#timeloop!lar

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12 for Lar and Nocturne, and 14 for Maharth!!

OMG, I JUST FOUND THIS HI!! Sorry if you asked a while ago I haven't checked my inbox in a while.

Anyway, to answer your questions, whenever Lar is finally stable enough to be out on his own, I still think he'd live with Nocturne. He's grown so attached to him it’s the most reasonable conclusion. Plus, some extra company is nice. I think they would live in a small home in Medali, of course, and the idea of Lar just running a little mechanics shop where he builds and fixes things makes me so happy. He could tell some stories of his adventures in his original timeline (he's just got to keep it PG for the little kids it can get gruesome) Sure, there will be wrinkles to iron out in some relationships (mainly Geeta) but he’ll get through it. Nocturne would probably continue with his psychology career, he feels good helping others. He also joins in on some of the stories and tells his own when he's off of work. TLDR: Old Man Yaoi is post-canon

I think Maharth would listen to some of the popular genres from the 1930s, mainly swing and blues. He's got the whole 1930s noir detective aesthetic going on so I think he'd like the music from the time. It was also the early stages of rock and roll, so maybe McCoy and Darklord showed him how much the rock scene has evolved since he really isn't up to date on everything.

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Most of them aren’t ocs, but I still want to do this, so ask away!

Pic 1: Lar

Pic 2: Nemona, Hassel, Rika, and Geeta

Pic 3: Poppy, Arven, Penny, and Turo

Pic 4: Ghetsis, Landon, Zinnia, May, and Xero

Pic 5: Nocturne

I don’t have art for them yet, but you can also ask questions about the rest of Team Star (Giacomo, Mela, Atticus, Ortega, and Eri)

details about ocs!

send an emoji/description of emoji to learn more about a writer's oc! many of these are taken from my munday asks meme, because i thought it would be fun to make a version for characters too! the prompts are categorized by emoji type and given descriptions in case anyone can't see the symbols. can be used for roleplayers and any general writers alike! for roleplayers, these can also be used for your interpretations of canon characters if you so desire as well!

𝐎𝐁𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐒. 💭 THOUGHT BALLOON — what is your oc's MBTI, enneagram, and/or other personality aspects (if known/interested in)? 🚗 CAR — does your oc have a driver's license? can they drive/operate any automobiles/machinery besides cars? ✈️ AIRPLANE — does your oc like traveling, or do they consider themselves a more homey person? 🎮 VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER — what are three of your oc's favorite hobbies? 💍 RING — does your oc have any piercings? do they want any (more) piercings? 🖊️ BALLPOINT PEN — does your oc have any tattoos? do they want any (more) tattoos? 📚 BOOKS — what level of education has your oc most recently completed/is currently in (GED, undergraduate, grad school, phd, etc)? 🎻 VIOLIN — does your oc play any instruments? what is their skill level (beginner/intermediate/advanced/virtuoso/etc)? 🩹 ADHESIVE BANDAGE — does your oc have any physical and/or mental disabilities? 🩸 DROP OF BLOOD — what is your oc's blood type?

𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐒. 🎶 MUSICAL NOTES — what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often? 💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know. 💤 SLEEPING SIGN — is your oc a light sleeper or a heavy sleeper? how are their sleeping habits? 🔱 TRIDENT EMBLEM — can your oc swim? do they enjoy swimming? 🔺 RED TRIANGLE POINTED UP — does your oc know how to use any weapons? 🔶 LARGE ORANGE DIAMOND — does your oc know cpr? do they have any other medical expertise? 🚫 PROHIBITED — does your oc drink/smoke? do they do it regularly, or is it more on occasion or for special events?

𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄. 🌈 RAINBOW — what is your oc's sexual orientation/gender identity? what pronouns do they use? 🎄 CHRISTMAS TREE — what is your oc's favorite holiday? 🐶 DOG FACE — does your oc have any pets? 🐈 CAT — does your oc prefer a wide circle of friends or a few close friends? 🐷 PIG FACE — what is your oc's favorite animal? 🐉 DRAGON — what is your oc's favorite mythical creature? 🍃 LEAVES FLUTTERING IN WIND — what is/was your oc's favorite subject in school? 🌴 PALM TREE — does your oc have a green thumb? do they enjoy gardening? 🍎 RED APPLE — where was your oc born? do they still live in/around their place of birth or do they live somewhere else? how do they feel about their birthplace?

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒. ❤️ RED HEART — what are three of your oc's positive traits? 🤍 WHITE HEART — what are three of your oc's neutral/questionable traits? 💔 BROKEN HEART — what are three of your oc's negative traits? 💘 HEART WITH ARROW — what and/or who do(es) your oc consider the most important to them? 🧡 ORANGE HEART — does your oc tend to prioritize family or friends? 💛 YELLOW HEART — how many languages does your oc speak? what language(s) are they learning, if any? 💚 GREEN HEART — does your oc prefer being inside or outside? 💙 BLUE HEART — does your oc have any cool/special powers and/or abilities? how are they with magic, if it exists in their world? 💜 PURPLE HEART — what is your oc's ancestry/genetic background? 🖤 BLACK HEART — has your oc killed or seriously wounded anyone before? have they broken someone's heart and/or broken someone's trust?

𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐒. 🎂 BIRTHDAY CAKE — when is your oc's birthday? how old are they? what are their sun, moon, & rising signs (if known)? what about their tarot card, ruling planet, & ruling number (if known)? do they fit the typical traits of these sun, moon, & rising signs? 🍝 SPAGHETTI — what is/are your oc's favorite food(s)? 🍰 SHORTCAKE — what is/are your oc's favorite sweet(s)/dessert(s)? 🍦 SOFT ICE CREAM — what is/are your oc's favorite ice cream flavor(s)? 🍔 HAMBURGER — is your oc good at cooking? are they good at baking? which one do they prefer? 🥯 BAGEL — what does your oc's typical breakfast look like? do they usually eat breakfast? 🥪 SANDWICH — what does your oc's typical lunch look like? do they usually eat lunch? 🍛 CURRY AND RICE — what does your oc's typical dinner look like? do they usually eat dinner? 🍸 COCKTAIL GLASS — what is your oc's favorite alcoholic drink, if they can drink? ☕️ HOT BEVERAGE — does your oc prefer coffee, tea, hot chocolate, milk, water, or some other drink? how do they like to take this drink (ex. coffee with milk, hot chocolate with whipped cream, a specific kind of tea, etc)?

𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄. 😊 SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES — what are your oc's career/general life desires? what do they want to get the most out of life? 😖 CONFOUNDED FACE — is your oc an introvert, an extrovert, or an ambivert? do they let people in easily, or are they more reserved? 🤔 THINKING FACE — what are some of your oc's quirks/mannerisms? 🧐 FACE WITH MONOCLE — is your oc more logical or emotional? 🤓 SMILING FACE WITH GLASSES — is your oc chatty or quiet? are they at ease in social situations, or are they more shy? 🤩 FACE WITH STARRY EYES — is your oc a planner, or are they more spontaneous in their actions? 😥 SAD BUT RELIEVED FACE — is your oc prone to getting stressed out, or is it easy for them to keep their cool? 😓 DOWNCAST FACE WITH SWEAT — is your oc open-minded or stubborn? are they inquisitive or do they prefer to keep to their bubble of knowledge? 😞 DISAPPOINTED FACE — does your oc attract others, or do they tend to be left alone? 🤒 FACE WITH THERMOMETER — does your oc get sick easily? 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 FAMILY WITH MOTHER, FATHER, SON AND DAUGHTER — how many people are in your oc's immediate family? how many people are in your oc's extended family? do they have aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc? who in their family are they closest with? are they close with their birth family, or do they have a found family?

[rebekahfyre]

Fanfic tropes I do not like, in no particular order:

Obi-Wan is perfect and awesome, and Anakin just needs to know his backstory for everything to turn out fine.

Reader inserts. Every now and then, in the right mood, if the fic is written well and the wind is blowing the right direction, maybe.

An OC as the main character changes the entire plot of canon.

Anakin Skywalker is nothing but an evil, whiny brat. There was this one where Owen Lars gets stuck in a timeloop, and tiny, slave-Ani throws temper tantrums that kill people, and I HATE it.

Wanda Maximoff is a good person, actually. I don't know why, I just can't forgive her like I can the violent men. Maybe it's just my Team Iron Man fic reading bias.

Luke "I saved my dad with the power of love" Skywalker telling a toddler to choose between being in a family or becoming a monk. No, that wasn't canon, that was a fanfic, bite me.

I can stand whump, sometimes. My capacity for it is small. Hurt, no comfort is bad, but Dead Dove is fine. Yes, I have problems.

Maybe I'll add more to the list later.

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but man is bender’s big score one big mindscrew.

There’s never an explanation where the bender tattoo came from or why it is bender,it just exists in the timeloop and Lars exist because Fry met Lars

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I WAS SHUFFLING MY SONIC PLAYLIST AND I AM ALL OF ME CAME UP AND THEN I REALIZED LAR IS JUST SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG 😭

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HOLY CRAP THE METAL ARM THAT LAR HAS COULD DOUBLE AS A SNAG MACHINE!!!!

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Been thinking about Lar’s redemption. (TW FOR PTSD, PANIC/ANXIETY ATTACKS, BIPOLAR, SELF HARM, AND MENTIONS OF THE HOSPITAL STAFF BEING SHITTY! Also, I'm not an expert on this stuff, so if there's anything wrong, please let me know.)

Lar is taken to court to decide what his punishment is for almost restarting a time loop and is sent to a psych ward, as he is deemed mentally unstable by whatever Pokèmon government official decides. Because of his high levels of instability, the doctors recommended moving him to the mental hospital to get better treatment and more experienced staff. After a long explanation from Nocturne, Lar agreed to go, dreading the worst.

Lar thinks of the hospital as a prison at first. If he's confined in an enclosed space away from everyone and he can only talk to his thoughts, yeah, that's prison.

Hates everyone and everything. Doesn't want to be there AT ALL. Some doctors truly want to help Lar, but he sees the cracks in the people who are there to just get paid. Or the greedy Grumpigs exploiting the vulnerable. It makes him feel even more unsure of his healing process.

Speaking of vulnerability, he is in the most vulnerable state in his life. He's so stressed and scared and angry at the world and just wants to get his power back so he can feel better.

With all of the security of the hospital and the constant checking on him by doctors and guards, he feels he's being watched all the time. Even the paintings are starting to freak him out.

He still has his metal arm, but Nocturne had to rework it to remove the more destructive effects to keep everyone safe. It can still pack a punch though, it's a metal arm.

Some features were too difficult for Nocturne to remove from either physical or technological limitations, so Lar has a few tricks up his sleeve (literally.) I think Lar would put hidden tools in his arm in case of any mechanical emergency. Most were removed, but the small ones in the fingers weren't because of how small the plates were, and Nocturne couldn't remove them, though he tried to remedy this by shutting down the system to activate them. Lar worked around this, removing one of the fingers to remove the plate of another to have a small tool to get the others. I also think he'd have some secret random things that Nocturne never knew existed until Lar got bored one day and decided to show it off or tinker with it in some way.

Speaking of which, I think Lar would get super into technology and machinery after having to learn the skills for his original position in the future timeline. He basically speedran an engineering degree during a time loop to cause more chaos.

I think Lar would develop some form of undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder from the trauma. He never noticed how severe it was because he thought the repeated loops were messing with him and his changing moods were par for the course.

He'd go into a planning frenzy when in mania. What's he planning? Anything that comes to his mind really. Most of them are not good ideas. He memorized the hospital layout so he can sneak around secretly indulge in his kleptomania.

One time he successfully did a heist to steal the hospital’s medical documents about him. Things did not go well for him mentally after that.

I also thought of a heist where he'd steal the owner of the hospital’s super fancy and expensive record player out of spite. He'd do some crazy stuff with it, one thing being he somehow wired the sound to Talon’s vocal cords and the music plays when Lar opens the beak. This gives him a new love of vintage vinyl records.

He also has heightened anger issues and alertness in mania, you can't get as close as six feet from him (unless you're Nocturne)

He checks and rechecks every inch of his room or any places he's made himself comfortable in the ward for any discrepancies, it keeps his focus off the horrors of his mind.

Whether from built-up energy, anger, or stress, he can barely sleep. Like. Ever.

He feels like he can't fucking die ever. Like he can fight a Roaring Moon with his bare hands. He can't.

In depression, he’s just the worst. Doesn't listen to anyone and just wants to wallow in a ball of guilt on his mattress is as hard as a Stonjourner.

He'd have a lot of delusions and memory loss, which he HATES. His mind and memory are basically all he had at this point, and now he's losing it! Even if was the most minute of things (for example, forgetting the middle name of a little kid who gave him something for his Pokèmon who probably doesn't exist in his current timeline anymore) he will freak. He may have Athazagoraphobia, the fear of forgetting someone, something, and/or being forgotten.

He PANICS when he thinks he's forgotten something. He starts hyperventilating and gripping his chest in pain. If it's really bad, he'll start to lash out, destroying things and attacking people he sees as a threat (which, unfortunately, is most of the people who work at the hospital in the spur of the moment) That also sometimes means himself, which is also really bad.

He had one of his most severe panic attacks when his Staraptor was taken and he woke up without him for the first time. Multiple people were sent to the hospital that day.

He sometimes has visual hallucinations. He sees eyes watching him, black glitchy monsters, and fire. Lots of fire. They’re extremely realistic at times, even the monsters, they’re almost like horrifying Ultra Beasts.

He does anything to get rid of the monsters, even though they aren’t really there, most of the solutions involving violence. He’s hurt himself multiple times thinking the monsters were climbing his legs.

He used to have Talon let him know that they were there, but when he was taken away, he had no reliable way to know wether they aren’t there. After a few months without someone to help him perceive real from fake, they finally got him a service Pokèmon.

The new service Pokèmon is a Persian named Jewel and she was professionally trained by some Pokèmon trainers in Alfornada. She helps Lar detect hallucinations and acts as an emotional support animal.

During the events where the hospital gathers a group of patients to do something together, it depends on who’s supervising Lar so that he can have a good time. If one of the good doctors who care for helping others bond and heal is there, it's good. If it's one of the bad doctors who only care about filling their pockets, it's bad. He also doesn't mind most of the group things they do, but when it's crafts day, you know he's gonna be using those engineering skills to make a masterpiece out of popsicle sticks and glue.

When he’s either overwhelmed or wants time away from the group he has a corner next to some bookshelves that the other patients just decided was his spot (look at “assigned” seats at middle school lunch) He usually just sits there, either reading, poking holes in the cover of the seat he has there, or taking a nap.

Nocturne was able to convince Geeta to be his therapist after a long time of arguing. Lar thinks Nocturne is the only consistently good thing in the hospital and savors every second with him.

Nocturne is actually an awesome therapist and you cannot convince me otherwise. Being a therapist is his therapy. He actually does one of those online university things and gets a scholarship in psychology. Or he does go to a physical location and work as Lar’s therapist as a job, extra credit, and to get experience with working with other patients moving forward.

The two spending time with each other helps them realize how fucked up they both are. They both have extreme PTSD caused by each other and they feel so bad about it. Lar still apologizes profusely every now and then when he doesn't need to, just to make sure they're cool now.

Lar is very clingy and hates when Nocturne has to leave. He knows he has an allotted amount of time each day with him, but he can't help it. It's gotten much better since the beginning.

I see Lar hating physical touch most of the time because of his paranoia and trust issues. Nocturne gets a pass though.

Nocturne truly wants the best for Lar after seeing all he's gone through and learning how his mind has poorly handled it.

I think maybe Nocturne is too eager to help, kind of babying Lar. I think he’d ignore it at first, but then get a bit irritated later on. He thinks he’s healed enough to do most things on his own.

On the other side of this, Lar has trouble asking for help on his own. He thinks he can handle it, he’s been through enough, he can handle this. A lot of times he pushes people away and tries to do it himself when he clearly needs help. Nocturne is scared that Lar blocking him out will be the death of him.

They're probably gay.

While doing mainly psychological therapy, he also has some knowledge of physical therapy. He helps soothe Lar if he injures himself and keeps those pesky scar pains away. Also, phantom limb pain for both of them.

Nocturne sometimes sneaks his Staraptor or Dundunsparce during therapy. This makes Lar very happy.

This may be some projection, but I think Nocturne could help Lar heal with ✨art✨

Nocturne learned about all the little things in life during his quest to defeat Lar in the present timeline with Mikey, who started some sort of art thing requested by one of the gym leaders on his break. Nocturne got into it too and realized how much it helped, so he passed it onto Lar.

Lar thought it was stupid at first, but it grew on him a little. I say that and now he's in the process of creating a mural of all his friends in the time loop and in his current timeline. Yeah, it was only a little.

I also think he'd write down a lot of his thoughts, it's what he did with the time loop planning and documentation, so he was used to it. He has a couple of journals full of his play-by-play of his time and his thoughts about it that only Nocturne and a few select doctors have permission to read. He’d fucking kill someone if they read his journals without permission.

Hassel and Rika consistently see him during visitation hours, but some others come sporadically. Lots of happy tears from the three.

They talk about how things are outside the hospital and how the league, gym leaders, and school are doing. Any sweet gossip and drama piques Lar’s interest, especially any controversies surrounding Geeta. “Talon, popcorn me” *Talon then pulls out leftover caramel popcorn that Nocturne got him*

Hassel and Rika also get the physical touch pass, they’re almost secondary therapists to him.

I think Arven would take over his gym position since it's food-based and he at least has a Greedunt and can terastalize his Mabosstiff if he wants. I also think Mikey would take over his Elite Four position since he is the master of flying types.

Katy, Kofu, and Saguaro bring snacks for Lar when they visit, he's glad he can have some variety in food.

The other gym leaders visit periodically, but most of them are too busy to come often. It's always a nice treat to see Hassel bring Brassius along or Ryme drop in after a show to hang out.

Geeta has come a few times, but most visits did not end well. One day, Geeta came to apologize. Lar understood why and he wants to forgive her, but he just… can’t. Like his body physically won’t let him forgive her. She’s been the root of most of not all of his problems throughout his life and he just doesn’t know how he can forgive her for that. He jus says he needs more time.

I think Lar could befriend some of the younger patients and be some sort of eccentric uncle figure. He also does surprisingly well with the teens that come and go.

He'd be very distant at first, but when some sweet patient who doesn't deserve to be in there comes up to talk, it really opens his eyes.

Many new patients are scared of him when they first are admitted (I mean, who wouldn't be?) but they warm up to each other.

He gets a bit bittersweet when any friends he makes at the hospital have to go. He knows that it's good that they've healed enough and they don't have to deal with this place anymore, but they're still his friends and he misses them. He's at least glad that he made their time a bit better.

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Do Lar and Novturn have their own ship name or is it also Birdfoodshipping like for Mikey and Larry???????? Totally not asking for any reason in particular nooooo no way absolutely I'm not

Birdfoodshipping is the name for OG Larry and Team Sky Mikey because Mikey likes birds/creatures of the sky and Larry is a big foodie.

Some ship names I’ve been tossing around for Lar and Nocturne are Timeraptorshipping, Timecrowshipping, or just Timeloopshipping, mainly for their connection to the time loop. Raptors are cool birds of prey and crows often symbolize bad omens and death, similar to ravens.

Okay after picking up the crow=bad omen detail their ship name will be Timecrowshipping or Timemurkrowshipping because using a Pokèmon stand-in is funny. I may incorporate crows into the story now that I think about it.

Also, Nocturne is very emo for a while, so there's that.

[mollyrosaria]

PRETTY KITTY <3333333333

YIPPIE!!!,!!!!

JEWEL CONTENT YIPPIE!

(TW: Mentions of mental hospitals, mental illnesses (including bipolar and schizophrenia), and panic/anxiety attacks)

For those unaware, I made a HUGE post rambling about Lar’s redemption and healing arc and briefly mentioned Jewel, the Persian who acts as an emotional support/service animal. He was able to have her in the hospital after jumping through many unnecessary hurdles.

Jewel is mainly a support animal, helping soothe Lar if he's having a panic attack or cheering him up when he's feeling down. She also helps deal with his hallucinations/schizophrenia by making sure they're there. Lar points to where he sees something he thinks he shouldn't and Jewel uses touch queues to answer. When she rubs her head on Lar, it's a hallucination, if she rubs her tail, it's real. (I've only seen dogs do this in real life, but it's Pokèmon, I can make a few tweaks. I would’ve given him a Herdier but its line isn't native to Paldea)

I think there could be a few gags with this, Lar pointing at something he thinks is outlandish and Jewel saying it’s real, or him pointing out something about someone and Jewel saying if it's there or not.

“Jewel, look at how amazing *insert bully person* is!”

*Jewel rubs her head on Lar’s leg*

“Yeah, you fucking suck!”

I can also see her grabbing stuff for Lar, like a book or some pens. I think she could also wake Lar up if he's sleeping in late.

She's super sweet and passionate about her job, always making sure Lar is alright. When she's off duty, she acts mostly like a normal cat, but she is very friendly so she usually goes to other patients and checks up on them.

Lar is the sole caretaker of Jewel, he does chores around the hospital and community service to pay for her food and litter, usually going through Nocturne. It helps him stay productive on his bad days. The harness was provided by the agency that trained Jewel, but the leash, bowls, and everything else Lar bought himself. I think there could be another gag where the leash is lost and found in some wacky hijinx.

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I just realized that Lar is a LOT like Lord X

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The fact that I think of scenarios about Lar’s and how he lets out his emotions sounds kiddish really says something about our society.

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AUGHFHEJDNDIWHEHSHGCUWGDUDHDISHODHFOWGWG#CBHDJSHDICGDIEHISNDODJEOJEOFJDISJFIDHDHDH MORE!!!!!!!! MORE TIMELOOP!!!!!!!!

POPPY YOU POOR SWEET INNOCENT CHILD GET OUT OF THERE. Lar I don’t understand how you can just kill children like that my boy *I say as Fuse does the exact same thing and I don’t bat an eye*

Woudlnt it be so funny if Geeta was working with Nightsky in some way to keep control over Paldea :) (au idea unless I somehow got it right????)

also Lar, what are you planning to do with those AI clones……… 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

Also dismantling people (technically) for fun yessssssssss, Fuse would agree

Also Team Star is against both parties?? Wonder how many people they have on their side? 🧐 Also yesssss morally grey Penny 👀👀👀👀

Also Turo you son of a bitch go talk to your son pLEASE

LOOK! MORE OF THEM!!

Poppy:

Poppy is definitely not old enough to have an actual job, she's like four years old in the games. That doesn't change the fact that she wants one.

Poppy is a trainee under Nemona, which took a lot of “pretty pleases” on her part.

Poppy was assigned to quench her thirst to help others and to give Nemona more practice in being a respectable leader.

Poppy looks up to everyone and wants to be everyone, even though she's already a Pokèmon battling prodigy.

To do this, she's running everywhere picking up everyone’s hobbies and seeing if they stick.

She's a little naive in her pursuits to help everyone, which is great for Lar to exploit.

He'd ask for little favors, saying that it'd help everyone for sure! Poppy does this with pride not knowing this “little favor” would cause whatever evil thing Lar’s thinking of.

Her pendant is a key to some super secret room that Geeta is hiding from everyone. I'm not sure what it’s going to be exactly, but I want it to be something very dark and sinister.

Geeta tells Poppy, “Guard this key with your life,” and Poppy promises to do so.

Poppy doesn't go back on promises.

She did protect the key with her life.

Multiple times

Arven:

Same as Nemona, he's grown old enough to work under the Suns of Paldea.

After researching more into his father’s work, he has risen up to be Co-Head Scientist and assists his father.

Even though this is the closest they've been in a while, he still feels disconnected from his father since Turo is kind of a deadbeat dad and his sole focus is on taking down Team Night Sky.

He's always exploring, picking up new information to relay back to the labs to progress further.

He's so tired and has turned himself into an insomniac for the benefit of the people around him.

Even under this humongous load of work and responsibilities, he's still a cook at heart, making food in the kitchens for the early risers, one of them being Lar.

Lar is one of the few people Arven can have a casual conversation with. They are both men under the pressure of corporate governance and the world dying. They can relate to each other.

Lar’s relatability to Arven’s struggles is still there, but it's not great enough to have any care for him. He knows he's seen and been through worse, and because of this, he sees Arven as complaining, even though Arven’s problems are as detrimental to him as Lar’s are to himself.

Arven is Lar’s main target to get any information on things reserved for the science department with the close connection they have with each other.

If this was ever turned into a video game, I think Arven, Penny, or Rika could be the tutorial person introducing the mechanics.

Maybe Arven has a little diner/bar or something and you could get quests, I think that would be cool.

Penny:

Yada Yada, it’s the future, she can work now, Yada Yada.

She works as Co-Director of the information/communications department.

Penny is more of, I want to get my work done. That's how I'm doing my part. I don't want to do anything else.

Rika keeps pushing Penny to be more of a leader and interacting with the crew more, but Penny doesn't really want to be a leader. This has only made Penny more concerned about Rika’s safety.

Penny is in contact with Team Star, who have created their own resistance against both Team Night Sky and the Suns of Paldea. They believe they could create a better government than going back to the management Geeta used to have.

Sometimes Penny will secretly give some information to Team Star and has basically become an insider for them.

Penny is the “leader” of Team Star. I put a leader in quotations because Team Star doesn't really believe in a leader. Everyone does their own part to lead the group and they have more fitted and better-executed strategies with heightened communication with each other.

She isn't too confident about whether the resistance will work. She feels like she has better ideas she could pull off with less effort and material with Team Star. She wants to help, she just thinks she can do it better.

Lar relates to Penny’s confidence to some degree. He knows the management and execution of the Suns of Paldea is not great.

She and Lar have collaborated with each other many times, whether to do good or evil, depends on Lar’s mood.

Penny is also the only one (other than Arven) who will help with Lar’s research of the time loop and time travel, seeing a potential advantage if they win the time race. Think of it as the race to the moon with the US and Soviet Russia.

Lar has also manipulated information out of Penny. Penny is also his main target to learn more about Team Star. He's baffled that these ex-academy dropouts who just got their certain degrees are doing a better job than Geeta.

I'll make a post about Team Star later don't worry.

Turo:

The AI Head Scientist who's gone bitter after seeing what the future has become.

He is a persistent man, putting almost all of his efforts into taking down Team Night Sky to revitalize the earth.

With that, he's almost completely isolated himself within his lab. With not needing the need to eat and only needing to charge for an hour, he consistently pushes orders through Arven and works on the next progressive idea.

The only time he'd leave is if he is requested to a meeting by Geeta, and that's a rarity since Geeta allows him to communicate remotely most of the time.

Lar honestly doesn't get why Turo acts the way he does. Why put in so much effort into a cause that is 75% going to not end well and become a deadbeat dad in the process?

Lar can and has reprogrammed or taken over Turo’s system to get what he wants. He finds it fun.

Lar also likes dismantling Turo sometimes, seeing how he works, and making little blueprints on it. He probably will make some AI clones of people so that's nice.

[xerofresh]

JEWEL CONTENT YIPPIE!

(TW: Mentions of mental hospitals, mental illnesses (including bipolar and schizophrenia), and panic/anxiety attacks)

For those unaware, I made a HUGE post rambling about Lar’s redemption and healing arc and briefly mentioned Jewel, the Persian who acts as an emotional support/service animal. He was able to have her in the hospital after jumping through many unnecessary hurdles.

Jewel is mainly a support animal, helping soothe Lar if he's having a panic attack or cheering him up when he's feeling down. She also helps deal with his hallucinations/schizophrenia by making sure they're there. Lar points to where he sees something he thinks he shouldn't and Jewel uses touch queues to answer. When she rubs her head on Lar, it's a hallucination, if she rubs her tail, it's real. (I've only seen dogs do this in real life, but it's Pokèmon, I can make a few tweaks. I would’ve given him a Herdier but its line isn't native to Paldea)

I think there could be a few gags with this, Lar pointing at something he thinks is outlandish and Jewel saying it’s real, or him pointing out something about someone and Jewel saying if it's there or not.

“Jewel, look at how amazing *insert bully person* is!”

*Jewel rubs her head on Lar’s leg*

“Yeah, you fucking suck!”

I can also see her grabbing stuff for Lar, like a book or some pens. I think she could also wake Lar up if he's sleeping in late.

She's super sweet and passionate about her job, always making sure Lar is alright. When she's off duty, she acts mostly like a normal cat, but she is very friendly so she usually goes to other patients and checks up on them.

Lar is the sole caretaker of Jewel, he does chores around the hospital and community service to pay for her food and litter, usually going through Nocturne. It helps him stay productive on his bad days. The harness was provided by the agency that trained Jewel, but the leash, bowls, and everything else Lar bought himself. I think there could be another gag where the leash is lost and found in some wacky hijinx.

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NightSky: The First Loop (Yeah I'm writing it now)

Chapter 1: Chesto Berry

If you could go back in time and change anything, would you?

This thought has plagued my mind for years, even when the mere thought of time travel was only in sci-fi stories and conspiracy theories. It keeps appearing when I don’t want it to, like an infestation of ants.

I haven’t been able to sleep. This stupid question has poked at my brain all night, begging me to answer it. It’s all I can think about, but why? It seems so insignificant in the grand scheme of things. It’s just a question kids ask at sleepovers to try to have a deep conversation.

A blinding light starts to shine through the window from my left. Sunrise.

I turn away from the light, “I need to move away from this stupid ‘Sun,’” I grumble. I start to doze off to get some rest.

“Wake up, Sleeping Beauty!” A loud, squawky voice comes from behind. Something lands on my back, pricking it with some sharp claws. I tense a little but pretend to be unfazed.

“Come on!” The weight jumps onto my shoulder and starts pecking at my head, just hard enough to hurt. I stay down and put my face into the mattress to hide my smile. The weight jumped back and took a deep breath.

“WAKE UP,” The weight starts to yell, but I swiftly snap the beak shut. My eyes focus on the large bird standing on my side. The bird has brownish-gray feathers with dark gray feathers coming up from the back of its neck to the crest at the top of its head. The crest has a red tip that extends to his medium-sized beak. The beak and feet are a light orange with black claws and a black beak tip. He has a dark gray and silver collar with a cyan light. One of the scientists made this collar, allowing the bird to talk. The crimson eyes staring up at me have an extremely irritated expression.

He is my Staraptor, Talon, one of the few Pokèmon that has not become a cyborg. I know it lessens survivability in battle, but I can’t see the companion I’ve had for the past thirty years get turned into a mindless machine.

With a grin, I open Talon’s beak, “MOTHER FU,” I close it again.

“You better not say what I think you’re going to say,” Talon rolls his eyes at this. I opened his beak one more time.

“I was going to say Furret,” Talon says, annoyed.

“Yeah, sure,” I say, mocking his dismal attempt to defend himself.

“Anyway, come on! The early bird gets the worm!” Talon says as he tries to push me off the bed, to no avail.

“You just want me to get you food, don’t you?”

“What? I’m the early bird; I need to get my worm!”

“Yeah, okay,” I say as I scratch the bird’s neck. Talon leans into my hand to take in the affection.

“Also, you have a meeting with the other division leaders today.” Crap.

“Ugh. Why did you remind me?”

“Because if I didn’t remind you, you would never go and lose your position. You know how bad that would be.”

I think over that, and Talon finally used his bird brain because he’s right. I was the only one who would be Chief of the Air Force. Everyone rambles on how that division is cursed, but that’s just paranoia. Even though it is nonsensical, the superstition turns most people away from the department even though it is the most needed in the entire resistance.

I finally get up to start doing something productive. I comb my hair back and put on my uniform. It consists of navy jeans, dark gray and navy boots, a belt with silver buckles, a silver button-up, and a cyan tie. Talon perches on my shoulder after I finish.

“Took you long enough,” Talon says.

“It’s not my fault I wasn’t born a bird. Plus, you’ve got bed crest,” I motion up to the messy feathers on the bird’s head.”

“Oh, shut up!” Talon hits me as I chuckle. “Not worrying about my feathers would be the only good thing about being turned into a robot.”

“Good thing we don’t have to worry about that.”

“Yeah! What we need to worry about is FOOD!” Talon says impatiently.

“Hey, we talked about this. Lose the attitude, or I won’t get you anything.”

“...Fine.”

“Great. Let’s get going,” I scratch Talon’s neck and put my hand on the screen next to the door. The light flashes green, and the metal door slides open.

I step into a long hallway leading to steel double doors at the end. The hall is a sleek steel color that causes chills to run down my spine; they look like a prison. The many doors on either side of me are labeled with names and numbers, signifying the others’ rooms, which are the same as mine. I reach to open the double doors when someone runs and hugs me.

“Ack!” I step back as Talon springs up from my shoulder, “Careful where you’re going!”

“Sorry, Talon!” It’s a young girl’s voice. I recognize her in a heartbeat.

“Hello, Poppy,” I look down at the girl. She has jet-black hair that goes down to her shoulders, contrasting with her pale skin, which has a natural pink blush. She has a navy vest with silver trim, a gray shirt, navy shorts, black tights, a cyan bandana, and a silver pendant shaped like a key. She is also carrying a gray leather bag. Her large black eyes look up at me with hope and whimsy. Arceus, I wish that were me.

“Hi, Mister Larry!” She says with excitement, “I want to show you something!”

I crouch down to see what she is soon to present. Poppy rummaged through her bag and pulled out something I wasn’t expecting.

A single Chesto Berry.

“Señora Brassius finally got some to grow and gave me one,” Poppy says, “But, I think you deserve it.”

She hands me the blue and yellow fruit.

“Oh, thank you.”

“No problem!” Poppy searches through her bag again and pulls out an old pocket watch. She squints at it for a second before a wave of realization hits her.

“I’ve got five minutes!” She exclaims as she starts running toward the doors.

“Wait, where are you going?” I call out.

“I need to get to the gym with Nemona!” Really? I thought she was planning with her crew today.

“Did she finally allow you to train with her?”

“I think so!” She puts her watch back in her bag, “I gotta go now! Bye!”

She waves to me as she sprints to the training gyms.

“She better have super-speed cause the gyms are across the building!” Talon says as he lands back on my shoulder.

“She’ll be fine,” I say with a sigh, “I’m surprised you didn’t run your beak,” Talon reels back, clearly appalled.

“I can be polite if I want to! For example,” Talon leans closer to the Chesto Berry, “Can I please have some of that?” I chuckle.

“Okay, since you asked nicely.”

I grip my hands around the diamond-shaped fruit and break it in half; the light-yellow insides are perfectly ripe. I offer half of the fruit to Talon, who looks shocked.

“Why’re you surprised?”

“You said those were hard to break!”

“I said they were harder to break. That doesn’t mean I can’t break them. I’ve heard these are pretty dry, so if you don’t like it, give the berry to me,” As I say this, Talon snatches it from my hand with his foot and starts to chow down. A look of satisfaction appears on the bird’s face. I walk past the double doors and turn to the left, heading straight toward the cafeteria. I bite down into my own Chesto half. Wherever I read about these berries was correct because the fruit was dry. The thick skin was a little tricky to bite through, but the mix of sweet and tart taste was worth it. I feel a nip on my hand and pull back.

“Hey! You’ve already had your half!” I chuckle at Talon’s attempt to steal my fruit.

“I told you I was hungry!”

“Well, you can stop whining now we’re here,” I can hear a faint mumble from Talon, but I think nothing of it.

I look to another set of double doors with two wide screens at the top. One shows the status of the building, the electricity power, water percentage, and other important information about the facility. The other showed the words “Cafeteria.”

“Alright, brace yourself,” I say to Talon. He puffs up his chest feathers.

I put my hand on the screen next to the doors, and they slowly open to reveal the room inside.

[xerofresh]

NightSky: The First Loop (Yeah I'm writing it now)

Chapter 1: Chesto Berry

If you could go back in time and change anything, would you?

This thought has plagued my mind for years, even when the mere thought of time travel was only in sci-fi stories and conspiracy theories. It keeps appearing when I don’t want it to, like an infestation of ants.

I haven’t been able to sleep. This stupid question has poked at my brain all night, begging me to answer it. It’s all I can think about, but why? It seems so insignificant in the grand scheme of things. It’s just a question kids ask at sleepovers to try to have a deep conversation.

A blinding light starts to shine through the window from my left. Sunrise.

I turn away from the light, “I need to move away from this stupid ‘Sun,’” I grumble. I start to doze off to get some rest.

“Wake up, Sleeping Beauty!” A loud, squawky voice comes from behind. Something lands on my back, pricking it with some sharp claws. I tense a little but pretend to be unfazed.

“Come on!” The weight jumps onto my shoulder and starts pecking at my head, just hard enough to hurt. I stay down and put my face into the mattress to hide my smile. The weight jumped back and took a deep breath.

“WAKE UP,” The weight starts to yell, but I swiftly snap the beak shut. My eyes focus on the large bird standing on my side. The bird has brownish-gray feathers with dark gray feathers coming up from the back of its neck to the crest at the top of its head. The crest has a red tip that extends to his medium-sized beak. The beak and feet are a light orange with black claws and a black beak tip. He has a dark gray and silver collar with a cyan light. One of the scientists made this collar, allowing the bird to talk. The crimson eyes staring up at me have an extremely irritated expression.

He is my Staraptor, Talon, one of the few Pokèmon that has not become a cyborg. I know it lessens survivability in battle, but I can’t see the companion I’ve had for the past thirty years get turned into a mindless machine.

With a grin, I open Talon’s beak, “MOTHER FU,” I close it again.

“You better not say what I think you’re going to say,” Talon rolls his eyes at this. I opened his beak one more time.

“I was going to say Furret,” Talon says, annoyed.

“Yeah, sure,” I say, mocking his dismal attempt to defend himself.

“Anyway, come on! The early bird gets the worm!” Talon says as he tries to push me off the bed, to no avail.

“You just want me to get you food, don’t you?”

“What? I’m the early bird; I need to get my worm!”

“Yeah, okay,” I say as I scratch the bird’s neck. Talon leans into my hand to take in the affection.

“Also, you have a meeting with the other division leaders today.” Crap.

“Ugh. Why did you remind me?”

“Because if I didn’t remind you, you would never go and lose your position. You know how bad that would be.”

I think over that, and Talon finally used his bird brain because he’s right. I was the only one who would be Chief of the Air Force. Everyone rambles on how that division is cursed, but that’s just paranoia. Even though it is nonsensical, the superstition turns most people away from the department even though it is the most needed in the entire resistance.

I finally get up to start doing something productive. I comb my hair back and put on my uniform. It consists of navy jeans, dark gray and navy boots, a belt with silver buckles, a silver button-up, and a cyan tie. Talon perches on my shoulder after I finish.

“Took you long enough,” Talon says.

“It’s not my fault I wasn’t born a bird. Plus, you’ve got bed crest,” I motion up to the messy feathers on the bird’s head.”

“Oh, shut up!” Talon hits me as I chuckle. “Not worrying about my feathers would be the only good thing about being turned into a robot.”

“Good thing we don’t have to worry about that.”

“Yeah! What we need to worry about is FOOD!” Talon says impatiently.

“Hey, we talked about this. Lose the attitude, or I won’t get you anything.”

“...Fine.”

“Great. Let’s get going,” I scratch Talon’s neck and put my hand on the screen next to the door. The light flashes green, and the metal door slides open.

I step into a long hallway leading to steel double doors at the end. The hall is a sleek steel color that causes chills to run down my spine; they look like a prison. The many doors on either side of me are labeled with names and numbers, signifying the others’ rooms, which are the same as mine. I reach to open the double doors when someone runs and hugs me.

“Ack!” I step back as Talon springs up from my shoulder, “Careful where you’re going!”

“Sorry, Talon!” It’s a young girl’s voice. I recognize her in a heartbeat.

“Hello, Poppy,” I look down at the girl. She has jet-black hair that goes down to her shoulders, contrasting with her pale skin, which has a natural pink blush. She has a navy vest with silver trim, a gray shirt, navy shorts, black tights, a cyan bandana, and a silver pendant shaped like a key. She is also carrying a gray leather bag. Her large black eyes look up at me with hope and whimsy. Arceus, I wish that were me.

“Hi, Mister Larry!” She says with excitement, “I want to show you something!”

I crouch down to see what she is soon to present. Poppy rummaged through her bag and pulled out something I wasn’t expecting.

A single Chesto Berry.

“Señora Brassius finally got some to grow and gave me one,” Poppy says, “But, I think you deserve it.”

She hands me the blue and yellow fruit.

“Oh, thank you.”

“No problem!” Poppy searches through her bag again and pulls out an old pocket watch. She squints at it for a second before a wave of realization hits her.

“I’ve got five minutes!” She exclaims as she starts running toward the doors.

“Wait, where are you going?” I call out.

“I need to get to the gym with Nemona!” Really? I thought she was planning with her crew today.

“Did she finally allow you to train with her?”

“I think so!” She puts her watch back in her bag, “I gotta go now! Bye!”

She waves to me as she sprints to the training gyms.

“She better have super-speed cause the gyms are across the building!” Talon says as he lands back on my shoulder.

“She’ll be fine,” I say with a sigh, “I’m surprised you didn’t run your beak,” Talon reels back, clearly appalled.

“I can be polite if I want to! For example,” Talon leans closer to the Chesto Berry, “Can I please have some of that?” I chuckle.

“Okay, since you asked nicely.”

I grip my hands around the diamond-shaped fruit and break it in half; the light-yellow insides are perfectly ripe. I offer half of the fruit to Talon, who looks shocked.

“Why’re you surprised?”

“You said those were hard to break!”

“I said they were harder to break. That doesn’t mean I can’t break them. I’ve heard these are pretty dry, so if you don’t like it, give the berry to me,” As I say this, Talon snatches it from my hand with his foot and starts to chow down. A look of satisfaction appears on the bird’s face. I walk past the double doors and turn to the left, heading straight toward the cafeteria. I bite down into my own Chesto half. Wherever I read about these berries was correct because the fruit was dry. The thick skin was a little tricky to bite through, but the mix of sweet and tart taste was worth it. I feel a nip on my hand and pull back.

“Hey! You’ve already had your half!” I chuckle at Talon’s attempt to steal my fruit.

“I told you I was hungry!”

“Well, you can stop whining now we’re here,” I can hear a faint mumble from Talon, but I think nothing of it.

I look to another set of double doors with two wide screens at the top. One shows the status of the building, the electricity power, water percentage, and other important information about the facility. The other showed the words “Cafeteria.”

“Alright, brace yourself,” I say to Talon. He puffs up his chest feathers.

I put my hand on the screen next to the doors, and they slowly open to reveal the room inside.

[xerofresh]

More traditional drawings featuring Nemona, Nocturne, and Lar!

I was mainly using this to practice drawing the futuristic weapons (or just weapons in general they’re hard to draw) and kind of design some of the weapons that could exist in the AU. These are just placeholders.

Also, I got to draw Nemona! Yay :D