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Maybe it has nothing to do with me but I don't see what the hell this has to do with you either.

And so what if I'm 14? You're barely an adult, and you sure as hell don't act like one either if you're trying to parent a kid on the internet who didn't come here to argue about her opinions.

I just got done with the shittiest tournament in my life, so if I want to fuck around on the internet, I'll do that. Get a job or something.

i don't think there is anything wrong with telling off children for their misdeeds. in fact, i very much encourage it, actually. they'll learn to toughen up, eventually.

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In what world would a stranger "telling off" a kid for having an opinion and listening to their parents beneficial? Grow up. Nobody cares about what you have to say.

i don't think there is anything wrong with telling off children for their misdeeds. in fact, i very much encourage it, actually. they'll learn to toughen up, eventually.

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Call me crazy but I think we should aspire to be people the 14 year old would want to interact with instead of breaking her DNI to cyberbully her

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Ignore how I haven't posted in months. Things happened. A tournament went to shit. I think there was a Deoxys.

Anyway.

Hot Take: People who dislike dark/ghost/psychic/fairy types aren't evil or stupid or whatever you think they are. Like it or not people have reasons for their beliefs surrounding certain types. Maybe you should stop looking for reasons to be butthurt about somebody not wanting you to interact with them and do something useful with your time.

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its not the entire species' fault that someone with one has wronged you. - 💤🌙

If I don't like a Pokemon, I don't like a Pokemon. Quit whining about it.

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maybe u shouldnt have gotten caught cheating instead of beefing with a guy who probably doesnt even think abt you

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how could you hate shuppet? :( - 💤🌙

Because fuck IV and his stupid Banette.

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Fucking hate Shuppet.

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Guess I'm competing after all. We'll see how this goes.

Hmph. Apparently there’s talk of an international battle tournament. People think it’s going to take place in Saffron.

…Sounds annoying.

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gimmick puppetry

“Shark, you wouldn’t happen to have an extra one of those Tera Shard things, would you?” The boy with the navy and pink hair looked at him with a hopeful grin.

Ah, Yuma; he always was ill-prepared, and Ryoga knew better than to expect him to be on top of things. Somehow though, he always managed to pull off a win with the Eevee and that Porygon; he had a feeling he’d find some way to get into the tournament.

Ryoga shook his head, running a hand through his own hair, sporting his own smirk and looking cool as ever.

“Afraid I don’t. I don’t even have one for me.”

“You don’t?” Yuma tilted his head, “You’re not competing in the tournament?”

“Heh,” Ryoga twisted the handle of his motorbike, the Revavroom fueling it beginning to make a vroom noise, “I battle for only one person, Yuma, and that’s myself.”

He heard Yuma mumble to himself, “Cool…” and huffed quietly.

“Later, Yuma,” he raised a hand in farewell and lowered his riding goggles before driving off.

Picking up speed, Ryoga found himself remembering his own short career in the Kan-Joh Battle Circuit. It was funny, the way his own bitterness had seemed to fade over the course of the past month; Yuma seemed to have that effect on people, he noticed-

Out of seemingly nowhere, he hit the brakes, the Revavroom screeching quietly as they stopped suddenly.

He paused, trying to process what’d just happened, and glanced in front of them, the past few seconds replaying in his mind.

A black-green-red blur flew past his eyes, landing on the road ahead.

There was a Dusk Ball on the road ahead, just where he expected it to be.

He frowned slightly, glancing up at the direction it had come from, seeing a figure cloaked in shadow standing on the balcony of a building still being constructed, surrounded by the silhouettes of a few Shuppet.

There was no hesitation in his steps as he ran straight towards the stairs and into the construction site, making it to the balcony and looking over, glancing around for any sign of the mysterious trainer.

“Long time no see, Ryoga,” a familiar voice jeered, “But you go by Shark now, don’t you?”

Ryoga whipped around.

“I do,” he said, eyeing IV carefully.

He took him in; IV hadn’t changed one bit since the Youth Championships, sporting the same tousled burgundy and bleach-blond hairstyle he had back then, and his eyes just as sharp. He was surrounded by three Shuppet; a small one with a pink cloth, a standard sized one with a light yellow one, and finally, a larger one with the standard cloth coloration.

“What’s the Dusk Ball for?” Ryoga asked.

“I just thought it’d come in handy,” IV said casually, “In case you were planning on expanding your team for the tournament.”

“I’m not entering the tournament,” Ryoga glared at him.

“Oh, don’t tell me you’re still hung up on that, Ryoga."

Ryoga only raised a brow in response, his gaze cold as ice.

IV looked at him with an interested expression, “What, you don’t remember? It all went down during the finals of the Kan-Joh Youth Championships, two promising young Trainers, the best of their generation, duking it out for the glory and prestige of winning it all-”

Ryoga’s scowl only deepened; he held on tighter to the Disk Ball.

IV’s grin only widened, “But then, during the finals, it was revealed that one of the trainers, Ryoga Kamishiro had cheated! Just hours before the tournament, he’d let his temptations take control of him and taken a look at his opponent, the favorite to win the tournament, IV’s team sheet.”

He snapped his fingers for emphasis, “And just like that—it was all gone.”

“What’s your point, IV?” Ryoga spat his name like it was venom; the pink Shuppet retreated slightly closer to IV, but still eyed Ryoga like this was just a fun game to it. The standard indigo one eyed him curiously, but seeming more apathetic than the other two.

IV laughed in return, “I’m just reminding you of how you didn’t just fail yourself, Ryoga. You failed her too. Your sister… Rio, right?”

“Don’t talk about my sister-!”

“You tried so hard to win for her,” IV went on, his smirk widening further at the sight of Ryoga’s ice-hot rage, “But you were so scared of letting her down that it cost you the battle; you gave into your fears and temptations, and who can blame you? My misplaced team sheet was right there. It’s almost like it’d been left there for you.”

Ryoga’s eyes widened, the realization hitting him like a truck.

“You-” he growled with a near animalistic look in his eye; he lived up to his namesake like this, provoked to the point of irrefutable violence, “You set me up!”

IV shrugged dismissively, “Whoa, whoa, Ryoga. Maybe I did, but let’s leave that in the past,” he chuckled, adding on, “Right where it belongs with your career in the competitive circuit. How the mighty have fallen…”

Ryoga stepped towards him, fists clenched, “Shut up, I haven’t fallen from anything-!"

IV’s smirk deepened; he tossed something towards Ryoga, something that glimmered in his palm, and cut into it as well. He refused to wince, or even look down at it, despite the cold, metallic scent of blood coming from his hand. He knew what it was; a Tera Crystal, one that signified participation in the World Battle Carnival. He frowned at the feeling of it in his hand.

“Then prove it, Ryoga,” IV chuckled, “Battle me in the tournament and prove you haven’t fallen off.”

He turned to leave, the Shuppet following him.

For a moment, the light yellow one turned, looking at him for a few moments until IV glanced back.

“As long as you don’t get caught cheating again, that is,” he laughed, the joy in his voice entirely replaced by scorn as he left, the Shuppet following behind.

For a few moments, Ryoga just stood there as IV left, unsure and angry, and holding onto the Tera shard harder than anything else he’d ever held.

He’d beat IV, that was for sure, but then after? He’d stab the crystal straight through his heart.

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Judgment in Reverse: When has your character found it difficult to forgive themselves?

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I don't have anything to forgive myself for.

ooc answer

Losing to IV the way he did. Ryoga hates that he ended up cheating, even moreso after realizing that it was a set-up. He hates IV for it and he hates that he never realized it.

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gimmick puppetry

“Shark, you wouldn’t happen to have an extra one of those Tera Shard things, would you?” The boy with the navy and pink hair looked at him with a hopeful grin.

Ah, Yuma; he always was ill-prepared, and Ryoga knew better than to expect him to be on top of things. Somehow though, he always managed to pull off a win with the Eevee and that Porygon; he had a feeling he’d find some way to get into the tournament.

Ryoga shook his head, running a hand through his own hair, sporting his own smirk and looking cool as ever.

“Afraid I don’t. I don’t even have one for me.”

“You don’t?” Yuma tilted his head, “You’re not competing in the tournament?”

“Heh,” Ryoga twisted the handle of his motorbike, the Revavroom fueling it beginning to make a vroom noise, “I battle for only one person, Yuma, and that’s myself.”

He heard Yuma mumble to himself, “Cool…” and huffed quietly.

“Later, Yuma,” he raised a hand in farewell and lowered his riding goggles before driving off.

Picking up speed, Ryoga found himself remembering his own short career in the Kan-Joh Battle Circuit. It was funny, the way his own bitterness had seemed to fade over the course of the past month; Yuma seemed to have that effect on people, he noticed-

Out of seemingly nowhere, he hit the brakes, the Revavroom screeching quietly as they stopped suddenly.

He paused, trying to process what’d just happened, and glanced in front of them, the past few seconds replaying in his mind.

A black-green-red blur flew past his eyes, landing on the road ahead.

There was a Dusk Ball on the road ahead, just where he expected it to be.

He frowned slightly, glancing up at the direction it had come from, seeing a figure cloaked in shadow standing on the balcony of a building still being constructed, surrounded by the silhouettes of a few Shuppet.

There was no hesitation in his steps as he ran straight towards the stairs and into the construction site, making it to the balcony and looking over, glancing around for any sign of the mysterious trainer.

“Long time no see, Ryoga,” a familiar voice jeered, “But you go by Shark now, don’t you?”

Ryoga whipped around.

“I do,” he said, eyeing IV carefully.

He took him in; IV hadn’t changed one bit since the Youth Championships, sporting the same tousled burgundy and bleach-blond hairstyle he had back then, and his eyes just as sharp. He was surrounded by three Shuppet; a small one with a pink cloth, a standard sized one with a light yellow one, and finally, a larger one with the standard cloth coloration.

“What’s the Dusk Ball for?” Ryoga asked.

“I just thought it’d come in handy,” IV said casually, “In case you were planning on expanding your team for the tournament.”

“I’m not entering the tournament,” Ryoga glared at him.

“Oh, don’t tell me you’re still hung up on that, Ryoga."

Ryoga only raised a brow in response, his gaze cold as ice.

IV looked at him with an interested expression, “What, you don’t remember? It all went down during the finals of the Kan-Joh Youth Championships, two promising young Trainers, the best of their generation, duking it out for the glory and prestige of winning it all-”

Ryoga’s scowl only deepened; he held on tighter to the Disk Ball.

IV’s grin only widened, “But then, during the finals, it was revealed that one of the trainers, Ryoga Kamishiro had cheated! Just hours before the tournament, he’d let his temptations take control of him and taken a look at his opponent, the favorite to win the tournament, IV’s team sheet.”

He snapped his fingers for emphasis, “And just like that—it was all gone.”

“What’s your point, IV?” Ryoga spat his name like it was venom; the pink Shuppet retreated slightly closer to IV, but still eyed Ryoga like this was just a fun game to it. The standard indigo one eyed him curiously, but seeming more apathetic than the other two.

IV laughed in return, “I’m just reminding you of how you didn’t just fail yourself, Ryoga. You failed her too. Your sister… Rio, right?”

“Don’t talk about my sister-!”

“You tried so hard to win for her,” IV went on, his smirk widening further at the sight of Ryoga’s ice-hot rage, “But you were so scared of letting her down that it cost you the battle; you gave into your fears and temptations, and who can blame you? My misplaced team sheet was right there. It’s almost like it’d been left there for you.”

Ryoga’s eyes widened, the realization hitting him like a truck.

“You-” he growled with a near animalistic look in his eye; he lived up to his namesake like this, provoked to the point of irrefutable violence, “You set me up!”

IV shrugged dismissively, “Whoa, whoa, Ryoga. Maybe I did, but let’s leave that in the past,” he chuckled, adding on, “Right where it belongs with your career in the competitive circuit. How the mighty have fallen…”

Ryoga stepped towards him, fists clenched, “Shut up, I haven’t fallen from anything-!"

IV’s smirk deepened; he tossed something towards Ryoga, something that glimmered in his palm, and cut into it as well. He refused to wince, or even look down at it, despite the cold, metallic scent of blood coming from his hand. He knew what it was; a Tera Crystal, one that signified participation in the World Battle Carnival. He frowned at the feeling of it in his hand.

“Then prove it, Ryoga,” IV chuckled, “Battle me in the tournament and prove you haven’t fallen off.”

He turned to leave, the Shuppet following him.

For a moment, the light yellow one turned, looking at him for a few moments until IV glanced back.

“As long as you don’t get caught cheating again, that is,” he laughed, the joy in his voice entirely replaced by scorn as he left, the Shuppet following behind.

For a few moments, Ryoga just stood there as IV left, unsure and angry, and holding onto the Tera shard harder than anything else he’d ever held.

He’d beat IV, that was for sure, but then after? He’d stab the crystal straight through his heart.

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Hmph. I guess Yuma isn't so bad after all. I'll admit it, he's better than I thought.

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The Moon: When has your character’s path been unclear? - 💤🌙

I've always known what I've wanted, and I've always been willing to do what it takes to get it.

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There've been multiple points and there will continue to be times where his path is unclear; really big ones have been when The Incident™️ with his sister occurredand when he was disqualified from the Kan-Joh Interregional Youth Championship. The latter resulted in Ryoga becoming a......................

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"delinquent."

Hm okay. So with the 'delinquent' thing, in canon Zexal, Ryoga's 'thing' was that he would take people's decks when they lost to him.

Obviously, Ryoga is not a member of Team Rocket.

In my mind, this translated as him taking battle items and their empty Poke Balls so they wouldn't be able to catch other Pokemon.

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Major Arcana Inspired Character Asks

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The Fool: When has your character been excited to start a new journey? The Magician: How does your character unleash their creativity or resourcefulness? The High Priestess: When has trusting their instincts paid off for your character? The Empress: Who has been a positive female figure in your character’s life? The Emperor: Who has been a positive male figure in your character’s life? The Hierophant: Who has served as a mentor to your character? The Lovers: Which of your character’s relationships has been the most positive? (Romantic or otherwise) The Chariot: What goal is your character determined to reach? Strength: On what issue is your character persistent? The Hermit: Write about a time your character did some soul searching. What did they find? The Wheel of Fortune: What are your character’s proudest successes? Justice: When has your character felt satisfied with the conclusion to a major dispute or concern? The Hanged Man: When has your character needed to step back and look at things from a different perspective? Death: When has your character had to let go of something in their life? Temperance: How does your character balance their life? The Devil: Does your character ever neglect their wild side? The Tower: When has your character lost an ideal or relationship? The Star: When has your character been most hopeful? The Moon: When has your character’s path been unclear? The Sun: When does your character sit back and enjoy themselves? Judgment: Has your character ever been given a second chance? The World: When has one of your character’s dreams come true?

Bonus: Major Arcana in Reverse!

The Fool in Reverse: When has your character acted recklessly? The Magician in Reverse: When was your character manipulated? The High Priestess in Reverse: When has your character felt betrayed emotionally? The Empress in Reverse: When has your character felt dependent on another? The Emperor in Reverse: When is your character inflexible or stubborn? The Hierophant in Reverse: When has your character’s personal beliefs been challenged? The Lovers in Reverse:  When has your character experienced heartbreak? The Chariot in Reverse: When has your character’s pride or arrogance been their downfall? Strength in Reverse: What are your character’s doubts or insecurities? The Hermit in Reverse: When has your character felt the most alone? The Wheel of Fortune in Reverse: When has your character felt their life was no longer under their control? Justice in Reverse: When has your character been treated unfairly or cruelly? The Hanged Man in Reverse: When has your character tried to avoid making a major decision? Death in Reverse: When has your character tried to fight change? Temperance in Reverse: When has your character felt overwhelmed? The Devil in Reverse: When has your character suffered from refusing to break off an unhealthy relationship? The Tower in Reverse: When has your character’s actions led to disaster? The Star in Reverse: When has your character lost faith? The Moon in Reverse: When does your character mistrust their feelings or intuition? The Sun in Reverse: When does your character’s goal seem just out of reach? Judgment in Reverse: When has your character found it difficult to forgive themselves? The World in Reverse: What is your character holding back? 

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You attend Blueberry Academy.

have you ever been so full of love and joy and whimsy

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Living vicariously through Rotumblr is a new low.

have you ever been so full of love and joy and whimsy

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