as I breathe. Perhaps I am foolish to think that peace would be achieved after the war, yet how hopeful I am to want more from others when kindness is basic courtesy.

And it is that same burning flame that I find the will to live on when others did not.

I have seen things that have broken others and still survived. I do not know if it were my own luck, my ability to endure the worst of the world or the both of those things, and I do not know what is truth of my life and what has become of it.

But I know deep in my soul of which will truths are right and which are not, humbled by the chances given by the one who lives eternally. And I know that nothing will ever change that.

Blind to the ideals of which lines you dare cross, I am sick of you. How pitiful that you seek to be true when all you speak are falsehoods and deceit. You create your lines upon your pandering masses of which cannot deny you, for you hold their attention and the power to destroy them as you please. There is nothing good of you, nothing good made from you, and everything to be learned by the hubris in which you stake your claim. Between you and a common Magikarp when one needs to compare one's intelligence, both of you jump at the opportunity to try and become something of which you are not, yet only one of you is capable of changing as brightly as the rising sun.

Hungry for whatever scraps the world will be willing to spare and yet give nothing back in turn, one has to wonder that when you decided to be given a mouth by whoever decided to be create the you that stands so blatantly before the masses as though you rule the world, did the world itself regret ever giving you a glance that which you took falsely as permission to do as you wished?

The coming of ages

spring forth new

lives that flourish

beyond the reach of

mortal hands tainted by

time.

Longingly I wait for you

among the flowers where we whispered

dreams and hopes in a world that

you and I knew would never accept them, yet you

dared and did so until

the ashes of our dreams lit the sky

impossible and immortalized.

Until then my heart, in our

next lives and forevermore

time and time again, I wait for you.

Softly you lie upon the grave

burning a bright

red and blue

light that lit through the life

you spared that day

saved that day

and yet still, I

waited for you.

[Pages are too hard to read due to water damage.]