#HEY YOU WANNA SEE HOW MUCH I CAN TALK ABOUT POKEMON

[lunarscaled]

if lyric could pick three legendaries they identify with, who would they be ?

hmmm this is a good question! I had to seriously think about it. I think Lyric wouldn't necessarily view themselves as a legendary pokemon-esuqe trainer, and definitely thinks of themselves as someone more common, but if they had to pick three they would do a lot of research on other regions, the origins and myths behind them, and try to think about how those pokemon feel.

The first one isn't too hard to pick ( and is debatably canon in their PokeMas EX un-official verse ), which is Articuno ! It was the pokemon I picked for their Sygna suit like two years ago.

Articuno's original gen 1 Red entry is:

A legendary bird Pokémon that is said to appear to doomed people who are lost in icy mountains.

Which I think speaks to Lyric a lot, since they don't necessarily feel that being a gym leader is their calling per-say, and they're on a gym on a mountain alone like 90% of the time without their pokemon. Lyric probably has seen Articuno flying at least once and wondered if it, too, was lonely in the mountains.

Second would maybe be Phione, for its sort of off-brand Manephy nature, never able to succeed the original and theoretically one of many. it's pokedex entry is

It drifts in warm seas. It always returns to where it was born, no matter how far it may have drifted.

I think Lyric sort of idolizes that ability to always return home and the idea of the cradle of the sea. Lyric has two water/ice pokemon on their gym team but they don't get to see the ocean much because their gym is on a mountain, but they probably romanticize that sort of free-drifting existence with no responsibilities.

Third is Glastrier. For simple reasons: Lyric is a farm kid and that is an Ice Horse. Big "It would understand me" vibes. Part of its entry on bulbapedia is also

Glastrier possesses incredible physical strength and extraordinary destructive power. It is noted to be an aggressive Pokémon that forcefully takes anything it wants. ...Glastrier's legs allows it to travel through the snowiest of lands and worst of roads. It enjoys challenging any strong opponents it finds worthy of battling.

Lyric doesn't really want to admit to it, because they're worried about being someone who is aggressive and childish instead of the strong, intimidating gym leader they feel they should be, but Lyric does like battling. They want to be strong. As a trainer Glastrier is the kind of force they would want to be on the battle field, but their anxieties and self doubts hold them back from pursuing that.

bonus mentions for: Magearna, Shaymin, and Meloetta which are all legendaries Lyric probably just likes reading tales about because they remind them of their mother + brother in some way.

[adorejungkook]

Baby Got Back!!

CHAPTER 7

Synopsis; Jeon Jungkook has the fattest fucking crush on you meanwhile Jimin and Taehyung don’t find you too hard to look at either. Now Jungkook has to find a way to confess his feelings, maybe even show you,  before the other two find their ways into your pants during your “staycation”. 

Warnings; you guys said you'd be interested in longer chapters, so this is 5 pages long! We'll see how well it does :) happy reading lol

word count; 2k

chapter. 1 , 2, 3, 4 , 5 , 6, 7, 8

As soon as Jungkook opened the door, he was met with two pairs of eyes and two empty chipotle bowls.

Woah, they even paid for extra guac! 

Ugh, they would do that while Jungkook wasn’t here.

“Oh!” Taehyung exclaimed, jumping out of his seat and pulling you into his chest like a soldier who hasn’t seen his spouse in seven years, “You brought my baby back~”

“Tae,” You giggled, playfully shoving him away.

Suddenly, Jungkook doesn’t feel as bad about stealing you away and not buying the guys food. He’d probably do it again.

“Stop touching her.” Jungkook said shortly, shoving his arm in between the two of you.

Taehyung stared into his eyes with a small smile on his face, though the look he was giving him wasn’t friendly. It was like he was challenging Jungkook, maybe even mocking him.

“Why?”

…SHIT.

Jungkook had just pushed himself in between the two of you and seemingly for no reason. He knew that the guys knew exactly why he was acting this way, but you might be more than a little shocked to find out how much his heart panged when you laugh so sweetly, and not because of him. 

Plus, it would be a little more than humiliating to confess his crush this way and he had to go to bed with you tonight! He’d like to tackle one problem at a time. 

“Um,” Jungkook mumbled out, eyes seemingly searching the floor for an answer before seemingly finding it in the smirk plastered on Jimin’s face.

“Because dickhead, you just had chipotle and she’s allergic to pinto beans!” He scoffed, shooting them both sharp looks with their faces both fell in realization. 

“Fuckkkk,” Taehyung groaned, rushing away to clean up their leftover plates.

Jungkook had won. 

“We really did forget babe,” Jimin frowns as he wipes the table down, giving an apologetic look, “Shoulda got Mcdonalds or some shit…”

“Oh, you’re good! Don’t worry about it,” You assure with a soft smile before turning to Jungkook.

“Hey, you wanna watch a movie later?”

This is the most Jungkopok has ever talked to you and it seems like you’re both enjoying it, even though he’s been acting a little off. 

He wonders if you don’t mind or if you’re just used to it. 

Either way, as long as you weren’t tired of him, he was going to keep trying his best to impress you. 

“Oh yeah, do you want me to tell the guys too? I think Jimin knows where to pirate that new one coming out!” He giggled sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck.

“Oh,” 

You paused.

Well, Jungkook was done for! You finally realized that you were done talking to him. Was it something he said? Maybe Jimin was right and girls really didn’t like it when you explained pokemon storylines to them…

Or maybe you realized that he stole another one of your delicious cookies?

Either way, Jungkook fucked up.

“I mean, yeah! I was talking about when we go to bed, but you can ask them,” You said with a stale laugh before taking off to change into your pajamas. 

Oh, you DON’T hate him and his pokemon lore! You want to spend more time with him, and maybe even find out about Squirtle’s origins! Jungkook couldn’t be happier right now.

Except for the fact that you just told him to ask the guys if they wanted to join. 

Jungkook definitely didn’t want to do that, but at the same time he had already lied to you once a day and Taehyung would snitch on him as soon as he caught on to what he did earlier today. 

At the same time though, you did say that he could invite them if he wanted to.

They would probably just come in if they heard the TV, but Jungkook didn’t want that either.

He knew exactly what to do.

He strutted into the kitchen, a man on a mission.

Both boys looked up from the dining table, seemingly having finished with their mini-cleaning session.

Jungkook took a deep breath before bowing his head.

“ (y/n) wanted me to ask you if you wanted to watch a movie with us but I really don’t want you to watch it with us so please please please don’t come to our room, I’ll pay you back,” Jungkook yapped out, hands clasped as he waited for his elders’ responses. 

“Huh?” Taehyung chuckled out, looking at Jimin in disbelief, “See, you can’t tell me they’re not fucking!” 

Jimin just rolls his eyes before tapping at Jungkook’s shoulder, “Fine, we’ll leave you alone for tonight, but if she’s not your girl by tomorrow then I’m gonna be pissed.”

“Man,” Tae groaned, resting his face in his hands, “She’s gonna look so hot in her little nightie dress-thing too..” 

Jungkook’s gonna act like he didn’t hear that.

He giggles sweetly before rushing to his room to get ready for bed. 

For your bed, which you were going to share and watch movies in.

:))) 

Should he find a movie before you get done or let you pick? Did you want popcorn or like, some poptarts to snack on? A million thoughts a minute flashed through his head, including some mini panic when he came across the pair of panties that he practically (literally) stole from you while rummaging through his suitcase before pulling out exactly what he was looking for.  

Grey sweatpants. 

No undies. 

Perfection. 

He decided on not wearing a shirt either, partially because he wanted to impress you but also because he never wore shirts to sleep anyways.

After quickly changing and washing his face, he ran back into the kitchen while ignoring Taehyung’s eyes glaring at the back of his head. 

Even though he wasn’t a baker like you, he was a certified snack master. 

Jungkook grabs a bowl and fills it to the brim with popcorn, pretzels and chocolate candies before mixing it up and dusting a little salt over the top.

If this doesn’t make you fall for him, he honestly isn’t sure what will.

He carefully brings it back to your room, sitting it in the middle of the bed while he waits for you. He chuckles to himself when he hears you singing your favorite song from the bathroom, Wildflower he thinks it was called.

Okay, he knows that’s exactly what song it is. 

He follows you on spotify, you’ve got a real gift for playlist-making. 

“Okay, I’m ready!” You say as you walk out of the bathroom, putting the last bit of your hair up into the scrunchie you had on your head.

Jungkook’s eyes drag down your body, before falling back onto the scrunchie. He noticed that you had matched the color with your very sexy, almost princess-like nightgown . It fell just before the middle of your thighs and the lettuce-hem at the bottom only made it that much more enticing to focus on.

Jungkook was stronger than that, though. 

Well, strong enough to wait until you were looking at him to stare, but strong nonetheless! 

As you hop onto the bed, you place the snack bowl on Jungkook’s lap before scooting closer to him and putting the blanket over you both. 

“Are you cold? I can grab another blanket,” Jungkook laughed nervously, paying more attention to your side pressing onto him than he needed to. 

He could feel the blood rushing to the tips of his ears.

“Nah,” You said nonchalantly, plucking a pretzel and some m&ms from the bowl, before looking up at him, “You feel nice,” 

You pick up the remote and start scrolling through movies while Jungkook prays to god than you can’t hear his heart trying to break out of his chest. 

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[mochiponadventures]

Punishment

...

Juliana was busy helping her mother in the garden when she heard someone approaching. It was Kieran. He carried a small box in his hands and gave Juliana a big smile.

"Hey Juli, i brought you some cookies made by my sis. Believe it or not, she fell in love with that home ed class at your school and is now full on trying out everything they learn there" This amused Juliana quite a lot, seeing as Carmine didn´t really looked like she would engage in such things at all...

"Thank you, i really appreciate it!" She got up from her position and walked over to Kieran, hugging him. "So i take that you two enjoy Naranja Academy so far?"

The boy nodded, still smiling.

"Yeah, it´s really nice here and the teachers are certainly different from those at Blueberry Academy" Less strict and way more more lenient, Kieran mused, chuckling. "Let me put these cookies inside the house before the sun melts them. It´s quite hot today. Do you want something to drink?" Juliana asked, taking the box from her friend, carrying it inside. "Yes please!" He replied, looking around the lot he was standing on. The garden really was beautiful and certainly ripe with all kinds of fruits and vegetables.

Just as he wanted to follow Juliana inside, he saw Ogerpon swiping the patio with a broom, looking all but not pleased. When his friend came back, he gently nudged the girl, pointing towards the sweeping pokemon. "What´s up with Ogi? She looks really angry, did something happen?"

At that, Juliana sighed, giving Keiran his drink.

"It´s a punishment, she did something very bad and is now living through the consequences of it. Right Ogi?" She turned towards the young Pokemon, raising a brow. There was only an indignified huff as answer as she continued to sweep the ground.

"What did she do?" Kieran asked.

"Well, she sneaked up in the attic, got her Iron Cudgel, which by the way she is forbidden from using outside of battles, and decided to hit Momo on top of his head with it..."

Ogi only rolled with her eyes.

"Don´t give me that eyeroll, young lady! We don´t hit in this house and you know that!"

"POOOOOOOOOOON PON!" Ogi replied dramatically, it was amazing how close it sounded to a child, whining. Kieran chuckled, shaking his head. "Poor Momo, i bet that must have hurt!"

"He cried for hours afterwards. I even had to take him to the Pokemon Center! And you know how he likes going there..." Momo had a severe phobia of hospital settings and thus, every visit to the Pokemon Center or it´s sick bay, made the little Pokemon flew into a giant panic attack. "Don´t even get me started when its time for his shots...you don´t wanna see him there..."

Kieran nodded at that, feeling sorry for the little Peach.

"You know, Ogi and Momo are pretty much like Carmine and me when it comes to sibling quabbles. She used to hit me too when i was too annoying for her taste. Of course never so bad that i had to go to the hospital, but still." The memories of these events were still fresh inside his head, albeit it had been years by now that they happened.

"Speaking of Momo, where is he? Terapagos wanted to go play with him as soon he heard me talking about going to visit you!"

"Oh i laid him down for a nap. The heat is making him kind of drowsy and i don´t want him to get a sunburn or heatstroke either. He is in my room." Keiran mused at that for a moment, it was really hot he had to admit. No wonder even Pokemon got bothered by it.

"That´s a shame, but of course his health goes first. I hope he feels better after that nap." He took a sip from his lemonade by now and relished at the taste. "This is really good. Perfect for a hot summer day!" Juliana nodded eagerly. "Yeah, my mom makes the best lemonade around here. Nemona, Arven and Penny can testify to that!" She laughed, pulling Kieran over to her, nuzzling his cheek.

"That said, I am done with gardening for now, why don´t you come inside and we can watch a couple movies? We have an air conditioner too, so it´s nice and cool inside." Before going inside though, she called over Ogi, allowing her a break as well.

"You can take a break as well, Ogi. Take a glass of the lemonade and go inside, okay? I don´t want you to get overheated either...you can continue later!"

Ogerpon was first relieved to finally being able to stop sweeping but got hit by the word "break", which meant that she had to continue later on, which did not sit right with her at all. Pouting she listened to Juliana and went inside with a huff, throwing the broom on the ground, probably to make a point.

"She still has a long way to go..." Juliana sighed, taking Kierans hand, pulling him inside. "Then again, i can´t really blame her. She never had someone to tell her what is right and what is wrong..."

"I think you´re doing a pretty good job as her trainer so far, so don´t worry about it!" They kissed each other and went inside together, hand in hand.

Inside the house there was a commotion going on already, Momo seemingly had woken from his slumber and was now darting through the house, visibly full of energy. From what Juliana could see, he had cookie crumbs around his cheeks which only could mean one thing...he must have gotten in the cookies Kieran had brought and Momo now effectively had a bona fide sugar rush.

"I think someone gourged themselves on your sisters cookies, Kieran..." Juliana chuckled, watching her youngest charge zooming around the house, giggling like crazy. Ogi followed him, visibly annoyed but also with cookie crumbs around her mouth.

"Now that Momo´s awake, i can let out Terapagos as well, that´s what he wanted anyway!" Kieran exclaimed, calling out his friend from inside his ball. "Alright Tera, go have fun with Momo!"

The young Pokemon did not wasted a minute and quickly got a hold of both Momo and Ogi.

"You think they let us watch our movies in peace?" Kieran asked, looking at Juliana with an amused look. "We can try, let´s go before there is yet another incident caused by this trio in the back"

And with that, both Juliana and Kieran sat down and enjoyed a couple hours together, with the joyful and livid background noises of playing Pokemon.

[drill-peck]

Hey, young man. I see my boys here on this website have gotten into arguments with you that seem rather circular as well as labeling their posts containing talk of you with the "#mid" tag.

I guess before they come back from their trip I sent them on I just wanna give an apology, they can be pretty competitive when it comes to free spiritedness and toughness and whatnot, but for what its worth you seem to respect your Pokemon as equals and act steadfast. I can respect that, heh. You seem bright, kid. Also don't tell them I said all this i dont know if they can see it i dont know much about how this website . w

- @silver-crowned-riders

hey man no worries. i could tell they were like 9 years old by the way they talk and act and pretend that they're my rivals or whatever so i wasn't bothered. it is nice to have their parent come and apologize for them though

[antihibikase2]

Fame Checker

I wanted to do something like this for awhile- practicing dialogue by making a fic consisting of only dialogue.

[ Hilda Weiss. ]

"A battle prodigy from Nimbasa City. Eight league badges under her belt. Lost against Alder in the final battle. Currently trains at the Battle Subway, where she is rumored to have a 10,000 win streak- and still going."

"I've read about her before! She's the coolest, isn't she?! She started her journey much younger than us!"

"To lose only at the final battle.. and she didn't attempt the league again after that. Maybe she went soul searching..? I don't really get it."

"She looks familiar!"

"How so?"

"Hmmm.. I dunno! She looks like the big sister who gave me a very important-looking parcel!"

"The what-"

"Wh- Rosa, you can't just accept things like that from strangers! What if it was dangerous?!"

"You worry too much, Hughy! Besides, I think it is her! I mean, she has a Simisear, doesn't she? The pretty big sister that approached me had one too!"

"Still-"

"When were you planning to, you know, tell us-"

"Oh, it's not anything you two should worry about! Haven't you seen all those anime with the magical girls? Its a secret between us!"

"..not a good secret, is it? Now that you've upped and told us-"

"Specifics, specifics!"

"You're so flippant about these things, I swear.."

"But hey, isn't it strange? Hilda Weiss is so cool, she's achieved so much-"

"-and she's so smart and popular,"

"-that too! But no one's really gotten a hold of her long enough to have an interview with her."

"She's known to hide from the media at all costs. She's quite good at it too."

"No wonder her Fame Checker entry is so empty, outside of comments from other people.."

"..that'd suck, wouldn't it? To only have things about you be from the mouths of other people."

"Mmm, but it'd suck more to not have an inch of privacy, I bet. For sure, she's had enough of the spotlight- even if it wasn't shining on her long enough."

"Yeah,"

"Yeah."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..man, I feel kinda bad now for looking her up in here."

"Well, she has an entry here, and that's that- we can't do anything about it."

"Everything here is moderated, at least- no one's going to be slandering Hilda Weiss of all people."

"True!"

"Oh! ..that's good, right?"

"Yup, yup! I'm sure the guys here will call out anyone who tries to add something fake to her entry!"

"Ah, alright, good!"

"Let's not add to the pile of losers that talk behind her back, even if she doesn't know us."

"At the very least, let's respect her privacy. I'm sure one of these days, she's gonna tell her story."

"Ah, and if she does, I hope it's in the form of a movie or documentary.."

"..you're just saying that so you can audition for a Hilda role, aren't you?"

"You caught me! It would be a dream come true. ♥"

"Ugh, Rosa, seriously-"

"Hey hey, Hugh, give me that! I wanna try!"

"Nate-!"

"Ehhh? I thought you felt bad?"

"That was a minute ago!"

[ Bianca Alabaster. ]

"A trainer from Nuvema Town. Eight league badges under her belt. Did not challenge the Pokemon League. Currently works as Professor Juniper's assistant, studying under Professor Fennel, and collaborating with Director Lenora of Nacrene City's museum in regards to the Unovan legends."

"..who's she?"

"Haven't you heard, Hughy? She's Hilda's new best friend!"

"I thought we just agreed to not be a part of the problem of guys who just talk about her-"

"No, no, look, see, the thing is- remember the thing from two years ago?"

"Plasma?"

"Plasma."

"How could I forget-"

"-a castle rose from the depths of the league! No one's forgetting something like that!"

"Yeah, exactly-"

"Wait, what does- what's her name, Bianca, Bianca Alabaster, have anything to do with this?"

"She's one of the hero's childhood friends!"

"..the hero?"

"...ah, The Hero of Truth, right?"

"..are we allowed to call him that?"

"That's what everyone else calls him!"

"Yeah, but, he's just a guy-"

"That's what's so crazy about it, Hugh! He's just a guy, just like us, and yet-!"

"I've heard that they started their journey late because Miss Bianca's dad was a worrywart. And look at her now.."

"She's working alongside the professors and even the director of the museum to uncover the dragon stuff."

"...do you think she'll find something? ..what can she see that those other archaeologists missed? No offense, but she's not that much older than us."

"Neither is the Hero of Truth or Hilda! Hilda was just ten when she achieved all those cool things, and The Hero of Truth was just fourteen!"

"I feel it in my guts- she's gonna find something that's gonna change everything we know about the heroes!"

"..we don't know much about the heroes-"

"Exactly."

"Hm. Fair point."

"Like, what did they even do?"

"I dunno, politics?"

"They didn't include politics in the legends!"

"Well duh, it doesn't sound as cool and mythic- you think Aya would listen to me telling her bedtime stories every night if the legends actually focused on that?"

"I would listen!"

"Of course you would."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"...by the way, did I tell you guys that she's also the one who's gonna deliver my Pokemon tomorrow?"

"What."

"Didn't I tell you? Mom said that the professor called her a week ago, asking her if I was old enough to have my own Pokemon now and set off for a journey!"

"I mean, I knew about that, but her? That's- if she's the childhood friend of the hero, then-!"

"We can ask about Plasma!"

"We can definitely ask about Plasma!"

"You guys, you're always asking about Plasma! They've disbanded, you know!"

"You wouldn't know that!"

"Neither would you!"

"She definitely knows a few things!"

"Didn't she like, what, run into them a few times? She's not as involved as The Hero of Truth, you know!"

"Still involved! That's better than nothing!"

"Like, hear us out, that Ghetsis guy- really, it's just so weird if he gives up after putting in all that effort to trick most of Unova into thinking it's for the good of the Pokemon that they should be separated from humans!"

"Ugh, but he's like, old. He's a bag of bones."

"Rosa, you out of all people should know that old people are stubborn."

"...oh yikes, you're right. Hm."

"That settles it. When we see her tomorrow, we'll ask about Plasma as much as we can."

"Yeah! And I know exactly which Pokemon to pick!"

"You guys are soooo stubborn. Natey, give me that, I want a turn."

"Hey-!"

[ Cheren Slater. ]

"A trainer from Nuvema Town. Eight league badges under her belt. Challenged the Elite Four, but was not able to battle the champion due to unforeseen circumstances. Studied under Gym Leader Burgh of Castelia City, currently assigned to Aspertia City's gym as a normal-type specialist."

"Huh?"

"What?"

"Aspertia has a-"

"-gym leader?"

"See, you guys are too caught up in Plasma, you haven't even heard! I was wondering why neither of you were talking about him!"

"We're getting a gym leader-"

"And it's Cheren Slater?!"

"...let me guess, he's also involved with The Hero of Truth like Bianca?"

"More so! He's the best friend of the hero! Right, Rosie?"

"Mhm. Unlike Bianca, he's more secretive- kinda like Hilda. He hasn't spoken a single word at all."

"I'm telling you, something happened in that castle. Something they don't want us to figure out."

"Why?"

"Well, when The Hero of Truth went in, he followed immediately after! I'm tellin' you, they were best buds!"

"And after Zekrom left with Team Plasma's king, the media saw Grimsley carrying him out while the hero held his hand."

"Grimsley? The Elite Four member?"

"Yeah!"

"I've heard that Grimsley's the one keeping most of the league secrets- plus, out of all the Elite Four members, he's definitely the shadiest!"

"You're just saying that because he's a dark type specialist."

"Dude, there's something about him, you know-"

"Out of the other Elite Four members, he's the only one keeping his personal life completely in the shadows. Suuuuper suspicious."

"And not to mention-"

"-the Donphan in the room; they literally share a name!"

"....ah. Gotcha. So what you're saying is-"

"Cheren Slater must be Grimsley Slater's illegitimate child that he's keeping a secret from the public!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Are you two stupid? Are you two actually stupid?"

"Hey!"

"Think for two seconds- how old is Grimsley?"

"He's a vampire, he doesn't age-"

"Last season's issue of Unova Monthly said he's turning twenty eight in the next summer. This Cheren guy- he's gotta be around the same age as Bianca and the hero. How old do you think Grimsley is, if that guy is his kid?!"

"..."

"..we didn't consider the age huh?"

"Back to the drawing board we go-"

"Idiots. They could be siblings. Or cousins. I dunno."

"Kinda scummy if they are. He doesn't tell the world about his bro! Couldn't be me!"

"Well, you don't shut up at all."

"Might be a Hilda situation. Maybe he's trying to protect his privacy."

"..and if he's involved in the thing from two years back.."

"..oh man, do you think something bad really went down there?"

"I'm sure. The league lost the trust of a lot of folks for a reason, you know. They won't spill what happened."

"They've dealt with Plasma along with the hero, but.. something must have happened. They were more active than ever last year, like they were trying to cover something up."

"..not to mention, if you two didn't hear anything about this new gym leader, it must have been that big of a secret."

"..who is he?"

"Hero's friend, he has eight badges, but.."

"..there's something about him, isn't there? Even more secretive than Hilda- nothing about his past, why he was scouted as gym leader.."

"Don't they have a tournament for those kinds of things?"

"Tournament, exam, half a year of prep- that's what big sis Rox said anyway."

"She hasn't told you anything?"

"Nope. The whole thing was kept on the down low. Not even she knows anything about him; she's just as surprised as I was when the league told her she had a new gym leader buddy."

"Who did she train under again?"

"Oh, Miss Elesa and Miss Skyla. She's gotten her own badge to give out, but this guy is apparently taking over the director's badge- the one from Nacrene City."

"Whoa."

"Not even like that Marlon guy from Humilau?"

"Mhm. She says he's trained under both Mister Burgh and the triplets from Striaton- but nothing else. Even his training regime was kept a secret."

"Everything about that guy is kept a secret."

"..well, that's no surprise, considering if he's going to take a step up in the league.."

"..if Plasma still has their own running around, they could target him."

"Bingo. That's what big sis Rox thought too. She can't get ahold of this guy at all- the league has all his contacts under control."

"Plasma was definitely after him like they were with the hero and the others.."

"And if he's moving in Aspertia, this could be the chance for us to find out why."

"Find out.. what?"

"You know. If he's the bestie of the hero, he knows everything. He's gotta know what happened in that castle. Why the league is so hush-hush about it."

"..somehow.."

"..I don't have a good feeling about that, Rosa."

"You don't, huh? ...me neither."

"..."

"..."

"...Rosa, give me that, we gotta check something."

[ Hilbert Blackburn. ]

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"Oh."

"I kinda expected that, actually.. that's why I didn't bother looking him up earlier."

"He's more of a mystery than Hilda herself. Fame Checker entries tend to be submitted by users, and the moderation team is the one that decides which entries go up, which comments stay-"

"But no one knows much about this guy enough to have an entry?"

"If they did submit any, they were probably taken down or trashed when reviewing."

"The league doesn't want anyone to know of what happened two years ago, beyond the fact that this guy is the name of The Hero of Truth."

"Hilbert Blackburn was such a common name to hear around Unova two years ago-"

"Yet, no one knows anything about him."

"And league efforts were apparently taken to make sure his family and friends weren't badgered about him either."

"I'm on the league's side on that part."

"I am too! It's just.."

"..it would have been nice to know more about the hero. At this rate, he's no different from the legends we were told."

"Ugh. This sucks."

"I know, but we're not supposed to know everything- celebrities are people too,"

"But it sucks! Not knowing about this guy! He's our hero, but we weren't given a chance to get to know him, before he-"

"And his disappearance definitely has something to do with the fact the league is so quiet about what happened at that castle."

"Man, what do you think even happened there? Murder?"

"Nate-"

"That's a terrifying possibility, Natey. Did you see that Ghetsis guy? Yeah, he's old, but the scary kind of old."

"And you know how the league is. They made no secret of anything so far- and if they did, it's definitely nothing as big as this."

"Yeah, you can't really just sweep a whole castle under a rug now and pretend that no one saw it happen, huh?"

"I mean, yeah. Obviously."

"Still, you'd think they'd make a lie- or parade around the new hero some more. I mean, yeah, Reshiram chose that guy, but you'd think he'd be their mouthpiece or something. Something to get the people to stop talking."

"Yeah, but he just left."

"And that didn't give them enough time to make a lie, I guess."

"Well, they're definitely doing a bad job at keeping Unova calm if that's their goal."

"Yeah, keeping things a secret is definitely one way to get people to start talking."

"And speculating."

"And wondering."

"And maybe even conspiring-"

"Rosa-"

"Kidding. But could you imagine? A mole being in the league, knowing all their secrets?"

"That's also a terrifying possibility."

"Yeah, like, someone must been aware of all that activity in the castle before it rose up! There was definitely a mole."

"My money's on Grimsley. I definitely think he's the league traitor, if there was any."

"Mine's on Caitlin. Psychic powers should have sensed that. Remember that rumor of her being an industry plant from Sinnoh?"

"I think it's Shauntal. I dunno. She just looks like she'd enjoy causing some mayhem."

"Glad to see neither of us think its Marshal."

"Marshal is cool, and Champion Alder's student. Grimsley's a Rattata personified."

"Nate, if I didn't know any better, I would have thought you had a vendetta against Grimsley."

"Something about him makes me so mad! It's the hair for sure!"

"Smug grin."

"Gambling enabler."

"All of the above."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"...mm. All this thinking is making my head hurt."

"Yeah."

"Agreed."

"Let's.. not do that."

"We've thought of more than enough for today."

"Ugh. I thought checking your dad's Fame Checker would be fun, Hughy."

"Well, it was fun, until one of you suggested we look up Hilda Weiss-"

"And we fell down the Raboot hole.."

"Mannnn, they're cool people, but if you think about them too hard, it makes you question things!"

"Yeah, Natey. That's how most things work-"

"Right, right. Well, we don't need to think too much!"

"Speak for yourself."

"All in favor of not turning on this thing ever again?"

"Aye."

"Aye."

...

...

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[ Hilbert Blackburn. ]

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"Is this on?"

"It's recording! Go ahead, big bro."

"Alright, um, well.. Hilbert Blackburn.."

"He is a trainer from Nuvema Town. He participated in the league challenge and was crowned its recent champion. Currently, he holds the title of youngest champion of Unova- as well as the second holder of 'fastest to ever lose the champion title'."

"Ouch."

"It's true though- that N guy had a good few hours in."

"Sssshh, guys, he's not done!"

"-he was chosen as The Hero of Truth by the awakened Reshiram. Currently, he's out of the region,"

"...sniff."

"...huh?"

"Oh no, big bro, don't cry!"

"Natey, this was a bad idea after all!"

"I'm sorry, big bro-!"

"It's alright. I'm sorry. The recording must have been ruined.. um, I can repeat it, if you want-"

"It's fine, it's fine! You don't have to, big bro!"

"Yeah, we'll live!"

"Plus, we know enough of that Hilbert guy!"

"..oh, just from that?"

"Yeah, just from that. We don't need to know anything anymore-"

"-besides the fact he's a piece of shit of a hero that makes his friends cry!"

"Nate!"

"Language!"

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The Ghost Queen's Twisted Advanture

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CHAPTER 1

The last thing she remembered was looking into the two big red eyes of the angel of darkness itself, and now all she could see was darkness. Who is she? She is Persephone Remmington, the Pokemon Champion of Kanto and Johto, but you can call her just Percy for short. She was laying on something hard that much she could tell but the rest was pitch black, she was trying to feel her surroundings when she heard something. ‘What was that noise?’

“I better hurry up and find that uniform before someone spots me…” Percy heard someone say, “Urgggh… This lid weighs a ton! Try this on for size! Mya-ha!” And suddenly a flash of blue burned Percy’s eyes. ‘F-fire?!’

“Now to grab the goods… what?! You ain’t supposed to be awake!”

Now with the lid of whatever she was inside open, it took Percy’s eyes a bit to get used to the sudden light, and when they did what she saw didn’t help her confusion. She was in a room with f-floating coffins?! And the one who let her out was a talking… feline fire type?!

“What the bloody hell are you? How can you be talking?” She asked with a heavy British Accent.

“How… how DARE YOU! I’m Grim, sorcerer extraordinaire!” said the some form of blue Litten? “Tch. Whatever. You… human! Just gimme your uniform and be quick about it! ‘Cause if you don’t… you’re gonna regret it!”

It suddenly used Will-O-Wisp, Percy let out a gasp and got out of its way at the last second by jumping out of the coffin she was in. And just she realized that she was in totally different clothes. She was now dressed in a fancy long black robes, but on the bright side, she still had her travel bag.

“Hey, come on! I’m on a tight schedule here!” It said and used Will-O-Wisp again, so Percy did what anyone would do when a wild Pokemon attack them, she ran.

She ran through a hallway and a garden passed a classroom and kept running till she reached a library. When she caught her breath, she tried to remember how she ended up there.

She had gone to the Distortion World with Cynthia to stop Cyrus, the leader of the Team Galactic before he destroyed their whole universe. After they defeated him, Giratina appeared out of nowhere, Percy battled it with all she and her Pokemon had, and She finally managed to Master ball it. But then the rock she was standing on crumbled, the Masterball dropped from her hand and she fall into one of the portals with Mimikyu and- MIMIKYU!!

Percy’s hand instinctively went to her waist, thank Arceus she still had her Pokeball belt. She quickly grabbed Mimikyu’s Pokeball, she knew how much he hated being inside his Pokeball. “Come on out, Mimikyu!”

And in the blink of an eye, the Disguise Pokemon was out and about. His beady little eyes looked left and right in search of Percy and when he found her, he ran and jumped into her arms so fast she barely had time to catch him. “Yeah, yeah, I’m glad you’re okay too, buddy.” She said as she hugged him to her chest.

In her distracted state, she barely dodged the fireball that was coming their way, “Foolish human! Did you really think you could slip away from ME?” said the talking fire type, “Now, unless you wanna get burned to a crisp, take off that-“

“Ugh I’ve had enough of you, you little Impidimp.” She put Mimikyu down, “Mimikyu, shadow ball!” she commanded. Mimikyu, who already didn’t like the creature, who threw a fireball at his trainer for no reason, didn’t lose any time to follow that command.

The shadow ball hit its target and throw Grim across the library, “Mya-ha how did that rag doll do that?”

“Pray, distance yourself from our company, for what has transpired thus far was merely a prelude.” Said Percy with a smug grin.

“You-“ started fire feline but he suddenly got cut off when a whip wrapped around him “Me-YEOW! That hurt! What gives?” he said in pain.

“Consider it tough love.”

“Ah, I’ve found you at last. Splendid. I trust you’re one of this year’s new students.” Said the man with a Corviknight mask, who suddenly appeared out of nowhere. “My, were you ever eager to make your debut. And bringing a poorly trained familiar with you? That is a clear violation of the school’s rules.”

“As if I’d serve some lowly human! Now lemme go!” the fire type cut in.

“I would never deign to possess a Pokémon with such deplorable manners as yours.” Percy countered.

As if he didn’t hear her the weird Corviknight man kept talking, “Yes, yes. Rebellious familiars always say that. Do be quiet for a bit, won’t you?” he said as he muffled the feline’s mouth.

The weird man turned to Percy with a pout, “Dear me. Of all the students I’ve dealt with, you’re the first with temerity enough to open their own gate and step out of it. Does the very notion of patience elude you?” he shook his head. “No matter. Your orientation has already begun. Let us return to the Mirror Chamber.” He said as he started to push Percy towards what he called the Mirror Chamber with Mimikyu, who apparently wasn’t noticed by the man, following them.

“Well, I’ve never been known for my pati- wait! Did you say, student?!” Percy asked in shock.

“You awakened in a room full of gates, did you not? All of the students here at the campus arrived by passing through such gates.” Explained the masked man, “Although typically the students have restraint enough to wait until I open them before waking up.”

“I think the blue Litten blew the lid off mine…” Percy scratched the back of her head.

“Yes, the culprit appears to be that familiar of yours. You’re the one who insisted on bringing it, so curtailing its behavior is your responsibility!”

“ But he’s not one of mi-,”

“Now is not the time for such prattle. You’ve got a student orientation to attend! Go on, now. Make haste.”

She dug her heels in.

“Wait! Tell me, where am I? who are you?!” Percy asked loudly.

He looked at her curiously, “Hm? Have you not fully regained consciousness? The time-space teleportation must have addled your memories… well, these things happen, I suppose. I shall explain it to you while we walk.” He smiled. “ Truly, my magnanimity is boundless.”

As they kept walking the masked man began to explain.

“This is Night Raven College. It is an institution for students the world over who demonstrate a rare aptitude for magic. It is the most prestigious academy of its sort in all of Twisted Wonderland. And I am Dire Crowley. Having been entrusted with its care by the chairman, I serve as headmage.”

“Magic?!” Percy repeated. She was starting to think that her crazy theory about her being in a different universe was not as crazy as she originally thought.

“Only those who the Dark Mirror perceives as having a talent for magic are admitted to the college. Those who are selected are summoned to the campus through those “gates,” which can appear anywhere. A black carriage bearing one such gate should have come to meet you.

“Alas, my memories elude me. I find myself bereft of recollection, for naught do I recall beyond the fleeting moment when...” Percy frowned, she couldn’t finish her sentence. Remembering the distortion world and Giratina, she was not someone who got scared easily but even the memory of that monster was enough to make her shiver. Thankfully the headmage distracted her by pushing her on.

“Now, let us attend to your orientation.”

Crowley led her to the chamber where a number of people, also in robes like Percy’s, were conversing amongst themselves.

“Hey, does anyone know where the headmage went?” A boy that had a dye job that made his head look like a turnip asked the others. “He disappeared midway through the ceremony…”

“Some headmage he is.” She heard a floating tablet say.

“Maybe he had a tummyache?” A ruby-eyed and snow-haired boy suggested.

Crowley barged in, completely offended.

“I most certainly did not!”

“Ah, speak of the devil.” A short redhead noted as Crowley scolded them.

“If you must know, I was searching for the new student who’d failed to show up for orientation. We must move on with his sorting immediately!”

“Wait a second, his? The robes might make it a bit hard to tell, but you can’t really be thinking that I’m a boy, right?” Percy questioned as she looked around the room a horrible reality dawned on her. “Is this an all-boys school?!”

Crowley pushed her towards the mirror as she got grossed out at the prospect of being surrounded by teenage boys. Meanwhile, Mimikyu, who was not happy with the turn of events either started to glow with an angry blue aura and make the boys around him cower in fear.

“You are the only one who has yet to be assigned a dorm. Step up to the Dark Mirror, and be quick about it. I’ll watch your weasel."

Percy didn’t know what a weasel was and nor did she care at the moment. In her shocked state, she stepped before the mirror. An elegant mask appeared in glowing green flames and spoke to her.

“State your name.”

“Percy Remmington,” she said lightly, can’t even find it in herself to question how a mirror spoke.

“State your full name, please.” The mirror speaks again.

“Persephone Remmington.” She answered, this time a bit more loudly and sure of herself, with her shock slowly melting away.

“The nature of your soul is… unclear to me.”

“What did you just say?” Crowley exclaimed.

“I sense no magical power from this one,” the mirror stated. “Soundless. Colorless. Shapeless. Utterly vacant. Therefore, no dorm would be appropriate for her.”

The mirror turned black, and Percy felt the eyes of everyone in the room on her. She didn’t have social anxiety, but Mimikyu’s black appendages hug her leg to relax her anyway.

“Are you suggesting that the black carriage went to receive a person who cannot even use magic? But that is absurd! The student selection process has not erred once in its century of existence!”

“Hey! Did the mirror just say her?” one student pointed out loudly.

Crowley turned to her in surprise.

“What? That’s not possible either!"

Annoyed with this whole situation Percy removed her hood, revealing her shoulder-length blond locks and her clearly female dollish face. “Apparently it is very possible.”

The headmage looked like he was gonna have a heart attack, while several of the boys were a bit too happy for Mimikyu’s taste.

“Who is she?”

“She’s so hot! It wouldn’t be too bad if she sticks around.”

“Night Raven College is an all-boys school,” Crowley pondered out loud. “How could this have happened?”

He was cut off as the cat suddenly broke free.

“ME! Let ME have her seat!” He demanded. Crowley was displeased.

“Not so fast, you hyperactive weasel!”

“Unlike that girl, I can actually use magic! So let me be a student here! Look, I’ll show you! My spells’re the cat’s meow!”

The feline began to inhale, and Percy’s emerald green eyes widened as she realized what was about to happen. She wasn’t the only one as the redhead called out.

“Everyone, get down!”

Before flames exploded yet again from the feline, Percy managed to quickly grab Mimikyu and doge to the ground. Unfortunately, the boy with ruby eyes wasn’t as quick.

“AHHHHH! HELP! I’m on fire over here!”

“Someone catch that blasted animal before it sets the entire school ablaze!” Crowley demanded.

“Pardon me, esteemed Headmage, but would it not be wise to attend to your scorching student ere we proceed further?” Percy commented sassily then shook her head and reached to her belt, that boy was so lucky that she had a water type out of PC before she fall into that portal. she pulled out a Pokeball and yelled, “Vaporeon, water gun!”

She threw the red and white orb as the bubble jet Pokemon emerged in a flash of white light, before blasting a forceful shot of water from its mouth putting out the fires on both the room and the boy’s butt.

“Phew,” he let out a breath in relief, then turned to the blonde girl. “Thank you.”

Percy kneeled down to Vaporeon’s level with Mimikyu now on her shoulder, and scratched her ears, which looked like fins, “Good job, girl!” she then picked her up and turned her to face the boy, “Don’t thank me, thank her. She’s the one who saved your butt… literally”

The ruby-eyed boy looked hesitant at first, but he was cooing at Vaporeon the next second, “Thank you very much, little monster!” he then looked at Percy with sparkles in his eyes and she thought he looked like an overly happy oshawott. “She’s adorable!” he squicked.

“Vaporeon!” said the bubble jet Pokemon lifting her head with pride, and Percy translated for her. “She says ‘thank you’”

Then both the Pokemon and the girl turned to the source of the chaos, who looked hesitant now. The water fox was small in size, but she had just effortlessly put out a fire. Also, both females had a very intimidating look on their faces. The feline screamed, firing off more blue flames. Percy let Vaporeon jump from her arms as she gave her a command, “Vaporeon, use hydro pump!”

The water type blasted a huge volume of water from her mouth again but this time it was even more pressure, hitting the feline and making him slide back a few meters. Vaporeon then turned the hydro pump to fire and put out the burning room, which unfortunately gave grim enough time to get off of the ground and start running. Percy gritted her teeth at him and turned to the headmage, “Don’t worry, we’ll take care of him. Come on Vaporeon!” with that they started to run after the troublemaker.

Crowley watched Percy go as most of the students got out of the fire breathing feline’s way. The headmage called out again. “Someone assist her.”

“Ugh. Can I go now, or…?” an older-looking boy with emerald green eyes with a scar complained.

“Oh?” the turnip head from before teased. “I thought you fancied yourself a hunter. Go and help yourself to that plump little morsel!”

“Too much effort. Do it yourself.”

“Allow me to handle this, headmage Crowley.” A glasses-wearing, silver-haired boy said. “If none of you are up to the task of catching a small animal, I will accept the responsibility.”

“WTG Azul.” Said the floating tablet. “Rackin’ up those participation credits.”

“I’m sorry, were my instructions unclear?!” Crowley demanded.

“Preeetty sure you can handle catching one mangy weasel all on your lonesome there, headmage.” The green-eyed boy sighed.

“How many times do I gotta say it? I’m Grim, spellcaster extraordinaire! I am not a weasel!”

Percy still didn’t know what a weasel was and she still didn’t care, she just rolled her eyes and gave her water-type Pokemon a command, “ Vaporeon, get close to him with quick attack and then use water gun!”

With her trainer’s command, Vaporeon started to move so fast the others had trouble seeing her movements, when she got close enough she opened her mouth and blasted Grim with pressured water, which left him dizzy, then Percy gave another command. “Now jump and use Aqua tail.”

Vaporeon’s tail started to glow with a light blue aura, with water swirling around the tip, and she jumped and hit Grim with the power of a vicious wave in a raging storm. The sheer force of the attack made Grim pass out instantly.

Azul turned to the redhead and gestured to the passed-out feline, “Aren’t you a spunky little fellow? Riddle, would you be so kind…?”

“Furry miscreant.” Riddle started. “ I will abide no rule-breaking. You will be judged by my hand. Off With Your Head!”

A Black and red, heart-shaped collar suddenly appeared on Grim. when he came to himself a second later, he started to struggle. “MYAH?! What is this?!”

“The Queen of Hearts’ Rule 23: ‘One must never bring a cat to a formal affair.’” Riddle explained. “ Your very presence here is a violation of order. You will vacate these premises immediately.”

“But I ain’t a cat either!” Grim protested. “Don’t you try’n collar me! I’ll burn it right off! Huh…? Wh-what gives? My fire ain’t workin’!”

Riddle smirked. “Until I deign to remove that collar, you won’t be using any magic. You’re naught but a pet cat now.”

“M-meoWHAT?! I ain’t nobody’s pet- NOTHING!”

“Oh, you’ve nothing to worry about there. I certainly have no interest in having you as a pet. The collar will disappear once you’re removed from campus.”

“Ha-HA good show as always, Riddle.” Azul complimented. “Your signature spell locks down any magic. It’s quite handy. I’ve just GOT to have it- ah, I mean, I’ve just got to have respect for it.”

Percy watched the interaction between the two boys while taking Vaporeon in her arms again, and from the perfected customer service smile on the silver-haired one’s face, she already knew not to trust him. Both Mimikyu and Vaporeon growl with distrust too.

Crowley marched up to Percy, “Persephone! Was I not clear that you are expected to take responsibility for your familiar? Now discipline your-”

Percy cut him off with an angry look, “Firstly, address me as Miss Remmington if you please. Secondly, I bear no obligation to assume any responsibility, for I have made it abundantly clear on numerous occasions that HE does not belong to my charge!” She yelled.

The headmage’s eyes widened.

“Furthermore!” she yelled once more as she started to scratch Vaporeon’s head. “I find it deeply offensive that you would even consider the notion that a Pokémon under my tutelage would exhibit such uncouth behavior. Hmph!” she turned her head in anger.

The masked man coughed in embarrassment. “Then I shall have it expelled from campus. I shall even spare it from being served as dinner. My, but I AM kind…. Someone take this away, please.”

“Nooooo! Let me gooooo!” Grim struggled as he was taken away. “You fools better remember my name! cause I’m gonna go down in the annals of magic history! Just you wait!”

“Hmm, I almost find myself on the verge of pity for him,” Percy said to herself, as she watched him go. She never liked seeing a sad Pokemon, no matter how problematic they may be.

To make his partner feel better, Mimikyu snuggled her face from his favorite seat, which happens to be her right shoulder. Percy giggled in response and scratched his head and hugged Vaporeon, who nuzzled her head on her trainer’s chest, “Thank you, guys.”

Crowley studied the Pokemons and the trainer interact carefully.

“I must say, for a magicless person, your beasts are quite impressive. And I’ve never seen a summoning method like that before.”

“Really?” and with that, the bad feeling comes back, “I can understand Mimikyu, but you never seen a Vaporeon? They’re pretty well-known Pokemons.”

“Pokemon? I’ve never heard that term used to describe summoned monsters.” Crowley stated.

“You don’t know what a Pokemon is?” Percy looked at him with a pleading look, begging for him to say he was just joking.

The headmage cleared his throat, “Moving on from that quite the unexpected fracas. I hereby declare that orientation has concluded. Housewardens, please escort your students back to the dorms…. Hm? Come to think of it, I don’t see Housewarden Draconia of the House Diasomnia anywhere.”

“And that surprises you? Dude’s a total recluse.” The boy with the green eyes said.

“Wait a sec… did anyone even invite him?” the ruby-eyed boy, whose butt was previously on fire asked.

“If you’re that worried about him missing out, maybe you should have told him yourself.” Said the turnip head.

“Maybe, but I don’t know him too well either…”

Several students muttered fearfully, a small, pale, magenta, and black-haired male that weirdly reminded Percy of a zoobat, stepped forward.

“Ah. Just as I’d expected. I figured I’d come down and see for myself whether Malleus had made an appearance. Bur once again, he was evidently not informed that his presence was required at an official ceremony.”

The silver and redhead tried their hands at a poor excuse of an apology but it was so obvious that it was forced.

“No matter. All who were assigned to House Diasomnia, follow me. I just hope he doesn’t sulk about this…”

The students began to file out with their respective dorms, leaving Percy and the Pokemon alone with the headmage.

“Well, Miss Remmington.” He started, “This is a most unfortunate of events. I’m afraid that you will not be attending Night Raven College after all. Surely you realize that I cannot very well admit a student with no magical ability to my academy.”

“I am perfectly content with this outcome.” And she was, the only thing she wanted to do was go home and have a long bath.

“But worry not. The Dark Mirror will see you safely home. Now, step into a gate, and visualize the place from whence you came.”

Percy returned Vaporeon to her Pokeball, took Mimikyu in her arms, closed her eyes shut, and followed the headmage’s instructions as she hugged her partner tightly. She hoped, she really hoped this mirror could send her home. The home she had since she was five, the home she rebuilt from scratch, the home she shared with all of her Pokemon friends, with her family. She thought of every single memory she had inside it, all the bad ones, good ones, funny ones, and even the sad ones.

“O Dark Mirror! Return this soul to where it belongs!”

The mirror was silent. Crowley coughed.

“L-let us, er… try this again. O Dark Mirror! Return this soul-“

The mirror cut him off.

“There is no such place.”

“What?”

“There is no such place in this world where tis soul belongs. None.”

“How can that be? My, but today is a veritable cavalcade of impossible phenomena!”

Percy’s shoulders fell in disappointment, and she sighed, “Allow me to extend a warm embrace to the existence I lead.” She mumbled to herself. Of course, it couldn’t send her home, that would be too easy. When did something ever go the way she hoped anyway?

“This has never happened throughout my long tenure. I must confess that I am at a loss.” The masked man said.

“Prepare yourself for an abundance of such encounters, for now that our paths have converged, they shall be plentiful.” Percy said grumpily.

“Tell me: From what land do you hail?”

“I’m from Lavender Town in Kanto.” She simply answered, still grumpily, while letting her head fall on top of Mimikyu’s stuffed head.

“I’m afraid I am not familiar with such place. I am intimately acquainted with the origins of every student who has ever come here, and yet… This mysterious homeland of yours eludes me.”

Percy would appreciate it if he shut his trap for a moment because she really wanted to sulk in peace. But no such luck, instead he threw his arm over her shoulders and started to push her gently to the way they came from, “Let us go to the library and look it up, shall we? I’m sure we can find something to help clear up this situation there.”

“I implore you to reconsider your unwavering certainty, for such assurance may not be warranted in your case.” Said Percy without lifting her head but kept walking.

&

They spend an hour inside the library but both Percy and headmage spend that time doing totally different things. The headmage spend it searching through almost half of the books in the library, and Percy spend it sitting on the floor hugging Mimikyu and trying not to freak out, while Mimikyu rubbed her back with his two black appendages.

At last, Crowley closed the last book and said, “ Just as I’d suspected. Nothing.”

“As I previously foretold, my words have come to fruition,” Percy murmured from her place on the ground.

“Not only is your homeland not listed on any map from any point in history. Now, are you QUITE sure that you come from such a place? That wasn’t some sort of lie, or jape? Because if so, the only explanation is that you’ve come from another planet.”

“Not from another planet, from another reality.” She told him, lying wouldn’t help anyone in this situation.

“What?”

“Allow me to elucidate the sequence of events that transpired. In an act of utmost valor and camaraderie, I offered my assistance to my dear colleague Cynthia in apprehending malevolent individuals who harbored intentions of obliterating our very fabric of existence. These nefarious wrongdoers sought to exploit the enigmatic realm known as the distortion world—a parallel dimension that mirrors our own but manifests in a peculiar and distorted manner. It serves as an interlink between myriad realities, bridged by intricate portals. Alas, I inadvertently traversed one such portal and, lo and behold, found myself awakening in this unfamiliar domain.” Percy basically info dumped the poor man.

After a long silence, Crowley finally talked again, “You seem awfully accepting of that answer.”

“In the realm from whence I hail, the existence of alternate realities is a widely acknowledged truth, ingrained within the fabric of our collective consciousness. We possess erudite scholars who devote their endeavors to the meticulous study of these divergent realms. Remarkably, there are even Pokémon entities known to transcend the boundaries of worlds, traversing the interstitial spaces betwixt realities with graceful aplomb.”

“Ah, I see. Well regardless, there doesn’t seem to be any way to send you home. Do you have some form of identification on you?”

Percy took off her bag and opened it, thankfully nothing was missing. Her parasol, sunscreen, sunglasses, black sun hat, weather goggles that looked like the eyes of a sableye, diving mask, Z Crystal pouch, Z Ring, Mega Brooch, Dynamax Band, Pokedex, Rotomphone, Poketch, PC that contains the rest of her Pokemon, camera, a jar full of Pokemon food, a container of various types of berries, a nightgown, spare clothes and finally her Trainer ID. Crowley sighed.

“I cannot have someone with no aptitude for magic bumbling about my magic academy. And yet, as an educator, I loath to expel a young person without a cent to their name, or any ability to contact their guardian… Truly, my grace is boundless. Hmmmmm…” He thought for a moment. “Ah! There is a vacant building on this campus. It was, in fact, used as a dorm a long time ago. With proper cleaning, it should be habitable enough. Out of the kindness of my heart, I will allow you to live there for the time being. In the meantime, we will investigate other ways to send you home. Dear me, but I am a gracious man indeed! A model educator one might say. Well then, I shall take you to your dorm straight away. It is an older building, but it has plenty of… character, one might say.”

Percy and Mimikyu looked at each other for a second, then Percy turned to the headmage again and asked, “Does it have a big garden?” Because if she was gonna stay here for a long time, she needed a big space for all of her Pokemon’s habitats.

“Very big,” Crowley answered and hold out his hand to help her get up.

Percy accepted his help and silently said, “Very well,"

[viridiave]

Octopath but make it Pokemon

Indulging in a little crack because I lost to that fucking direwolf several times in a goddamn row so let's go Pokemon AU 

You play as Kit probably but not only are you a fatherless protagonist you don't have a mother now either

So idk man maybe he just stumbles into Flamesgrace and they were like 'tf are you stumbling around without a pokemon for here go fetch kid 

And this is how Kit gets a church-sanctioned starter pokemon

Archbishop Josef's like 'hey you should totally challenge my daughter Ophilia she's a Gym Leader on the side' 

Minutes before getting poisoned 

So Kit challenges the slightly neurotic sister who's having a bit of a meltdown over the rituals that now have to be rescheduled but like who reschedules a religious event this important?? 

And her whole gimmick is Friendship Evolutions 

Including a very protective Espeon 

She tells him to move onto the next gym down south in a hurry as she goes back to check up on her dad and Kit's like aight 

She ends up following him after that cuz not only has she been sent on forced leave but now she's also carrying the literal flame of gods that protects the world from devastation unites all people within their nation 

And Kit's very cool with this because he's seen how much ass she can kick 

So they make it to Atlasdam to make a stopover and while Ophilia's taking care of her business she tells Kit to challenge the local Gym Leader 

The problem was that their local Gym was underground and that the Gym Leader was currently preoccupied with being in Ace Attorney Investigations 3 rather than Pokemon Rogue and Noble like the script tells him to so Kit helps him with that first 

This Gym Leader uses Fossil Pokemon and will not stop talking about literally everything no matter what he did 

So not only is Kit getting his ass kicked he's also being given a lecture on gemstones and theft laws 

Kit swears Cyrus's Archen looked apologetic when the professor started talking about rock formations 

Kit wins, which is great, because that got the professor to stop talking and instead congratulated him on his win 

So Kit meets up with Ophilia again in the square, and they're about to head out when they see Cyrus again at the gate with a briefcase and the explanation that he got booted out of the academy on false charges of p*d0philia and is now out to look for a book 

'Professor it's been literally half an hour since I stepped out of your gym what the hell were you DOING' 'A lot can happen in half an hour, as it turns out! Now where to, fellow travelers?' 

Ophilia and Kit now have to deal with the lectures that they are too polite to try and interrupt 

They hoof it down to Rippletide where they witness a robbery 

And in no time at all they were dragged by the ears by a tiny merchant with surprising strength to drug the culprits 

Kit, Ophilia, and Cyrus decide to commit crimes, and perhaps Cyrus is a little too excited at the prospect of drugging pirates 

So they succeed and kick the pirate's asses- and meet this cool guy Leon Bastralle why they were at it 

While they were having lunch at the tavern after this whole thing the merchant plops herself down next to them with a grin and says 'sooooooooooo wanna challenge the Gym?' 'there's a Gym in this town???' 

Tressa decides to take this moment to flex her team of shiny Pokemon- including like three different Meowths that all throw money at Kit's Pokemon 

They may be Bifelgan incarnate but they stand no chance against Kit's protagonist powers so Tressa gives him the badge 

Right as they exit Rippletide Tressa just decides she wants to travel like that cool merchant that saved them earlier so her parents just take care of the gym they guess??? 

Point is they're a lot richer now in the routes between Rippletide and Cobbleston where oh hello- there's been a kidnapping 

They all help out this burly big dude named Berg and Cyrus keeps throwing him and the gigantic sword on his hip suspicious looks 

But it's not until they confront the baddies and Berg's Aegislash pops out that Cyrus squeals in delight because aREN'T YOU THE UNBENDING BLADE OH MY GODS THEY SAID YOU WERE DEAD CAN I TROUBLE YOU FOR AN INTERVIEW OVER TEA LATER- 

Meowth's out of the bag and Olberic comes clean about his past after they rescue his not-kid 

Cyrus does not leave him alone after this. Because on top of being a professor he's also just one massive history nerd. Olberic is surprisingly alright with this arrangement. 

He's also surprisingly okay with leaving his massive technicality of a gym leader status to the leader of the dude they just took in for murder and pillaging because hey didn't Gaston's men literally skin a dude alive for his wallet 

But Olberic has a revenge quest to go on so it's fine

 TL;DR: Kit is on a journey with a funky starter Pokemon, and instead of being sorted by type the Gym Leaders have gimmicks cuz why not

Ophilia has friendship evolutions, Cyrus has fossil pokemon, Tressa has shiny pokemon, and Olberic is uhhhh Double Battles, I guess 

Does this have a Part 2? No. not yet anyway. 

[theletterwsartflap]

hey can you tell us more about that one drawing where agent 4 was a salmonid commander i wanna learn more about that

Ah ha wow, I'm surprised you managed to find that first of all. I'm trying to recall what all that conversation contained, since it was something I think I thought of while actually playing Salmon Run itself? Hard to remember all the dumb shit I spout off in VC playing that mode... I specifically remember a conversation about a Salmonid bootleg of Commander Tartar being named Admiral Lemon Wedge and I can't for the life of me remember why.

I believe we were talking about how Agent/Captain 3 has made a return not once but twice now, yet Agent 4 has yet to be seen. Salmon Run made its debut in Splatoon 2, so I thought it would be neat if she got some sort of plot point to do with the Salmonids specifically.

I remember one of the things I brought up at the time was her wielding an oversized spoon (very much like Mewtwo in the Pokemon manga!) seeing as the Salmonids like to wield cookware. I believe there's canon lore about her being a college student(?) so who's to say she couldn't have studied their language and culture?

As for how she got there... your guess is as good as mine. Did she go willingly? Was she abducted? Left behind in an emergency evacuation from a jobsite gone wrong? It's probably something I should think about... last one would probably be the most fun to work with though.

I admit I haven't done a ton with Splatoon related fanworks despite being rather intrigued by a lot of the concepts. I think I just also wanted to see something different in the campaigns for enemies than just the Octarians again, especially since 3's antagonist set Salmonid appearance up so well... for them not to even be mentioned outside of Little Buddy.

[janekfan]

Ingo held up a hand, effectively pausing the game. He and Emmet were playing Pokemon Battle with some of the neighborhood kids! They weren’t invited often mostly because Emmet didn’t really talk much, if at all, with anyone, let alone people he didn’t spend a lot of time with. But he’d caught Ingo’s attention and signed a request to stop.

“What is it, Emmet?”

“Hey! Why did we stop!?” The other children were impatient, their desire to get back into the heat of the game so strong.

“One minute, please.” Ingo requested, interpreting his baby brother’s earnest desires. He looked upset even though they’d all been playing for hours with no issues. Ingo liked playing with the other kids. He’d been wanting to make friends and he was about to lose his chance. “You do not wish to be the Pokemon? You want to be the Trainer?” Emmet’s grin brightened! Surely this was not such a difficult request.

“You can’t be a Trainer.” The oldest of them all stated matter of factly and Ingo’s first reaction was to bristle at the implication that Emmet wouldn’t be a fantastic trainer someday. It was their dream!

“Trainers talk. They have to because they give their Pokemon commands.” Emmet signed furiously. He could “talk,” he could sign! It’s how they all communicated at home and they’d seen others do the same. Ingo relayed his brother’s frustrations. The others were staring at them now and Ingo felt his face go hot. He didn’t like to be stared at.

“Yeah!” They agreed. “He doesn’t talk so he can’t be a trainer!” It made logical sense in his young mind.

“If your Pokemon have to watch you, they won’t be watching their opponent.”

“They’ll get crushed!”

“They won’t know when to dodge!” Emmet tugged on Ingo’s sleeve and it was annoying. Ingo just wanted to play and was having so much fun and now–

“But we can look. We’re not really Pokemon.”

“That’s not the rules, Ingo!”

“Look, if you don’t wanna play by the rules you can’t play at all.” Ingo’s face was hot, his heart pounding as the kids circled closer. He put Emmet behind him but he really did want to play, he wanted to play so badly that tears prickled at the corners of his eyes.

“Maybe you can go home early, Emmet. I will finish this one battle and join you later.” Emphatically, Emmet pulled at his clothes until they stretched and shook his head so fast his face blurred. He signed Ingo’s name and pressed it against his chest, right above where his heart was hurting. Just once. Emmet could go home once! They didn’t have to play together all the time! “Yes, Emmet! Just today.” Again, he shook his head, this time grabbing Ingo. He didn’t like that. Didn’t want that. Didn't like when his clothes got all stretched out and stopped fitting right.

“C’mon Ingo.”

Pushing and grabbing and pawing.

He just wanted to play.

Emmet, Emmet, Emmet. Always Emmet. Watch out for your brother, Ingo, keep him safe, Ingo, help him make friends, Ingo. Emmet, always Emmet! What about Ingo?

“NO! I want to play!” And he shoved him. Put his hands on his little brother so he would stop touching him. “Go home!” The tears pooled in Emmet’s eyes and spilled down his cheeks. “I want to play and I will be home soon! Leave me alone!” Ingo turned and ran, unable to stand looking at his brother while his face was like that. So sad. Upset. Betrayed.

By him.

The game wasn’t really any fun after that. Ingo was sad and just wanted to go home and apologize. He’d make it up to Emmet. He would watch his favorite shows for a whole week and not complain even once! And give up his dessert! He could do that even though he really, really, really liked sweets. Emmet was worth it because he was his best friend.

These thoughts and more ran through his mind as Ingo ran home, excited to see his brother and apologize so everything could go back to normal.

Mom and Dad were waiting for him outside the house.

They looked worried.

“Ingo, oh thank Arceus. Where’s Emmet?”

“Wh’what do you mean? Did he not arrive home?”

“Wasn’t he with you?” Guilt welled up in him like bitter medicine and Ingo looked down at the floor in shame. “What happened?”

“I.” Tears blurred his vision. “I wanted to play, and Emmet. He–”

“Ingo!” The raw disappointment in the way she said his name was worse than her anger and it cut him to the core. “You need to watch out for him!” His father laid a hand on her shoulder as she stifled her panic with both hands.

“Tell us what happened.”

The sun was going down. It was going to be dark soon and his little brother was still missing, out there somewhere all alone!

Ingo couldn’t breathe, couldn’t get enough air, couldn’t see for the tears flooding his eyes.

Calm down, calm down, calm down.

Deep belly breath. Ingo put a shaking hand over his stomach and inhaled, focusing on the movement of his palm. This was his fault. His fault. Emmet was gone because of him. He’d run away because he thought Ingo didn’t love him anymore. Tears streamed down his face. The breathing wasn’t working. There was no one he could ask for help. Mom and Dad and–they were looking and they were mad. Out looking because Ingo was a mean, mean, mean older brother.

He could hear their voices in his ears saying the same things they’ve always said. Reminding him of his responsibilities, that Emmet needed support sometimes and when their parents couldn’t be there it was Ingo’s job to watch out for him.

He’d failed.

He’d failed.

He was a failure and Emmet was going to be lost forever or something worse.

Ingo had to fix this. He knew Emmet best. Knew where he would hide or go or something. More than the grownups would at any rate. With a goal in place Ingo could breathe again. He scrubbed his face dry and stood to his full, diminutive, height before running out of the house as fast as his legs could take him.

Beyond the porchlight it was nearly pitch dark. Ingo could just see the path ahead lit by the waxing moon above and before long he’d made it back to where they’d been playing earlier that day, an eternity ago. In the distance Ingo could hear the multitudinous voices calling out his brother’s name. The forest rang with them, scaring Pokemon of all types and sizes into their homes.

Ingo set off in the opposite direction.

Deeper and deeper, past the new growth of young trees to where the trunks grew so large even the both of them together weren’t able to span them. Resolutely he stared ahead, keeping his eyes away from the pinpricks of false lights between stems and stalks trying to lure him into the clutches of hunting Pokemon.

Had Emmet been snared by their pretty, pale, purple lights? Following them off into the black in hopes of being led home? Only to have his soul devoured? Ingo shivered. Emmet would never fall for a trick like that. He was far too smart and they knew too many spooky stories about different Pokemon preying upon children. They knew to be careful.

And they were small for their age, having yet to hit another growth spurt like their peers.

The adult’s voices were gone. He’d wandered far enough away that signs of human habitation were completely gone.

“Emmet?” Ingo recognized this place, where the tree trunks crossed just so as they fell, becoming nurse logs to baby seedlings. They called it the nursery and measured their own growth to the saplings who were quickly outpacing them. “Emmet? Are you here? Knock if you can hear me!” Tiny feet skittered in the underbrush, displacing crunchy and decaying leaves before silence fell again. “Mm.” Ingo whimpered. The nursery looked so scary at night. “Emmet! I am sorry! Please knock if you are here! Please!” He’d always been loud, like he was making up for his brother not speaking at all, and now his voice cut through the clearing like a train whistle.

He pushed on. Listening intently for dangerous sounds, eyes almost sore from being so wide and straining to see. Be brave. Be brave and fix this.

“Emmet!” The cry of a Pokemon he didn’t recognize sounded above him as if in answer and Ingo looked up just in time to see a dark shadow dropping from the canopy. He yelped, diving to the side and scrambled back to his feet just in time to dodge again.

He ran with the heavy footfalls of something bigger than him hot on his heels. Ingo tore through foliage, the sharp edges of leaves leaving nicks and cuts on his cheeks and arms. He stopped suddenly short, foot hooked in a gnarled root and fell hard enough to knock the wind out of himself, face colliding with the loamy soil. The scent of mud and earth filled his nose, his pulse hammered hard enough that he couldn’t hear whatever was almost upon him. Hot, wet breath ghosted along the nape of his neck as a heavy shadow fell over him like a pall.

He was going to die here.

Because of him, his parents would lose them both.

Ingo braced himself for the inevitable.

Curled into a ball when it cried out in pain above him and tentatively looked up when he felt the ground shake with its retreating steps.

A rock sailed over him, landing innocently a few yards beyond where he lay in the dirt.

Emmet.

Standing in a patch of moonlight with muck all over his clothes and another stone fisted in one hand. He was breathing heavy, eyes frightened and fixed on Ingo.

He gestured towards him with his name sign in a question.

“Emmet!” Ingo latched onto him in a tight hug before pulling back to examine every inch of him for injuries. His eyes were red rimmed from crying and his clothes were torn, but otherwise he looked okay. “Emmet, are you alright? Are you hurt?” Ingo didn’t wait for his reply, merely crushed him again. “I am sorry, Emmet, so, so sorry that I was so mean to you. Please will you come home?” Hesitant, Emmet’s arms came up around him with none of his usual vigor and Ingo only embraced him harder. “Please?” A single nod. It would have to be enough.

Hand firm in hand, Ingo tugged him back through the trees with little resistance and a lot of haste until they were back in familiar territory when suddenly Emmet stopped and wouldn’t budge no matter how hard Ingo pulled.

“Emmet?” Tears were beading along Emmet’s lashes. “I am going to make it up to you, I promise! I will play with you every day! You can have my desserts and I will, I will do your chores! Whatever you want, I promise!” His frown deepened and that was all wrong; his little brother was supposed to smile. “What can I do?” Now Ingo was crying and Emmet was shaking his head and he didn’t understand what he was trying to tell him and that was wrong too, because he always knew. Always! Emmet’s hands began to move, small and shy. Like he didn’t really want to ask for fear of what the answer might be.

Love me?

Something in Ingo’s chest broke open. A physical pain that made his knees wobble.

Did he, did Emmet really think?

“I was just mad. I did not mean to hurt your feelings, I swear. I love you, Emmet. Being sad or mad does not change that, it will never change that!” By now, Ingo was sobbing so hard he couldn’t see or talk, he just had to hope Emmet understood as he clung miserably to his best friend in the world.

And it was there they were found by one of the search parties. Bundled up and carted home and yelled at and cried over.

Scolded.

Grounded.

Exhausted.

Ingo scratched at the itchy bandage over his nose, still sniffling in his top bunk when a head of silver hair popped over the side wearing a pale imitation of a smile, but one nonetheless. Ingo tried to mimic it, knowing by the rolling of Emmet’s eyes that he’d failed again.

“Are you okay?” Ingo shoved over to make room and Emmet made himself comfortable before pointing back at him. “I am fine. I am just glad I found you.” His little brother laughed at that, pointing at himself now. “Yes, yes. You helped.” He sniffed and hugged him tighter, vowing to never make this mistake again.

Emmet folded his index and middle fingers down against his palm before thumping Ingo’s chest and settling down to sleep with a contented hum.

“I love you too, Emmet.”

[shigerussato]

here’s the honeymoon in alola writing piece i wrote for shigesato ! there is two first parts of you’d like to read them, that being their engagement and wedding if you’d like to read those, thank you ! 🫶🏻

“finally we’re here!” Ash said getting off the plane once they reached Alola

“helping me with the suitcases would be appreciated” Gary muttered with their suitcases in both hands “oh yeah, sorry about that babe” Ash laughed taking his bags from Gary the two reached the sandy floors and then Ash grabbed Gary’s hand for a second before saying

“this is a special place to me and a second home since, we already share a home together i want to share my second home and special place with you because you’re my special person” Ash said with a smile getting an endearing smile from Gary 

“that’s very sweet of you to say Ash” Gary said touching Ash’s cheek lightly, Ash smiled at the touch grabbing that hand and giving it a kiss 

“alright first we’ll rent a car real quick, then I wanna visit Professor Kukui and Burnet, since with school and all they couldn’t come to the wedding unfortunately. Also because I want you to meet Lei” Ash grinned getting a nod from Gary 

“okay! We’re here!” Ash smiled about to open the door till Gary held him back “shouldn’t you knock or let them know we’re here? It doesn’t seem right to just barge in” Gary shrugged 

“Gary this is my second home. I practically live here by spirit” Ash snorted, getting a sigh from Gary who saw Ash turn the knob 

“I’m home!” Ash called out with Gary behind him who spotted a little boy run to Ash 

“Boo!” the boy giggled hugging Ash who grinned “Leí!” Ash laughed carrying the boy spinning around with him “damn you’ve grown a lot!” Ash laughed again putting the boy down

“well it’s nice to see you back!” a voice then said, Ash turned around and grinned again “professors!” he said hugging the two who commented on how much Ash had grown 

“so aren’t you gonna introduce us?” Kukui smiled seeing the researcher still at the front door “oh yeah” Ash laughed going over to Gary 

“well as I’ve mentioned, I had a boyfriend who became my fiancé and now we got married” Ash smiled “so yeah this is Gary, a pokemon researcher!” Ash smiled 

“it’s nice to finally meet you” the professor smiled at Gary who shook his hand “in vise versa” he smiled shaking both of their hands 

“so yeah, this is Professor Kukui and Professor Burnet, and their son Lei” Ash smiled pointing at all go them as he reintroduced everyone to Gary who lightly waved at Lei who was by the sofa with a finger in his mouth 

Leí then laughed and ran to Gary hugging him

“aww” Ash laughed teasingly seeing Gary hug the boy back 

“I brought him something, if it’s okay with you guys” Gary smiled seeing both Professor’s smile “yeah of course go ahead” 

Gary smiled and bent down getting something from his bag

“this is a pokemon watch it gives you information about any pokemon you want and even any region” Gary explained to the boy who gasped “thank you!” he squealed hugging Gary who laughed “you’re welcome” he laughed again before getting up with Lei in his arms, carrying him 

“so we’re gonna head to the beach and relax, we’ll talk to you guys later when we get a chance” Ash smiled at the pair who nodded “yes of course go ahead, I hope you enjoy Alola Gary” Professor Kukui smiled at him who smiled back “yeah I’m sure I will” he grinned, putting Lei down 

“I’d like to discuss some of your research, when you have time of course” Kukui smiled again getting an excited smile from gary 

“I mean yeah! Why not!” he grinned 

“we’ll get going then” Ash smiled turning to the door with Gary behind him before Gary felt a tug at his shirt turning to see Lei

“Ash I think he wants us to stay” Gary whispered to Ash “we can take him with us if you don’t mind” 

“not at all” Gary smiled, receiving a smile back Ash then turned to Professor Kukui “hey is it okay if we take Lei along?” 

“yes, just take care of him” he smiled at Ash who grinned carrying Lei

“alright, now we’ll go” Ash grinned as the three left 

“I call drivers seat!” Ash then said racing to the drivers seat “Ash you’re kidding right? I’m the one who’s gonna be driving” Gary said trying to get Ash off the seat “no!” Ash said holding onto the seat “Ash I am serious get off!” Gary yelled having Ash obey “fine!” he muttered rolling his eyes then sitting Leí on a seat before they drove off

“hm there’s no people here today” Gary commented seeing the empty parking lot, Ash then grinned “that’s because I reserved the beach for the two of us. well more like the three of us” Ash laughed looking out the window “you reserved this place?” Gary turned to Ash with confusion written all over his expression “mhm” Ash nodded proudly with his arms crossed 

Gary then blinked again “don’t you think that’s a little . . . greedy? I mean it’s Alola and it’s hot I’m sure there people and kids that want to be in the water all day” Gary shrugged 

“I only reserved it for two hours, after that people can start coming” Ash shrugged out if the car “if you say so” Gary sighed following Ash who held Lei in his arms 

“Gary aren’t you gonna swim??” Ash questioned seeing Gary inflating his swimming lounge 

“yeah I will, I just want to relax for a bit” Gary smiled putting the lounge at the shore and getting his sunglasses from his bag

after tossing his shirt aside he lied on the lounge that started floating on the water

“I also wanna work on my tan” he smiled putting a smoothie on the cupholder

“what’s in the cup?” Ash tilted his head blinking with a smile 

“it’s a cucumber, broccoli, green pepper, and cactus smoothie” Gary smiled seeing Ash give off a disgusted face 

“it’s supposedly good for your skin” Gary smiled taking a sip “I mean you don’t need any of that your skin looks good” Ash shrugged 

“oh I know I look great, but I want to look BETTER” Gary grinned as Ash lifted an eyebrow “okay . . . “ he mumbled swimming with Lei some more 

After a little bit in the water Ash looked over at Gary and grinned “so I wanted to do something fun Lei” Ash grinned “like what?” the boy giggled “I brought a two water guns, what do you say we give Gary a little wake up call?” Ash laughed as the boy nodded excitedly in return as Ash went to get the water guns still seeing Gary distracted 

“okay now we got it all filled up, be careful Lei okay? We want to be sneaky” Ash whispered looking over at Gary again 

“okay let’s go” Ash said running to the shores jumping in it with Lei behind him 

“okay you go on his left side I’ll go in his right side okay?” Ash grinned at the little boy who obeyed and the two went underwater and swam to their positions 

staying underwater a bit more Ash gave the 10 year old boy a thumbs up and with that they leaped out of the water and sprayed the water gun onto Gary’s face 

“what the hell??” Gary scowled taking off his sunglasses spitting out water making the pair laugh “we just want you to swim with us!” Ash whined with puppy eyes making Gary scowl 

“you’re such a baby!” he complained going back to relaxing until Ash grinned and flipped over the lounge making Gary fall into the water 

“my drink!” Gary shouted seeing the smoothie cup now empty, and looked over at Ash who laughed lightly 

“that’s it Ketchum, you’re dead” Gary said swimming to Ash who swam away from Gary the turns to face him 

“you mean Ketchum OAK” Ash corrected with a laugh swimming away quickly but Gary caught up to him anyway from underwater 

“Gary?” Ash then called out not seeing Gary anywhere 

“Gary!” Ash then yelled in panic until feeling himself being held up from underwater seeing Gary who then shot water at him in his face

“hey!” Ash said after spitting out the water and scowling at Gary 

“that’s what you get for spilling my drink and ruining my relaxing time” Gary grinned holding Ash by his waist with the water gun to his face 

“well I wasn’t THAT mean to you” Ash rolled his eyes making Gary laugh squirting the water gun lightly in his face 

“okay okay stop!” Ash pouted pushing it away making Gary laugh, “oh you owe me new sunglasses by the way” Gary grinned at him making roll his eyes 

“hey Lei you like chicken sandwiches?” Gary then called out to the big who was making a sand castle by the shore 

“okay lunch is serve you two!” Gary grinned calling for the two after finishing making the chicken sandwiches

“oh I’m there! Come in Lei!” Ash smiled jogging to the table with Lei behind him 

“I prepared it with mayo and lettuce is that okay?” Gary smiled at Lei 

“yeah!” he grinned taking a mouth full of the sand which saying ‘ah’ opening his mouth wide while he was at it, Gary grinned and looked over at Ash who was stuffing his face 

Ash leaned back on the chair putting hands on his stomach “Gary is a five star chef huh Lei?” he turned to the boy who nodded sipping juice 

“why thank you” Gary smiled pinching Ash’s cheek making Ash grin 

After dropping Lei back home Ash gave directions to Gary to go to a beach house 

“and we’re here!” Ash smiled hopping out the car with Gary behind him 

“so you rented this beach house for the honeymoon?” Gary smiled looking around after Ash opened the door 

“well actually . . . I bought it!” Ash grinned 

“Ash we have a house in pallet . . . “ Gary clarified lifting an eyebrow 

“I mean I bought it but, it’s more for vacation purposes!” Ash grinned and grabbed Ash’s hand “let me show you around!” 

“so here’s the dining room and kitchen, the cozy living room” Ash smiled 

“a liquor cabinet!” 

“we don’t even drink” 

“yeah you’re right, I know! maybe we can convert it into a juice cabinet!” 

“there’s no such thing” Gary laughed “then we invented it” Ash grinned back 

“and three bedrooms!” Ash smiled “you can pick which room you want us to sleep in” the trainer then smiled 

“yeah cool. But why three bedrooms?” Gary asked then taking a sip of water

“oh I was just planning ahead, it can be for the kids when they come around” Ash smiled leaning on the wall, Gary then choked on his water making Ash go up to him patting his back 

“Gary are you okay??” 

“yeah I’m just taken back by that comment” Gary said clearing his throat 

“oh sorry, I mean we don’t have to have kids if you don’t want to” Ash shrugged fiddling with his fingers “though I’ve always wanted to be a dad . . . “ 

Gary shook his head “no it’s not that I mean not against the idea just never thought about that kind of stuff” the researcher scratched his head 

“guess I wouldn’t mind one” Gary then shrugged with a smile causing Ash to smile 

“anyways that’s future thinking, I want to show you around Alola we gotta go my friend Mallow’s restaurant for dinner tonight, you’ll love it! Oh! and I want you to meet tapu koko!” Ash smiled grabbing Gary’s hand 

“yeah let’s do that! I really would like to analyze tapu koko” Gary smiled again “sweet! Let’s go!” Ash said as the two left 

“isn’t the sunset pretty?” Ash smiled as the two sat by the shore with tapu koko roaming around them “yeah, never thought tapu koko would be so beautiful in person” Gary smiled at the pokemon who floated around him 

“I think it’s a fan of you” Ash grinned, Gary smiled in response and watched the pokemon fly around 

“you know before I participated in masters eight, I came here to Alola and watched shores. I even promised to tapu koko and all my Alolan family I’d do my best in the tournament” Ash said looking at the sun which rays glistened his eye color making Gary admire his eye color 

“and now I’m here with you” Ash smiled holding Gary hand, the researcher smiled and leaned on Ash’s shoulder with a smile as Ash held him close 

“isn’t it crazy how we’re always looking at the sky together?” the trainer then smiled down at Gary “yeah, guess it’s a love language of ours” he said looking far into the shores clashing with one another 

“I always remember the day we left on our journey, it pounded rain and I tried protecting Pikachu from a bunch of Spearow” he began 

“and I remember the sky cleared and there was a rainbow and I remember seeing a Ho Ho flying right by it, and I remember wishing to become a pokemon master” Ash smiled, Gary then gasped lightly lifting his head off Ash’s shoulder “what’s wrong?” 

“I remember seeing Ho Ho on my first day of my journey and it’s just as you said it, I remember my Squirtle, well my now Blastoise and I were trying to catch a Pidgey, but the rain started and we had to go to a nearby cave, and unfortunately I never caught that Pidgey but I remember when the sky cleared and the came up, I saw Ho Ho myself” Gary said gently making Ash smile putting a hand on his cheek 

“it was the same day you saw that full moon” Ash smiled as Gary nodded kissing him lightly 

“honestly . . . I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I would watch the moon when thinking about you. In Kanto, Johto, leading all the way to Sinnoh and Galar” Gary smiled 

“just like when you were gonna compete in the sinnoh league and the first round matchups were made I couldn’t sleep, it reminded me of the silver conference and I wasn’t even gonna compete in the sinnoh league!” Gary laughed 

“but I remember looking at the moon and thinking about that talk in johto and how I told you there was so many opportunities awaiting for us in the future and we were experiencing them” 

“thinking about that night, and knowing you defeated me in johto which was what you always wanted made me think that . . . you would pull through and get your wishes to come true. Though you didn’t win the sinnoh league you defeated Paul. Though I wasn’t your rival anymore I knew that was something you really wanted, more since his history with Infernape” 

“yeah, and what’s crazy is that . . . teh night before my first round in the sinnoh league against Nando, I couldn’t sleep, and I kept thinking and thinking” Ash smiled, “I guess I was too overly concentrated I forgot about how I experienced a night like that with you” Ash smiled and grabbed Gary’s hand 

“thank you Gary, for everything” Ash smiled 

“I don’t always appreciate you because I’m not good with words, but as much as I’ve had many important people and friends throughout my journey none of them ever helped me more than you did, you’ve always been my wake up call” the trainer smiled with gentle eyes and holding his partner’s hand still 

“same to you, I love you” Gary smiled, “I love you so much more” Ash smiled as the two kissed under the Alolan sun, nit being able to do nothing more but anticipate their near future together, from rivals to actual lovers. 

because like Gary said always, there is many opportunities awaiting for them in the future and things they never thought about. 

just like finding a soulmate in each other. 

[doobnnoob-tf2]

thank you.  <3

I just haven’t felt well enough to tackle any drafts today but I did wanna make a quick post

I genuinely cannot thank you all enough.

I know, this is a really dumb post but tbh I really REALLY mean it.  I made this blog when I was spiraling hard into depression and was jumping back and forth between depressive and manic episodes

TF2 is such a huge comfort thing for me and I actually don’t even know why I did make it in the first place, and it certainly wasn’t to become a headcanon blog.  and I certainly didn’t expect to make it with the intention of it blowing up the way it did and have people tell me it’s become their favorite one.  and not to get too sappy but it’s really made me happy

I don’t have people I can really talk to about TF2, I never have.  I have been into this game literally since it’s initial, you-pay-for-a-physical-copy release and it’s been my main hyperfixation.  all of my others come and go in waves but TF2 has always stayed strong, and while I have friends who know about it/are into it as well, I’ve never had people I could seriously just.. ramble on about it the way I have on here

but this blog has given me that outlet, and it’s because of you all

I have anons that I genuinely enjoy seeing pop up in my inbox (Shy, Boom, etc.), I’ve had people actually just message me to wanna chat or tell me how much they’ve enjoyed my posts or how happy my posts have made them, and I wanna let you all know the feeling is mutual

this blog had made me the happiest I’ve been in quite a while now, I really look forward to checking on here and seeing tags people have made to my posts or seeing new asks people send me wanting to know my takes on things (they’re being worked on, I promise!  just, uh.. slowly, I’m sorry).  hell, I haven’t written a fic in SO long and while they’ve all been very short, I’ve written three on here so far and they’ve all been so well received which has made me feel so good people have been enjoying them

but more importantly, it’s given me a space I’ve felt safe.  I feel like I can come on here and say “hey, I don’t wanna answer things about (topic) because for reasons it makes me uncomfortable” and you all actually will respect that and not attack me over it.  and I know that’s such a common decency thing but like, I don’t have that assurance in other spaces revolving around this fandom.  in other spaces, I really do feel uncomfortable and unsafe and like if something bothered me I’d be attacked and silenced because I didn’t fit some kinda very gross and disgusting norm they’ve set in that space.  here it feels so much different and that just makes me so relieved and happy and I can actually relax and enjoy myself here

and I really dunno what to say other than: thank you.  from the bottom of my heart, thank you

that being said, I’m gonna chill the rest of the day and play some Pokemon rom hacks.  my messenger is open if anyone wants to chat!

[a-tale-of-legends]

Random stuff:

Jin has a tattoo on the back of their shoulders ( I don't know what the exact term is called). It's a pair of wings. I feel they got this in their late teen- early 20's as a final act in their angst phase until they realize " hey maybe I should chill". They don't regret it, it's a really good tattoo.

Speaking of tattoos, I'm changing Wayne's a bit. I feel it would fit his character to have something much smaller than his entire arm. I still think it would be one of a Serperior, but maybe around his forearm? I still need to think about it but yeah.

Jin accidentally called Kohaku and Wally their wife and husband respectively once. They didn't propose yet, but was planning to. They're too embarrassed to try now, especially since Kohaku will never let it go.

Most people are shocked too see Kiran being much more fit that they were before being yanked into the past. Unfortunately for Kiran, this means getting dragged into Danica's and Barry's work out routine against his will. He can't complain to much though. It's probably the least akward time they have together and it's where Danica and Barry act like their old selves. Still. Kiran just wanna study.

Kenji skateboards :D

I'm thinking about having Flint and Buck be distant relatives to Alder and Benga.

Marlon is from Alola and is black in this au because fuck his canon design.

Same goes for Flint and Benga too.

Elesa hair is naturally black in this au.

Drayden might be the train twins uncle or grandpa. Still deciding.

Speaking of Drayden, based on his house in the games, unless that's his wife and kids, I like to imagine Drayden just being like " oh hey do need a place to stay? Sure you can live with me. You're my kid now", and there's nothing much people can do about it lol.

Back to ocs, Aiko is a very skilled dancer due to her training under the Kimono Girls, and also knows how to be an excellent hostess. She just chooses not to use those skills lmao.

Danica occasionally does contests, but not the big popular ones that her mother used to do. More of the lower scale, local contests that happen. Angel is who she uses the most when it comes to these.

She probably has ran into Drew ( oc ) a couple of times but probably never actually introduced herself.

Klink where Ingo and Emmets first pokemon, then followed by what they're most known for, such as Chandelure and Galvantula.

Emmet will most definitely drag Alexis to Chargestone Cave to attract Joltik. It's better than constantly breeding them but poor Alexis is now constantly swarmed by little fuzzy spiders.

Eva is occasionally called by Elesa to do some modelling. She's very good at it, and it allows her to try on different styles she usually doesn't wear. Elliot always gets the photographs first, which never fails to make her heart explode( pos).

Trash talk is something so weird to Naomi. She understands why people do it, her friends do it before battle too. But sometimes it gets mean, and she doesn't want to be mean. So she lightly encourages instead, only really trash talking with her friends, slightly, but treats it as light teasing between friends than something to get the crowd hyped up.

Carol loves trash talk by the way, they get to insult people and play it off as a joke professionally. It will come for their ass later, but they love it regardless.

[nenes-numberonefan]

Ok these suck bc when I wrote these it was like 1am but here they r anywayyy

-Nemona once tried cleaning up pennys dorm as yk like a nice gesture but she ended up ruining an insanely specific organizing method penny used for her collectables (for figures she had them in rainbow order; for snowglobw it was rainbow and categorized by theming) and then Nemona had to watch penny fuck up(/sillie) her cleaning while they told her about the 'right way' to organize things

-Nemona is formerly banned from Arvens kitchen (almost set him on fire (papyrus I burnt the water/ref)) but surprisingly not Penny's. penny also really likes to bake but is shit at cooking (the fuck do you mean "add some of this" how much??!!? (she needs specific instructions or she's dead on the floor)) also is the designated cake maker for birthdays. they also definitely tried teaching Nemona how to bake and it went decently well. Nemona did get sick though because she kept eating the cookie dough

-on the topic of baking Penny's favorite thing to make is apple pie (is that a pjs- gets fucking shot gets brutally killed)

-SPEAKING OF PJSK,,, they are so nenean/mizumafu to me

-before they were dating Penny started leaving notes (and occasionally some candy) at Nemona's door and she thinks she nnever got caught until Nemona mentions one time opening the door and seeing penny running down the hall like she was running a marathon

-pennys also insanely fast at running (downside is that she literally dies for the next 2 hours afterward)

-id like to think Nemona like vaugely knows a bunch of celebrities and actors and shit and Nemona's like "hey penpen do you like [insert popular artist in the Pokemon universe]" and they're like "no??? who the fuck is thay". on the other side penny was saying something about Hatsune Miku (probs a concert or a cool figure they saw) and as soon as Nemona askked who Miku was penny freaked the fuck out. "YOU DONT KNOW FUCKIGN HATSUNE MIKU!?!!? WHO ARE YOU??!!" and then explained what and who Miku is for the next hour

-also penny definitely has a shitton of Miku merch like posters all over their walls and a while spot in her shelving thingy just for miku

-(penny) has probably gotten Nemona into some weird ass game nobody even cares about except for them

-either penny is asleep all day and makes everyone think it's dead or stays awake for like a week straight and passes out at her desk

-love how opposite of each other they are. Nemona loves pokemon battles and is really loud all the time meanwhile penny mostly just kind of has them like pets and doesn't talk too much. sun and moon (pokemon reference,,) idiots,,,,…, <3333

-i wanna talk about their confession but there's so many ways it could go. all of them involve it being penny the one to confess on Valentine's day because erm idk I'm just attached 2 that idea <3

-one confession scenario I'll share: penny begins leaving candy and notes (and occasionally flowers) at nemona's door at 6am sharp once every week. after a few weeks of this, Nemona comes up with a plan to catch the mystery person (who Nemona assumes is some random guy who just kind of wants her cause her familys rich blahh) so as soon as the knock on her door comes she's read and swings it right open to reveal penny there, standing up from putting the stuff at her door. before Nemona even says anything, penny runs off. then their relationship is kinda muddled 4 a bit before they date party popper emojiii

-(more of an angsty thing ooo) penny tends to get physically aggressive when she's angry. she tends to take it out on walls, pillows, other things she can kick/punch easily. once penny and nemona got into a fight over something stupid and accidentally ended up hurting Nemona. she then proceeded to not talk to Nemona for the next like week and lock herself in her dorm. only reason they talked and made up is because Nemona had to force herself inside of Penny's room. ok yeah sorry for being silly I'm really attached to this happening (probs cause it happened in my canon or smth but hey what do I nose/ref)

-Nemona's love language is probably words of affirmation and Penny's is physical touch (and probably gift giving she'd defo give Nemona some cool rock she found and like a puzzle piece she stole from a puzzle of Arvens. like hey babe here's this cool stick I found <3)

-they both use pet names for eachother but Nemona probably uses them more tbh. aside from more normal ones (dear, honey, darling, etc) Nemona calls penny her star and occasionally her moon) and penny calls Nemona her sun/sunflower. Nemona also calls penny penpen but it's more of a silly thing rather than an actual nickname. same with penny calling her 'mona

-penny is a hoodie stealer (on purpose) Nemona is a clothes stealer in general (on accient)

-penny totally does the hand flap thingy but she also wears bracelets so whenever she's excited she turns into like a maraca idk

-id like to think both believe in ghosts. Nemona is more afraid of them (like more traditional ooh spooky ghost yk) and penny is just like yeagh they probably exist

-penny is simultaneously very afraid of the dark and needs to have her light off at all times otherwise ough too bright uaggh "'sup dungeon master," Nemona says, walking into Penny's dorm. "I will kill you if you call me that again."

-ooh nother confession thing Penny totally gave Nemona an Applin and kind of forgot only people back in galar really do that so Nemona's really confused and penny has to explain the entire thing while really embarrassed and trying not to collapse onto the floor

these characters are from pokémon if i’m not mistaken? idk because i haven’t watched in a while but the names ring a bell

also i agree with half of these lmao especially the love languages!!

[aspen-in-da-crater]

new intro just dropped lol

i dont actually like pink that much but its the closest to my current hair color. there was another pinned post before this but it was sucky so im redoing it and its been a while since i updated anyway so yk how it is ------

Hey! My name is Aspen (Don't call me 'Asp' unless I know you.) and I'm currently in my last year of high school at Uva Academy and I'll be attending Nar-Uva for university too. Trying to type this 'properly' but I don't really talk like this online I'm gonna be real. [See above] Things to know about me,,,,, While I currently live in Paldea, I was born and raised in Nimbasa City, and also lived on Ula'ula Island from the ages of 10-14, and I'm currently 17 and I finished up my Island Challenge last year in,,,, I wanna say March? (2023) Got champion rank in like December. (Also 2023) I'm currently in the STEM track at Nar-Uva, with a focus on Health Sciences and Biotechnology. I like cooking, Cyclizar (??? i'll elaborate below) racing, science, and some other stuff. I've been getting more involved in Pokemon battling recently too if you're into that. I don't think there's really much else to mention? I went to Ultra Space that one time, that was. Definitely an interesting experience, to say the least. Would not recommend, lmfao.

anyway heres the list of my pokemon yeah i need a damn list but i love them all

Pebble / Midnight Lycanroc / M

Jitters / Golisopod ✨ / M

Chloro / Lurantis / F

Raja / Great Tusk / M

Hades / Silvally / dw abt it

Mercury / Amped Toxtricity / M

Spitfire / Miraidon / M {So I enjoy racing, yes, but I don't do competitive races on account of my Pokemon being a Miraidon. yk how it is.}

Skully / Houndoom / M

Blizzard / Glaceon ✨ / F

Snappy / Shiny Flygon / F

Cielo / Cyclizar [Spitfire's baby] / F

Edward / Eevee / M

Hibiscus / Jangmo-o / F

technically i'm a dragon specialist but only in alola

i use he/they btw

DNI: blueberry bitches, jellyfish

//OOC section is under the cut, please read that before interacting with this blog. Thanks!

IF YOU'RE SEEING THIS, YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT BLOG OOC Section

Aspen is 17 and turning 18 soon but mod is a minor. Behave accordingly.

I do more things with Aspen in a discord RP, and he will likely reference events which occur in said discord RP. Additionally, he has a lot of lore/backstory derived from this RP as well, just something to be aware of.

Regarding the above point; Aspen is a Chosen of Palkia, she will say things on this blog occasionally. This Palkia is not necessarily 'good,' and could be considered cruel at times.

I've got a canon I'm working with, so I may ignore an ask or an interaction if it goes against it strongly.

High stakes won't be a huuuuuge thing on here, I don't see Aspen explicitly talking about his trauma on this blog, but he may refer to past events. Things that are explicitly high stakes will be tagged accordingly.

The in-character DNI is completely a joke out of character! While Aspen may be slightly hostile towards Blueberry Academy centric accounts, he will not be serious, he will be joking! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Blueberry accounts can interact!!

Tags

I can't guarantee that I'll be perfect with these, but I will be trying to tag things according to the below key.

#aspen reblogs ⇌ in-character reblogs

#aspen talks ⇌ in-character posts

#aspen replies ⇌ asks responded to in-character

#ft. palkia ⇌ palkia talking on this blog

#jellyfish and shit ⇌ aspen specific high stakes

Posts about specific Pokemon will be tagged as "#[pokemon name] posting". For example, if Aspen makes a post specifically about his Alolan Raichu, Chip, it will be tagged "#chip posting".

And here's a list of the rest of my blogs!

[redgemwink]

my games of the year!!

hey yall!! with the year coming to a close i wanted to list my top 5 favorite games that i played this year!

5. honkai star rail - i was really conflicted abt putting a gacha game on here, especially since i don't even play it much anymore but tbh the belobog arc was just too good not to put it here. maybe the next planet will bring me back in but i didn't really like the luofu at all. but the time i spent on the herta space center and belobog were so enjoyable that i rlly feel like it deserves this spot.

4. octopath traveler 2 - this came out this year?? jfc this has been a long year. but yeah this game is really good!! i would absolutely die for agnea. i feel like in just about every area this game was a huge step up from octopath 1, i found every character really enjoyable and i genuinely cried multiple times during castti's story (malaya.... she loved her) and in general just loved nearly every story, and the endgame and how the characters from each route tied in was so cool. i think there's still some qol needed in certain areas and that's why this is only fourth but overall very good game i recommend. also ochette is super fun to play, love beastmaster classes sm

3. fire emblem engage - sort of the opposite of octopath honestly, the story was pretty awful in this game and the characters were all very one note but the game is just so gorgeous to look at and so so much fun. what can i say, i like fire emblem dfkdfskdkdsf and while the characters and story are completely camp i found it charming in it's simplicity at times, lapis and citrinne especially were really endearing characters to me. this certainly isn't my favorite fe game bc i admittedly prefer story/character heavy ones like 3h but i still found it to be a really enjoyable experience with lots of fun customization! i hope they take a lot of what was in engage and put that into future games bc i rlly need more fe games where everyone has cute casual outfits like that and you can dress everyone up all silly. this game is just pure silly fun.

2. cassette beasts - so this one took me by surprise. this game is an absolute GEM and if you like pokemon at all you seriously owe yourself to play this!! it takes everything i love about pokemon and just brings it to a whole new level. the story, the characters, even the designs for the beasts are all so peak. the way types interact with each other is so fun and something i've never seen before in this genre. this is the type of game i absolutely see myself replaying every year just to try out new beasts and the randomizer mode and stuff!! ALSO THE WAY YOU CAN REMOVE THE MOVES AND PUT THEM ON OTHER BEASTS?? god. this game is everything i WISH pokemon was, and if it were any other year it probably would have been my goty. but..

baldur's gate 3 - yeah. i mean, do i even need to say anything on this one?? a strong demon lady held me in her strong arms and kissed me. we ate spaghetti together. we went to hell and fought demons together. this game is a lesbian love story and i- oh wait i probably shouldn't just talk about karlach for this whole section lol. really though, bg3 is just one of those games that hits different, there is SO much to do in this game and not a single moment of it isn't filled with fun. exploring the world was so fun, whenever i discovered secrets and stuff it felt amazing, there's just such a wonderful feeling of mystery in this world. there's so many ways every interaction can go, the story is amazing, the characters are amazing, the multiplayer is amazing. this whole game just fucks hard, and i think it's not only my game of the year but possibly my game of the decade. i think if this game's mod support gets better then we could be looking at a stardew valley situation where fans keep the game alive FOREVER by adding all sorts of cool stuff over the years. i can't wait to see what gets added as time goes on! anyways back to karlach so yeah i wanna cuddle with her and go on a pizza date and be pinned against the

[pofatrgwf]

Chapter 7

Different continents? In my fanfic? More likely than you think!

The Air Continent is known for its overabundance of rescue teams. One time, a human was turned into a Squirtle, and saved the world from a meteor, with the help of his Torchic partner. This inspired even more people to make rescue teams, in hope of being as famous as them. New towns popped up all around the continent to accommodate for these new teams.

But even though all these new towns appeared, people still love to visit Pokemon Square to see the two saviors of the world. And so Pokemon Square expanded to the point where it's as big as 4 towns. And so more shops opened up.

Pyra, a Blaziken, was asleep on top of Nero, a Blastoise. It was a bit early in the morning, but Nero was hungry. He got up, which made Pyra roll off his back, waking her up.

"hey…", Pyra groaned. "What was that for?"

"You wanna get something to eat?"

"No, I wanna get some more sleep."

"Alright, I'll bring you an apple or two."

Nero kissed Pyra on the cheek and left the house.

Nero walked to Pokemon Square. He went to talk to the Kecleon Brothers there.

Nero: "Hey Kecs, what's up?"

Kecleon 1: "Oh hey Nero! Nothing much, just packing up some stuff to travel with."

Nero: "Oh, where to?"

Kecleon 2: "A place called Baram Town, ever heard of it?"

Nero said, with disgust: "Isn't that where all those rich pokemon live? With all those windmills? Whatcha going there for?"

Kecleon 1: "Well, our cousin just set up shop there, and he wanted us to visit."

Nero: "How many cousins do you have?? They're everywhere! It's actually pretty impressive."

Kecleon 1: "Ever since our cousin moved into Baram Town, there should be… 98 cousins in this continent. Including us, 100."

Nero: "100 Kecs…"

Nero then started chuckling to himself.

Kecleon 1: (What? I don't get it…)

Kecleon 2: (Is this some human joke?)

Kecleon 1: "Uh… ANYWAY, we're actually about to head out soon. So if you want to buy anything, now would probably be the best time."

Nero: "Oh, alright then. Can I get uhh… 5 Apples? Yeah, 5 should be good."

Kecleon 1: "Alright, that'll 125 Poke."

Nero paid 125 Poke and put 5 apples in his bag.

Nero: "Alright, well, have a nice day, you two!"

Kecleon 2: "You too!"

Nero then left and walked to the center of town.

Kecleon 1: "…He really doesn't like Baram Town, huh?"

Kecleon 2: "Hmm… Oh well! We should finish packing."

Much more Pokemon than usual were at the center of town, including Team ACT. Nero walked up to them.

Nero: "Hey, Alcatraz, what's up?"

Alakazam: "It's Alakazam."

Nero: "Yeah whatever, Albuquerque."

Alakazam: "Alakazam."

Nero: "Anyways… What's going on here?"

Tyranitar: "That's what we came here to find out."

Xatu walked up to the crowd, and everyone fell silent.

"A great catastrophe is going to destroy the entire world. Good luck."

Xatu then walked off. Most of the Pokemon started panicking and screaming.

Nero: "Hey Alkaline, you're not gonna try and kill me for this one, are ya?"

Charizard: "Dude, we said we were sorry about that!"

Nero: "Yeah, yeah, just messing with ya."

Tyranitar: "Can't believe Xatu just… left. Didn't even elaborate."

Alakazam: "Someone should probably go ask him for more information."

Nero: "Why don't you, Algebra?"

Alakazam: "We were about to go rescue an Emolga in Elegant Gorge. Sorry."

Nero: "Never heard of that."

Charizard: "It's a new Mystery Dungeon that showed up outta nowhere."

Nero: "Fine. I'll go see Xatu. Good luck on your rescue or whatever, Alphabet."

Nero went home.

Charizard: "Ugh, it's like he's doing that on purpose to piss you off, Alakazam!"

Tyranitar: "He obviously is."

Alakazam: "We should go."

Team ACT left to do some rescues.

Back at home, Nero woke Pyra up.

"Hnnnh… lemme sleep a little mo… zzzzz"

Nero picked Pyra up and put her on his shoulder, and walked out.

Halfway to Xatu, Pyra woke up, still being carried.

Pyra: "Wha… What are you doing?"

Nero: "Oh you're awake. We need to go see Xatu.

P: "Why?"

N: "Man just came into Pokemon Square, told everyone that we're all gonna die, and didn't even elaborate before leaving."

Nero put Pyra down.

P: "So we're heading to Xatu to ask what he meant?"

N: "Yep."

The two eventually reached Xatu, who was standing at a cliff's edge, looking off into the distance.

Nero: "Hey Xatu! What the hell did you mean by 'A great catastrophe is going to destroy the entire world'? You can't just not elaborate!"

Xatu: "Hm? I felt like I forgot to mention something… that must've been it."

Xatu turned around to see Nero and Pyra.

Xatu: "No need to worry about it! I'm sure it's being handled as we speak.'

Pyra: "By who?"

Xatu: "Probably another human or something."

Nero: "Is there any way we can help at all?"

Xatu: "The source of the catastrophe is in another continent. So unless you can somehow get to the Water Continent, then no."

Pyra: "So it's in the Water Continent?"

Xatu: "Yes."

Nero: "You know we can just… walk there, right?"

Xatu: "Really?"

Pyra: "Yeah, we've actually been there before. That one island with those giant Mystery Dungeons that are like 99 floors each is part of the Water Continent. You can just… walk there."

Xatu: "I see…"

Xatu turned around to look off into the distance again.

Nero: "Something wrong?"

Xatu: "Maybe it was the Mist Continent?"

Pyra: "Are you saying you don't know?"

Xatu: "Or was it the Sea of Wonders?"

Nero: "That's not even a continent!!"

Xatu: "..."

Pyra: "Please don't tell me you DON'T know."

Xatu stayed silent.

Nero: "You've got to be kidding me."

Xatu: "I'll come back to Pokemon Square as soon as I remember."

Pyra was extremely furious, and made some obscene gestures that Xatu could not see. Nero had to basically drag her away so they could leave.

In the afternoon, Uni woke up. Kilo and Sierra were both asleep, but Delta was missing.

'Meh. I don't really care enough to go looking.'

This was a lie. He did care enough to go looking. He asked around Town to see if anyone had seen Delta. No one had. He ran back to Sierra's house to wake them both up.

Uni: "Wake up!!"

Kilo: "huuh? whaa?"

Uni: "Your kid's missing!"

Sierra: "WHAT?!?"

Sierra immediately got up.

Sierra: "WHERE DID HE GO??"

Uni: "I don't know! I just woke up, and he was gone! No one in Treasure Town knows either!"

Delta opened the door. Sierra immediately ran to him and held him in his arms.

Sierra: "Where were you??"

Delta: "Feeding my siblings. I would've gone in the morning, but I didn't want my dad to see me, so I left in the middle of the night."

Kilo: "Oh. Are you alright? Did you get hurt anywhere?"

Delta: "No, I'm fine. Really, no need to worry."

Sierra: "Are you sure? You're completely fine?"

Kilo and Sierra were both looking all over Delta to make sure he was actually fine.

Uni: "What, are you two like his new dads or something?"

Kilo's face went visibly red. "Hi- His dads? Would that make us... y'know...?"

Sierra: "Kilo, your face is completely red."

Kilo: "N-no it's not!"

Delta: "I'd like some new dads…"

Sierra: "I'm fine with that."

Uni: "Yeah, yeah, you're a happy family, congrats. Can we do some requests so I can get my hours over with?"

Sierra: "Later."

Sierra went back to bed. So did Kilo. The two were snuggling together again. Delta laid down next to them, and Uni just stood there.

'You've got to be kidding me,' he thought. 'They literally JUST woke up. I'm never going to finish my hours at this point…' Uni was about to walk out the door, when he heard purring. 'That's a surprise…' He went outside to take a walk.

He avoided Treasure Town completely, as he didn't feel confident enough in being able to be near people without accidentally stealing stuff. He walked all around the outside of town multiple times, until the Sun set. Afterwards, he went back to Sierra's house, where everyone just woke up.

Uni: "Oh, NOW you wake up? When everyone else is about to fall asleep? Seriously?"

Sierra: "You're just going to have to get used to that."

Kilo: "I like sleeping during the day. 'Tis what it's."

Uni: "wh. no. don't say that. You can't just- aagh. Nevermind. Are we going to work or what?"

Sierra: "I'm gonna stop by the Kecleon Shop to buy some stuff, then we can go."

Uni: "Alright, fine. That's perfectly fine. Totally."

He wanted to scream.

Treasure Town at night was much quieter than in the day. Which makes sense, since most people are asleep. Sierra (who was carrying Delta) went to the Kecleon Shop to buy some seeds and orbs, Kilo looked at some clothing stores, and Uni stood in the middle of town, wanting to scream into the sky.

Kecleon 1: "Welcome to the Kecleon Shop! How may we help?"

Sierra: "Can I get 2 Blast Seeds, a Reviver Seed, and 5 Sleep Seeds?"

Kecleon 1: "Alright then, that'll be… 300 Poke."

Delta's stomach rumbled.

Sierra: "Actually, can you also add 4 Apples?"

Kecleon 1: "That's 350 Poke, then."

Sierra: "50 Poke for 4 Apples? Did the price go down?"

Kecleon 2: "Eh, y'know, the economy's in shambles."

Sierra: "Oh."

Sierra paid, gave an apple to Delta, and then met up with Uni.

Kilo was having the time of his life shopping for clothes. He remembered seeing lots of teams with matching scarves, so he decided to buy 4 orange scarves. He also bought a backpack, and some electric silk from Galvantula.

Uni: “Looks like you enjoyed yourself.”

Sierra: “What’s with the scarves?”

Kilo: “Well, I thought it looked nice. But I also saw that lots of teams had matching scarves, so I thought… y’know, why not get some for all of us?”

Uni: “You know I’m only here temporarily, right?”

Kilo: “…Oh. Right.”

Delta: “I’ll take one!”

Sierra: “Matching scarves… I missed that a lot, actually. I’ll wear one too.”

Uni: “Don’t think that because everyone else is wearing one, that I will too.”

Sierra and the rest of the team arrived in the Volcanic Area, everyone wearing their matching scarves. Uni included.

Uni: “I can’t believe I’m actually wearing this…”

Kilo: “You look nice in it.”

Uni rolled his eyes.

Uni: “Let’s get this over with.”

Sierra’s team speedran through the entire dungeon, and rescued a Wooper.

Delta: “Hmm. For a place called ‘Giant Volcano,’ it sure is small.”

Uni: "What the hell was a Wooper doing in a VOLCANO?”

Sierra: “It’s better to not ask.”

Kilo: “Let’s get outta here, I’m burning up.”

The team arrived home, and Uni immediately went to sleep.

Delta: “Wow, he’s out.”

Kilo: “Different sleep schedule’ll do that to ya.”

Delta: "I guess I'll go to sleep too…"

Delta slept next to Uni.

Sierra went outside. Kilo followed. The two laid on the grass and looked up at the night sky.

Kilo: “Whatcha thinkin about?”

Sierra sighed.

Sierra: “5 years ago today, everyone in my team left, so I decided to move here. For 5 years, I would always look up at the night sky, longing for someone to be with.”

Kilo: “Must’ve been hard when everyone’s scared of you.”

Sierra: “What? What do you mean by that?”

The two sat up.

Kilo: "Everyone in Treasure Town is terrified of you. You didn't know?"

Sierra: "No?? Are you serious??"

Kilo: "Yeah… I talked to some people on my first day here, and they said that everyone is terrified of you because of how strong you are."

Sierra: "No wonder Treasure Town was always so quiet…"

Kilo: "You know what? I got an idea."

Sierra: "Oh yeah? What is it?"

Kilo: "You'll see tomorrow morning. Let's go to sleep."

Sierra: "Wha- Okay… then…"

The two went inside and fell asleep together.