#pmd timeline

[eldragon-x-moved]

PMD: Gates to Infinity Timeline

Rescue Team

I wanted to document the in-universe timespan of the story of every PMD title in detail and originally make it all into one post, but decided to split it into four instead. Every PMD timeline post will have links to the other titles as I progress with this little project.

Know that I'll count vague timeskips to the best of my judgement, the one dungeon = one day rule doesn't strictly apply (yes, even with the V-Wave mechanic in gti), and I document every game up until the hero and partner reunite, though I might make additions for post-game story later on.

Introduction Arc

On day 1 the hero meets the partner after landing in the Pokemon world, and on day 2 you play through Gurdurr's arc to get him to build your house. The construction starts on the evening of day 2 and is said to last a few days. Not counting day 2's evening, I'll make it three days, making day 5 the day where the house is finished.

On day 6 you meet Dunsparce, Emolga, and Virizion who join your team by the end of the day. The team is officially established on day 7.

Gurdurr's store is established on day 8 and he asks you to bring him materials which you give to him on day 9. Gurdurr opens his store on day 10. Nothing happens on days 11-12 but on day 13 Victini arrives in Paradise and the hero has a dream the following night. Day 14 is uneventful, the fata morgana of the Great Glacier appears on day 15, and day 16 is uneventful again.

Umbreon and Espeon Arc

On the night before day 17, the hero has another dream and Umbreon is approaching Post Town. A warning about a dangerous Pokemon in the area goes out in the morning. The following night, Umbreon comes closer to the town and on day 18 Swadloon disappears to Inflora Forest where the team picks him up. Umbreon arrives in Post Town on day 19.

On day 20, Umbreon demonstrates the summoning of a Magnagate and the team takes off to rescue Espeon. Umbreon and Espeon join the team on day 21. Virizion and Dunsparce have a conversation on the hill the following night. The next morning, on day 22, Quagsire tells the team that one Pokemon has to stay in Paradise and can't go to the expedition.

Great Glacier Arc

I was debating on wether to apply the one dungeon = one day rule in this arc since technically we don't get any indication that a night passes during the expedition but I decided yes, both because its supposed to feel long and for another reason*.

That being said, day 23 marks the day the team make their way to the Great Glacier via a Magnagate dungeon. They arrive and make their way through the glacier on day 24 and take another Magnagate dungeon on day 25. Day 26 is the day they make it through the Glacier Palace for the first time and return home in the evening.

On day 27 Emolga uses the Frisms to mess with the team before telling them that during their absence, floating lights that could be seen from the hill appeared. The hero has another dream and on the morning of day 28, the partner asks the hero to promise them to stay in this world after fulfilling their duty. On day 29, one floating light can be seen from the hill. *If you talk to Ducklett, they'll say the lights first appeared about a week ago which adds up the best if you assume the expedition took four days.

Munna and Hydreigon Arc

Munna finally manages to make contact with the hero via their dreams. On the next day, day 30, the hero and partner take a Magnagate to Kilionea Road. They plan to sleep over the night outside the dungeon, but are alarmed by Munna, prompting them to make it through the Forest of Shadows at night. They get ambushed at Mount Kilionea afterwards but escape.

The hero makes it to Daybreak Ridge on day 31 where they're attacked by Toxicroak and saved by Hydreigon. When they wake up, Hydreigon says they've been out for a while, possibly making it day 32. Hydreigon and the hero team up and make it through Ochre Quarry and in the evening, Hydreigon explains the situation.

On day 33, the hero and Hydreigon make it through Withered Savanna where Purugly confronts them and tells them that they've got the Partner as a hostage. Presumably on day 34*, the duo makes their way to Holehills to rescue partner. On day 35* hero, partner, and Hydreigon make their way through the Scorching Desert. They're attacked by Kyurem in the evening and hero and partner are found and rescued by Emolga and Dunsparce.

*Withered Savanna, Holehills, and Scorching Desert could all be happening on one day but I decided to apply the 1d = 1d rule because otherwise it'd last as long as the glacier expedition and based on how long the arc feels, how the road takes up a chunk of the map, and how Emolga says they've been searching for hero and partner because they were gone for so long and started to get worried despite Mount Kilionea being established as a far away place, I think it makes sense that it lasts longer.

Finale Arc

The hero recovers from their injuries and wakes up on day 36 as the team decides their next course of action. They explain the situation to Post Town on day 37 just before Glacier Palace rises into the sky. Umbreon and Espeon make their way to Great Glacier that night and the team follows on day 38, on which they make it through the palace and destroy the Bittercold. The hero leaves the Pokemon world the next morning on day 39.

Worldcore Arc

A vague long timeskip happens, but if you look at the story summary by either exiting and entering the game or switching between Friend- and Hero Mode, it says months have passed, so we'll go with three months here.

On the evening of day 1 post-skip, Dunsparce and Emolga talk to Hydreigon in the Inn while Virizion and Keldeo have a conversation on the hill. Dunsparce approaches Hydreigon on day 2 and Hydreigon disappears the next day. He returns on day 4 to tell the team about the Worldcore where the partner manages to make a wish and be reunited with the hero.

Conclusion

The main story lasts 39 days while the post-game story lasts 4 days. Counting everything together with the time skip and assuming the timespan includes two 30-day and two 31-day months, the entire story of Gates to Infinity lasts 134 days or 4 months, 1 week and 5 days

[lucabyte]

putting their asses in ancient japan

[scribz-ag24]

Never forgetting Wigglytuff almost crying when he saw Chatot hurt again in Brine Cave.

(Aka drawing the fanfic i wish that existed :'(( )

[tagarilaghost]

Part 1 (You are here) | Part 2

Covering yourself in ignorance is one way to avoid facing the truth.

[rusty-eevee]

Nova and Grovyle have a Talk

[sincerely-sofie]

A blast from the past.

[reestallized]

Remembered the old pmd-ified designs I had for the expedition duo. Decided to put them to proper use.

Bonus doodles I made beforehand

[team-polaris]

About to watch Grovyle sacrifice himself I can't do this guys!!!!!!

Just AUGH worlds worst (best) Lizard. It's so clear that he didn't want this change of plans to occur. But he would literally rather throw himself back into the Future than have any chance of failure...

(OK listen I never beat Dialga before as a kid bc I was abysmal at video games. His sacrifice was in vain 😭😭)

[kitsquared]

You ever rememeber Sceptile from pmd explorers and get emotional

[waterforlorn]

@tiredanvilandmace

they say fear doesn't shut you down, no - it wakes you up.

but lev felt like he was still asleep, his body moving with only the greatest effort - onto his pegasus after helping nico on his & even when they returned home to camp, lev found his limbs heavy & his heart … his heart in a ricocheting frenzy. lev .. could swear he was still asleep, his dreams swaying left & right, from wishful thinking to nightmares & then nico's sunken-in face flashed before his eyes again. fuck. he'd never be able to unsee that. it wasn't until the moment nico collapsed by his feet, with no pulse & no heartbeat - dead & broken, like a lifeless doll … it wasn't until then that lev understood the truth.

it wasn't until then that he found himself frozen, his body no longer listening. fear does shut you down. fear shut lev down, at least. after dismissing the pegasi, the others slowly retreating to their own respective cabins - or wherever else they planned to go, lev was … still stood outside the stables, as was nico, who looked equally… that. they'd lost so many on recent missions, but regardless of that - of what it was they felt, they'd … had each other & now they'd had a taste of what it was like to lose that. well, lev did.

& lev was not a fan. heavy feet carry him towards the other, though they'd only been a few meters from each other to begin with - paranoia keeping lev on nico's ass for the unforeseeable future. fingers found a calloused hand, both of lev's hands wrapping around one of the blacksmith's. forehead against nico's, "we're goin' t'my cabin." southern drawl thick, his mind struggling to connect still, but one thing was clear. nico was not going to go home alone. "don't try talkin' back." voice calm, if … clearly tense, like lev was holding onto himself to control it. like he had more to say, but chose not to even though his tongue had already formed the words against his lips. tugging nico's hand, lev … was not going to be denied.

[eldragon-x-moved]

PMD: Rescue Team Timeline

Gates to Infinity

This timeline is specifically based on Blue Rescue Team since it's the game I own so there may be differences between this, Red Rescue Team, and Rescue Team DX.

I'll count vague timeskips to the best of my judgement, the one dungeon = one day rule doesn't strictly apply, and I document every game up until the hero and partner reunite, though I might make additions for post-game story later on.

Introduction Arc

On Day 1, Hero and Partner meet and rescue Caterpie before forming a team. On Day 2 the team rescues the Magnemite and the hero has a dream the following night. Partner shows Hero around on Pokemon Square on Day 3 and the following night, Hero once again has a dream and an earthquake occurs. Dugtrio asks the team to rescue Diglett on the morning of Day 4 and again, Hero has a dream the night after.

Magnemite joins the team on the following day, Day 5. They're also introduced to Shiftry and Team ACT. Nothing happens on Day 6, but on Day 7 Team Meanies introduce themselves and steal the team's mail. Caterpie asks the team to rescue Metapod on Day 8 and Team Meanies confront them in Sinister Woods in an attempt to steal the job.

Ninetales Legend Arc

Jumpluff approaches the team on Day 9 to ask them to rescue Shiftry from Silent Chasm, and on Day 10 the team make their way to Mt. Thunder to confront Zapdos.

The Team meets Xatu in Great Canyon on Day 11 and on the day after, Day 12, Whiscash tells them about the Ninetales Legend. The partner gets so demotivated that they suggest to quit work for the day and the hero has another dream the following night, in which Gardevoir clearly appears to them for the first time.

Day 13 marks the day on which Gengar reveals to Pokemon Square that Hero is a human which turns the town against them.

Run Away Arc

In the early morning of Day 14, the team takes off to flee. An unknown but significant amount of time passes before they make it to Lapis Cave. Seeing how they make it through different areas and the distance between Pkmn Square and Lapis Cave is a good bit longer than the path you actually play through, I'm tempted to pin down the trek to Lapis Cave at a lenght of five days, counting in Day 14, marking the day the team makes it through the cave as Day 18.

I choose to apply the 1 day = 1 dungeon rule to this arc due to how lenghty it's meant to feel and how the trek between Mount Blaze and Frosty Forest describes the team going through different areas again. So, on Day 19 the team makes it through Mt. Blaze, on Day 20 through Frosty Forest, and finally on Day 21 they reach the peak of Mt. Freeze to meet Ninetales. Team ACT make their way to Magma Cavern to confront Groudon on that same day.

Now logically, the trip back to Pkmn Square would take days but the game doesn't give you that impression, plus for missions you can go to and through dungeons all the way across the continent within a day so I'll say the team makes it back to Pkmn Square within Day 21.

Groudon Arc

On the night of Day 22, the hero has another dream with Gardevoir and an earthquake occurs that night. The next day, Day 23, Wynaut approaches the team asking them to take care of the Mankey in Uproar Forest. Once you do, it takes them "some days" to renovate the house. Assuming you already got two chestnuts on your first trip to Uproar Forest, you can give those to the Mankey right after to further progress the renovation. I'd put the entire process at a duration of seven days, counting Day 23, which would make Day 29 the day the house is finished, assuming you got two chestnuts right away and don't have to return to Uproar Forest.

Nothing happens for two days until another earthquake happens on the night before Day 32, on the morning of which Shiftry calls Rescue Teams from all over to Pokemon Square to send the best of them off to Magma Cavern to try and rescue Team ACT and defeat Groudon. The team continues with work as usual that day.

Finale Arc

On the very next day, Day 33, the rescuers return from Magma Cavern exhausted and having failed. Partner motivates the present Rescue Teams to not loose hope and make their way to the cavern as well. The team plans to take off the next day themselves. The hero has another dream with Gardevoir the night before the trip.

On Day 34, the team makes it through Magma Cavern and return to Pokemon Square with Team ACT where they're almost immediately alarmed by Xatu seeing an approaching meteor. The team plans to seek out Rayquaza the next day to ask them to destroy the meteor. The hero has a dream about Gardevoir that night, who tells them that they'll have to return to the human world once they fulfill this task.

Day 35 marks the day Hero and Partner make their way through Sky Tower, ask Rayquaza to destroy the meteor, and save the world. Once they're back on the ground and recover from the impact, the hero vanishes to return to their world. However, they are permitted to reunite with the partner and the two are back together on the same evening.

Conclusion

The main story of Rescue Team lasts 35 days or 1 month and 5 days.

[ajdrawshq]

im glad that despite being on the backburner for . years. i can still think of my main aus like i never stopped :] kh on the brain forever

[scribz-ag24]

Grovyle and dusknoir decide to make amends by taking every job possible to avoid thinking about their second chance at life.

[omensfromaschimos]

Death trap? Paradise Group? Ok, that one sort of rings a bell, but I'm still not sure what the death trap is supposed to be.

The Paradise Group, dedicated to the continued functioning of the Pokemon Paradise. Founded by a Prospector team some seventy years ago during the early stages of the Bittercold incident, they were the main organization that resolved that threat. However, the two Pokemon at the head of things mysteriously vanished one day, and... well, another notable member, Virizion, sort of... lost it. I shudder to think what could have happened if not for Dudunsparce and Emolga.

New leadership was brought in from outside, but he wasn't the sort of benevolent champion of the people that used to run the Group. He wanted power and control, and so took to nation-building. It went... poorly.

The deathtrap I'm talking about was intended to be the capitol building, and, er...

I'd... rather not speak more on this.

I must wonder, just what could have twisted President Nuzleaf into who he became? For the legacy of the Heroes of Heart and Soul to culminate in such a horrible way, it's... dark, pardon the pun.

[sincerely-sofie]

You're scared you'll never care about someone. You're scared you never have. You don't know how much love is held in your chest. You never will.

[smokszyvverstar]

Desperately need to decide who Luca was when he was human so i can give him a new name so i can free the name for if i ever make a Mew OC other than Zzizzy (my psmd partner and insurgence starter)

Ooh l, or what if Zzizzy was a pretend name and his real name is luca..? Zizzy fits his character better i think. But Luca, Last Universal Common Ancestor, is the coolest name for a mew. But idk, i kinda want to only have one mew.