#Llew wanted to talk today and I let him

[starsandauras]

Prompt #28: Irenic

FFXIV 30 Day Writing Challenge Prompt 28: Irenic (Adjective: peace-loving. Noun: A part of Christian theology concerned with reconciling different denominations and sects.)

Llewellyn was a healer. A born one, judging from what his mother had told him as he grew. His first words were to ask someone to intercede in a starfish’s pain, and he hadn’t changed since that day. He simply hated to see anyone in pain, especially if it was pain he could do something about.

It went without saying, then, that Llewellyn disliked causing pain, even in the course of healing. It certainly meant he very much disliked causing pain in general. That Hydaelyn decided a near-pacifist would be one of her Warriors of Light was a cruel irony that didn’t merit looking at too long, in his opinion. She had already chosen Brigid, after all, and it was well known how blood thirsty his beloved little flame was.

Perhaps that had been the reason, he mused occasionally, they needed his calm, peaceful attitude as well as his healing to augment the rest of the family’s more forceful, violent tendencies. Perhaps that was why his beloved Sammy, the lamb with the heart of a ram in his chest, was also a Warrior of Light. The balance was needed, if only to prevent Brigid from causing diplomatic incidents.

Still, he hated that maintaining this balance, healing those he called his family, meant that he would be called upon to fight. To cause people pain, even if they were their enemies and threatening to cause his family pain. He tried to reconcile it in his mind, that they saved so many more than they fought and killed, but his healer’s soul railed against the idea. It didn’t matter that he used the very stone itself to attack instead of blades or aether as the rest of the family did, the disconnect wasn’t enough. Even serving as his sister’s midwife and bringing his nephew into the world was only a temporary balm to a troubled soul.

He knew, in the end, that he would have to live with his actions, have to find meaning enough to allow him to do so. Perhaps that meaning would be in the faces of those he protected, in the smiles first of his sister and brothers, then in the wide, innocent eyes of his nephew. Perhaps that meaning would be in the night sky of Norvrandt, a whole world saved in part because of him. Perhaps that meaning would be his own husband, who had found the confidence he already had simply because Llewellyn had held out a kind hand with an offer to be a firm foundation and a soft place to land.

Life itself would be enough.

[thebladeblaster]

Pokémon: the Dark Circuit (aka Vanguard Descends season 2)

Chapter 5 Battle At Sea

Aichi’s current team

Level 79 Wingal (Lycanroc (dusk)) rock

Moves:

Stealth rock

Crunch

Stone edge

Play rough

Level 77 Llew (Golisopod) water/bug

Moves:

Sucker punch

Blizzard

Liquidation

First impression

Level 78 Gancelot (Lucario) fighting/steel

Moves:

Focus blast

Stone edge

Meteor mash

Dragon pulse

Level 85 Soul Saver (Haxorus) dragon

Moves:

Outrage

Iron tail

Dragon dance

Scale shot

Level 100 Alfred (Aegislash) ghost/steel

Moves:

Sacred sword

King’s shield

Iron head

Shadow Claw

After getting out of the bath, they went to the dining room. Like most other rooms in the castle it was unnecessarily large. Aichi didn’t linger on that too long after the food was set on the table. He felt his mouth water as his stomach growled again. He tried to remember his table manners despite his intense hunger. Though, just shoveling food into his mouth was extremely tempting. He resisted the urge and ate at a reasonable pace. Llew however instantly dug in. Wingal sniffed the food cautiously before deciding it was safe and started eating. Gancelot ate more cleanly than the other two, but in their defense they can’t hold silverware anyway. Soul Saver mimicked his table manners similarly to how she did in Alfred’s castle. Speaking of Alfred…

Aichi looked over to where Alfred was; he seemed to have wandered off. He felt a bit worried especially with Ahmes already missing.

“Lucario. Lucario. Lucario. Lucario. Lucario. Lucario. Lucario. Lucario.(Don’t worry about Alfred, he told me he’s just checking up on something.)”, Gancelot told him.

“What would that be?”, Aichi thought.

With Alfred…

“Oh is that you Aichi boy?”, Pegasus asked as the door opened.

“No, it’s Alfred Pendragon. The once and future king of Galar.”, Alfred replied, revealing himself.

“Ah, it talks?!”, Pegasus replied with mock surprise.

“Why are you doing this?”, Alfred asked.

“Is it hard to believe I’m just helping out Aichi boy from the goodness of my heart?”, Pegasus replied.

“I know you already know about him. You knew who were before we ever entered the castle.”, Alfred replied.

“What makes you say that?”, Pegasus asked.

“You didn’t react when Aichi talked to us. I noticed your men giving him weird looks, but you didn’t look weirded out or surprised at all. Also, it’s your tone. I can tell you know more than your letting on.”, Alfred explained.

“Ah, I see you are rather clever Alfred. Yes, I know very well who Aichi boy is. It’s hard not to know when he was able to defeat one of Team Asteroid’s Psyqualia users. I don’t want anything bad if you’re thinking about that. I simply don’t like Team Asteroid. They have spoiled the fun of the whole world. Back in the olden days people used to do fun things like make cartoons that aren’t war propaganda. Cartoons just for the sake of entertainment they were the best. Now, it’s all about the war blah blah and convincing young chaps to risk their lives for their region. Anyway, I want things to go back to a more whimsical and fun time. Giving Aichi boy medical attention, a bath, and food is a small price to pay for that.”, Pegasus explained.

“I see...you don’t seem to be lying. Sorry about being so paranoid, but with the nature of what Aichi is. A lot of people with not so good intentions try to take advantage of him.”, Alfred replied.

“Even his own father only thinks about him as a tool for world domination.”, Alfred thought.

“I don’t blame you, Alfred. It’s just smart for you to be cautious. You all are so protective of him, he definitely seems like he needs it.”, Pegasus replied.

Alfred nodded, that’s why he had originally joined Aichi in the place. He’s young, naive, and has lots of power. A very bad combination. And all the malicious programming placed in his brain certainly didn’t help. Iit messed up his ability to think clearly and made him act very unlike himself when it took hold of him. He seemed to be grappling with it again. He needs positive guidance in his life. So, he wouldn’t end up going down a dark path not unlike his father and even himself at one point. He saw him personally almost like a son. He had gotten rather attached to Aichi.

“Right, goodbye Pegasus. I believe Aichi still intends to leave after dinner to find our lost party member.”, Alfred said, with a light bow before seeing himself out.

With Aichi…

Every few minutes Aichi paused his eating to look over for Alfred. The poor boy was so worried about him. He was very relieved when he saw Alfred float back in. It made him able to relax a bit and focus on filling his stomach. He’s going to need all the energy he can get to find Ahmes. Eventually, they finished and Aichi was given a new bag along with potions, revives, and food.

“Thank you very much, Pegasus. For everything, I don’t really have anything to give to repay you. I hope we meet again one day.”, Aichi thanked, with a polite bow.

“It’s nothing Aichi boy. I was glad to help you.”, Pegasus replied.

Then, they all left Pegasus’s castle and were back into the wilderness of Alola. Aichi put his finger to his head trying to sense around for Ahmes. He didn’t feel him at all. Sure, he felt other Gallades but not Ahmes. Aichi frowned hoping he hadn’t gotten too far or...the worst had happened to him. Aichi shook his head, not wanting to even consider the possibility. He was probably just somewhere else in Alola out of his range.

In Sanctuary town…

Naoki looked around Sanctuary town after school, eventually ending up in front of the Sendou household. Word had already gotten around fast that Aichi didn’t go to school today. He felt a bit worried for him and decided to go to his house.

“Maybe he’s just sick and I’m making a big deal out of this.”, Naoki thought.

He hesitatingly walked up to the door and knocked on it. The door slowly creaked open a little eerily which made Naoki raise an eyebrow. He flinched when a scaly finger pointed at him with a watery bullet starting to form. Naoki couldn’t help, but let out a startled gasp.

“Mom, that's Aichi’s friend.”, Naoki froze, recognizing the voice of Aichi’s sister.

The door opened more and he now saw Shizuka with Elaine by her side who was the one pointing at him.

“Man, your guys’ mom totally gives off gang boss vibes.”, Naoki blurted out.

Shizuka’s eyebrow twitched a bit at the ‘gang boss’ comment and Naoki flinched.

“I’m sorry, but Aichi is not here right now.”, Shizuka informed him.

She still felt very ticked off that the evacuation people wouldn’t let her look for her son. Now, he was lost who knows where and possibly in her ex-husband’s hands. She honestly considered just tying her son to her hip at this point. He always finds a way to get himself in danger. She was finding it extremely difficult to contain her motherly worry for him. She wanted to go out and find him, but she had to take care of her daughter too. She was completely stuck and it was frustrating. She remembered back when things were so much simpler. However, she never regretted having kids just the person she had them with.

“Oh...do you know when he’ll get back?”, Naoki asked.

“No.”, Shizuka replied, feeling her heart sink.

“Okay...uh...see ya later Mrs.Sendou and uh...Aichi’s sister.”, Naoki replied, waving goodbye.

“My name is Emi.”, Emi told him.

Emi looked down very worried about her brother as well. Especially after she kept having those weird dreams of what seemed like Shuka’s world. She never wanted to see Aichi be like how he was in those dreams. She just wanted her dorky older brother that she knew back. She didn’t mind having to deal with waking him up as long as he was safe at home. The dreams still felt like some kind of a bizzaro world to her. Though, Aichi was able to do some of the stuff she saw in them. First of all he could obviously always understand Pokémon. Second, he was crazy strong. She wasn’t quite sure if he was as strong as the dream Aichi. Third, he was able to do that weird absolute lock thing against Shuka just like in the dreams. She had this really bad feeling that wherever he was something was wrong with him. She just hoped when he came back he would still be himself.

In Alola…

Aichi brandished Alfred as a blade. He held up Alfred’s shield in defense when a Turtonator breathed fire at him.

“Wingal use stone edge! Llew use Liquidation! Gancelot use focus blast! Soul Saver use scale shot!”, Aichi ordered.

The Turtonator growled in pain as it was bombarded by sharp rocks. However, he wasn’t the only Pokémon attacking them. Those Pokémon are hit by the others attacks. A Bisharp charged at him and he guarded. With a simple foot movement he got behind him and delivered a hard knock on the back of its head with Alfred’s hilt. They continued on like this for a few days walking through Alola and ending up with fights from the not so friendly locals. Aichi grew increasingly worried as he still had no luck finding Ahmes. They ended up setting up camp a few times with rotating who’s on lookout.

Near Alola…

Our heroes and the Quatre Knights soon approached Alola. Little did our heroes know they were slowly being pursued by someone hiding their power. Yami couldn’t put down this bad feeling he had. He continued looking over the boat, but didn’t see anything. He stopped when he picked up Aichi’s aura and was getting closer and his exact position became a lot clearer. The Quatre Knights arrived before our heroes and quickly flew over the islands looking for Aichi. Though with the massive overgrowth it was rather hard. The trees had grown up super high in some parts and plants covered most of the region. They all flinched when in the distance the Akala island volcano suddenly went off. Lava seeped from the volcano quickly overflowing at an unnaturally rapid rate. The Kantonians looked especially panicked at this especially when they saw the shadow of a titanic Pokémon.

“It’s him!”, Yugi said, sweating nervously.

“That jerk must have followed us!”, Jonouchi said.

The others rushed up as they got a better view of the colossal Pokémon. It had red scales and a grey underbelly. It had lots of spikes on it and strange black markings. It had massive claws, a row of sharp teeth and golden eyes.

“You have got to be shitting me. Is that Groudon?!”, Misaki gasped in disbelief.

“He’s huge! He’s not even dynamaxed, yet he’s that big?!”, Kamui commented, his jaw dropped.

They all paled as a massive fiery blast was sent in their direction. They quickly threw out their Pokémon to try and get out of the boat. Kai threw out Overlord and flew on his back. Misaki threw out Guardian and flew on its back. Kamui threw out Kaiser who for some odd reason could surf. (How it could, was beyond me. Even I don’t know. It just works. I’m not joking, you can actually teach Tyranitar surf.) Miwa flew in Dauntless. Kourin flew on Bridgette. Yugi surfed on his Blastoise with Anzu. Joey threw out his own Charizard which was shiny and flew on it with Honda. The others on the boat hastily jumped onto their own Pokémon who could fly or swim.

Kai, Misaki, and Kamui mega evolved their Pokémon. To their surprise Yugi and Joey were able to as well. Joey’s mega Charizard was mega Charizard Y though. They didn’t have much time to dwell on it though and quickly rushed to stop Groudon. Though, they were at a massive disadvantage right now because they couldn’t use all their Pokémon while over open sea.

“Overlord use hurricane!”, Kai ordered.

“Guardian use psychic!”, Misaki ordered.

“Kaiser use surf!”, Kamui ordered.

“Dauntless use giga drain!”, Miwa ordered.

“Bridgette use giga drain!”, Kourin ordered.

“Catapult use hydro cannon!”, Yugi ordered.

“Red eyes use solar beam!”, Joey ordered.

“Punisher use eruption!”, the boy from before ordered on top of Groudon.

The attacks all collided with each other causing the ground to shake.

Meanwhile on Melemele island (Alola)...

Aichi and his Pokémon minus Alfred stumbled as they felt tremors ripple through the ground. They were in a thick forest and the mountain covered their view.

“What’s going on?!”, Aichi questioned.

“I don’t know, maybe one of the volcanoes erupted?”, Alfred replied.

“Lucario. Lucario. Lucario. Lucario. Lucario. Lucario. (I sense one did, it’s on one of the other islands though.), Gancelot said.

“Ahh!!! One of them erupted! Where is it?”, Aichi asked.

“Lucario. Lucario. (The one right of us.)”, Gancelot told him.

Aichi turned to the direction of the island.

“Lycanroc! Lycanroc! Lycanroc . Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc . Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc . Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc . Lycanroc. Lycanroc. (Oh no! No you don’t! There’s no way you can save all the Pokémon on that island unless you stopped the lava somehow.)”, Wingal yelled, knowing exactly what Aichi’s thinking.

“Then that’s what I’ll do.”, Aichi replied, they jumped as Aichi seemed gone in an instant and Alfred lunged forward nearly catching Aichi before he seemed to disappear.

“Lycanroc! (That stupid idiot!)”, Wingal yelled.

“Haxorus! Haxorus! Haxorus. (We gotta catch up to momma!)”, Soul Saver yelled, running as fast as possible after Aichi.

They all ran and Alfred floated to catch up with their reckless trainer. Aichi was flying high in the air looking over to the island. He had a light blue aura around him and his eyes had rainbow spirals. However now that he was in the air the Quatre Knights spotted him as he flew over to Akala island.

With the other…

Misaki got in closer with guardian who punched Groudon with icy punches. The others continued to launch their attacks at Groudon in different spots. The boy sat on top of Groudon not very impressed as he could hear Groudon cringe in pain. It shot more fire balls and swiped at them with its claws. Large spikes erupted from the ground which nailed Kaiser and Catapult. Thankfully, it didn’t impale them but it did damage them, cutting them multiple times. Their strong shells protected them from being impaled.

“Kaiser!”, Kamui called out.

“Catapult!”, Yugi called out.

They started sinking as the Pokémon that they were riding on was heavily injured. Their hearts beat loudly against their chest.

“Y-yugi!”, Anzu called out, holding out her hand to Yugi.

Yugi reached out for Anzu as his necklace suddenly glowed with a bright golden light. Kamui threw out Tough Boy and recalled Kaiser.

“Yugi!”, Kamui called out concerned, riding over to him on Tough Boy.

“Yu-gi-oh!”, Kamui had no idea where that noise was coming from, but the light got brighter.

Kamui stumbled a bit surprised when Tough Boy shook a bit. He looked up to see Yugi? No Yami, but he wasn’t transparent and others could see him. He was holding Anzu in his arms sitting on the back of Tough Boy with Kamui. Yugi became Yami? Kamui blinked in shock, completely stunned.

“How the heck did you do that thing where you grew taller?”, Kamui asked.

“We’re at a disadvantage in the sea. We need to get to land and attack there.”, Yami told him, as he pointed to land.

“A-alright man.”, Kamui replied, still trying to process what just happened.

They rode Tough Boy over to the shores of Melemele island because there was no lava. As they reached the shores Aichi who was in the air saw Groudon. He gasped in shock seeing Groudon. He quickly flew over to Akala island too focused on saving the Pokémon to notice the other people flying in the sky especially since they were tiny dots compared to Groudon. He had to stop the volcano somehow. He hoped Groudon didn’t cause it. Aichi flew so fast the others didn’t see him they only felt a sharp wind blow past them.

“Woah, that the heck was that?!”, Joey questioned, desperately holding onto Red Eyes with Honda.

The Quatre Knights pursued Aichi who hovered over the Akala volcano.

“Now...how do I stop it?”, Aichi questioned.

He remembered that blast attack he shot from his finger. Maybe he could just destroy the volcano? Wait...that was probably a horrible idea and would be too destructive.

“Stop...stop...how do I make it stop...wait a minute.”, Aichi pondered, before looking at his pointer finger wondering if what he was thinking of would work on inanimate objects like lava.

“Well...I might as well try. Absolute lock!”, Aichi called out.

He shot at the lava hoping for the best. He squealed when Groudon shot fire at him in annoyance.

“Well if Groudon is the cause then...Absolute lock!”, Aichi said, pointing his finger at Groudon.

The others gasped in shock when Groudon suddenly became stuck in place. Two intersecting white rings with a golden lining and a light blue aura surrounded Groudon. Misaki and Kourin’s eyes widened, realizing who shot the attack at Groudon instantly. Aichi looked relieved when the eruption actually did stop and the lava came to a halt. Kamui was too preoccupied trying to get to land. The boy on top of Groudon’s eyes twitched with annoyance.

“Who dares?!”, the boy questioned angrily, looking around.

The aura the rings gave off was unfamiliar to him. No one he knows did this. The boy growled angrily.

“Kill them. Whoever they are.”, the boy said.

Groudon roared as the red orb was activated. Suddenly Groudon was encased in a red gem. A golden omega symbol flashed on the gem. When it broke out it’s markings had changed and now looked like lava. It’s underbelly was now black and it’s spikes became black. Not to mention it was even bigger than before. The boy touched its head and it was surrounded by his murky gold aura and broke through the absolute lock. Aichi’s jaw dropped, looking stunned that Groudon actually broke out.

“That dumb giant! He broke through my absolute lock!”, Aichi sweated nervously as he felt a anger that wasn’t his boil up inside him.

Aichi twitched trying to keep control of himself.

“Calm down!”, he told himself, hoping that would work.

“You! You don’t understand! My pride is being threatened! I am supposed to be the supreme being! First you let yourself get punched by that stupid armored scientist! Second you let us get thrown around by Celebi! Freaking Celebi! Third, that lower Psyqualia user knocked us out! Then some dumb giant is going to breaks through one of my signature moves!”, 003v replied, his voice full of venom in his mind, which made Aichi jump.

Aichi sweated nervously in complete disbelief not understanding 003v’s complete insanity. He didn’t even realize 003v was keeping score. He thought maybe he was insane too for talking to himself.

[cynicalwhump]

🌸 and 💗 for both Ben and Llewyn please 🥺❤️

//Thank you for the ask! I love getting to talk about my boys.//

💗 Ramble a bit about this character!

🌸 What’s a sentence that would make your OC’s day better? One that would make them laugh? One that would make their day worse? Why? What words would you have to say to them to completely ruin their day?

Ramble a bit about Ben:

Ah, Ben. He's not the most... reputable guy. LET ME TELL YA.

So, Ben likes to think he's a gentleman. Okay? He's super charming. Super enticing. He's a little bit seedy and a little bit of a loner and his friends aren't really his friends, but he likes it that way. The thing is, he's also really unpredictable. He acts erratically, learned violence from his dad, and is very used to taking getting exactly what he wants. People don't really... say no to him. He lets Llewyn crash at his place, and the kid's ungrateful attitude and general lack of respect becomes an area of... pushback, shall we say? Anyway, Ben wants to feel in control and he wants some payment for his hospitality, and that's when things start going bad for Llew. They get a lot worse as it goes on, though, as Ben lets his more sadistic side shine through.

Also Ben is a mechanic and he has a little shop and he also deals weird drugs because he's an asshole but that's all for another day

A sentence to make Ben's day better: "it's a statutory holiday"

A sentence to make Ben laugh: "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley."

Words to completely ruin Ben's day: anything that has to do with prolonging his work, like getting a request for a specific part from a customer that he'll have to find and order in special. Or, anything from Llewyn along the lines of "I have a confession" or "don't be mad" because that means he's broken something.

Ramble a bit about Llewyn:

My boyyy. Llewyn is my first OC, actually, (I got the name inspo from Inside Llewyn Davis, by the way) and his character has evolved drastically at least twice, until he became what he is today! :)

Anyway, so. Llewyn. A defiant piece of shit lmao. Llewyn is a little bit privileged and a little bit childish, but he doesn't really see that. He's definitely the sassiest character I've ever made. The boy has some lip on him. He ran away from home at 15 after getting sick of his step-brothers and step-dad messing with him all the time. They're all bigger/stronger/sportier than him, and teased him a lot for being effeminate. His mom never had a lot of time for him, either, because she always worked. So he just stopped living at home, living on people's couches and on park benches instead, earning money whatever ways he could, cough cough. After about a year of crashing at other homes, he left town altogether and became an official runaway. Ben found him when he was particularly hungry and sick, and Llew wasn't really in a position to say no when he offered to house him for a bit. Ben was super cool about it, and Llewyn sort of took advantage of that. Soon, though, Ben started hinting at Llewyn that he was gonna need something in return for his hospitality. At first it was sexual favours, but he started getting more and more greedy. Llewyn was getting more and more bratty, but living with Ben was the best thing that happened to him since running away. So he didn't leave, even when the abuse started.

A sentence to make Llewyn's day better: any sort of praise or verbal affection.

A sentence to make Llewyn laugh: "show dick some respect."

Words to completely ruin Llewyn's day: anything that mocks his small stature or the fact that he's not a guy's guy. Also, anything that implies he's about to be hurt/admonished/punished. Also, being bossed around in any way. Kid fuckin' hates it.

These are my emotional-support-self-projection characters, please keep your age gap comments to yourself. If it makes you uncomfy, I get it, please block "llewyn + ben" and you'll be good.

[todaluk]

Trust NPC: T’odaluk Tia

Selection: “Let’s get this party started!”

Job: Beastmaster - High Damage Tank

Weapons: His claws

AI Behavior: Despite what the name at first suggests, Toadie does not fight with a beast at his side. Rather his inner beast has gained a more physical outlet through Toadie’s bardic rage. A tank with the confidence of an apex predator, he uses roars and threats to debuff his opponents while strengthening his own hits with the inner beast.

He is very confident in his abilities and often pulls a bit more recklessly than he should. Though quick with his cooldowns, he is more apt to using them as they are available versus saving them for precise moments. Occasionally this can put him in a bind, or cause a few awkward healing situations. He will do his best to position himself away from the party and be mindful of any and all major mechanics in a fight. As his beast gauge rises he will become more reckless in his attacks, but will back off as needed for stack markers and tank busters.

 Battle Lines:

“Fight me!” / A challenging roar - Engage

“That had teeth!” -Crit

“Now you’ve done it!” / A loud roar -Buffing Self

“Join the fray!” - Enemies joining the battle.

“Good hustle.” / Guttural growling -End of combat.

 Limit Break:

“Not today!” -LB1 (Shield Wall)

“Hit harder!” -LB2 (Stronghold)

A booming roar -LB3 (Monstrosity) 

 KO’d:

“Ouch. That one hurt...”

“Not yet...”

Revived:

“Try again!”

“Once more!”

Party Specific Behaviors:

If Sen’ra Tayuun [ @seeking-apricity] is in the party with T’odaluk he will push harder and faster through the duty than he would with any other member. This can cause issues if the healer is not confident enough or has issues with sustained damage as Toadie takes on the maximum targets he can handle. Abusing his ability, he will gain a buff called ‘monster’ that will increase his damage by 2%.

When partied up with Llewannth Bonheur [ @thegildedgun] the seeker will banter more than any other party makeup. Any and all pranks conceived by the pair has a good chance of being followed through, though nothing that would outright cause a wipe. Reckless and wild, there is a 50/50 chance that Toadie will shirk onto Llew for laughs before immediately taunting off him.

Should he be running with T’nuka [ @defiant-spitfire] or any of his family from the Sigwa Tribe, he will take care to keep his damage even and won’t go overboard with his skills. However, he will be more apt to talk in growls to his family for fun background banter.

If he is tanking for any member of the Siren’s Bounty [ @sirensbounty] he will gain a buff called ‘Crew’ that will have a chance to help raise his beast gauge during fights. Just like with Sen’ra, this ability causes Toadie’s form to shift more towards the beastial shadows and he looks less like a miqo’te and more like a monster.

Tagged by: @thegildedgun [Picture done by @anouroboros ]

Tagging: Anyone who sees this and wants to do it! I wanna see your NPCs!

[Also a goofy edit under the cut!]

Selection: “Broseph reporting for duty!”

Job: Brobarian

Weapons: An axe guitar

AI Behavior: Always happy to jump right into the fray, this brobarian will always share a fistbump with who ever is nearest before a pull. Sometimes coming in late for stacks, it can seem as if he might not always make it. Tank cooldowns are used often and when available, and he still does his best to keep the bosses turned away from the party at all times.

Battle Lines:

“I’m gonna punch it!” - Engage

“Boom baby!” -Crit

“Awwyeah!” -Buffing Self

“Sharing is caring!” - Enemies joining the battle.

“Aww, over already?” -End of combat.

Limit Break:

“Dude!” -LB1 (Shield Wall)

“Bruh...” -LB2 (Stronghold)

“Dude, nice!” -LB3 (Brofist)

KO’d:

“Hurk...”

Party Specific Behaviors:

Revived:

“Dude...”

While not being particular about any specific members, if Sen’ra is in the party he will relentlessly flirt with the keeper until Sen’ra fires an ice bolt at him. This can cause rather difficult pulls if the keeper gets fed up during a boss fight.

If he is coupled with a new person the background banter shifts as Toadie plays pranks on the new player. This is specifically terrible as he will often shirk onto the new player before immediately taunting off of them to ‘give them a scare’. This can and often does trigger Sen’ra to fire an ice bolt at him.

If he is joined by Ryska you can expect there to be a bit of a contest between them as Toadie tries to best the keeper in word games. This always backfires as Ryska walks circles around him.

[thebladeblaster]

Pokémon: the Dark Circuit (aka Vanguard Descends season 2)

Chapter 4 The Calm Before the Storm

Aichi’s current team

Level 79 Wingal (Lycanroc (dusk)) rock

Moves:

Stealth rock

Crunch

Stone edge

Play rough

Level 77 Llew (Golisopod) water/bug

Moves:

Sucker punch

Blizzard

Liquidation

First impression

Level 78 Gancelot (Lucario) fighting/steel

Moves:

Focus blast

Stone edge

Meteor mash

Dragon pulse

Level 85 Soul Saver (Haxorus) dragon

Moves:

Outrage

Iron tail

Dragon dance

Scale shot

Level 100 Alfred (Aegislash) ghost/steel

Moves:

Sacred sword

King’s shield

Iron head

Shadow Claw

In Sanctuary town…

Some students sat around their desks chatting at Hitsue Middle. The residents of Sanctuary town recently returned. Thankfully there wasn’t much damage to the buildings in the town. Morikawa sat back in his chair with his feet on the desk.

“I wonder where Sendou is?”, one of the students murmured.

“Who knows.”, another replied.

“I heard a rumor that he has powers just like Suzugamori Ren’s.”, another whispered.

“Yeah, I heard he could also understand Pokémon and did you see when Sendou fought those dynamaxed Pokémon?”, a different student added.

“What if he’s been in cahoots with him this whole time?”, one of them asked.

“Hmph. Aren’t the same flies that were buzzing around him not too long ago, telling him how cool he is. Now the second he’s gone their trashing him like this. These guys were just trying to lick his boots to get in his good graces.”, Morikawa thought.

“Why would he beat him them?”, the other questioned.

“I don’t know, but Sendou looks an awful lot like Gin Gaillard. What if it’s some big conspiracy?”, one of them replied.

“Your right! They look almost exactly like except their hair and age!”, a different student replied.

They all jumped as they suddenly heard the loud slamming of a book against the desk.

“Ahem!”, Mark called out, to gain his students attention for their class about to start.

“Before we start I must inform you that Sendou Aichi won’t be with us today. Also, it's not very nice to talk about your classmate behind their backs.”, Mark added.

“Ah, sorry!”, they hastily apologized as a unit with no sense of individuality.

(Speaking of Aichi..) In Alola…

“Maximillion Pegasus?”, Aichi questioned, having no idea who that was.

“Golisopod! Golisopod! Golisopod! Golisopod! Golisopod! Golisopod! Golisopod! Golisopod! (Don’t worry if these suits try any funny business we’ll just beat them up!)”, Llew assured, cupping his ‘fist’ with his claw.

“I guess so...why is he letting us in exactly?”, Aichi asked.

“No idea. I’m just following orders.”, the suited man with really pointy hair replied.

“Alright.”, Aichi nodded, still keeping his guard up as he started to follow one of the suited men in.

“So, who is Maximilion Pegasus exactly?”, Aichi asked.

“He’s a very wealthy businessman. He’s always had quite the interest in Pokémon battling especially after his trip to Kairos region. He’s held several Pokémon battle tournaments including the private Trainers Kingdom tournament which was held here in Alola. That’s what this castle was originally built for.”, the suited man explained.

“Kairos huh...Didn’t Pokémon battling originate there?”, Aichi asked.

“Yes, the sport of Pokémon battling as we know it originated from that region many millennia ago.”, the suited man replied.

They stopped before a door which the suited man opened. Aichi’s Pokémon kept very close to him preparing themselves for any sort of attack. They saw the back of a revolving chair. They could see someone holding a wine glass. With a swift kick the chair spun around and they could fully see the man sitting in it. He had long straight silver hair which covered one of his eyes. His eyes were brown and he wore a flamboyant red suit with red pants and white shoes.

“Hello, what brings you to the wonderful region of Alola? I am Maximillion Pegasus.”, Pegasus greeted.

“Haxorus. Haxorus. Haxorus. Haxorus. (I wouldn’t call the locals wonderful.)”, Soul Saver said.

Aichi’s eyes widened in disbelief and let out a startled gasp at Soul Saver’s sass.

“Soul Saver! That’s rude!”, Aichi blurted out, briefly forgetting that other people can’t understand Pokémon.

“Lucario! Lucario! Lucario! Lucario! Lucario! (Soul Saver! Wingal and Llew are native to Alola!)”, Gancelot hastily informed him.

“Hax...Haxorus. (Ooh...sorry guys.)”, Soul Saver apologized.

“Golisopod. Golisopod. Golisopod. Golisopod. Golisopod. Golisopod. Golisopod. Golisopod. Golisopod. Golisopod. Golisopod. Golisopod. (It’s fine I’ve never been here before anyway and I have to agree a lot of the Pokémon here aren’t nice. Besides, I was born in Kakusa.)”, Llew replied.

“Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc. Lycanroc. (Yeah, I don’t care. What Llew said a lot of the mon here are jerks anyway. They try to suck out your life essence or hug you to death or gush out poisonous gases with no regards to others or eject their organs at you. That’s why I left.)”, Wingal added.

They minus Pegasus and the suited man looked stunned at what Wingal told them. The suited man looked rather confused wondering why Aichi was talking to his Pokémon. Pegasus simply chuckled at this and Aichi looked rather embarrassed.

“How very amusing. The way you talk to your Pokémon. I met a person once who could really understand them. I wonder if your the same way.”, Pegasus said as Aichi flinched.

“Who was it?”, Aichi asked.

“I was at a rather fancy party in Johto when I met them. He was a bit younger than you and rather unruly. Way too much arrogance for his own good. For some weird reason he referred to himself as a number though he gave me a second name to make it easier. His other name was Christopher Lo.”, Pegasus answered.

“Christopher Lo”, Aichi muttered.

Lo definitely sounded strangely familiar to him like Ren’s name did. He tried to search his memory for that name. Slowly over time pieces of his past in Galar had been returning to him. So far he was mostly remembering the moments he had with Oliver. Perhaps it was triggered back when his mother mentioned him? After all he didn’t remember 002f.

…

Aichi struggled a bit before he suddenly had a brief flashback.

Flashback…

“I don’t see much of a reason to create another Psyqualia user.”, Gin replied, boredly to someone.

One of the men had short desaturated pink hair and blue eyes. He wore glasses and a green suit with a red A. He had a name tag that said Jonathan Lo. The other man who was with them was Ryuzu. 003v looked up a bit curious about what they were talking about.

“Another one. Dad’s right we don’t need another one. I’m all we need.”, 003v thought.

“Well, Jonathan here has contributed about as much as Katsuki and Triton so why not?”, Ryuzu replied.

“You say that as if their just rewards. I don’t think we should have too many. If we had a large number a few might get some unsavory ideas.”, Gin replied.

“I’m not saying we’ll make a bunch. It’s just one more.”, Ryuzu replied as Gin narrowed his eyes.

“I’m not sure...I’ll have to think about it.”, Gin replied.

Flashback end

“Jonathan Lo...that’s his father right?”, Aichi asked.

“Oh you know him?”, Pegasus asked.

“So, they went through with it didn’t they…why! Why! How could he allow another to be made! Doesn’t he believe in me! I can fulfill father’s ambition on my own!”, Aichi thought.

He felt a weird feeling in his chest that he tried to push down. Part of him felt a bit outraged that they felt the need to make another one after him. Like a wounded pride. It felt like the more he remembered the more 003v’s thoughts and feelings started to blend into his own. Aichi blinked, shaking his head to snap out of it.

“No! I’m not him! Why does this keep happening? I don’t want to help my father with his twisted ambition!”, Aichi thought.

“Don’t we though? Can you really resist it when it’s hard coded into your brain?”, Aichi flinched confused, were those his thoughts? Or 003v? He wasn’t sure and it was worrying him.

Soul Saver, Gancelot, and Alfred looked rather worried. Soul Saver could feel his emotions through the link. Gancelot could read his aura so he knew exactly what he was thinking and feeling. Alfred being the wise old ghost he was he knew how to read people well. Wingal and Llew were a bit confused and concerned by Aichi’s strange behavior.

“...Kind of...I think I’ve met his father before.”, Aichi replied simply.

“Something seems to be troubling you ah…”, Pegasus trailed off awkwardly, pretending not to know his name.

“O-oh! I forgot to introduce myself! I’m so sorry. My name is Sendou Aichi. I am from Kakusa. As for how I ended up here it’s kind of a weird story…”, Aichi replied sheepishly.

“Ah, I love stories!”, Pegasus replied.

“Oh...okay well…”, Aichi replied as he started to recount when he met Leon and him getting hit by a tsunami.

In Kanto…

“He’s at that Pegasus jerk’s doorstep!”, Honda said.

“Pegasus? You mean like the business man?”, Misaki questioned confusedly.

“It’s...a long story.”, Yugi replied.

“He stole Yugs gramps soul!”, Jonouchi blurted out and Anzu face palmed.

“Say what?”, Kourin questioned.

“Oh Arceus…”, Anzu groaned.

“And he got better!”, Honda added.

The Kakusans looked at the Kantonians like they were insane minus Kai.

“Uhh...well you see it all started when I got this weird video and somehow I battled Pegasus on the video…”, Yugi started.

“How did you battle a video?”, Kamui questioned.

“Magic!”, Jonouchi replied, like that explained everything.

“Anyway there was a time limit, it ran out and he took my grandpa’s soul and forced me to battle in his tournament…”, Yugi continued as Misaki and Kourin looked at each other with the ‘these people are crazy look’.

“Then you know I participated with Jonouchi and I beat Pegasus and won my grandpa's soul back.”, Yugi finished.

“I know it sounds like they're clinically insane, but it’s actually true.”, Kai said.

“Sure...whatever you say Kai.”, Misaki replied.

“So, we have to get to Alola!”, Yugi said.

“Alright. Let’s go.”, Misaki replied.

In Galar…

Oliver looked determined as he got the back of his Garchomp. With him on their Pokémon was the tall brown haired teen, the short dark skinned girl, both from before and Raul. The tall teen had a Corviknight. The dark skinned girl had a Mismagius. Raul had a Hydreigon. He wasted no time flying towards Alola full speed while the others tried to catch up.

“He really can’t wait to meet 003v can’t he?”, the dark skinned girl questioned jokingly.

“Oliver, wait up! Oh whatever...you want to make this a race Oliver? I’m going to win!”, the tall teen yelled.

“Oliver. Neve. Ah...those two and their rivalry…”, Raul sighed face palming a bit.

The tall teen was now known as Neve. Raul and the dark skinned followed after the two who were going rather fast.

In Kanto…

They had gotten to the boat they had arrived in and were now setting course to the Alola region. Yami looked over in the direction of the Johto region with a concerned expression. Yami closed his eyes looking away.

“Yami?”, Yugi questioned.

“I’m just worried about 004a attacking, but with their friend we should be able to stop him.”, Yami replied.

“Don’t worry about it too much. We won’t be gone for long. And once we’re back we’ll be able to stop him once and for all.”, Yugi assured and Yami nodded in response.

“Hey just in case we should avoid getting as close to Johto as possible. It’s been occupied by Team Asteroid.”, Yugi warned, the Kakusans.

Thus the race to find Aichi began between our heroes and Team Asteroid.

In Johto…

A boy around Kamui’s age yawned. He had desaturated pink hair in a ponytail and blue eyes. He wore a green Teddiursa hoodie and jeans. He sat on a throne, his feet rested on a trembling person bent over.

“Your shaking is getting quite annoying foot rest.”, the boy said in an annoyed tone.

“S-sorry!”, the poor person being used as a footrest hastily apologized.

The poor guy was covered in sweat with his heart beating loudly against his chest.

“Footrests don’t talk. You stupid Caterpies keep forgetting that.”, the boy replied as the guy shook more in fear.

The boy showed no empathy to the man’s frightened expression. The man let out a pained whine as he was surrounded in gold aura and was forced to uncomfortably fold his limbs. He felt extremely uncomfortable as his face was pressed against the ground and he was folded unnaturally into more of a foot rest position. Bits of drool leaked from the guy’s mouth as he tried to hold in another whine. The boy looked down still rather unamused and dissatisfied. Loud cracking sounds could be heard as the man yelped in pain. Though all you could really see was his hands in foot in awkward positions and the boy sitting there with an unfazed expression.

“Hmm...that guy is leaving? Why? Maybe I should burn down that little town. Nah, that would be lame without him there to try and stop me. Maybe I could inconvenience him?”, the boy thought.

The boy had a dark expression as he held out a master ball. All of the citizens turned servants flinched as they saw the master ball. He jumped off his chair making sure to land on his human foot rest before walking forward. The servants had rather horrified looks and reluctantly went back to their labor.

In Alola…

“Wow! It sounds like you experienced something like something out of an old story! Well, you are welcomed to stay here for now Aichi-boy. You look like you need to wash up anyway.”, Pegasus said.

Aichi looked rather embarrassed when he mentioned washing up. Yeah, with how much he was sweating under Alola’s searing sun he needs a bath. He was still a bit cautious, but the offer sounded rather alluring. He looked down at Wingal. All of his Pokémon were hurt by the tsunami, but Wingal had it the worst. He needed help quickly or...he didn’t even want to think about the or.