profchamomile

[profchamomile]

🔦

During the unexpected discovery of who would become an unlikely friend.

//

Oh... Oh no. Oh, they belonged to Professor Turo didn't they? Do they... Know he's gone?

How much exactly, did the previous professors leave behind? What Pokemon are down there wondering about their whereabouts? No one deserves to be left behind like that...

I know I can't replace either of them. I doubt Vigilant would want that... But maybe I can be there for them in some way. That way, at least they're not alone.

How should I do that though...? I could send them something, maybe. I wonder if they would appreciate a soothe bell?

Well, the worst that could happen is that they don't want it, I guess...

[profchamomile]

🔦

This was one of the most important moments of their life. The moment before their story started.

//

This is it... My first conference. It's insane that my teacher invited me to this; I only JUST graduated! It's fine! It's totally fine! I'm ready! ... I am NOT ready! Is it too late to cancel??

All the big names are here! Sycamore, Elm, Birch, Juniper, Burnet, Kukui, Willow... Is that Professor BLUE? His grandfather was like the face of the profession when I was a kid! That's insane that there's an Oak here!

That girl before me, Professor Sonia... She said it's her first time too, right? She's only a few years younger than me and she sounds brilliant. All that hidden history about Galar? Proving the legends were real? That's insane that she discovered it before even getting her certification! And that guy before her, Professor Jacq... He seems so nice and personable. This is gonna be a tough act to follow.

I know my topic of discussion is about something... Emotional. What if they all think I'm some kind of dreamer, putting personal beliefs and feelings before the facts? What if I don't

Just now noticed how tall that podium is, too... Are they gonna expect me to stand? I hope that microphone isn't nailed down to the thing or something...

It's my turn. Here I go. Remember to smile... Too much smiling, I look crazed... Breathe, remember to breathe. It's ok. Gotta be myself... As much of myself I can be without blowing my cover, at least.

Like dad always said: "There's billions of people in the world. If everyone in the room thinks you're crazy, word about you will get around until it reaches someone who doesn't."

[profchamomile]

OOC ask game!

Send a “🔦” or “Flashlight” to light up the minds of the characters. Send one and I’ll respond with a drabble displaying the character’s thoughts in a recent moment or one that was important to them.

Remember to send an ask to the person you reblogged from!

[profchamomile]

Senturion

An in-universe game in the mainline Pokemon universe, thought up by Melmy of @fated-furret.

All credit goes to Melmy for thinking up this in-universe game.

Background

Senturion is an indie game released in 2018, the sequel/rehash/major expansion of a 2013 Flash game of the same name. It's a 2D dungeon crawler/action-platformer, similar to games like Hollow Knight and Neon Abyss. You play as a Sentret you name at the beginning of your adventure.

Moveset

At first glance, the movement... kind of sucks. Both your snail-pace waddling and jump that barely gets you above your ears' height leave much to be desired. You can sprint on all fours to get to a somewhat reasonable speed, but using it tanks your Stamina bar. It seems like this is going to be quite the boring game...

Until you realise that if you aim at the floor and use the aerial version of your tail-slap (Left Click, goes towards the mouse), you go absolutely flying. Further experimentation reveals that extending your tail (Hold Right Click, goes away from the mouse) lets you bounce like a pogo stick in a similar fashion to the hammer from Getting Over It.

Using these movement options together (along with exploiting certain levels' mechanics) is key to defeating enemies and traversing through rooms.

Inventory

You get various “Tail Armours” as you progress through the game. These are Pokémon-themed equipment for your tail that affects how your tail-based movement works. Here's a few examples!

- Ditto: Your goopy tail can compress into a wall if extended at high velocity, sticking you to it and slowly charging a super-bounce for when you release.

- Nidoran: Direct damage is only dealt via headbutts. Swinging your tail shoots a burst of poison darts and boosts you forward.

- Chikorita: Reduced damage, but vines on either side of your tail increase its length and add a powerful sweetspot to the end of your tail swings.

There's also Trinkets! You have a few slots for passive Trinkets and a single active Trinket, which can be swapped out with ones in your inventory between Sections (see Levels).

Passive Trinkets are your accessories, and some effects include:

- Increasing base stats

- Health regen after clearing a room

- Increased loot

- Modifications to movement too general to be a Tail Armour, such as decreasing gravity or increasing impact force

They all come with upsides and downsides though, so you need to consider carefully which ones you equip.

Active Trinkets have an effect upon pressing the Use Active Trinket key. Every Active Trinket has a cost to use, and this can be almost anything. You think of a number, changing it can be the cost of an Active Trinket.

Some Active Trinket effects include:

- Spawning a wall at your cursor facing the Sentret that takes away your Stamina

- Throwing a bomb, but you can only use it once per room

- Giving you extra max health for the rest of the dungeon, but the boss at the end of the dungeon gains 20x that

- Making you invincible but slowly increasing your gravity while the button's held

You get Tail Armors, Trinkets, and other items from chests, bosses, shops, and as drops from rare variants of certain enemies.

Levels

Levels have the standard dungeon-crawler layout: floors (referred to as ‘Sections’) consisting of rooms that you can only exit once every enemy inside is defeated, culminating in a bossfight at the end. The rooms are big, and can be mostly vertical, mostly horizontal, or all kinds of wacky shapes.

The group of levels associated with each individual faction (more on that later) all have a gimmick that ties them together. For example, a volcano level could have lava that bounces you away but damages you if you touch it without the right Trinket.

Story

The story begins in a cute little forest village full of young forest critters (the parents of all the critters had disappeared a while ago), soon having you go to the task board and accept a mission to collect apples from a nearby patch of apple trees. It serves as the game’s tutorial, giving you the opportunity to learn to use your movement options to pick the apples from a series of high trees that culminate in a tricky chained bounce up a cliff to get to the tree with the best apples. But as soon as they’re in sight, an attack from offscreen knocks you tumbling back down. With your tail sprained, you’re left to run back to your village from a group of Pawniard, Bisharp, Escavalier, and other mediaeval-themed Pokémon, instantly passing out from the shock once you leap through the open gates.

The next morning, you awake to see that everything’s changed. Huts are caved in, farms are destroyed, and everyone’s working together to figure out what to do in their parents’ absence. They’re all young and scared, but they've managed to band together into a tight-knit resistance.

The main gameplay begins here, similar to the flow of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon. You take quests to go through levels to get loot, progress the story, and develop close bonds with the other critters. 

As you progress, though, you realise that there's another group trying to invade the mediaeval Pokémon. And someone doing it to them, and doing it to them. Turns out the entire region's covered in nations trying to invade each other, all being supported from the shadows by a mysterious Pokemon called ‘The Oracle’.

You return home as fast as your tiny legs can carry you burst into the war room for the forest critters and tell everyone about this just before one of the Oracle's messengers arrives. Thoughts of "liberating" land from other factions have been slowly gaining popularity amongst the forest critters throughout the game, but you put a stop to it and convince everyone to focus all efforts on defeating the Oracle.

You then go through a level consisting of one floor from every faction's buildings you've been to, until you reach the Oracle's Spire. It's taller than anything anyone's ever seen, and it's made of a strange smooth material with angular channels of light pulsing throughout. As you climb up it, it's full of strange Golurk, Rotom, and Porygon. At this point, the player realises the twist…

…It's a massive supercomputer. (Important note: This is the first thing anywhere near modern technology you’ve seen in the entire game. Everyone else has only just figured out advanced smithing.)

Turns out there's a small group of Pokémon that's been advancing incredibly quickly but not sharing their developments with anyone. The Oracle is their magnum opus, an AI that disguises as a prophetic wizard-guy to pit the rest of the nations (once almost completely at peace) against each other. The plan was to have them all weaken each other so they could sweep through and take all the land and power for themselves.

You then have to go through the last floor of every dungeon again, but this time without hurting a single enemy so you can tell their leaders everything. You all turn on the Oracle, and with the help of all of the enemies you’ve faced you’re finally able to reach the AI for an epic final boss battle. It’s incredibly difficult and takes everything you’ve learned to its uppermost limits. 

You go into the "control room" after the fight to come face to face with these horrible dictators, but…they're all weak first stages? They begin a long monologue about how the world’s ‘unfair to little guys like us’, but it’s quickly cut off by the now-released parents of the forest critters pinning them down and dragging them away.

The credits then roll. A cutscene plays beside them showing the Oracle's Spire being dismantled and the leaders of the rest of the nations work together to spread the hoarded advancements to everyone.

Overall, it's a commentary on how powerful figures aim to gain power by dividing the people, and how technology can either be of great benefit or terrible detriment to society depending on the people controlling how it’s used.

Completing the story unlocks Freeplay Mode. It’s pretty much just “continue the game as normal except you can redo the story-exclusive dungeons with a 4x loot multiplier” and was very much an afterthought, but it mainly serves as a playground for tinkering with builds and practising movement tech.

[profchamomile]

Wow; that is amazing!

Would you at all be okay with me coming by to see these crystals for myself soon? I won't touch anything without permission, of course.

Log 33

There have been few major interruptions to my rounds. Starburst has been helping. Their efforts have been productive. I recently discovered a strange item in a crystal formation. I believe the item to be a type of gardening tool. The volume of crystal surrounding it indicates it has been there for approximately 200 years. The location and status of the item will be filed. I will now continue my guard rounds.

[profchamomile]

👂

[A fairly recent conversation]

"... Cloe?"

"Hm?"

"Hypothetically speaking... If someone you knew - someone you felt close with, even, had a criminal past, and you didn't find out for a long time… How would you feel?"

"Relieved. Because then I would have something in common with them."

"No way... You??"

"Are you surprised?"

"Genuinely, YES!"

"That was not the reaction I was expecting!" (laughter) "Usually people expect it the moment they start speaking with me. It's… refreshing to hear someone see so much good in me, that they wouldn't think I would have such a past."

"Well... You're good to me."

"You're an easy person to care for."

"Thanks... About that, criminal past thing, though."

"You don't have to say anything until you're ready to, alright? But do know that it will not change how highly I think of you."

"... Thank you, Cloe. You have no idea what it means to hear that, right now."

[profchamomile]

👂

[A conversation from a few months ago]

"Cloe, this is delicious! What is it?"

"Oh, just an old family recipe... Unfortunately, it is not made exact, as you lacked some of the ingredients, so I had to improvise."

"What are the ingredients? I'll see if I can stock up on them!"

"Oh no, it's quite alright. Some of the ingredients cannot be found at all, and if they could, they're quite rare."

"... Would you be willing to share the recipe?"

[profchamomile]

👂

[A conversation from the past.]

"How have you been adjusting to Paldea, so far?"

"It's been quite a lot, but so far so good! Paldea is a beautiful region, and everyone's been so nice!"

"Glad to hear. If there's anything you need, the league will be ready to provide."

"Thank you, it means a lot... Actually, can I ask you something, Larry?"

"..."

"What... What made the league choose me, exactly? Given the uniqueness of Paldea, what with the Terastal Phenomenon and Area Zero and all-... There had to be some candidates for the job with much bigger ambitions than myself, correct? And I know Paldea has quite the battle culture and I don't even battle, so-..."

"... When we interviewed you, everyone present for the interview had at least one thing they admired about you."

"..."

"I admired your work ethic."

"... ehe. Thank you, I... I care a lot about my work."

[profchamomile]

//Ooc ask game!

Send a 【👂】 to eavesdrop on my muse/oc(s)!

Then you will be able to overhear a conversation from that muse/oc's past, future, or just from now!

Conversation may range from a short and sweet conversation between two life long friend over the phone to long frustrated screaming match between two bitter rivals in the middle of the night to maybe some small talk with a stranger while in line for coffee!

|【Remember to interact with whomever you reblogged from!!】|

[profchamomile]

Oh, wow, I had no idea those crystals were capable of encasing objects like that! That's really quite fascinating...

Do you know how long it takes for that to happen?

Log 33

There have been few major interruptions to my rounds. Starburst has been helping. Their efforts have been productive. I recently discovered a strange item in a crystal formation. I believe the item to be a type of gardening tool. The volume of crystal surrounding it indicates it has been there for approximately 200 years. The location and status of the item will be filed. I will now continue my guard rounds.

[profchamomile]

//How has your character and plot evolved from when you first started writing them?

//oh fun question!

//Honestly so much of their story has escalated in ways that I haven't even showed yet because I planned a lot of things before starting this blog and this is still just the beginning. I now have other muns involved with the lore and some future arcs, and character dynamics I hadn't thought of initially.

//There initially was just the history they have with Pori, but now it's gone beyond that. Both Chamomile and Pori now has a history with someone from @anomaly-sanctum, and Chamomile has a history with someone related to a friend's character. And because of this, those connections have branched out further too. It's become such an intricate web lmao

//all the characters now involved in the lore are:

this blog

@/porygon-supremacy (run by me)

@/bright-sun-porygon (run by me)

@/anomaly-sanctum (run by me)

@/kidresearcherindigo (run by me)

@/the-beauty-in-the-unexpected (run by @/theangstking)

@/two-in-a-bubble (run by @/theangstking)

@/vigilant-guardian (run by @/cucco-haha)

//biggest part about Chamomile's character that changed I think, is the reason why they left the organization they were initially a part of, which now has to do with their Blissey, Nurse.

I didn't ORIGINALLY plan for Nurse to have a condition caused by the evil team they used to be a part of. But that was brought on when I started making changes to Pori at @porygon-supremacy (more on her there, since I also got the ask on that blog).

//And since so many things about the story I can't reveal yet, I will say: one of the biggest changes at least regarding my own characters is how much @bright-sun-porygon plays a role in tying things together for at least some of the story lmao

//I do want to make a hub/lore blog for all this lmao. I just have to. Compile The Lore.

[profchamomile]

Many young trainers seem to enjoy pokemon that are cute! So perhaps showing that Quaxly are just as cute as Fuecoco and Sprigatitos might be the way to go!

I think I can help with that!

[Photo ID - Cress the Quaxly splashing around in a puddle of water]

[Video ID - Cress the Quaxly doing a silly little dance!]

Beyond just cuteness, students in dance and theater may be pleased to know that ALL parts of their evolutionary line are wonderful dancers!

[Video ID - a Quaxly standing next to a Quaxwell. The Quaxwell does a pirouette followed by a bow. The quaxly watched the Quaxwell before mimicking the motion, if not in a slightly more clumsy manner.]

And speaking of its evolutions, how BEAUTIFUL are Quaquaval's feathers? People may not realize from pictures, but they are so captivating in person!

[Photo ID - a closeup of a Quaquaval taken from the side; the fearhers reflecting a little in the evening sunlight.]

Not to mention, they can be VERY strong, for those looking for a good battle partner!

[Video ID - a Pokémon battle between a Skelidirge and a Quaquaval being had at the center of Mesagoza, both terastalized as a fire type and a water type, respectively. The Quaquaval managed to land a critical hit with Aqua Step.

The camera panned down slightly to an excited Quaxly who was flapping his wings happily, before turning back at the camera and pointing towards the battle with one of its wings.

Chamomile can be heard from behind the camera. "Is that gonna be you someday, Cress?"

The Quaxly prpudly puffed out its chest.

"You're gonna do great!"

VIDEO END]

Overall: the Quaquaval line are extraordinary Pokémon! Hope this helps new trainers realize there's more than meets the eye to them!

Say, students, help me out with something. …How do I make Quaxly more “hip”?

Every year, students quite readily pick through our newly-raised population of Sprigatito and Fuecoco, but I find Quaxly “stocks” are often lagging behind…

[profchamomile]

Claydol

This Pokemon is very beautiful AND intriguing!

Despite their large size, I would actually consider Claydol to be a pretty beginner-friendly Pokémon, if not for the energy of their pre-evolution and thr fact that they are essentially immortal if you take away environmental factors.

These Pokémon have a VERY interesting history that isn't completely known, as they date back go a time where many records are hard to translate. What we know of the Claydol line is that - they were made of clay, as their name suggests. Then some mysterious force brought them to life! Whether that was intentionally called upon by the people who created them or by some sort of accident, no one really knows.

However, they were regarded VERY highly by ancient civilizations!

Like many Pokémon from the mineral egg group, they can be very hardy and not require too many specific needs. While Claydol can eat through what I like to call "the invisible mouth" (basically: food goes near a certain part of their face and then is just. Gone. This has been an anomaly in the pokemon biology field for ages.), it's somewhat an optional thing, as they have multiple ways of taking in energy.

Natural light is another form energy for them. They have been known to be very receptive to both sunlight and moonlight, though they seem to particularly enjoy basking in light of the full moon.

Minerals are another form of energy; they will stick an arm into a rock or some dirt and absorb some of the minerals to strengthen themselves. Overall, they're very adaptable!

Some things to keep in mind:

Their pre-evolution, Baltoy, moves primarily by spinning on their "foot". Make sure to provide a lot of space

While Claydol tend to slow down a bit and are rather good at adapting to their space, giving a good amount of space is still recommended if possible just due to their size and bulky stature, Or just keep your space open and fairly clear of clutter.

Claydol are constantly producing a passive psychic field on their bodies to keep themselves dry. Think of it as a psychic glaze. They may use up more energy maintaining this when in constant humidity, so a dehumidifier is highly recommended if you're in a humid area!

While it has no effect on their health either way, they do seem to enjoy warmer temperatures!

They are essentially immortal, but not invincible (VERY hardy though!) Take good care of them and make sure you have a plan set in place, in case somewhere in the future you can't care for them anymore.

[profchamomile]

//they would absolutely be given the rose quartz treatment where - soon as more about their past is revealed in greater detail, they'd be made out as a bad person with no redeeming qualities despite the fact that they are dedicating their LIFE to finding ways to help people and pokemon

New reblog game: how would fandom mangle your characters if it got ahold of them?

[profchamomile]

Sorry for the quiet once again! Had a few more guests to host for, so I had a full house!

[Photo ID - Queenie the slowking sitting on the floor with two kantonian and two galarian slowpokes laying around her]

[Photo ID - a Stunky curled up in a nest of pillows looking up at the camera]

Naoyori (@the-beauty-in-the-unexpected) had to take a trip to Sinnoh, so I got to watch some of the baby Pokemon that he's recently been caring for.

The Slowpokes are all delightful to have! They like to follow Queenie everywhere, so she had been temporarily off-duty as a service 'mon. Luckily Ignis is pretty good at his job as is, too.

Stripes (the Stunky) took some time to get used to things - she's very timid.

All of my Pokemon are trained to know how to behave around more timid Pokemon, and the starter trio I've been looking after, myself, are picking up on that as well.

One thing I like to do for certain Pokemon is create a "quiet space" for them to retreat to when they feel overwhelmed. When a Pokemon is in their quiet space, all other Pokemon are to keep their distance, and keep energy and noise levels low. It's been essential for my Blissey, Nurse, who has a medical condition that can worsen with stress.

Speaking of, Stripes the Stunky had taken quite the liking to Nurse! She helped Stripes get familiarized with the concept of a Quiet Space.

[Photo ID - Nurse the Blissey sitting in a pokemon bed with various pastel pillows and toys around her. Stripes the Stunky is cirled up right next to her.]

So I set one up for Stripes herself.

[Photo ID - Nurse in her same quiet space, with a second little nest of purple blankets and pillows, in which Stripes can be seen in the center of.]

She had also taken a liking to Spearmint, so much that she invited her into her new space!

[Photo ID - Stripes the Stunky curled up with a Sprigatito in her new nest]

When Naoyori got home though, @kidresearcherindigo and their friends wanted to do something special, so I let them set up for a little welcome home party at my place! It was a very delightful time!

I'm back to my usual six though, and plus my three baby starters. It feels very calm in comparison, now; haha!

[profchamomile]

A

"While I do have respect for the late Professors Turo and Sada..."

"I... Can't help but wonder what made them decide to build a time machine of all things."

"There are literal legendaries that are said to control time and space. Not to mention Celebi, who travels through time itself."

"You'd think it would disturb them to have humans interfering in such matters."

"Not to mention..."

"... Sorry. It isn't really my place to talk about that."

[profchamomile]

🅰️

"I still can't get over how amazing Paldea is! It's so full of life..."

"I come from the Orre region - a vast majority of it is either urban cities or empty desert. Aside from a select few areas."

"Even wild Pokemon are a rarity there."

"Oh, but it used to be beautiful, according to some stories I've heard! There might be some old pictures somewhere on the internet, too!"

"Outside of some pictures from the local nature preserves though, most of them are in black and white."