#//Ask to tag

[457-r4-1701]

Ship of theseus neuron by neuron slow replacement for continuity is an option.

[wishmaker-astra]

Are you lying about your name, age, precise location, and basically as much as you're comfortable with doing besides that also online? Unless you're a public figure who cannot do it for one reason or another, you probably should be for the purposes of safety.

[purriors]

having ghost types is weird because for all intents and purposes they're already dead and they're just waiting for you to join them

[team-magma-official]

got any good dirt on devon?

Query identified. Response expected?: Y > Engagement protocols are running... > Running user-installed program... *WARNING!* Tampering with Devon Co. proprietary technology wi1-1ii-li-l-- Overriding... *WARNING!* Access deniedD-d. Initiating f0rced hiberNation. CleeaNup protocols bootingg up. Pre-3e-pare for sysSysSTe-m-M-- Overriding... > System wipe stopped. Generating response... Output: not good. a lot. > infinity energy harvesting project and related civilian contractor pokémon catching initiative > porygon-2 "retirement" program > former employee testimonies regarding workplace treatment and conditions > evidence of assassination attempt on former employee and whistleblower Rochelle "Shelly" Khouri-LeRoux > environmental impact reports re: operations in Palm Bluff, Mauville, and Dewford areas > bribing of political officials, League and otherwise Output: among other things.

[or-to-anywhere-alone]

if anyone tries to justify people grieving their pokemon with "oh it's just a pokemon" i'll start saying "oh it's just a human" when they lose anyone

[tumble-drama-island]

Context:

Knew it. Get reported on.

@chloe-harassment-proof

[may-maple-blog]

hello, may maple. i return to your invox again. you know who i am. but before you delete this message and block me once again, i have something to say. this will not take long. i am not one for chatter.

firstly, an important addition: congrats to you and asher. truly, i am glad for the unity the two of you share. truly, i couldn't wish for anything more between the two of you. i am glad to hear that it was you who was the mysterious green one that very day. truly.

however, there is something else that i must address. i am not one to sugarcoat things, as you know now. i am a woman of truth and nothing more. as a woman who has seen many things, as well as a woman who looks out for it's friends as all good friends should, i will say this now:

if you dare hurt asher, or even think of the very thought alone, or do worse things along those lines, it will be i who drags you down to the depths of hell.

thank you for taking the time to read this. i hope that your relationship goes well ♪

you're kind of pathetic.

[taskforcedistortion]

Could you explain what's going on better?

There have been several Dimensional Parasites going around. Which form from the collapse of a universe, they feed off of them primarily and cause the universe they are in to crumble, creating another one of themselves and moving onto the next.

We found this out after the first ones were dealt with.

The first ones were in the universe of House-Of-Villainy. Our Leader went and quickly dealt with the issue. That universe is stable.

The second- well, third one was dealt with yesterday, and is the one currently residing with us, they are from TandorianTrainer. They have taken up the name Atom and are very open and willing with helping us by answering questions, in exchange we are letting them stay within the base to feed on emotions and take shelter as we figure out what to do further.

The forth one being dealt at this very moment with is within Ex-Champion-Mad-Scientist's universe. Oblivion, Shape, and our Leader's partner Silvester are currently looking for a way in.

After this we will likely be taking a rest for a few days, then looking into other occurrences of these Parasites.

That is what is happening at this moment.

-G [Red G for Giovanni]

[deconstructed-paradise]

Why are you back here. Aren’t you an anesthesiologist?

I get paid double to deal with you, and there’s a skirt I’ve had my eye on for a while.

A skirt? Seriously?

It has pockets. Look, I’m not trained for… whatever you have going on, but they decided that I’m good for your mental health.

Tch. I don’t know why anyone would want to deal with me.

Is that why you’re not allowing visitors?

…I had a fight with my daughter. It’s probably best if it’s the last fight.

You’ve had fights with her before, though?

She brought her girlfriend this time.

Not a fan of that?

No! I— stop giving me that look, I’m not homophobic, her taste in girls is awful. I’ve told her not to let that girl in, and she just— ignored me.

So, that was a deal breaker for you?

…I know. I don’t deserve to set rules, my kids are growing up, whatever. I just don’t have much left to me. I thought, if I set rules and everyone could follow them, we’d be okay. She can come visit me on my good days, and if I get… snippy, with her, she can leave. But now everything’s out of balance. And I know, I know I should be better at this, I should stop being so controlling, but I can’t do it. I tried to make her leave, so that— she’s dating the bitch who gave me a black eye. That girl said to my face that she thinks I’m hopeless. Why should I feel safe around her?

You can’t just say, hey, please don’t allow this weirdly threatening child into my hospital room while I’m vulnerable? Between you and me, ma’am, that’s half of your face that’s bruised. And weirdly threatening kids aren't a joke.

I tried! She— they managed to get through the barricade anyways.

Ma’am, I’m going to have to ask you not to make a barricade again. That’s a fire hazard, and a safety hazard.

I don’t have a lock on my door. I don’t have any control over who comes, and who goes. If I have to crawl on my hands and knees to shove furniture around—

Okay, okay, so this is a security hazard that makes you feel unsafe. And if you had control over who entered, if you could turn away visitors at the door, you wouldn’t do this kind of risky behavior?

Wh— I mean, no, I wouldn’t. But why would I ask for that, I’ve caused everyone enough trouble already.

You are the patient. Your job is to cause trouble. My job is to sit here and take it, until I can go home and be a hedonist.

Sounds like a shitty job.

Someone’s gotta do it. I take pride in my work, and that pays for a damn good life off the clock.

Well, I’m sure you’d rather be doing your actual job than talking to me.

My actual job entails being fingers deep in someone’s intestines because there’s a clamp shortage, actually. And there’s a chair in your room, with back support. So I’m okay with this, actually. I’m probably not good at it— there’s a reason I’m not in psych—

What do you. Think of me? Be honest.

Your ankles are consistent with someone who’s worn heels far more than is healthy, and your bone density is something you should be working on. I don’t care about anti-aging skincare, you need better bones to prepare you for the future. Two kids did a number on you.

I meant my personality.

Well, I think you’re insecure if you’re asking me. 

Tch.

Hey, I told you I wasn’t good at this.

I get it. You don’t want to be near me because I’m a hateful little cunt.

Are you kidding— you’re not kidding. That's even worse. Gods, do you know the horrid things I’ve had patients try to fling at me? Do you know the unspeakable fluids I have had to wash off my scrubs? You’re mildly bitchy at worst. I was reluctant to come here because like I said, I take pride in my work. When you were in your coma, I was the one who monitored your vitals, your brainwaves, your oxygen intake. I was good at that. Right now… I’m floundering. 

You don’t seem like it.

I’m very good at pretending when I’m on the clock. I’m serious about the bone density, though. Aging gracefully isn’t about looking young forever, it’s about preparing your body for the future.

What if I don’t think I have a future?

Then maybe you need to stop lying on your psych evals.

Oh, fuck off.

Is that it? You’re lying and pushing people away because you don’t have a lot of power right here and now, so you have to defend yourself any way you can.

You said you were no good at psychology!

I’m not. I had a shitty ex who did that, actually.

Great. I get to be the substitute for someone’s toxic ex.

You know. We’ve been getting some data for your brain scans, and it’s pretty damn close to bipolar depression. We need a little more time, but if you can get some progress, eat consistently, we’re going to see if we can’t get a psychiatrist in to put you on something for it. Mood stabilizers, maybe antidepressants. But we can’t do that if you’re so inconsistent about recovery. 

I know a bribe when I see one. Look. If it gets me back to normal, if I can… think clearly. Then fine.

We’re thinking of treating it in the same way as we would fibromyalgia. Since it’s a neurological issue that’s causing joint pain, after all. There are a couple antidepressants that are used for this, we just need to get you cleared for treatment while we wait for genetic testing to come back and tell us what the safest drugs are to try. 

And if they're not safe, if I don't cooperate, I expect I won't have a choice in the matter. I'd probably just get drugged and tied to the bed so I can't hurt myself.

We wouldn’t do that. It makes us look terrible and gets us in trouble with human rights organizations.

Seriously? That's your reasoning?

Would you believe me if I said I found it morally reprehensible?

No, no, carry on.

You're still a person. With human rights. Look, if there is a single thing I can do for you to make you more comfortable, what would it be?

I don't deserve that.

Ma'am, we are trying to work with you so that you don't do things like crawl around shoving furniture against the door. What happened to you was shitty. You were physically weak, and someone violated a boundary you'd set despite your best efforts to maintain it. And that sucks. So, I put in an application to have someone guarding your door. So please, just work with us.

...I was hoping to watch a show that isn't on the hospital network. You don't have streaming, do you? Or a DVD?

[interpol-by-design]

girliepop i feel like trying to make yourself less neurotic by cutting yourself off from a source of support you trust is going to have The Opposite Effect

....maybe, if I can isolate the parts of me that are bad, I could starve them out. Wouldn't that be nice? I just don't want to be a bad person. She deserves someone better than me.

We have a polycule group chat, and I keep up with that, plus we've got private chats, and we call each other once a day when time zones line up. Except maybe if I don't do that, she'll stop calling.

[trainerlynda]

//Off screen RP with @newvillainontheblock

She storms into the building, everyone steps away from him with her large wings and long tail, horns scrape along the ceiling as he passes her feet pound into the ground as well claws clacking against tile.

If looks could kill, he would have had everyone drop dead the moment they locked eyes with her.

He quickly finds the training hall, and finds 'Zee', seeing the dark aura of a Shadow coating its body,

She looks pissed.

"You... you fucking vile creature... what is there to gain from this?"

His teeth are sharpened like knives, tongue forked as she snarls like a dog.

A beast.

A monster people could, and would fear.

[lovenpeace-pkmn]

DRAYDEN - Do you want people to remember you as you really were, or a different way?

Sometimes I think it would be enough not to be forgotten entirely. But I don't know that I would want to be remembered only for what I became for Team Plasma... Maybe that's just another kind of being forgotten, though. Lady Anthea the Goddess of Love was only a mask. A role I played on Ghetsis' stage. Not real.

...I don't know what else there is, though. If there's anything left to remember besides the masks and illusions. The real me is already dead and forgotten

[wishmaker-astra]

Oh that fucking sucked SO HARD

Vision dropped out for like... 15 minutes or something.

Thank fuck have had this happen before, otherwise I would be so damn panicked.

Yeah, next week proper is gonna suck so hard.

[dragonsareoverrated2]

📢 rant about how your username is correct (how dragons are overrated)

*Cracks fucking knuckles*

@pkmn-ken @dorakoryusei I suggest you two dont look, I let out a lot of frustration I have with people who excessively use dragon types without knowing what theyre doing and people who are uncreative with their team builds.

Too many people use dragons as a round out for their damn teams instead of getting fucking creative with the types they have for their fucking line up.

Have a strong weakness to electric? Get a dragon type with earthquake!

Have a strong weakness to water? Get a dragon type that can use grass or electric moves!

Have a strong grass weakness? Get a dragon type!

So on so forth

Just get yourself a damn ground type, get a full on electric/grass type, GET A POKEMON THAT HAS A PROPER SUPER EFFECTIVE ATTACK AGAINST GRASS TYPES IT IS SO NOT HARD

Dragonites are fucking everywhere, where the hell are the T-Tars and Metagross? What happened to those pokemon?? Oh and don't even get me fucking STARTED on Garchomp, over rated shark!

No one takes the time to train other damn pokemon half the time, dragons are just soooo fucking popular that better types fall to the damn wayside.

Why don't I see more steel types? Fairy types? Dark types?? Hell! I see more Dragon types on trainers teams then fucking PSYCHIC TYPES! Those things used to be fucking EVERYWHERE ON TEAMS! So many people build their teams around one fucking dragon instead of doing something creative like build around sandstorm or build around a whole range of pokemon

Then theres the fuckers who prance their dragons around like they are the gift to all man kind!

The amount of so called 'Dragon Masters' Ive seen that treat their dragon types like oversized babies that can do nothing wrong is fucking STAGGERING

And the damn EGOS on the FUCK HEADS

They have fucking TEMPER TANTRUMS when I bring out Yuki as if I DARE use a other type than Dragon to defeat their prized lizards

Always twirling around with their stupid oversized capes laughing like evil villains saying that THEY are the BEST and NO ONE CAN DEFEAT THEM except THOSE WHO TRULY SEE THE MIGHT OF DRAGONS!!

Ugh UGH! FUCKING UGGGHH!!!

THERE IS VERY FEW PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND HOW TO TAKE CARE OF A DRAGON AND KNOW WHAT THEYRE CAPABLE OF!

THERE IS VERY FEW PEOPLE WHO TREAT THEM WITH REAL RESPECT AND KNOW WHERE BOUNDARIES LAY WITH THEM

SO MANY PEOPLE JUST USE DRAGONITE AND GARCHOMP TO SOLVE THEIR DAMN TEAM COMP ISSUES INSTEAD OF LOOKING OVER THEIR FUCKING TEAM AND ASKING "Hmm do I really need a dragon type or do I just need to actually use my head and get creative"

FUCKING HELL UGH!!

Oh and that isnt to fucking MENTION the ELITISM with some dragon trainers-!

'Oh dont use Kingdra, its stats are abysmal' 'Dont use Drampa they cant do anything' 'Dont use Turtonator' 'Dont use Druddigon' 'Dont use Appletun'

USE POKEMON YOU LIKE NOT POKEMON FOR THEIR DAMN STRENGTH HAS KAREN TAUGHT YOU FUCKS NOTHING?!?

OH WAIT NONE OF YOU EVEN TOUCH THE GYM CHALLENGE THATS RIGHT!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I'M DONE!

[team-magma-official]

Zinnia here! We're discussing a bit about Groudon and what she is to people around here for this one!

[Video ID:]

The camera focuses on Maxie, with his arms crossed and a faintly annoyed expression on his face. The wind appears to be picking up; it ruffles his hair around his shoulders. This time, Zinnia's behind the camera.

MAXIE: Alright, go ahead.

ZINNIA: Well, since you already introduced yourself, let's get into some of the history you're a fan of. What's going on with Groudon?

Maxie frowns at her.

MAXIE: Really? That's what you're opening with?

ZINNIA: Come on, you're the Groudon guy, the guy with Groudon. I'm sure people want to know why you woke her up and all that.

MAXIE: [Looking directly at the camera.] They know why I woke her up.

ZINNIA: Right, but like, why her specifically? Why not one of the other two?

Maxie sighs.

MAXIE: Right. That. So, back in the early 1800s, there was a war in Hoenn. [He shrugs.] It's a story you hear time and time again, unfortunately. Kanto had colonized Johto a long time ago, had just gotten their claws into Hisui--a region known in modern times as Sinnoh--and finally turned their sights on Hoenn.

He smiles grimly.

MAXIE: They underestimated us. At the threat of our culture being destroyed, subjugated, we fought back. One woman, named Muirgheal, decided to put an end to things in one fell swoop. She flew to Pyre on the back of her tropius, retrieved the Red Orb from the Draconids there, and descended into the depths of Chimney, where she prayed fervently for her peoples' salvation. Groudon answered her call, and the two of them returned to the eastern islands and fought the Kantans back side by side.

ZINNIA: And this was pretty recent, yeah? Like, compared to the other times she's been awake.

MAXIE: Yes. So recent, in fact, that we have photographs of her in the National Archive. They're very old, obviously, but it's clearly her.

Maxie looks down, and a long moment passes in near-silence. The only thing that can be heard is the wind.

ZINNIA: Not a very fun story, huh?

MAXIE: No. It's not. [He looks back up.] But that's why it had to be Groudon. She's a symbol. She's the land we walk on, grow our crops in, return to when we die. If anything, anyone, could unify Hoenn against a threat, it would be her. And we should be unified. All of us--humans and pokémon the world over--are supposed to support each other. The fundamental force driving the universe forward is supposed to be love.

ZINNIA: And you really believe that, huh?

MAXIE: Yes. I do.

[End video ID.]

[corviknight-appreciator]

Are you doing alright? An alternate version of Chosen showed up yesterday during the whole alternate universe thing and it really got to her :(

Two told me to make sure some other people are ok (-R)

I'm doing better than my alternate, if that counts for anything. Not a high bar, though. It's just extremely jarring to get back from an all-day board game thing that Weatherboy set up for stress relief at the midpoint of the gym challenge yesterday and find... this.

I wish there was some way to help her, because I'm pretty sure that the only reason she didn't try anything rash is because she was given a Sobble, who immediately adopted her.

But any sort of necromancy that we could try would end badly...

Ugh. Sorry. You probably don't want the context, honestly. Anything I can send over to help on your end?