#<- i think? Ingo gets hurt in this one so yeah I’m sticking with this variant

[askthejourneysgang]

To Journeys Trio,

If you three are ever Hisui’d. Please do not listen to Gaeric when he says only Braviary can reach an ice stack top to get Avalugg’s favorite ice.

I was just so tired from going through the Icelands (the area around future Snowpoint City) that I didn’t do the smart thing. Any of my ghost types, flying types, or psychic types could have reached that stupid Eternal Ice! The worst part is Gaeric climbed up the ice stack right after I flew to it! He could have freaking done that the whole time not sending me after the a future-seeing child. Who has fully evolved Pokemon. How did Sabi evolve into a Rhyperior, Electivire, and Magortar when their items don’t exist yet? She must be a freeing prodigy.

If you get Hisui’d work smarter, not harder. Any of the people kick up a fuss? Point out that the Wardens (besides Ingo) have no trouble using multiple Pokemon when it's supposed to be a single battle! Sorry if I come off as angry in this I’m just mentally kicking myself for treating the Noble battles as Totem Battles. One vs One. I was legitimately in danger from their moves so bending the normal rules would be fair I think.

To Ash,

Was that Latios you encountered a different one from the Alto Mare one? They usually travel with a Latios, whether said blue one is family friend or a partner.

To Chloe,

I think you would like Adaman and Irida. They both have had Eevees and theirs took years to evolve. Irida is like 16-17, Adaman 19-20... Her Glaceon has only been well y’know for about a year and a half. Adaman’s Leafeon evolve about three years ago. Both have been with them since they have been born. If yours never evolves that is just fine.

To Goh,

What will you do in the future with all your Pokemon? Taking care of so many will get even more expensive. Maybe making a park or some type of learning facility where people go to study would be interesting.

Ash: Will do! Sorry to hear you've been going through some rough stuff over there

(Ash pats you in the head. Don't ask how he does it when you're in the past and he's not, he's just Like That)

Ash: I doubt that was the same Latias I met before. She looked hurt, so maybe something bad also happened to her Latios? 🤔

I didn't get the sense that she recognized me, at any rate. But that's okay. I get to make friends with TWO Latiases! ...Latiasi. Latiae.

Chloe: Well, if I never get Hisui'd (which I would very much like to be the case), then it'll be a moot point. But I'll keep it in mind.

It will be good to stick with the fellow Eevee lovers. There can be no quarrels between those who own Eevees 😇

Goh: ...Why do I get the feeling there's some irony in there?

Anyway, there are tons of possibilities, yeah? We could make more parks, perhaps one for every region? I'd have to ask the professors if they'd be interested

But somehow, I don't think all of them would be as eager to bleed money to take care of hundreds of pokémon like Chloe's dad is. If worst comes to worst, I can just ask my parents for funding 😎

[waywardstation]

Hi hi!!! You know i was wondering for the Papa ingo au, when Kamado told Akari was her fault the sky went red and all that and she did the walk of shame been scorted out of the village made me wonder.... did all the kids do that too?!?!??! Like imagine hiw hard would be for them! If for a 15 years old Akari was hard imagine for younger kids how it would feel?!?!? Like everyone looked at you like you did something wrong!! No one tondefend you nor your parents no one!! Yeah Cyllene Rei and Laventon making sure everyone is ok but still...

In case that didnt happend because i was also thinking that, since they were sent to Ingo from Kamado orders, maybe Ingo told them after he heards the news of Akari exile that they shouldnt come near the village.. idk man so many scenarios i am thinking, everyone were like "oknyeah better not get closer to that but we need to find Akari" all those kids idk doing secret base investigation to know where she is becuase they are desesperate to help Ingo or help her, maybe the older kids will try to do that

Also!!! Remember when you have to battle Beni?! Like he was and i quote "time to got rid of you once and for all" and "i'll make myself plain. As Kamado's right hand, i'm Charged with executing all the gritty deeds Kamado can't or won't do himself" like idk if someone talked about this before but can you imagine if Beni also tried to get rid of the kids?!?!?! While (because i saw injure ingo and kids taking care of him haha) Ingo was hurt and cpuldnt protect them?!?!? Like this kids had to join forced and do multiple battle with beni have to trow all their pokemon to do in their tiny lil hands to survive the battle aginst Beni!

Like think about it, if he only did the exile to Akari people wont view him as "the commander that exile the 15 year old girl and her lil kid friends" is like he knew or something to better send of those kids to ingo so he wouldnt have to deal with that problem, amd in case Beni actually fought the kids, when they returned to the village they would be kinda afraid of him or something idk man! I dont try to make beni or kamado evil becuase i know why they did all of that but still both Akari the kids and ingo would be very hurt that i feel would take time for everyone (the kids) to heal and trust them (Beni and Kamado) again, unless something more happened yeah maybe more actions than words but yeah i was thinking about that haha

I didn’t really think about this!! I’m assuming Kamado kicks out everyone, yes, but he might be harshest with the kids who were all survey corps members along with Akari. He strips all of their badges from them and sends all of them out. Kids in the village who aren’t survey corps members, but are doing things like helping at the dojo, or the farming fields, or the pokemon pasture, or the shops, all get orders to be sent out as well.

Kids outside the village, on supplies hunts, or Pokémon observations, don’t know immediately, will learn either by being barred from entering, or told by word of mouth from Ingo or the other kids who were sent out.

All of them are upset; some are sad, while others feel angered, naturally.

And oh man, I didn’t even consider Beni! You’re right, he did sort of set himself up to take you out :( no way he could manage taking on all of the kids at once, but would he go after kids who go too close to the village and just simply try to keep them away? But I’m sure he worked with some of the kids if they ever helped him at the wallflower, and that’s so sad to think about, Beni noooo ;-;

That would be tough! :(

[smallestapplin]

Idea! What if your adoptive siblings Sabi, rie and lian knew that one of the wardens likes you~ what type of ways would they try to do to get you two together. Just happy sibling bickering with one another while Mc is clueless and the warden is bright red

I’ve rewritten this three times already let’s hope I don’t fuck this one up

Asks are open!

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“Wait wait wait…..he what?” The small cowboy is confused.

“Yeah! I think he likes y/n.”

“Why?” Sabi tilts her head, not understanding.

“Sabi you’ll understand when you’re older.”

“Lian you are only a few years older than her.”

“Rei I will skin your hide but that’s not important, what are we going to do about that?”

Now it’s Rei’s turn to be confused “what do you mean?”

“About the man after our big sib’s heart, do we stop him? Help him? Pretend it doesn’t exist?”

The three sat and pondered. He isn’t a bad guy, there is no bad blood between him and anyone else, since he keeps to himself and he does seem to really like from what Rei saw.

“I say we help.”

Lian and Rei look to Sabi then to each other and nod. If Sabi says they help then they will help.

The next they put their ideas to work.

“Ah good morning Lian! What brings you to Jubilife? You usual stick to Lord Kleavor.”

“Mornin’ Ingo, I just came to pay you a visit.”

The older warden tips his hat “well then what a nice surprise.”

“Mhm!”

“Please, follow me to the training grounds, I usually stay there.”

“Sure!”

“Next stop the training grounds! All aboard!”

Lian really doesn’t know what to think of this, on one hand he is glad Melli hasn’t fallen for you. Lian cringes at the thought, and on the other he is glad it’s not Gaeric, Lian hasn’t interacted with him enough.

But the outsider? He guess that makes sense, you both are outsiders and maybe found some peace with each other?

“So what did you wish to see me about?”

Ingo asks once they got to the training grounds, it’s still rather early so no one is here yet. Aside from Zisu but she is doing her morning jog around the village.

“Oh, that, just to ask if you like the hero.”

Lian’s smile is far too innocent for what the young boy is thinking of. Even has Ingo chokes.

“The hero? I like them, they are a very nice, selfless person, I don’t see why anyone would find them respectable.”

“Mhm mhm mmmmhm, lemme rephrase that for ya, do you love the hero?”

The two warden’s have a staring contest, Ingo is desperately trying to keep his face from blushing while Lian eyes show nothing but intent.

“I-I don’t see why you need to ask that.”

“You aren’t answering the question.”

“Lian-“

“The more you deflect the more I know the answer.”

Ingo sighs as a light blush coats his cheeks.

“I do, I really do.”

“Great! I’ll help you! But warned if ya hurt them I’m sure you’d make great practice for Lord Kleavor.”

Ingo can’t help but laugh at how protective your younger brother is, it makes a faint memory rise to the surface.

“That is very nice of you young Lian, but that won’t be necessary, if it’s meant to be then it shall be, I’m sure they are busy, if they feel anything they will say.”

Lian pouts “well me Rei and Sabi are gonna help!”

Ingo feels his face pale “you three know!?”

“Yup, anyways, I’ll be around.”

Now that he knows the older man’s feelings for you Lian will be sure it goes smoothly.

Later that day Ingo wasn’t expecting to see Rei.

“Hey warden!”

“Hello Rei, what can I help you with?”

“I really wanna train more, I want to at least keep up with the hero, they keep beating me in only a few hits!”

Ingo laughs, he thought it was natural with how high powered your Pokémon are.

“Of course, I am more than happy to, let’s-“

“Can we train at prelude beach? I wanna practice using more wide spread attacks.” Rei pouts, trying to get the man to agree.

“That’s fine, it’s best to follow safety protocol’s anyways.”

Rei jumps up “alright let’s go!”

Grabbing the warden’s hand and running towards the far back of the village. Ingo doesn’t know why the teen is so excited, maybe you had beaten him earlier in the day?

Once at prelude beach the warden is confused.

“Sabi? What are you doing here? You’re never outside of the Icelands.”

He watches as the young warden puts final touches on a picnic dinner?

“What is the meaning of this.”

Rei is a little panicked, he, Sabi, and Lian were supposed to dip the second he got Ingo here, he wasn’t thinking the man would ask questions.

“You two were suppose to be gone!” The three turn to see the small cowboy with his hands on his hips.

“Hello!” And you.

Ingo felt his heart stop, you looked so perfect, dressed in the Sneasler themed kimono.

He almost felt like it was specifically a nod towards him since he was her warden.

“Rei! Sabi! You two were suppose to be gone by now, what happened to the plan!”

“Oh I’m sorry!” Rei started “he wouldn’t stop delaying us!”

“Oh don’t go blamin him cause you don’t know how to bail.”

“Guys we can leave now.” Sabi tried to but in but the two wouldn’t stop.

You stand next to the older warden and smile at him.

“I’m not sure what they dragged you into, but I’m sorry about them.” You speak softly only for him to hear.

“O-oh it’s not a problem at all!”

His face is feels like it’s on fire. You’re looking at him so tenderly, even if the two in the background are yelling at each other.

“What did they want anyways? Lian wouldn’t tell me anything.”

“I’m not sure, Rei didn’t in form me either.” That was a lie and he knew it.

“Hm do you want to leave and go on a walk? I know a peaceful spot in the fields if you’d like.”

Of course he said yes. Leaving the three yelling kids behind without them noticing.

[crystalninjaphoenix]

MerMay Day Twenty-Four Complications

It was supposed to be a normal day out in the lake. Jameson was out, swimming around the perimeter of the lake to see if anything was new. And there was. He could see a familiar orange-tailed merm swimming back and forth, anxiously pacing circles. Chase was so far inside his own head that he didn’t notice Jameson until he tapped him on the shoulder.

“Aaaak!—Oh, it’s just you.” Chase laughed, relieved.

Sorry for scaring you, Jameson said. But also, what are you doing here? I didn’t know you were visiting today.

“Yeah, I’m...um…” Chase bit his lip. “You know the, uhm...emergency situation going on with Jack, right?”

Jameson nodded. Yes, but what does that have to do with you being here?

“Well...you know, it’s been a couple days now, so I asked Marvin to send a message to my, uh...you know.” Chase poked his head out of the water. “Just to see if, like, she knows anything about human technology that could help. I mean, I would’ve usually checked back home, but she and the kids are still over here for vacation, so might as well meet them here.” His expression brightened. “Look!”

On the shore of the lake, a human car was parking. Jameson popped out of the water to see it, then ducked back under. Was she...supposed to bring the fries? He asked.

“No…” Chase’s expression darkened again when he saw the two kids climb out of the car, followed shortly by their mother. “Did I ask Marvin to tell her to not bring them? Or did he forget? Or—”

Chase, calm down, it was probably just a miscommunication, Jameson said. Oh look, they’re getting in the water.

“Oh shit, no, not right now.” Chase dived underwater, and Jameson followed shortly afterward. The two kids noticed them, and swam right up. “Hey guys!” He waved, trying to seem cheerful. “I, uh...wasn’t expecting you!”

“Hi Dad!” Sereia waved back. “Mom got the message! It was cool! It kinda reminded me of Harry Potter, when they send messages with their Patronuses.”

“I...don’t know what that is, but it sounds neat.” Chase smiled. “Listen, there’s been some kind of...mistake. Not that I don’t want to see you, but I just needed to talk to your mom real quick. About, um...important stuff.”

“Aw…” Sereia deflated. Muirin, next to her, patted her shoulder. “I wanted to try to swim down the river to the ocean. We drove by it to see where it goes yesterday, but I bet it’s different in the water.”

“Well, you can stick around and I’ll do that with you after I talk to your mom,” Chase said. “For now, um…” He glanced around, and his eyes landed on Jameson. “Oh! Jay, do you mind taking them down to the river mouth? So that I can just meet them there.”

Me? Jameson asked, startled. With your fries?

“Great, thanks!” Chase gave Jameson an apologetic smile, then darted away.

Wait, Chase! Come back! It was no use, Chase had gone back over to the shoreline, and was now out of the water talking to the mother. Jameson sighed, then looked at the two kids. Well...hello. I don’t suppose you—

“Why are you waving like that?” Sereia asked.

Muirin nudged her. “Ser, don’t. I think that’s sign language. You interrupted him.”

“Oh. Sorry.” Sereia suddenly raised her voice. “I’m so sorry! I didn’t recognize! The sign language! I don’t know! What you’re saying!”

Jameson winced. I can hear you, he signed. Realizing they wouldn’t know what he was saying, he pointed to his ears and made a thumbs-up sign, then tapped his throat and made a thumbs-down sign.

“Sorry! I mean, uh, sorry.” Sereia lowered her voice back to its normal volume. “I thought you were deaf.”

“I think he just can’t talk,” Muirin said. “Right, Mister...Jameson?”

Jameson nodded, giving another thumbs-up.

“Okay.” Muirin swam up a little closer. “You’re a stingray, right?” He waited for Jameson to nod before continuing. “Wow, that’s cool. And a little scary. Mom works at the aquarium back home, she told us all about a lot of fish, including stingrays. I bet your sting really hurts.” He looked back at Sereia. “Hey do you remember the stingray skeleton pictures we saw?”

“Oh my god, those are super cursed,” Sereia said, laughing. “So you have bones in your, uh...flappy bits?”

“They’re called wings, Ser.”

“Well it’s still cursed, no matter what they’re called.”

Jameson watched as the two of them proceeded to bicker for a bit. These kids talked a lot, and they talked pretty fast, too. He was having trouble keeping up. It might be best to just guide them over to the river mouth like Chase suggested. Sighing, Jameson turned, drifting away a bit. He turned back to see the two kids still talking. He took a deep breath, and made a harsh sort of whistling sound. The effort made his throat hurt, but it got the kids’ attention. The two of them swam over. He gestured for them to follow him and started swimming. Thankfully, they caught on.

“So...can you talk?” Sereia asked. “‘Cause that sounded like the merm language sounds. Do you just not want to?”

Actually, the whistle was all he could do. But he didn’t know how to communicate that to the kids without them knowing MSL, so he just made an “eh” sort of shrug, hoping they would get the point.

Muirin seemed to catch on. “So...does it hurt to talk? Like laryngitis, but forever?”

Jameson had no idea what laryngitis was, but he made a so-so gesture and smiled.

“Oh. Okay, then.” Muirin paused. “Why?”

Now that was a story that was too long to convey with just gestures, and he wasn’t sure the kids would even want to hear it. He frowned, and didn’t answer.

“You’re making him uncomfortable, Muir!” Sereia slapped her brother’s arm.

“Well you were probably making him uncomfortable earlier when you yelled at him.”

“I thought he couldn’t hear me! You’re just asking a lot of personal questions. Maybe it’s something he doesn’t want to talk about. Also I think it would be hard, even if he did wanna talk about it, since we can’t understand him.” Sereia looked over at Jameson. “I’m so sorry for my twin.”

Jameson smiled. He wanted to say it was fine, just to be a bit more...delicate next time. But of course, he couldn’t. So he just waved away her concerns.

They soon arrived at the mouth of the outgoing river. Here, there was a gentle current, no more than the equivalent of a breeze on land. Jameson settled down on the river bottom, content to watch the kids and wait.

“Ooo!” Sereia swam over to the riverbed. Just like the ingoing rivers, the bed here was steeper than just a beach, rocky walls dipping sharply. “Wow, I guess this river really is deep! Mom said it might be when we drove along it.”

“Well, I don’t think we should be afraid of deep water anymore. Not now that we know we can swim and breathe in it,” Muirin said.

“Wow, that’s brave! That’s really unlike you, Muir,” Sereia teased.

“Hey! I can be brave!”

“Yeah, you show up to that English test without having your notes to study before it starts!”

Well, if anything else, you could say the kids were very enthusiastic. Jameson smiled. He relaxed a bit, and let his eyes drift around his surroundings. There was nothing new at the river mouth. Or at least...it appeared there wasn’t. Until he noticed that a few large rocks had been piled up. Frowning, he lifted off the ocean floor and swam over to look at it. Was this something Marvin did? Why?

There was a small gap in between the rocks. Jameson peered inside, seeing that the riverbed had been dug into, forming a tiny cave. In fact, the cave was just the right size for a merm to—

Two glowing green eyes appeared inside.

Jameson backed up, startled. He recognized those eyes. He had to get—

“Oh, it’s you. You’ve caught me, now you might as well stay.” Suddenly, a pattern of swirling lights appeared, just below the green eyes. The lights flickered and shifted, inviting anyone to come closer. Jameson felt a spike of panic, and tried to back away. But the lights...were so pretty...

Only a few minutes later, Chase appeared at the mouth of the river. “Sorry about that, guys, but it’s all taken care of...now...” he trailed off. Where were the kids? Where was Jameson? Had they not actually gone over here?

But no, there was something on the river floor. Chase swam down to inspect it. Soon, he realized what it was. A piece of fabric that looked like it was from a shirt. A shirt like one Muirin had just been wearing, but now ripped and caught on a piece of rock. His eyes widened. He grabbed the torn fabric, and turned to swim back to shore.