#nemopen week

[destiny-smasher]

A Nemona x Penny commission I got from carmencaaramel! She did a fantastic job with it and has lots of cute art, so please check her stuff out! (twitter upload) - (instagram upload)

Nemona and Penny take a vacation to Johto and visit the iconic Lake of Rage during the annual event, Akaoni Matsuri. They say the Lake of Rage is an exciting tourist spot. But it's not just the Gyrados who's turning red...

excerpt:

Their convo was cut short as an earth-shattering roaring hiss rippled from the lake's water, an explosion of liquid splashed meters into the air, and the enormous red serpent-like Pokemon on everyone's minds burst upward, howling its commanding cry for all to hear. Penny gasped, blindly grasping at Nemona behind her in a startled panic. “Bloody hell...!” Penny cried out in awe, watching the revered creature sail in a perfect arc in the distant waters. Nemona, meanwhile, who had seen this sight before, was transfixed on the way Penny was holding Nemona's hand tighter than she ever had – on the way her lips were agape with wonder, her gray eyes sparkling with amazement at the display before her. While everyone was prepossessed with the force of nature before them, Nemona's cheeks felt as red as Akaoni, her entire being thrumming with admiration at the force of nature she was looking at. Cheers, applause, and jovial shouts echoed from every side of the lake, continuing long after the mighty beast had splashed down and disappeared back into the lake's depths. Penny's harsh grasp on Nemona's wrist relaxed, and Nemona eased herself against Penny's side, embracing that arm tenderly as a warm smile oozed across her face. “Pretty cool, huh?” Nemona teased quietly with half-lidded eyes. Penny blinked dumbly, scratching her nose and making her glasses bob up and down as she did so. “I-... That-...” She puffed out a laugh, glancing over to Nemona. “The sound, I... my heart right stopped for a second...” Her nervousness was making some of that Galarian accent thicken more than usual, and she planted her bag-toting hand up to her forehead with some embarrassment, awkwardly chuckling. “You're not the only one,” Nemona mischievously cited, closing her eyes and beaming as she sighed into a kiss against Penny's cheek.

You can check out all of my NemoPen prompts included the expanded version of this one over here. And if you're interested in the full NemoPen fic this is for, Operation Comet Punch, you can read that over here.

[ledisig]

reposting these for the end of nemopen week ( which i just found out about !! im so mad lol i wish i knew )

[meteor-paint]

AYO NEMOPEN WEEK⁉️ I GOTCHU‼️

[psychrodraws]

With that post you made: Nemopen. That's all, have a nice day

GIVE IT UP FOR ANON RECOMMENDING SOME FUCKING PEAK!!!!

This isn't meant to be part of the Nemopen week thing going on, I just saw that "dance" was one of the prompts and was like "aye yeah that sounds fun." I'm a prompt rebel, I just do whatever prompt seems like fun whenever I want. :3 (totally not coping at her inability to draw something decent in a single day)

Anyways, this was inspired by this drawing I found when searching "people dancing drawing reference," and while I wasn't able to find a source, it definitely seems to have made the rounds in the past. If anyone can find this OG source, please let me know! Shockingly, Pintrest wasn't very helpful!!!

[starrycometmoth]

NEMOPEN WEEK DAY ONE!! - Mystery Dungeon

Someone tell my body to stop being so lethargic and in pain so I can finish day 2 plz 🛐 /j

[destiny-smasher]

Very cool idea! Love the fusion of mermaid and Pokemon.

NemoPen Week Day 6: Free Day

Mermaid Au (mostly an excuse to practice underwater again lmaoo), I would've posted on Mermay if I had thought about it earlier lmao

[hamofjustice]

NemoPen Week, Day 1: Mystery Dungeon

Nemona's eyelids felt as heavy as her fluffy, pale-orange limbs as she scampered around the rocky coastal cliffs, her path lit by a silver moon aglow above and another hidden afloat in the waves below. She didn't really have the energy for long-distance running like the kind she was doing, but that wasn't important at the moment. Why wasn't Penny with the rest of the team? Was something going on? Did she need cheering up? Was she in danger? If some big nasty Pokemon had Penny cornered, as co-leader it was her duty to put all her strength from training in monster houses into tearing those guys apart, even if it made her bad paw wors--

Oh? A flash of pink! There Penny was! Phew. Safe and sound, sitting on an outcropping (a safe distance away from the edge, as usual) and looking up at the moon, with her... ribbony feeler thingies blowing in the wind. It was a pretty beautiful sight… and, once Nemona calmed down, she realized that it was the perfect kind of night to be doing what Penny was doing -- like a secluded pocket of time to enjoy together away from the rest of the world.

Nemona decided she'd carefully announce her presence and saunter over slowly, instead of rushing in blabbering like she usually did. A leader had to be considerate. "Penny…?"

In a moment, Penny's ears and feelers stood up as she whipped her neck around to look… and in the next moment, they wilted in embarrassment as she suddenly became unable to hold her front paws still. "Huh? Oh… were you looking for me? Sorry, I should've said something…"

Nemona shook her head dismissively as she dragged her tired body over to her best partner's side. "That's okay. *yawn* Mmm... something going on?"

"Not really… just thinking about stuff before bed." the shy Pokemon said mysteriously as she returned to gazing at the night sky. "Nothing important…"

When a warm, pillowlike paw reached around Penny's back, though, she leaned comfortably into its owner.

"… You know I'm gonna ask what, right?" Nemona asked softly with a small grin.

Penny sighed with a brief smile of her own. "It's just… well… *sigh* Did I tell you I, um… I spent a lot of my time as an Eevee wanting to be an Umbreon?"

Story time? Nemona plopped herself down on the ground like a little bag of apples and gave her tiny legs a rest. "Hmm… No, I don't think I knew that."

"Yeah. I thought it would be so cool to be a creature of the night and stuff… until the moment I first saw a Sylveon."

"Heh heh. Changed your mind that quick, huh?"

"Well… not exactly. It was more like… how cute and pretty and powerful she was just wouldn't leave my thoughts… For a while I thought I'd be happy just having friends like that, but I wasn't about to try and force it. It has to happen naturally… even if you have charisma, which I, uh… heh. *ahem* Anyway…"

"Which you have plenty of." Nemona corrected, pointing a tiny finger upward.

Penny didn't respond directly to that, but her soothing ribbons gently wrapped around Nemona's shoulders, even though she was already pretty soothed just by being there. "Anyway. After a while, I realized I was… just making excuses. Being a Sylveon myself, that was what I really wanted. I couldn't just, um… uh, what's the word…"

"… Live vicariously?"

Penny blinked in surprise, like she didn't realize how closely Nemona was listening. "Y-yeah. Live vicariously through someone else, like it was their job to be my other half… just 'cause I'd set some arbitrary rule for myself about what I could be a while ago, and thought it'd be weird to be anything else. Like some kind of temptation I had to resist. But now that I've made my choice… sometimes I actually do still… regret it, every now and then. Just a little bit, though…"

"Aww, really? You wanna try making an Umbreon costume or something? Totally not my skillset, but I think we found some black scarves and a Reaper Cloth the other day…"

"Hehehe… classic Nemona, always the problem solver instead of moping like me. Maybe that'd be fun, though I'd hate to ruin it in a battle. *sigh* I just wish the choice wasn't so… binary. Can't I just be… partially an Umbreon? Or an Umbreon on the days I'm in the mood for it…?"

"Mmm. Yeah, that sounds like it'd be really cool." Nemona replied, secretly already thinking about what kind of moveset a Sylvbreon would have. "Oh yeah! I remember we have a Shadow Ball TM too, would that help? It's not Dark, but…"

"… Hmm… yeah, maybe. If you're sure it's worth using for that, and not something more practical…"

"Of course you're worth it! Help yourself to anything you want, bud, that's what stuff is for!"

"Not… exactly what I meant, but all right."

The two Pokemon reflected on the moon and stars for a moment. Nemona had learned some new significance and background to Penny's love for the night sky.

"I guess most Pokemon don't get to make a choice like that at all though, huh… They're-- You're just whatever you're born as, no matter what you really wanna be…" Penny sadly noted.

"Yeah, kinda. On the outside, at least. Y'know what though?"

"What?"

Nemona's paw rubbed Penny's head. "I'm proud of you for making a choice like that. A commitment to being something forever is no joke! You had to really know what you wanted, doin' that before I've even fully evolved myself. A little bit of second thoughts don't mean you chose wrong."

Penny laid down, stretching out her front paws. "*sigh* Yeah… that's what I'm hoping."

Nemona's usual smile faded as she glanced away. "Sorry, maybe that's not helpful to say…"

"No… no, you're fine. I keep saying not to read too much into me being all moody! Um… really, I should be sorry, complaining about having a privilege you don't have…"

Nemona shook her head dismissively again and flopped on her belly so they'd be properly side by side. "Hey, no, I'm glad you wanna talk to me about real stuff like that! Um… well... personally, I think if it were me, I'd be trying to pick between Leafeon and Espeon…"

"Huh?"

"Like, if I were an Eevee too, y'know? I've always liked plants and sunlight and stuff. And Espeon is so sleek and smart looking -- it's like the epitome of cool! Uh, to me, anyway."

Penny had a sequence of looks on her face like she was having an internal conversation with herself. She eventually shook it off and cozied up to her favorite fluffball a bit more.

"Huh, wouldn't have guessed those. … I don't ask you enough who YOU really wanna be, do I?"

Nemona bashfully scratched her cheek. "Heh, not like I really say much about myself either, other than just being a mouse that loves adventure -- Always figured it'd be annoying when I, uh… take up so much space already."

"I'm always here to listen. Maybe I owe it to you to start going on those morning jogs you asked about, too."

"*gasp* Yessss! Workout buddiessss…" Nemona cheered quietly, wiggling in place. "I feel like I'm gonna be sore tomorrow, but maybe we can still do a short one?"

"Maybe. You do deserve a break from how hard you work sometimes, though… I should try and catch up."

"*yawn* Thanks. Tryin' my best…"

After a few moments of comfortable silence over the ocean waves, Nemona the Pawmo began to gently lick her best partner's cheek…

… and, for once, Penny the Sylveon returned the gesture to her forehead instead of squirming.

[hearts4hansol]

whwhwhwg mizukitty here um sorry for being in ur inbox so often this'll be my last ask of like the week idk i prommy I just like talkin 2 u since ur my only pjsk mootie,,, I'm just here 2 spit out some of my au and hc stuff

-in my head kanade has a basement for the sole purpose of all of niigo being able to live there (they were all gonna move in together somewhere else but Kanade's really attached to living there) so it's jus there for convenience. Kanade uses her fathers old work room as a bedroom, they reworked her parents room into Mafuyu's room, and kanades old room is Mizuki's new room. They have like one of those nice basements and there's two rooms down there and its decently sized. One of tjem is Enas room and the other ones kinda like a recording room of sorts? I'm so normal about tbem

-i wanna make a pokemon x pjsk au,, I could obviously just insert the pjsk charachters into Pokemon but that's boring soo,, one day I came up with an idea for a nemopen au that makes their meeting adjacent to how niigo met. Their dynamic is like,,, ok so it's like kanamafu except um idk. They're more like nenean/mizunene to me but yeag. Penny is a little like Mafuyu and nemonas personality is more like Mizuki's but also maybe a lil Kanade since theyre trying to save penny in this au. I need an alias for both of them still (penny already has cassiopia but like,, I want somethin else,,, maybe I'll just give up and use Cassiopeia idk) I haven't even thought about this au since I came up with it so theres nothing much for jt . Still don't know what to do with Arven an Juliana in this au though. Maybe I could incorporate Kieran into it too. Penny and kieran are friends in my heart

-back to pjsk!! My mizuan (kind of) childhood friends au that I love so very dearly. They meet in middle school and yeah shenanigans ensue. I want a version where they meet Ena too though but all I can think of for that working is an and Mizuki manage to convince their parents to let them go to art school but thwt doesn't make much sense?? Maybe to escape the bullying but eh still? Still childhood friends t4t mizuan au means everytbing 2 me

-holy balls this is long

-OH WAIT I JUST RRALKZED. FOR THE NEMOPEN AU. I COULD INCLUDE TEAM STAR JN SOME WAY. oh em gee. I could. Wait. Ortega as Mizuki. Ohmy arceus. Great starclan. I'm a genius yiu guys. Mela could be ena. They just give me the same vibes yk. I love how it's all team Star and then Nemona's just there

Ok byebye sorry 4 this um dies and

-🎀🌂

honored to be your only pjsk mootie 💪 you're my only pokemon mootie I think <3 i love your au ideas so so much childhood friends t4t mizuan is so sigma and kanade deserves to keep her group mates in her basement 🥰🥰 don't know much abt pokemon but I think that au has potential

[destiny-smasher]

Attention all Nemona x Penny shippers!

From the week of August 5th - 11th, we'll be celebrating NemoPen Week (aka StarFruit Shipping).

My NemoPen discord server StarFruit Central wanted to host this event, has asked me to post about it on socials now that we're about a month away, and we voted on six prompts the community can use as inspiration, with Day 6 being an 'anything goes' free day. Use the tag #NemoPenWeek when sharing posts for this week! You can also use tags like #NemoPen , #ボタネモ , and #StarFruitShipping to help your posts get to fans of the ship.

PLEASE NOTE: the prompts are not mandatory! They're just a means of themed inspiration.

ALSO NOTE: you are encouraged to post and share previous made fanworks! I can create a list of folks to DM each day of the week to help post and share content across socials, just let me know how to reach you if you'd like to be included on that list.

[destiny-smasher]

Whoa, really dramatic! Nice stuff!

Nemopen week day 4: werewolves

“Surrounded by two feral Garou, it seemed hopeless for Penny as the two savage man eaters were sure to turn her into a pile of bones and blood. However, from the treeline, arose a great Gevaudan burst forth as seemed to protect her. The two Garous tried to bully off the great Gevaudan but a mighty roar quickly put fear into the Garou’s minds as they rushed out in a panicked flee. The mighty Gevaudan looked at Penny and in a beastial tone said: ‘Are you alright Pen-Pen?’”

Wasn’t really thinking of doing the Nemopen week but I heard of the werewolf prompt and I HAD to do this one for my Werewolf hyperfixation.

Nemopen week 2024 by @destiny-smasher

What the terms mean if you’re stumped:

Garou: Typical werebeasts. Have a humanoid form and a were-form that is

Gevaudan/Apex: the “dire” version of Werebeasts. They’re very rare and those that do live are revered and/or feared as forces of nature and are “Apexes” by many.

[destiny-smasher]

To kick off #NemoPenWeek I'm sharing a cute drawing that was gifted to me by an artists named patata_sms who wanted to wish us a happy shipping week! Thanks so much for the drawing! Remember: you don't need to feel obligated to post something EVERY day of the event, and you ARE encouraged to take this opportunity to re-post things you've previously made, and also share around others' posts of Nemona and/or Penny works! It's just an excuse to come together to celebrate these characters and also their pairing specifically.

You can read the themed prompts that were voted on for this event here, and you can join our NemoPen discord, StarFruit Central Central, here.

And I hope everyone has a good time sharing Nemona/Penny works this week!

⭐️🍊

[destiny-smasher]

NemoPen Week Day 4: Taking Care Bit of 'sickfic' mushiness today!

After overexerting herself while training, Nemona finds herself waking up in Penny's flat and being doted upon.

(nothing complicated this time, just straight up NemoPen mushiness)

Excerpt:

“Nnh-... Nngghh-...” Nemona uttered involuntary groans as she came to, her eyelids dusted with sand. Her lashes were crusted together and sticky, and as she yawned, her spine contorting in a big stretch, she shoved the bottoms of her palms against her eyes to rub the gunk out. By the time this awakening act was over, she found herself blinking up at a familiar ceiling fan, but was too out of it to place where she was. Certainly not where she'd... just been... Where had she...-? Oof. Whatever energy she thought she'd had from her nap evaporated post-stretch, and her arms went limp, one dangling to her left, off the side of the couch she was perched upon, the other wrist dangling up over the couch's arm. “'Mona...?” Penny's voice. Relief. Concern. Nemona could detect those from the particular way Penny had uttered Nemona's nickname – after a year of dating, Nemona was getting good at picking up on the emotions Penny kept reserved. Nemona was in... Penny's flat? Yeah. That small flat Penny was renting in downtown Mesagoza... But how had she ended up here? Where was-...? What she doing before...-? “You all right, Luv?” “... Mmgh-...?” Nemona had attempted to utter a greeting, yet her lips did not cooperate. It was in this moment of the mildest of exertions that Nemona's leg muscles cramped up fiercely, causing her to flinch and recoil, hissing air through clenched teeth as she writhed. “Ah-?!” Penny eked with alarm, and Nemona – despite her eyes slammed shut – could detect Penny's presence shifting round to the front of the couch, the scuffing of the coffee table being shoved outward, and her fragile form hunching over. “What...? What's wrong? Where does it hurt?” Nemona sputtered a cough and exhaled shakily as the wave of cramping pain dissipated. “... Everywhere?” Nemona joked, her voice hoarse. She cleared her throat out, realizing it felt raw and sore She opened her eyes again, greeting Penny's – her worn-out expression reflected in the more rectangular lenses her girlfriend was adorning. Nemona still wasn't used to the new glasses, not after years of those adorable round ones. But they were growing on her.

[destiny-smasher]

Not made for NemoPen Week BUT since today's theme is 'Werewolf' I wanted to make sure I shared this awesome piece of Werewolf AU Nemona!

[destiny-smasher]

NemoPen Week Day 3: WEREWOLF

An eerily still foggy night. A Lycanroc hybrid on the loose. A trio of hunters looking to quell a threat.

Excerpt:

“Hear that? It's gotta be the one we're after!” And with that, Nemona was already sprinting off ahead, heading off the path. Her riding boots clomped along, leaving prints in the murky dirt, and her lantern jangled and swayed wildly, casting chaotic beams and an even more chaotic shadow in her wake. “N-Nemona, luv, oi!” Penny called, but it was no use. Her lantern's glow already obscured by dense shrubbery and trees, Nemona called back, “I am not letting this sucker get away this time! Keep up!” Her words were muffled by the slashing of her rapier against vegetation and the rustling of leaves. “Idiot!” Scarlet bellowed dryly. “That's not a Lycanroc out there! Get your ass back here!” “... ---..--...----!” But Nemona's reply was inaudible. “... Haughhh,” Scarlet sighed in a slow, guttural huff, slumping her shoulders with irritation. “H-How do you know it's not a Lycanroc?” Penny wondered timidly, eyeing the direction Nemona had disappeared into. “Haven't seen one's tracks yet,” explained Scarlet. Matter-of-factly, she added, “Can't smell one yet, either...” “...Mm,” hummed Penny contemplatively, evidently a bit jumpy with the way she was bouncing a little on her toes, clutching herself. Was she cold? Or just that pathetically scared already? “... But-” Scarlet put out, slowing to a stop as she took note of some tracks. Very fresh. Moments old, easy to decipher when beside Nemona's boot prints. Must've been the creature Nemona must've heard coming from their current location. She examined them cautiously. Stantler? Mm, no. Wyrdeer, more like... Yes. Scarlet at last got around to finishing her sentence, “-... We may have found some bait to get it out of hiding...”

[destiny-smasher]

Here's my first entry for NemoPen Week! Day 1: Mystery Dungeon

Excerpt:

Air. She needed air. This was all insane. How were they supposed to get back home? What if they were stuck like this?! As much as Nemona loved Pokémon battling, and as fun as it was to partake in it first hand, even she was already sick of this... Wheezing to catch her breath after their narrow escape, Nemona's bloated body let out a large exhale – causing her entire form to deflate, leaving her now rotund body a bit flatter and squishier than it had been. “Muh-... 'Mona?!” Penny gasped with alarm, catching up and coughing on her own lost breath. Her four black legs wobbled beneath her, worn out from the panicked dashing they'd just endured. “Y-You all right...?” she choked out. “... Bleh, I'm... hanging in there,” Nemona groaned, letting Penny flop her Umbreon form against Nemona's semi-deflated Scream Tail body.

[destiny-smasher]

NemoPen Week Day 2: Secret Identity

Nemona lives a secret life as a magical girl: the supposedly destined Master of Pocket Monsters! Can she, her schoolfriend Penny, and the unexpected yet oddly familiar Guardian of the Pokéball keep it all under wraps?

Excerpt:

“Well?” Nemona asked, rotating her hip slightly and adjusting her abdomen to pose for the camera. “How's it lookin, Penn?” Penny was the assigned photographer for Miss Nemona – while the two were classmates and had become friends since the school year had begun, Nemona was... certainly a little eccentric. She had stumbled into a job as a social media brand ambassador for Sygna Co. – the hottest clothing company in the country. And while she had the savvy to run socials to make their company look good, she knew at the end of the day, what they were really after was her friend Nemona – who made for the perfect clothing model. Eager to please, energetic, and with the figure and features to be suited for all kinds of outfits, Nemona made for the perfect social media model to advertise their clothes, and Penny's tech-aware nature meant she could handle the photography and media management. As far as part-time gigs a high schooler could land, it honestly was a pretty good gig, if it underpaid for how much of a bother it could be. And as it turned out, when your subject happened to be a magical girl in disguise, you got lots of interesting photo opportunities... but it also made the job all the more tiresome. For the day's current shoot (gearing up to promote a new dress made specifically with school dances in mind), Nemona was dressed in an ornately designed outfit themed around ribbons of blue, with frills and a long, flowing skirt. Her legs were wrapped in thigh-high stockings that sported a gradient running from black up top to a pleasant cyan at the ankles, and her feet were slotted into a stunning pair of high heels. Two bracelets were attached to her wrists, one on each arm, and each bracelet was adorned with six spherical jewels, comprising of twelve separate colors. The bracelets were a recurring feature of these outfits – it was played off as Nemona's 'signature accessory', but Penny was fully aware that there was more to it than just that. They played a part in the 'magical girl' bit, alongside a special locket Nemona often kept hidden away around her neck. But one detail of Nemona's current garb that was really drawing Penny's attention was the way the shoulders were bare – exposing Nemona's multitude of freckles, like sprinkles of cinnamon on warm muffins. Penny had found herself snapping a few photos during the shoot that made sure to highlight those shoulders... “It's not too flashy, yeah?” Nemona checked, her pose slouching a little. “Like, I could totally get away with getting into a fight with th-” She stumbled a little, nearly losing her balance with a low-toned 'GYAH-?!' Penny was too far away to do anything in time to save her friend. But the third of their company swooped in – quite literally – and used the brunt of his feline back to catch the careless girl before she fell. “Agh,” he bemoaned, grunting under the weight of Nemona, who smirked as she lackadaisically let him hold her abdomen at a 90 degree angle, her arms and hair trailing out and down. The cat-like beast grumbled in his bizarre, Unovan-like accent, “What kinda dame don't know how's to walk in heels, huh?! Youse comin' from a family o' pomp n' soi-kum-stance, n' ya ain't even shaved ya pits in days! Frickin' disgraceful!” And with his last word, he snarled harshly, thrusting Nemona up onto her feet. He sighed as she fumbled and wobbled, falling flat on her ass on the concrete walkway, her hair calling into disarray. “Hey,” she snapped bitterly, through grit teeth, pointing her finger at the creature as if her finger were a sword. “I signed up to be the Master of the Pocket Monsters, not... not a supermodel!”