#cassopeia

[umbrahighpriestofgiratina]

hmmmmm Clive feels like Cassopeia doesn't feel any actual malice toward Team Star So why are they doing this?

[heavenlysphere]

I need to grind bc my team is level around 40 but 20 bucks Penny is the leader

[eregyrn-falls-art]

Aurora Borealis, Halibut Point State Park, MA - Oct. 10, 2024

Well, here we are again! Thanks to a friend keeping an eye on the aurora forecast, we drove up to Halibut Point once more to see the aurora. We already knew from some early social media posts that the view was really good in eastern Mass. We got up there at a peak in activity (it was Kp 8 for the night), and stayed until about 11:30pm, when the bottom two shots were taken. We were getting a lot more green than red at that point, and the activity seemed to be decreasing; and we all had work in the morning.

Another good friend of mine who'd missed seeing the aurora the last time managed to get out there with us. The top three photos are his (thanks, Bill!). (The foliage blurriness in all of them is due to the length of exposure and some pretty high winds.)

Also some pretty great star watching. When aurora activity started to die down a bit, we got to see the Milky Way (faint but distinguishable), more of Cassopeia than I usually get to see, and also find the Andromeda galaxy with the naked eye. Plus, saw a bunch of meteors! I think it was the Draconids (I think I remember seeing a headline about those being visible right around now).

[z-moves]

Official playmat from the Cassopeia merchandise collection

Art by DOM (Twitter/X: 10domu08)

[pokemon-ash-aus]

Did Jay let Koraidon/Miraidon take his sandwiches?

Actually, how did he react to Cassiopeia being *insert spoiler*?

Reminder that he doesn't KNOW that Cassopeia is *Redacted* until much much later. so he would probably feel betrayed but comforted too.

Miraidon takes all his food, there is no denying it XD

[pokemondarkpathau]

A Dark Path Walked Chapter 1: The Meeting

It has been three months ever since Juliana moved from Galar to Paldea. She barely made herself at home in Cabo Poco when she decided to enroll in Naranja Academy. Not only that, Director Clavell made a visit to her house to tell her that her enrollment has been accepted. Along the journey to her new school, she met her neighbor and classmate, Nemona, who loves to battle and the two became rivals when Juliana picked Fuecoco and Nemona chose Quaxly. The newly-moved girl then met a mysterious creature called Koraidon/Miraidon after she fell off Poco Path and survived thanks to her Rotom Phone being used as a parachute, they escaped a pack of Houndour and Houndoom and met their Houndoom leader, who proved to be way too strong to Juliana and Fuecoco and Koraidon/Miraidon rescued her.

On her way to the Poco Lighthouse, she and Nemona met a young man named Arven, who is not only also a student of the same Academy she enrolled, he is also the son of the esteemed Professor Sada. After a beautiful view from the Lighthouse and an extremely long trip through Los Platos and South Province due to her not having a Cyclizar, Juliana finally arrives in Mesagoza. Before she could enter Naranja Academy, she saved a girl with an Eevee bag named Penny from some trouble making students who call themselves Team Star and she also received a Tera Orb from Nemona during the confrontation.

Upon entering the esteemed Naranja Academy, not only could she see how big and marvelous the place is, she also met Jacq, her homeroom teacher and the creator of the Paldean Pokédex, got some requests to defeat the eight gym leaders and Pokémon League from Nemona, find Five mysterious herbs called Herba Mystica from Arven and put an end to Team Star’s trouble making behavior from a mysterious entity called Cassiopeia for her Treasure Hunt. Juliana also learned that Koraidon can help her by being a ride Pokémon like Cyclizar and that made it easier for her to travel. During her Treasure Hunt, not only did she grow stronger, she also helped Nemona complete her goal of finding the perfect rival for her which turned out to be Juliana herself, used the Herba Mystica to not only restore Koraidons ability to travel better like climbing, gliding and swimming, but also cure Arven’s partner Mabostiff, who got badly injured during an expedition in Area Zero, and proved to Team Star and their leader, Cassopeia, aka Penny, that there is no need to be afraid in going back to school and that hurting others is not the right thing to do. Juliana also learned of Team Star’s tragic backstory of them being bullied by other students and retaliating against them.

After that ordeal is done, Juliana was about to rest back at Naranja Academy when she got a call from Arven to meet him at Zero Gate at the Great Crater of Paldea, which is forbidden entry due to how dangerous it is since the Quaking Earth Titan was a Great Tusk that escaped from the even dangerous Area Zero. She met him, Nemona and Penny at the entrance and they got the elevator to the lift to Area Zero working thanks to Penny’s hacking skills.

It took them a bit longer to enter since Koraidon did not want to go there due to some trauma, but the four students helped out. As soon as they entered, Koraidon returned to its Pokéball because of fear, which led the four of them to find Professor Sada, who is trapped in the Zero Lab, by foot. Along the way, they unlocked all four locks in the research stations blocking the entrance to Zero Lab, fighting a Glimmora outside the first station, which Nemona recognizes as a Pokémon Geeta, La Primera, owns, a Scream Tail, which Penny confused for a Jigglypuff, and another Great Tusk. At the same time, the behavior of Professor Sada is acting stranger and stranger.

Upon reaching the Zero Lab, they confront another Koraidon that sent Juliana’s Koraidon away after a turf war and an army of ancient looking Pokémon similar to Misdreavus and Amoongus. Nemona, Penny and Arven stayed behind to hold the reinforcements while Juliana entered the Zero Lab.

As she explores the Zero Lab, she sees Professor Sada, but it is an AI made to look and act like Professor Sada because the real Professor Sada passed away protecting Juliana’s Koraidon from the aggressive Koraidon. The AI takes Juliana to the time machine and begs for her to stop the original Professor’s wishes to continue the Time Machine. As she tries to fulfill the AI’s wish, it challenges her to a battle with a team of ancient looking Pokémon.When Nemona, Arven and Penny arrive to help Juliana, the AI activates the Time Machine’s Paradise Protection Protocol to lock all Pokémon except those on the ownership of Professor.

Just when all hope is lost when the AI sends out the aggressive Koraidon, Juliana uses the Koraidon she has been taking care of. Her kindness and devotion helped Koraidon regain its true strength and with everyone’s cheers, Koraidon defeated its aggressive counterpart.

Victory was bittersweet. Paldea was saved, but Arven learned the truth of his mother from an AI who was replicating her appearance and behavior. And not only that, AI Sada decided to use the time machine to go to the ancient past to discover her dream and freedom.

It has been three months ever since the start of the Treasure Hunt. Juliana had a long schedule, doing the Gym Inspections in Geeta’s stead, participating in the Academy Ace tournament founded by Nemona, completing her Pokédex and helping Professor Jacq on his research with Tera Raids.

Her Rotom Phone Rang when she had caught a mysterious ancient Suicune called Walking Wake.

“Hello?” She answered the call.

“Hello, Juliana, my girl!” Professor Jacq said with his useful cheerful tone.

“Hello, Professor Jacq.” The brown haired girl smiled. “Did you need something for your research?” “Actually, I called you for something else.” Professor Jacq answered. “Remember when you signed up for a lottery for an upcoming school trip?” “Yes. I did.” Juliana nodded, playing with her braid. “What happened?” “We just got the results in just a day and you are one of four students to be chosen for the trip!” The Professor said with a happier tone. “Really?!” Juliana beamed in joy. “I’m chosen! I’m so happy!” “No need to worry about asking permission.” Jacq said. “Your mother gave us the good to go. Why don’t you meet me and a special someone at the Academy’s Entrance?”

“I will.” Juliana smiled. “See you there.”

As she hung up the call, she couldn’t help herself when she jumped in joy. It was the first time she had a trip ever since moving out from Galar. She ran towards Skeledirge, Koraidon and the rest of her Pokémon. “Koraidon, Skeledirge, Tinkaton, Kilowatrel, Arboliva, Armarouge, Annihalape!” She cheered. “We are chosen for the trip! We’re going to make so many friends! People and Pokémon alike!” Her Pokémon made a variety of noises in celebration, the loudest being Skeledirge and Koraidon. “Let’s go back to Naranja Academy! Professor Jacq is waiting for us!” She said as she recalled her Pokémon except for Koraidon.

After she made some preparations, Juliana entered Naranja Academy, where at the entrance hall, a woman with dark blond hair was waiting for her. The woman turned around as Juliana approached her.

“Ah. Hello, you must be Juliana, right?” The woman greeted the girl. “One of four students in Naranja Academy chosen by lottery?” “Yes, ma’am.” Juliana nodded. “I am Juliana.” “Nice to meet you, sweet Juliana.” The woman smiled. “Allow me to introduce myself. I am Briar, and I will be your guide for our field trip to Kitakami. I am also a teacher at Blueberry Academy, which is located in Unova.” “Blueberry Academy, such a cool name!” Juliana got more excited to hear of Blueberry Academy. “I’m happy to hear that you love the small details I gave to our school.” Briar said with joy in her voice. “I am also here for another reason… Have you heard of Area Zero?” “Yes.” Juliana nodded. “I went there as part of my Treasure Hunt.” “I see.” Briar hummed. “Apparently, I am here to request access to Area Zero after hearing of a mysterious Pokémon called Terapagos. I even got the original note about Terapagos from Heath, the founder of the Scarlet Book, who is my ancestor. Anyway, let us change the topic back to the field trip. Did you make some preparations for our trip to Kitakami?” “Of course, ma’am.” Juliana nodded. Jacq and three other students, a small boy wearing a red cap, a taller boy and a girl, arrive. “Apologies for my lateness, Miss Briar.” Jacq said. “I was making some updates on the Pokédex app since Kitakami will have different Pokémon.” “My, you are very well-prepared, Mister Jacq.” Briar mused. “Juliana, would you allow me to update the Pokédex App on your Rotom Phone?” Jacq turned to Juliana.

“Of course, Professor Jacq!” Juliana agreed.

After Jacq upgraded Juliana’s Pokédex to add the Kitakami Pokédex, Briar, Juliana and the other three students headed off for a long plane flight and bus ride to Kitakami Road in the Kitakami region. As they took a rest at the bus stop, the red cap student started feeling motion sick and Briar requested Juliana to find some help at the nearby town’s community center. Juliana agreed out of kindness and selflessness, and headed off to the nearby Mossui Town.

Juliana was intrigued by the variety of Pokémon not seen in Paldea, Yanma, Poochyena, Volbeat, Johtoian Wooper, Corphish and Sewaddle. She stopped herself from being distracted as she arrived at Mossui Town and saw a pair of siblings, an older sister and a younger brother, talking to each other in front of the community center.

“Are those two kids residents of Mossui Town?” Juliana thought to herself. “Maybe they can help tend to Josue.”

The younger brother saw Juliana and turned to his sister. “Sis! Look!” He said. “There’s another one!”

The Older sister smiled to herself and ran off towards Juliana with her younger brother following her and hiding behind her back.

“Hello.” The Older sister greeted Juliana by waving. “I see that you do not belong here in Kitakami. Who might you be?” “Hello.” Juliana smiled, unaware that the kindness the older sister has is a facade. “I’m Juliana. I study at Naranja Academy in Paldea and I need your help.”

The younger brother leaned sideways a bit from behind his sister and looked at Juliana in awe.

“No way…” He muttered. “So cool…”

“Hush, Kieran.” The older sister turned to her younger brother, Kieran, before facing Juliana. “Anyway, Juliana, my name is Carmine and I am afraid I cannot let you pass to Mossui Town. Not unless you battle me.”

“Hold on.” Juliana raised her hands. “I actually need help.” “She’s right, Sis.” Kieran said. “We can’t just battle strangers out of nowhere.”

“Kiki… I said-” Carmine growled before she was interrupted by Juliana. “One of my classmates fell ill after a long flight and bus ride and I need to find someone who can help me out by tending to him.” Juliana said. “N-no way!” Kieran shook his head. “Th-this is a very serious matter! I’ll go get the caretaker so he can help!”

As Kieran runs off to get some help, Carmine turns to him. “Kiki, what are you-?!” Carmine tried to call out to her brother, but he was far off, so she turned to Juliana. “Well, it seems that you managed to speak some sense to my younger brother, but unfortunately, you will not fool me.” “This isn’t a joke!” Juliana tried to calm Carmine down.

“I don’t care what you say. We are going to battle.” Carmine growled as she took a Pokéball and sent out Poochyena.

Juliana sighed as she had no choice as she sent out Annihalape.

It didn’t take some effort for Juliana since she just used Annihalape to defeat Carmine’s Poochyena, Vulpix and Poltchageist.

“I cannot believe it!” Carmine growled as she grabbed the strands on her hair. “There is no way you should have been able to beat me!” She takes a deep breath and calms down. “Alright… I guess you pass… barely. I’ll let you into town. But only if you become one of my grunts and do every little thing I-”

Just as Carmine was about to make Juliana into her “grunt”, Kieran and an old man come out of the community center. “Oi!” The man called out to Carmine. “What are you doing, causing a ruckus out here?!”

“Tch… here comes trouble.” Carmine hissed before running off.

“Sis! Wait up!” Kieran called out to her to no avail. He let out a sigh. “I am so sorry… Sis can be… stubborn.”

“It’s ok.” Juliana smiled. “I dealt with worse.” “I see that you are a student of Naranja Academy” The old man turned to Juliana and smiled. “I will be the caretaker for your trip. I apologize for Carmine’s behavior. She has been rowdy as of last week. Also, I got word from Kieran that you need help on a classmate of yours who fell ill. Is that correct?” “Y-yes, sir.” Kieran nodded.

“Very Well.” The Caretaker said. “I will help out.” “Thank you.” Juliana said. “They’re still at the bus stop.”

“Thank you, young lady.” The Caretaker smiled. “You are such a kind girl.”

The Caretaker left to tend to the sick student.

“Th-thank you for the w-warning.” Kieran said, playing with his hair. “And… I’m sorry for Sis’ behavior…”

“Don’t worry about it.” Juliana smiled. “You made the right choice to tell someone. Oh, she did challenge me to a battle and I defeated her.” “Wowzers!” Kieran gasped. “You actually beat my sis?! No people could defeat Sis when they arrived at Kitakami.”

“You have a lot of knowledge on this, Kieran.” Juliana shook her head.

“I actually live here.” Kieran smiles shily. “And… I look forward to studying with you for this Field Trip.”

Kieran ran back home as Briar, the caretaker and the students arrived, the red cap the student feeling better. After that, everyone had a feast at the community center and had a goodnight sleep.

“What an interesting Field Trip we’re gonna have.” Juliana thought to herself. “Kieran’s such a nice kid… but Carmine… I feel like I might have trouble trying to get to know her if she has some issues with me trying to enter Mossui…”

The Paldean girl went to bed, trying to get a good night's sleep for the next day.

[stark-illerbase]

SCVI do SO MUCH in terms of character development/exploration both for the main characters you ineteract in the main plot and side characters you might miss out on if you aren't fully taking in the game.

I have 380 pokemon into the dex, beat all 5 starfall bosses, every gym leader, and all the titans and i JUST went back to do the classes for the academy.

Bonding with Director Clavell and taking time to talk to The school Nurse/ other teachers is such a fun experience that you really build relationships with these seemingly unimportant NPC's

*Spoilers*

The PC doing the treasure hunt inspired Mimi to take her teaching exam and pursue her dream of teaching for the academy.

Taking the Art class with Hassel totally gives you insight into his position as a member of the Elite Four and how much he cares for pokemon AND you get his totally platonic relationship with the Grass Type Gym Leader, Brassius

Director Clavell, who tries to protect the PC at the end of The Starfall route from fighting the real Cassopeia fearing they'll get hurt, asks you about your time at the academy and offers a help/guidance should it be needed and really takes this kid under his wing.

AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THE SOLID CHARACTER ARCS FOR BOTH NEMONA AND ARVEN

This game has its visual glitches and bugs but GOD DAMN have i enjoyed the story in all it has to offer. Its refreshing to see the characters like your "rival" who- for the majority of the franchise- have been "I WANT TO BE STRONGER AND BETTER THAN YOU" Actually have in depth personalites and quirks that attach you to them.

And the way Nemona and Arven INERACT WITH EACH OTHER!!!! IS SO SOLID. I LOVE IT SO MUCH!

[nnkdrippybot]

Maybe we should help old Cassopeia out sooner rather than later, eh, Ollie-boy? For their sake, like...

[radioactivesweet]

Hc of Nicknames that Masumi, Karou, Tsukuyomi and Innami would give to their s/o!

Kinda short but I didn't really know how to elaborate further on this one hahah

Masumi isn't fond of nicknames, calling your name is practical, that's what matters to him. But if by any chance you call him by any sweet nickname, he'll do the same - which means he will be actively looking for the sweetest and cringiest nicknames just to tease you.

Kaoru goes for the classics "darling or "my love", which may sound quite cheesy. Or, since he spends a lot of time in the bookstore, nicknames derived from book characters, depending on what he believes may suit you the most.

Tsukuyomi is fond of astrological references, therefore you are his "moon", "star", different zodiac signs depending on the day and the names of the various constellations, such as calling you "my Cassopeia" or "my Orion".

Innami worships the ground you walk on, you are his "goddess", his "deity", his "light".

[auramage111]

A Dark Path Walked Chapter 1: The Meeting

It has been three months ever since Juliana moved from Galar to Paldea. She barely made herself at home in Cabo Poco when she decided to enroll in Naranja Academy. Not only that, Director Clavell made a visit to her house to tell her that her enrollment has been accepted. Along the journey to her new school, she met her neighbor and classmate, Nemona, who loves to battle and the two became rivals when Juliana picked Fuecoco and Nemona chose Quaxly. The newly-moved girl then met a mysterious creature called Koraidon/Miraidon after she fell off Poco Path and survived thanks to her Rotom Phone being used as a parachute, they escaped a pack of Houndour and Houndoom and met their Houndoom leader, who proved to be way too strong to Juliana and Fuecoco and Koraidon/Miraidon rescued her.

On her way to the Poco Lighthouse, she and Nemona met a young man named Arven, who is not only also a student of the same Academy she enrolled, he is also the son of the esteemed Professor Sada. After a beautiful view from the Lighthouse and an extremely long trip through Los Platos and South Province due to her not having a Cyclizar, Juliana finally arrives in Mesagoza. Before she could enter Naranja Academy, she saved a girl with an Eevee bag named Penny from some trouble making students who call themselves Team Star and she also received a Tera Orb from Nemona during the confrontation.

Upon entering the esteemed Naranja Academy, not only could she see how big and marvelous the place is, she also met Jacq, her homeroom teacher and the creator of the Paldean Pokédex, got some requests to defeat the eight gym leaders and Pokémon League from Nemona, find Five mysterious herbs called Herba Mystica from Arven and put an end to Team Star’s trouble making behavior from a mysterious entity called Cassiopeia for her Treasure Hunt. Juliana also learned that Koraidon can help her by being a ride Pokémon like Cyclizar and that made it easier for her to travel. During her Treasure Hunt, not only did she grow stronger, she also helped Nemona complete her goal of finding the perfect rival for her which turned out to be Juliana herself, used the Herba Mystica to not only restore Koraidons ability to travel better like climbing, gliding and swimming, but also cure Arven’s partner Mabostiff, who got badly injured during an expedition in Area Zero, and proved to Team Star and their leader, Cassopeia, aka Penny, that there is no need to be afraid in going back to school and that hurting others is not the right thing to do. Juliana also learned of Team Star’s tragic backstory of them being bullied by other students and retaliating against them.

After that ordeal is done, Juliana was about to rest back at Naranja Academy when she got a call from Arven to meet him at Zero Gate at the Great Crater of Paldea, which is forbidden entry due to how dangerous it is since the Quaking Earth Titan was a Great Tusk that escaped from the even dangerous Area Zero. She met him, Nemona and Penny at the entrance and they got the elevator to the lift to Area Zero working thanks to Penny’s hacking skills.

It took them a bit longer to enter since Koraidon did not want to go there due to some trauma, but the four students helped out. As soon as they entered, Koraidon returned to its Pokéball because of fear, which led the four of them to find Professor Sada, who is trapped in the Zero Lab, by foot. Along the way, they unlocked all four locks in the research stations blocking the entrance to Zero Lab, fighting a Glimmora outside the first station, which Nemona recognizes as a Pokémon Geeta, La Primera, owns, a Scream Tail, which Penny confused for a Jigglypuff, and another Great Tusk. At the same time, the behavior of Professor Sada is acting stranger and stranger.

Upon reaching the Zero Lab, they confront another Koraidon that sent Juliana’s Koraidon away after a turf war and an army of ancient looking Pokémon similar to Misdreavus and Amoongus. Nemona, Penny and Arven stayed behind to hold the reinforcements while Juliana entered the Zero Lab.

As she explores the Zero Lab, she sees Professor Sada, but it is an AI made to look and act like Professor Sada because the real Professor Sada passed away protecting Juliana’s Koraidon from the aggressive Koraidon. The AI takes Juliana to the time machine and begs for her to stop the original Professor’s wishes to continue the Time Machine. As she tries to fulfill the AI’s wish, it challenges her to a battle with a team of ancient looking Pokémon.When Nemona, Arven and Penny arrive to help Juliana, the AI activates the Time Machine’s Paradise Protection Protocol to lock all Pokémon except those on the ownership of Professor.

Just when all hope is lost when the AI sends out the aggressive Koraidon, Juliana uses the Koraidon she has been taking care of. Her kindness and devotion helped Koraidon regain its true strength and with everyone’s cheers, Koraidon defeated its aggressive counterpart.

Victory was bittersweet. Paldea was saved, but Arven learned the truth of his mother from an AI who was replicating her appearance and behavior. And not only that, AI Sada decided to use the time machine to go to the ancient past to discover her dream and freedom.

It has been three months ever since the start of the Treasure Hunt. Juliana had a long schedule, doing the Gym Inspections in Geeta’s stead, participating in the Academy Ace tournament founded by Nemona, completing her Pokédex and helping Professor Jacq on his research with Tera Raids.

Her Rotom Phone Rang when she had caught a mysterious ancient Suicune called Walking Wake.

“Hello?” She answered the call.

“Hello, Juliana, my girl!” Professor Jacq said with his useful cheerful tone.

“Hello, Professor Jacq.” The brown haired girl smiled. “Did you need something for your research?” “Actually, I called you for something else.” Professor Jacq answered. “Remember when you signed up for a lottery for an upcoming school trip?” “Yes. I did.” Juliana nodded, playing with her braid. “What happened?” “We just got the results in just a day and you are one of four students to be chosen for the trip!” The Professor said with a happier tone. “Really?!” Juliana beamed in joy. “I’m chosen! I’m so happy!” “No need to worry about asking permission.” Jacq said. “Your mother gave us the good to go. Why don’t you meet me and a special someone at the Academy’s Entrance?”

“I will.” Juliana smiled. “See you there.”

As she hung up the call, she couldn’t help herself when she jumped in joy. It was the first time she had a trip ever since moving out from Galar. She ran towards Skeledirge, Koraidon and the rest of her Pokémon. “Koraidon, Skeledirge, Tinkaton, Kilowatrel, Arboliva, Armarouge, Annihalape!” She cheered. “We are chosen for the trip! We’re going to make so many friends! People and Pokémon alike!” Her Pokémon made a variety of noises in celebration, the loudest being Skeledirge and Koraidon. “Let’s go back to Naranja Academy! Professor Jacq is waiting for us!” She said as she recalled her Pokémon except for Koraidon.

After she made some preparations, Juliana entered Naranja Academy, where at the entrance hall, a woman with dark blond hair was waiting for her. The woman turned around as Juliana approached her.

“Ah. Hello, you must be Juliana, right?” The woman greeted the girl. “One of four students in Naranja Academy chosen by lottery?” “Yes, ma’am.” Juliana nodded. “I am Juliana.” “Nice to meet you, sweet Juliana.” The woman smiled. “Allow me to introduce myself. I am Briar, and I will be your guide for our field trip to Kitakami. I am also a teacher at Blueberry Academy, which is located in Unova.” “Blueberry Academy, such a cool name!” Juliana got more excited to hear of Blueberry Academy. “I’m happy to hear that you love the small details I gave to our school.” Briar said with joy in her voice. “I am also here for another reason… Have you heard of Area Zero?” “Yes.” Juliana nodded. “I went there as part of my Treasure Hunt.” “I see.” Briar hummed. “Apparently, I am here to request access to Area Zero after hearing of a mysterious Pokémon called Terapagos. I even got the original note about Terapagos from Heath, the founder of the Scarlet Book, who is my ancestor. Anyway, let us change the topic back to the field trip. Did you make some preparations for our trip to Kitakami?” “Of course, ma’am.” Juliana nodded. Jacq and three other students, a small boy wearing a red cap, a taller boy and a girl, arrive. “Apologies for my lateness, Miss Briar.” Jacq said. “I was making some updates on the Pokédex app since Kitakami will have different Pokémon.” “My, you are very well-prepared, Mister Jacq.” Briar mused. “Juliana, would you allow me to update the Pokédex App on your Rotom Phone?” Jacq turned to Juliana.

“Of course, Professor Jacq!” Juliana agreed.

After Jacq upgraded Juliana’s Pokédex to add the Kitakami Pokédex, Briar, Juliana and the other three students headed off for a long plane flight and bus ride to Kitakami Road in the Kitakami region. As they took a rest at the bus stop, the red cap student started feeling motion sick and Briar requested Juliana to find some help at the nearby town’s community center. Juliana agreed out of kindness and selflessness, and headed off to the nearby Mossui Town.

Juliana was intrigued by the variety of Pokémon not seen in Paldea, Yanma, Poochyena, Volbeat, Johtoian Wooper, Corphish and Sewaddle. She stopped herself from being distracted as she arrived at Mossui Town and saw a pair of siblings, an older sister and a younger brother, talking to each other in front of the community center.

“Are those two kids residents of Mossui Town?” Juliana thought to herself. “Maybe they can help tend to Josue.”

The younger brother saw Juliana and turned to his sister. “Sis! Look!” He said. “There’s another one!”

The Older sister smiled to herself and ran off towards Juliana with her younger brother following her and hiding behind her back.

“Hello.” The Older sister greeted Juliana by waving. “I see that you do not belong here in Kitakami. Who might you be?” “Hello.” Juliana smiled, unaware that the kindness the older sister has is a facade. “I’m Juliana. I study at Naranja Academy in Paldea and I need your help.”

The younger brother leaned sideways a bit from behind his sister and looked at Juliana in awe.

“No way…” He muttered. “So cool…”

“Hush, Kieran.” The older sister turned to her younger brother, Kieran, before facing Juliana. “Anyway, Juliana, my name is Carmine and I am afraid I cannot let you pass to Mossui Town. Not unless you battle me.”

“Hold on.” Juliana raised her hands. “I actually need help.” “She’s right, Sis.” Kieran said. “We can’t just battle strangers out of nowhere.”

“Kiki… I said-” Carmine growled before she was interrupted by Juliana. “One of my classmates fell ill after a long flight and bus ride and I need to find someone who can help me out by tending to him.” Juliana said. “N-no way!” Kieran shook his head. “Th-this is a very serious matter! I’ll go get the caretaker so he can help!”

As Kieran runs off to get some help, Carmine turns to him. “Kiki, what are you-?!” Carmine tried to call out to her brother, but he was far off, so she turned to Juliana. “Well, it seems that you managed to speak some sense to my younger brother, but unfortunately, you will not fool me.” “This isn’t a joke!” Juliana tried to calm Carmine down.

“I don’t care what you say. We are going to battle.” Carmine growled as she took a Pokéball and sent out Poochyena.

Juliana sighed as she had no choice as she sent out Annihalape.

It didn’t take some effort for Juliana since she just used Annihalape to defeat Carmine’s Poochyena, Vulpix and Poltchageist.

“I cannot believe it!” Carmine growled as she grabbed the strands on her hair. “There is no way you should have been able to beat me!” She takes a deep breath and calms down. “Alright… I guess you pass… barely. I’ll let you into town. But only if you become one of my grunts and do every little thing I-”

Just as Carmine was about to make Juliana into her “grunt”, Kieran and an old man come out of the community center. “Oi!” The man called out to Carmine. “What are you doing, causing a ruckus out here?!”

“Tch… here comes trouble.” Carmine hissed before running off.

“Sis! Wait up!” Kieran called out to her to no avail. He let out a sigh. “I am so sorry… Sis can be… stubborn.”

“It’s ok.” Juliana smiled. “I dealt with worse.” “I see that you are a student of Naranja Academy” The old man turned to Juliana and smiled. “I will be the caretaker for your trip. I apologize for Carmine’s behavior. She has been rowdy as of last week. Also, I got word from Kieran that you need help on a classmate of yours who fell ill. Is that correct?” “Y-yes, sir.” Kieran nodded.

“Very Well.” The Caretaker said. “I will help out.” “Thank you.” Juliana said. “They’re still at the bus stop.”

“Thank you, young lady.” The Caretaker smiled. “You are such a kind girl.”

The Caretaker left to tend to the sick student.

“Th-thank you for the w-warning.” Kieran said, playing with his hair. “And… I’m sorry for Sis’ behavior…”

“Don’t worry about it.” Juliana smiled. “You made the right choice to tell someone. Oh, she did challenge me to a battle and I defeated her.” “Wowzers!” Kieran gasped. “You actually beat my sis?! No people could defeat Sis when they arrived at Kitakami.”

“You have a lot of knowledge on this, Kieran.” Juliana shook her head.

“I actually live here.” Kieran smiles shily. “And… I look forward to studying with you for this Field Trip.”

Kieran ran back home as Briar, the caretaker and the students arrived, the red cap the student feeling better. After that, everyone had a feast at the community center and had a goodnight sleep.

“What an interesting Field Trip we’re gonna have.” Juliana thought to herself. “Kieran’s such a nice kid… but Carmine… I feel like I might have trouble trying to get to know her if she has some issues with me trying to enter Mossui…”

The Paldean girl went to bed, trying to get a good night's sleep for the next day.

[memoriakissed]

@secretxnight

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            ❝ I look forward to working with you today. ❞

    Comes a sweet voice from the doorway, she bowing. The Korean popstar found herself working with Japanese talent today. . . Not that she minded. She had always admired TRIGGER && of late often times found comfort in their music.

      It was funny. . . An idol seeking solace in another artist's work, but such was life && was that not one of the many purpose of music? To heal? To inspire? To aid one in the darkest of times?

   Of course, the smile upon her features was quite fake, but what was an artist to do? She was fighting to get out of this hiatus, lest she stay forever out of the music scene && this opportunity had opened up to her. Her manager had been eager for her to take it && much to his delight ( && after several weeks of almost begging ) she had finally accepted.

      As golden hues settled upon the trio in front of her, she became blantantly aware of a key detail: These three were not HUMAN. In fact, if her instincts were correct, they were of the DEMON family. Incubi? Yes. . . That seemed right.

   Not that it mattered to vulpine star. She had worked with worse, hell, dated other supernaturals.

      Her mind drifts to Cassopeia. . . 

   Ears flick as she realizes they've introduced themselves, she quickly composing herself, as she flashes another brilliant smile, before moving to sit next to Ryunosuke.

            ❝ So tell me. . . Do I make any of you nervous with what I am? ❞

[le-petite-ivy]

Ursa major, cassopeia (ask game)

My favorite animal is probably either cats, horses, or corvids

And my dream future is probably being an artist and living in some naturey cabin of some sort.

[fake-heroine]

i started pokemon scarlet

-jury’s still out on the story i’ll have to play more to see. i only have two badges rn

-i do like the three separate questlines concept, that’s pretty neat!

-nemona is great. she has one brain cell and it’s for battling.

-i can’t tell if arven is a jerk or if he’s nice. is he tsundere. hope your dog gets better soon bud

-penny is definitely cassopeia and also probably team star’s founder, right

-i am kind of emo that the rest of team star are just keeping it together because they hope they’ll see their friend again.

-clavell is. extremely funny. i like him

-there’s a lot of character in the animations. sword and shield was like that too and it was a highlight

-pikaclone fuckin cute and evolves. i named mine tangy

-koraidon is cute it very strongly reminds me of toothless.

-lots of good QOL features

-the amount of exploration you can do is awesome

okay now for the cons.

-the art style still sucks for the human characters especially, sorry. it’s not the ugliest thing i’ve ever seen but one look at characters like brassius and i’m like “this would have worked so much better if it was a little bit more cartoony”

-it um. i don’t know if i’m just pre-biased against it but the whole game kind of just doesn’t look very good especially just coming out of playing legends arceus.

-i downloaded the patch before starting so i’m not having massive bugs here but it’s uhhhhhhhh also obviously very janky. 10 sunflora following me at 3 fps

-WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN I CAN’T CHANGE OUT OF THE UNIFORM.

i’m having fun and the pros will probably outweigh the cons in the end, but the visual and performance stuff is....kind of distracting. i want to put it back in the oven to cook some more

[hmmihaventdecidedyet]

I posted 20,656 times in 2022

That's 915 more posts than 2021!

26 posts created (0%)

20,630 posts reblogged (100%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@chantylay

@limetimo

@stargazing-enby

@iamnmbr3

@fag-the-wholewideworld

I tagged 733 of my posts in 2022

#unreality - 13 posts

#yes - 12 posts

#yeah - 9 posts

#yep - 8 posts

#what - 7 posts

#oooooh - 7 posts

#it’s true - 7 posts

#ooooh - 6 posts

#so good - 6 posts

#absolutely - 5 posts

Longest Tag: 138 characters

#even if you can put aroaces into another box marked “none dating (as allos know it aka with sex and romance)” along with your “boy dating”

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Rereading In Other Lands and seeing this line is so sad why 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Elliot my sad unloved baby I love you so much

7 notes - Posted November 12, 2022

#4

New rule: whenever you write a Soulmate AU, it’s a requirement to make at least one main character aromantic as penance

13 notes - Posted September 29, 2022

#3

I was tagged by @drarrily-we-row-along, thank you so much!

Three pairings I ship: Drarry (of course), Sunbrat, from In Other Lands (absolutely amazing book, everyone should read it), and Cecilos

My first ship: Honestly, I don’t remember, but it was probably either something from Percy Jackson, or Drarry. It’s been a while, though, so who knows?

My favourite colour: Purple! All shades, all types, although my absolute favourite is probably lavender.

The last song I listened to: Mantras by Ellen Winter. It’s been getting stuck in my head for weeks now

The last series I read/watched: I don’t know if it counts, but I just finished the sequel to The Last 8, called The First 7. They’re both amazing, they’re about an alien invasion of Earth, and all of the people die, except for a select few teenagers. Any more than that would be spoiling, but they’re very good books.

What I’m currently reading/watching: I‘m reading Welcome to Night Vale: A Novel by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, who wrote the podcast together. It‘s about Josh Crayton and his mom, Diane Crayton, Jackie Fierro, who owns the pawn shop and is eternally nineteen, and King City, although I haven’t read far enough to see exactly how King City is related. It’s very chaotic, but in a nice way.

Last film: I watched Uncharted last week with a friend, it was very good. Kind of unmemorable though

Sweet, savory, or spicy: Sweet, 100%

What I’m currently working on: I’m betaing a crossover between Percy Jackson and Harry Potter, with an Aphrodite-kid!Draco, for a friend who I don’t think has Tumblr.

Tagging @limetimo @wynnesbullshit @romeoandmesittinginatree @otpdrarry-drarry4ever @dewitty1 @secretartlair @phoebe-delia @vukovich and anyone else who wants to join!

16 notes - Posted March 14, 2022

#2

Okay, with Dr. Lubell and the University of What It Is going around explaining everything (RIP Sarah Sultan), what’s going to happen to my favourite character Josh Crayton??? Janet L had better stay away from my favourite shapeshifter

18 notes - Posted October 3, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

A drabble for @drarrymicrofic’s prompt Euphoria:

Her father’d guided her to the altars of Power, Hatred, and Masculinity, once. Now, though, Cassie finally shed the last, finally being—

“Cassie! We’ll be late for the surgery!” Harry’s voice, bright and clear.

Shaking off her heavy thoughts, Cassopeia Andromeda Malfoy stepped into the car with her boyfriend, euphoric.

20 notes - Posted January 11, 2022

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[mogaitubby]

hiya, i was wondering if you could do some name/pronoun suggestions for me? i go by andromeda, but I've been thinking about a middle name and trying some new pronouns so.

i'd like them to be somewhat themed on space, bright colours, fashion and flowers, if possible. thank you very much. your blog is very cool.

☆!! Hello! Thank you for your request! I went with names that I thought sounded good with Andromeda! I hope these help !!☆

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☆!! Space !!☆

◇ Names:

Altair - a star in the Aquila constellation

Cassopeia/Cass - mother of Andromeda in Greek mythology, a constellation

Celeste - "of the sky"

Cynthia - "moon goddess"

Danica - "morning star, Venus"

Lynx - a constellation

Orion - "boundary, limit", a constellation

Selene - "moon"

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◇ Pronouns:

Stell/Stella/Stellaself

Con/Stell/Constellself (short for constellation)

Star/stars/starself

Moon/moons/moonself

Sun/suns/sunself

Sky/skies/skyself

🌌/🌌s/🌌self

🌠/🌠s/🌠self

🌟/🌟s/🌟self

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☆!! Bright Colors !!☆

◇Names:

Albion - "white"

Azure - "sky color"

Jade - "precious gem, light green"

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◇Pronouns:

Bright/brights/brightself

Pastel/pastels/pastelself

Color/colors/colorself

🌈/🌈s/🌈self

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☆!! Fashion !!☆

◇ Names:

Eririan - "bright, beautiful"

Ines - Inés de la Fressange, model and fashion designer

Hermes - "messenger", the brand

Vivienne - "determined, independent", Vivienne Westwood

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◇Pronouns:

Fashion/fashions/fashionself

Design/designer/designerself

💍/💍s/💍self

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☆!! Flowers !!☆

◇Names:

Endzela - "snowdrop flower"

Flora/Fleur/Florus/Fiore/Florian - "flower"

Ianthe - "violet flower"

Marigold - "golden flower"

Sage - an herb

Viorel - a type of violet flower

Valerian - "strength, flowering herb"

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◇Pronouns:

Petal/petals/petalself

Flora/floras/floraself

Aster/asters/asterself

Lilac/lilac/lilacself

Rose/roses/roseself

Clover/clovers/cloverself

Violet/violets/violetself

🌻/🌻s/🌻self

🌼/🌼s/🌼self

🌷/🌷s/🌷self

⚘️/⚘️s/⚘️self

🍀/🍀s/🍀self

🌺/🌺s/🌺self

[umbrahighpriestofgiratina]

a ficlet where who i was expecting and not who i was expecting

So Clavell was claiming he was Cassopeia.

Only one thing to do with him and his Oranguru then.

"Lang! Crunch!"

"Finally the true mastermind... I've been waiting for this moment!"

The Oranguru's Foul Play didn't stop Lang from taking it out, but a Yawn still left him asleep. Shit. He'd have to deal with that later. Next was Louis vs. an Abomasnow. Simple enough. "Louis? You know the drill." "I heard you don't like HEAT!"

Indeed one Flamethrower lightly toasted the Abomasnow out of the picture. 

A Polteageist came and survived a Shadow Ball, then Smashed the Shell of pottery around its body. This was dangerous. "Keep it up!"

Too late. A Shadow Ball took him out. "...Primadonno! Aqua Jet!"

"Hmpph. That cracked look is so not your style."

He slammed a jolt of water into the Polteageist, taking it out. 

Next, Sid vs. an Amoongus. "Hey! It's a little mushroom guy! Hi mushroom!"

"Sid, focus! Icicle crash!"

Sid dropped icicles on the Amoongus, smiting it instantly. 

Next: Primadonno vs. Houndoom. 

"Hmph, more brutes?"

"Close Combat!" said Vaespar. Primadonno got up close and personal with the Houndoom, and it didn't last long. 

Finally was... Another Quaquaval? Vaespar would have to consider things carefully. 

"Primadonno, ujse - 

Oh shit it Terastalized. 

"...Close Combat!"

Primadonno did so but... It survived. And smacked Primadonno with an Aqua Step. 

Vaespar had one option left. 

"Olivia!"

"Oh no oh no oh no-"

An Aireal Ace cut into her and Vaespar flinched. But he had to keep it up. "Terastalize! Energy Ball!"

A Brick Break bounced off her new crystalline hide as she blasted it back with green energy. 

It didn't get up. Some leader of Team Star.