#THUNDERSTONE LABS

[stranger-chichka]

It's me and my rumblings about the Coke commercial again (Before dropping the third season of Stranger Things, Coca-Cola announced a New Coke and Netflix partnership). I dug a little deeper and found more interesting stuff. So, the music from the commercial. As I already wrote, the song is called “First Time” and is sung by Robin Beck. The Duffers posted it both on Twitter and Instagram on June 14th, 2019 and signed it as: "just a couple thirsty boys having a night out in 1985"

So, the singer's name is Robin Beck and what new character is introduced in s3? Robin Buckley. It's very strange to be a coincidence. The song was released as a single in the US on July 1st, 1988 (while in ST the events of 3x03 - El & Max's sleepover, them looking for Billy, Byler rain fight, Robing cracking the code, Jopper going to the lab, Jancy going to the Driscoll's house - are happening on July 1st, 1985) and was originally recorded for a Coca-Cola commercial in 1987 (a year before). The single was internationally released on October 14th, 1988 (Friday) and I remembered that post by @endgamebyler about the possibility of s5 being released on October 13th, 2023 (also Friday).

What about the lyrics of the song? The ones that play in the commercial are slightly changed, so let's look at the original lyrics first. The title is already very telling. As with many other songs in Stranger Things, this one is also about time.

[Verse 1] First time, first love Oh, what feeling is this Electricity flows With the very first kiss

[Chorus] Like a break in the clouds and the first ray of sun I can feel it inside something new has begun And it's taking control of my body and mind It began when I heard I love you For the very first time For the very first time

[Verse 2] This life, this love Oh, the sweetness I feel So mysterious yet So incredibly real

[Chorus] It's an uncharted sea, it's an unopened door But you gotta reach out and you gotta explore Even though you're not sure till the moment arrives There he is and you know you're in love For the very first time For the very first time

[Bridge] And baby when I met you Every feeling I had was new I don't think there are words To describe the sensation No, no, no, no Oh... oh...

[Chorus] It's an uncharted sea, it's an unopened door But you gotta reach out and you gotta explore And when something happens that words can't define Only then do you know you're in love For the very first time For the very first time For the very first time

And here are the lyrics we hear in the commercial.

First time, first love

Oh, what feeling is this

Electricity flows (the scene in s2 with Steve, Dustin & electricity = love)

With Like the very first kiss

Like a break in the clouds and the first ray of sun (Will = light)

I can feel it inside again, something new has begun

And it's taking control of my body and mind You can tell other pieces are starting to fit

It began when I heard I love you Like the first time you said "Share my Coke" and I knew that was it [here Steve tells he's gonna meet a friend and that's not a DATE like Hopper tells Joyce in s3]

It's You're an uncharted sea, it's and an unopened door

(all the water & door references throughout the show, mostly associated with Mike)

But you gotta reach out and you gotta explore

Even though you're not sure till the moment arrives I can do anything that life will calling

There he is and you know you're in love You can't breathe. How it feels? Share my Coke. Coca-Cola is it [here Dustin ("Thor's stone", "thunderstone" or "valiant fighter") joins them + I'm not sure I'm hearing these two lines correctly, so please tell me if the lyrics are correct]

Btw, here's the original 1988 commercial. And here's the music video for that song (Two separate videos were released for the single. One simply featured Beck with her band and this was filmed in a style very typical for metal bands of the 80s, but I'm interested in the other one). Please watch it and tell me, YOU SEE IT TOO???? Mike and Will s4 phonegate, hello???????

The video starts with the singer applying makeup in the bathroom mirror and then looking at her watch.

She then rushes to the phone to make a call before replacing the receiver within seconds, not really giving anyone the chance to answer her call.

She's standing at the door while singing the first verse.

On "And it's taking control of my body and mind, it began when I heard I love you for the very first time" she comes to the picture with the couple running around on a beach (water references!!!)

And we see the letter W on a...is it a ship?

On "So mysterious yet, so incredibly real" she goes to another room and looks through the window.

The lines "It's an uncharted sea, it's an unopened door but you gotta reach out and you gotta explore" she's singing while standing by the wall raising up her right hand.

She sits on the sofa and turns on the TV where we see a couple kissing with lots of water splashing around, and she's dancing in front of the mirror.

On "And baby when I met you every feeling I had was new" she's having flashbacks about the time she spent with her lover.

On "I don't think there are words to describe the sensation" she looks at her watch again, comes to the mirror and looks through the magazine with the pictures of her and his love (reminded me of Mke in s1 looking through Will's drawings)

She's calling again and the video ends with her opening the door and seeing someone with flowers in front of her.

And in the Stranger Things commercial we have this dialogue between Steve and Dustin:

D: You're late! S: The movie hasn't started yet!

D: Do you know how many people wanted your seat? Specifically girls! Girls who I now could be sitting with...

S: And what are you gonna do? You're gonna wound with this denim vest? Ho many times I have to tell you, stop wearing that! Why would you do that?

D: It's better this way. Sweet and salty in a single bite. S: Henderson? D: Hmmm? S: You're a genius. D: Tell me something I don't know.

Something something about wearing the denim vest? We see Dustin, Mike and Steve wearing it in s3 (Steve is also wearing vests in s4). And Will's wearing a vest the night he goes missing in s1...

[soundselection]

THUNDERSTONE LABS

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NctrnmFM(linktr.ee/nctrnm): "FUCK, THAT'S WHOLESOME VOL. 2 | MIXED & CURATED BY K-SADILLA (8/1/19)" by THUNDERSTONE LABS. NEW SINGLE: Nctrnm - "Boxer" : https://soundcloud.com/nctrnm/boxer

[sansxfuckyou]

Crimson colored emotions

We can find Blue back on an earlier route, teaching kids how to catch Pokemon, while Red, while Red was waiting at the Pokemon league.

Blue became bitter whenever he thought about it, he was champion for seven minutes and Red came along and beat the shit out of his team, they still had mutual respect for each other, but rarely talked anymore.

Both had their own reasons for not being able to get in touch, Reds was reasonable, Blues wasn't as reasonable.

Red was stuck with the same few trainers repeatedly throwing themselves at him to fight for the title every hour or so, he was worried for their Pokemon, buildup of exhaustion due to excessive fighting was clear in each Pokemons state, Red would try and tell them to 'Take a break.' but they returned before he knew it.

Blue was a scientist now, youngest professor so far, helping kids start their journeys at least once a week, he used that as his reason to not be able to stay in touch with Red, or a rough day of research in the fields, both worked equally good as an excuse, although, he would never willingly admit why he stayed out of touch.

He had a severe case of unrequited and ignored love, he had to constantly be doing something, anything, to keep him from thinking of Red, although, he let his mental barriers slip from time to time in his most vulnerable moments. He would wake up in the morning and realize what he had done, often times breaking a plate or punching a pillow if he was already in a bad mood.

His mother had told him about her experiences of unrequited love when she was younger, he thought she was laying it on thick at the time, now he realizes she was sugar coating it. The fact he ignored his case probably made things a lot worse for him, but he couldn't tell at this point and was to scared to let his thoughts drift to Red on purpose for even a second.

Blue pulled the door to his home open with a sigh, he kicked it closed as he walked past the lab equipment scattered across the first room, pushing open another set of doors, being greeted with his living room. Layers of fabric scattered across the room, saturated with various scents, mainly Pokemon of various types, but there was also hints of his own scent mixed in as well, one of Reds jackets was on top of a bookshelf, he ignored the jacket as he flopped onto his couch.

He sat up and pulled off his oversized lab coat, tossing it to the ground, he cringed when he heard a shatter as it hit his coffee table on the way down.

He dropped down to where his lab coat landed, touching the patched up fabric being hit with a shock, his thunder stone must've shattered, his hand was burnt a bit, that didn't stop him from fishing the shards from his pocket and dropping them into a Ziploc bag from his other pocket, the electricity sealed.

He sighed before dropping the smaller bag onto the coffee table and flopping back onto his couch, facing towards the backrest of the green, slightly torn couch, comforting in a twisted way. He pulled his knees up a bit, closing his eyes again, he tried to clear his mind of any thoughts. His lucky thunderstone had shattered and he was already tired out from teaching kids how to catch Pokemon and the gardening he had done in the morning to distract himself.

He had become rather good at gardening in recent years, cultivating each type of berry that Pokemon can eat within the range of his backyard, with smaller plants inside his lab, some in large test tubes so he could test on them with oxygen differences and chemical difference as well, he found gardening calming in a sort of sense.

Blue heard a knock on his door that rung throughout the entirety of his home, he sighed before making his way out, pulling on his lab coat, before pushing through the swinging doors to his living area, buttoning his up his patched up lab coat as well, the tail still swayed like a cape, he put on a fake smile before swinging open the door being greeted with a familiar face.

"What are you doing here, Misty?" Blue asked, he let his expression dip when he realized it was a friend, he rubbed his eyes, a bit more willing to take off the mask around Misty, they weren't the closest, but still friends by all means.

"Red sent me here to come and get you." Misty stated, Blue tensed at the question, Misty noticed, Blue shoved his hands in his pockets, quickly changing one to rest his head on as he leaned against the doorframe, trying to form an answer.

"I can go see Red when I want to," Blue stated, trying to force down the blush on his face, embarrassment clear, and worry as well, Misty could read him like a book, Misty could read everyone like a book, she quirked a brow. "Yeah, I can go see Red."

"Reds really worried about you Blue, he says you haven't gotten in touch for months, maybe years," Misty said, she bore a look of sadness for her friends, both of them, but she could tell there was more under the surface than Blue was letting on. "Is there any reason you haven't gotten in contact with him?" Blue was silent, he went to turn and leave, mind already clouding, Misty grabbed his wrist with clear aggression, he froze.

"Uh, reasons...?" Blue stated, more of a question then a statement, he turned back to Misty who was donning a look of worry to the point it was scary, Blue froze up even more, chills ran down his neck nearly to the small of his back.

"Blue, you wouldn't dare walk within a ten foot range of Red with whatevers going on inside your head," Misty stated, Blue struggled under the grip she had on her wrist, breaking free after a minute, he side stepped Mistys second attempt at grabbing him, he threw out his Pidgeot a few feet from him. "Hey! Get back here!"

"No way! I got this covered!" Blue shouted back as he hopped on his Pidgeot who released a sound before lifting off the ground leaving Misty stranded on the ground, wishing she knew more to try and help Blue with whatever was going on inside his head.

Blue led Pidgeot across the region, he said he had it covered, but he was specifically avoiding wherever he thought Red may be at this time of day, mainly the league. He was skimming clouds and gripping the bird Pokemons feathers tightly, he fit on the Pokemons back easily, but he still knew that he was hundreds of feet off the ground and would surely die on impact, even if he fell onto a body of waters surface his bones would shatter as he landed.

His Pokemon eventually had to land for a break and ended up landing at the base of a slightly crumbling staircase, the Pokemon league. Blue felt his stomach twist as Pidgeot finished landing on the ground, the avian Pokemon collapsing. Blue pulled an oran berry from one of his many pockets and gave it to his Pokemon before starting on the stairs, maybe he would get to stand alone at the top like he had for seven minutes before Red had taken the title.

He found that no one was at the top of the staircase, he was winded and nearly collapsed, he dragged himself a little further from the top of the staircase before dropping to the ground. He heard something shatter and felt shards dig into his skin with chilling precision, he jumped to his feet and started to sift through his pockets for what shattered finding an icestone that emanated a chilling fog, he transferred the shards into a Ziploc bag like he had for his lucky thunderstone.

He sighed before tossing out his Ninetales who was silent, he practically fell into the mass of tails his Pokemon had, Ninetales wrapping the silky soft appendages around Blue who had sore legs due to amount of time he spent climbing the stairs and how many there were. He gave a muffled thanks before relaxing, his mental barriers dropped, he shunned himself, and to think such thoughts in a place like this to. He chuckled a bit, he was a disgrace, and he was drifting off to sleep practically in his Pokemons arms.

He was roused back awake by someone shaking him aggressively by the shoulders, the first thing he registered was the fact his breathing was slow and he was in pain, his eyes shot open and he flipped out of Reds grip after registering that he was in Reds tight grip. He saw Red who wore a partially relieved look at the fact Blue was still moving despite being practically cooked alive by Ninetales effervescent heat it emanates like all other fire types.

Blue felt dry, extremely dry, almost crispy, his innards felt like they would crunch instead of squelch if someone twisted his intestines into an accordion, he didn't want to test the thought.

He went to speak but his voice was a rasp and he ended up coughing harshly instead, Red handed his friend a water bottle which the scientist chugged with ease, instant relief flooding through him as the water soaked into his drying insides. He released a sigh of contentment before checking his state, he looked fine, his lab coat being one of the few things darkened to a golden brown, nearly charred in some spots, he found most of his items intact, he was relieved.

It took Blue a minute or two to for him to register what he consciously didn't want to, he wanted to subconsciously, but he would never act on his underlying cravings.

He was alone with Red, miles from any form of civilization and no one would ever hear anything, his fight, flight, freeze or faun instinct kicked in and he found himself under the control of freeze. He said nothing nor could he find anything to say as he was practically paralyzed, Red noticed and started to leave, he should've known Blue wouldn't even want to see his stupid face.

Blue was still frozen, he wanted to say something, anything, but he couldn't, it was only after Red had walked back down half of the stairs the freeze response Blue had eased up and allowed him to dash down the stairs, knocking both him and Red to the ground. He shuffled off of his friend before eye contact could even be made, he was already so confused and having to hard of a time to ignore and push down his unrequited feelings in the presence of his friend and eye contact wouldn't make it better.

"Sorry I haven't gotten in contact with you for a while, it's just-" Blue tried to explain, he found himself being cut off by an abrupt and lung crushing hug from Red, head resting on Blues shoulder.

"What's wrong, did I mess up or something, you almost never leave me alone for that long and you always come to me whenever somethings wrong," Red stated, choking on his words slightly, he was strong, he is strong, he has to be strong, he stole the title from his best friend, his only good friend, and now hes breaking down due to lack of communication between them. "Was it something I did?"

"No, no, it has nothing to do with something you did, promise," Blue started, Red pulled away from his friend before straightening his posture as he sat on the stairs, eyes locked with Blues, Blue froze up a bit, he steadied his breathing. "It's just, really hard to talk about."

"Yeah, that's ok, I kind of understand," Red said, fidgeting a bit, nearly cracking under pressure, he was so happy to see his friend but still worried for Blue as well. "Do you want to try and talk about it?"

"Maybe another time, we could have a Pokemon battle," Blue offered, their conversation was reaching a stalemate and both of them were getting uneasy with the growing silence they used to handle with ease. Red tried to talk, to break the ice, but he was having a hard time doing so, Blue had to break the silence for his friend. "I can talk about it if you want to listen."

"I'm always open to listen, you should know that by now." Red offered, forcing a smile to try and console his friend who was having a hard time starting an explanation, gesturing with his hands as he looked around a bit in search of an excuse or a beginning for any form of justification about how he was feeling inside, underneath so many layers of dramatics and cockiness that left him untouchable, he didn't know where to start.

Blue felt twisted inside, like his stomach was in knots and his throat was constricting whenever he thought about Red, but when he was in his friends presence, the confusion went away and made him ease up, it should've done the opposite and Blue didn't know why it didn't make him want to run, why it didn't want to make him hide.

Blue couldn't begin to explain, it felt like he was going crazy as he tried to choke out an answer for both him and Red. He was hyperventilating in a matter of seconds as he searched aimlessly for a viable answer, he couldn't focus on anything but the pair of arms wrapped around his torso as he tried to steady his breathing.

He rested his head on Reds shoulder as he tried to calm down, how was just taking about emotions this hard, he was nearly having a panic attack over what could be boiled down to three simple words, yet he couldn't cough them out, he was reduced to crying in minutes, what was wrong with him, he must've looked so weak breaking down in his friends arm.

"I can't, I just can't," Was all Blue could choke out, he couldn't pull any other words from his confused mind, he hoped Red understood. The champion tried to pull away, Blues grip tightened exponentially, he couldn't lose his friends comforting and calming embrace, the only thing important left in his life, his last escape from the constantly swallowing quicksand of disorientation and doubt. "I can't talk about it, I don't even know how to, it's just so confusing."

"That's ok, maybe next time it'll be easier." Red offered, Blues breathing hitched, if just trying to think of a way to explain was this hard he never wanted to try, ever, no matter how taxing it may be on him. He would take his feelings to the grave if it meant never going under so much stomach twisting, tear inducing, heart fluttering, mind breaking confusion again.

"I highly doubt I'll ever be able to converse my emotions verbally without dying." Blue stated as he loosened his grip slightly, he didn't want to, but he knew Red had better things to do than comfort a confused friend who couldn't even spit out what was wrong in any way shape or form.

Red probably wanted to see the headstrong Blue who had been dubbed as a rival when they were eleven, not a broken down, burn out of a scientist Blue had become after his pride cracked allowing him to sift through things he said and read his past views on Red realizing what he hoped was unintended romantic undertones.

His younger self was odd to Blue now, practically worked like the Fae in weird manners his current self didn't understand at all, cryptic and different. There was still things that never changed, but so much had changed about him to the point he thought his younger self was a different person somedays when he looked at pictures or read journal entries.

He definitely found some stuff in his older journals he wished he didn't, a lot of the stuff he found was at least three pages and the hand writing was explicitly clear and easy to read, although that didn't help Blue choke down some of his younger selves daydreams that made it into the journals. They did solidify that what he hoped wasn't romantic undertones was most definitely romantic leaning homoerotic undertones, that fact alone made him feel sick to the stomach.

"Could you write it down and send me a letter instead if that'll be easier?" Red asked, still holding onto his friend, Blue wasn't sure what exactly to write, but it would be easier once he knew what to draft onto the letter, so long as he didn't start breaking down his penning wouldn't be smudged to much.

"I can send you some of my older journal entries before I really knew what was going on in my head, if you want, it gets pretty... Explicit for something that fifteen or sixteen year old me wrote, although it was probably in character," Blue said, he knew exactly where he kept each RPF younger him had wrote, torn from journals and bundled up in a filing cabinet, the rest of the journals where left intact, even the parts where his younger self was just really confused or needed to go off about something stupid. "Although, it may scare you off and I'm not sure I want to risk losing a friend, my best friend I dare say, I can just send you the not explicit stuff younger me was thinking at the time of our adventures."

"Do you have any newer journals?" Red asked, Blue tensed up, sure he was still filling blank books with strings of words, but he couldn't just, give out his heart and soul that he was just barely understanding as is without any fear of someone taking advantage of the new knowledge Blue had just recently discovered and pieced into the puzzle that was how he legitimately felt underneath each fake and no longer important layer of his personality.

"Well yeah, obviously, but Arceus might as well be working for Team Rocket if I'm letting anyone read them till they're at least three years old and filled with scribbles and notes," Blue stated, he pulled away from Red and rubbed his arm almost nervously before finding a defense for his statement. "Those wounds are still a bit to fresh to risk someone rubbing salt into."

"That's understandable, you can drop by with your journals whenever your free, can't promise when I'll end up reading them," Red said he brushed off the base of his neck, his jacket was damp from Blues tears, it was clear the scientist was a bit embarrassed when he noticed but Red didn't mind. "Or if I'll actually absorb most of the information anyways."

"I'll bookmark the important pages with red sticky notes so you can find them easier," Blue offered with a light sigh before wiping off his face with the sleeve of his coat. "And I'm pretty sure you'll absorb most of the information, younger me was pretty straight forward in their writing, at least, I get that much from what I've read."

"So you haven't read all of it yet?" Red asked, Blue shook his head, chuckling a bit, even if he was broken beyond repair he would always let a laugh escape him. There was no proof he would, but he trusted he would, but even then, his trust in himself was dwindling with every passing night he spent thinking of Red.

"Never found the time to read the ones from our time in Unova, although, I'm hoping those ones weren't part of me coming to terms with turmoil of ignoring stuff, the stuff before that was clean, so was the stuff at the end of that," Blue explained, he was pulling his coat closed and fumbling with the buttons as he spoke. "So it's only logical to assume those ones where the messiest."

"I don't have to read those ones if you don't want me to," Red offered, he realized he was probably crossing a boundary by even thinking of reading Blues journals, that was the one thing Blue would never let anyone read unless they pried it from his cold, dead hands. "I don't have to read any of them if you don't want me to, there's probably a few pages you missed when you were sifting through them that you would rather die with then let anyone read."

"It's fine, I trust that you won't use what you find against me, were close enough, I even lent you Pidgeot once, not even gramps got to try and lay a finger on Pidgeot," Blue said before calling for his Pokemon which was at his side in under a minute, Pidgeots speed stats maxed out allowing for rapid dives and take offs. The bird had wrapped a wing around Blue as well, resting its head on its scientists catching Blue off guard. "Get off of me boy! I love you, but I'm talking to Red." Blue had to push the avian Pokemon off of him before it would release its trainer from the feathery embrace, Red chuckled a bit at the few feathers on Blue, he pulled one from Blues hair and placed the feather behind his ear.

"Good point, how long have we even been out here for, time flies when your with a friend," Red said as he rifled through his pockets for his Pokedex, he hadn't touched it in a while, each Kanto Pokemons entry was in the small device. The camera roll had a few pictures as well, mainly of him and Blue from when they were younger, he would have to go through them, they still had dates, he pushed the plan away for later as he checked the time. "Nearly six PM, wow."

"I can come over tomorrow, or sometime before the week is over with one or two journals for you to sift through, if you change your mind, just let me know," Blue said before standing up and stretching his arms, hopping onto his Pokemons back with ease, Pidgeot fluffing its wings a few times, Blue hopped back down before pulling his friend into a hug.

"Love you bro." Red said, nearly whispering into Blues ear, the scientist tensed and his grip tightened slightly.

Blue was suddenly locked by a painful form of disorientation once again, like the amorphous crimson shackles of fate had constricted around his limbs, chaining him to his twisted and impossible destiny he wanted, he had to control himself and prevent whatever he was feeling from surfacing.

He never decided whether or not his emotions were real or synthetic, he never found any evidence to support either theory, he didn't want to. He just wanted to know whether or not he should move on and burn every non mutual emotion he had ever developed for Red over the years or if he should let them prosper and continue to grow into a flourishing garden that resided in his lungs.

He was glad hanahaki took longer to become a problem in stories than it did in reality.

In the stories you would contract hanahaki within a month of realizing your emotions and would be hacking up petals within two months of realizing emotions, vomiting full flowers and vines within four months and a flowery, decaying corpse in under a year of contracting the disease.

By now, after a few years Blue had contracted the very first signs, seeds in lungs, the flowers would have germinated, starting to sprout and bloom, but roots would start to tear him open after at least three more months. He knew learning about plants would do him some good in trying to prevent any form of hanahaki from taking root inside of his body, he only hoped Red wouldn't learn.

Blue shook his head a bit, clearing the thoughts from his head as he rested his head on his friends shoulder, Pidgeot still waiting patiently, Red stayed still, tightening his grip a bit.

"Love you to bro."

[sswmm]

THUNDERSTONE LABS - THE FUNKSHUN | MIXED BY K-$ADILLA & CURATED BY BLR & K-$ADILLA (4/13/17)

https://soundcloud.com/thunderstone-labs/fnkshn

1. Love Me - M1S (LOSANGELES) 2. Rawtational - Casual Connection 3. Some Mistakes - Anna Wise 4. Ring Ring - Lola Disco & Cero Rio 5. Lonely People - Lebron 6. Aura Loop - Amhrest 7. Party Time - Stereo Plastic 8. My Delight - Gavin Turek 9. The Only One - Fibre & Discandy 10. Veil - Matsunoki 11. Bikini - Ninetynine 12. Dreams - Bukun! 13. Say To Me - Monamie 14. Back To Love - Wasted Nights 15. Let The Music Take Control - Android Apartment 16. Remember - Ev.Exi 17. Uncontrollable - Ichiban 18. Without Your Love - Escape 19. Takes A Little - Cute Wink

[thecreaturecodex]

Zoanoid, Panadyne

[Commissioned by @coldbloodassassin. I love this design. Look at how scuzzy and unwholesome it is! Especially knowing that that hair is matted and greasy! Unfortunately, like a lot of neat designs from The Guyver, it shows up once and is killed unceremoniously pretty much instantly. ]

Zoanoid, Panadyne CR 13 LE Aberration This humanoid creature has oversized ears, eyes situated low next to the jaw, and a forked tongue. Two growths like vein-covered nozzles grow from its shoulders. Its body is covered in a mixture of pale exoskeletal plates and greasy dark fur. Two long tentacles grow from the small of its back, each ending in a stinger.

A panadyne is a specialized zoanoid dedicated to chemical warfare. They are masters of alchemy, and are among the more intelligent of zoanoid types. Their shoulders have biological missile launchers, which they typically load with tanglefoot bags, thunderstones, glass globes filled with poisons, and other weapons. They can make weaponry on their own as well, secreting a compound liquid explosive. Battles against a panadyne are often flashy and filled with explosions, and they have no compunctions about property damage or killing bystanders.

Panadyne              CR 13 XP 25,600 LE Medium aberration (zoanoid) Init +7; Senses blindsense 40 ft., Perception +15 Defense AC 28, touch 18, flat-footed 20 (+7 Dex, +1 dodge, +10 natural) hp 171 (18d8+90) Fort +16, Ref +13, Will +10 Resist acid 10, fire 10; SR 24 Defensive Abilities evasion, greasy, zoanoid saves Offense Speed 40 ft. Melee 2 slams +19 (1d6+6), 2 stings +19 (2d4+6) Ranged 2 ballistic gel +20 (1d6+7) or 2 alchemical missiles +20 touch (by item +7) Special Attacks pinpoint shot Statistics Str 23, Dex 25, Con 21, Int 16, Wis 14, Cha 10 Base Atk +13; CMB +20; CMD 38 (42 vs. grapple) Feats Blind-fight, Dodge, Iron Will, Improved Critical (sting), Mobility, Precise Shot, Point-Blank Shot, Skill Focus (Craft: alchemy), Stealthy Skills Acrobatics +20 (+24 when jumping), Climb +20, Craft (alchemy) +27, Escape Artist +32, Knowledge (arcana) +16, Perception +15, Stealth +24, Swim +20; Racial Modifiers +8 Escape Artist Languages Common, Undercommon, Zern SQ alter ego (Small or Medium humanoid, alter self), immediate alchemy Ecology Environment any land or underground Organization solitary, squad (2-5) or artillery (1-5 plus 4-20 vamores) Treasure standard Special Abilities Alchemical Missile (Ex) A panadyne can load an alchemical item into its launch organ as a move action. It can fire a single launch organ as a standard action, and both as a full attack action in order to fire alchemical items. These function as normal for the alchemical item, but gives it a range of 120 feet and allows the panadyne to use its pinpoint shot ability if the item deals damage. Each launch organ can hold 10 items of 1 pound or fewer. Alter Ego (Su) A panadyne can assume the form of a specific Small or Medium humanoid. This functions as the change shape special quality, except that the panadyne cannot choose the form it assumes. Ballistic Gel (Ex) As a full attack action, a panadyne can fire two blobs of goo from its launch organs, one from each. Each gel has a range of 120 feet with no range increment and deals 1d6 bludgeoning damage on a successful hit. A creature struck has the gel stick to it for 1 minute, until removed with a gallon of alcohol or a dose of universal solvent, or until detonated. If both gels strike a single target, they explode, dealing 8d6 bludgeoning damage and 8d6 fire damage in a 20 foot radius (Reflex DC 24 half). The gel denatures 1 minute after it is fired. A panadyne must wait 1d4 rounds between uses of this ability. The save DC is Constitution based. Blindsense (Ex) A panadyne’s blindsense is hearing based. It cannot use its blindsense if deafened or in the area of a silence spell. Greasy (Ex) A panadyne gains a +8 racial bonus on Escape Artist checks, as well as a +4 to its CMD against grapple attempts. It is immune to webs, tanglefoot bags and other items or effects that entangle or restrict movement based on being sticky. Immediate Alchemy (Ex) A panadyne can create an alchemical item in a full round action with a successful Craft (alchemy) check, if it has access to the appropriate components. It does not take a penalty for crafting alchemical items without a lab. Pinpoint Shot (Ex) A panadyne adds its Dexterity modifier to ranged attack rolls made using its launch organs, such as with its alchemical missile or ballistic gel abilities.

[alternate-pokemon-next-gen]

Alternate Next Gen (Main Cast): Cameron Citron

Cameron is the son of Clemont and Korrina. Cameron really likes Electric-type Pokemon and is currently gym leader, much like his father, Cameron likes to invent things but he’s more energetic and has more battling than he does inventing, thus making him better suited for the Lumiose city gym. While Cameron looks a lot like his father, he acts more like his mother, being friendly and hyperactive like his mother. Similar to his mom, he rollerskates or skateboard where ever he goes, finding both to be very enjoyable. Cameron doesn’t like to sit around, to keep moving which is one reason why he doesn’t invent things like Clemont, but he does help out when Clemont needs an extra hand with his inventions when he doesn’t have challengers to battle or if he isn’t training with his Pokemon. Cameron takes note of other gym leaders when they’re battling, as well as other trainers and will always find a way to counter whatever they may have for fighting his team of Pokemon. While Cameron is an Electric-type gym leader, he has some Pokemon that aren’t Electric-types that he uses, they allow it so long as those Pokemon have an Electric-type move and that he can still provide a challenge for his challengers. While he is friendly and hyperactive, when it comes to a battle he’s very serious and will not hesitate to go all out. Cameron is also very modest about himself, should anyone compliment him for how good of a gym leader he is, he’ll just blush and say that he wasn’t that good. He can be a little reckless at times but those don’t come up often, much to the relief of Clemont and Korrina. He gets along with his younger cousin Verna but he does get embarrassed by her trying to find him a girlfriend, much to Clemont’s and Bonnie’s amusement as it reminds them of when they were younger.

Cameron has a key stone fitted onto the right side of his glasses.

His Pokemon:

Ampharos- Ampharos was Cameron’s starter Pokemon back when she was a Mareep. As a Mareep, she would stick around Cameron and while she didn’t enjoy battling, she would still train with Cameron as well as keep him warm on cold nights by laying next to him. When she evolved into Flaaffy, she started taking her training more seriously up until her final evolution as an Ampharos. Now as an Ampharos, she’s fully okay with battling for her trainer so long as she  can help him defend his badges. Ampharos was given her Ampharosite after evolving and became able to Mega Evolve and after a lot of training with Cameron, she had gotten used to mega evolving and will only Mega Evolve to give the challenegers a challenge so long as they have a strong team. Ampharos is very well behaved and mild, she also has a motherly side and will often watch over Cameron’s younger cousin Verna when Cameron is busy, much to Verna’s delight. When in battle, she’s very calm and will always battle at her best but she also knows that she’s a lot stronger than Cameron’s other Pokemon and knows that she’s reserved for trainers that have seven badges and she doesn’t mind not being in a battle, preferring to train until someone challenges the gym with seven badges. She’s seen outside of her Pokeball.

Caught in a Pokeball.

Ability is Static, changes to Mold Breaker when mega evolved.

Held Item is Ampharosite.

Moves are Thunderbolt, Cotton Spore, Electro Ball, Power Gem, Signal Beam, Dragon Pulse, Charge Beam, Electric Terrain, Discharge and Swift.

Jolteon- Jolteon was caught as an Eevee and after getting a Thunderstone at a shop, Carmeron had evolved Eevee into a Jolteon. Jolteon is very eager to battle and run around, he also has a lot of mood swings which made him difficult to train at first but Cameron found a way to get him to calm down and easier to train, which was giving him treats during training once he noticed how much Jolteon liked to eat. Jolteon is very fickle when it comes to being around anyone else and will often growl and sharpen the needles on his body to get someone to back off from him, he doesn’t do it to Cameron’s family as he trusts and likes them. Jolteon loves a good battle and is always happy to get into a battle with someone almost as strong as him or stronger than him, he’s also very proud of his speed and loves to use his speed to his advantage during a battle. He also loves being in the rain, even when he was an Eevee, no one could figure out why he enjoyed the rain so much but Cameron had him learn Rain Dance so he could use the rain to his advantage during a battle. Jolteon is mostly used for a challenger with six badges.

Caught in a Fast Ball.

Ability is Volt Absorb.

Moves are Rain Dance, Thunder, Thunder Fang, Weather Ball, Agility, Electro Ball, Double Team, Quick Attack, Double-Edge and Swift.

Shiny Manectric- Manectric was found in the Friend Safari, Cameron was surprised to see him as a shiny Pokemon and had caught him right then and there. Manectric didn’t mind getting caught, instead he was very happy to be caught by someone who has other Electric-type Pokemon for him to bond with. Manectric may look very serious when in actuality he’s very playful and acts like a puppy to Cameron and his family. He makes a switch during battle, going from a happy puppy to a protective Pokemon who will gladly take down anyone who tries to take over the gym. In Manectric’s mind, he sees gym challengers as people trying to take over his trainers gym and will always battle to protect the gym from challengers, not knowing that they’re only after the gym badge not the gym itself, the other Pokemon don’t correct him as they find what he thinks is going on to be kind of cute. Manectric is mostly used for a challenger with six badges.

Caught in a Quick Ball.

Ability is Lightning Rod.

Moves are Electro Ball, Electric Terrain, Roar, Scary Face, Thunder Fang, Ice Fang, Fire Fang, Thunderbolt, Rising Voltage and Spark.

Galvantula- Galvantula was caught by Cameron when he was a Joltik. Joltik always hated being the smallest team member, as such he started to train extra hard so he could evolve. His hard work paid off and he ended up evolving into a Galvantula, much to excitement and pride. Despite his looks, Galvantula is a gentle Pokemon who won’t attack anyone unless someone provkes him or if he’s sent out to battle, he doesn’t mind battling and finds it to be enjoyable. He takes great pride in his webbing and has no issue using them during battle or using in every day life so long as his trainer tells him it’s okay or appropriate to use them for whatever situation. He also enjoys resting by his trainer’s side when he isn’t battling or in his Net Ball, he also just enjoys resting when he’s with his teammates and the other Pokemon in the gym. Galvantula is mostly used for a challenger with six badges.

Caught in a Net Ball.

Ability is Compoundeyes.

Moves are Sticky Web, Electroweb, Electro Ball, Bug Buzz, Skitter Smack, Lunge, X-Scissor, Thunderbolt, Discharge and Leech Life.

Porygon2- Porygon2 was transferred to Cameron by a lab who thought that Cameron would be a good trainer for him. Porygon2 is a curious Pokemon who doesn’t do much aside from exploring his area and taking note of everything. While he was unsure about battling, he would still watch a gym battle take place for the sake of learning about it and getting used to it. Once he had understood how battling worked, he let himself be taken into training and put through the badge exam so he could be evaluated for how many badges a trainer has so he could battle against them. Porygon2 was still very nervous about his first battle but he was very happy when he was able to win against another Pokemon, he then became more open and confident about being a gym Pokemon and started enjoying Pokemon battles more than he thought he would, much to Cameron’s relief. Porygon2 prefers to be referred to as male and he’s allowed to battle challengers with four badges.

Given in a Pokeball.

Ability is Trace.

Moves are Zap Cannon, Lock-On, Conversion, Conversion2, Tri Attack, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Recover, Hyper Beam and Double-Edge.

[miss-barker]

GenLocke FireRed Part 7: Don't Be A Hothead

- Did some grinding to help Perseus and Voltage catch up with the rest of the team.

- Taught Rock Slide to Lulu.

- Voltage evolved into Raichu after using a Thunderstone.

- Taught Iron Tail and Shock Wave to Voltage.

- Taught Psychic to Perseus.

- Taught Giga Drain to Wendell.

- Caught Beamer the Tentacool (Lv. 13, Rash Nature) on Route 20.

- Caught Dylan the Psyduck (Lv. 29, Lax Nature) at Seafoam Islands.

- Caught Fry Guy the Tangela (Lv. 21, Lax Nature) on Route 21.

- Received Arroyo the Kabuto (Lv. 5, Careful Nature) and Pterano the Aerodactyl (Lv. 5, Relaxed Nature), from the Pokemon Lab on Cinnabar Island.

- Caught Doug the Koffing (Lv. 30, Hasty Nature) in Pokemon Mansion.

- Flew over to Route 15 to finally receive the Exp. Share.

- Did some grinding to prepare for the next gym.

- Fought against Gym Leader Blaine. Perseus swept through Blaine's entire team with Surf.

Current Team:

Marahute the Pidgeotto

Lv. 45, Naive Nature, Keen Eye

Wing Attack, Featherdance, Fly, Quick Attack

Wendell the Vileplume

Lv. 45, Rash Nature, Chlorophyll

Giga Drain, Acid, Poisonpowder, Petal Dance

Cujo the Arcanine

Lv. 45, Calm Nature, Intimidate

Bite, Dig, Flame Wheel, Flamethrower

Lulu the Rhydon

Lv. 45, Docile Nature, Lightningrod

Horn Drill, Stomp, Rock Blast, Rock Slide

Perseus the Lapras

Lv. 45, Sassy Nature, Water Absorb

Surf, Ice Beam, Psychic, Perish Song

Voltage the Raichu

Lv. 45, Mild Nature, Static

Shock Wave, Thunderbolt, Double Team, Iron Tail

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(THUNDERSTONE LABS)

[hay-and-ame]

X-Men: Pokemon AU

at some point i stopped being able to tell the different between this and a daemon au but here we are, the X-Men Pokemon AU no one asked for. based on the 90s tv series

Jean:

Arcanine (Argus) her service pokemon, given to her as a growlithe by charles when she was younger. he didn’t evolve until after jean had graduated. service pokemon generally aren’t taught how to fight, since they have to take care of their handler, but argus is a special case. living with the x-men isn’t like living with any regular family, it’s dangerous, there’s always one occupational hazard or another, and everyone has to be able to defend themselves. jean taught argus how to fight; he now doubles as her service arcanine and her battle buddy. argus is also very close with scott’s donphan, to where he gets cranky if he doesn’t get the chance to spar with him

Storm:

Jolteon (Javier) storm found javier as an eevee while wandering cairo. they teamed up to survive the streets and before they knew it they were a pair; storm informally adopted him. he didn’t evolve until they had formally joined the x-men and had access to the evolution stones. they’d talked beforehand about when and if he wanted to evolve and what into; it was no surprise to anyone when javier chose the thunderstone. when storm flies, he hitches a ride on her shoulders

Gambit:

Watchog (Wylan) wylan has as keen an eye for card games as gambit does. he was one of the few pokemon to get a victory over savannah by sheer chance when he was on the losing end. he and gambit are partners in crime to the end. he’s quick with his attacks like gambit’s quick with his cards.

Rogue:

Tauros (Thumper) rogue’s first pokemon, not the usual starter, but that’s what happens when you live in the country. she wasn’t trying to catch him, but she did, and nicknamed him “thumper.” she and thumper won a number of informal battles with other neighborhood kids. they beat gambit and wylan in their first battle and they haven’t let gambit forget it. earning the x-badge was one of the proudest moments of her life.

Charles:

Espeon (Savannah) triples as the x-men’s leader, school headmaster, and pokemon gym master. he runs the organization as both a pokemon gym and a school for mutants; those looking to earn the X-Badge have to battle his espeon, savannah, or the pokemon of one of the senior X-Men. savannah isn’t much for battle, she would rather train other young pokemon. those who lose to her get a short lesson and some pointers for both trainer and pokemon.

Scott:

Donphan (currently unnamed) got donphan shortly after his arrival at the institute. as phanpy, he was close to jean’s then-growlithe argus; they ran around and played in the backyard together. phanpy evolved shortly after argus, after scott graduated. 

Beast:

Swanna (Hannah) hank raised her from a ducklett; he found her injured on the shore of a pond, alone after her flock had migrated for the winter season. she decided to stick around and became hank’s lab assistant. she has a good knack for chemistry, having learned about it just watching hank around the lab while sitting in a homemade nest beside hank’s desk.

Logan:

Type: Null (Amos) type: null, called amos, broke out of a separate section of the lab that housed wolverine. they managed to find each other not long after, and they’ve been a pair ever since. amos is bothered by his helmet, stressed and anxious; charles works with him regularly to keep him calm and his anxiety at a minimum

Morph:

Ditto (currently unnamed) the ultimate chaotic good pair, both of them can transform into anything they want. at first, ditto wasn’t able to change his face but through time and patience and careful training, morph was able to get his partner in crime to a place where he could imitate other pokemon perfectly.

Jubilee

Shinx (Blink) newly adopted by first-time trainer jubilee, who insisted on having an electric type to compliment her fireworks. they’re still figuring out how this training thing works, but it’s elating when they win their first battle. blink is small but brave and would fight a sentinel. he has his own pair of sunglasses.

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[armaxlucis]

@trainer-arylide 

He was on his way back from Professor Oak’s lab after delivering the samples and research result from the Kalos Fossil lab. He could have returned faster if he had borrowed a ride Pokemon from a rent place, but he wasn’t very comfortable in traveling a long distance with a Pokemon since he’d tire them out. Therefore he chose to ride the ship from Vermillion City again. 

There was also the thing about the letter that was suddenly sent to him, but... he was still contemplating whether to find out about it or not. And while he was in a daze about what his mysterious letter told him, he saw two children engaging a battle. A boy and a girl with similar faces. 

The girl was battling with a Pikachu. While the boy has... 

“Look, Carol, that boy has an Eevee.” Lucea called to the Eevee that was napping in his hoodie. The eevee suddenly perked up when her name was called and immediately climbs to his shoulder to watch. 

It had been an interesting fight. Both trainers seems to be a new trainer, and they were fighting equally. At least, that was what Lucea thought until the eevee suddenly changed its form and became a Jolteon. He was sure that the boy didn’t use any thunderstone, nor was there any thunderstone nearby. Perhaps it was a rare evolution. That was what he had thought at first. However, when he saw the Jolteon returned into an Eevee, he was dumbfounded with shock. 

“...huh?” Could Eevee do that? Or was it actually a Ditto? No, that wasn’t possible. Ditto’s face wasn’t that realistic. It’s definitely not a mega evolution either. Jolteon isn’t part of the mega-evolution line. Whatever that is happening, this Eevee wasn’t normal at all. 

And he’s dying to know. After all, he’s a researcher. 

“Excuse me...” He approached the boy after the battle was over, and bent down a little to the boy’s height. “Sorry for suddenly calling you. My name is Lucea, and this is Carol. We watched your battle earlier with that Pikachu trainer. If you don’t mind me asking, did your Eevee just evolve into a Jolteon and revert back?” 

The eevee on his back jumped down and greeted the boy’s eevee as well. She was probably older than the boy’s eevee, having living with the researcher for about 10 years now. But she’s still as energetic as ever, and she greets the younger boy’s eevee with a loud smile “Voi!”

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THUNDERSTONE LABS THE FUNKSHUN VOL. 2 | MIXED BY K-$ADILLA & CURATED BY BLR & K-$ADILLA (6/8/17)

https://soundcloud.com/thunderstone-labs/fnk2

1. Frivole de Nuit - Ziggy Phunk 2. Makeithappen - Aaron Brockovich 3. Dark Material - Hunter 4. Too Late - Classic Files 5. Somebody - Vanilla 6. Break - Aaron Brockovich 7. Cosmicboii - Mr Surf 8. Love Saw It - Childhood 9. Remember - Aritus 10. Highlights - FIBRE 11. Gotta Have You - Cyan Blue & Lola Disco 12. Dela - Tui 13. Japanese Bae - Cabron 14. Welcome to Aloe Island - Aloe Island Posse 15. That Nu Thang - Aulturon 16. Body Language - Cabron 17. Move Your Feet - Agrume

PD: cabron goes by many aliases (Consumer.Electronics before) and now formerly known as ‘’.Coffee/Funk Librarian’’