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Chapter One - Ditto D.N.A (M(T)PJ: Book 1)

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I had just gotten off of the S . S. Anne, returning from Unova and a casual journey I went on there.

I had been away for a few months, spending spring abroad, and missed my home and my friends. I missed Kanto. My first stop on my list was Bill's place north of Cerulean City, the cape with the beautiful sunset view in the evening. Charizard and I flew there from Vermillion City's docks, and I knocked on his door.

"One sec!" I heard a voice inside call. "I'm busy."

"Then mind if I let myself in? It's Crystal!"

"Sure, yeah," he replied. He almost sounded distracted. What are you working on now, Pokémaniac?

I opened the door, motioning for Charizard to wait outside. The inside of the cottage looked as it always did, with numerous papers strewn about the floor, Bill and his PC in the center of the main room, and, of course, on the back wall, the two teleportation pods. Bill's pride and joy and the very ones that had turned him into a Cleffairy when I first met him five years ago.

"What are you trying to do these days?" I asked, walking over to him. "Is the teleportation stuff any better than it was when Lidin, Kevin, and I first saw you?"

"Oh, ha ha," Bill mocked, but not taking his eyes off of his monitor. "Funny you should mention that, though. I actually started looking in a different direction, speaking of when you three heathens met me." He turned around with a huge, good-natured smile before returning to the screen – he was typing up some code. "I've been looking into Ditto's nearly-unique ability to use Transform. It shares that ability with Mew, so it being a non-Legendary or -Mythic makes that property an odd one."

"I never thought I'd see the day that you put aside your teleportation project," I said. "How much do you know about Ditto?"

"Well, funny you should ask that," he said, sighing. "You wouldn't happen to have one, would you, or Kevin or Lidin maybe? I go about twice a week, and for a few hours each time, to places they reportedly hang out, but I never have any luck. Once I did see one, but it got away before I could even engage it, much less throw a ball."

I blinked in surprise. "Of course," I said, pulling out my PokéDex. "I used to see them, and catch a few, right around the Cycling Road."

He whirled around to stare at me. "You caught multiple Ditto?"

"Uh... yeah. I've been catching Pokémon for five years, Bill."

"Could you bring one to me? Those devils allude me."

"Yeah, sure," I said. "Can I use your PC to access my Pokémon?"

Bill paused. "One more sec," he said, turning back to his monitor. "I have to finish these lines before I forget them. I'll need to go over it later on to make sure it's right, but between then and now, I can study your Ditto."

"I'll go ahead and let Kevin and Lidin know I'm in the region, while you do that, since I was supposed to meet them for a late lunch."

"Hey, your choice to stay or go. If you have a Ditto, well, you're saving me a whole lotta time from finding them and fighting them."

He was right, I could go and still get to Celadon City for lunch, even if I didn't use Charizard. But this idea was intriguing to me, too. No wonder why he set aside his teleportation project. Now that I looked, the two pods had a visible layer of dust on them. When was the last time he worked on them, I wonder? "Do you have access to my Pokémon storage from there?" I asked. "Since you made the storage system, and all."

Bill shook his head. "No. The Trainer ID chips and passwords and two-factor authentication I put on them, that even I can't just bypass, and all the other cyber security that I've upgraded over the years keeps me out. And the stuff Kevin's helped with, since he has a knack for that type of thing. I didn't want to risk the Rockets or anyone breaking into my stuff and having access to all of Kanto and Johto's Pokémon."

"Hm, alright, I'll be back later," I decided. "I don't know when, but I'll let you know when I'm on my way back up."

"Whenever works. See ya, Crystal."

I left the Pokémaniac to his most recent project. Charizard watched me questioningly. "I think I can walk to Celadon. I missed the sights of Cerulean, and even the busy streets of Saffron, and we won't be late anyway. It's only just now," I checked my Pokétch, "oh, just twelve-thirty. We have plenty of time to sightsee before we need to be anywhere."

We walked toward Cerulean City, and it was almost possible to imagine myself back when Kevin and I had traveled the region the first time, both of us with Charizards and Venusaur lumbering at our sides. "I missed them," I said to Charizard. Oh, thinking of Venusaur, I thought. "But I'm sure so did you, and the others."

I pulled out two other Pokéballs, both of them the classic red-and-white ones, and called out my other two Kanto Pokémon: Persian and Venusaur. Persian let out a happy trill when he recognized where we were. Venusaur smiled at me and let out a happy grunt before he turned and greeted Charizard.

"Ready to see our guys?" I asked them.

Charizard and Venusaur looked eager to put their abilities to the test, with Charizard punching one talon into the other. Persian sat down and licked his paw, as if to say, I don't need to prove that I can fight whatever they think they can throw at me.

"No promises that we're going to battle," I warned them. "This is supposed to be a chill visit."

All three of them looked at me, their expressions saying, Really? You expect us to believe that old routine?

I laughed. "No promises," I emphasized. "Is there anywhere you want to stop on our way to Celadon? We have time to kill, and we don't need to worry about time catching up too quick. Lunch is in an hour or so."

Without a preference, we all made our leisurely way to Celadon City, and to a small café that was new this summer. I didn't see Kevin or Lidin waiting around, but we were still a bit early.

I glanced toward the west entrance of Celadon City. Besides, I missed the region just as much as the people here... My old travels via Cycling Road called me to see it once again. "Let's hang out outside the city while we wait. It'll be nice to see Route 16, and the calmness from outside this busy place."

We waited for time to pass on the side of Route 16, as Trainers and others passed by, coming from and going to Cycling Road. Around quarter after one, we made our way back to the café to grab a table, if they weren't there already. And, when I didn't see another Charizard in the area, I assumed they were still on their way.

"Could I get a table for three, preferably outside?" I asked a waitress.

"Sure thing, follow me."

My Pokémon followed, but made sure to stay out of the way – especially Charizard and Venusaur. Persian, with his comparatively smaller size, could stay nearer to me, and with his feline grace, he had no problem staying out of the way.

The view wasn't especially spectacular, but since we faced the forest that bordered the south of Celadon City, it was peaceful. People came to eat at the café, but the Department Store and the Game Corner drew people – and their bustle – to the opposite side of the city.

I should let them know I've got a table already, I thought. I pulled out my X-transceiver and sent them a text – to Kevin, since they were traveling together.

Just as I had sent the text, I heard a Charizard call overhead, and its shadow passed over the café. My Charizard called out in response. That also works, those two would have called out to each other. The Charizard landed not far from the café, and I saw Kevin and Lidin slide off of the Charizard.

I waved to them, beckoning them over. "Hey! I have a table!"

Kevin, Kevin Fairway, is my younger brother. We started our journey when he turned ten so we could go together. We trained together all the way to Victory Road and the Indigo League. He defeated me when I was a child Champion, taking that title, and he just recently took the official title of Indigo Champion when he turned fifteen and could battle for it. While the League and Elite Four are off-season, he still traveled other regions, and even went to Hoenn for a short period of time before he claimed the Champion title.

Kevin walked over to Venusaur, our shared starter once upon a time, and patted his head. "Hey there."

"How was Unova for you?" Lidin asked me, nodding a greeting to Persian.

Kevin added, "Since you wanted to go the slow way." He grinned good-naturedly as he approached. Lidin elbowed him, but amusement dominated his face.

Smiling, I rolled my eyes. "Oh, because you saw even half of what I saw, rushing through and gaining your badges?" To Lidin, I added, "It was nice to visit, but it is very busy. Like if Celadon was basically the region. I did like the Pokémon, though, and I have a Serperior now, among other Pokémon."

Lidin chuckled in amusement. "You're still leaning toward grass-types, you know," he teased.

"Then I'll be a Gym Leader in a grass-type Gym one day," I said, going to hug him. "I missed you."

"I missed you," Lidin replied.

Lidin was an old friend. We all knew each other before Lidin, the oldest of us, started out on his journey, solo, two years before we started ours. We became a group of rivals, challenging and encouraging each other when we trained together. Even though we have always been rivals for as long as we have had our Pokémon, we were friends long before that. Lidin and I became close while he accompanied us on much of our early Kanto journey, before he went on to journey in Johto. We all had strong ties to each other, even though we've gone our own separate ways as we grew as Trainers.

I let Lidin go, and gave Kevin a quick hug, too.

"Champion Kevin," I joked, sitting back down. "How was Unova for you? Did you like rushing through the Gyms, and beating me home?"

"I didn't rush," he said. "You just have to look at every stick and stone you pass. But the Gyms were fun, I liked the challenge. Now I'm a proud holder of all of Unova's eight badges."

"No Elite Four challenge this time around? I remember when you made the attempt in Sinnoh."

He shrugged. "I'm already busier with being the Indigo Champion. I don't need to be a Champion of a region I don't live in. Besides, who would win against Cynthia's Garchomp?"

"Fair enough." To Lidin, I asked, "What about you? Did you go anywhere while we were gone, or are you planning your next journey?"

Lidin shook his head. "Well, I have time for one more journey – I really enjoyed Hoenn – before I go on to the next stage of life, but I haven't decided where, yet. Though I do want to hear about Unova, maybe that will be the last one before I stop for a while."

We caught up and chatted for a few hours, and ordered lunch as we did. Late afternoon approached before I realized it, with the unending summer sun.

I checked my Pokétch, surprised that the time flew by faster than it felt.

"Do you have somewhere else to be today?" Kevin mocked. "Are we not entertaining enough for you? Your brother and your boyfriend?"

I laughed. "No, sorry. I was going to help Bill with something today. I stopped by and he was working on a new project – I know, I was surprised, too – relating to Ditto and its ability to Transform. He was having problems catching one, but I have a couple in my Pokémon storage. After this, I'm going to let him see and study a Ditto."

Lidin nodded. "That sounds like him, though – wow. He really put aside his teleportation stuff for that?"

"There was dust on his machines," I said. "Saw it with my own eyes."

Kevin stood up. "I've been meaning to check in on what he was doing, so I'll go with you, if you want, Crystal."

I shrugged. "He was doing something with code, or programming, so sure."

"It is getting later," Lidin added, "so maybe I should be heading back. I have stuff to take care of regarding my future journey and also what I'll be doing after that. Let me know how it goes, okay?"

"We will," Kevin and I said.

Do you need a ride?" Kevin continued. "I can drop you off and meet Crystal at the cape."

Lidin hesitated before nodding. "Yes please."

"Okay," Kevin said, calling over his Charizard. "I'll meet you up there, Crystal. Fly safe."

"You guys, too."

I recalled Persian and Venusaur, then got onto Charizard's back. "Back to Bill's. Oh, wait." I pulled my X-transceiver out, and texted Bill that we were on our way, and that Kevin would be meeting up with us. "Okay," I said, getting a hold on Charizard to steady myself. "Now let's go."

The view of Kanto from Charizard's back brought back memories – training our way to the next Gym, the next challenge, catching new Pokémon and getting new Dex entries. The clear sky left nothing to shadow in the open cities, and as we flew back to the cape, a warmth for this region glowed in my chest. Kanto. My home.

We landed outside Bill's, and I knocked before entering. "How's the coding going, Bill?"

He didn't even look up. "I fixed a couple things. Give me another minute and you can get your Ditto."

I sat down in a chair near the door and waited. Kevin's arrival wasn't too long after. "Hey, Bill," he greeted.

"Ah, perfect," the Pokémaniac said. "Kevin, will you come over here and help me double check my code?"

"Sure thing."

I zoned out while they discussed the programming details of Bill's project. When they finished, and Bill called me over to bring out a Ditto, I could start following along.

"Hey, Ditto," I said to it, once I brought it out of storage. "Long time."

The Ditto nodded happily.

"Alright, Bill, So what do you want to do?"

Bill crouched down to the Ditto's level. "I just want to study it, and learn how it does what it does. All I've had to work with so far is just data, nothing actually tangible."

Bill studied the Ditto for a week, and I'd check in daily to make sure it was going alright. The Ditto seemed content, and even interested in some of what Bill said he was learning about it. Kevin also stopped by, but less frequently, to offer help with the programing Bill made. Sometimes he just gave a second opinion or could give a fresh look to the code as Bill poured over it.

By the end of the week, Bill started talking about testing it out.

"Testing what out?" I asked. "Aren't you just looking into how Ditto's can do what they do?"

Bill stood up and looked at me. "That's just part of it. What I want to do is try recreating it. I already became a Cleffairy, so why not take that a step further?"

"Wait." Did I hear him right? "Do you want to become a Ditto?"

Bill made a hand gesture like Kinda. "More of a hybrid, really, but yeah."

"And you're sure it's safe?"

"I have a safety system, if it's not compatible, it will halt the process."

"That doesn't sound like a very good idea," I hazarded. "Though I can't say I'm not curious, now."

"Well," he started, "really, Pokémon and humans were once not really all that different. And some people who die become Pokémon. So there is a connection. I'm just going to see if there is a way to revive that, to flip gene switches back into 'on' and get a slightly-Pokémon human. The best way would be with a Pokémon that can essentially shapeshift to make the process as easy and as likely as possible."

"Wow, that's insane! Do you think it will actually work?"

"That's what I hope to find out today. If your Ditto doesn't mind letting me take a sample?" He glanced down at the Ditto.

The Ditto thought for a moment, then enthusiastically said, "Di!" and nodded.

Bill carefully, slowly, deliberately, took a small, coin-sized glob off of Ditto. He placed it into a device that was almost as big as his desk that had multiple wires or tubes sticking out of it, each with nodes on the end. He started putting them on himself.

"Are you— are you testing it out now?" I asked him in alarm. "You only just got the sample!"

Bill shrugged. "This is how I tested out the teleportation pods. It's done, so why wait?"

"And that worked so well?"

"I don't want anyone to have to do this. You can reverse it if something goes wrong."

"This is a much more complex machine. More complicated than just hitting a button to reverse your mistake," I said. "If it goes wrong, shouldn't you be fully capable of fixing it and not be the only one who knows what's going on as the Pokémon, again?"

Bill raised an eyebrow at me. "Are you volunteering?" he asked uncertainly. "Crystal, I can't do that to you."

"But you have safeguards in place, don't you? And this is why you wanted to use Ditto DNA, right?"

"Are you not scared of this?" He waved his hands at the machine. "The concept? Anything?"

"Well, yeah, of course I am," I admitted. "But haven't you learned from last time that self-experimentation isn't a great method?"

He sighed, exasperated. "Alright. Only because you make a good point. Here," he said taking the one node off his arm and bringing over a chair near the machine. "It probably won't be painless. I'm messing with genes here, it might not be like any pain you've experienced before. Turning into a Cleffairy and back again was the most pain I've ever felt in my life."

"That's just part of it, if it happens, it happens."

"No." Bill looked me in the eye, holding one of the nodes. "This is something else. It can be very painful. You could Transform, and your cells aren't like a Ditto's more easy-to-manipulate structure. People aren't meant to change shape. Everything you physically are can change and that will hurt. Are you sure?"

"Yeah. I think I am."

Bill stared into my eyes for a moment, conflicted. "Alright. Sit tight, this process is supposed to be quick." He continued putting the nodes along my arms, on the back of my neck, and my forehead. He went around to his monitor. "Last chance."

"Just start it before my nerves take over." I watched him type a few things, and then hit a button.

A searing pain shot through the nodes, starting there but not ending at the skin. I involuntarily clenched my jaws together and squeezed my eyes shut as the pain reached deeper than I ever knew it could, to my muscles, my bones.

They started to break, and tear, burning my insides with only its shifting. The world dipped away, the breaking inside of me became my world, all I could see.

An eternity, and a heartbeat, passed like this, before it abruptly stopped. The aftermath of the initial pain lingered, not unlike an ache, but it hurt more to move, so I stayed where I sat.

"Crystal?" Bill asked tentatively. "How are you feeling?"

"Burn," I whispered, cracking open my eyes. "Fire."

"Well, you are a Charmander right now, so I guess that makes sense."

I grunted in surprise. Charmander? I'm a Charmander?

The cottage door opened. "Hey Bill, did you do— why is there a Charmander in here? Where is Crystal?" he added, demanded, a threat creeping into his voice. "I saw her Charizard outside. I saw Cerulean have a black out just now. Where is my sister?"

"Here," I got out, before Bill could say anything. "My choice."

"She thought it would be better to have me in control of it, in case I needed to fix something, instead of me as the subject," Bill explained. "I had plenty of safeguards in place, and if any of them got tripped, it would halt the process, it wouldn't even start it. You know, you helped me implement some of them."

"Not for use on my sister! And not so soon!" Kevin exclaimed. "That was so reckless!"

"I did all my research beforehand, I just needed to sample and to do it. This isn't just something I got up and running in the last week! I've spent a year on this-"

"Guys?"

Bill moved to my side, pulling off the nodes gingerly. I didn't even feel it. Kevin started looking at the monitor. "So, what did you end up doing?"

"She should be able to use Transform, like a Ditto," he said, indicating the Ditto that watched the scene uncertainly. "Since the PC is still open, though, maybe I should send the Ditto back. It doesn't look to happy to be here anymore."

The Ditto nodded and moved toward the computer as if to agree, Send me back.

The pain began to subside into a duller ache, and I tried moving my arm. Short, with talons instead of fingers, it was a feeling of un-belonging in the body that I inhabited. Not to mention the muscle stiffness and the pain as my body settled its usual physicality into this new form.

"Crystal," Bill said, "before you try moving too much, do note the flame on your tail, and the papers all over my house."

"New form," I managed. I'll change into something less flammable. Maybe a Meowth?

"Right, you have to get used to the new form," Bill said. "Just be careful with it while you do."

I shook my head. How did I become a Charmander? Thinking about Charizard? Can I think about Persian, and work my way to a Meowth?

Kevin walked over to me and crouched down. "Just take it slow. You need to just get your bearings in this body."

I shook my head at him. "New form," I repeated. Meowth.

I shut my eyes, and felt the change start again through every fiber of my body. The burning, the breaking, the tearing, and now with the addition of the new nerves in my tail. New follicles of fur sprouted all over my body, through formerly scaly skin, with whiskers poking out from my face. I opened my eyes, and the world had dulled – the color desaturated.

"No fire," I got out. Transforming is a lot, I thought dimly.

Kevin and Bill – who had seen me Transform twice – stared at me with concern and something unreadable in their expressions.

"Don't shift again," Kevin said. "You look exhausted and half-dead. Is that accurate?"

I nodded, closing my eyes.

I didn't notice myself fall asleep, but the muscle soreness and stiffness had already set in by the time I woke up. Well, my entire body went through a relatively quick spike of physical stress. Of course it's recovering.

I looked down at my hand – or, more accurately, my paw. My brown paw, and my cream forearm.

"Crystal?"

I looked over and saw Kevin standing up chair – he must have been waiting – and I caught the shift in his expression to worry and concern to relief. Still exhausted, I smiled at him. "Hey. How long have I been out?"

"A few hours. How are you feeling?"

"Like I got trampled by a bunch of Rapidash. Transform isn't easy to use."

He laughed. "Well, you used it right after you became a Charmander, according to Bill. So duh. We could hear your body reshaping itself, so you can do serious damage to yourself if you don't let it rest and settle into your new forms."

I glanced around at the mention of Bill. "Did he go somewhere?"

"Just to get some fresh air. We, uh... we were very anxious when you fell asleep. Hard. And you talking very briefly. And the sounds that came from you. Even though he kept repeating that it worked, and it was fine, mostly to himself, I think he still didn't quite believe it."

As if on cue, Bill opened the door to his cottage. "Kevin, how is sh- oh thank Arceus, Crystal, you're awake."

"Sorry that I worried you guys," I said. "But I'm better. That was just... overwhelming. That took a lot of energy out of me, not to mention the pain took a lot out of me, too."

"But that's it?" Bill asked.

I raised an eyebrow – or I tried to. "I'd hardly say it's just a huge energy drain and painful transformation process, but sure."

"No, no, no, sorry," Bill hastily said. "I knew about those. Making something, especially living things, do something so drastically outside of their capabilities as changing form needs a lot of energy. And, well, changing the structure into a new one with basically breaking and reconstructing one's form, yeah, I told you that it wouldn't be painless."

I sighed. "Well, I guess changing back into me would be a bit hard for today. My body feels very sluggish and heavy, not to mention sore and all that."

"Yeah, don't shift," Bill agreed.

"What if she can't change back?" Kevin asked, putting a spike of fear in me. "Or if it gets harder for her to as her body gets used to this form."

"Hm." Bill said nothing for an agonizing moment.

I cleared my throat. "Bill? Is the a possibility?"

"Not really," he finally said. "Your body was already more or less permanent when you changed to a Charmander, and to a Meowth. You're just sore from your body readjusting it's organs. If you can get stuck, you wouldn't have been able to change in the first place."

I let out a sigh of relief.

"Though, there is something you can do for me with this," Bill said thoughtfully. "Could you keep notes on what you find out about it? Like if anything is harder to shift into, or if you can only maintain a form for a limited amount of time, or—"

"I got it, Bill, yeah I'll keep notes for you."

And that was when my life changed for the adventurous.

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M(T)PJ: Characters

This is just a thing I figured I should write, to introduce my characters. First up, my Pokémon characters (shocker)! This is still a work in progress!

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Crystal Fairway/Pearl

Crystal's backstory is really my own history with Gen III up to Gen V games - LeafGreen, Pearl/Platinum, HeartGold, and Black. That being said, she starts out as a sixteen year old in these stories, having gone through the events of LG, P/Pt, and B but not the Team Plasma plot. They are largely underground while she wanders half of Unova. Things I deviated from my own playthrough of LG is that "Kevin," my real-life sibling, beat the Elite Four and Blue (Gary) literal years before me. In the story, Crystal beat them first, but Kevin came and usurped her and has been the reigning Champion ever since. I wanted Crystal to have that record in her history, but I wanted Kevin to hold the title of Indigo Champion.

So, who is Crystal? Physically, she is a girl with long brown hair and hazel eyes - guess why? She usually wears a grey vest over weather/season appropriate clothing - so, think tank tops in the sumer, T-shirts in the warmer halves of spring and fall with long-sleeves in the colder halves. I'm never really consistent with her pants/shorts, it depends on what I like in the moment. But the style is the same: black, with a yellow line down the side, and a Team Instinct patch/embroidered insignia located around the outside mid-thigh. Once Black came out, I really liked the look that the girl Trainer character had, and largely simplified the mental design I had for her off of things I actually own/owned (not including Instinct shorts, sadly).

Kevin Fairway

Kevin, while based on my brother in existing and history, is probably not very accurate to my own brother. I'm very bad at portraying people in my life into my stories, so Kevin is heavily inspired by my "Kevin" but is not necessarily based off of him. He played the counterpart games to mine, FireRed, Diamond, we both did Platinum, SoulSilver, and White. He also got a glitched Crystal cartridge, though it could not save it's game. I had imagined that Kevin and Crystal mostly travelled together, up until Unova, since really, when I think about it, that kind of accidentally mirrors what happened in real life. I don't know if he ever finished White past Zekrom - I never finished Black past Reshiram.

In some way, I kind of imagined Kevin as a mix between FireRed's Red, White's male character, and "Kevin" himself. I never really had a design in mind for Kevin, physically, other than typical Trainer gear (this is actually making me realize how little thought I put into the physical designs of characters). I might end up asking "Kevin" what his choice of outfit would be if he were to go on a Pokémon Journey, even though that's a silly thing to ask. I've also considered the Gen IV Ace Trainer design from both him and Crystal. His Pokémon that I write about are ones that he picked out for me from his own games, like I do for mine, so maybe he'll humor his weirdo sister a little further.

Lidin/???

Another character inspired by real life! Lidin is a stand-in for a good friend of both mine and "Kevin." He knew everything Pokémon, and I asked him so many questions about how to evolve certain Pokémon. This was before I was online, so he (and an incomplete pocket guide of Gen IV) was my only reliable source of Pokémon facts. In the story, he is the friendly rival of the Fairways (they were all rivals to each other). He met up with them in Cerulean City on their first trip while he had already gotten most of his Kanto Gym badges.

Like Kevin, Lidin never really had a set design in my mind. He was a kind of mix of the real-life friend of mine, but also of a few of the male player characters that I am familiar with. Unlike Kevin, he doesn't have any party Pokémon that I asked him to pick out; I know he played one of the Hoenn Gen III games, and had a Mudkip, and when he played one of the HG/SS, he had a Quilava. He does not (so far) appear in the story in any real confrontation sense where he has to use a party Pokémon, he is there for support.

Also, unlike "Kevin," "Lidin" may or may not know this character exists or that I have a Pokémon fanfiction at all. There is a chance he does, especially recently, since I had some bits and pieces up on an inactive dA, which he recently asked what the old username was for it. But I haven't ever directly told him about this.

Brandon

This is an antagonistic character I made up to help me limp through using canonical characters. Just as I have a hard time writing real people into my stories beyond inspiration, I have a hard time making canonical characters flexible and realistic and have them act in-character. He is one of Giovanni's Admins, so he has some sway and power within Team Rocket that is nothing to sneeze at.

Asked: Brandon's motivations

Pika

He is a Pikachu in the PMD: Explorers of Sky game. I have both Time and Sky, and both times, I have had Pika by my side. He is the partner Pokemon, he is an anxious little guy but he has determination enough to make up for it on occasion. He is learning to be confident and he cares about everyone being happy and doing well in life and in their goals! He's just a little guy :D

Kip

He is a Mudkip. I'll give the hint that his history is a bit of a mystery! However, he is a quiet Pokemon (not in Nature, just in general), and reserved, but also has a keen eye for details. He tries to help Pearl through some of the issues she goes through with relearning her history, and tries to keep the group more-or-less level-headed.

She is an Eevee, and she is another characetr based off of a real-life person! While I'm trying to nail down her personality a bit more, I do know that she, a) is very passionate about exploration, like Pika, b)is very knowledgeable, like Hex, and c) is very capable of handling herself. She has some insights, in the few chapters that she's been in for the PMD fic, into Pearl's situation, and some advice, and provides some questions that Pearl has to answer to herself. Like Kip, Ev is a bit more on the quiet side. Her backstory is a bit of a mystery, too! Though she isn't from the Grass Continent, where EoS is. She's from the Air Continent, if memory serves.

Hex

She is a Vulpix, and originally, she was going to be a different version of Crystal/Pearl. "Different Futures" was going to be one Crystal going back to her right dimension, and the other was her staying (but also being from a human dimension, I think that's how it went). I scrapped it early on, but I kept Hex as a character because I think she's fun!

She is the unofficial leader of Team PokeClan, made up of Pika, Kip, Pearl, Ev, and herself. She insists that no one is the leader, but she has the skills and intuition that shine really well when she leads them and takes charge. She will go to bat for her teammates, but she will also tell it how it is afterward, if it was wrong -- and she does, at one point.

Updated: April 30, 2023

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