#benta

[portalwalker]

Maria scanned over each page, looking for readable information and absorbing as much as she could. While they didn't give her a complete picture, they certainly gave her enough of one that she had an idea of what had happened.

"It looks like this is the start of what made the world look like it is now." Maria held the pages she'd read out to Benta, then reached for the fifth page, ready to grab it as soon as it was done. "It almost reads like snippets of a horror apocalypse novel -- they did what they could to try and prevent the porygon-wannabes from taking down people and pokemon, but they weren't able to stop them."

She really needed a proper name for those mindless drone weapons.

"The backlog suggests these things were making people and pokemon disappear -- and were making pokemon turn on their Trainers. They must have some kind of...possessive quality, to do something like that. Makes me worried for any of the people who might've stumbled onto these things alone, without the strength to take them down. It also makes me wonder if we're strong enough to handle one of those things on our own again, or if we got lucky."

It certainly didn't paint a pleasant picture.

"They're not mentioning anything about weaknesses or the like -- if anything, it looks like they spread and attacked without warning."

If she'd gotten here a little bit sooner, maybe she could've helped hold them back.

Or maybe she could've become a part of the problem, if her own mental defenses weren't enough. She wasn't eager to test that to find out.

He focused on the paper she offered, and floated it over to himself with psychic. The shift in focus upon seeing a photograph of that vile creature was gradual, but nevertheless it started to take his mind off the thundering weather.

Whoever took this picture and sent the report was likely the one who caught that thing in the pokeball. Had it really been Hana?

What happened to her? He approached the table with his eyes trained on the printer. "What else do these papers say?" he asked cautiously.

The next three papers were unusual and disturbing in their nature. However, they were oddly not a direct continuance of the first as if giving context with older reports that varied between a few weeks to a few months in progressed timing. And some of the letters were a mess as if it were processing through glitched and corrupted data. But there was at least enough for Maria to make out.

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- Page 2

S.O.S. S.O.S. S.O.S. S.O.S. S.O.S.

S.O.S. S.O.S. S.O.S. S.O.S. S.O.S.

S.O.S. S.O.S. S.O.S. S.O.S. S.O.S.

S.O.S. S.O.S. S.O.S. S.O.S. S.O.S.

S.O.S. S.O.S. SsSSSs.O.S. S.O.S.

S.O.S. S.0oOøS. S.O

- Trade Center Origin: KANTO

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Maximum Priority: CODE RED ALPHA

To anyone still at the Trade Center and research labs, do NOT engage this creature. We don't know what they are or what they are after, but THEY. ARE. DANGEROUS.

Should even one be spotted in your area, launch security measures. Keep everyone and their pokémon inside.

I repeat: DO NOT ENGAGE.

- Trade Center Origin: KALOS

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- Page 3

A.R.B. - All Region Bulletin.

R.A.P. - Recall All Pokémon.

SEND LOCKDOWN INSTRUCTION TO ALL FACILITIES AND POKÉMON CENTERS.

Notify authorities. Send Evacuation Warning to your local areas.

- Trade Center Origin: SINNOH

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Emergency Service Requested.

Strange black pokémon invading Celadon City with Porygon (?) swarm. Threat Level 8 and rising. Damage Level Unknown. Casualty Number Unknown. Status of Assistance Unknown.

Do Not Engage.

Do Not Engage.

DO NOT ENGAGE

- Pokémon Center Origin: KANTO

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- Page 4

Driftveil City and Castelia City requesting Emergency Assistance. Route 21 overtaken by Unown creatures and undergoing damage. Attacks frequent. Humans and pokémon suffering casualties.

Humans and pokémon reported to vanish upon battle encounter.

Partner pokémon reported turning on their trainers after taking damage.

Emergency Request. Emergency Request.

Unknown Threat Sighted on Route 21.

EMERGENCY REQUEST.

- Trade Center Origin: UNOVA

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The fifth page was still printing.

[metalmewtwo-kxb]

Pokédex(?) Update:

"Some days he is cognitive, aware, and almost docile. In fact, given his intelligence and telepathy he might attempt a vague conversation too, and has before. But he barely remembers anything by the next day.

Other days...more primal instincts take over. He can only communicate with strangled groans, whimpers, and growls. He'll even snarl and hiss if an unfamiliar face wanders too close uninvited.

Worst case scenario, the shorted circuits in his cerebral wiring force his brain into attacking blindly. The pokemon center next door is still undergoing repairs four weeks later after the last incident.

There is little-to-no control over his own behavior, and his constant posture has me thinking he is always in some form of pain. The odd breathing patterns and horrible scars on what's left of his face and body certainly support that theory.

I also can't seem to get a clear picture of him without some kind of radiowave interference from his core system, even when he's holding still. My security cameras have only been able to capture NVG images when he's awake at night and wandering around aimlessly, sometimes standing in place for hours at a time. As a result of that, not even the ghost types want to be around him it seems.

I don't know what he is, where he came from, or what made him this way... But it's obvious this poor thing is only an echo of his former self.

Further research pending."

- Entry by [Unknown or REDACTED]

[mischeviousmew]

Bonus panels:

Benta, Zen, and the baby mew belong to @metalmewtwo-kxb

[mono-phile]

[detournementsmineurs]

"Rotes Haar" par Madame d'Ora et Arthur Benda (1911) à l'exposition “Femme Fatale” du Hamburger Khunstalle Museum, Hambourg, décembre 2022.

[metalmewtwo-kxb]

Sure, why not. A headcanon guessing game for Benta could be fun lol

Rb if you want all the hcs people have about you in your inbox

[onionringbearer]

[metalmewtwo-kxb]

BOOP Benta?

You have confused the boi

[gwm247]

Zama Benta

[phaedraismyusername]

This is possibly way too specific BUT for any of my urban/contemporary fantasy or magical realism type reader girlies who are also eagerly following the whole Kendrick dragging Drake situation then BOY do I have the rec for you

White lady steals a magical golden comb from the Jamaican river spirit River Mumma to open a Jamaican restaurant in Toronto, consequences occur, and she gives the comb away and our protagonist has to set off on a Wizard of Oz style quest across the city to try and get it back from (and i swear I'm not lying lol) DRAKE who's refusing to return it because he's a fucking hack lol.

Yes it's a weird book but I really enjoyed it and I genuinely don't think there will ever be a better time to recommend it lol

[loccorocco]

Comic practice: Bleach

[metalmewtwo-kxb]

WAIT HOW THE HECK HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS??? >:0

TUMBLR- YOU KEEPIN THINGS FROM ME- I WILL FITE

For real tho, this is adorable, and I love it 🫶

To be honest, when I saw Benta, I thought “damn he looks like Ruby! And if you think about it like that, it feels like they are brothers!” the only thing that distinguishes them is that Benta has blue eyes, and Ruby has red ones

@metalmewtwo-kxb/@draconic-hydra

[onionringbearer]

[icc13]

Zama Benta – 2024 Texas Pro

[mermaid--bride]

Tia Nastácia e Dona Benta

Ruki: Alright... Here is the kitchen.

Yuma: Ugh... I hate this place...

Ruki: Let us find your book already and hope we can leave soon.

Yuma: Haah? Wait... Ya already found yer book!?

Ruki: Naturally. My character is the owner of the farm and she spent her time either in her office, responding to important emails, or in the living room. It was not very difficult to find it.

Yuma: Huh... I wish I was that fast. Had no luck looking through anywhere, even if my character is supposed to be the caretaker of the house.

Ruki: Well, Maria did say your main quality was in your food. Specifically your bolinhos de chuva.

Yuma: So many weird names... And I can barely walk around in this stupid dress.

Ruki: Well... I agree this is not exactly the clothing I would choose to wear... However I prefer this over Kino's fate.

Yuma: Pff... Yeah, guess yer right.

Hm? Heh, would ya look at that. I found it after all!

Ruki: Good grief... Who would place a book inside an oven?

Yuma: Who cares? Let's go already. I hope everyone is done finding theirs as well. I'm so done with this stupid game.

Ruki: Yes, let us get going then.