#each time I got there I finished the 6 pokemon with one pokemon with like 36 hp left

[skiddo-xy]

you know this whole pokemon legends za thing has reminded me that I actually did not finish the post-game and I still ahve to defeat volo's team and his giratina .

[thedreamworldlibrary]

Dreamers of Myths & Legends Chap. 7- The Piplup Plan

Next chapter is here!

So I wrote this chapter while I was finishing up Chapter 6 because I got so many ideas for this chapter back when I was working on Chapters 3 through 5. I’m excited for this chapter as this one was fully planned before anything else PLUS we get a new Dreamworld character into the mix.

Big thanks to my beta reader @gigilefache

Enjoy!

It was a normal day at Eric’s facility. The man was typing away on the computer till he got an oncoming video call. He smiled seeing the call was from a student of his. He answered the call and on the video, the screen showed a young girl around Dream Quartet’s age, with blonde hair with her tips dyed blue, hazel eyes, and wearing a blue t-shirt, a red whistle around her neck, and a dark blue skirt.

“Hi Mr. Gale.” She beamed waving to her former teacher.

“Alyssa!” Eric beamed. “How are things in Sinnoh?”

“Great!” Alyssa replied. “I was wondering if Lewis and the others would like to join me on a special research at the beach?”

Eric smiled, he knew the four would love to travel to another region as they’ve been in Kanto for a while. “I’ll go and ask them.” He said.

“Alright.”

Eric got up and went to the observatory, where the four were going to work on training.

At the observatory, Ridley stood in front of Oddity, Sprigatito and Skiddo. The four were preparing to practice their combinations and attacks.

“Alright,” Carly said. “You ready Ridley?”

“Ai! Aipom!” Ridley replied.

“Good luck you guys!” Oliver cheered on the sidelines as he didn’t have a Pokémon himself.

The three Pokemon turned to their friend and replied before they prepared for their battle as their trainers stood behind them. “You ready darlings?” Lewis asked. The three Pokemon nodded ready to practice training with Ridley.

Ridley moved his paw, signaling them to “bring it on,” as Oddity and his friends smirked, ready to battle their friend.

“Ridley, let's use Swift!” Carly commanded.

Ridley jumped and launched stars from his tail as the three opposing Pokemon dodged the attack. “Sprigatito, use Leafage!” Lewis commanded.

Sprigatito’s neck glowed as she launched leaves over at Ridley. Who missed the attack, but Oddity was behind him ready to attack.

“Oddity, use Quick Attack!” Wiatt commanded.

Oddity quickly dashed towards Ridley, tackling him. The Long Tail Pokemon used his tail to skid the ground. Ridley chuckled, as Oddity growled.

“Skiddo, use Razor Leaf!” Sara commanded.

Skiddo then launched Razor Leaf at Ridley.

“Dodge it with Double Team!” Carly commanded.

Ridley made copies of himself missing Razor Leaf as they surrounded Skiddo.

“Sprigatito, use Scratch to remove the copies!” Lewis commanded.

“Oddity, do the same but with Buzzy Buzz!” Wiatt added.

Sprigatito’s paw glowed white as she jumped to scratch one of Ridley’s doubles, which disappeared upon touching him. Sprigatito was confused till another Ridley appeared behind her, scaring her. She let out a meow as she hissed at the copy.

Oddity used his electric type move to zap as many of the Ridley copies as he could only for Ridley to appear as each duplicate appears. The three Pokemon were cornered as no matter how much they attack, there will be more and more copies.

“Let’s attack together,” Wiatt said.

“Got it.” Lewis and Sara replied at the same time.

“Skiddo, use Vine Whip!” Sara commanded.

“Sprigatito, use Leafage!” Lewis commanded.

“Oddity, use Buzzy Buzz!” Wiatt commanded. 

The three Pokemon used their attacks together to take down Ridley’s copies, but each time one was taken down another appeared. As the Pokemon were attacking, the real Ridley appeared behind Oddity, which made the later gasp in surprise.

Carly smirked, “Ridley, use Focus Punch!” She commanded.

Ridley’s tail glowed blue and punched Oddity, knocking him to the ground.

“Oddity! Are you okay?” Wiatt asked, worried for his partner.

“Vee!” Oddity got up, not phased from being hit by a super effective move.

Wiatt chuckled, glad to see his buddy okay.

“I’m surprised to see Oddity was able to withstand Focus Punch,” Carly said, surprised.

“What can I say, my buddy is full of surprises!” Wiatt replied.

“Eevee!” Oddity exclaimed.

Carly smirked, “well, I’m guessing this practice lesson is just getting started!”

“Indeed it is darling!” Lewis added.

“Well then, Ridley, use Swift!” Carly commanded.

Ridley then launched stars from his tail at Oddity.

“Oddity dodge it, and use Copycat on Swift!” Wiatt exclaimed.

Oddity jumped and started to glow as he released stars from his tail as well. The two attacks collided with each other before exploding. The two Pokémon held their ground as the explosion pushed them back.

“Oddity, use Buzzy Buzz!” Wiatt commanded.

Oddity then launched his electric type move at Ridley.

“Dodge it!” Carly yelled.

Ridley jumped to dodge the attack, but Eric was coming by, which shocked Carly and Wiatt. The two panicked, warning Eric of the oncoming electric attack. “W-Wait Wait! Stop!” They shouted.

“Guys! I got some news for you all-ahhh!” Eric was cut off as Buzzy Buzz hit him, he was paralyzed, his hair was all over the place and a bit charred.

“D-Dad!” Carly yelled as she ran to him.

“Aipom!” Ridley yelled following Carly behind. The two went over and helped the man up.

“Are you okay?” Carly asked.

“I-I’m fine,” Eric replied, dizzy from the attack. “Wiatt, your Eevee’s attack is…shocking.” He let out a cough, causing Wiatt and Oddity to look at each other and chuckled nervously. The group decided now was a good time to end training.

The four headed back inside as Eric brushed himself off, and explained the four of their task. “So it’s been a while since you got your frist mission from me, and I figured it’s time for you to get another one.” Eric started.

Wiatt smiled excited what the mission was, before Eric responded.

“No, nothing on Mew yet Wiatt,” Eric added.

“Aww.” Wiatt sighed.

Sara chuckled, which made Wiatt glare at his friend. However, she quickly acted all innocent like she wasn’t poking fun at her friend’s dream.

“Actually, its an old student of mine,” Eric answered. “Lewis, do you remember Alyssa?”

Lewis’s eyes widened and nodded, “I do.” He replied.

“Well she’s inviting you four to Sinnoh to check out something she’s been researching,” Eric explained.

“Splendid!” Lewis beamed. “When does she want to see us?”

Eric chuckled, “today, your ferry ride to Sinnoh is in one hour.” He told them.

The Dream Quartet looked at the professor in shock before turning to the clock and see it’s already 10:30 am.

“Make that, half an hour,” Carly added.

The Dream Quartet quickly left the facility and ran off outside to catch the fairy boat to the Sinnoh region.

“Hurry! We’re gonna be late!” Oliver yelled.

“We’re coming!” Wiatt yelled.

Eric, Carly and Ridley watched as the four quickly dashed off, which made Carly speak up, “there they go.” She said.

In Jubilife City, located in Sinnoh, Alyssa waited at the port as the ship started to dock. There she saw people exiting off the boat, and waited for Lewis and his friends to board off the ship. It wasn’t long and soon Lewis and the others came off waving to Alyssa.

“Lewis! Oliver! Sara!” Alyssa beamed.

“Alyssa!” Lewis and his two friends beamed. The group ran to their friend, with Wiatt following behind. “How are you darling?”

“Doing great!” She replied. Alyssa turned to Lewis’s other two friends, “how have you guys been?”

“Great!” Oliver replied.

Alyssa smiled before turning to Wiatt, “you must be Wiatt and this must be your Eevee, Oddity?” She asked.

Wiatt nodded. “It’s nice to meet you Alyssa.” He said.

“Eevee!” Oddity replied. His eyes widened as Alyssa petted the Evolution Pokemon, which he enjoyed.

“Meow!”

Alyssa stopped petting Oddity and looked down to see Lewis’s Sprigatito, wanting to be petted too. The girl’s eyes widened as she saw the Grass Cat Pokemon. “Aww is this your Sprigatito, Lewis?” She asked, as she kneeled down to the grass-type Pokemon.

“Yep, she’s my little star,” Lewis replied.

Sprigatito blushed hearing her trainer’s nice words about her. Alyssa gave a soft chuckle as she pet the Grass Cat Pokemon causing her to purr.

“Pop?” A Poppio asked, as she pops up behind Alyssa. Sprigatito jumped in surprise seeing the other Pokemon.

Lewis and his friends gasped, “Alyssa is that your Popplio?” Sara asked.

Alyssa nodded, “this is Glory, she’s a sweetheart.”

Glory gives a proud smile as she put her fins to her hips.

“She’s so cute!” Sara beamed as she took her Rotom phone and scanned Popplio in her Pokedex.

Popplio, the Sea Lion Pokemon. A Water-Type.

Popplio can blow balloons from its nose. These balloons can grow as large as Popplio can make them with enough practice.

“Pop. Pop!” Glory replied, agreeing with what the Pokedex explained about her species. She decided to show off making one of her balloons, which quickly popped causing the group to chuckle.

“So,” Alyssa spoke up, calming down. “Ready to show you guys what I’ve been researching?” The group nodded in reply. “Great follow me to my car.” The girl lead the four to her car, a red Hummer, and once everyone was in, the young girl started driving.

While driving, Wiatt had some questions for the other researcher, “so Alyssa, what do you research?” He asked.

“I normally research water-type and ice-type Pokemon. I go into the oceans to explore and learn things about the Pokemon that live there such as migration patterns and habitats.” Alyssa answered.

“That’s amazing!” Wiatt exclaimed.

“Eevee!” Oddity added.

Alyssa smiled, and suddenly she got an idea. “Hey want me to go faster?” She asked.

“Huh?” Everyone asked in reply.

“How fast are you talking about?” Oliver asked.

“I’ll show you,” Alyssa replied. She pressed her foot on the gas gently, and drove fast. Not insanely fast, but fast enough to get to their destination quicker.

High above the sky, Team Rocket was following Wiatt and his friends in their Meowth balloon and using a pair of binoculars to get a close up of what the twerps were doing.

“So, where are the twerps going this time?” Jessie asked.

James looked up ahead and saw the beach, “seems like they're going to the beach.” He answered.

Meowth sighed as he put down his binoculars, “ah the beach sounds fun!” He beamed. “A day to relax and catch some sunlight.” Meowth then fantasized him at the beach lying down on a chair wearing a hawaiian shirt, sunglasses, sunhat, and drinking coconut milk.

However, Meowth’s fantasy was interrupted when Wobuffett and Jessie smacked him on the head. “This isn’t a vacation, Meowth!” Jessie growled.

“Yeah!” Jame spoke up, turning towards his partner, “We’re here to follow the twerps and see what twerpy adventures they have planned!”

“Wobbuffet!” Wobbuffet beamed.

“Cramo.”

Team Rocket’s eyes widened wondering who said that. They looked around, until they turned to see a Cramorant sitting on the edge of their balloon, blinking in surprise.

“Cramorant.” Cramorant said.

“Now what’s a Cramorant doing relaxing with us?” Meowth asked.

“Don’t know?” James replied.

Jessie growled and tried to shoo away the Gulp Pokemon, who missed every hit the female Team Rocket member try to throw at it, “h-hey move it you dumb bird!” She yelled.

Cramorant ended up flying away, but got its beak stuck on the Meowth balloon.

“Hey! Get off my face!” Meowth yelled.

Cramorant did just that, however that ended up being a mistake in Meowth’s part, and it left a giant hole on the Meowth balloon. “Big mistake!” Team Rocket yelled as their balloon blasted away, leaving a twinkle in the sky.

The Gulp Pokemon tilted its head in confusion before flying off.

Alyssa and the Dream Quartet finally made it to the beach. She parked her car to the side as the group got out and started walking.

“So what did you want to show us?” Wiatt asked.

Alyssa giggled, “you’ll see.”

The group turned a corner, and their eyes widened at what they saw. There a pack of Piplup was swimming and having fun on the beach. There were also nest with eggs as well.

“Are those Piplup?” Oliver asked.

Alyssa nodded, “I’ve been watching these Piplup for a month now, and figured you guys should check them out too.” She explained.

Wiatt pulled out his Rotom phone and scan Piplup into his Pokedex.

Piplup, the Penguin Pokemon. A water-type.

Piplup are known to be very proud. They are poor walkers, but excellent swimmers as they can dive for 10 minutes to hunt.

“So what are the Piplup doing here?” Lewis asked.

“These Piplup come from the coldest part of Sinnoh, once a year they come to this beach to raise their eggs and once they fully hatched,” Alyssa explained.

Soon, the group saw two of the Piplup eggs glowing, ready to hatch.

“And we just made it in time,” Alyssa said.

The egg glowed for a bit before hatching into baby Piplup. “Pip!” One baby Piplup said.

“Lup!” The other baby Piplup said.

“Awww.” Everyone said seeing the babies.

“I have got to show this to Celio!” Sara exclaimed as she quickly got her Rotom phone, wanting to get a photo of the cute water-type Pokemon. She got a little closer, ignoring the warnings from her friends.

“S-Sara we should stay here,” Wiatt warned.

Sara ignored Wiatt’s warnings, but at that point a bigger Piplup appeared glaring at Sara. The later stopped, and soon Piplup used Bubble Beam on Sara getting her wet.

“I warned her,” Wiatt said.

“Piplup! Pip!” The Piplup yelled, telling Sara to get off their land.

“S-Sorry.” Sara apologized. “I just wanted to take a photo.”

Piplup glared and was ready to launch Bubble Beam again before Lewis stepped in and dragged his friend back to where everyone was standing. However, Piplup still launched the attack getting everyone wet.

“Smart move Sara,” Wiatt said sarcastically.

“Vee Eevee!” Oddity yelled.

“Meow! Meow!” Sprigatito hissed, hating getting wet.

“Sorry.” Sara apologized. She then turned to Piplup who glared ready to launch Bubble Beam again. “Wait,” Piplup stopped as Sara spoke up, “I’m sorry again Piplup. We’re not trying to hurt the babies I promise.”

Piplup loosened up, “Pip?” He asked.

“I just wanted to take a photo of them, but I didn’t realize we were in your territory,” Sara said.

“It’s true,” Alyssa spoke up, causing Piplup to turn to the water-type researcher. “I do know your protective of your friends, but we’re not here to hurt any of them I promise.” Sara turned towards the girl surprised she knew this Piplup.

Piplup’s eyes widen, “Piplup.” He said. Piplup thought for a bit and sighed and loosened up giving Alyssa and her friends to get close to his friends.

“Thank you Piplup!” Sara beamed.

A star twinkled in the sky, which caused everyone to look up to see Team Rocket and their balloon crashing down into the ocean. Team Rocket groaned as it was a rough landing.

“Team Rocket!” Wiatt growled.

“What brings you three down here!” Lewis yelled.

Jessie groaned, “blame the oversized Pidgey.”

“Cramorant.” Meowth corrected her.

Jessie growled and hit Meowth over the head, “what Meowth said…for popping our balloon.”

The Dream Quartet glared at the villainous trio, but Alyssa and Glory were confused over who the trio were. “Who are those three?” Alyssa asked.

“Team Rocket,” Oliver answered.

“These three love to cause trouble,” Sara added. 

Skiddo, Sprigatito and Oddity growled seeing their enemies.

Even though they were villains, Glory looked up, “Pop! Pop? Pop!” She exclaimed getting her trainer’s attention as she pointed out that Team Rocket’s balloon was ready to sink. 

“Uh…do you three need help!” Alyssa exclaimed. Team Rocket looked up at the girl, “your balloon is ready to sink.”

The Dream Quartet looked shocked as their new friend mentioned she wanted to help Team Rocket. The latter glared hearing the new twerp wanted to help them. “No thank you!” James yelled.

“We don’t need help from twerps!” Meowth added.

“Yeah! We’ll be fine on our-” Jessie was cut off as the balloon started to fill with water and was now pulling Team Rocket deeper into the ocean.

“Somebody help us!” Team Rocket screamed.

“Oh brother…” The Dream Quartet sighed.

Later, the Dream Quartet pulled Team Rocket out of the ocean with help from Piplup and Skiddo. They sighed in relief seeing they were on land and not at the bottom of the ocean. “Thank you.” Team Rocket said at the same time.

“No…problem…” Wiatt replied, not impressed seeing he and his friends had to help Team Rocket.

Team Rocket got up and looked around see the twerps and the pack of Piplup. “Hey look at all the Piplup here!” Meowth exclaimed.

“Now what would a group of Piplup be doing here?” Jessie asked.

“They’re raising their eggs here. Once the Piplup eggs hatch they’ll go back to their home up in the northern part of Sinnoh.” Alyssa explained. Suddenly she felt a tap on her shoulder and turned to Wiatt.

“You sure you want to be telling them everything?” Wiatt whispered.

“Yeah those three are criminals and they steal Pokemon,” Oliver added, whispering as well.

“Yeah, but we just saved them,” Alyssa replied. “I doubt they would steal them after all we did.”

Wiatt, Oddity and Oliver sighed knowing this was going to be a bad idea.

“Wow! So this is the answer why Piplup swim south for the summer!” Meowth exclaimed. He then got pulled into a huddle by Jessie and James.

“This isn’t the time for jokes, Meowth,” James whispered.

“Yeah, were surrounded with a bunch of Piplup,” Jessie whispered. “Once the time is right we capture them and bring them to the boss.”

Meowth snickered, “the boss would reward us with being millionaires.” He said.

“Piplup?”

Team Rocket’s eyes widened to see the bigger Piplup coming into their conversation. They jumped in fear before glaring at the penguin Pokemon.

“Don’t scare us like that!” James yelled.

“Yeah!” Meowth added. “Weren’t you taught any better?!”

Piplup glared and was ready to hit Team Rocket with a Bubble Beam before he stopped and looked up at the sky. Everyone else looked up and saw dark clouds covering the sky as thunder rumbled and raindrops started to fall.

“Aww great! It’s raining!” Wiatt yelled.

However, it wasn’t just rain, but also a long gust of wind causing everyone to scream.

“Quick!” Alyssa yelled. “Follow me, my villa isn’t far from here!”

Before anyone could take a step, Team Rocket dashed passed Wiatt and his friends causing them to get dizzy. “You don’t have to tell us twice!” Team Rocket yelled at the same time.

The Dream Quartet shook it off and followed Team Rocket into Alyssa’s villa. A few of the Piplup followed the group behind the group except the bigger Piplup who stayed behind to watch the unhatched eggs.

Skiddo turned around and bleated, calling for Piplup to follow them.

Sara turned around to see Piplup staying behind, “Piplup!” She called out. Piplup turned to the young girl. “Come on, we gotta get inside!” She yelled.

Piplup shook his head and decided to stay behind to take care of the eggs.

“Piplup…” Sara said.

“Darling!” Lewis yelled. He grabbed Sara’s hand and took her inside as the storm got worse. “Come on, let's get inside!”

Sara didn’t struggle as her best friend took her inside to stay safe.

Once inside, Team Rocket sat in front of the fire and sighed with the warmth of the flames.

The Dream Quartet sat on the couch as two of the baby Piplup snuggled with Sara. She put a blanket over them to keep them safe and warm. “There, you're safe now.” She said.

“Piplup.” The baby Piplup said, thanking the girl.

Sara smiled and looked over at Skiddo who was also caring for some of the baby Piplup. “How are you doing, Skiddo?”

Skiddo bleated in reply knowing she’s fine taking care of the babies. She then saw Oddity and Sprigatito playing with one of the baby Piplup, who loved chasing Oddity’s tail.

Sara smiled till she saw Wiatt put a cup of hot chocolate in front of her. She looked up at her friend who sat down next to her along with Oddity. “Alyssa and Lewis made hot chocolate for us.”

Mewoth’s ears twitched as he heard hot chocolate, “ooh! Is there some for us?” He asked.

Wiatt glared, “no.” He replied.

“Yes,” Alyssa replied, handing the three villains their hot chocolate. 

Their eyes widened as they took the cups and took a sip. “Ah…This is life.” They said with a sigh.

Alyssa gave a soft chuckle. “Glad you like it.”

Lewis and Oliver got their hot chocolate as well and sat down with their friends. As the four drank their hot chocolate, Sara couldn’t help but keep glancing at Piplup who was watching the storm as he guarded the eggs.

“Alyssa,” Sara spoke up. Alyssa looked up at her friend the second she sat down. “You mentioned you knew about this specific Piplup.”

Alyssa nodded. “Since I started being a researcher and watching the Piplup migration, I’ve seen this specific Piplup being a bit different then the others.” She explained.

“Different?” Oliver asked.

“How so darling?” Lewis asked.

“Well, for starters it’s a bit bigger than the Piplup I’ve been watching. However, I don’t know if a trainer left this Piplup behind to take care of the younger Piplup or if this specific Piplup is the oldest out of all of them.” Alyssa explained.

As the researcher explained, Sara glanced at the window to see Piplup guarding the eggs while the rain poured down on him. “He’s so determined to protect the eggs,” Sara whispered.

“He sure is,” Alyssa replied. “He’s…ambitious in a way.”

Sara smiled as she can relate to being ambitious. She then looked at the baby Piplup that snuggled with the blanket she gave them. “You know the reason why I understand him is because I cared for Pokemon eggs before.”

“Really?” Wiatt asked.

Sara nodded in reply.

“Oh yeah, doesn’t your caretaker take care of baby Pokemon?” Oliver asked.

“Correct,” Sara replied. “Celio and I took care of so many baby Pokemon, they taught me everything I needed to know.” She remembered when her and Celio would feed baby Pokemon their food and keep an eye on the eggs to make sure they hatched healthy and safely.

The sound of the thunder and flash of lightning illuminated the room, causing everyone to cover their eyes from the flash. Some of the baby Piplup cried as Skiddo and Oddity comforted the little ones that it was just thunder and nothing else.

“Man this storm is getting bad,” Wiatt commented.

Sara saw the storm getting worse before turning to where Piplup was and saw he was struggling trying to protect the eggs. “Piplup is doing this all on his own.” She thought to herself. “However, if he’s not careful him and the eggs…” Sara’s eyes widened as she quickly got up. “Skiddo let’s go!”

Skiddo looked up at her trainer, and nodded.

“Darling, where are you going?” Lewis asked.

“I’m going to help Piplup!” Sara answered as she pulled a pink rain coat from her backpack as well as an orange one for Skiddo and put it on.

The group looked at their friend like she was crazy. “You're not serious!” Wiatt yelled.

“In this weather?” Oliver asked. “That’s dangerous.”

“Piplup needs help, and I’m worried for him and the eggs,” Sara said. She opened the door, which swung open as the wind came through. Sara and Skiddo braced themselves as they stepped outside and into the storm.

Everyone stared in shock, even Team Rocket was speechless over Sara’s actions. “That twerpette is crazy!” Meowth exclaimed.

“She sure is,” Wiatt said.

Outside, Piplup was trying to make the nest more sturdy as well as building a wall using the sand to prevent the eggs from being washed to sea.

“Piplup!” Sara called out.

Piplup looked up and saw Sara and Skiddo coming towards him before glaring at the two. He walked by to protect the eggs and prevent Sara and Skiddo from taking another step.

“Pip Piplup!” Piplup yelled.

“Piplup please let us help you!” Sara yelled.

Skiddo bleated begging Piplup for their help.

“Piplup! Piplup! Pip!”

Soon the waves from the ocean came closer to the eggs causing Piplup to look behind and quickly ran to the eggs to shield them from the oncoming waves. While the waves didn’t harm the eggs, it did drag Piplup into the ocean.

“Oh no! Piplup!” Sara yelled.

Piplup tried to swim back, but due to how strong the waves were, he couldn’t swim back to shore.

“Hang on! Skiddo, use Vine Whip!”

Skiddo then used her Vine Whip and grabbed Piplup around his waist. He was confused, but accepted the help. Skiddo pulled the Penguin Pokemon out of the water and put him back on land.

“Are you okay?” Sara asked.

Piplup blinked and nodded. “Lup.” He replied.

Sara sighed in relief, “that’s good.” She then looked at the eggs as she and Skiddo looked around to find something to keep the eggs safe. Not far behind there were some sticks and leaves that could be used for a shield. “There!”

Sara and Skiddo ran and gathered as much sticks and leaves they can. Once they gathered enough, they went to the nests and used the leaves and sticks as a barricade to keep the eggs safe. Piplup helped using the sand to keep the barricade steady. Skiddo used her vines to tighten the barricade well.

“There, that should keep it safe,” Sara said. Skiddo bleated in reply, the two looked at the other nest and decided to do the same thing. The three gathered as much as they could and started to build barricades to protect the nests.

Wiatt and the gang watched from the window seeing their friend do everything she can to protect the eggs. “She’s so determined to protect the eggs.” He whispered.

“Vee.” Oddity agreed.

Sara and Skiddo were finishing up one of the barricades for the eggs, and sighed seeing there’s only one nest to go. “Almost done,” Sara said. 

Soon the winds picked up as the waves rolled in wildly. Sara and Skiddo braced themselves from the wind not knowing a giant wave was on top of them ready to fall. Hearing it the two turned and their eyes widened in horror seeing the monstrous wave on top of them. The two braced themselves, but before the wave landed on them, Piplup stood in front.

“Pip…LUP!” Piplup yelled as he launched a light blue beam on the wave causing it to freeze.

Sara opened her eyes and saw Piplup using Ice Beam to freeze the wave. “Piplup…you saved us.” She whispered.

Piplup turned to the girl with a smile, “Pip. Piplup.” He replied.

Sara’s eyes widened as she smiled. The frozen wave cracked causing one half of the wave to go back into the ocean while the other half broke into shards. “Come on, we got one more nest to save!”

Piplup nodded and he and Skiddo followed the girl to gather the remaining leaves and sticks for the barricade.

Inside the villa, Wiatt smiled seeing Sara was alright.

As Sara, Skiddo and Piplup get the last barricade up the storm starts to die down. The wind slowly calmed down, the rain stopped, the waves rolled in smoothly, and finally the clouds started to blow away as the sunlight started to peek through them.

Sara sighed and lay down on the sand alongside Piplup. The trio took heavy breaths before Sara turned to the Penguin Pokemon. “We did it.”

“Lup,” Piplup answered.

The two turned to face each other before giving a small smile. “You're pretty confident for a Piplup,” Sara said.

Piplup blinked in surprise before smiling. “Pip. Piplup.” He replied.

Sara gave a light chuckle as she slowly sat up and removed her raincoat. She then helped Skiddo with removing her raincoat, but as they were doing so they saw something glowing where the Piplup eggs rested. Sara, Skiddo and Piplup got a closer look and saw each and every egg started to glow. One by one, the eggs hatched into baby Piplup.

Sara and Piplup’s eyes widened, smiling with joy, as they removed the barriers so the babies could be free. Piplup looked over at Sara and tapped her arm, “Piplup. Piplup.” He said, translating to thank you for helping him.

“You’re welcome,” Sara replied.

“Sara!”

Sara and Piplup turned to see Wiatt and the others coming by and checked on the trio. “Wiatt!” Sara yelled.

Once the group caught up, Wiatt gave a small glare, “what you did was stupid.” He said.

“I know,” Sara replied.

“But, we are glad you're okay darling,” Lewis added.

Sara gave a smile, “thanks. Besides, I couldn't leave those eggs alone.”

The Piplups who were inside the villa came and met the newborn Piplup and started to play with them. The group chuckled seeing everyone reuniting and getting along.

However, Alyssa stopped chuckling realizing something. “Hey, where were the other three that were with us?” She asked.

“Team Rocket?” Oliver answered.

“Now that you mention it, the second the storm cleared up they ran off,” Lewis answered.

“Guess the storm scared them off,” Wiatt replied, crossing his arms.

Soon something came out of the water causing everyone to turn in shock. It was a blue and red robot, and on it’s forehead was a red R on it.

“Now what?!” Sara yelled.

From the mecha, laughter was heard, “No storm scares us!” Jessie exclaimed.

“And now that we got warm from hot chocolate and the storm has gone away another day, we can finally start what we were here for!” James exclaimed.

“Catching the Piplup for the boss using our new mecha!” Meowth exclaimed, as he clicked the button. Once he did, tentacles came out of the robot and started to grab the Piplup and throw them inside the chest, trapping them.

“Oh no the Piplup!” Alyssa yelled.

“Stop it Team Rocket!” Wiatt growled.

Team Rocket laughed and continued to grab as many Piplups as they could.

Alyssa frowned feeling betrayed by Team Rocket, “I-I can’t believe I was nice to them.”

“We did warn you darling,” Lewis replied.

Piplup glared and was ready to fight the bad guys from taking his friends. “Wait, Piplup,” Sara said, stopping the water-type. “I know Team Rocket is stealing your friends, but you can’t battle them alone. Let us help you.”

Piplup shook his head and was ready to fight Team Rocket on his own.

“If you let me help you before, why not now?” Sara asked.

Piplup paused and turned to not only see Sara, but Lewis and Wiatt and their Pokemon ready to help him too.

“In our group, we're a team,” Lewis said.

“And if anything we wanna get a chance to fight Team Rocket too,” Wiatt added.

“Eevee!” Oddity exclaimed.

“Meow!” Sprgiatito added.

Skiddo bleated in response.

Piplup’s eyes widened, he turned to the mecha before turning back to the group and nodded, accepting the help.

“Alright!” Sara beamed. She then looked at the mecha as its tentacles cornered the last remaining Piplup. “Okay, we need to practice like we did earlier back at the facility.”

Lewis, Wiatt, Piplup, and their Pokemon nodded in agreement.

“Ready?”

“Ready!” Wiatt and Lewis exclaimed.

“Skiddo, use Vine Whip to stop Team Rocket!” Sara commanded.

Skiddo quickly used her vines to slap away the tentacles from stealing the other Piplup.

“Hey, watch it!” Jessie exclaimed. “Meowth handle that little brat!”

“Roger that!” Meowth exclaimed as he pressed another button causing the vines to head towards Skiddo.

“Alright Piplup it’s your turn! Use Ice Beam!” Sara commanded.

“Piplup. Pip…LUP!” Pipulp yelled, launching a light blue beam from his mouth freezing the robot’s tentacles.

Team Rocket struggled to get the tentacles out, but they were frozen.

“Sprigatito, use Leafage!” Lewis commanded.

“Oddity, use Copycat on Leafage!” Wiatt added.

Sprigatito launched the leaves from her neck, while Oddity glowed green and launched leaves from the tuft on his neck hitting the frozen tentacles and breaking them.

Team Rocket yelled in surprise seeing the tentacles were destroyed.

“Great work you guys!” Sara exclaimed. The two Pokemon turned towards the young girl and replied back to her. She turned to Piplup, “Now let’s rescue the babies!” 

“Piplup!” Piplup exclaimed.

“Skiddo, use Take Down!” Sara commanded.

“Oddity, use Quick Attack!” Wiatt commanded.

The two Pokemon started to charge at the robot and soon Piplup was right next to them as his beak glowed white, issuing a Peck attack. The three charged at the mecha, causing it to lose its balance.

“Woah! Woah!” Team Rocket yelled as the mecha lost balance and they fell. The door that that held the Piplup cracked open before breaking and all the baby Piplups escaped from Team Rocket.

“Oh no!” Meowth yelled.

“Alright!” Wiatt beamed. He then looked at his two friends, “ready to finish this?” Lewis and Sara nodded. “Oddity, use Buzzy Buzz!”

“Sprigatito, use Leafage!” Lewis commanded.

“Skiddo, use Razor Leaf!” Sara commanded.

The three Pokemon went to use their signature moves, with Piplup using Bubble Beam to make the attack even stronger. The attacks combined together and hit the machine. Oddity’s electric attack shocked Team Rocket before the rest of the attacks came by and destroyed the mecha.

“You know if we weren’t too relaxed from the hot cocoa, this would’ve been an easy capture,” James said.

“Well, it was good hot chocolate, but you're right,” Jessie added.

“Wobbuffet!” Wobbuffet shouted coming out of no where.

Meowth shrugged, “oh well today was a win loose situation.”

“Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off again!” Team Rocket screamed at the same time.

“Wobbuffet!” Wobbuffet added.

Soon a star twinkled in the sky showing Team Rocket has blasted off far away.

Everyone cheered over Team Rocket’s defeat, glad they stopped them from taking anymore Piplup.

“You guys were amazing!” Sara beamed.

Skiddo belated and gave a smile, while Piplup chirped in reply.

“Especially you Piplup. You were awesome!” Sara exclaimed.

Piplup blinked in surprise. “Piplup?” He asked. “Piplup!”

Later, the sun started to set and the Piplup were all in the water ready to leave. “You guys get up north safe and sound, okay?” Alyssa reminded them.

“Piplup.” The Piplup pack replied.

Piplup saw his friends in the ocean, and was ready to step in and swim. Before he did he looked back at Sara. “Piplup. Pip.” He said.

“I’m gonna miss you too,” Sara said. Skiddo belatedly replied to what he just said.

“Piplup.”

Sara petted his head, “hey you and I will see each other again one day.” She said, The girl looked back at the pack of Piplup before looking back at her friend. “They’re waiting on you.”

Piplup nodded and got in the water and started to swim to his friends. “Piplup Pip?” Piplup asked if everyone was ready to go.

“Piplup!” The Piplup pack beamed.

“Piplup! Pip!” Piplup yelled as he and the group started their travels back home. As Piplup swam away with its pack, he constantly turned around to see Sara and his friends. The further away he was he felt sad separating from his new friends.

“Lup?” A younger Piplup asked.

Piplup looked up at the pack, who were concerned for him. “Piplup pip?” The younger Piplup asked.

Piplup sighed, he couldn’t lie to his pack, “Lup. Pip Piplup.” Piplup replied.

The Piplup looked at one another and smiled before turning to the oldest Piplup. “Piplup Pip!” They all exclaimed.

Piplup looked up to see all his friends cheering him on to go on his new journey. Tears were in his eyes as he smiled and nodded, he turned around and swam away before waving to his friends.

“Piplup! Pip!” Piplup exclaimed.

“Piplup!” The Piplup pack exclaimed back.

Alyssa and the Dream Quartet were about to head inside the villa till they heard Piplup calling out to them. They turned to see Piplup swimming back to shore.

“Piplup!” Sara exclaimed as she and Skiddo ran back to their friend. 

Once Piplup was close to shore, he jumped out of the water and into Sara’s arms, who caught him and held him close. “Piplup, are you just here to say goodbye?” She asked.

Piplup shook his head, and nuzzled close to his trainer, causing the girl’s eyes to widen.

“I get it.” Alyssa spoke up, “Piplup wants to join you guys.”

Wiatt and the others gasped in shock before turning to Sara. The latter’s eyes widened as she looked down on the Penguin Pokemon, who looked back up at her. “Piplup.” He said.

“Piplup, you want to join us?” Sara asked.

“Piplup!” Piplup replied.

“Pip! Piplup!”

Sara looked up to see some of Piplup’s friends giving the two approval to be friends and go off on their journey together. The young girl smiled and nodded as she put Piplup down and took out a Pokeball, “Piplup, you and I are going on so many adventures together.” Sara explained.

“Lup!” Piplup beamed.

Sara tapped the Pokeball on Piplup’s head, which opened as a light came out and sent Piplup inside the Pokeball. Once the ball closed, it wiggled three times before a chime was heard showing that Piplup was caught. She let out a chuckle as she got a new partner. 

“That’s awesome darling.” Lewis beamed as he, Wiatt and Oliver walked over to her. 

“You got yourself a new friend,” Oliver added.

Skiddo bleated happy her trainer caught a new Pokemon. Sara let out a chuckle and looked back at Piplup’s friends. “I promise, I’ll take good care of him.”

“Piplup!” The Piplup pack beamed.

“Piplup! Come on out!” Sara shouted as she threw the Pokeball up in the air and out came Piplup.

“Piplup!” Piplup beamed. Once landing he turned to his friends and waved them goodbye once more. “Pip Piplup!”

“Piplup!” The Piplup pack waved back before swimming off and catching up with the rest of the group.

Piplup smiled glad to see his pack would be fine on their own, he sighed and watched his friends leave. Sara and Skiddo smiled and went to sit down next to her new friend as they saw the Piplup leave towards the sunset.

[dreadfutures]

🎇20 Questions for Fic Writers🎇

Tagged by @shivunin | @melisusthewee thank you!!!

Tagging: @anneapocalypse | @shift-shaping | @demandthedoodles

Empty meme for your own convenience. My answers below! 1. how many works do you have on ao3?

2. what’s your total ao3 word count?

3. what fandoms do you write for?

4. what are your top five fics by kudos?

5. do you respond to comments?

6. what’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

7. what’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

8. do you get hate on fics?

9. do you write smut? if so, what kind?

10. do you write crossovers? what’s the craziest one you’ve written?

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

12. have you ever had a fic translated?

13. have you ever co-written a fic before?

14. what’s your all-time favorite ship?

15. what’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will? T

16. what are your writing strengths?

17. what are your writing weaknesses?

18. thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

19. first fandom you wrote for?

20. favorite fic you’ve ever written?

1. how many works do you have on ao3?

48

2. what’s your total ao3 word count?

Hit 1.5 mil last year. 1,610,652

3. what fandoms do you write for?

On AO3: Dragon Age, Elden Ring, Pathfinder TTRPG, Pokemon, Dishonored, The Legend of Zelda. Older fandoms: Spirited Away, White Collar, Maximum Ride.

4. what are your top five fics by kudos?

Dead Pasts and Dread Futures (883): DA Time Travel Fix-It.

Hero of the Wild (784): Zelda BOTW Sequel Fic.

When the Wind Whispers (573): Zelda BOTW Novelization.

The Brave Guide (285): DA Time Travel Fix-It (Continuation).

Light in the Dark (190): Zelda BOTW Childhood Fic.

5. do you respond to comments?

I try to respond to 90% of them! Though sometimes I'm slow.

6. what’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Probably The Hope of Fen'Harel since that's Ixchel's young!Trespasser ending.

7. what’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

the road seems too wild for mixing it with blues - Solavellan after-the-end happy ending for DPDF. :)

8. do you get hate on fics?

Yes. Quite a bit. Everyone hates Ixchel for being an SJW, and for being depressed. And for a long time, I got a lot of hate for writing some SA allusions in my Zelda fic. I delete all of them now.

9. do you write smut? if so, what kind?

Yeah, I write it, though I don't know how to describe what kind. I just write smut when I feel like writing smut. Loving smut, hatefucks, threesomes, possessive, fearful...

10. do you write crossovers? what’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Not really, no.

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

I've had ideas that I made up wholecloth for my DA fics, stolen. I've had plot points that I took from my own life, stolen. I have had ideas, plot points, and headcanons, that I shared in DMs with trusted friends, stolen without permission or acknowledgment. This is different than the headcanons I share that my friends run with and we acknowledge where we inspire each other!! There are headcanons I came up with that other people go around saying "I'm so brilliant I feel so smart for coming up with this" but I have receipts that I'm the one who introduced them to the idea :))))))))) but I'm not here to beef :))))))))))

12. have you ever had a fic translated?

No! That would be so flattering.

13. have you ever co-written a fic before?

Several times!!! Many of my older fics were cowritten actually, it was such a fun pasttime with my friends ;-; i miss it.

14. what’s your all-time favorite ship?

Link/Zelda.

15. what’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

I would love to write Ixchel's first life...but it would be sad, and I don't want to.

16. what are your writing strengths?

Lyrical prose, visceral emotions and especially eldritch horror, and conveying sentiments that others have felt personally.

17. what are your writing weaknesses?

Brevity.

18. thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

So, I stopped doing it in my DA fics because the Project Elvhen creator was a bigot and kind of awful actually, and everyone would whine about not being able to understand it and being too lazy to look it up. Now I just write the English but do it in [[italics and brackets]] to convey that it's Elvhen. I think conlangs are different than real life other languages. But in other places I do things in Spanish, and I just. Leave it. People can and should look it up, or try to understand. Or my characters also don't understand it clearly, so this is a way to convey that feeling. And I think we should normalize just having dialogue in other languages, and leaving it to the reader to put in just a smidge of effort to get it--or not! I think there's importance to reading something without understanding that component but feeling the consequences of what was being said, and also, of reading something and looking it up to understand and get ADDED context.

19. first fandom you wrote for?

Maximum Ride. :)

20. favorite fic you’ve ever written?

Tie between When the Wind Whispers (BOTW) and It Ends, or It Doesn't (Dragon Age).

[citrus-blade]

20 questions for Writers thing

I got tagged by the wonderful @mistythedritten! thank you!

How many works do you have on Ao3?

Sixteen! I added like 7 due to the Citrus Dreamnoblade Week lol

2. What is your word count?

250.818! honestly more than I thught lol

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Dream SMP! :] (I used to write for Good Omens on another account a bit ago but have abandoned this lol)

4. What are your top 5 fics? (stats)

I'll go by Kudos! :] Infinitesimal, Home, Treasure, Hiraeth - Part 1 and Chains! :]

5. Do you always respond to comments? Why or why not?

I try to! Sometimes when I don't know what to comment and it would just be a 'thank you', that i already wrote 3 times to a different person I won't. usually I try to always bring something unique to a comment to show how much I appreciate them!

However, when someone comments on a fanfiction that has long been finished I usually don't reply cause I'm not sure if that would be seen as weird or not. I'm really insecure when it comes to replying comments cause I don't wanna be annoying

6. Angstiest ending for a fic?

Oof... i think it's Home (but it's more on the bittersweet one) or Time. But if you put them next to each other it's deffo Time. Hubert is also kinda angsty but the story is kinda fast paced that it doesn't feel angsty lol

7. First Fic with a Happy Ending?

Golden! My first ever DNB fic and therefore also the first one with a happy ending! :]

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Yeah! That's why I have to agree to comments for them to be public on my fanfictions! It's always anon and usually just people calling me names and slurs, trying to tell me what a horrible person I am lol

Can't really take this serious tbh

9. Do you write smut?

Yes! I really enjoy reading smut and also like writing it! I'm not good in it and I'm always frustrating a bit but I still enjoy it!

10. Do you write crossovers?

Ehhh, not really? But also yes...? I wrote a pokemon crossover, but I don't think that doesn't really count cause it's more an AU and none of the main characters of the anime/games appear except for Team Rocket. I think. I don't remember which villains I took, there are a lot.

I usually don't write crossovers because I'm unsure how good I can represent the other show. I'd love to write a Star Wars one or a Hogwarts one, but I am NOT into those movies and am too scared to write something that doesn't make sense. So usually I try to take apsects of those universes and try to turn it into my own kinda thing.

For example my Dragon Rider-AU that I am working on was supposed to be a Hogwarts AU with magic, but it kinda turned into it's own thing with focus on Dragons but still with magic! :D

11. Ever had a fic stolen?

Don't think so? If anyone ever sees any of my fanfictions somewhere that's not AO3 please tell me! But as far as I'm aware none was stolen! :]

12. Ever had a fic translated?

Yes! I think Infinitesimal was started to translate in two languages, but I'm not sure if that's still happening. I know some chapters were uploaded? And apparently someone wanted to translate Apocylapse into russian!

13. Ever co-written?

Nope! Don't really know how that works tbh lol

14. Favorite ship?

Dreamnoblade and DNF!

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but probably never will?

OOF. I have sworn to myself to always finish what I start to write so not sure. Some ideas probably will never happen, but usually when I start writing something I will finish it sooner or later, specially when I started posting it somewhere

16. Writing strenghts?

No clue, I don't know if I have a specific strength. Sometimes I like something I write and then I read it and hate it lol

17. Writing weaknesses?

FIGHT SCENES MY ABSOLUTE ENEMY!!!

18. Thoughts on dialog in another language in a fic?

I write in english but think about including german sometimes lol When Attack on titan can do it in their openings I can do it in my fanfiction! Usually I like it as long as the translation is given atp in the fanfiction! :D

19. First fandom you have written for?

OOF. Eeeehm. I think Good Omens. I orphaned all my stuff there though lol

20. Favorite fic you have written?

Infinitesimal and Home :] (I also like that pokemon one lol)

And that's it! That was fun! :]

I'm too insecure to tag someone so whoever wanna do this, do it! :]

[jils-things]

2, 5 + 9 for Jaide!! (expect instead of pets, I want to know about the pokemon team if possible!!)

HI THERE!! THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE ASK - ill try to send you one your way as thanks too! HEHEHE

2. when in canon does your self insert come in? do you have a scene in mind for your entrance?

she enters as a supporting character when gold debuts in the manga! gold is seen in his house early on in the story with his mother, so naturally jaide is included as well ^^ I haven't properly thought out what could she contribute to gold's arc but when i finish rereading it - i can hopefully think of one!

6. does your self insert have any pets? Pokemon?

so, first and foremost - jaide stone is NOT a trainer! she only considers them to be her companions (and some of them grew with her) so the roster here isn't based on strength but based on the relevance to the plot! (since you're new, i should say again that this jaide is heavily influenced by the manga :3)

so here's a run down on each member! + memorable fact. (listed from oldest to newest member)

• j.umpluff - childhood companion! helped her around especially when she was learning how to rollerskate (she loved it as a child)

• ursa.ring - childhood companion - really good at finding apricorns and berries. kinda acts like her too. mama bear. is very quick to be protective of her when it comes to strangers!

• garde.voir - childhood companion - taught jaide how to re.ad pokemon emotions!

• gl.aceon (initially an eev.ee) - traded with a stranger to get an eevee. her brother gold, gives her an ice rock as a strange souvenir (gold is just like that shh) but it ends up turning e.evee into a gl.aceon

• sol.rock - during her ho.enn visit, she first saw one in a contest and she immediately fell in love with it! she tried to catch one with steven :3 this was during their friend phase harhar

• aro.n - steven's anniversary gift for her ^^ he noticed that she really liked steven's agg.ron and got one for her

9. who are your self insert’s closest friends?

answered this already, but tldr; professor sy.camore! steven took jaide to ka.los one time and became good friends with the friendly man ✨

[cutekittenlady]

LOL so I got a decent response to yesterdays submas polls, and tought I'd make a post summarizing some of their final results. In bullet point form.

NOTE: All of the results listed are based on the response to polls. These are not definitive reflections of the views of submas or pokemon fans as a whole and should not be taken as such.

When it comes to whether or not Emmet and Ingo share a braincell, results were faily mixed with at least a fifth of people replying that Elesa had the braincell, 17% said they had no braincell, 16% that the braincell is frequently dropped, and 10% agreeing that they share a braincell with another 10% adding that Ingo has it the vast majority of the time.

The question of the nature of Ingo and Akari's relationship had little contest with 47% of responders agreeing they have an uncle-niece style relationship. Which is impressive considering 22% of the vote was vanilla extract.

90% of fans agree that Ingo and Emmet embarrass each other as siblings are wont to do.

62% of fans think Emmet edges Ingo out as the stronger battler. This is likely due to his double battling format and what a challenge he can be in the original BW post games rather than lore reasons. ((although its insanely fun to think about in that context))

When it comes to who has more, uh, experience in relationships Emmet was voted to have the most game with 68% of the vote. Proving that being a tumblr sexyman and getting some are two distinctly different things.

A whopping three quarters of respondents agree that Emmet and Ingo likely live in an apartment with only 18% thinking they have a house.

88% of fans agree that, of the two, Emmet is the most likely to start an argument.

Over 70% of submas fans who responded think Ingo is the shyest of the two.

Altho not too shy because 66% of fans who responded also think Ingo is the better liar.

Do you agree with these results? Disagree? Discuss in reblogs and the replies!

And if you're sad you missed out on responding to the polls above, know that there are still some polls that have not yet finished! You can find and respond to any of the following

(time remaining roughly based on when post was put out)

Best at Video Games? (over)

Most protective brother? (10 minutes)

Who does the fandom mosts enjoy watching suffer? (1 hour left)

Who has changed the most since they were children? (3 hours left)

If given the chance Ingo would choose to... (3 hours left)

Who was the biggest crybaby as a kid? (3 hours)

Who can kick the most butt? (like fighting. Not battling with pokemon) (3 hours)

Who got the farthest in their gym challenge? (3 hours)

Who's the bravest? (3 hours)

Ingo and Emmets parents are; (3 hours)

Who is secretly Drayden's favorite? (3 hours)

Is Drayden the submas twins uncle or Dad? (still have 5 days remain as of posting)

Who does the cooking? (5 days remain as of posting)

Ingo may be a Tumblr sexyman but which twin is most likely to actually get married? (5 days remain)

Are Ingo and Emmet related to the original heroes/princes? (6 days)

When playing an RPG, Emmet is most likely to use a character that falls under which of the following archetypes? (Emmets responses) (Ingos responses) (Elesa's responses) ((One day remains))

I am almost guranteed to make more polls beyond this. Just thought I"d make a quick guide to a bunch of the ones I've posted up so far.

[bottomhaztoplou]

Tabby's Writing Game: Day 31

WIP Title Exposure!!

Welcome to the final day of Tabby's Writing Game! Today I'm going to expose myself for having too many WIPs... and give you a little blurb or a couple of tropes/tags with each of them. Look forward to them!

A/B/O fics (all omega Harry, of course + alpha Louis unless otherwise specified):

Modern Cottagecore AU - Harry has a little cottage he inherits from a relative and spends his time looking after his gardens with his cat, Delphine, or blogging. Louis is a writer that Harry bumps into at the local grocery.

"scent fic" - It's common courtesy to wear scent neutralisers in public. Harry, however, doesn't like to. One day, he smells the most enticing alpha scent whilst on public transport and ends up making a tit of himself sniffing around to find out just who it is.

"breeding/pregnancy kink fic" - exactly what it says on the tin, plus a little surprise kink that I'm not listing. ;)

chastity's not the devil, but an angel in disguise - omegas are put in chastity as soon as their first heat ends, to protect them from bad alphas. Harry, the son of florists, meets Lord Louis Tomlinson, the Duke's son, when he stops by looking for flowers for his parents' springtime ball.

Duchessrry #5 - a 10+1 fic of little timestamps between when Louis met Harry and their marriage (which takes place in Duchessrry #6)

"ribbon fic sequel" - Harry is pregnant. Louis stays with him as he gives birth to their first litter of pups. More ribbons are involved. (Note: this is finished already, so technically not a WIP, but it's not posted yet and won't be for a while.)

petal - male omegas are very rare, with approximately one born out of every 100,000 pups. Louis is an alpha, but to his misfortune, he's gay, and male betas just don't do it for him. But then Harry falls right into his lap - quite literally.

you've stolen my heart (but you keep it safe) - ANR (adult nursing relationship) fic. O/O as well. Louis is mated to an alpha at first and has two sons, but their mating is crumbling. Harry is an anxious uni student and they meet at an omega centre for the Adult Nursing Program there.

Two Hearts In One Home - posting now! you can check it out HERE!

Put A Little Love On Me - Harry's father passes, but an omega can't legally run a pack without an alpha mate in this universe. He's forced to meet eligible suitors from all over England and ends up discovering that there's a lot more in store for him than he ever thought possible. (name subject to change)

BDSM/Kink fics:

"broken-armed daddy dom" - possibly-canon fic where Louis breaks his arm, but even though he's injured, he still doms his baby. (name subject to change but tbh I kinda like it as is lmao)

Disability/Injury/Sickfics:

Little Bird - autistic Harry and ADHDer Louis grow up together. (note for those concerned: I am autistic and have ADHD as well.)

Media-Inspired fics:

i think you and the moon and neptune got it right - Pokemon Sun and Moon fic, with a twist.

these points of data make a beautiful line (and we're out of beta, we're releasing on time!) - Portal AU, with Harry as Chell and Louis as an added non-canon character. Follows the canon storyline, for the most part. (Note: this is finished already, so technically not a WIP, but it's not posted yet and won't be for a while.)

Portal 2 AU - Harry and Louis go through the events of Portal 2 in a mostly-canon fashion, with a non-canon, completely original epilogue after their escape.

Tangled AU - Harry is Rapunzel. Louis is Flynn Rider. That's all you need to know :D

Strawberries & Cigarettes - inspired by the song. Bad Boy teen Louis, average teen Harry.

Mythical Creatures fics:

"dragon x prince(ss) fic" - this is very vaguely inspired by ads I've seen of that webcomic "No More Princes". Harry is a carrier prince who all of England wants to marry and Louis is a dragon prince who protects him under vow. Of course, the one person the two of them aren't allowed to fall in love with is each other.

"flower fairies fic" - inspired by @jaerie's flower fairies series. Flower fairy Hydrangea (better known as Harry) has always been a little too curious about humans. When Louis moves into a secluded cabin for a writing retreat nearby, Harry can't help but watch him - until he gets caught. (I realise that this sounds like a voyeurism fic from that description, I can promise you that it is not lmaoooo)(Also, thank you to Jaerie for letting me use your flower genitalia thing! And to @sadaveniren for asking Jaerie because I was too scared to >_<)

Strawbharry and Blouberry - Harry is a strawberry fairy. Louis is a blueberry fairy. They live across the meadow from each other, but that doesn't stop them from becoming friends. (Inspired by @larry-hiatus' edit!!)

Historical fics:

"scandinavian arranged marriage fic" - probably the dumbest temp title I've created but oh well. Louis is from a warm, southern country called Alastarza (think Italy). Harry is from Farfinie, a cold, northern country (think a cold northern European country like idk Finland? is Finland cold? Brain is not working). They're arranged to be married, and so Louis must travel north for the wedding.

Witches and Wizards fics:

"winter solstice fic" - Genderqueer Witch Harry and Cowan Louis dealing with the grief that comes in wintertime, which, several years prior to this fic, was when Harry's Familiar, their cat Shadow, passed away. However, a new kitty comes along, and she's just as special as her ancestor... (part one of Witchrry and Company)

"Other" fics:

tinyism - Harry wishes desperately that he was shorter than he was.

23 fics... not including all my planned sequels that I haven't started yet. Can you tell that I have ADHD? :'D

Thank you again for joining me for TWG! I may do it again in the future... maybe with different prompts, too, if I think of any.

Have a great rest of your dayyyyyy! <3

[ramblingdisaster73]

Rambling thoughts while rewatching Lone Star ep 4x11 – Double Trouble (Finishing Edging the Bet made it so that I am just now getting to a rewatch of the episode (only watched it live))

The pregnancy & dropping out were my two biggest suspicions for Wyatt’s news

Joining the FD was a little farther on my list – but I didn’t expect to see three announcements (although technically – you could combine the dropping out & FD thing together)

So how are along is she?

When did he decide to drop out of school? When were these midterms? Did he complete his first semester then, but quit ½ way through the 2nd?

Doesn’t TK remember hearing about Mateo’s cousin? He was there for the first time Mateo mentioned Marvin

So – he came from the side of the wall – not the door to the bunk room? – that blocking just seemed like a weird choice.

Someone suggested taking shots anytime Mateo or Marvin say “cuz” = 8 shots in like 2 minutes (3 for Mateo & 5 for Marvin)

The “I’d like to teach the world to sing” reminds me of the kid songs videos – it was on the “Teach the world to sing” (we had it on VHS – because I am old).

“I would really suggest that you try to calm down.” Carlos Reyes – to a woman that should be dead

Carlos thinking – “Thank fuck, you guys finally got here for this woman that should be dead, but is yelling at me about the demon spawn children.”

I am not a fan of going to the Dr. either lady

I want an orange tree in my back yard. Too bad it wouldn’t hold up well here.

That is a lot of kids balls/toys

Carlos “dad joke” Reyes

Winston Churchill gave a lot of good speeches – none of them are ones that I would think to watch to get ideas for my child’s wedding toast (and I am a history nerd like Owen) – but it does make sense for him – if he ever gets a pet that he gets to name – that is what I would guess that he would name them.

I am a fan of Tommy in her gym clothes.

This scene is probably the most I have EVER related to Judd. The self-doubt/loathing is so hard to look/see past. At least he has Tommy & Grace.

What does Judd even have in his hand in the firehouse kitchen scene that was alphabetized

“As long as these chimes don’t go off” give “Unless the bells go off” vibes – Owen talking to Gwyn in 2x04 (old) firehouse kitchen scene.

That Mateo is into pokemon – not surprising – BUT – where did all his cards come from? Did he rebuild his collection once he moved in with Owen or was his collection at the firehouse, miraculously saving it?

$24,100 is a lot of fucking money.

If I had been asking my husband to fix something for 4 years – I would have already figured out how to fix it. That is a long fucking time man.

I like clipboard Marj – but I am ready for firefighter Marj to come back

If you have an uninsured porshe (at least in the US) – you are an idiot. Or any high dollar car.

If he got $900 for the pokemon card, and $24,100 from Nancy – how is he tapped now? Wouldn’t it be that he was already tapped?

Also – That explains why he still lives with Owen

Apparently Mateo decided to do the “take a shot for each time Mateo or Marvin say cuz” game

I think that the sitcom thing fits Mateo’s character – but would have been weird for anyone else – with the exception of maybe Owen.

So, did Marvin keep his hair that pink color to keep a guilt trip on Mateo – since he used it to cover for him in the first place?

Also – these are some old looking 13-year-olds.

How did Mateo not know he was a DREAMER until he was 17?

So setting a school on fire made Mateo want to be a firefighter? I can buy that, makes a lot of sense – I like getting the whys of their job choices on these shows.

Who did he move to Texas with at 16? But still not know he was a DREAMER until he was 17?

He lived with his aunt & uncle from 6-16, then ?? from 16- at least adulthood?

Turpentine smells so bad

Did Mateo take over his cousins love of scientific facts?

Who cares about those other milk customers when there is french toast on the table?

I can’t with the mustache

This is the most Buck that TK has ever been. Accepting the french toast, then his ‘boss/partner’ saying ‘no’, then him saying the same, only sad.

“He might get shanked with a toothbrush.”

Milkman Judd just keeps eating his french toast

Guess it is good to have a paramedic in the family

[xx-just-c-xx]

Florida's background

Florida Lumia a 19 years old girl who born in Kalos Region, used to be champion in Hoenn region lost to Steven Stone on purpose so she can go traveling all around the world of pokemon.

Florida's family is a famous family because of her uncle name Alvis who is famous the pokemon scientists there was a mad scientists who is jealous of Alvis, the mad scientists have got mad so mad that the mad scientists go to Florida's family home for what... to kill Florida's dad Albert because Alvis and Albert are twins and they care about each other so much that they would do anything to help each other.

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There was an accident happened to her when she was 5.

The mad scientists have kill Albert and his wife and take the children that's Florida and her younger brother Oscar to his secret room that he do experiment on human that he kidnapped the mad scientist took Florida and Oscar to a another room that have skeleton inside the room and left the kids in there, she try to comfort her 4 years old brother.

some time have pass the mad scientist back and take Oscar away she try to save him but failed, a few minutes pass she heard scream from her brother and yet she can't do anything after that the mad scientist came into the room and said.

"another fail experiment"

this make Florida think "did my little brother die?" "I couldn't save him.."

The mad scientist took Florida to the room all she can see is blood and Oscar 'lifeless' body, she only feel sad that she can not do anything to help him, she got experiment, she in pain and she can not see anything at all.

Almost 6 months had pass, she feel that she lost all her hope until.

"Eevee!!"[Florida!!]

"huh? is someone there?"

"Ee eevee eevee"[It's me, Eevee I found you]

Florida is confused why or how did she understands what her Eevee saying, she remembers that what the mad scientist did to her, she asked "how did you get here Eevee?"

"Eevee"[with your uncle]

"Uncle?"

"FLORIDA!! ARE YOU THERE?"

"Uncle Alvis..."

"UNCLE ALVIS!! I'M HERE!!"

After she finally got saved she got sent into the hospital and the mad scientist got sent to jail, she been staying at the hospital for about 4 months pass she can go out now in the first 1 week she finally go out the hospital a lot of things happen like it her birthday and her Eevee evolve into Sylveon because he just wants to hold her hand everytime and travel to live in Hoenn region because that where Alvis live in.

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Some time pass Florida already 8 years on her birthday her uncle give her something that changes her living is a special glasses that can make her see everything again not being blind for those 3 years, and he give her a Gogoat because Florida has very very weak body so weak that she only can walk for 2 km. before she passing out.

And of course that some of her parents pokemon would like to go with her too but she want her own pokemon so they didn't go with her in her first time travel in Hoenn region in this travel she becomes the first 8 years old champion in Hoenn region, she try a lot of things in Hoenn and stop Team Magma and Team Aqua at the same time.

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At the age of 10. When Steven Stone come to challenge her, she thinks it the perfect opportunity for her to lost to him and traveling all around the world with her pokemon, Meeting with a lot a people, She try something new too like pokemon contest and become 'The queen of eeveelutions' since every contest she did always have one of the eeveelutions, and meeting with Arceus, now got sent into the past but already come back.

after 5 years of traveling all around the world, she decide to find a place call home in Kalos Region again, she live in a forest near the Lumiose City.

In those 2 years is she finally finished her home with the help all the pokemon she have traveling all around the world, she have a place call home.

after some time pass Florida already 19, her friend Cynthia asked her to help something, so she go to Sinnoh Region to know that Team Galactic try to open distortion world just to change the world and now she fall into the distortion world....

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[glapplebloom]

Last Rumble related article, I swear... (No Images)

I’ve been doing the Sprite Royal Rumble for over 20 years, and it has evolved greatly. From trying to fit every character in one panel to having a large ring as well as a video to go along with it. So for everyone who wants to give it a shot on their own, here is how I do it...

1 - Select Your Fighters.

The Average Number is 30 but the real version had anywhere from 4 entrants to 50. The Sprite Royal Rumble, with its many hosts, had as low as 15 fighters and as high as 41 last year. So if you’re nuts and want to have 60 or more, you can. But now that you have the number you want to use, who are you going to put in?

This is where I ask others who want to participate. Most times, I would hold an opening for anyone with OCs who want to join the event (big plus if they have sprites, but if you have the ability to draw them you could do that) while having some spots for characters I want to use, sprites I want to make more poses for, or the occasional joke entry.

But honestly it is up to you. Want it with nothing but the characters you like? Go ahead. Only your OCs. Sure. A theme like Pokemon Vs its imitators, definitely. Random characters you just picked out of a hat. That sounds fun.

2 - Get to the Numbers

So you picked your characters, when are they going to enter? You could do the easy way and paste your link to Random.org and get it there. But I do things differently. Originally, I did it by ordering the characters alphabetically and actually picking the numbers out of a hat. Currently what I do is use a random generator from 1 to 30 and whoever is currently up gets that number. Takes a while when it keeps selecting a number that already has a spot filled, but once 1 or 30 get picked, you can reduce the numbers to the next spot available.

3 - Pick your winner

Honestly, you can do it however you want. You want this specific character to win, you can make it so. But for me, the fun is when you don’t have full control of who wins. So when I did it originally, I picked a winner out of a hat. Now I use the number generator and whatever number repeats a certain number of times, that’s who I have to make win, regardless of their position or who they are. 

4 - Plan some things out...

A Rumble is known for many things, one of them is spots. A return or first appearance that’s surprising. Rivals meeting each other. Interactions you want to see. Someone getting the elimination or saving themselves from it. These are things you got to plan out. One thing I also like to do is add a red herring to it. Someone you expect would be the winner but not really. A way to keep them guessing.

5 - Improvise others...

With the spots planned, it's time to make the comic. While you can still have everything planned out, you could also improvise some things to give it a sense of unpredictability. Have two people fighting for a long time? Throw a third person into the mix. Split it up with others. Have them decide to team up. So many options.with just that. 

6 - Save each panel

My Panels are each 772 x 399. The comic panels are 320 x 224. So whenever I finish a panel, I save it as an individual image and then pick a specific thing I want to highlight in the comic. Have that zoomed in and make that the panel for the comic. I do this for each panel so 30 comics times 9 panels means 270 images. And this is something for you to decide since others have changed the number of panels per comic.

7 - Make the video

If you do my method, you get those non-cropped panels. What to do with them? Make a video. I add them to my video editor, then show the entire event really quickly so it looks like an actual animation. That’s followed slowly so people can notice what happened in each panel.

8 - Do what you wanna do.

These are what I do. But evolution is to do things others don’t and see if it works or not. It's how I evolved from having everything in one panel to the zooming I’ve done. That is because the other hosts did things their way which inspired me to do it my way. Maybe something you do can be a big evolution. 

[ladala99]

Pokemon Regionals Vancouver BC - My Experience

After having a good time at the Portland Regionals in 2023, I decided to make it a yearly thing - choose a Regionals to go to and see what there is to do!

I fully intended this year to have a video game team all ready to go with side games, however, I started a full playthrough of Violet for the DLC and did not finish Blueberry Academy's story, let alone with enough time to build and test a team. Let alone trade for Pokemon like Giraffe Raikou because I got Violet. So I did not have a real team. Which was fine because I only had a spectator pass.

My Video Game skill level: Battle Tower 50-streaks earned in Gens 3, 4, 6, and 7 for the Ribbons. No competitive experience against real people.

My Trading Card Game skill level: I know the rules but mostly played Theme on TCG Online. Not caught up on the meta at all.

My GO skill level: I don't play GO League. Level 39 in general with random Pokemon I like raised up with little regard for what's good.

My friend does not play TCG or VG, is higher level than me in GO.

Day 0 (Friday)

The venue opened for merch sales and, surprisingly, side events. I arrived in the afternoon and got side event tickets and picked up the GO sheets, since those are very much aimed at a casual audience. It was like a mini GO fest. My friend and I went out around the city to scope the area out for food places and do as many of the GO tasks as we could outside the venue. I also took note that they were testing some formats, which was free to participate in. I made note of when it was happening on Saturday.

That was really all we did first day of arrival.

Day 1 (Saturday)

We arrived early to get in on the testing. I expressed interest in the Video Game format and received a Fighting TCG energy card that told me to come back in an hour.

With that, my friend and I went around the venue doing the Pokemon GO scavenger hunt tasks that required taking photos of various banners in the venue, as well as top off the Raids, trading, and making friends tasks. Most of the making friends tasks were easy to do after raiding due to the built-in friending-after-Raid feature. I got a little concerned I would have to redo some of the tasks since one of the GO players we spoke to said they were instructed to take screenshots of all their tasks as they did them, while we were only told that they'd go through our in-game journal to check. But some of the tasks didn't show up in the journal. It seemed like it was going to be a big mess.

Hour up, I headed back to the format testing area. Sadly, I was the only sign-up for that hour, so I exchanged my energy card for the next hour's, a Psychic Energy.

My friend and I wrapped up our GO tasks after this and headed to the GO prize booth. Luckily for us, the people there just believed us that we had done our tasks and let us turn in our tickets for prizes without checking that we did them right. I got a Mew plush and my friend got a Latios plush!

Hour up, I headed back to the format testing area. Sadly, I was still the only sign-up for the hour, and I exchanged my energy card for the next hour's: a Darkness Energy.

So more GO playing around the venue it was! But my feet were tired so we headed over to where various console systems were set up. N64s, Gamecubes, and Switches all had various games running. There was an empty spot playing Colosseum where evidently someone got stuck not knowing where to go next. The game was at the beginning, post getting Rui (named AAAAAAA here), but before finding any Shadow Pokemon. I played, getting Makuhita and Croconaw before deciding I should give up the spot to someone else.

Hour up, I headed back to the format testing area. This time there were a couple of additional players! Seemed to be brother/sister around highschooler age. But honestly age doesn't matter much when I'm on the lower end of the skill level here.

VG Test Format

The format was interesting: each player gets a pack of cards to open. Each keeps the code card and puts that in their Draft. From there, they draft one card from their pack and pass it around. Each Pokemon is a Pokemon you can use on your video game team. Each Trainer, Code or Energy card is an item you can attach (any item). Pokemon can only be raised one stage above what's on the card: an actual example was that I got a Nacli card and could only use either Nacli or Naclstack - I could not use Garganacl.

Once all players get their 12 cards, they have 45 minutes to build their teams through whatever means they have. This includes HOME, trading, already having it, whatever, though the set chosen only had Pokemon available in mainland Paldea in it so you could build a team just fine with just a completed game, minus if you got the wrong Starter. I purposely did not choose any of the Starters for my team because the game I was playing was not completed.

Only one of my team was something I already had (and was an in-game team member so its EVs and IVs were whatever) so 2/3 of the time was spent catching the team and 1/3 training it. And by "training" I mean throwing vitamins at them and adjusting their movesets.

Then we did the battle phase. The judge had three cards and the two players who drew Fighting Energy fought, best of 1. I was one of them. First round I won, second round I lost.

I quite enjoyed this format. It does depend a lot on how much your game is already set up and is pretty unbalanced, but the luck of the draw really helps.

For testing and sending quick feedback (age range, skill level, did you like it?, would you recommend it?) I was given a pack of cards alongside being allowed to keep the cards I already had!

My friend and I got lunch after that, and right after lunch was the Primal Groudon Raid Event in GO, so we did all those raids. When there is such a density of high-level players in one area, they go by very quick. I got enough Primal Energy to Primal Revert Groudon! Didn't get any Shinies, though.

Impressed by the VG testing (and drawn by the fact that the TCG only needed 2 players), my friend and I did the TCG format testing next.

TCG Test Format

This format was also a draft format, but not random. They had 80 unique Pokemon and item cards stacked up, and both players take turns drawing 5 from the top, choosing one and swapping, and choosing 2 and giving the others to the other player, repeat until both players have 40 cards. From there, they use their cards and Energy cards available from the side to build a 40-card deck, swapping out anything you don't want to use for Energy.

The cards were all lower power than you'd normally build decks around - no Pokemon ex or Pokemon V. Which is just my format since I liked playing Theme!

I won 2-0 but there was a big skill gap so it's not surprising. We really should have exchanged decks for round 2 just to even the playing field a little, since I think I both built my deck better and played better.

After this, I went over to more seriously check out what the side events were and bought three side event tickets. I was most interested in Ogre Oustin' and Pokemon Pinball, but for today I decided to only do a VGC Judge Battle. If you wanted Prize tickets, this seemed like it was the way to go - the judges wanted you to have fun and this first judge went way easy on me, always attacking my higher-defense Pokemon with weaker attacks so I could win.

With a full and fun day behind us, we headed back to the hotel.

Day 2 (Sunday)

We only had two nights at the hotel and had the trip back home scheduled, so I was a little in a rush this morning. We had to be going at noon.

I immediately headed over to the side event booth to sign up for Ogre Oustin'. 1 hour of standing around later, I swapped to a Judge Battle. This guy was very nice and friendly, and wasn't really all that skilled in Video Game battles. I enjoyed battling with him, and like the day before, I won. My friend and I both wanted Prize Dice as a souvenir, so I gave her this one.

On the mention that it went faster the day before, I used my other token on Pokemon Pinball. 2 hours later, it still didn't go and I had to switch to a Judge Battle again. But even that didn't go in time as a bunch of drop-outs from the competition were in the queue, so I just asked a judge if I could get a TCG pack (the consolation prize for not winning) and take myself out of rotation and he let me. He was going to give me a prize die but I wanted a pack since I had my souvenir and wasn't going to turn them in.

Conclusion

Overall I had fun, but I do think the side events could be handled better. I really would have liked to express interest in several of the more casual side games and go with whatever one ran first, but it seemed that the only ones that were running were those that already came in with a full group, or Judge Battles.

The GO booth was fine, though it was strange that there were four task group tickets and the prizes (which were completely separate from the other game prize booth) went up to 12 for some of the plush and I think there was a Pokemon GO Plus+ there for even more than that.

But for the rest, it was a lot of standing in one spot. Last year, they gave you one of those blinking light devices and you could head around the venue as you pleased. It was frustrating that I was for one thing on a time limit, and for another just. . . no one else was signing up and I couldn't be in more than one event queue at a time.

Judge Battles are a blessing and a curse. On one hand, it is very nice to have a type of competition that WILL run, because it's customer vs. staff and the staff WILL get to you. On the other hand, it is drawing away from the PVP formats, especially because PVP you have a 1/4 chance to get the prize die (if you're all of equal skill, which won't always be the case) and in a Judge Battle you are more than 50% likely to get the prize die. Maybe close to 100%.

Last year, you got a prize die for participating and another for winning. This year, you get a prize die for winning and a TCG pack if you don't win. It's a lot more pressure to win if you want plush.

Last year I bought 5 side event tokens and got two plush and a TCG pack. I also got to play the games I wanted to at least once. This year, I bought 7 side event tokens and got one plush, one TCG pack, and two prize dice, and only got to play one of the three formats I wanted to. I did end up with four TCG packs overall, but three of those were from the format testing event, which was free.

I wish they had some computerized queue for the side events rather than it all being on paper. It'd be really nice to go: hey, I'm interested in X, Y, and Z and I'll play whatever happens first. Maybe even sign up for absolutely everything! While I'm playing, I'm off the lists so others aren't waiting for me, and then I can spend another token to get back on the other lists.

Or even if, instead of Judge Battles being its own thing, have the judges fill the slots in the other formats. That way they'd actually run even if there isn't much interest.

All that being said, I plan to come back next year at whichever Regional is closest and this time actually get three nights, planning on leaving Monday, so I'm not in a rush the last day. I may even compete - I don't know! Or I might do what I intended to do this year: get a decent team and play VGC battles in the side events area.

[mysmashplaythroughs]

Waiting with high spirits.

I figured I'd do an off-topic post once I finished all the entries for Gen1 (well I figured I might after doing Gens1-7 but now I realise how long that probably will be.) I've managed to get every single Pokemon on my list now with a lot of help from various people. I plan on crediting each person who's helped me in the entries for the Pokemon they helped me with so for now I'll just say if you happen to see this thank you once again. As for me, since I last posted off-topic, well firstly I spent a long time focusing on getting all the Pokemon I needed, to the point the only games I was playing for about three or four months were Pokemon. I enjoyed it quite a bit gathering every Pokemon I needed although I got very lucky finding help for the final three or so I needed. 2023 was probably the year I completed the least games and my backlog has grown a fair bit with games such as Pikmin 4 and Warioware Get it Together. This whole Pokemon thing however did finally make me focus more on my list again after mostly playing new releases. I will say now I have all the Pokemon I need and after also playing through all the DLC of Pokemon Violet I am already making a lot more progress with my list having played through more than half the amount of games I completed in 2023 already this year.

Speaking of games like Pokemon Violet, I definitely wasn't expecting to be adding new games to my list but in a surprise move four new spirit events have been announced. The first event was what I was hoping for with various recent Nintendo games represented which I want to play/have played anyway so I'm glad I can implement them directly into my list now, however the second was a big surprise with Hades, 13 Sentinels and WBSC eBaseball being added to my list. I'll admit the third was a bit disappointing, I was fine with Pokemon SV getting represented (especially as I've just played through it so was eager to add a couple of new things relevant to my list) but I wish it had been alongside other games such as Fire Emblem Engage and Kirby and the Forgotten Land. I'm curious at this point what the fourth and final one will be, especially as they seem to be putting it off a lot longer than the previous 3 were (which seemed to be biweekly).

I've also made a few changes recently, one thing is I'm currently between jobs which, is something I really need to sort out, I don't want to go on too much about it but I've left a field I've been in for 10 years so I have a lot to think about with regards to what to do next. In more positive news I've finally gotten a new PC, my old one which I'd had for maybe 11 years or so at this point was getting unusable with various issues it kept having so I decided to finally get a new one, it seems this new PC runs a lot better and allows me to possibly play some games I wouldn't dream of playing on my previous one, so it's definitely been a good investment so far. I've managed to transfer everything important over I believe to this new PC although until I'm certain on that I'm still keeping the previous one around, still eventually I'm hoping to give that one to my Mother as she's needed a new one for a while and hopefully the issues I had won't be as much of an issue for her.

That's mostly it, as you may have seen I've just finished every post for Gen 1 of the Pokemon on my list, I'm debating currently whether I want to go straight into Gen 2 or try doing another Fighter post next, if anyone actually reads this blog and has a preference feel free to say so in the comments. As for games, I'm planning on finally after all this time getting back to Tales of Symphonia, I have a bit more of a drive now to play through it following all my time playing Pokemon so I'm hoping this will be like Dragon Quest 6 was for me where my second attempt I get really into it. For games coming up, there's not a lot on the horizon I'm particularly excited for, Peach's Showtime is something I'm looking forward to and I'm sure will be interesting, Fantasy Life i is a pleasant surprise I'm hopeful for but admittedly have a couple of concerns about. I am however very very excited for Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door getting a remake, not only is it joint my second favourite game of all time alongside the original Paper Mario, but after how the series has gone I am so glad to see it getting another release, especially as this means I'll be able to far more easily get screenshots for this blog as I had a fair few things from that game for my list (including things such as the Putrid Pirahna and Mario's Wario and Waluigi colour options.) I'm also looking forward to seeing if there's going to be any additions given a Toad in the trailer who looks unique from any characters in the original game.

Really though, beyond that I'm mostly just hoping for various games, despite what people keep saying about 'too many remasters/ports', honestly some of my most wanted things are ports and remasters, I'm hoping for a remake of Fire Emblem Geneology of the Holy War (along with Thracia possibly as DLC), a port/remaster of Punch-out Wii with Doc Louis's Punch-out included (another of my favourite games of all time and something if it was on Switch I'd be throwing on whenever I want something to just mindlessly play) and finally I want to see Kid Icarus Uprising get a full on remaster with improved controls. I realise I'm asking a lot here, but I'd be ecstatic to just get one of these happen.

Finally, I suppose this will be the last month of the Wii U and 3DS online before it shuts down. Pokemon was the only thing I felt I really needed to get done before the shutdown, however I think I should have a look into anything else, I can play Federation Force and Triforce Heroes in single player, however if I can play online with others before the shutdown I would like to so I'll have to see if I can organise something.

[yewsoup]

20 questions for fic writers

Tagged by @wingedarrows (But I'm posting it here rather than the tagged blog bc i've posted my writing here before.)

1. How many works do you have on Ao3? 

12

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count? 

150,398

3. What fandoms do you write for? 

Well I started writing and posting pokemon stuff. But I've also written and posted some D&D stuff that I might post more of, if catches my fancy. Currently I'm writing DC stuff though!

Only one of them is posted because I'm trying to finish things more before posting them though. Plan on finishing pokemon stuff too <3

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

A Language Barrier that Should Not Be (471)

Hot under the Collar (257)

Big Trouble, Little Bats (257)

Everstone Statue (243)

Out of the Corner of His Eye (153)

5. Do you respond to comments?

I try to! But I got overwhelmed about it n felt bad for not updating some fics so I kind of... fell off it. (Oops)

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? 

Well, I think angst is all about perspective. But people have accused me for ripping their hearts out with Everstone Statue

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? 

Once again, perspective, but probably Being thought dead sucks actually (especially if you have a grave) despite it's angsty start.

8. Do you get hate on fics? 

Not yet!

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? 

Absolutely not.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Yes! I love crossovers and like thinking about them with friends. Of my posted works I think there's only Subway Boss: Become Nobody which is a pokemon/D&D crossover sort of AU where ingo ends up in a D&D world rather than Hisui. Though it's only a glimpse of that AU.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? 

Not that I know of!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? 

No, but it's quite welcome if anyone wants to do that! They just gotta link back to the original as credit/say it's a translation.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? 

Sort of! Under the Stars is an RP with @wingedarrows, and there's a plan to write a fic called Paradoxical together

14. What’s your all time favorite ship? 

Friendship

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? 

Hot Under the Collar unfortunately. It's a fic I wrote on my phone so I have to like... write on my phone to work on it.

Unfortunately, I do not write on my phone.

16. What are your writing strengths? 

Highly dependant on the vibes bc holy shit do my skill vary

17. What are your writing weaknesses? 

Once again, vibe-dependant. I can write fantastic mind boggling prose one fic and write people nodding at eachother ten times in a conversation the next

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? 

Very impressive for people that do it right without knowing the language! I am horrible at learning languages so I have to study the grammar and look up individual words for each one I use. Though I have used bits of Japanese in one fic I believe? and Sign Language in another.

I do think they should have translations put somewhere for people who don't know the languages if they're used extensively though. Whether the vibes fit to have them incorporated into the narration, or just at the bottom. It's good to have either way.

19. First fandom you wrote for? 

Fics? Pokemon all the way.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

I can't pick favourites among them! If I must, though... No, I cannot. They're all wonderful in their own ways and have different things I love. Except for After the War bc that's my shitty poetry I posted for some reason and it's just. Man there's a reason I don't write poetry.

Tagging:

@windsweptskies @stardustrabbitsgallery and I'm directly tagging nobody else it won't let me tag anyone else

[babovens]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

EEEEEEE thanks for the tag @toastytoaster22!

1. How many works do you have on Ao3?

Five! All one-shots (because multi chapter scares me)

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count?

23,559 (wooo!)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Mostly Mob Psycho 100 (at least that’s what I post).

I’ve got WIPs for Mother 3, Persona 5, Breaking Bad, The Avengers, Pokemon, Danny Phantom, and Super Mario Galaxy.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Let Go (which I wrote in a day lol)

Philophobia (the fic that was free therapy)

Yoroshiku Matsuoka San (the first I posted!)

Off Button (another wrote it a day)

It Should Have Been Me (my one Mother 3 fic because that fandom is tinyyyyyyyyy haha)

5. Do you respond to comments?

YES! Or I try to anyways haha. I’m so thankful when people not only read my story and kudos it, but then take the time to WRITE A COMMENT?!?

Y’all are doing God’s work out there.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

“It Should Have Been Me” for sure, though none of my fics have straight up “bad” endings. There’s at least a little hope in each one. But with Mother 3 having the whole “Tanetane Island” business, it’s a rough night for all the kiddos after that 🫠

“Philophobia” and “Let Go” are close seconds with hopeful endings.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

“Yoroshiku Matsuoka-san”, the fic based off of the one and only “Issho” by Toasty! It’s still the longest fic I’ve ever written, sitting at almost 12k, and it’s still my fave I’ve posted. It’s all kinds of fluff (with only one angst scene) and ends with Reigen tucking Teru into bed and then giving him the safest, warmest hug 🥺

8. Do you get hate on fics?

LOL I’m not known enough in the fandom to get hate, and I hope I never am 🤣

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yes, but I keep those fics to myself. Even then, I wouldn’t consider them “smut,” and more like “graphic sex is present in this story, but it’s less about the sex and more about the emotions the characters are feeling.”

Most of them are safe ways for me to explore any type of sexual feelings I have while also sorting out what exactly it is I’m feeling. Because of this, most of them center around asexuality and kinks I’m curious about.

10. Do you write crossovers?

YEEEEES! Yes yes yes! I haven’t posted any, but I have WIPs of:

Super Mario Galaxy x Mother 3 (because Lucas needs a mom and that mom is Rosalina)

Earthbound x Mob Psycho 100 (Psychic kiddo meets psychic kiddo)

Danny Phantom x The Avengers (because I think science obsessed Danny and Bruce Banner would get along preeetty well.)

Breaking Bad x Mob Psycho 100 x The Avenegers (I’m not gonna explain this one. It’s for one of my best friend’s eyes only XD)

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of (please don’t 😢)

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not that I know of (please do 🤩)

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Nah, not a fanfiction. Ngl, that sounds like a nightmare.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

Oh Terumob no question XD

Well, I say that, but I have The Big Three which I like all for different reasons.

Ash x Misty (Pokeshipping) for being my very first ship, and it will always have a special place in my heart. (The fluff ship, if you will.)

Bruce Banner x Natasha Romanov (Brutasha) because there is SOOOOOO much potential with these two that the MCU just threw in the garbage and I’m MAD ABOUT IT! I’m writing and drawing what I WANT TO SEEEEEEE!!! (Aka, the angst ship)

And then Terumob, which has been the source of some of the best, most heartbreaking fics I’ve ever read. Get these kids some love. (The perfect blend between angst and fluff).

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Hmmmm not doubt I will, but it’ll take me years XD

It’s “Adrift,” which is my love letter to my favorite fairy tales, musicals, romance tropes, and just life itself.

I can’t see myself finishing it until I’m older though. Simply because the ending is supposed to represent how everything in life will work out in the end, and that there is a plan for each and every everyone of us in life…

… but I don’t know how that ends. I don’t know how my own life story ends, so how am I supposed to know how this one does?

16. What are your writing strengths?

I’m not sure if it’s my strength, but I love writing dialogue!

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Ahdkfhsldjf The process of actually writing and not just daydreaming 🤣

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

Well, since most of my fave shows are from Japan, that would be wild to write all the dialogue in Japanese haha. I’m similar to what Toasty said, where if there isn’t a translation for the word in English, I use the Japanese word with Romaji. I also try to use Japanese Honorifics to the best of my ability.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Super Mario Galaxy! I wrote it for a project in 5th grade lol.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

Hmmmmm… finished fic would be “Yoroshiku Matsuoka-san” because I love that it made so many people smile!

But my favorite WIP is both the BB X MP100 x Marvel crossover and “Adrift”. Both fics fit into the category of “I’m writing what I’ve always wanted to read.”

[multimuseticles]

"Top five video games, go."

I'll limit this to one per series, otherwise it will mostly be Final Fantasy games. I'm also making this a top 8, because there are three more I want to mention.

Number 8 - Stardew Valley, this is my feel-good game. I play this whenever I'm stressed or feeling down and it usually relaxes me.

Number 7 - Super Mario 64, who didn't love this game? I still play this game every now and then and it's just always so much fun. I want to try a speedrun of it sometime.

Number 6 - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, my very first Zelda game and I think it's one of the first games I ever finished. I loved this game so much as a child and these days I love playing randomisers! I need to play one again soon.

Number 5 - Sonic Adventure, not my first Sonic game (that was Sonic 2), but this was the best in the series in my opinion. I loved the fact that you could play as multiple characters each with their own story that would eventually combine. This game needs a remake at some point, I'd love it.

Number 4 - Hyperdimension Neptunia: Victory, I played a bunch of Neptunia games one after another when I first got into the series and this one stood out to me the most. I'm not sure why this one specifically, but I just enjoyed this one the most. Neptunia is also the reason I started roleplaying on tumblr (I used to rp on forums before that) and it's how I met my best friend.

Number 3 - Pokemon Sun & Moon, a controversial opinion as I know a lot of people think this is one of the worst Pokemon games. But I loved everything about it(and USUM). I loved the characters, the story, the new Pokemon they added. It was everything I wanted in a Pokemon game.

Number 2 - Metal Gear Solid, probably the game I've played the most. I've played this game about 50 times and I'm not exaggerating on that. I used to speedrun it when I was about 14 or 15. At that point, I was fairly close to the world record. I'd love to speedrun it again in a stream or something some time!

Number 1 - Final Fantasy IX, my favourite game of all time. Love everything about it from the characters, story, gameplay and music. There's nothing I don't like about this game. I'll always recommend this game to anyone wanting to play Final Fantasy unless they're trying to find one with a more specific game feature.

[zaptap]

so the other day i used a sysbot to get the remaining scarlet exclusives i needed, completing the pokedex just before the year ended

then in the days since, i rematched the gym leaders, made sure i have one of every paldea dex pokemon in the pc (as far as i can tell) so i can complete it in home easily once compatibility is added, did the academy ace tournament, and unlocked 6-7 star raids

so i guess i’m done with pokemon violet for now! at least until the dlc comes out. the only big thing really left to do is build up my team to lv100 (they’re mostly in the 80s with meowscarada at 91 and miraidon at like 75) but that might be better left until the dlc anyway

maybe making them stronger would be a good idea so i could start doing raids for those raid-exclusive pokemon (like for when cinderace comes back) but i’ve decided i don’t feel like doing that. dynamax raids were super annoying, tera raids seem less annoying in some ways (they go faster i think?) but potentially more annoying in others (seems like if you don’t have a tera type strong against it and also a resistance to its regular typing you’re screwed), and i don’t like having to deal with raids in general to get pokemon. also i only tried 5 star ones and couldn’t beat any, the thought of fighting even stronger ones (though my pokemon would be a bit stronger too) doesn’t sound fun

so maybe i’ll just skip it and get them via a sysbot (i grabbed a charizard alongside those scarlet exclusives, cinderace is too new though) or save editing (i might get around to hacking my old switch soon so i can do things like that)

ANYWAY i should get back to that living dex i was working on, since i was going to use it for gen 9 and... we’re in gen 9 (sooner than i expected unfortunately). gen 1 and 2 done, gen 3-4 just needs to be tweaked a little bit, most of 5 is probably scattered around my pc’s in white and black 2 and i can piece together the rest, 6-7 can be copied from either my bank living dexes or what i’ve got in game pc’s, and then once i’ve sent everything on from the 3ds i won’t have to worry about a possible eventual shutdown of bank after it goes free and i can take my time filling 8-9 (hacking my switch would make this part easier too)

i’ve also been thinking about the future of living dexes. i’ve been making them every gen since gen 6 (plus the one i did in gen 3), mainly as a way to give all my games easy access to every pokemon, particularly ones that you can’t get without trading. well, game freak won’t let those games have access to most of those pokemon anymore, so that makes this whole arrangement extremely redundant. the only purpose my gen 8 living dex had was to fill home’s pokedex (so at least it wasn’t a huge waste)

when i thought up the idea for this “Origin Dex” i’ve been working on, a living dex where every pokemon is sourced from its original game appearances (third/fourth versions included) i thought of it as “the living dex to end all living dexes” since i was thinking i’d just use save editing to make a new copy for each generation. but maybe it’ll be the last one because i won’t even need to copy it. i guess if home gets replaced like bank did, i might need to make another though

since pokemon home now counts your progress for each regional dex, based on whether you’ve deposited pokemon originating from that game, i might as well just start making a living regional dex in each game. that’s effectively what i did for violet (though it’s unorganized) and sort of for legends arceus (since home added that feature partway through my playthrough)

like i guess that’s probably what i should be doing instead of a generation-wide one that wouldn’t really have much of a purpose. i’ll still finish the gen 9 one though because i was planning on trying to get all moves and abilities in there, and having that plus all the mascots from their original games will mark off a lot of stuff in home