#injured ingo au

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Just found your Injured Ingo AU and it's living in my head rent free now! And now i have questions!

I wonder if Ingo ever says a sentence along the lines of "Em, it is not the time for-" and some rush of emotion cuts him off because he inadvertently said "Emmet" aloud? Do you think saying it aloud would bring any memories back or just leave him confused?

Does Em ever get the zoomies and smack into something only to pretend that never happened?

How often does Ingo have to go get Em or the other sneasels out of trees? Has Em climbed to the top of the Arena before? Does Ingo ever use reflective objects + the sun to make the equivalent of a laser pointer? (and if so does it work on Lady Sneasler?)

Sorry to rapid fire so many, hope you're having an awesome day!

No need to apologise for the multiple questions! Any kind of asks are great to get :3 Now for the questions:

Ingo accidentally saying ‘Emmet’

As soon as he says it, he’d trail off his sentence. He knows the name, he’s sure of it, but he doesn’t remember.

He doesn’t know he’s crying until Em or someone else gets his attention. He brushes it off and wipes the tears away, but he’s left with the feeling that he’s missing something.

Does Em get the zoomies?

Em absolutely gets Zoomies and this often results in him crashing into people. When he does crash into people, he decides it’s climbing time and proceeds to climb them. This can go different ways depending on the person.

Some people think it’s cute, like Irida or captain Zisu, some people are nervous/annoyed but allow it, like some of the galaxy team members or Melli, others just run which Em interprets as a game so chases after them. He’s a very chaotic little sneasel.

How often does Ingo have to get sneasels down from trees?

Hisuain Sneasels are practically built for climbing, so they don’t get stuck in trees. Jhoto sneasels on the other hand do get stuck. When alone, Ingo will try to get the sneasels down, but as you can imagine, climbing with one arm is not a good idea.

If Lady Sneasler spots him doing this, it’s straight to the den with him. Lady Sneasler handles getting the Jhoto sneasels down and is very grumpy about Ingo trying to climb trees.

As for Em, he’s probably climbed the galaxy hall before. If it’s climbable and tall, then Em has probably been there.

Does Ingo use a makeshift laser pointer on the sneasels?

I can see him doing this, I like the image of Ingo just directing a bunch of completely enamoured sneasels around with the patch of light while others look on at this ‘sorcerery’.

I’m not sure if Lady Sneasler would fall for it, but she’d probably try to resist it, then ultimately give in and chase it.

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With the injured Ingo AU, I can imagine that sometimes he gets phantom limb pain as well. And while he tries to be self sufficient on his own most of the time he acquiesces whenever it gets even beyond his threshold. He probably likes sleeping in Sneasler's den because hes safe there and Also not a burden on anyone.

Definitely, the phantom limb pain is better on some days, worse on others, but regardless he’ll push himself to get his jobs done. Only when it’s really bad does he take the time he needs off (and he normally takes a while to decide its ‘too much’).

He doesn’t always sleep in Sneasler’s den, but sleeping there helps with nightmares so he’ll often go there after waking up from them. If Sneasler is also sleeping in the den, she’ll wrap around Ingo and there’ll pretty much be a cuddle pile of Ingo, Sneasler, Em and the rest of the sneasels.

Though when he does sleep in the den with Sneasler, he often wakes up to her grooming his hair. Sometimes he’s spared from this when she’s busy grooming the other sneasels.

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Injured Ingo Au - Even More Info

When Ingo woke up, he was told he would never speak again. He responded to this with “no” (and he hasn’t stopped speaking since-)

Melli acts pretty much the same towards Ingo as he does in game, but he gets genuinely concerned when Ingo is having a hard time

When Ingo starts helping out in the training grounds, Zisu is quick to help him should he need it. He ends up needing help somewhat frequently because of all of the big and/or unwieldy training equipment

Ingo and Zisu both love pokemon battles, so they often talk strategy with each other

They also often battle. Zisu is impressed by Ingo’s battling prowess and Ingo just loves battling

Lady Sneasler gets annoyed when she sees Ingo pushing himself (which happens a lot)

If he ends up injuring himself from doing this, she’ll let him get fixed up then just picks him up and brings him to her den, sitting him down and not letting him move for a while

All of the sneasels (both Hisuain and Jhoto) will cuddle up with Ingo when this happens

Em gets the best spot every time and is protective of it

Ingo tries to talk her into letting him go back to work, but she won’t let him

Irida, one of the only other humans allowed to enter Lady Sneasler’s den, will look for Ingo, then find him there covered in Sneasels

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What if Em makes a friend with like a Johto Sneasel from a space time rift

Imagine they would join in on causing mischief and climbing Ingo. A duo of troublemakers

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Ingo strikes me as someone who is like those people who make a conversation with their cats after Em arrives. Em just infodumps/screams and Ingo's there like "Really now!? Interesting! Do tell me what happened next!"

He is definitely that kind of person.

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The image of Em going mach 20 around Ingo while he stares into nothing and Lady Sneasler just sighing in resignation at these two weird af sneasels she's adopted gives me life.

Ingo: *stares into space for hours*

Emmet: *infodumping and stimming/flapping his arms so fast he might actually take off flying*

Lady Sneasler: *sigh* I love my weird looking sneasel sons

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Had a thought but like quick and dirty doodle of Em the sneasel wrapping the self in part of ingo's coat, i didn't remember exactly which arm was missing but i defaulted to the right arm since thats what i'm used to drawing

Awwww Em absolutely would! He tugs on Ingo’s coat to get him to sit down and just wraps himself up as much as he can.

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If Emmet ends up in Hisui and when he recovers, I just imagine some of the more frequent targets for like Em being a menace going "oh no there's two of them" but like in a joking light hearted manner, people notice the similarities

Someone sees Ingo and Emmet standing together and wonder if Em somehow turned into a human

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Imagine Em climbing Sneasel, holding to the top of Ingo's hat and doing the thing of like covering the eyes from the sun and seeing how far Em can see

Em would definitely do this

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If Ingo still ends up managing like the training ng grounds in jubilife village, i can just imagine Em the Sneasel being a menace to the other trainers (an affectionate menace)

Anon you are absolutely right. Stand still too long and he will climb you and he does that thing that cats do when you’re walking and they run in front of you and act all sad when they’re kicked or stepped on as if it’s your fault.

Everyone still loves him though.

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ur injured ingo au simultaneously gives me life and hurts me but i think thats just currently the train twins experience

i already adore Em the Sneasel

I’m glad to hear it :3 and yea, submas just seems to be angst or fluff with no in between (or funny lol).

Em was not what I expected to come from that post as I was writing it, but he is a welcome surprise lol. I can see Em acting almost exactly like his namesake, complete with the stimming (raptor claws, flappy arms, zoomies) and v muppet smile.

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Injured Ingo Au - More Info

More ideas for the injured Ingo au let’s go:

After the ‘incident’, Ingo is terrified of steelix (and onix, but to a lesser extent). He’ll avoid the area he was injured in, as well as any place with steelix or onix activity

If a steelix gets too close to him, he’ll have a panic attack

He doesn’t like being approached from his left side, since it’s his most vulnerable side. He won’t do/say anything if you do approach him like that, but you will spook and/or upset him

His voice is scratchy and quiet, he uses it more than he probably should given how damaged it is. Sometimes he can manage to be loud for a few syllables if he pushed himself, but this always ends up hurting him

Ingo near silent when he walks, he’s accidentally snuck up on a lot of people as a result

Sometimes when he dissociates, he’ll stare into a mirror or mirrored surface. It reminds him of someone he can’t quite remember

He has a Hisuain sneasel (one of Sneasler’s kits) that follows him around almost everywhere he goes. He’s taken to calling this sneasel Em and has given him a hat similar to his own

Em often poses with him for fun and it makes Ingo both happy and sad for some reason he doesn’t know

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I read your injured ingo au headcanons and now I’m thinking what if after ingo and emmet get reunited emmet also just gets injured somehow? Because I am a cruel person lmao

I like the way you think Anon-

I know it’s not exactly the idea you sent, but your ask has got me thinking this could happen if, instead of Ingo being sent back, Emmet got sent to Hisui. He encounters some less than friendly Pokémon mon and gets hurt but Ingo saves him. He wasn’t hurt nearly as bad as Ingo was, just a bump on the head and some burns.

Ingo doesn’t remember who he is, but he looks really familiar. He takes the unconscious man back to the Pearl Clan camp and ends up waiting by his side for him to wake up. Even if he doesn’t remember him, he feels like he needs to be there for him.

(Also Sneasler would adopt this ‘other sneasel’ the moment she saw him)

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Hi!

I saw ur Injurned Ingo headcanon and I was like:

Wow the angst will be Immaculate for this.

I have to ask, does anyone in Hisui treat Ingo different? How was the recovery for him without modern medicine? Does it take longer for him to regain memories thank the Player because his amnesia happened organically and not because of God? How does Ingo feel about himself after his injury? And maybe a further down the line question, how does Emmet handle his brother coming back so injured?

Sorry 4 the long ask, this idea is just really fun!

Hullo! No need to apologise for the long ask, I’m glad to hear you like my au :3 I’ll separate the questions to answer them easier so this may be a bit of a long post.

Does anyone in Hisui treat Ingo differently?

I would say yes. Some people overestimate or underestimate the amount of things he can do with his injuries and disabilities, either pushing him too hard or coddling him a bit too much.

For the most part, they don’t treat him too differently as he can still do his job well and helps where he can. (Also he can’t play the flute like he normally does, instead he just blows the flute like a train whistle and Sneasler knows what it means).

Lady Sneasler is also more protective towards him. When she first saw him, she mistook him for one of the non-Hisuain sneasels that had been showing up and even if she on some level knows he’s human, she still treats him like one of her cubs (basically hurt him and you will die from her claws).

How was the recovery for him without modern medicine?

It was difficult for him, there were moments when those in the Pearl Clan thought he wouldn’t make it and some of his injuries may not have been so permanent had there been modern medicine to use.

The process of healing was slower as well, since not only were they limited by the medicine of their time, but he wasn’t the only one getting injured and they didn’t have an infinite supply. Sometimes he’d just have to tough it out through the pain.

Does it take longer for him to regain memories than the player because his amnesia happened organically and not because of god?

It’s not that it takes particularly longer, just that it doesn’t happen the same way. In the original game, memories came back slowly and in parts. In this au, some come back like that, but others come back in foggy chunks that make his head pound.

On particularly bad days, he has to take the day off from his warden duties because his mind is too focused on the memories that he dissociates and can’t focus (which can be dangerous in the wilds).

He also has a notebook he carries around, in which he writes down or doodles what he can remember in an effort to try and remember more (or just in case he forgets again). He becomes quite good at drawing and has caught the professor’s attention more than once with what Pokémon he can remember.

How does Ingo feel about himself after his injury?

At first, he doesn’t think too much about it. After all, he has no memory of what it was like before and his mind is too busy being fuzzy to dwell on it.

But sometimes, it just feels wrong, like he remembers having something there and being able to see more and shouting on a regular basis but now he can’t and it’s wrong. And sometimes, it hurts. Either the phantom pain from the missing limb or the scar tissue being too sensitive or him trying to shout and pushing his damaged vocal chords too far.

Though by the time the player comes along, he’s grown as used to it as he can.

How does Emmet handle his brother coming back so injured?

Now for Ingo coming back, I’ve decided that while he spent years in Hisui, he was only missing in Unova for a few months. Emmet is obviously stressed at his disappearance, but he didn’t have to wait for years for his brother to come back.

When he does though, Emmet is distraught. His brother looks like he’s been through hell. He’s missing an arm, has a blind eye, is covered in scars and is unnaturally quiet. How did this happen? (How could he let this happen?) Emmet becomes very protective over his brother and has bad separation anxiety now.

Until they could fall into a new normal, Emmet would sometimes dote too much and Ingo would have to stop him and remind him he can still do certain tasks, even with one arm. I can imagine Emmet unintentionally getting louder to compensate for his brother’s quiet voice as well.

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(Leans forward) tell me more about your Ingo AU, it sounds so cool :D

Thank you :3, I’ll be glad to talk more about my au. It’s pretty much identical to canon storyline, Ingo being the only thing to change:

When he was dropped into Hisui, he was in what he didn’t know was called the Coronet Highlands, specifically between the Celestica Trail and the Sonorous Path

He walked around for a while, looking for Emmet or really anyone at all. Instead he came face to face with an alpha steelix

He didn’t have any of his Pokémon with him and could only do his best to dodge the attacks it sent at him. He couldn’t run away without risking getting hit

So he dodged for a while, looking for but being unable to find an exit. He didn’t realise the beast had cornered him until there was nowhere to go

The steelix nearly killed him, but Lady Sneasler appeared before it could do so and fought it off before taking the injured and unconscious Ingo to her current warden

Ingo was then taken to the Pearl Clan camp, they fixed what they could and waited for him to wake up

When he did wake up, Ingo had few memories, only remembering his name in the moment

His injuries hadn’t yet healed, though some would be permanent

He was missing his left arm elbow down, he couldn’t see out of his left eye even when the bandages were gone and it hurt to speak much louder than a whisper

He stayed with the Pearl Clan as he was healing, then stayed with them after what could heal did, soon he became the warden for Lady Sneasler, the pokemon who saved his life

I’ve got many ideas for this au and I love Ingo and Emmet so feel free to ask about this au! I’m not 100% sure about the name, but I’m thinking ‘Injured Ingo Au’ atm.