#island kahuna nanu

[reesieroo-spark]

Little comic where Reese is a pyukumuku (as if you couldn’t fucking tell)

[perelka-l]

Kittie and doggie violence :3c

[raetreaderarts]

Does anyone want gifs of this silly old man who I love oh so very dearly (imgflip is literally a godsend I can make so so so many gifs)

[spiralstereo]

Hear me out

[nonovyabuisness]

So as you may know, In Pokémon Sun/Moon/US/UM , you can get different starters depending on the island on which you start your Island challenge on.

This is shown by the three normal starters on Mele’ Mele island with Kahuna Hala and professor Kukui. And by the three alolan meowth on Ula’ Ula island proposed by Kahuna Nanu to a new Island challenger in the police station.

And so, my brain decided to imagine what the options would be for Akala and Poni island.

I choose 3 Pokémon that all have a 3 stage evolution and can be found in Alola, no pseudo legendary and other ‘official’ starters. Also note that I will not follow the traditional Fire-Water-Grass thing.

Akala Island (Kahuna Olivia):

- Bounsweet

- Alolan Geodude

- Pikipeck

[ For this, I decided to make it a triangle as well. With Bounsweet being effective against Geodude, Geodude against Pikipeck who,is super effective against Bounsweet. Olivia has an alolan graveler on her team, and while Geodude may look like the best option at first.

Bounsweet’s typing will do good against the Water trial, Olivia and Hapu.

Pikipeck is good against Hala, Guzma, the Grass trial and half decent for the Electric trial (the one with the Vikavolt line) and Molayne.

And Geodude is good against Guzma, the Fire trial, Kahili, Molayne and (kind of) the Water trial.]

Also can we talk about the fact that Olivia is super hot…

Poni Island ( Kahuna Hapu):

- Nidoran (gender is random)

- Trapinch

- Swinub

[ All of these Pokémon are found in Alola and all of these are 3 stage evolution that have or gain the ground typing. Which is Hapu’s type specialty.

Nidoran is good against Mina’s fairy trial and the Grass trial at first. Then it’s good against the Electric and Fire trial as well as Olivia and Molayne.

Trapinch is good against the Electric and Fire trial as well as Olivia and Molayne. Before being pretty good against the Wild trial ( Kommo-o’s trial).

And Swinub is good against the Electric, Fire and Grass trial. As well as the Wild trial, Olivia, Molayne, Kahili and Hapu.]

And there you have it, my island starters headcanons.

[thetravelingymleader]

Dad... what is that?

Seedot. You never seen one before?

Well, I mean, yea of course. They're all over Hoenn and Sinnoh, I just meant- I didn't know you had one.

I don't.

... So it's a wild one?

Yup.

Are ya keeping it?

No.

Oh.

It's injured, so I'm gonna care for it, then release it back out.

Oh, poor guy... Heh it sure is cute though. How did you find it?

Called out to me.

... Like a pokemon cry?

Not... exactly. It's- [*He pauses to sigh softly, pinching the bridge of his nose*] -hard to explain. It's Tapu related-

-[*The Seedot begins making noises, as if... speaking to the Kahuna. Just as strange, Nanu listens as if he understands the pokemon.*]

This is my son, Nox. You can trust him.

Uhh.... dad?

Hm? Ah. Ignore that. Grab me some bandages and full heals will you?

... Sure dad, be right back.

[leggerefiore]

we've seen drabbles/hcs of ingo or emmet, even cyrus when their partner gets isekai'd to hisui, but what about the others? Like nanu, larry, giovanni or grimsley??? THINK OF THE ANGSTTTT 💔

why not all of them lol

cw: angst, comfort at the end, dealing with a missing partner,

characters: Nanu, Larry, Grimsley, Giovanni

You had left quickly, excusing yourself out to a nearby convenience store in walking distance. He thought little of it. The experience was common enough, and he did not feel particularly like joining at that moment for various reasons. Everything felt normal. It was a regular evening… Until far too much time had passed with nothing from you. No text, call, or your return. Suddenly, he felt his brain kick into action…

🐈‍⬛️Nanu❤️‍🩹

🌑 The Kahuna grumbles and knows better than to outright panic. This was precious time if you were missing, yes, but there was little evidence of that, even if it felt apparent to him. Really, Alola was a peaceful place. He knew that. You, as his partner, also had the protection of Tapu Bulu. The guardian deity taking quite a shine to you… Your remark about them having similar personalities on his mind. He found himself at the store to ask about you, but the clerk shrugged and shook their head. They had not seen you. Nanu's breath hitched. He gave a nod and began his search around the area you would have travelled, asking those he passed careful questions. A few had seen you, but claimed you suddenly disappeared, even when you were clear to overtake them by walking. He felt truly worried now. A search was soon formed.

🌑 It had come up with nothing. Your bag had been found in a bush, undisturbed. He went through the items carefully, but nothing was missing. Apparently, you had just vanished in the ether while walking. It made no sense… Even the Aether Foundation stepped in to confirm or deny whether an Ultra Wormhole was involved – His worst possible nightmare. The idea of you pulled away to some strange foreign world while under his protection brought out for too many negative feelings. Even his Persian bunting, her head against him hardly could snap him from his stupor. Only the confirmation that it was, in fact, not anything to do with UBs calmed him slightly. But, then it worsened again. What had taken you–? The Aether Foundation detected something similar, but not anything related to UB energy.

🌑 He fully threw himself into finding you, no matter what. The old man could not recall the last time he had felt so impassioned about something. Nothing could deter him – Nothing could make him happy. He felt lost. Another situation… Another failure. His heart ached. Tapu Bulu cruelly denied his request to leave the islands. He needed to – The International Police offering back a position and offering their aid in his plight. But, he was stuck. There was no fleeing. He felt stuck in time. All he could do was everything he did before, and it felt like a knife was being twisted inside him as time passed. Why had he let himself feel love? It felt so idiotic. He wanted to despise himself for making such a choice. (But, when glanced at a picture of you two together, his heart softened. His negative feelings faded for a moment. His love for you, all that remains inside him.)

🌑 Then, one day – nearly a year later, a knock rasped against his door. It was quiet… Uncertain. He grumbled and walked over, expecting a child asking for their first pokemon for their island challenge. Instead, his heart stopped. You stared at him, a small smile on your face. Your clothing was odd – reminding him much of what a certain friend of his had taken to wearing. But, there was little time to question it when the tension of his muscles that stopped him from moving faded in an instant. Arms came around you as he held you tight to himself. The embrace was immediately reciprocated by you. A shaky breath left him. Soon, he would demand to know everything. Soon, but not now– No, for now, he just wanted you close to him so he could continue to know that you were real – not some hallucination thrown up by his desperate subconscious. Your voice was his name, was his only tether to reality. Finally, he left himself smile again.

💼Larry🏢

🍙 The businessman was perturbed. Medali was not exactly dangerous, but he was not so optimistic to believe that everyone acted with good intentions. He walked the street to the store, looking around to see if you got sidetracked or pulled into a conversation by an overly chatty acquaintance. But, no. The store clerk did not even recall you entering, much less buying anything. Larry felt at an impasse. Was this something really for concern? Did he need to make a stir? There was no real way to confirm that you had something unfortunate happen. He hesitates, wasting precious time because of his uncertainty. Strangely, he sent a message to Rika, wanting advice from a colleague on what to do. She contacted the police without hesitation and told him she would be talking to Geeta about it. He felt his shoulders fall.

🍙 The first search was not fruitful. Little could be gathered, but your bag was found. Nothing was disturbed. His eyes scanned the items, desperately searching for anything that could give him a hint as to what happened. Nothing. He was no inquisitive sort, nor was he some active actor within these things. He just felt lost. There was nothing that he could do. All he could continue to do was be a passive participant in life. While it was everything he had done before, he felt like he was falling deeper into an unreachable state. Why? This sort of thing should not happen to him – to you. You were both relatively normal, he felt. Any attempts by his pokemon to cheer him up failed horribly. He was like an automaton imitating human life. A facade of completely nothing to get through the days.

🍙 But, he searched still. Geeta clearly saw the state of her subordinate and did not feel as passive as Larry did. Without hesitation, she initiated more searches. While she might not act the kindest all the time, part of her really did not enjoy seeing Larry suffering in such a manner. His schedule was rearranged to allow him to join in on the searches and try to find you. Yet nothing came. Nothing changed. It was as if you managed to vanish into thin air. People recalled seeing you one moment but not in the next. It was a maddening kind of thing for the everyman. He was not built to navigate stress more intense than a regular workplace kind. Each passing day brought him further and further from you. All he had, once more, was his work. It all felt tiring, but there was no way for him to do anything else. Idle moments made his mind wander. His usual way of freezing more concerning as he thought of you. Somehow, he had found himself a partner – One that did not mind his difficulties and tribulations. And, somehow, he lost them in the most mysterious way possible. His feet only started moving again when someone cleared their throat.

🍙 Then, one day, Geeta came to him at the Treasure Eatery. It had been nearly a year since everything had happened, and he had adapted as well as one could. A polite smile was on her face as she asked him to cut his lunch short – she had something for him. He relented, his only enjoyable pass time, and followed her. They entered his gym office. Before he could ask what was going on, a voice called out an unwanted nickname. “Larr-bear.” His head snapped in the direction of it. There you stood. You looked worse for wear, clothing clean (albeit odd), but stress clearly having an effect on you. You smiled, though. You smiled brightly. Larry was shocked into silence, dropping his briefcase in response. Geeta stepped aside as you embraced him. Many questions rushed through his mind – Many he could not dare ask. Yet… He embraced you back and closed his eyes. Your warmth was real. This was real. A rare smile broke his face. Finally, he felt normalcy return.

♠️Grimsley❤️

♤ He was absolutely a betting man and knew the odds were off. Not only that, he prided himself on being able to read and understand people. You, especially, as his partner. This was wrong. He knew it was wrong. It was why he acted with little hesitation to follow out where you went a search for you. Was Black City the nicest play in Unova? Absolutely not. He stayed there because it fitted his needs, but a certain invitation from a friend made him make plans for the future. He questioned people casually, checking if anyone had seen you and how far you had made it. Apparently, he quickly found out that you never even made it to the store. Frustration burned in his veins, but he forced himself to remain calm. A search was needed, he knew. Time was precious as it stood.

♡ It was admittedly small. Things like this were seldom taken seriously. Plus, with Grimsley's reputation as a playboy, authorities just assumed it was a scorned lover disappearing on their cheating partner. While that was almost certainly not the case, a volunteer search at least came up with something to validate that and draw attention back. Your bag. It lied undisturbed among some building's potted fauna. He held it closely, observing what was in it. Everything was in order. His stomach twisted as he knew something horrible was afoot. He hated pulling his title, but throwing around his weight to actually make sure things were done felt important. He put it all on the line to make sure it happened. The thought of anything happening to you drove him mad.

◇ Each passing day made him feel lost. His usual haunts were not fun when his heart only yearned for you. This was not fair – Life was not fair. Battling was annoying. Errors kept springing up in his Elite Four battles, and the league took notice. He was forced to take time off to recuperate from the stress of it all. Everything felt like the opposite of his previous reality. The pillars of salt grumbling at long last. His losses stacked up. A big gamble, nothing but pure risk, saw his final downfall. All he could do was walk along the beach and wonder where you were. Were you taken? He had a few debts, but they were nothing serious. Enemies? Well, maybe, but kidnapping? That seemed unlikely. He watched the waves with vacant eyes. You were something truly special to him. A good luck charm, he felt now. His luck was gone without you. He took a step into the water.

♧ A year passed with no updates. Grimsley had to move away from the city, unfortunately. His income was no longer enough to keep up, and he retired from the league, no longer finding joy in lingering there. No, the bright sun of Alola burned his skin as he surfed along the waves. A rebirth of sorts. A muted one. He stood on the beach as he usually did and watched the ocean move. Nanu had asked to meet him here. His eyes closed as he flipped his coins. An internal bet was made. Tails. A fifty chance… He caught it as it fell. Tails. Arms suddenly came around his waist. He tensed up. Turning around, he felt his body feel like it had been dowsed in ice water. You stared up at him with a smile. Your clothing… It was odd. His was, too, now. Nanu... He felt grateful for his connection as he turned to embrace you. So many questions – He would ask them eventually, but it was not the time for it. Not when his good luck charm was finally back with him. A shaky breath left him as he let his face reflect his true emotions. Love burned in his gaze.

🚀Giovanni🐈

🟥 It was called in instantly to his grunts to look for you. Did your bodyguards fail? He wanted to scoff as he got up to organise everything. Viridian was not a dangerous place – Well, he knew the danger and controlled it. You were not under any risk. Yet, you had been taking too long. Worrying was not in his nature, but you liked to draw strange things out of him unconsciously. He waited for any updates. His fingers tapped against his desk. This all felt so dramatic to him. His eyes closed. A report came. You had not gone to the convenience store. People had seen you on your way there, but you never made it. His fist slammed against his desk. Naturally. Something was amiss. His intuition was not him being blind sided by his feelings towards you. Now, he called in a proper search. Someone easily could have taken you to get at him. He would not give them the pleasure.

🟥 He found himself walking the streets, watching for any signs of a struggle. Nothing. It made no sense. No one reported anything. People acted as if you had just been walking among them one moment and then were gone in the next. That was illogical. Had you run away from him? The thought annoyed him, but he supposed that was not impossible. Still, he saw no reason to treat it as that. If you wanted to leave, Giovanni would at least have preferred one final discussion. Whatever line of thinking he may have been following was interrupted when a grunt claimed to have found your bag. He picked it up, observing it carefully, before investigating the contents. Nothing seemed missing. Your ID and cards were in it. A voluntary disappearance exited his mind. He made a frightening expression. Someone had just earned his full attention.

🟥 He waited. He waited endlessly for any demands to be made of him – a ransom, disbandment of his group, for him to die. Nothing came. It was radio silent. He waited. Following searches turned up nothing new. Each passing day felt like a mocking jeer. Had someone taken you solely to drive him mad? His affection for you was not something he plainly expressed – not even among his most trusted executives. Giovanni knew his attachment towards you was dangerous for him. Yet… He did not expect such a thing to happen. His coldness and ruthlessness multiplied. It felt impossible for him to remove himself from his word – Being forced to linger on your absence was a kind of torture he wished to inflict on whoever had taken you. Alongside a few other varieties. He lived on. There was nothing else for him to do.

🟥 But, nearly a year later, a report came to him. A grunt found a strange person lingering around his home. He asked them to be brought in, expecting a petty burglar unprepared for the possible consequence of their actions. Instead, he found a familiar face before him in his office. Archer stood near him as shocked as he was. You looked exhausted but well. No obvious signs of being in an awful situation. Your clothing was odd, but you clearly looked relieved to see him. Everyone was dismissed – He needed to be alone with you. You said his name and smiled at him. A genuine smile. The urge to interrogate you crossed his mind, but he stopped himself. You clearly had still been through something. He sat back down in his chair and pulled you into his lap. You were real. This was not some cruel joke. He held you tightly to himself. For now, he would enjoy the odd comfort of your presence before moving on to what happened to you.

[thetravelingymleader]

Hello, Leilani.

My son said you needed to speak with me about something urgent? Something about the tapus, I believe.

Hello Hapu, This is Nanu.

Is your mother around? I need to speak with her about something that was brought to my attention.

((-@thetravelingymleader))

Oh! Of course! One moment!

Mom, it's Mr. Nanu.

Thank you honey, I'll take care of it.

Nanu sir? It's Leilani.

[g-zma]

// random rambling about Guzma and his relationships

I don't even know. I ramble. This has some discussions of child abuse, trauma, and manipulation.

This is very long by the way. Like. Actually though.

Okay to start off with, let's talk about Guzma and Elio.

Elio is what really led to Guzma being able to get help. Without Elio coming and beating the shit out of Guzma every time the guy ran into him, he wouldn't have had the motivation to get better. The big thing is that Guzma didn't really mean to get better in terms of himself, he just wanted to get better at battling. That has more to do with Hala, who I'll talk about in a bit.

So, now that Guzma's in a better place, he's also running into Elio a lot more. The kid lives right next to Iki town, and he's friends with Hau, so he shows up all the time. Not only that, but the kid was there to deal with the UB situation at the same time he was, and though Guzma would never admit it, he has a soft spot for kids.

So he won't say it out loud, but he really does care about Elio. He wants to make sure the kid has a good life.

Now, what about him and Hala?

Hala's been Kahuna for a while. Probably since Guzma was a kid. So while Guzma didn't know him personally, he did know him before the events of the games. And then when the big, powerful Kahuna came around and told him to stop being a baby, and that he would help Guzma become stronger, Guzma agreed. It was a bit begrudgingly at first, but he did agree.

But Hala knew that, in order to become better at battling, Guzma needed to get better in the rest of his life. He had to face his issues.

Guzma had, obviously, a lot of problems, especially after the situation with Lusamine (which I will also discuss). Being possessed by Nihilego reopened a bunch of wounds that had scarred over and pretty much forced them to the front of his mind. And that, amongst other things, freaked him out bad. It brought back memories he had forgotten, things that he'd purposefully ignored. Mostly, things to do with his Father. Guzma's dad was abusive, he did not treat his son well. And the Nihilego made him relive that, all in an instant.

The biggest things Hala has worked on with Guzma so far, though, are his anger issues and alcohol abuse. They've touched on the underlying trauma, but Guzma tends to get very uncooperative, especially with people like Hala, who are older, kind figures towards him. I think I've mentioned before how the anger issues stem from his father's abuse, but not in its own post.

So now we go into a bit of a Guzma and his parents, as well as Alolan society in general.

Guzma's reputation as an aggressive, violent person started as a defense mechanism. It didn't help against his dad, but he was already being bullied fairly often, and it did help with that. Kids were less likely to pick on the scrappy bug nerd when the scrappy bug nerd would start throwing punches if you looked at him wrong. But, it also backfired a bit. Nobody was willing to get close enough to him to realize that something was wrong. If he came to school with bruises and scrapes, it was automatically assumed that he'd gotten into a fight, that he was the aggressor. And he actively pushed away anyone who tried to get to know him.

He wasn't willing to accept any help that was offered. He was generally scorned by the people around him, and so he simply didn't trust them. This especially came into effect when he started his Island Challenge. He was so proud of himself. He worked so hard, he wanted to be captain. That was the best award he could've ever been given. But then he failed. He couldn't complete it, so he wasn't allowed to be a captain. And his dad was angry with him. And Guzma was scared. He was terrified. But he had his own pokemon now, and a Golisopod can be awful scary when it wants to be. So Guzma's dad got what was coming to him, and Guzma ran the fuck away.

And where did he end up? In a new group. Not Skull- This was a group under the Kahuna before Nanu. Guzma, in a way, got what he wanted. Approval. Of course, not everyone's approval, though. Tapu Bulu ended up rejecting its Kahuna for whatever reason, and striking that group down. Guzma lost the one group of people he had that he'd finally been accepted by. And he was pissed. So, he started Skull. He built his group up again, new. He leaned into the cruel, scary reputation he'd made for himself. And for the most part, they weren't actually that bad. Sure, they stole, they threatened people, but they needed to feed themselves. They were the people who couldn't get jobs, for whatever reason. Who were thrown out of their homes. Who needed someplace to go, but weren't accepted anywhere else. This was the place they were accepted. And that continued for a while, until Guzma got involved with Lusamine.

And that is a whole situation.

Lusamine needed someone who could do her dirty work. She needed someone to take her blame. And she found that in Guzma. He already had a reputation as a thug. So, she started to get in contact with him. She gave him that approval that he sought so desperately. She used his childhood for her own purposes. When he told her about how he failed, she told him that she was proud. When he told her that his mother never did anything to protect him, she told him that she would. She gave him things he needed, money and food and clothes and medicine to provide for his team, and he was so desperate to keep her. I don't think it was necessarily romantic, but he did love her, and she used it entirely for her own advantage. And once she had him solidly stuck in her trap, she started pulling strings. She removed the exits. If he needed a few days, she would threaten him with taking away something, or to step back. And he needed her. So he did what she said. Especially considering that she was a smart woman. She never made it an explicit threat. She kept it strong enough that he would panic, but hidden enough that he wouldn't catch on to what she was doing.

And this really hurt him, especially after the events in Ultra Space. He had been betrayed, and the fact that she never actually cared about him was shoved in his face. And that, combined with Nihilego literally possessing him for a moment, is why he's so freaked out by the idea of something controlling his mind, now. It's happened to him twice, though the how of it was different.

Now, backtracking a little bit. Let's look at Guzma and Kukui (and by extension Burnet).

Kukui and Guzma met about during their island challenges. They started at the same time, and from the same island. Really, the Island Challenge just provided a situation where Guzma couldn't escape Kukui's attempts at friendship. And he really did try! Guzma pushed him away at every turn, but Kukui kept on keeping on. They ended up rivals, somewhat. But, then they both couldn't complete the challenge. This obviously affected Guzma way more than Kukui.

Kukui was sad that he couldn't be a Trial Captain, but he had other things to work for. He put himself into his schooling, became a professor, and travelled! Which is how he met his lovely wife, Burnet. So for a long while, he wasn't in contact with Guzma. Even when he returned to Alola, he never really saw him. Skull, yeah, but not Guzma himself. And he was sad about that, but it was okay.

Then things really started kicking off! He saw Guzma again. And sure, that was exciting, but Guzma was even more against friendship than he had been before. But!! But then Guzma was taken in by Hala, and he couldn't avoid him. And he was a bit more willing to allow Kukui in.

Which leads us to ~about~ present day with those two. Kukui cares about Guzma a lot, and Guzma's working on letting him do that. Because Kukui and Burnet really do want to help him. And he needs it, even if it's hard to admit.

I think that he'd be more willing to open up to Burnet at first, despite not knowing her for nearly as long. Probably because he hadn't known her for as long. She knew her husband has a huge personality, so she was willing to be the balance to that. Just letting Guzma sit and ruminate with her. And he started to appreciate that, a lot.

Both Kukui and Burnet love Guzma, and he loves them, but again, I don't know if it would be necessarily romantic in nature. They have a bit of a qpr going on. More than just friends, but not quite romantic. Kukui and Burnet are absolutely romantic though.

Guzma's relationship with Plumeria is more simple.

She's been there for him through it all, and she's going to keep being there. She's the big sis of Team Skull, and she's not intending to let that go.

As well as his relationship with the other Alola kids.

He's gotten fairly close to them, especially Gladion and Hau. Gladion, because he did work for Skull, and he felt bad for the kid. Hau, because he's basically his unwilling big brother now. He'd never admit it, but he really does enjoy spending time with them. Most of the time, anyways.

That's the main major things I have to say. I hope this was interesting, lmao

[reesieroo-spark]

2007 Emo style Nanu because idc how old he is, he fits that aesthetic to a T.

I hc he secretly shops at hot topic, and uses Acerola dragging him there as a chance to buy some band tees :p and maybe a hello kitty apron

[perelka-l]

When you both are in a shitty situation and can't even get up and are waiting for someone to arrive (whoever it is, really) and one of you has cigs and other access to fire so you just. Kinda chill for a moment. Like, it's just once, it should be fine, you can forget about it later.

[raetreaderarts]

I was watching Nanu’s episodes again because I am sosososo normal, but I took some screenshots and thought I would share my findings with the class. They made this old man look SO unbelievably fine in the anime

Might watch more of the episodes he’s in later and take more screenshots if I’m feeling especially saucy (I have to wake up at 9 am tomorrow it is currently midnight)

[spiralstereo]

i did an art

so we got mars the bestest & most precious girl ever & then we got an emo cop named nanu

(i love them both sm its not even funny)

[fallershipping]

I love this Poke Corpus tool because it gives me more fuel to analyze the games dialogue for any sort of crumbs.

Anabel used to call Nanu, for certain in the Japanese original text, not just her superior but her full on boss (上司). (She calls herself 新人, a rookie or new recruit in a formal setting) That it was quite a while ago... But it makes me wonder when he left and when he established himself? It seems so long ago.

Looker is funny. He always calls Anabel "Boss" in Japanese, but as in, BOSS. The english word for boss. It makes me think that some part of him really is a foreigner. I think there are other instances of Looker using english words, even in Masters. (Note: Masters does not have the same localizers as the games... and it is painful because english he calls her CHIEF instead of boss and this is only stupid for me whatever)

But back to Nanu and Anabel, I feel as though in the 10 year span, Nanu had to have at least left by the 4-5 year mark. Maybe 3. He's well known in Alola and has been filling in for Poni Island's Kahuna duties after passing away years before SM. Eh, whatever, don't think about the years, what matters is that it's enough for him to be Anabel's boss for a while to get her trained and perfect for ranking up though long before SM and then enough to establish himself within Alola's community. Possibly visiting often between the two before just flat out leaving.

Also Interpol remains a mysterious bunch. Nanu and Anabel have to step in when Looker is getting shouted at by whoever are the big heads in terms of what to do with Paulo, so it seems that Anabel's title is very much respected within Interpol and Nanu, despite being retired, also has sway with his own words.

Emma and Paulo seem to confirm that Interpol does not hire children or anyone not of age. That it is impossible, and while Paulo gets to work with Interpol, it's under strict supervision, he's not officially affiliated, and it's a matter of his probation/punishment. Sometimes protagonists do 'work' for Looker but always just as gameplay protagonist aid, not really official joining of the agency. It's curious to me that the Generations episode with Looker and Emma does not include a protagonist at all, opting that it is more or less a story that doesn't need the protag in it.

They have been dead set on "let the adults handle this" lately in games, and I would kinda,, idk appreciate PLAYING AS AN ADULT FOR ONCE TO EXPERIENCE SOME OTHER THINGS???? cmon it won't cost you an arm or a leg >:(

[alola-reblogging]

Got any team skull headcannons you could maybe write hehe I personally hc the grunts have rap battle night lol

Yes yes yes I have a thousand team skull headcannons omg thanks so much for requesting hehe ♡

• So the majority of team skull are kids who couldn't begin the island challenge and felt left out, or those who attempted the island challenge and gave up.

• Some of the grunts had just came from broken homes, and Guzma sympathised with them and let them stay instantly

• Friends or siblings or cousins of grunts then joined, and the team skull family got bigger

• I mean it's cannon Plumerina sees herself as everyone's big sister, and the grunts go to their big sis with all their problems

• Relationship problems, period pain, battling tips, and to Plums annoyance, to settle the dumbest arguments

• Plums tries her best to support all the kids, and give them 1 on 1 time

• She teaches the grunts life skills, such as battling, type match ups, gives advice on the best move set and so on

• She even teaches the grunts some cooking (not that she's great at it but she's a fairly decent cook), she usually supervises in the kitchen though as there's been more then one eight times incident in the kitchen

• The grunts who have an interest in makeup, Plums teaches them too. All of Alola may be fearful of Team skull but they can't deny their eyeliner is immaculate

• Yeah I can TOTALLY see them doing rap battles lol

• Every Friday night is rap battle night, and all the grunts are welcome to participate, the majority of everyone writes their own raps

• Many of the grunts know how to beat box

• Some of them will rap, others will back up the track beatboxing

• When Guzma joins in all of the grunts get so excited!!

• Both because the boss is in their presence, and because Guzma's sic on the mic

• They have game nights too

• They play loads of different games like Monopoly, Twister, Cludeo, they even play video games too

•It usually ends in boards being flipped, controllers being thrown and someone sulking in the corner

• Of course they have battle nights as well

• I mean, they battle every day, but once a month they'll hold a mini tournament and all battle one another

• It was something Plums came up with to help the grunts grow stronger together

• Spray painting is also a big past time of the grunts

• Most of them just tag places with the skull logo or some anarchy logos

• A few of the grunts are quite artistic about it, and all throughout alola you can see beautiful works of art that most would refuse to believe were created by a member of team skull

• And someone *cough cough guzma* spray painted ACAB on the wall of the police station

• Nanu hasn't bothered to clean it off

• In her spare time, Plumeria likes to watch anime and read manga, she has a secret soft spot for slice of life stuff

• If you mention it though she'll probably crush you.

• She also enjoys watching pokemon battles online from past champion defences or big matches from tournaments, she especially loves watching poison type trainers

• She's got a crush on Raihan from the Hammerlocke gym in the Galar region

• She follows him on social media and has seen all of his matches

• Its a secret dream of hers to battle him

• It's no secret Guzma holds a lot of anger towards Kukui and Kahuna Hala, but there's times where he truly does miss the times when he and Kukui were kids, and would just chill at the beach, eating malasadas and catching pokemon

• He misses Molayne too, and just the three of them doing absolutely nothing but cracking on and having a good time

• He would never admit to anyone, and it pisses him off when he has thoughts like that as he considers them weak and worthless

• Usually when he thinks about his old friends and the fun they had something ends up getting heavily destroyed

• When Guzma recruited Gladion as the enforcer of team skull he offered Gladion to come stay with them in Po Town

• Gladion refused, simply because the grunts annoyed him to point of going insane, and he knew it was best to be alone to get stronger, and he didn't want so many untrustworthy eyes of Null

• Plumeria and Guzma knew he was living rough, and felt bad for the kid, so Guzma fronted Gladion the cash for his motel room

• Gladion insisted on paying Guzma back but he refused to accept the money, stating to Gladion that it was nothing and in return he can back up the grunts when needed and do odd jobs for them

• Gladion was instantly thankful, though he had a difficult time expressing it

• Gladion usually had to defend the grunts against island challengers when they were loosing in battle

• The odd jobs consisted of many things, like stealing supplies from warehouses, finding and catching a specific pokemon, sometimes even doing drop offs for some not so legal products Guzma was selling on the low

• Gladion tried to keep away from Po Town and Team skull whenever he could, but the money was decent and Gladion was desperate

• He knew he had to feed his Pokemon, as well as himself

• He doesn't regret his time in team skull because he knew it was do or die but its not his proudest moment

• Gladion is always invited to game nights or rap battle nights by Plumeria but he always refuses, insisting he's got no time for nonsense with people below his level

• There was this one time he was at the mansion late delivering some stuff he picked up for Guzma, when a tropical rainstorm ensued and the trails was blocked off by mini floods, so he had no choice but to spend a night at the mansion

• It just so happened to he rap battle night

• Gladion hid in a corner watching in utter horror as all of the grunts danced around, spitting bars and blaring music throughout the mansion

• Guzma pushed him to the centre where he utterly froze and refused to participate

• This is where the grunts distsin of him really began, they already didn't like that he refused to live in the mansion and wear the team skull uniform, but they went absolutely mad when their boss paid for a motel for him too

• The grunts were jealous of the favoritism that Guzma showed Gladion, so when the boss himself wanted Gladion to rap and he refused, that was pretty much a death sentence for Gladion in the grunts eyes

• One of the grunt girls have a little thing for Gladion, and they're always overly flirty with him

• Gladion shows her no interest and is extremely uncomfortable with her advances

• She doesn't stop though, and overtime he just becomes irritated

• A lot of the grunts took this offensively that Gladion wasn't interested in their friend, just adding another reason to their hatred

• When the grunts gang up on him, it ends in pokemon battles, although there's been occasions its ended in a fist fight

• Plumeria always tries to keep the peace but even she has been at the blunt end of Gladions sharp tongue in the past

• do you guys remember when gladion called plumeria a whore in the manga omfg

Tysm for this ask it was fun ♡

[leggerefiore]

Icy Getaway

cw: fluff, reader isn't alolan, short

pairing: Nanu/Reader

You peered outside the closed blinds of the Po Town police station to see the tropical beauty that all of the Alola region held. It was a place that attracted many to it for its peaceful ambience and natural state that seemed impossible to interrupt. Yet, somehow… You felt sad. The snow had apparently been heavy in many other places this winter, yet nothing was happening on Ula'Ula unless you gathered up the gumption to climb a mountain.

Stepping away, you turned your head to the couch where Nanu laid, boredly watching television. A Meowth laid curled up next to him, napping away. You let out a sigh. Alola was a lovely place, and you could not imagine living anywhere else. Especially not when Nanu could not really leave the islands as an active Kahuna. Granted, he did skimp on his duties whenever he could, but it was clear he still took some respect in being chosen by Tapu Bulu.

“… You've been watching outside the window,” Nanu spoke and let out a yawn, “Waiting on something?” He sat up to get a better look at you. The Meowth was slightly perturbed by this, yet just readjusted its position to remain comfortable.

“I miss snow…” you mumbled out while looking at the television. It was some trashy crime show set in Unova. Snow littered the streets there, as it always did. Nanu scratched his head.

“There's not really a lot of that here, no,” he shook his head and reached a hand down to pet the Meowth. A loud purr reverberated throughout the room. “… You feeling homesick? I understand,” Nanu continued, “I used to get homesick for Alola when I worked as an international agent.” You almost forgot he was not always an old man who lived with a bunch of cats. Nanu did not like to speak much about his time with the International Police, but you gathered he was quite busy and renowned. (Especially when Looker appeared to gush at him as his former underling.)

“… I'm not sure if it's that…” you wondered if it was as you sat down to join him on the couch. “I guess I was just thinking about how funny it would be to see you in the snow…” Nanu definitely did not seem like he would survive the cold, but there was something cute about the thought of him bundled up, enjoying a hot coffee while watching the weather come down. Nanu cocked a brow up at you as he reached to wrap an arm around your shoulders.

“Well, it seems you figured out another reason I rejected being an Elite Four member,” he sighed, “I had to do a mission in Sinnoh once, and I thought I was going to freeze to death.” You laughed. This was nearly impossible to imagine. What could he have possible been doing there? You could not recall any incidents of note in Sinnoh. “I was glad when I retired back to Alola,” he grinned lightly, “Should've expected to be chosen to be a Kahuna, though. No rest for the weary.”

You leaned your head on his shoulder and stared at the television again. The show apparently had its suspect. Some masked jewel thief who looked strikingly familiar. “… Hmm…” you thought about it, “Do you think you could leave for a while if I did go back to my home region?” Nanu hummed.

“Probably not,” he replied, “I mean, I might be able to if I could get one of the other Kahuna to cover for me, but Tapu Bulu might not accept it. I'd have to ask them both.” You deflated. Of course that was the case. Your sudden upset made Nanu shake his head. His hand came to massage your scalp. “I'll still ask,” he shifted his gaze to you, “It'd be nice to actually get a break from my responsibilities.”

You kept a hopeful, but realistic front towards what would likely happen.

~

The snow lightly piled on the ground as you stepped outside. Nanu grumbled as he followed you. He really was not expected Hala to agree alongside Tapu Bulu. Both almost seemed to encourage him to spend some precious time with you. The flutters of ice crystals sent chills down his spine. He hoped that punk would actually take care of his Meowths while he was away. Acerola had been asked to check in on them, too.

Your hand grasped his and sunk a certain warmth into his as you both felt an urge to just walk through the snow-covered land. He kept to your side, still feeling cold despite his many layers of clothing that he had piled on. This was certainly almost the polar opposite of Alola. As much as he wanted (and would) complain, he felt happy to see you smile so brightly. Plus, he really could not deny how nice it was to get away from his duties for a while.

The trek ended soon after as you both headed back inside. His Persian mrowed at him after returning. You took a seat down near her on the couch while he grabbed a hot coffee to drink and warm himself up. Nanu eventually joined you for some awkward cuddling. Your happiness was contagious, he swore. He pressed a quick kiss on your temple before taking a drink. A laugh left you as you imitated him.

“… If I die here, make sure my remains make it back to Alola,” he sighed.

“What? Do you want the Meowths to get your body?”

“Sure, sounds nice.”

Your laughter made him chuckle a little.

(He was surprised by how many people missed him upon his return with to Alola.)