#cream the haunter

[koffing-time]

Nox finally reaches the cafe and despite the construction, finds it absolutely lovely and cute. He walks up to the cafe doors, with his three poison types in tow, and pushes the door open.

Immediately he is hit with the sweet aroma of coffee beans and warm pastries, "Hey Tix, ya here? It's me, Nox!"

-@thetravelingymleader

On the first glance, the café seems completely empty. No customers in sight, possibly because of all the construction workers outside, but Tix is also not behind the counter and their Pokémon are also not around. Except one. Right next to one of the two coffee machines is a purple floating ball. Coffee turns towards Nox and opens his mouth: "Koff...e?" His voice is unexpectedly deep.

Nox hesitates for a moment before a voice reassures him that he did not, in fact, make a mistake. "Oh hi Nox! Over here! I'm glad you found it. I think a lot of people are put off by the workers outside."

Tix is sitting with crossed legs on one of the tables, curiously positioned so it's not visible through the store window but also not immediately when stepping inside. In their lap sits Muffin, the Budew, snoozing. Cream is floating on the other side of the table, holding a few playing cards, just like Tix who is laying them to the side to pick up Muffin and leave the table.

"So, what can i get ya?"

[veronicasawyer-smokes]

Gengar was worth the pain.

Done at Good Point in Oakville, Ontario.

[starakex]

Wurmple Build Log

Guess who's back to drop another overly detailed post about a cosplay project. Another Pokémon one, unsurprisingly! My dumb ass made a Nargacuga fursuit head back in 2020 so I could learn how to work with upholstery foam. It looked... alright... but I know in my heart it was a horrible, horrible mess. Fast forward to 2023, I go to a 3-day convention, wear a bunch of different heavy wigs the whole time, get a rash on my forehead and think, fuck it, I am cringe and I am free, I'm gonna finally live the dream and make a Pokémon suit. It'll be great, and I won't have to wear a wig; I'll just have to worry about heat strokes instead. Fun! Of course, in true shitpost fashion, my perfect fursuit candidate has 10 legs and is shaped like a sausage.

Click on over to read the wondrous tale of building a Wurmple Partial Suit in like two weeks.

1. The Worm

Wurmple started as a dumb little sketch in the corner of my notebook. I have a lot of cosplays and plushes under my belt but the last fursuit (head) kinda looked like it would belong in a bootleg Freddy Fazbear establishment, so I brainstormed over a bunch of Pokémon I like that would work as a partial and are simple enough in design to avoid accidentally creating Uncle Uncanny 2.0. The goal was something that would be relatively comfortable and easy to bring to events 'cause I'm just not mentally prepared to drag a suitcase in public transport and wear a full body sweat carpet yet. I ended up doodling a few ideas like Haunter or Koffing, but then I pictured a Bug Catcher trainer with a bug head and I thought it was funny as hell, so the choice was made. I picked up my copy of Alpha Sapphire to get a good look at the model and immediately ran into a problem; the eyes on Wurmple are literally on the side of the head. They sit so flush you literally cannot see them if you look at them from the front. Not a great start. I figured I could probably hide a small hole for vision right above the mandibles where the red and cream colors separate. I wasn't super confident it would work, but dammit, I was already commited to being a stupid Bug Bug Catcher. Similarly, I looked at the side profile and figured I could open a hole behind the mandibles at mouth height to breathe out of. With an disproportionate amount of confidence for the bullshit I'm about to summon into the world, I began the project by patterning out the tail.

2. Bug Ass

I'll be honest, I started on the tail so I wouldn't have a reason to back out of it if the head ended up being a hot mess. I've patterned out and sewn a few plush before, so making a big ol' headless grub sounded like a reasonable goal. I usually make plush patterns by building out the shape with newspaper and tape, but Wurmple's tail got pretty big when scaled to fit a human, so I searched for alternatives. I ended up building the base shape to draw a pattern out of by taping two pillows together. I tied down small sections to shape the belly and slapped a layer of masking tape over half of it to trace my pattern. Once everything looked good, I cut the pattern pieces out and laid them flat. The pillows were returned to the couch safely once they recovered from the barbaric treatment.

I dug through my materials storage (a sad lonely plastic bin) for some Trash Fabric ™ leftovers from other Trash Projects ™ and tested the pattern out to see how it looked. I made the pattern for the spikes and legs at that point based on the test build and adjusted some seams on the tape pattern to refine some shapes, but overall the first pattern was a great success!

With the mockup done, I pulled out the minky fabric and got to sewing the tail together. I picked minky for the project 'cause it felt right for the cartoony 3d models to have that smooth short-pile look in real life (kinda like the official mascots, really). I was aware the margin for error when your fur pile is 3mm long is basically non-existent, but hey, at least I could work without a respirator on unlike fur! Sewing the body of the tail was pretty straightforward; I assembled the belly panels together, stitched the darts on the red parts to form the curve, and attached the backside of the zigzag spikes to it. I assembled the top and bottom halves together, tacked each zigzag down in place by hand, and filled the whole thing with polyester stuffing to see my beautiful bug sausage take shape.

Once I was sure it everything looked good. I stitched six little white legs and attached them onto the belly by hand using the belly seams as a guide.

Before moving on to the top spikes, I took a break from handsewing to build the tail base. It's a little nub made out of sandwiched upholstery foam with a belt running through a channel carved into the foam. It's topped off with a layer of high density EVA Foam glued at the base to keep the anchor point sturdy. Huge thanks to Neffertity for her tail tutorials as this was the main inspiration behind the method I used for the tail attachment. The foam nub goes about a quarter of the way through the tail, with the rest of it being filled up with the polyester stuffing that was added earlier.

Once the tail attachment point was secured, I started sewing all the spikes for the top half of the tail, stuffed them, and then stitched each of them to the tail by hand. Once they were all stitched on securely, I sewed the back closed with one last minky piece and Wurmple's tail was complete!

(Looking back, I could probably have machine stitched the legs and spikes on... But I was watching some really good Resident Evil Randomizer streams while handsewing these, so I didn't wanna get off the couch to work on the pattern again)

I'm so glad I started with the tail. It was basically a big plush, and I was so proud of the results when I was done that I was energized to start working on the head. Oh right, the stupid worm head with no vision.

3. The Head

Building up the shape of Wurmple's head was simple enough. I began by building a bucket head base out of upholstery foam by following Skyehigh's Studios old tutorial (new one linked here) and slapped some paper on it to figure out the size of the main elements; the mandibles and the eyes. I immediately regret following the tutorial steps for the eye holes, since I Forgot We Weren't Gonna Be Doing That, and mark where my cyclops eyehole is generally going to be instead.

Once I was satisfied with my patterns, I cut some more upholstery foam slabs, carved them with scissors until I got down to the general shape of the mandibles and horns, and glued them onto the base. I immediately got another stress injury carving everything down and realized I did not learn from my wig ventilating mistakes. I took a break to add a turkey carver to my online shopping bookmarks, which I immediately forgot about until I sat down to write this post. Since I was using minky for this project, I needed to make sure my base was as smooth as possible. The fabric is so thin it would pick up every wrinkle ever and look sad if I didn't. I dug into the bin for some Trash Felt ™ and glued it over the mandibles to smooth things out and added some mesh to the holes of the bucket head base to keep the curved shape of the head going without sacrificing those sweet ventilation holes. I also added my vision hole and marveled at my horrifying Mando helmet abomination. At that point in time I'm having some big doubts about the vision hole, but I trudge on because I'm not just gonna wear a bug ass to these conventions.

With the base complete, I covered the whole thing in tape and drew over it like I did with the tail to create a pattern, made sure to forget to take pictures of said pattern so that this step is lost to time, and started sewing the head fabric so I could slap some skin on this bad boy, starting with the horns. At the same time, I stitched the darts on the mandibles, pinned that to the head for later, and assembled the red halves of the head together on the back seam to test the fit.

With the test fit successful, I pulled the red part off in order to machine stitch it to the front half of the head along the zigzag edge and slipped the whole thing over the head again. With everything in place, I painstakingly handstitched everything up, including the side of the mandibles and the horns.

Somewhere in the magical stretch of time between midnight and 5 in the morning, I somehow summoned the inner lining of the head out of french terry knit, a tape pattern and a dream. I also painted a little piece of buckram for the eye mesh to match the red fabric and glued that to the inside of the head. I included a little velcro pocket on the back of the neck in the lining to insert a powerbank for the fans (which I then proceeded to procrastinate on installing for a whole 4 months afterwards). Since I'm an idiot and took no pictures signed an NDA with the Midnight Craft Wizard, here's a picture of the fan installation in the mandibles with velcro so they can be removed to wash it. (Fan kit by Henry's Helmet Fans)

Once the head was completed, I finally went to sleep. And then I woke up at noon and remembered I forgot the eyes WHOOPS I cut four circles out of high density EVA Foam (Two of them smaller for the pupils), heat shaped a slight curve to them, and covered them with minky. I glued the pupils to the irises and then I glued those suckers to the head and NOW THE HEAD WAS ACTUALLY DONE WOOHOO

Turns out hiding the vision hole right over the mandibles was... Actually a decent idea, in the end. It blends pretty well into the face at a short distance. The mouth opening also isn't visible in most angles so I can actually breathe pretty well, and I can even wear a portable necklace fan and have it blow hair into the head without making poor Wurmple eat the fan.

I took it for a test run and realized the eye vision in the suit was actually pretty damn bad overall because the minky covered half of the original hole up, especially on the sides. I took a heat gun and some scissors to the head so I could peel it back around the vision hole, cut some material out to open it up more, and glued everything back down with a new piece of mesh. Now I have like 40 more degrees in my cone of vision, which puts me on par with some of the guys in Metal Gear Solid.

With those adjustments done, the head was finally complete!

4. Get Worm'd on

Turns out I like it a whole lot, whoops. It's definitively not perfect (what costume ever is?), but it looks leagues better than I expected it would, so it works out. Looking back, I don't think I'd really do anything else differently on the build. I still got to make the Bug Catcher outfit to go along with it, but with winter in full swing there's no rush to do so. Definitively looking forward to making a net, though!

If you're still reading, thank you for getting through my ramblings! I hope it was an interesting read, and maybe even provided some insights or inspirations for your own future projects.

❤️

[ostianshadow]

TOA Anniversary Munday!

Celebrating TOA and the people who contribute to make our group what it is.

Repost, don't reblog. Only fill in what you feel comfortable sharing!

Happy anniversary, TOA! Here's to many more years spent together.

Name: vicky (aka key or wkey)

Pronouns: she/her

Birthday (no year): jan 6

Where are you from? What is your time zone? french canadian. west coast best coast. pst.

Roleplay experience: idk since i was like 7? running around the neighbourhood w the boyz and gming our own little world of makebelieve… writing/online-wise, since around the age of 10-11 when we got a puter in the living room.

Got any pets? black kitty called cabbage i fostered and then adopted. she's no thoughts head empty and that's why she won over my other 16 foster cats. /hj

Favorite time of year: autumn-ish or spring. don't do well in the heat but sad makes winter bad.

Some interests and things you like: comics&webtoons, puzzle games (picross, sudoku, etc), ultimate frisbee, tennis, hiking, traveling

Some funfacts & trivia about you:

-prefer crepes to pancakes

-don't leave me alone with a box of ice cream sandwiches for the love of-

-past key has cumulatively drawn 500+ comic pages over the years (and misses it dearly)

-used to play ice hockey, played for bout 12 years. stopped due to injuries.

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play? ffxiv, zelda, tales of, undertale

Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon: ghost, haunter

How did you get into Fire Emblem? smash bros /j i think my bro acquired a copy of fe7 and the rest is history

What Fire Emblem games have you played? 6 through current

First Fire Emblem game: 7

Favorite Fire Emblem game: hrkkk probably 7 but super fond of sacred stones n path of radiance too

Any Fire Emblem crushes? 😳

lmao

If you’ve played the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays?

- Awakening: mightve been chrom by accident n woulda been pissed about it. henry & gaius beloveds

- Fates: conquest- niles, birthright- azama, revelations- kaze

- Three Houses: was it claude or felix? idk but claude is def why i started w deer haha

- Engage: louis and lapis i married both that's my story and im sticking to it

Favorite Fire Emblem class: thief or mage

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class? probably an archer, or mage. miss me w close combat

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation? hmm… i wanna say deer but probably beagles

If you were an Engage character, which Emblem would you Engage with? lyn. long distance pew pew goes brrrrr

How did you find TOA? kept seeing it on twitter from ol ferp mutuals and eventually caved

Current TOA muses: hector, matthew, azama

Who was your first TOA muse? If you don’t have them anymore, could you see yourself picking them up again? ewan. some days i think i could.

Have you had any other TOA muses? florina, henry

Do you think you have a type of character you gravitate towards? prickly, maybe. in general muses that allow me to explore… ewan is more outgoing than i will ever be, but lets himself feel petty or jealous. hector is brash, but struggling with an uncomfortable and unexpected weight on his shoulders. azama invites conflict like he needs it to breathe, while ive typically been averse to conflict. florina is timid but trying to grow stronger for her friends (and herself, she comes to realize). henry is… an oddball, idk how to describe what draws me to writing him. change of pace maybe? requires thinking outside the box with his unique worldview. i dont tend toward angst but matthew is a good output for it if im feelin it haha.

What do you believe you enjoy writing the most? i think i like. when threads start to come together. yknow in stories when you can start referring to things that have happened? and you're like "woah wait i know what that's referring to!!"

when you manage to reach a shared history ig? i know im p slow re. writing but i cherish the bonds and overarching/intertwined stories my muses wind up with. people you meet touch your life in ways you might not immediately fathom…

Favorite TOA-related memory: lots of lock & key justice shenanigans… bunker … enjoyed unscripted a whole heck of a lot as well

How do you pronounce TOA? 🤔 T-O-A. sounds fancier to spell it out haha

Got any delusions that didn’t see the light of day that you’d like to share? 😉 felix, ike, kaze, serra, sain, naesala, ingrid, eldigan, bramimond, lethe, shinon, kliff… not so much delusions as "might be fun to explore…" – and i wouldn't trade our current reps of the above for the world ✌️

[team-violence]

Hello Hello ~

I'm sending this to tell you that i can visit the shelter in Fallarbor tomorrow. I can't tell you when exactly, but i think i'll have a few hours to meat the Mareanie BLT. I think i'd bring 4 of my Pokémon specifically for them to meet, if that is something you consider a good idea. Of course Appleslice, my own UD Mareanie.

I would also bring Tofu my Sliggoo and Carrot Cake my Clodsire, as these two are often in the garden around the pond, which i believe would be an area that the mareanie would like to spend time in as well. If they don't get along, it's better to know it before adopting them, right? I doubt they won't like each other, Carrot Cake and Tofu are both very friendly and easy going. Tofu in particular loves meeting new people and Pokémon and is very sociable.

The last would be Cream, my Haunter. She's something of my right hand and often keeps my more chaotic bunch in check when i can't have my eyes and ears everywhere.

@koffing-time

Hello. That is perfectly fine! It is always good to see how your Pokemon interact before adopting a new one. We have a water pond for the Water Pokemon to meet, so let me know when you arrive and I will show you the pond and let you meet the BLT!

[wyn-or-lose]

Hello hello ~

I'm new here on rotumblr, so I'm trying to make some friends and meet new people. How are you doing?

Also let me ask, do you have a favourite Pokémon type? Or a favourite unofficial archetype like bird-pokémon, or cat-pokémon? I'm personally very fond of poison types, i don't know why. 😅

Here, let me introduce you to one of my Pokémon, Cream

[Attached is a photo of a tiny haunter floating above a chair who holds a large mug in one of its hands, which is about half as big as itself. It's tongue is sticking out of its mouth right into the mug. It is waving at the camera with its other hand. The background shows the large front window of a café with a forest outside.]

- @koffing-time

Um, hi. I'm still pretty new here myself, so I guess we're alike in that way.

I'm still kinda riding the adrenaline of Roxy coming home with me. It's been a long time since I last got a new Pokemon! Hopefully she doesn't destroy the apartment tonight.

A favorite type? I guess I'm a bit partial to Grass types, but I also grew up close to Pinwheel Forest.

In exchange for the picture of Cream, here's an old picture of Solosis.

[The picture is, indeed, of a Solosis- one absolutely doused in glitter.]

[alyssacbatt]

If the EthGoesBOOM characters were in Pokémon type gym leaders: part 2

(OK I’m back and I’m doing it again remember I will spin a wheel of Pokémon types that the characters will have and if you wanna draw this be my guess, it your art and it can be anything you want, and let's get started)

Male Pokémon:🚹

Female Pokémon:🚺

Others/no gender:⚧️

1. Toy Freddy

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Fighting type. Me: “Fighting type..??🤨 but Toy Freddy is a gentleman, he will never fight anyone however the wheel landing on fighting so he’s a fighting type now.”

Pokémon: 1. Mienshao🚺 2. Heracross🚺 3. Pangoro (Shiny)🚺 4. Poliwrath🚺 5. Throh🚹 6. Hawlucha🚹

2. Toy Bonnie

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Fire. Me: “ he is on fire🔥…!!!! Get it. He’s on fire… ok I’ll shut up right now.😅

Pokémon: 1. Cinderace🚹 2. Flareon🚺 3. Marowak (alolan)🚺 4. Arcanine (Hisuian)🚹 5. Volcarona🚹 6. Quilava🚹

3. Toy chica

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Fairy. Me: “ yes I am waiting for this finally someone get a fairy type.”🤩

Pokémon: 1. Gardevoir🚺 2. Sylveon🚺 3. Togetic (Shiny)🚹 4. Alcremie(Ruby Cream)🚺 5. Slurpuff🚺 6. Ninetales (alolan)🚹

4. Mangle

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Water. Me: “I guess this is ok.”🤷🏻‍♀️

Pokémon: 1. Primarina🚺 2. Milotic🚺 3. Mareanie🚺 4. Sharpedo (Shiny)🚹 5. Gyarados🚹 6. Lapras🚺

5. Puppet

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Electric. Me: “I don’t know about this, I mean the puppet as a electric gym leader🤨  that sounds a little weird, but I had to do it.”

Pokémon: 1. Rotom (Frost Room)⚧️ 2. Joltik🚺 3. Xurkitree⚧️ 4. Ampharos🚺 5. Vikavolt🚹 6. Boltund🚹

6. BB & JJ (yes both of them all working together and have three Pokémon each .)

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Poison. Me: oh dear, they gonna make a lot of chaos.😅

Pokémon: BB; 1. Skorupi (Shiny)🚹 2. Ivysaur🚹 3. Slowking (Galarian)🚺. JJ; 1. Haunter (Shiny)🚺 2. Nihilego⚧️ 3. Croagunk🚹

7. Shadow Freddy & Shadow Bonnie/RWQFSFASXC (again both of them all working together and have three Pokémon each.)

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Ground. Me: still don’t know about this one, but I can try my best. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Pokémon: Shadow Freddy; 1. Golurk⚧️ 2. Steelix🚹 3. Garchomp🚹. Shadow Bonnie/RWQFSFASXC; 1. Gliscor🚺 2. Flygon🚺 3. Runerigus (Shiny)🚹

8. Withered Freddy & Withered Bonnie (both of them all working together and have three Pokémon each.)

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Ghost. Me: “I can kinda see it 🧐.”

Pokémon: Withered Freddy; 1. Gengar🚹 2. Banette🚺 3. Sableye🚹. Withered Bonnie; 1. Duskull🚹 2. Trevenant🚹 3. Spiritomb (Shiny)🚹

9. Withered Chica & Withered Foxy (both of them all working together and have three Pokémon each.)

Gym type:

*Drum roll please🥁*

Flying. Me: “ I can see it in Withered Chica but Withered foxy… I don’t know about that”.

Pokémon: Withered Chica; 1. Xatu (Shiny)🚹 2. Unfezant🚹 3. Woobat🚹. Withered foxy; 1. Charizard🚹 2. Talonflame🚹 3. Yanmega🚺

And that’s it for today I will make a part three in probably sooner or later but right now I’m really tired and take me like a hour to make this 

Bye 👋🏻

[a-gastly-trio]

There a was a story about a monstrous sized haunter that ate souls named the Black Fog in my world. Couldn't tell if it was fictional or not. Any story that's similar in your hometown?

Nah, never heard anything like that! How did a haunter even GET that big??

Hmm, actually I've seen something like that once before.

You have???

Yup. It raided our fridge one night, after being dumped by a guy, and then ate all the ice cream in sight. It's name was Damien.

BAHAHAHAHA!! HOLY SHIT-! [*On the floor rolling*]

...

EXCUSE ME?!!?

[haunteddaycare]

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Gastly

Name: Ollie

Gender: Female

Moveset:  Lick, Confuse Ray

Ability: Levitate

Nature and Characteristic: Relaxed and Thoroughly cunning

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Haunter

Name: Smog

Gender: Female

Moveset:  Hypnosis, Shadow Punch, Icy Wind and Facade

Ability: Levitate

Nature and Characteristic: Docile and highly persistent

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Gengar 

Name: Cream

Gender: Male

Moveset:  Shadow Ball, Acid Spray, Endure, Sunny Day

Ability: Cursed Body

Nature and Characteristic: Quiet and mischievous

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Gengar

Name: Cheese

Gender: Male

Moveset: Perish Song, Reflect Type, Spite and Sucker Punch

Ability: Cursed Body

Nature and Characteristic: Timid and alert to sounds

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Banette

Name: Lucky

Gender: Male

Moveset:  Screech, Knock Off, Will-O-Wisp and Pounce

Ability: Frisk

Nature and Characteristic: Lonely and likes to thrash about

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Frillish

Name: Flan

Gender: Female

Moveset:  Absorb, Poison Sting, Water Pulse and Rain Dance

Ability: Damp

Nature and Characteristic: Quirky and very finicky

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Yamask

Name: Dilly-Dolly (D-Doll)

Gender: Female

Moveset:  Protect, Haze, Disable and Crafty Shield

Ability: Mummy

Nature and Characteristic: Adamant and scatters things often

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Cursola

Name: Bubble bee

Gender: Female

Moveset: Astonish, Ancient Power, Screech and Dig

Ability: Weak Armor

Nature and Characteristic: Docile and somewhat vain

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Greavard

Name: Bingo

Gender: Male

Moveset: Tackle, Lick, Tail Whip and Bite

Ability: Fluffy

Nature and Characteristic: Naive and proud of its power

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Mimikyu

Name: Unity

Gender: Female

Moveset: Wood Hammer, Baby-Doll Eyes, Shadow Sneak, and Double Team

Ability: Disguise

Nature and Characteristic: Naughty and good perseverance

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Cofagrigus 

Name: Coffee

Gender: Male

Moveset: Shadow Claw, Night Shade, Revenge and Round

Ability: Mummy

Nature and Characteristic: Rash and a little quick tempered

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Gimmighoul (Chest Form)

Name:  Heads

Gender: Female

Moveset: Astonish, Tackle and Confuse Ray

Ability: Rattled

Nature and Characteristic: Hasty and hates to lose

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Gimmighoul (Roaming Form)

Name: Tails

Gender: Male

Moveset:  Astonish, Tackle and Night Shade

Ability: Run Away

Nature and Characteristic: Impish and likes to run

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Phantump

Name: Bloomington

Gender: Male

Moveset: Astonish, Tackle and Branch Poke

Ability: Natural Cure

Nature and Characteristic: Jolly and likes to relax

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Lampent

Name: Glow

Gender: Female

Moveset: Smog, Minimize, Fire Spin and Inferno

Ability: Infiltrator

Nature and Characteristic: Serious and sturdy body

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Drifloon

Name: Flow

Gender: Male

Moveset: Gust, Focus Energy, Swift and Hex

Ability: Unburden

Nature and Characteristic: Brave and strongly defiant

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Sableye 

Name: Sapphire

Gender: Female

Moveset: Scratch, Fake Out, Detect and Astonish

Ability: Stall

Nature and Characteristic: Bashful and highly curious

Trainer: [Renounced]

Species: Pumpkaboo (Average size)

Name: Pumpkin

Gender: Female

Moveset: Trick-or-Treat, Razor Leaf, Leech Seed and Scary Face

Ability: Pickup

Nature and Characteristic: Hardy and quick tempered

[koffing-time]

Cael, using his newly aquired friends, stumbled his way to the Koffing Time Cafe. He had no idea if it was open or not but he didn't really know where else to go. "Tix? Tix I need some help," he called in a hoarse voice. The door opened a crack, his head was swimming, something was said he wasn't sure what. "I'm sorry. I just didn't know where else to go."

@untitledducklett

"Hi! Welcome to Koffing-Time!" Olivia greeted the new arrival to the nearly empty café without looking up from cleaning a table. Only a single human guest was sitting in a corner, an older woman as well has her two pansage. All three let out an audible gasp as Cael stumbled through the door. "Take a seat, or just-" She stops after turning around to Cael, just now noticing how absolutely devastated he looked. "By the Dragons! Are you okay? Sit down for a moment." she rushed to him, guiding him to an empty seat. "Cream? Cream where are you? Go get Tix! Quickly!"

As the ghost type vanished out back to get the owner, Olivia sits down with Cael. "Hey. Can you hear me? Everything is going to be okay. Can you talk to me? Tell me your name? Tell me what happened to you?"

[rotomblr-item-bank]

Name: Beans(@askaghosttypeexpert's haunter)

Item: A normal, gray river rock with light cream wavy stripes. It appears to sparkle in the sunlight.

Message: I found this cool rock on a walk two days ago and want to give it to the world!

Deposited!

[littlecarnet]

Like the Dawn - Chapter 7

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When the got to the fairgrounds, everything was in full swing.

Booths offering all sorts of foods from magicarp shaped pastries stuffed with all sorts of fillings, sizzling grilled vegetable pancakes, sticky sweet dumplings, and tossed fried noodles in a variety of sauces and spices, as well as lots of savory and sweet treats for pokemon. The smells were exotic to Giratina, nothing like the foods he knew long ago, but they did look appealing, the humans and pokemon eating them seemed to really enjoy them.

As promised, Cynthia got him Pinapberry ice cream while her's was a strawberry milk flavor with a drizzle of chocolate on top. They enjoyed these sweet treats as they watched the parade exhibiting giant paper mache lanterns depicting scenes from various myths. Cynthia was quick to point out one depicting him.

At first Giratina was expecting the typical depiction. One of being a violent creature and then being banished by his parent. But was surprised to see him looking ferociously at a human figure that resembled Cyrus. The banner above the cart read ' Distortion's Ruler Stops Apocalypse'. He watched it pass by absolutely stunned. Cynthia who smiled at his reaction.

" You were involved with that, weren't you?" He asked.

She shook her head. " Not entirely. The class I taught in Sinnoh History were inspired by my account of what happened on Spear Pillar and what you did to stop Cyrus, so they built the lantern to commemorate the event."

He was touched. So that action hadn't been forgotten. It was being displayed for everyone here tonight as well as a brand new generation, who will now know him not as a monster but a hero. His hand wrapped around her's. Could he love her even more?

" Thank you."

The evening that followed was a wonderful set of events. Giratina watched Cynthia roll up her sleeves to fish for toys floating in a water basin and then throwing darts, proving to spectators that she was more than just amazing in battle but formidable in games of skill too. She came back to him with a haul of items such as a cute Goldeen plush, a few fans depicting Ho-Oh and Lugia, and two water yoyos decorated like an Ultra ball and Dusk ball. She gave the later to Giratina, and with a bit of guidance, he learned how to use it.

Not wanting to leave him out of the fun she showed him a simple game of strength, he was hesitant at first, not sure if he kept his abilities, but was surprised to ring that bell. He picked out a Haunter mask out of the prizes. She teased him. Of course he'd pick a ghost type.

Cynthia hadn't had this much fun in a long time, and she had to admit this felt like a date. Well, they were a couple now, right? This could be their first date. She was sure others were watching them. There would definitely be rumors tomorrow. Not because the town had any press or media, but that small towns often talked. That was fine. Better some little old lady teasing her about the strange young man linked arm in arm with her, than international gossip on Giratina's identity and trying to harass him. She was no stranger to that. She even had to deal with rumors that she was dating Steven Stone. Despite the fact he was gay and already had a lover. But tabloids never got the facts right. Steven thought it was hilarious. Cynthia was less than amused.

She was however a bit concerned about how long this would last. Today would be Giratina's second day as a human, tomorrow, his last. They wouldn't be able to do all the things she wanted to in public with him. To modern society it would be met with a lot of criticism, scandal... the Sinnoh Champion in love with a creature like him? Were humans not good enough for her? Oh she could imagine the news.

In this town, it wouldn't be any better. The fact he was a pokemon deity would likely have the elders disapprove of their relationship. The Celestica believed pokemon like him were above humans, to want an intimate relationship with one was taboo. She was surprised her grandmother hadn't said anything about it, but then again, she was much more open-minded. Or prehaps Giratina charmed her enough that she felt he was a good match? Whatever the reason for her acceptance, she was glad her grandmother treated him so nicely.

No, the only way they could be together once he transforms back, would be the Distortion World. Which was already what they were doing prior to all this, but her stays would be extended. Giratina could easily create a livable environment for her, house-like structures already existed, and it would be a completely new world to explore. She was sure he'd love her visits. Heck, maybe she could move there. She'd likely be the first human to do so.

Cynthia didn't want to dwell on this though. She needed to make his last day tomorrow count. Give him as much of a good experience as possible. She tugged him toward a ring toss game, and with some guidance, they got two bags of kettle corn and some bottles of lemonade. She'd been hoping for the latter especially. The clinking of the glass marbles was nostalgic for her because her grandfather would always buy a few of them as souvenirs from Johto. They were rare or next to impossible to find outside of that region.

Giratina surprisingly had lost himself in the atmosphere of the festival. The best part was that no one knew who he was. People were so nice to him, he got some unexpected freebies from booths, got to participate in a dance, and while he missed up a lot, the whole experience made him feel like he was one of them. Even though he knew this wouldn't last, he'd still take it all in. Preserve it in his mind as a beautiful memory forever.

His felt a gentle squeeze of his hand from Cynthia. She was tugging him up from his seat.

" Come on! The fireworks are starting, and I know the perfect place to view them away from the crowd."

She led them up a small set of steps away from the fairgrounds, toward a forgotten shrine, one of many in this part of the region. She sat down on a stone bench, motioning Giratina to sit next to her. He took a seat just as the first loud boom and crackle lit up the sky in a dazzling shimmer of light. He'd seen fireworks from his vantage point in the Distortion World, but the colors and sounds were much more dull and muffled. But here? These were incredible. The sound, the colors, even the smell. It was nothing like that poor imitation inside his portals. Even better that he was here with Cynthia, leaning on his shoulder. The colors and lights dancing in her eyes. She looked up at him, smiled.

It was here he realized that being transformed like this wasn't so bad. Yes, he missed his true form, his abilities, his home, but that now seemed a worthwhile cost for this chance to spend time with her like this, to know what its like to be part of a community. At least until he had to go back to how he was. What would happen then? He knew she'd still love him, but they could never express it openly like they were now. They'd have to hide how they felt about each other around others.

The fireworks now felt like a reflection of his feelings about these past days.

Maybe they were on the wavelength and that sense of urgency to make this night count flowed through because before he knew it, her lips were on his. Soft, yet eager, and tasting like cotton candy. He broke the kiss, surprised by her forward gesture, and then returned it just as eager. Surprising them both.There was an intense desire flaring up, like some barrier had been broken, and now nothing stood between them. In this moment in time, they were the same, no incapable forms, no hidden feelings, just two beings so desperately, utterly, hopelessly in love.

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They stumbled into the house fumbling with each other. A few escaped laughs and shushing, though Cynthia assured him her grandmother wasn't home. She wouldn't be for awhile. She was helping her friends with the festival raffle.

Between kisses, Cynthia fiddled with the house keys, getting the door open, and then tumbled into the living room, her bedroom, then the bed.

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Author's notes:

Okay stopping here because of Tumblr's guidelines, but I'll get the rest out on a03 sometime next week, if nothing else goes wrong over there. I'm still a bit hesitant with that site. Once bitten, twice shy as they say.

[e-icreator23]

Liu: Kids I made you ice cream sandwiches they are in the freezer

*Mephiles holds Goop and Haunter and tickles him*

*they get them fast*

[june2012]

june2012's Pokémon gif Masterlist

Last added: Rosa cosplay

Pokémon (Species)

#049 Venomoth

Venomoth variety gifs

#093 Haunter

Haunter variety gifs

#494 Victini

Victini tattoo

#569 Garbodor

Garbodor trash can

#661 Fletchling

Serena (Pokémon X / Pokémon Y) catches a fletchling

#667 Litleo

Pyroar variety gifs

#668 Pyroar

Pyroar variety gifs

#676 Furfrou

Furfrou in Pokémon Amie

#677 Espurr

Espurr and meowstic plushes

#678 Meowstic

Espurr and meowstic plushes

#683 Aromatisse

Aromatisse variety gifs

#703 Carbink

Carbink in Pokémon Amie

#793 Nihilego

Nihilego outside

#869 Alcremie

Lemon cream and rainbow swirl alcremie with strawberry sweet figures

#978 Tatsugiri

Tatsugiri chopstick rests

Pokémon Human Characters

Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2

Trainer Rosa

Rosa cosplay

Pokémon X and Pokémon Y

Trainer Serena

Serena (Pokémon X / Pokémon Y) catches a fletchling

Miscellaneous

Food and Treats

Poké Puffs

Pokémon Sword and Shield Sausage Curry

Items

Evolutionary stones

[plaidbooks]

Pokémon theme park ideas: A carousel w/ equine Pokémon like Rapidash, Zebstrika, and Sawsbuck (all forms), a Sinistea teacup ride, a Charizard rollercoaster, a haunted house ride w/ ghost Pokémon led by Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar, a Vanillite ice cream shop, and finally a Ferris wheel with Pikachu’s face in the center as the Pokémon’s beloved mascot. Just a fun, happy place for humans & Pokémon to enjoy! 🎠🎡❤️

Yess I love it! There WAS a theme park back in ‘96, but only in Japan and it closed down after a year.

[grommy-blooming-texas]

Try to turn this into a meme