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smilingperformer · 7 years ago

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SM073 - Thoughts

I think I’ve calmed down from Friday enough to write this now... let’s see. I’m not sure you guys even need me talking about this episode. It was so good!

It is finally time for Rocket Gang to go get themselves their very own Z-Ring! I’ve been waiting for this ever since I started watching this series almost a year ago now, and I was so god damn happy to finally see it happening. This also marks the start of Ula’Ula Island Arc, and I found it brilliant to start with Rocket Gang instead of Satoshi. Who, btw, is absent until the very last 10 seconds of the episode! This hasn’t happened since Diamond & Pearl’s first episode, if I remember correctly.

(This post is getting so god damn long because there’s lots to discuss so, I’m actually gonna put a cut here! To save your dashboards from this freaking long post! I hope it works for mobile people as well, if not, I apologize. I think I’ll continue on doing this in the future as well!)

Anyway, they head to Ula’Ula Island in search of Island King/Kahuna Kuchinashi/Nanu, who appears to be old acquitances with Rocket Gang Boss Sakaki/Giovanni. This is a detail I didn’t expect to be canon in Pokeani until the news hit, and I’m looking forward to learning more about this! Sakaki told the Trio (and Sonansu :D C’mon, it’s how Narrator said it) that they might be able to get a Z-ring from him, which prompted them to go on the Air Balloon ride. Which hasn’t appeared in Sun & Moon after it’s very early appearance in episode SM005! Great to see them still having it! (They did reference it in last episode so I guess it was expected!)

We then cut to a local Island Library to get us introduced to the character a lot of people had been waiting for to appear: Meet Acerola! She’s shown to be working at the said Library, and starts reading a book about the Greedy Lapoo to two young kids, who, according to VA cast list, are called Nene and Piko.

I must say, I love the designs of these two, and even if they seem to end up being CotD types, I’ll most likely be enjoying whatever screentime they’ll give us of them.

But, this scene also serves as a plot element teller as well, in addition to introducing these three characters to the story. In short, it’s a story about a ghost that stole people’s items, who then ended up being hated by people, because of it’s greedy nature. Thus, the name the Greedy Lapoo. It was then sealed away by a local Island King, and was never heard of again.

Anyway, we cut back to Rocket Gang, who are preparing to make good first impression with the Island King with some Malasadas. They get their disguises on because of the place they’re heading to being a Police Station, and when they get inside, oooooh boooyy. It’s what we’d expect from Ula’Ula Police Station.

It’s filled with dozens of Alolan Nyarths! Talk about over-kill. And they all get their eyes on one thing: the Malasada. Poor Rocket Gang.

That’s when we get to see the Island King thou! Meet Kuchinashi/Nanu! Or well. We know he’s the guy, but our dear buffoons don’t. So when they ask to see the Island King, well... you know what happens. I made a huge screencap post on it, but to put it short: he outright lied to them that Island King is away and may not be coming back for possibly a year! What a jackass! But I already fell in love with his characterisation at this point, so full points on perfect introduction. He clearly likes to avoid his Island King/Kahuna duties, which fits the game profile as well.

So, Rocket Gang loses all hope and head off. We then cut back to Acerola and co., who have finished reading the book, and decide to head to the tomb stone that is said to be the fairy tale’s Greedy Lapoo’s. However, Rocket Gang has decided to mourn their bad luck at the very same place, and when Musashi loses her temper and breaks the tomb...

Meet The Greedy Lapoo the Gengar! The fairy tale turned out to be true, and the Island King’s seal on the ghost is now broken. Way to go Musashi! Thou, tbf, she had no idea of such tale. I originally though it’d be a Totem Gengar, but then I realised that there’s no such thing in the games, so it’s probably something else that makes it so much bigger. Pokeani can do some interesting stuff with the Pokemon Universe anyway!

Anyway, Gengar steals Rocket Gang’s Dark Z-crystal, and then heads to Acerola and co, who had just arrived to the place. While the two kids are scared as hell, Acerola shows that she’s not.

I just noticed I’m rambling about all episode details again, but it’s hard not to. New characters were introduced, and as a huge fan of Acerola, I was stoked when this episode had so much focus on her! it’s great! Anyway, she gets kidnapped by the Gengar, who then proceeds to go steal stuff from random people around the Island. Acerola’s Mimikyu, who she calls Mimi-tan, tries to rescue her, but to no avail.

Mimi-tan gets thrown into air by Gengar, and while falling, Acerola jumps to catch it. Why thou?! I haven’t said it yet, because it’s actually revealed at the end of the episode, but Acerola’s Mimi-tan is an actual Ghost of a Mimikyu. So it wouldn’t really get hurt, would it? Then again, this is the first time Pokeani explores actual ghost pokemon, so there’s much we don’t know. We might learn more during this arc thou! I certainly hope so!

But y’know, this is where we start to see the good side of the Greedy Lapoo Gengar. It shows to be worried about Acerola after her fall, and when Acerola shows it she’s fine, he’s quite happy! Turns out, Gengar very much likes Acerola, and when Acerola tries to tell him to take her back home, he selfishly refuses, and tries to convince her to stay. When Acerola keeps on denying it thou, even when gengar shows the Dark Z-crystal that it stole from Rocket Gang, Gengar loses it. This is where I’m actually kinda spooked.

WHAT IS IT DOING??? Trying to put Acerola inside it? How rude is that??? Mimi-tan is unable to do anything, oh boy am I proud of the following moment:

Musashi came in and actually saved Acerola! Considering her dialogue earlier about how she can’t stand Gengar being so selfish with his liking to Acerola, I want to believe she actually did this to both save Acerola, and get the Z-crystal back. And it was really well done! Kinda reminded me of Satoshi and Pikachu thou lol. The pararrels between Satoshi and Musashi are increasing! They then mock the poor Gengar in hilarious ways, seriously, Rocket Gang’s writing in this episode is top notch and I have never loved them more in an episode.

Gengar then starts chasing after fleeing Rocket Gang (which actually seems like a lure plan???) and when Nyarth tries to counter-attack, Gengar possesses him. Spooky stuff. Musashi quickly orders Mimikyu to do something, who uses Wood Hammer on Nyarth. Ouch. Musashi cares for Nyarth, but she’s always been rough on rescue plans.

But then Gengar posseses her! And this honestly looks sort of scary at this screenshot. It kinda reminds me of a certain ghosts from Sonic Adventure 2 thou... : D Kojiro is shown shook, and he definitely doesn’t do hasty moves when it comes to rescuing Musashi. This is definitely something Satoshi’d do as well, and god damn it. Kojiro does come up with a perfect plan, and it shows how good of a trainer he is: Hidoide’s newly learned Dark-move Knock-Off is perfect counter for Ghost type, so he orders Hidoide to hit Musashi with it, gently. Musashi only gets a headbump from this so, all good. Except Gengar is mad as hell now. XD GG!

Then the best scene starts! Kuchinashi comes to see the situtation with Acerola, tells the Rocket Gang Trio that they’re actually better than he initally thought, so he throws them a Z-Power Ring! And then we get to see the god damn gorgeus Dark Z-move! it’s darn powerful looking, and man, the faces Musashi, Kojiro and Nyarth have while seeing Gengar get sucked into the Blackhole Eclipse is very, very well done. It shows both amaze and spookyness in them. This is the first time they’ve done the Z-move now, and oh am I glad they actually did it together. Even if Kojiro was the one to wear it, the energy def came from all three of them. This is the best outcome I could have hoped for the Z-move and I’m pleased. Very pleased.

Acerola then realises that Gengar was actually lonely instead of being greedy, so she decides to be friends with it. A happy end and all! Judging from Kuchinashi’s dialogue, this seems to be a norm to Acerola. Acerola also spills the beans about this old man being the Island King Kuchinashi to Rocket Gang, who aren’t very pleased with his trick. But Rocket gang also spills beans on being from the criminal organisation, where we realise Kuchinashi does indeed know Sakaki. And yet, he lets Rocket Gang keep the Z-Power Ring. Fits him.

In the end, Acerola’s Mimi-tan rewards Musashi with the Mimikkyu-Z crystal, which I bet is because Mimi-tan is greatful for Musashi saving Acerola earlier. It makes sense in my head at least. And imo, she deserves it. So, Rocket Gang ends up with a double-prize this episode: Z-Power Ring, and a new Z-crystal! Ii Kanjii indeed!

At the end of the episode, we finally have our appearance of the real main character of the show, who’s finally heading to Ula’Ula Island himself as well! It’s time for his third island adventures!

I’ll cya all next week, when Satoshi gets to battle Kuchinashi (all thanks to Acerola convincing him), Kuchinashi gets a call from Sakaki himself, and Lugarugan’s Red eyed Beast mode returns! Until then!

#aleira watches sumo #pokemon #pokeani #pokemon sumo #ula ula arc #sm073 #long post

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pokemon-go-kids · 3 years ago

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Facts about muses {As a treat}

Elizabith

×Hack, her Gengar, was her first Pokemon. When Elizabith was 6, she had run away from home after a bad encounter with Zapdos!Spark. She wound up in a old cemetery where she encountered a Gastly, who had been abandoned by a trainer who was “shiny hunting”. She stayed there for the night, then went to Willows lab with the Gastly in tow. Elizabith dubbed him the name Hack, and soon the duo became inseparable. To make up for Zapdos scaring her, Spark let her catch the Pokemon and make it her own, making Elizabith the first of the kids to catch her own Pokemon.

×Her first starter was a Bulbasaur, which Elizabith named Bubbles after the spots on her. Her first actual starter (for the Galar challenge) was a Sobble which she named Ramune.

×Elizabith spent so much of her time around Pokemon as a child, that she didn’t really talk to other children. Her parents told her to interact with the other kids more and she did, but they typically bullied her. The first friend Elizabith ever made, was a new girl named Joanie.

Ace

×Aces first pokemon was his Litten, Tony. He got him when he did the Alola challenge. Their relationship is brotherly outside of battle, but this proves for a strong connection in battle. Ace does admit to a small regret for evolving Tony so soon, as he misses the little Litten sleeping on his bed.

×Hot Wings was a gift from his mother once he returned from Alola. The Torchic is rather hot-headed, much like her trainer. She gets jealous easy, but typically only attacks her Ace during her fits. Despite everything, she has an odd respect for Tony and seems to look up to him in a way. The two both love Ace very much.

×Ace understands Elizabiths fear of Zapdos the best, as he has had more than one sour encounter with Moltres The most prominent was one where Moltres remarked, “I could burn you to ash and feel little sorrow, do not think I won’t make it happen.” After that encounter, he marks the change in the twos relationship.

×One of Ace’s biggest guilty pleasures is cake. He tries to eat healthy and what not, steer clear of pointless sugars, but he can’t resist a good slice of cake. Usually you can find him around the house sneaking a few bites, or if he’s in one of his moods, devouring an entire slice as fast as he can. His favorite is Black Forrest, or Chocolate with Vanilla frosting.

×He briefly considered joining team Mystic and even did a year working with them, but ultimately decided to return to team Valor.

Quinn

×Quinn is scared of the dark. When they were younger the power went out while they were in the lab. In the brief 5 minutes the power was out, Quinn was jumped on in the dark by an Umbreon and shoved into a table. They managed to stay still for 5 minutes and when the generator kicked in, turning on the lights, all they saw was the blood on floor. Ever since then, they’ve been weary of the dark.

×Their first pokemon was a Mudkip which they named Kipper. Kipper stays at home while Quinn is traveling, and doesn’t really leave without Quinn due to a deformity. One of Kippers legs didn’t grow properly as a result he struggles with walking. Quinn is looking into Prosthetics and hopes to have a prototype ready soon.

×They speak French from their time in Kalos. Its a bit rusty and they struggle with reading it, they can understand it at best.

×Quinn sleeps in full pants and long sleeve pajamas, surrounded by ice Pokemon. Its because they can’t sleep if their too hot or too cold and this is the only solution they’ve found as of yet. When their sick they switch it to tank top and shorts with fire Pokemon.

×When it comes to Articuno, Quinn can’t really define their relationship. Articuno is pretty neutral to all the siblings, but does seem to treat them better than the other legendary birds.

Joanie

×Joanie doesn’t actually have any Pokemon. Her aunt and uncle didn’t think she was ready for them when they were alive, and Darkrai’s aura scares most Pokemon away from her now. At most she has Darkrai and sometimes a Litwik he brings with him. Joanie dryly remarks, “I am not Darkrais trainer any more than he is my Pokemon, if anything I’m his to boss around.”

×Her parents moved to the area and literally TAUGHT her how to befriend Elizabith, like schooled her and everything. The plan was to use Joanie to lure Elizabith to them so they could kidnap her and use her as blackmail. It backfired and they were arrested, and Joanie moved away to live with her aunt and uncle. When she returned and Elizabith still thought they were friends, she was disgusted. Even now, she rebukes Elizabith ad keeps telling her “I was literally instructed on how to be your friend, we were never truly friends.” This is partially, if nor majorly, because Joanie secretly feels bad for what her parents did to Elizabith.

×Joanie wanted to be a hair stylist when she was younger. She would practice on all her dolls, and even on Elizabith once.

×Because of her bond with Darkrai, Joanie has lost the ability to have dreams of her own. Depending on how Darkrai’s feeling he may give her some great dreams, no dreams at all, or even a nightmare from his trial. No matter what, Joanie usually wakes up feeling like she needs at least one more hour of sleep and always has bags under her eyes as a result.

Swift

×She gave herself the name Swift after she successfully evaded a hoard of angry Gavantula. One of her fellow grunts complimented her on how fast she’d been, and on the spot replied, “Well, they call me Swift for a reason!” And nobody ever questioned who called her Swift.

×Swifts family is well known in Galar as one of the most generous families in Whydon. They come from old money, and added to that with their flying Taxi business. The youngest of 6, Swift used to spend her days in Spikemuth actively avoiding her families expectations and responsibilities. Eventually, on a vacation to Alola when she was 16, Swift ran away and wound up joining Team Skull. From there’s she’s been on the run from the law and her parents for about 3 years now.

×Swift did pretty well in school on her own, and graduated a year early by cheating off of other. One of her favorite school activities was reading, but teachers and curriculum slowly took that away from her until she just stopped enjoying it. What’s the point of reading when everyone only wants you to read boring books?“

×Her first Pokemon was an Espurr which she named Strawberry. Her Pokemon in alola was a Mimikyu which she named Pumpkin, "because your wearing a costume like its Halloween, and pumpkins make me think of Halloween!”

×She’s a kleptomaniac, and genuinely tries to catch herself before it happens. It’s partially why the cops are on her ass, but once they realized, “She might not mean to do this” they only gave her community service as opposed to jail time.

#Whats done in the dark is me {Joanie}#Your past doesn't define you {Ashton}#Learn from your mistakes {Quinn}#Backing down isn't weakness {Ace}#Believe in yourself {Elizabith}#Bedtime story for children {Lore tag}

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mala-sadas · 6 years ago

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Here’s mine! A lot of Gen V Pokemon in here, but it is my favorite generation, so that’s kinda to be expected. I also just really like small, goofy, and round Pokémon! Honorable mentions for each type: Foongus, Litten, Lanturn, Lopunny, Helioptile, Espurr, Medicham, Alolan Graveler, Marowak, Masquerain, Charjabug, Mareanie, Inkay, Yamask, Weavile, Togedemaru, Mega Ampharos, and Mimikyu!

Now I want to talk about why I like each of these Pokémon, but since this’ll get long and rambly, I’ll put it under the cut!

Snivy: My third favorite Pokémon of all time, my love for Snivy began with an unassuming Nuzlocke run of Pokémon White. Since I’d started with Oshawott in both Black and Black 2, and Tepig in my original run of White, I chose Snivy this time around. I named him Micah, though I have no idea where that name came from, and he made it all the way through the Pokémon League (and then died fighting Ghetsis).

I wanted to make a Nuzlocke comic based on my run, since in my mind at the time, the only reasons to do a Nuzlocke were to make a comic of it or for a YouTube Let’s Play. However, I was much better at drawing Pokémon than drawing people, so I came up with an idea to drastically reduce the number of panels I’d need to draw people in: I had Micah’s Trainer get kidnapped right at the beginning of her journey, so the quest to stop Team Plasma became Micah’s quest to rescue his Trainer and the rest of my team became the Pokémon Micah recruited to help him on his quest. Since he was the main character of the story, I spent some time learning how to draw Snivy - and it remains one of the few Pokémon that I can draw from memory.

A writer at heart, I wound up writing a script for the whole thing without drawing a single panel, and later turned that script into a story. I spent many hours on that project, and even started planning a sequel arc based on a Platinum Nuzlocke that would then lead into a third, shorter arc back in Unova putting a stop to Ghetsis’s plans once and for all. Ultimately, I never finished it, but I still think a lot about that world that I created and the Snivy that started it all - the bold, brave, sassy snake that I’ve grown to love so much.

Oh, and although Micah evolved into a Serperior in the actual run, he never evolved in the story because of some complex lore I created with regard to how evolution works. Part of that was because it was easier story-wise to have Micah never change form, and part of that was an homage to my elementary school friend who introduced me to Pokémon, since she chose Snivy in her first run of White and chose not to evolve it because she liked Snivy’s design better.

Victini: When was I first introduced to Victini? It’s a fair question. I don’t think my first exposure to Victini was in the games, anime, or even the manga, but instead in the Black & White Pokédex & Strategy guide that my mom bought for me because she saw it on sale at Toys ‘R’ Us. Victini was the only Mythical Pokémon listed in the book, and its information intrigued me: a signature ability that increases the accuracy of its moves and those of its allies? A signature move with 100 base power that it learns at level 1? A Pokémon that brings victory? I wanted to get one, but the guide just said something about “check Pokemon.com for information about event distributions” and at the time, I didn’t really know how event distributions worked and I couldn’t connect my game to Wi-Fi to get event Pokémon, anyways.

What really cemented my love for Victini, though, was Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. Gates to Infinity included all the Gen V Mythicals that had been revealed at the time as NPCs, but only one of them was an NPC that never joins your team: Victini. Instead, Victini is a shopkeeper who runs the V-Wheel, a minigame of chance that allows you to change the day’s V-Wave if you win (the V-Wave is a mechanic that powers up all Pokémon of a certain type for a day, providing a handful of nice benefits). Victini isn’t just your average shopkeeper, though - he’s an energetic, enthusiastic, and all-around fun guy who loves doing his adorable little victory pose when he talks about his V-Wheel. Victini was my favorite character in the whole game, and I had to see more of him.

I hadn’t been collecting Pokémon cards as much as I had been in elementary school, but I really wanted to get a Victini card. I did a quick search on eBay for Victini cards and started looking through all the different options, trying to decide how much I was willing to pay for one and which art I liked the best. Then I found it: a Pokémon card jackpot. Someone was apparently selling off their collection, which included at least 12 card tins, a ton of Pokémon coins, a bunch of card sleeves, over 200 cards, and various other little Pokémon trinkets - including a small Victini figurine, which was what made it pop up in my search. I knew I had to buy it, even though I didn’t actually have enough money for it at the time - it cost around $30 (which, while being an awesome deal for what I was getting, was still a lot more than what a poor middle school student could afford. I think I worked off most of what I owed my parents for it by picking up pine cones from our yard so my brother could mow it). While I got a ton of great cards from that purchase, not one of them was a Victini card. But I was satisfied with my little Victini figurine. I took it to school with me all the time, and I loved to just fiddle with it and pretend it was that same energetic Victini from the game...until I lost it.

I’m still sad that I lost my Victini figurine, but two or three years ago I got something even better as a Christmas present from my parents: a Pokémon Center Victini plush. He’s soft, chibi, and absolutely adorable, and easily my favorite of all my Pokémon plushes. I sleep with him whenever I’m stressed out about something the next day, and I often bring him with me to tests and exams for good luck. After all, if I have the Victory Pokémon with me, I’ll be a winner at anything!

Honestly, I just have so many good memories of Victini that I can’t help but love it. It’s adorably mischievous in its pair of movies (and its love of macarons is honestly the reason why I love macarons), and it’s one of my favorite Pokémon movies of all time. In my freshman year of high school when I was part of a Pokémon roleplay community, I had a Victini that was given to me by a friend who was a great support Pokémon and had a sassy personality. Around the same time, someone from that community who had an extra event Victini gave theirs to me, so I finally got a Victini in-game for the first time. Most recently, I played through a White 2 randomizer where there were Victini in Floccesy Ranch, so I caught one and kept it on my team for the rest of the game. It’s easy to see why Victini is my second favorite Pokémon.

But I still never got a Victini card.

Palpitoad: Now that we’re out of my top ten, I hopefully have less stuff to ramble about. I love Palpitoad for exactly one reason: Beatboxer. He’s one of the Pokémon that I kept on my team in my White Nuzlocke for a while, and he served me well in taking down Elesa’s Gym and Clay’s Gym. But I probably wouldn’t have loved him as much as I do if that was all there was to him. In the story, he has a very cheerful, happy-go-lucky personality that endeared me to him immediately. When he’s in a really good mood he sings his dialogue, and he always looks for the bright side in every situation. Since he’s been best friends with Micah for a long time, he knows Micah the best and knows how to cheer him up when he’s upset, which almost always happens after they lose a teammate. He’s the embodiment of a pure cinnamon roll who needs to be loved and protected, and Micah does his best to love and protect him for me.

I raised Beatboxer all the way from a Tympole to a Seismitoad, so you may wonder why Palpitoad is my favorite one of the line. Based on my other picks, you’d think I’d like Tympole the best, since it’s smaller and rounder than Palpitoad. But Palpitoad’s still got some roundness to him, and he looks like a goofy little potato. Annoying to draw, but cute to look at. And the other reason is simply that he spent the most time as a Palpitoad: I caught him in Pinwheel Forest, and he evolved around Castelia or Nimbasa City. Then, barely after he evolved in Twist Mountain, he was killed by a stupid Battle Girl’s stupid Throh using Revenge. So, when I think of Beatboxer, I think of Palpitoad...and vice versa.

Porygon-Z: Porygon-Z has been in my top 10 faves for a long time, but surprisingly enough, I don’t have much to say about it. It’s just a goofy Normal-type with a rounder body than its pre-evolutions. My friend who got me into Pokémon gave her Porygon to me a long time ago, and after another friend helped me evolve it, it became one of my strongest Pokémon in SoulSilver. I’ve used a couple of Porygon since then, but never fully evolved them because it was too much of a hassle to get an Up-Grade and a Dubious Disc and then trade it at least twice (if the other game doesn’t have a Dubious Disc, you have to do a couple more trades to either give it to them or give it to Porygon after it evolves the first time). And Porygon never seems to be as good of a team member as Porygon-Z.

Why do I love Porygon-Z so much, then? Well, part of the appeal is simply because it’s so hard to obtain. Part of it is nostalgia, since SoulSilver was my first game. But the biggest reason why Porygon-Z still tops my list of favorites when so many other Pokémon I used back then aren’t even on the list at all is because of what it is. Porygon-Z, along with Porygon and Porygon2, is an artificial Pokémon, a computer program that can jump into the virtual world at will. Porygon-Z was created when its program was updated to include - to quote the Pokédex - “extra-dimensional activities”, though it’s not clear whether or not the update actually works. What is clear, though, is that the update caused it to behave oddly - as one of my favorite Pokédex entries of all time puts it, “Its behavior is noticeably unstable, which is apparently due to the incompetence of the engineer who updated its programming.” It’s the closest thing we have to a real glitch Pokémon, and if you know me, you know I love glitches. Plus, I think it would be super useful to have a Pokémon that could jump into a virtual system and work in it from the inside. If I had to pick one Pokémon to have in real life, it would definitely be Porygon-Z.

Stunfisk: Stunfisk is a fairly recent addition to my list of favorite Pokémon, and definitely the most surprising one to me to make my top 10. Like Palpitoad, it is a goofy potato, but it’s also a pancake. A potato pancake! And I do love me some good potato pancakes.

...Okay, I don’t like Stunfisk because it reminds me of food, though I do like its design. Actually, what recently made it shoot up on my list is the fact that I caught a shiny Stunfisk in Ultra Moon a year or two ago, named it Blue Pancake (because it’s blue instead of yellow), and enjoyed using it ever since. It has a surprisingly diverse movepool for a pancake.

Hoopa: To be honest, I’ve liked Hoopa since the first time I saw its image leaked online, before X and Y had even come out. Between the rings, the free-floating arms, and its mischievous grin, I loved Hoopa’s design from the start. Once information started coming out about its personality and abilities, I was even more excited about it. I couldn’t wait to get one of my own! Then, they finally announced the first Hoopa distribution, and...it was being distributed at McDonald’s. That was no good.

See, the thing you need to know about my family is that my dad’s not a big fan of fast food, and my mom hates McDonald’s. We only eat there as a last resort, and when we do, we use the drive through. So my parents wouldn’t be taking me to McDonald’s to sit down and eat anytime during the distribution period if it was just to eat a meal, and I hadn’t even taken Driver’s Ed yet. The only way I could get the Hoopa was if I specifically asked one of my parents to take me there for the Hoopa distribution, and I was too embarrassed to do that. I’d just wait for another opportunity to get Hoopa to come my way.

Lo and behold, the next year, during Pokémon’s big 20th anniversary celebration, there was one week in October that anyone in American regions could enter a common code and get a Hoopa. Finally, three years after seeing it for the first time, I finally got my very own Hoopa.

Then, the next year, when my high school band took a trip up to New York, me and a bunch of my nerdy friends in the band took a trip to the Nintendo store in NYC, where I bought a pair of Hoopa pins - Confined and Unbound. Now I can bring Hoopa with me wherever I go!

(I also love Hoopa’s appearances in the anime and the manga. I acknowledge that the Hoopa movie is not very good, but I still enjoyed it because of Hoopa. Were you surprised?)

Meloetta: Hoo boy. Do I have a history with Meloetta. I’m not even sure how I learned about Meloetta in the first place, but I remember being super pumped for the anime episode featuring Meloetta’s debut, and I was so hyped for the first episode where she sang Relic Song and transformed into Pirouette Forme. Since then, I’ve been fascinated by Meloetta - specifically its Pokédex entry where it mentions that its song can control the feelings of those who hear it. To me, that always seemed like borderline mind control, and perhaps that’s why I was always inclined to cast Meloetta as the villain - or at least, the villain’s Pokémon - in stories that I told myself for my own entertainment.

But that doesn’t mean I only associate Meloetta with being evil! Another appearance of Meloetta’s that I enjoy is in Gates to Infinity, where she helps you build “Music Paradise” - essentially the jukebox of Gates to Infinity. Then she joins your team, and you can freely choose between taking Aria Forme and Pirouette Forme Meloetta into dungeons. There’s also Meloetta’s appearance in my Nuzlocke story, where she appears as a minor character to help out Micah and Beatboxer when they’re separated from their friends. (Victini appears with her, and he has a slightly more important role. Forgot to mention that when I was rambling about Victini memories.)

Oh, and have I mentioned that I just really love Meloetta’s design? I used to try drawing her in middle school to help me practice drawing people, since she’s very humanoid. I also once created a fantasy creature for a story I wrote in English class called a Nixie that, while I don’t remember much about its powers, had its appearance inspired by Meloetta. And, y’know...I really like music, and Meloetta is the most music-inspired Pokémon out there.

In the games, I’ve only had a Meloetta of my own in Black 2 - I was never able to get it from event distributions, so my cousin gave me a Meloetta that her friend had hacked into his game and given to her. Because it wasn’t a fateful encounter Pokémon, it couldn’t trigger the event in Café Sonata where the guitarist teaches Meloetta Relic Song, so I only ever used it in Aria Forme. It made a great addition to my ever-expanding roster of Pokémon actors in Pokéstar Studios movies, though. But recently, because of a glitch that allows you to obtain event distributions in the DS Pokémon games, I was able to get a legitimate event Meloetta and finally see that Café Sonata event and use Pirouette Forme Meloetta in battle. So, even though I do like Aria Forme better, I associate Pirouette Forme with a sense of accomplishment, so it’s definitely my favorite Fighting-type Pokémon.

Minior: I don’t like Rock-type Pokémon. It’s my least favorite type. They’re pretty much all either gray and boring or Fossil Pokémon. I thought Rockruff might have to be my new favorite Rock-type since at least it’s actually cute, but then I saw Minior. At first glance it’s just a plain brown rock that only wins points in the roundness department. But then you break through its shields and you get these colorful little stars that look like star bits and have these adorable swirly eyes and I want 10 of them. I’m actually collecting as many Minior as I can get my hands on in Moon, and in Ultra Moon I made sure to collect one of every color. Collecting Minior is a lot more fun than collecting other Pokémon that have a bunch of different forms like Vivillon and Unown for two reasons: one, there aren’t a ton of different forms, so if you just want one of each, it’s not too time-consuming; two, the fact that you have to get its Shields Down ability to activate in order to tell what color it is makes it a little more exciting, like opening a pack of Pokémon cards - except it’s totally free!

Now, I just need to collect a Shiny Minior...

Sandygast: Sandygast is one of my top 10 favorites now, but I didn’t get attached to this Pokémon when I first saw it. “Ah, it’s a spooky pile of sand,” I said. I caught this spooky pile of sand and I put it in my box, never to touch it again - well, until I was going to complete my Pokédex, and I realized I needed to evolve Sandygast to register its evolution, Palossand. At the same time, I was having trouble getting enough money to buy all the clothes from all the boutiques in Alola, and I didn’t want to grind against the Elite Four for money. I went to Hano Beach to earn money chucking Pyukumuku every day, and on Hano Beach, there are spots in the sand where you can encounter two Pokémon: Staryu and Sandygast. Staryu have a relatively high chance of holding Stardust or a Star Piece, which can be sold for a decent amount of money, and they also have a chance of dropping Stardust or a Star Piece after you defeat them. Sandygast knew Mega Drain already, and it could learn Thief via TM. I came up with a brilliant plan: use Sandygast to defeat the Staryu and other Sandygast to make money and gain experience to get closer to evolution along the way. In doing so, I discovered that Sandygast’s Water Compaction ability is totally useless, but Sandygast is fun to battle with anyways. After a while, I really started to think that the little guy was pretty cute. Then I used one on my team in Ultra Moon, and it only compacted my opinion of it. ;)

Articuno: Articuno is a glorious, majestic bird. I started using one in SoulSilver because it was the first of the legendary birds that I caught and I wanted a new Fly slave, but I quickly grew fond of him, affectionately calling him “Arty”. Eventually, I actually changed his nickname from “Articuno” to just “Arty”.

You have to understand though, this was a pretty big deal for me. When I first started playing Pokémon, I thought it was disrespectful to the legendary Pokémon to give them nicknames, so I never did. It wasn’t until my first Nuzlocke that I gave a legendary Pokémon a nickname, and even then, I didn’t actually start nicknaming legendaries in my main playthroughs until ORAS. Nicknaming a legendary Pokémon? That was unheard of for me, and the fact that I liked my Articuno enough to nickname him was pretty significant.

Arty served me well in many battles, especially once he was strong enough to take on Lance. My SoulSilver team didn’t have any Ice-type Pokémon at the time, and only a couple of Ice-type moves. Having a nice STAB Ice Beam to take out Pokémon like Salamence, Dragonite, and Garchomp felt so good. I also used him a ton in the Battle Frontier - he was one of the Pokémon that I took the furthest in the Battle Hall, and I defeated Dahlia in the Battle Arcade many times with a team consisting of the three legendary birds: Arty, Zapdos, and Moltres.

Even outside of SoulSilver, I’ve used Articuno plenty of times because it appears in plenty of games. I used it in FireRed; I used it in X; I used it in Ultra Moon; I even used it in that White 2 Randomizer I mentioned earlier. When I got around to playing Let’s Go Eevee, I told myself that I wouldn’t use Articuno on my team again. I already had a perfectly good Alolan Ninetales as an Ice-type and a perfectly good Dodrio as a Flying-type; I didn’t need another one on my team.

...it was too majestic. I couldn’t resist.

Joltik: I didn’t care much for Joltik at all until I saw it in Gen VI, finally proportioned to scale. It’s such a tiny little ball of fluff. Oh my gosh. Look at it. It’s so adorable. Playing through my White Nuzlocke, I’d just lost two team members in a battle against a random Trainer, and I was looking for new guys to add to my team. I was right next to Chargestone Cave, and I hadn’t caught a Pokémon there yet. My first encounter was a Joltik, and I caught him and named him Spidey. He was a great asset to my team, and made it all the way through the Pokémon League...where he died while I was trying to catch Zekrom.

But Spidey’s story is much more complex in the actual story, where he’s an adorable, energetic little guy who makes friends with a Zoroark. Their relationship is a bit complicated, so I won’t go into it in detail here, but suffice it to say they’re very close and have some really sweet moments. And Spidey’s life ends tragically and it is very sad. :(

But we run into the Palpitoad problem again here: if Spidey evolved into Galvantula, why do I like Joltik better? The answer is simple: HAVE YOU SEEN A FULL SIZE JOLTIK!? They are the cutest creatures to ever walk the earth.

I think what really cemented it for me was seeing Joltik in Detective Pikachu. They’re these tiny little buggers that cause mischief and one of them even crawls on Pikachu’s head and it’s just the cutest little thing!!

Poipole: I used a Poipole in Ultra Moon, and it was a great addition to my team. I don’t typically use Poison-types, and it was really handy to have one for taking care of Fairy-types. Plus, it made a great sweeper once I evolved it into Naganadel. That Naganadel is the only reason I’ve been able to win Battle Royals - those things are hard. I don’t really dislike Poison-type Pokémon, but I’m usually indifferent to them. Then Poipole and Naganadel came along and became the first Poison-type Pokémon that I can unequivocally say I love. Well, Poipole is, at least. I have mixed feelings on Naganadel because its design still kinda scares me a little, which is why it didn’t make the chart. Poipole, though? Poipole’s a cutie. Poipole’s an adorable little cutie. Especially Ash’s Poipole.

Nuzleaf: Two words: Leaf Dad.

...if you don’t know what that means, you haven’t played Super Mystery Dungeon. So go play it, and then you’ll see why Nuzleaf is my favorite Dark-type Pokémon.

Litwick: Ghost candle that drains your life force! Yay!

I’ll be honest, I don’t remember much from the BW anime because overall, I didn’t like it that much. But I do remember one particular filler episode where Ash, Iris, Cilan, and Team Rocket decided to get shelter from the rain in a haunted old mansion and found a bunch of Litwick living there. The Litwick seemed nice and friendly, so the heroes decided to hang out with them. The only suspicious thing was that when Ash tried scanning one with his Pokédex, it identified the Pokémon and then suddenly turned off. Like, since when does the Pokédex malfunction? Over the course of the episode, if you paid attention, you noticed the Litwicks’ flames gradually growing larger and the protagonists gradually looking weaker and more exhausted. Finally, in the climax of the episode, it’s revealed that the Litwick actually interfered with the Pokédex’s electronics somehow to prevent the protagonists from hearing their info, which would have revealed that they drain people’s energy to fuel their own fire. Now that they’re weak enough, Lampent arrives to drag everyone to the spirit world, and it would have succeeded if Team Rocket and the protagonists didn’t work together to get away. It’s kind of a spooky episode, but obviously it left enough of an impact on me for me to still remember it in such detail. It’s the reason I remember that detail about the source for Litwick’s flame, which is one of the things I like about it...y’know, in a morbid fascination kinda sense.

I’ve also used Litwick, Lampent, and Chandelure a handful of times. The first time I can remember was in Gates to Infinity, where I had a Litwick named Twika that I evolved into a Lampent, but I never got a Dusk Stone to evolve it into Chandelure. The nickname Twika later evolved into Twila, which I used for a Litwick I used in Sun. I typically wind up waiting a while to evolve it into Chandelure because I want to make sure it’s learned all its level-up moves first, even if I’m not going to use some of them. Shadow Ball + Flamethrower is a pretty reliable combination, but Inferno + Hex can be deadly if you’re lucky enough for the Inferno to hit.

As always, I like Litwick the best because it’s the cutest, and I enjoy drawing Litwick, too. And I’ve been asking my family for a Litwick plush for years, and finally, this Christmas, they delivered. I’ve named him Brighton.

Alolan Vulpix: I love Vulpix. I’ve loved Vulpix for a long time, dating back all the way to my Explorers of Sky days when I used Vulpix as my hero a couple times – one was named Gem, the other was named Glimmer. In Sapphire I had a pair of Vulpix named Victor and Fabby that I was using for Beauty Contests. Once upon a time I made a story set in anime!Kalos that featured a talking Vulpix named Corona. In X I got a Drought Vulpix from Wonder Trade that I trained up into a pretty powerful Ninetales. All these Vulpix hold a very special place in my heart, but the thing about them is: they’re all Kantonian Vulpix. What about memories of Alolan Vulpix?

Well, those memories start with a day of band camp back in 2016 when I went with a couple other friends during our lunch break to the GameStop that was literally right next to our high school because it was the year of Mythical Pokémon and they were giving out Arceus codes at GameStop. As the employee was getting us our codes, he asked us if we’d heard the new Sun and Moon news, as a trailer had just dropped that morning, and we said we hadn’t. He said that they revealed some new forms of Pokémon, including a new form of Vulpix. Naturally, I was shocked and headed back to school quickly, wanting to pull out my laptop and see what this new Vulpix form looked like. I saw Alolan Vulpix and Ninetales and I was…conflicted. They were pretty, and their tails looked so fluffy, and by all accounts I should like them even more than regular Vulpix and Ninetales. But I had so many fond memories of the regular ones that I just couldn’t love these new forms as much. Not right away, anyways.

But release date came around, and – thanks to a little bit of procrastination on my part and a backlog on Amazon’s part – I wound up getting both Sun and Moon, though my primary playthrough was going to be on Moon. Only afterwards did I discover that a) Alolan Vulpix was only found in Sun and b) Alolan Vulpix was unobtainable until right before the Elite Four. Since I obviously couldn’t use one in Moon, I decided that I was going to use one in Sun, but I had to get one from Wonder Trade or the GTS and trade it over. So I did, and my little Alolan Vulpix did not disappoint. I was very glad that I decided to add it to my team.

At the same time, the Sun and Moon anime had started airing, and lovely little Lillie wound up hatching herself an Alolan Vulpix, which she nicknamed Snowy. Lillie’s Alolan Vulpix is very cute, and it’s definitely helped me to realize that Alolan Vulpix is just as cute as regular Vulpix.

Finally, most recently, I decided to use an Alolan Vulpix in my playthrough of Let’s Go Eevee. I wanted an Ice-type for my team, and I was definitely not going to use Articuno again (you read about how well that went), and Alolan Vulpix would evolve into a Fairy-type, which I also could use on my team. After breezing through Erika’s Gym with her, she cemented her place in my heart as just as cool as Kantonian Vulpix.

Well, technically, she’s a lot cooler than Kantonian Vulpix, but I like her just as much as Kantonian Vulpix. Although, if I had to choose between Alolan and Kantonian Vulpix, I’d choose Kantonian Vulpix just because I have more memories with it, but Kantonian Vulpix couldn’t make the chart and Alolan Vulpix could. Vulpix represent.

Magnemite: I run a whole blog dedicated to why I love Magnemite. It’s called @magnemite-propaganda. You should check it out 😊

Hydreigon: Hydreigon is a pain in the butt to obtain because Zweilous doesn’t evolve until level 64. But once it does...the payoff is so worth it. You get a badass, three-headed dragon that can destroy everything in sight (it helps to not think about the fact that Zweilous has two brains and Hydreigon only has one). I’m not usually a big fan of Dragon-type Pokémon - like, they’re cool, but...eh. Giant lizard. So what? But Hydreigon? Hydreigon’s a dragon I can get behind. It helps that he’s one of the few special-oriented Dragon-type Pokémon, so he can make better use of those elemental attacks like Thunder and Fire Blast that all the other dragons can learn. Also, I think having to train Zweilous to such a high level made me grow pretty attached to the guy.

And...well, I’m kind of ignoring the elephant in the room here, the Hydreigon who opened my eyes to how great Hydreigon can be. That’s Hydreigon from Gates to Infinity. I don’t want to say too much about him as far as plot goes, but his personality is great. I mean, it’s like...take Diamond from Pokéspe and sprinkle in some fourth wall breaks. That’s GTI Hydreigon. He’s a real treat.

Magearna: When Magearna was first revealed, it was showing up on my dash a lot. So much so that, when I was bored in school later that day, I decided to try drawing it from memory and the finished product was actually pretty recognizable. It was pretty cute, and I was mildly excited to see how its movie would turn out. After the disappointment of the Hoopa movie the year before, I wasn’t getting my hopes up.

But as it turned out, the Volcanion and Magearna movie was actually really sweet! It was a lot more entertaining than I expected, and I enjoyed seeing Magearna in it. It didn’t have quite as much personality as, say, Hoopa or Victini, but I could tell that it was a curious and kind Pokémon. Magearna was made available through a QR code the same day that the movie aired on Disney XD, so I was able to get one of my own right away. I started using it in battle and I’ve really enjoyed it! Its signature move, Fleur Cannon, is really powerful and perfectly complimented by its signature Ability, Soul-Heart. Fleur Cannon lowers Special Attack while Soul-Heart raises Special Attack when a Pokémon faints. I love a Pokémon with a signature move and a signature Ability, especially when they’re both really useful. And Magearna definitely fits that bill!

Favorite Pokémon of each type.

Any of you guys remember this old thing?

https://www.cpokemon.com/seccion/herramientas/tipos/en/

Well, in response to Favoirte Pokémon Gif thread trend, I thought it would be fun to just share all our favoirtes in one go! And to start with, here are mine!

So, any surprises here? I know there’s a lot of Gen 1 & 2 Pokémon. But you’ve gotta understand, those are the Gens I grew up with. That said, I did include Pokémon from a few other gens! In particular, Joltik was the standout surprise of Gen 5 for me! I never expected to love the little zap-spider as much as I do. It’s a bit like when I found Tyranitar in LeafGreen. I didn’t expect to use it and love it as much as I do. I think surprise favorite Pokémon like are the best kind of favoirtes.

Alright guys, i wanna know, what are some of your favorites? Do you have any opinions on my lineup? Be sure to comment any opinions and reblog with your own list of favorites! Let’s see if we can get a trend going!

I look forward to seeing your favorites!

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Pokémon Moon, Episode 12: In Which I Infiltrate A Gang Stronghold

Once I’ve stopped shaking uncontrollably, and the Rotomdex has reassured me that the horrifying undead Pikachu I just fought is only another Pokémon (a Ghost/Fairy-type called Mimikyu), Acerola offers me some suggestions on what to do next. Although my success in her trial was in some respects debateable – I was, she reminds me, only supposed to get a photograph of Mimikyu, not give its lair a new back door – I did basically achieve its fundamental objectives, so she presents me with her crystal, the Ghostium-Z. As Ula’ula Island has only two Captains, that means I now have the right to challenge the island’s Kahuna. Acerola declines to explain who or where the Kahuna is right away, though, and invites me back to Aether House to talk it over there. Unfortunately when we get there, with Hau just a few steps behind, someone who is definitely not the Kahuna is waiting.

“Back so soon, hmm?” Plumeria, Team Skull’s self-described ‘big sister,’ is parked in front of Aether House with a couple of grunts. “I wasn’t expecting you just yet,” she says to Acerola. “I heard you were supervising a trial, and-” she stops mid-breath as she catches sight of me. I flinch and quickly sidestep behind Acerola. “You!?” I swear under my breath. “…hi there, uh… Plumeria, right? Good to, uh-” “What did I tell you about messing with my little brothers and sisters, jerk?” “I don’t… remember exactly? But I’m sure it wasn’t good. Um. D-do you think we could talk about th-” She laughs out loud. “Give it a rest, kid; I’m messing with you. You’re on the level.” “…oh. Um… really?” “Yeah – now make damn sure it stays that way.” I gulp nervously, drawing a smirk from her. Acerola looks back and forth between us like she’s following a tennis match. “…what on earth are you two talking about?” “Nothing that concerns you, Captain,” Plumeria tells her icily. Her gaze flicks back to me. “Now. It takes these dumb grunts way too long to deal with you kids… so I guess it’s my turn!” “Wait!” I protest. “I thought we were cool!?” “That was personal. This is business,” Plumeria clarifies. “I told you before… next time you get in our way, I’m not holding anything back!” With a flick of her wrist, she directs her grunts to engage Acerola and Hau, then summons her own Golbat. I respond with my Toucannon, and Beak Blast it right out of the sky. When Plumeria turns to her partner Pokémon – now evolved into Salazzle – I switch to my Raichu and fry its brain with Psychic. As at our last meeting, Plumeria (in stark contrast to Guzma) barely acknowledges the loss. “Hmmph. Guess you are pretty tough. Now I understand why my grunts waste so much time battling kids.” “Well, that’s part of the reason,” I say slyly, then suddenly remember my sense of self-preservation. “Uh. I mean. Yeah. That must be it.” Plumeria glares at me, and I swear I can feel a hole being drilled through my skull. “If you want us to return the Pokémon, then you’ll have to come to us. Alone.” “Wait, what? Pokémon? What do you-?” She just keeps talking over me. “The boss is just dying to meet you, hmmph! See you at our base in Po Town!” With that, she and her grunts are gone.

Inside Aether House, the gravity of the situation soon becomes apparent. Lillie and Nebby are both miraculously untouched, since Lillie of course chose to save her own treacherous skin the moment danger reared its head. However, the Yungoos belonging to the little girl I met here just a few hours earlier has been kidnapped. If Plumeria is to be believed, it will be found in Po Town, on Ula’ula Island’s northwest cape, and Team Skull is expecting me – and only me – to come and retrieve it. Acerola explains that Po Town is Team Skull’s “private playground,” a whole settlement that they’ve taken over and run (or rather, fail to run) to serve their own random whims and instant gratification. This is clearly an obvious trap and a terrible plan, and will more than likely lead to my murder in a dark alley. There is, of course, no way for me to get out of it. Damn it, the kid is standing right there; I can’t even argue about it without seeming like a total monster. Why can’t she just grow up bitter, angry and emotionally unstable, get a new Pokémon, and hunt them all down for revenge years later? It worked for Hugh!

As I leave, Acerola points me to “this guy on route 15 who’s wearing a kimono” for help crossing the nearby bay to reach Po Town. At first I am sceptical of her attribution of useful transport expertise to random strangers on the basis of overly formal dress sense, but it turns out she has a point: “this guy” is none other than Grimsley of the Unovan Elite Four. After a brief exchange of small talk, Grimsley presents me with a bet. “Tell me. Uncle Grimsley is going to flip a coin. Will it be heads or tails?” I think for a minute. Grimsley is obsessed with luck, but part of his philosophy is that luck can sometimes really be a matter of decisions made behind the scenes: how you play your hand is much more important than the cards you draw. And I’ve heard him talk about coins before… something he said on Black and White? “A flipped coin doesn't always land heads or tails. Sometimes it may never land at all...” “Neither,” I tell him with a sly grin. He looks at me curiously, then flicks his coin up into the air and catches it. “…astonishing,” he says, shaking his head. “I had indeed been planning to have Skarmory snatch it out of the air as it spun in the sky.” I laugh. I guess sometimes “making your own luck” means cheating so outrageously that your opponent is forced to respect your ingenuity. In any case, my prescience has earned Grimsley’s respect, and apparently the right to call one of his Pokémon with my Ride Pager: Sharpedo, who can carry a rider across the water like Lana’s Lapras, but can also shatter boulders like Hala’s Tauros, getting me safely across the rock-strewn bay on the west coast of the island.

On the north side of the bay is a small white prefab building that I recognise as one of the Aether Foundation’s field labs – run, strangely enough, by Left and Right. Are they just… doing odd jobs for the Aether Foundation while they’re on holiday? Or are they manipulating the foundation into serving their own dark and mysterious ends? It seems like the answer may be the latter, as the lab houses a large multi-coloured crystal that, according to the Kalosians, can induce Zygarde’s scattered cells to reform. I’ve collected quite a few cells since meeting them in Heahea City, enough to embody one of Zygarde’s dog-like lesser manifestations, as well as two cores. Each core apparently contains the knowledge of one move that can be included in Zygarde’s moveset – the cores I currently possess know Thousand Arrows and Dragon Dance. Left and Right are pleased by my progress towards resurrecting their god. Their cult’s recruitment numbers are on the rise, and even a lesser manifestation of Zygarde’s power will go a long way towards winning the hearts and minds of the Alolan heathens. Another dozen cells, and I will have reassembled enough of Zygarde to summon its giant cobra form, and any who still doubt Zygarde’s power will be brought to heel by the might of the World Shaker! “…and your enlightened theocratic rule will bring an end to strife and disunity in Alola, right?” I ask. “C’est ç’la, oui, oui,” Left says, turning to Right and starting a rapid back-and-forth in Kalosian about something that neither of them cares to explain. I guess they’re done talking to me.

North of the lab, the road leads through Ula’ula Meadow, another Oricorio habitat. The ones in this area feed on nectar from deep crimson flowers that gives them Fire-type abilities. There are no other new Pokémon here, but there is a trail off the east of the main road that leads to a truly spectacular ruin – a vast circular dais, surrounded by stone fortifications, on an island in the middle of the Lake of the Sunne. The complex seems completely abandoned, but almost certainly serves some kind of ritual function, and if I were a betting man I’d say that the dais was built for summoning a legendary Pokémon. Maybe this is where Lillie will perform whatever dastardly blood ritual is necessary to call Lunala and begin her destruction of the Alola region…

Once I clear the meadow, I’m on the outskirts of Po Town. As promised, there are plenty of Team Skull members here, but just like those in the desert settlement, they don’t seem to have aggression on their minds. One straight-up admits that he’s rubbish at battling and relies on his Team Skull brothers and sisters for protection; others challenge me, but are perfectly cordial. The only hint of anything more sinister is the police station on the side of the road – abandoned and overrun with Meowth. Po Town itself is completely encircled by a stark, forbidding concrete wall, its only gate guarded by a pair of grunts. I try for negotiation at first, but the conversation quickly takes a sour turn when they notice my Z-Ring and Island Challenge amulet. This is for one very simple reason: Team Skull is apparently made up entirely of people who failed the Island Challenge. Funny how no one mentioned that before. It might have been useful to know, Kukui. My attempts at talking my way inside only deteriorate from there, and end with the grunts retreating inside. Well. I suppose I could try and get my Toucannon to blast a hole in the wall… “You there. Boy,” says a voice from behind me. The speaker is a haggard-looking older man wearing bits and pieces of an Alolan police uniform. “Seems to me you’re trying to get into Po Town. You sure you’ve thought this through?” I shrug. “As far as I’m likely to. What’s it to you?” “Hmph. Kids.” He walks toward the gate. “You’d better be ready if you’re thinking of coming in here. Ready to live as Team Skull… or ready to take on Team Skull.” He turns back to me and looks me right in the eyes. “You really think you’re ready for that?” I narrow my eyes and stare back. “No, really, what’s it to you? You’re the only person I’ve seen out here who’s not with Team Skull. What’s your deal?” “My deal is keeping people safe, kid – whether they care or not. Now I’m gonna ask you one more time: you ready for this?” I roll my eyes. “Ready for Team Skull? Sure. They’re not as dangerous as people think. There’s good in them.” I pause for thought. “Some of them, anyway.” The man looks surprised. “I guess everyone has their own reasons. Maybe yours and mine aren’t so different. I’ll have them let you in.” He raps on the hard metal door, than turns to me and says, almost as an afterthought, “If you don’t make it, I’ll be sure your remains at least get back home.” “…wait what.”

Po Town is… well, it’s definitely something. The high, enclosed walls have created a local microclimate dominated by heavy rain. The town itself looks like it was once a very nice, upper-crust sort of area, with pretty little houses and neat gardens, the sort of place where sitcom families live their nauseatingly ideal lives. Team Skull’s influence, though, is palpable. Every available surface has been tagged with spray paint, most of the buildings have at least one broken window, and even the Pokémon Centre is barely operable. The Team Skull members running the place are happy to heal my Pokémon, but explain regretfully that they have to charge a small fee to keep the lights on. The Alolans really have just left them here to rot. I make a mental note to give Kukui a good chewing out when this is all over. Battling or evading grunts as I go, I navigate around the barricades on the main road and head for the back of the town, which is dominated by an opulent mansion that has seen better days. This, I can only surmise, is “the boss’s crib.” Guzma isn’t exactly subtle; he’s bound to be in the most extravagant accommodations available. The front door seems to be unguarded, so I creep up in the shadow of a hedgerow and quietly slip inside.

The inside of the mansion is as much a bomb site as the rest of the town. The walls and floor are covered in crudely painted designs, overturned furniture is scattered around the lobby, and a massive gilded chandelier is blocking one arm of the grand staircase. I don’t make it any further than around the first corner before someone grabs me by the arm and drags me into an alcove. “What are you doin’ here, homie!?” a voice whispers. I blink. It’s B, his face a mix of anger, surprise and… concern? “Don’t you even know what the boss’d do if he caught you!?” I blink again and yank my arm away. “I’m here to see Guzma,” I hiss at him. “He stole a Pokémon from a friend of mine and I am here to get it back.” B’s eyes widen. “You don’t gotta do that, yo! That ain’t your fight! The boss is gonna flip!” “Someone has to, and I don’t see anyone else around here who’s going to stand up to him!” I step out of the alcove and into the middle of the hallway. “Now are you going to help me, or get in my way?” B clenches his fists and yells in frustration, wrenching a Pokéball from his belt. “Argh! If I gotta put up a defence to make you see some sense, then let’s drop this pretence, yo!” B has expanded his roster since we last fought, adding a Gastly and a Salandit to his Golbat, but all three are Poison-types and none are a match for my newly-evolved Slowbro’s psychic powers. Our battle is over quickly, and he slumps into a battered old chair, looking despondent. “What’s the use?” he says. “I’m never gonna be strong like you. I’m an incomplete grunt; this is the only place for me in the whole world.” He hangs his head and lapses into silence. I sigh and sit down on the floor, my back against the wall. “There’s more to being strong than winning battles, B.” He says nothing, but cocks his head at me. “Guys like Guzma think being strong means beating other people down, making them do what you want, crushing their potential. It’s not. Being strong is about building other people up. That’s why we train Pokémon, right?” “Easy for you to say,” B mutters. “Your Pokémon are strong.” I chuckle. “Weren’t always. It takes training, patience… you have to see the potential in them, everything that they could be. Guzma… he’s a Bug-type specialist; he ought to know that better than anyone. If he treats his Pokémon like he treats all of you, I don’t know how he ever got his Golisopod to evolve.” “He’s been havin’ us hustle all the Buginium-Z crystals in Alola,” B muses thoughtfully, “so’s no one else can be a stronger Bug Pokémon trainer.” “See! That’s exactly what I mean! He thinks being strong is about keeping your rivals weak.” I shake my head. “Izzat really what you want Team Skull to be about? The way Plumeria talks, she makes you guys sound like a family.” He’s silent for a few beats. “We are. We take in trainers who’re… incomplete. Give ‘em somewhere what they can call home, when everyone else’s given up on ‘em. Just like me and Zubat.” “After you failed your island challenge?” B looks up at me sharply. “I heard that’s how a lot of Team Skull got started.” He frowns. “…that’s complicated.” “I bet it is. And I bet the Captains and Kahunas didn’t have time for ‘complicated,’ right?” He doesn’t answer. “You don’t have to tell me the whole story now. Just… look, just help me get to Guzma. You don’t need to help me fight him. But one day, you’re gonna. And you’re gonna win.” B stares at his feet for a moment. “Sometimes I want to smash the world, but I’m always afraid of it.” He breathes out slowly, then clenches his fists. “All right. Follow me.”

B leads me upstairs, past more trashed rooms and hallways, and out to a balcony where a Team Skull guard asks him for a series of passwords: Guzma’s favourite move (Beat Up), Pokémon (Golisopod) and drink (Tapu Cocoa). When asked if he’s sure about his answers, B yells “no!” and we’re let through – apparently Guzma likes his minions to have a contrarian streak. Climbing out over the roof, B shows me through a broken window and into the building’s east wing, the part blocked off by the chandelier on the stairs. Finally, we reach a closed door. B raises his hand to knock, and then stops. “It’s okay,” I tell him. “You got me this far. I’ll handle the rest.” “…you sure, homie?” “I’m sure. Just remember what we talked about, okay?” He furrows his brow, but nods. “Be careful, yo.” I grin. “I always am, aren’t I?” He rolls his eyes, but dashes off. I turn and knock on Guzma’s door.

Guzma’s room is just as messy as the rest, and a fancy landscape painting on the back wall has been thoroughly defaced with a Team Skull logo in purple spray paint. A huge chest full of yellow-green Z-crystals sits in the corner, where a grunt stands guarding the kidnapped Yungoos. Guzma himself is lounging on a big armchair set up on a low stage like a throne. He stands as I come in, and looks down at me curiously. “I don’t really get you, kid, but at least this is a change of pace,” he tells me thoughtfully – or at least, what passes for thoughtfully with Guzma. “It’s not every day someone comes straight to me for a beating!” I sigh. “Look, dude… I honestly wouldn’t even be up for this most days, but I do kinda have something to prove here, so listen up. I’m here for the Pokémon you stole. Beatings are 100% optional, but are absolutely on offer.” Guzma laughs. “What, Yungoos? How sweet of you to help out a sad little girl. Can’t you just watch out for your own Pokémon and stay out of other people’s business?!” I sigh again, more theatrically this time. “Seriously, I hear you, I do, but again: something to prove today. There’s someone on your team who needs to see that you’re not worth being scared of, so we can do that the easy way, or the way where you spend the next six weeks tracking down bits of your spinal cord all over Alola.” He stares. “You’re one messed up kid!” “Well, I mean, I prefer to think of myself as creative, and I guess I do have an overactive imagination, but-” “You wanna know what I do when some machine messes up?” he talks over me, raising his voice. “The first thing I do is give it a nice hard smack!” “I guess this is happening now,” I say with another sigh, then hastily sidestep the Golisopod that is suddenly barrelling towards me, and send out my Decidueye. Golisopod leads with its devastating First Impression strike, and takes little damage from Spirit Shackle. Looking for breathing room, I tell Decidueye to heal off the damage with Synthesis – and then the bloody thing uses Swords Dance. This… could seriously go south quickly. I pull out Decidueye’s unique Z-move, Sinister Arrow Raid, a devastating barrage of spiritual arrows that doesn’t quite knock out Golisopod, but does weaken it enough to trigger its Emergency Exit (which apparently bypasses the magical anchor created by Spirit Shackle), causing Guzma’s Ariados to pop out. Ariados opens with a nasty Sucker Punch that takes Decidueye completely off guard, then finishes him with Shadow Sneak when we try to heal again. Still, both of Guzma’s Pokémon are weakened now, leaving him open for a clean sweep from my Salazzle, who torches them both with Flame Burst. Guzma, to his credit, takes the loss gracefully and congratulates me on an honourable victory.

…nah, I’m just messing with you; he totally flips his lid and storms out of the room while shouting obscenities at literally everything and everyone in his path.

The Yungoos immediately flees the house. I assume it can find its own way home; after all, Yungoos are supposed to be smart… ish. Right? I take a moment to look around Guzma’s room and swipe a Buginium-Z from his chest, and am then compelled to try sitting in his chair. It’s… soft, relaxing, luxuriant… as I sit back and enjoy it, the door opens and a grunt rushes in. “’Scuze me, Bo-” He stops and stares at me. “What?” I ask irritably. “B-b-but you’re not the boss?!” he cries. “B!tch I might be,” I retort. “What’s the deal, homie?! You’re not the boss of me?!” the grunt protests. “Izzat not how this works?” I asked. “I whooped his ass; doesn’t that make me the boss now?” He just stares at me like his whole world is collapsing around him. I wave a hand dismissively. “Whatever, just… just go, I don’t care.” The grunt huffs indignantly and leaves. Well… can you blame me for trying?

Back outside, the man who let me into Po Town is waiting for me, along with the kidnapped Yungoos and Acerola (oh, sure, now she turns up to help). The run-down old man, Nanu, is apparently Acerola’s uncle, and the only police officer crazy enough to live anywhere near Po Town – because, he says, “the rent’s cheap,” though Acerola insists that he has a heart of gold and is doing it to help Pokémon. I… kinda love this character; he’s the bitter, cynical, misanthropic bastard I’ve always longed to be. We’re basically done here, so Acerola heads back to Aether House with Yungoos, Nanu goes back to moping in the rain, and I summon Kiawe’s Charizard for a ride back south. Guzma is beaten once again, and all is right with the world.

When I return to Aether House, Lillie is gone, Hau is panicking, and Gladion is there, in the process of completely losing his $#!t.

Oh good.

Ridiculous quote log:

“I might really go to paradise now that I’ve lost!” …I’m not going to kill you; jeez.

“OH EM GEE! Please don’t tell me that’s my Skull Tank you’re wearing?” “Ohhh, no wonder it stinks! It’s the same design though.” “It does not stink! That’s a lovely aroma! Anyway, we should write our names on them so we don’t mix them up.” “Uhmm, hello! Our names are all Grunt. What’s the point?” Well, I suppose this explains Team Skull’s lack of administrative nous…

The team:

Tane the Decidueye Male, Timid nature, Overgrow ability Level 38 Steel Wing, Razor Leaf, Synthesis, Spirit Shackle

Rhea the Toucannon Female, Lax nature, Keen Eye ability Level 38 Screech, Roost, Beak Blast, Brick Break

Ashley the Psychu Female, Timid nature, Surge Surfer ability Level 38 Discharge, Hidden Power (Ice), Nasty Plot, Psychic

Hypatia the Slowbro Female, Hardy nature, Own Tempo ability Level 37 Psychic, Yawn, Slack Off, Scald

Joanna the Salazzle Female, Timid nature, Corrosion ability Level 38 Flame Burst, Nasty Plot, Sludge Bomb, Toxic

Sigourney the Golisopod Female, Careful nature, Emergency Exit ability Level 37 Brick Break, Payback, First Impression, Leech Life

#pokemon #alola #pokemon moon playthrough #team skull #plumeria #po town #guzma #yungoos #acerola #nanu #oricorio #zygarde #sina and dexio #grimsley #sharpedo

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gladion-oneshots · 8 years ago

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Gladion: Kidnapped

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•Prompt: Moon has Gladion kidnapped, and they have a conversation. (A bit AU and out of character.)

•Warnings: Meh. Just mentions of stuff.

•Author: Lotus

Gladion blinked awake to see a dimly lit room. He couldn't remember how he'd gotten there. He blinked a few times, waiting for his eyes to adjust. Someone was moving towards the flickering lightbulb hanging over his head. He tried to move, but rope tied his hands and legs to a chair.

"Hello, Aether boy," she purred.

He stared at the girl in front of him. Her eyes were colourless, devoid of emotion. Her hair was short and black. She wore a tight-fitting black bodysuit he couldn't help being curious about.

The fact that she knew who he was unnerved him even more than her appearance.

"Me and Murky are gonna have a little fun with you."

Her voice was deceptively soft. From the shadows, a Murkrow flew out to perch on the girl's shoulder.

"Murk!"

Gladion noticed more Pokémon in the back, though he couldn't tell which ones due to how dark it was. What he could see was the obvious hatred towards him in both his captor and her Murkrow.

The Murkrow flew onto his lap, looking him over as if deciding what to do with him. It didn't do anything for a long time as if waiting for something.

After a while, the girl said, "Aren't you going to beg to be freed? Ask why I'm doing this to you? Ask who I am?"

Gladion shrugged, saying, "I don't really see the point. If you're going to torture me, just get it over with."

"I like the way you think, Aether boy. I'm going to tell you my story anyway."

The Murkrow flew back to its trainer's shoulder.

"Me and Murky were captured by Aether. We escaped, obviously, but they used us as experiments first. Murky and I are linked somehow, I dunno all the science-y stuff, and now we feel each other's pain and can sort of read each other's minds. Sort of. Either way, we kinda hate Aether for what they did, so we've been taking employees and torturing them. Then we usually kill them. We've been trying to get to you for a while."

"I'm not with Aether. Not anymore."

There was a pause. The girl smiled.

"Then help me hurt them."

Gladion hesitated before replying, but Null burst out of its Pokéball with a growl and he made his decision.

"Sure. We'll help you out."

"Great. I'm Moon."

"I'm Gladion."

He watched Moon cut the ropes that tied him and stood up when she was done. She led him through a door in the back to a more well lit room filled with Pokémon. Her entire attitude seemed to have changed now that he was her ally.

"I didn't want them to be hurt by Aether. When I killed their trainers, I took them in," Moon explained.

Gladion nodded. He watched a few Dark-Types and Ghost-Types walk in through the door behind him. An Umbreon, an Absol, a Misdreavus, a Mimikyu, and a Froslass.

"Oh, those are my Pokémon," Moon said. "The Umbreon is Shadow, the Absol is Angel, the Misdreavus is Mist, the Mimikyu is Mimi and the Froslass is Spirit. Can I see your Pokémon?"

"I just have Null," Gladion shrugged, gesturing to his partner as it stared intently at Moon's Pokémon.

Moon nodded. "Well, we'll have to fix that eventually, won't we?" she grinned.

Gladion couldn't help but smile.

Moon no longer seemed sinister to him, but beautiful.

#gladion fanfiction #gladion x moon #gladion #fanfiction #fanfic #pokemon oneshot #pokemon sun #pokemon moon

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shygunfire · 6 years ago

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“Hyung-Nim?”

“It’s so good to see you again!”

“Eh? No, Nix-Hyung’s been kind!”

“Wasn’t Star-Nim just so nice?”

“Don’t go attacking people!”

“They don’t bother me much, really!”

“I know I’m safe with you, after all.”

“Hyung-Nim, happy birthday!”

“Ho-Hyung?”

“I’m glad you two can get along again.”

“Vampire?!”

“Here, take my blood. I don’t want you to suffer the way I did.”

“Merry Christmas Hyung-Nim!”

“You make me want to be reckless.”

“D-DATE?!”

“Ho-Hyung...Let me do this for you.”

“No...this feels...natural.”

“Mu Young.”

“H-Hey! Quit it! I’m not cute!”

“At least this time there’s no shenanigans?”

“They’re both so cute! Why not both?”

“I’ll name you ----- and this one can be ------!”

“Don’t worry you’ll get to see your sister when we go over to visit ------.”

“An egg?”

“It’s so warm, huh Mu Young?”

“It hatched!”

“Hello ---!”

“She’s such a good girl right Mu Yo---?”

“-- Hyung, want to play with ----- and ------ today?”

“Mu Y----, want to go on a date today?”

“It’s so pretty! Mu ----- is this really for me?”

“M- -----, I ---- you.”

“H-, thank you-”

“I-”

ⓇⒺⓈⒺⓉ ⒶⒸⒽⒾⒺⓋⒺⒹ

Maru gasped himself awake, head pounding hard enough that he turned over in bed and threw up into his trashcan. While he’d normally be fine with trying to lay there for a moment and catch his breath, an unfamiliar grumble made him bolt up with a shriek, four sets of eyes (one of which it immediately turned out was fake) staring at him from the end of the bed.

“Uh?!”

Two were dog eyes, a big black and tan dog with an orange bandanna around its neck and eyes like Maru’s own, and a Jindo with bright blue eyes and a blue bandanna. The other pair was a thing Maru couldn’t recall ever seeing before, a doll that had a bulbous head, crayon face scribbled on it and holding what looked like a jagged piece of wood.

“Wha- Wha- Wha-?!” Maru wheezed in a panic, his heart beating harder than ever. What were these dogs and doll-thing in his room?! “I...Okay, calm down, think. What did you do last night?”

Except that absolutely nothing was coming to mind.

“Okay...Who’re you then?” He cautiously crawled down from his headboard to the other three, the doll-thing chirping in a...rather cute way as he looked at the bandannas. One read ‘Peach’ and the other read ‘Lychee’. “Huh...Peach and Lychee?”

He looked at the doll thing, and after a moment of consideration, he picked it up too. “Huh...No nametag on you...” He stared at the creature’s covered face in thought.

“Well...I must’ve gotten up to something crazy, if I kidnapped dogs and whatever you are...”

The creature chirped, and suddenly retrieved a piece of paper from Maru’s desk with an abnormally long arm. He read it quickly, but was still left in complete confusion. Contest? He entered a contest? And this being had been the prize? He looked at it again, and it (she, the paper said it’s a ‘she’) chirped and seemed to smile at him.

“...I...might need to keep this a secret.”

Something about their eyes was tugging on his heart, and he hugged the little being as the dogs nosed their way into his lap.

“Ah...It’s almost Christmas?” He’d spotted his calendar. “I’d better make sure I send Hyung-Nim a card.” Maru got up, glancing at the dogs and this ‘Mimikyu’ and figuring he should feed them first before he did anything. And turn up the heat in his apartment; it was freezing in the bedroom.

“I hope he’s doing well for the holidays.”

#//Blog Reset//#//I couldn't bring myself to get rid off any of them//#//But now Maru's been reset to the very beginning//#//And MuYoung had been helping with his spazz attacks but that's kaput too//#//Maru just won't have pyro-accidents//#//This fucking sucked to write//

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artsyramblingroses · 7 years ago

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Ultra Moon Thoughts!!! (Part 1)

Since I did the same for Pokemon Moon, I thought I’d do the same for Ultra Moon! And I’m right on time since the game came to me a day after the main release! Spoilers and bad language ahead. And because this game has so many changes and I have so many thoughts, I’m gonna split this into two posts.

So everything seems the same so far! Well, except for my trainer, and the two incredibly pale people chasing down Lillie- wait

Honestly, I like my character outfit and room in this version. I’d really want those curtains and the Jigglypuff rug as a kid.

Holy shit, everything looks so much more alive with all the pokemon around.

Aww, the starters defended me, I love them. I don’t care if its bad gameplay, I need to keep my Rowlet tiny. Welcome to the team, Lief Erikson! Now if only I could take you out of your ball so you could follow me.

Damn, the Spearows are attacking us this time? What did Nebby ever do to them? A lot has changed so far, the player character is more expressive, we fought a Spearow, also Tapu Koko just 1 hit KO’ed those other Spearows.

Ok, I don’t like the new people, Especially the dude. Fuck him, you’re probably jealous that you can’t join in the festival because everyone would laugh at your stupid mustache.

Now I’m worried what Lusamine is gonna be like, I really don’t wanna watch her be a bitch to her kids twice in a row.

First trial was a breeze, Leif Ericson can really handle things. I kinda wanna save for a Mimikyu again and a Vulpix, but the rest I want to be Ultra Beasts

And Oh god, they’ve noticed me for real. Phyco and Soliera. This is as awkward as getting pulled by a vendor to a random booth you don’t wanna see and being unable to decline out of politeness.

So far, a couple things have changed, but I worry about how similar the plot will be, at least, I think that Aether Paradise’s second visit will be the big plot shifting event.

NOOO. I COULDN’T STOP LEIF ERICSON FROM EVOLVING. MY BABY.

Ok, real talk, the Janitor in the mall is my least favorite NPC ever and why does he have to bring in the real fear that you smell like shit out in public and you’re unable to go and shower.

I really hope I don’t meet the Janitor again.

Ok, so I spent a lot of time away from my computer while playing, but this game has some charming ass moments in it that are well hidden, I was spoiled on two, but because I battled some woman’s dad, she and her boyfriend got a marriage license, which I’m sure they could have done without me, but well done! You two go and be married!

I’ve spent a chunk of time combing Melemele and Akala islands for sidequests and secret stuff. Time well spent.

I found A FEMALE EEVEEE FIRST TRY. And now I have a Sylveon, named Fleur. She, Leif Ericson and I will go far.

SO, with a LOT of persistence and grinding, mostly grinding, I beat Kiawe’s trial. Its mostly my fault since i have a stricter idea of the Pokemon Team I want, give or take a few mons, but with the help of the Radicate I got from getting the totem stickers, I did well. Also I fought like, two female Sandalits. I am surprised with how well my luck is at finding rare female Pokemon.

I just realized that since I got Ultra Moon, I can’t get the Alolan Vulpix. TT_TT Maybe I can trade for one in game?

Why the hell does a Pyukumuku’s innards look like a hand?! I am briefly put off from getting one... But I eventually didn’t keep the one I got because it does not have a great skill set.

So I need to seriously re-evaluate what types of mons I want on my team.

Lusamine encounter finally came. She felt a smidge more sane. but I really wanna see more of how she is compared to her anime version. She needs a little work, but she’s trying to be a better mom far more than Moon. And she does something there that hopefully this incarnation will do, protect and care for her kids. Granted the plot was shifted to make Faba the villain (which may be the case here too, judging from Rotom and the promotional posters. They do NOT want me to like him.)

Also, having Rotom occasionally pitch in with questions and conversation about the plot is nice. He feels more alive.

I ended up getting a Carbink. As I doubt I’ll play X or Y any time soon, (interest died), I decided that it was ok if I used Kalos mons on my team.

I like Sophocles new trial, not that the old one was bad, I kind of liked how it felt like a horror game with this monster creeping towards you in the darkness. I wonder… What will Acerola’s trial be like now?

Ok, the last part of the puzzle was not clear enough and I spent way more time on it than I should have.

I noticed in Guzma’s theme, I could hear a brief leitmotif of the Aether Paradise theme, very nice musical foreshadowing, especially if you didn’t already know the twist.

Now, Where are Phyco and Soleria? It’s been forever since I’ve seen them.

Is there anything we can do about the Stuffel in the guest room? I’d gladly adopt it if it meant only one Ultra Beast on my team.

Oh Jeez, knowing that Lillie’s gonna get kidnapped and not being able to stop it is horrid.

WHAT. WHY WAS A GHOST PRETENDING TO BE ACEROLA. DID THAT HAPPEN IN THE PREVIOUS GAME? WHY DID THE MIMIKYU SPEAK

Ok, but this goddamn Mimikyu fight gave me much more trouble than I thought. But i eventually beat it (after three tries) and got to use a Z move TWICE to take it and Banette out because Rotom is awesome and so is Leif Ericson. AND THE FIRST MON THAT I CAME ACROSS WHEN I WENT BACK IN WAS A MIMIKYU! Welcome to the team, Paletta!

And now I have 4 Pokemon on my team! Because back when it was just Fleur and Leif Ericsson, things were significantly more difficult.

Ugh, do I really have to go to Po Town again? I’m getting really tired of not seeing new stuff. Being in Ultra Space better take up the other half of the game.

I’m starting to get the feeling that I’m going to be disappointed. Or I’m just annoyed because so far, aside from Phyco and Soliera, not enough UB related stuff has happened to sate my appetite. I bought this game because Ultra Space is a cool concept in general, and I’d hate the thought of having to wait until close to the end of the main game before I get a chance to explore this fantastical place, because it would feel like I just replayed Moon with a few changes. I paid for a different game, an epic looking game.

Uh… Who is the kimono dude. Was he here before?

Why is Faba in the Red field, also woah dude, just insult me to my face why don’t you? Children may not be as knowledgable as adults are about fucking alternate dimensions, but they have good hearing. And also children are smart, you’re the worst type of person, Faba.

So far Po Town is the same as I remember, and it could be my imagination, but it feels like the lights came back after I first used the Pokecenter.

Ok, Guzma makes me sad, beneath his threats lies a lot of what he must have endured, dude is messed up, but with a father like the one he had, I can’t really blame him.

Ok, this trip was entirely worth it for the little scene that played when I sat in Guzma’s chair. Also I’m stealing a Buginum Z.

Damn it Nanu, Let me heal my team before you try to battle me. They already took quite a beating from Gladion.

Time to put the Roto Prize Money to good use… Damn, I couldn’t get Faba with the Roto Prize Money

Also why does this weird fuck have a Hypno?

Ah, Wicke, always a lovely ray of sunshine. She’s literally a saint.

$44,496 from Faba and his goon. Lovely. Can’t wait to see what I can scam off of Lusamine. >:D

GLADION MY SON, WHAT DO YOU MEAN “ALONE AND LONELY”. I’M ADOPTING YOU AND LILLIE SO FAST AFTER THIS.

Soliera, please understand, I must see my daughter be safe, that’s way more important than battling your Poison beast for the 15th time.

What…. Lusamine thanked Lillie for keeping Cosmog safe? I mean, she was still nasty but...

Uh, even if she’s pissed at her kids… I guess its good she wants to protect them from Necrozma even though she’s still disowned them? What? What is she doing?

Woah… this is, different. She’s better than her Moon counterpart, but still has a way to go to get to anime mom levels. I mean, anime mom has her parenting issues but its clear that she’s the most sane and healthy of the three.

Dang, now I feel less evilly happy using the Roto Prize Money, I’m… conflicted, I mean, she doesn’t want to outright kill her kids this time, which is a step up.

I mean, she still is emotionally abusive, but she cared enough about Lillie’s concerns to battle me, granted that was to keep her quiet and she’s still gonna try and kill Nebby which is pretty damn bad…

$67000 something in prize money, it feels…. wrong

Oh my god, Gladion doesn’t want to lose his other parent to the Wormhole. SHIT, these two. I want to find them a nice dark room that they can just lay in for a while and not have to deal with the world.

Wait, what about the scene where Lusamine is with Guzma telling the kids to run? Will we come back here for a third time?

*Dang Phyco, that’s not the sort of question I’d expect you to ask about Lusamine.

Well, The Second Aether visit was a game changer, not in the way I expected, but hey, any change is a good one. And who knows, there’s still stuff that’s missing, so I guess I just have to keep playing to find it. I’m honestly pumped to finish the story mode now!

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roaringsora · 8 years ago

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Peko and the Ultimate Performance!

[Flashback] [BGM: Po Town - Pokemon Sun/Moon OST] About five hours ago, a trainer named Aoi Tategami was participating in a Island Challenge with the Ghost-type Champion, Acerola. Though unlike Aoi's last challenge attempts where all she had was a Meowstic, this time around she only bought Alice the Mimikyu. Its a risky choice for her, but the trainer and her first Pokemon were still in uneven levels. Aceola was in charge on watching Estelle, to which she had fun pampering the Constraint Pokemon. However, when the challenge was done, the Abandoned Mart was raided with Team Skull Grunts who hid across the Poke-Mart and without making a noice or scaring themselves! (About a half of them are already traumatized by the Ghost Pokemon...) "Pesky trainer! You come with us this time, along with your precious Pokemon!" says one of the grunts. "N-NO WAY!!" said Aoi, but it was far to late when the over-leveled Grunts actually defeated Aoi and Alice, which the two were already exhausted from the Challenge! Acerola and Estelle took notice on the screams, but when they entered, the Grunts already took the trainer and her Pokemon! Acerola know where they are heading too... "Estelle! I think these silly heads got your trainer and friend at Po Town! Its a pretty dangerous turn overrun by Team Skull! But I wonder why they took a trainer this time..." Acerola returns back to the Aether House and made a phone call to her uncle and Kahuna, Nanu to "keep eyeballs" on Aoi and Alice. Acerola and Estelle bond up for now to set on a rescue mission to save them... [Present time] Its Day 2 after Team Skull made a daring move to kidnap a child as ransom, and so far there is no sign of a ghost trainer nor a (talking) cat Pokemon. But... Their morning ended up waking all Grunts abruptly! "BOOM!!!" It came a loud explosion kind of noise. Most of the grunts went outside to see what's going on, and all they can see from their tired eyes was smoke. The female grunt coughs. "H-Hey! T-Those are Adrenaline Orbs! Hundreds of them!" she shouts a noise, after the female grunt saw a piece of blue scrap from the bombs that were known to sold at PokeMarts! From the smoke of Adrenaline Orbs, a single female figure enters the town, with nothing but her Aether Foundation uniform. "Hello there! I thought I make a visit, you beautiful scums!" ^^ The last two words already made the entire Grunt population angered by her words! "W-WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" "YOU had a whole LOT of nerve to bomb our territory and use the money that we could have stolen from you for something MORE USEFUL than 100 Adrenaline Orbs!" And of course the rest of the complains were spoken in Team Skull Grunt quotes. The Aether Foundation employee, female in appearance and shape shook her head and shrugs in "disapproval". "Ahh... You idiots.... I'm surprised you goons have not FULLY disband Team Skull yet. Some reason "evil" really irritates me. And as evil scums you all for steeling and harming Pokemon, I'm afraid I can't let you all go until you get just deserts..." Half of the Team Skull members look at each other with confused looks. "W-What are you talking about?!" "We are PROUD of Team Skull! If only our boss wouldn't leave the efforts we have put through, then we wouldn't... A-Anyway there is no point little princess! Why won't you go home with your Aether Foundation parents and never come back!!" The female shook her head again in disapproval. "I don't think it will not gonna happen! I need a couple of punching bags like you guys to finally calm down and feel satisfied. Bring your Pokemon out if you must. The long lost Performer Peko is bringing back the center stage!" said Peko, ending her speech with a idol pose! [BGM: Party You Up - Kors K ((You don't have to listen to it, its just happy hardcore music))] The Grunts were lost in anger, seeing a Aether Foundation dancing and frolic around, and as they start to gang up for a fight, their efforts of punching that "smug face" of the Aether staff were wasted as she begun kicking and punching back! "O-Owww!!!" "C-Cheater!!! How can she even fly?!" This battle had done "crazy" to the point that words are difficult to describe this "performance"... .... .... .... At the mansion, several Grunts were called over by the injured ones to come out and stop a "mad dancing Aether Grunt". "Bruno! Brutus! Get your butts down and stop this mad child! Forget the captive!!!" said the grunt. Several got the word and begin to leave. In Guzma's abandoned throne, the trainer Aoi and her gothic lolita friend Alice was in the room. It turns out, during the trial, Alice was in her human form defeating the Totem Pokemon because "she felt like it". This made the Grunts think that Alice is also a trainer, so they did not think that Aoi had a shape shifting lolita for a Pokemon, which was OF COURSE her Mimikyu. When the Grunts were gone, Alice morphs back into her Pokemon form and attempt to find the keys for the door. "We will make haste... Don't worry... Aoi." said the talking Mimikyu, to which the Disguise Pokemon did not take more than five minutes to find the room key buried in a chest full of Bugarium-Zs, which Aoi took one as a complementary price. The two escaped their prison with no problem and on their sneaky way to the outside. Just from walking around the roof, she can see that a Aether F. staff member was fighting alone with a bunch of Grunts, but something was different with her hair... "H-Hey... Her hair turned a silver color...?" said Aoi. Alice remains silent. The Mimikyu went first, which Aoi quickly caught attention and follows it to the open areas of the mansion and follow their way down to the first floor exit. Back at the field, the "Performance" end up going "mad wild" with Grunts now summoning various Pokemon! The performer sees a Salandit, observing its moves and then start to transform into that Pokemon! "W-WAIT?! S-SHE TRANSFORMED?!" "WHAT THE HELL!!!" "NOO NOT MY FORMANTIS!! ANYTHING BUT MY FORMANTIS!!!" The girl who is now a Pokemon begin to breath Flamethrower onto the grunts in a spiral fashion! Many of them begin to flee, thinking its a ghost haunting down the grunts for their bad deeds! Others had to flee due to a battle disadvantage! "M-MONSTER!!!" "IT'S THE REVENGE OF THE DITTO WE SLAUGHTER TWO MONTHS AGO!!!" Trainer Aoi and Alice the Mimikyu were just about out from the mansion when the rain SLIPS her boot and slams her face onto the floor! "OOF!!!!" When Aoi slips, A small Pokeball slips from her belt, which was a new ball, and some reason, the transformed Salandit did not pay attention and somehow the ball was tapped on top of her head! "Eh-" In the right time, Acerola, Nanu and Estelle the Meowstic came in time to see the abandoned Po Town, and a Pokeball attempting to wiggle out for freedom. But fatigue really tire out the mysterious creature, and it finally accepts its defeat. Alice and Estelle quickly went to check the Pokeball. The two wanted to speak, but the Captain and Kahuna are right at their faces, so they remain quiet and speak in Pokemon. Aoi was not injured, but her boots got the best of the rain and the mud end up being the result of the slip-up. "Aoi, are you alright?" Acerola asks. Nanu quickly piggy backs the girl. "I-I'm alright... B-But I think I twisted my ankle a bit..." said Aoi. Alice quickly picks up the Pokeball and Estelle with Aoi's belongings. The group hurries to the Pokemon Center to have all three Pokemon recover, and Aoi on the ER. No seirous injuries on the trainer. Same goes for the Pokemon. But... ... ... ... [No BGM, maybe except for you preferred calm music.] Ding! Not to long, and Aoi was restless. She was settled in to a wheelchair for the night until her foot recovers. Acerola is having fun pushing her all over the places like a child, but its no smiling matter when Nurse Joy walks out with some news. "Hello Aoi! Glad you are well! There is some... Interesting discoveries I encountered while recovering your Pokemon. Estelle and Alice are alright, but the new addition... Is a unique case, I might call it? But it refuses to speak so... I think you had the right to talk to this.... Person." "H-Huh? Uhh okay?" said Aoi. She looks puzzled, but Acerola seems to be having fun playing clueless child for a moment. "Oooh! Exciting! Can I see your Pokemon too?" said the ghost trainer. "Y-Yea..." Aoi replies. The two enters the ER and saw both Estelle and Alice standing in-between from what looks like a boy, fully up and sitting on the bed stretcher. He... Looks very unhappy about something. Top of that, WHO is that boy anyway...?! [Clifhanger. End long-ass drabble! Do not reply, unless you want to guess on who Peko really is...?]

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