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#bonus chin under the cut because i like the chin on this animal and i think that should've won the polls#croconaw#sniffer#the thing about croconaw is that it um#it's. well it's a middle evo for one#and for two when i think of it i always think of pokémon 4ever#since it starts with ash battling some british kid with a croconaw#and. as i've said before. i have the entire script to that movie memorized because i used to watch it a shit ton as a kid#and fell asleep to it as an adult#and then there's a whole AMV with the “i wanna be the very best” song playing and it's#that's. that's croconaw. that's all that's interesting about it i think
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[A video is attached. The group is walking around the west side of Azalea when a wild Silver appears. Out of nowhere.
"Oh! There you are!" Wei Wuxian says in a cheery tone that visibly irritates Silver. He takes a quick glance at Wen Ning— and does a double take and full-on stares at him.
"Um..." Wen Ning mutters, shifting to hide behind Wei Wuxian (never mind that the former about half a head taller than the latter). "Is there something on my face?"
Silver shakes his head out and crosses his arms to signal that he's returned to his normal self. "Tell me something. Is it true that Team Rocket has returned? Not that I even know if you know what Team Rocket is..."
"We know plenty, don't worry," Wei Wuxian says, sighing. "They have. We scared them away from here, though."
"What? Like, you beat them in a Pokemon battle?"
Wei Wuxian makes a so-so motion. "Kind of? Wen Ning did the rest. Ah, ah ah— Don't look at him like that. He doesn't eat."
"I, uh— I think you're lying," Silver shoots back. "And if you're not, I think you're pathetic for not finishing the job yourself." He pointedly ignores the stony glare that Lan Wangji levels with him at this statement. "So fight me! With that runty Cyndaquil of yours!"
"I told you! Xiaohuo is not a runt!"
Though, the battle that ensues is not doing many favors for Wei Wuxian's argument. He doesn't really go creepy ominous way-too-good-at-battling-for-a-beginner mode this time, either— maybe it's a situational thing. In their defense, Xiaohuo did manage to knock out both Silver's Gastly and Zubat before getting hammered by the Croconaw.
"Oh, no." Wei Wuxian gently scoops up the battered Xiaohuo. "It's alright. We did our best. Lan Zhan, Wen Ning, no— it was a one-on-one battle and he won."
Silver barks a laugh. "What? Is that the only Pokemon you've got? I can't believe I made you my rival!"
"Who ever said anything about rivalry??"
"Uh, me? Well, listen up. I hate the weak. Pokemon, trainers, doesn't matter who or what— goes for Team Rocket, too. They think they're big and tough as long as they're in a group, but get 'em alone, and they're weak. I hate them all." Silver turns his back and begins to walk. "So you stay out of my way!"
"He's... outspoken," Wen Ning says when Silver is out of earshot.
"Undisciplined. Insolent," Lan Wangji adds in a neutral tone, but he is shushed and waved down by Wei Wuxian.
"Hm. I can't help but feel concern for him," he says quietly. "Age does not dictate a great many things, but he is still so young to be so cold."
Lan Wangji raises an eyebrow.
Wei Wuxian rolls his eyes. "In the callous way. You're not callous."
The video ends.]
#//yes lwj has been like this even since childhood LMAO#pokemon irl#pokeblogging#rotomblr#pokeblog rp
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Chapter 8- Part 16
Jumping across the platforms isn’t really much, it’s pretty straightforward, and now we’re in another open area! There’s a doorway to a new area over there, plus a guy- what does he have to say?
…Do I even need to say it?
Light Screen all you want, little one, but it can’t save you from Bug Bite gaming!!
Not sure, but probably somewhere with not as much parkour. But now- let me click on your items and see if there’s anything-
Nice. Okay, now we can head upstairs to what I’m guessing is 2F?
Alright, still no ladies with long blue hair anywhere…but there is a sign. Maybe that’ll give us a clue?
A roof? Oh wait- wasn’t there another Light Shard on top of a roof, that first one I saw (before I knew what its purpose was)? If we go down here, are we gonna come out onto that space, that rooftop? In that case, and if there’s a healing spot, Amaria might be in that direction…but I don’t want to go there just yet! I want to explore a little more!
So let’s go left, towards those platforms, and- oh, encounter!
Ah, we can find Mankey around here! Hmm…I know there’s a possible implication that a gang of Scraggy/Scrafty live around here, and so we might get a chance to catch one of the former, but I don’t know if I’m correct in guessing that. Plus, getting a proper Fighting-type now, even if we don’t use it right away…not bad!
So let’s start with Prong, lower its HP a bit, then switch into Glare…
And with Glare(TM), we paralyze it-
And throw a Poké Ball for the finisher!
Brawler seems like a good name for him, being an angry punchy guy and all.
Anyways, we hop across these platforms- it’s a little more involved this time, the placement is a bit cheeky so you’ve really gotta pay attention if there’s a specific place you’re trying to jump onto. But regardless, we make it and find this area!
Yeah, I’ll always take stuff like that!
Mmm- yeah, that might be another way to the roof, so we’re still not going up there yet! We’re going back around! Man, this place is bigger than I was expecting…
Okay, um- again, didn’t get to screenshot this, but…in the middle of this little room here, there was a box, yeah? But then the box just…moved, and went down that hall to the lower left?
And I didn’t pursue it, because- well, I left the Obsidia Slums and went to the Pokémon Center again, this time to get a screenshot of the PC Box for the ending stuff (spoiler alert, this chapter’s about to come to an end), then I came back here so I can save and just start here the next time I play, and…
The box?? Is back now?? I don’t know what happened- if the box moving earlier was part of some event thing, then did me leaving and coming back…break it somehow? Glitch, bug, whatever you wanna call it? If that’s the case, then uh…welp! Guess I’m not getting whatever would have come out of following the box, RIP me.
So yeah- as I alluded to, I’m ending the chapter here! I was initially hoping I’d be able to end it once Xera and Victoria found and met Amaria and all that, but I didn’t realize how expansive the Obsidia Slums were going to be, so that didn’t work out. We’ll just have to take care of that next time, in addition to obtaining the TMX and possibly making our way into Obsidia Park!
Happy (belated) New Year everyone, I hope this was good of a gift as anything, and I’ll see you all in the next chapter!
CURRENT TEAM:
Riptide
Species: Croconaw
Gender: Male
Level: 20
Ability: Sheer Force*
Item: Quick Claw
Brave nature; Alert to sounds.
Breeze
Species: Pidgeotto
Gender: Female
Level: 20
Ability: Keen Eye
Item: None
Lax nature; Mischievous.
Glare
Species: Ekans
Gender: Female
Level: 20
Ability: Intimidate
Item: None
Naughty nature; Highly curious.
Whiskers
Species: Skitty
Gender: Female
Level: 20
Ability: Wonder Skin*
Item: None
Lax nature; Capable of taking hits.
Bloom
Species: Roselia
Gender: Male
Level: 21
Ability: Leaf Guard*
Item: Rose Incense
Docile nature; Alert to sounds.
Prong
Species: Charjabug
Gender: Female
Level: 20
Ability: Battery
Item: None
Rash nature; Loves to eat.
CURRENT BOXES:
NUMBER OF RELOADS: 5
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Lantern!Marinette 2
Ao3 *** Part 1 *** Here *** Part 3
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Okay so I didn't touch Mari's parents before so here it is.
Simple explanation the magic that flows from Adana erased Mari's existence because she was so young. However those that loved her, that she loved, or who were impactful our Mari's life will remember her as a dream or imaginary friend respectively. If or when they meet her again it would be 'I know you from some where, but I don't know from where.'
In all intense and purposes Mari is a ghost.
So with that said here we go.
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So here she was starting middle school in Coast City. It was actually not half bad. same there was nothing about the intergalactic wars, the policies that set the Green Lanterns as the Galactic Police force or any history she learned from the Blues. This actually made her dangerously behind in Earth history, but Marinette was always a quick study. Her English, math, science, and art were amazing and her physical capabilities made her a star athlete. Only downside was making friends, like seriously everyone stayed in groups of two. Add to the fact she knew little of Earth culture and customs, made it hard to interact with others outside of class work. All in all she was shy.
Whenever a villain would attack and she was able to assist she would, but she made sure she was not seen and only boosted her dad's powers while healing injuries before they could be noticed. This only lasted about a little over a year.
She knew better than to call dad when she knew that he was in a meeting with the JLA, but it was kinda hard to ignore the yellow blur running through the city causing havoc.
"What's wrong?" He answered on the second call, murmurs were heard in the background.
"There's a speedster in yellow tearing up and down the city." she responded simply.
"Can you see..."
"Crap!" was shouted on the other end "Got to go. Reverse got out." Someone yelled but she didn't recognize the voice.
"I'll go with you," dad sighed. "He is in Coast." was the last thing she heard before dad ended the call. She took that to mean she should transform and help minimize the damage and keep an eye out.
Not even 10 minutes later she saw a red blur followed by her dad's green one. (They were held up by a nosy Bat who couldn’t help himself because someone cough*Superman*cough decided to eavesdrop on the call.) She updated him, and he repeated it, to who she now recognizes as the Flash, and they got to work.
It didn't take them long to defeat the Reverse Flash, but here is where they ran into a problem. Coast was equipped to deal with most metas but speedsters that got their power from the speed force were different, and by that they meant difficult.
"I have an idea." She piped up through to her dad’s comms.
"Come on over and share with the group." She landed not even a minute later spooking the Flash. "What's the idea."
"Am I not supposed to ask who this is?" Was asked by Flash, but he was completely ignored.
"So you know how the speed force allows speedsters to vibrate which allows them to pass trough matter, which is why transporting and containing speedsters are so difficult." She began to explain.
"Um..." Dad seemed completely lost. This was something she learned with the Blues in order to understand for when she would eventually come back to Earth.
"How do you..?" Flash seemed to look at her as if she just grew a second head and was suddenly very dangerous.
"Well if we create a double construct that infuses both frequencies of the spectrum" Marinette continued.
"It'll stop him from escaping since it would be two simultaneous frequencies working in tandem occupying the same space and speedsters can only vibrate at one at a given time." Flash caught onto her idea.
"Exactly!" she beamed.
"Alright let's try." Dad agreed once he fully understood.
They tested a small square and tightly wove several strands of energy until a swatch was big enough and tightly worn enough was created. They continued to expand it until Reverse Flash was in a bubble, which they proceeded to fly to Star City. After dropping off Reverse Flash, the actual Flash practically dragged the two lanterns to his home.
"Okay Jordan spill." Flash was now in civilian clothes, dad crossed his arms and huffed dropping his transformation and she followed suit, slightly hiding behind him.
"Hey Barry dinners just about ready." A woman came out of the other room. "Hey Hal want to join us?" she asked smiling and then spotted her. "Who's this?"
"Dinner would be lovely Iris," Dad replied smiling. "And this is Marinette," he pushed her forward and she gave a light wave and smile.
"Hello," was barely audible.
The woman, Iris, turned to Flash, Barry, "Dad and Wally should be here soon." As the words left her mouth the door opened and revealed a man and a teenager.
"Heya Auntie Iris, Uncle Barry, what's up Hal,” and he froze seeing her, "Um... Hi."
He was a blur until that, so speedster.
"Wally why don't you and Marinette get the table set." Iris suggested breaking the awkward silence between the two teens.
Wally led her to the kitchen, "I'll get the plates, can you do the table?"
"Sure." she answered and used the constructs of the ring to expand the table and bring over two more chairs.
"What?!" the plates began to fall from his hands, so she reacted since he didn’t seem to, catching them in another construct moving them over to the table. "Your a blue lantern!"
"Yeah, and you're a speedster." she shot him a smile. After that dinner was significantly less awkward, seeing as everyone knew or was a hero, and was filled with questions and lots of laughter, mainly getting to know her.
"In all seriousness you might want to keep her away from the Bat." Barry joked.
"Bats isn't getting Bluebell. Hell if today hadn't happened you wouldn't have known about her." Dad grumbled.
"Why should I stay away from a bat, I thought they were harmless to humans, or are you talking about a bat used for sports?" She was genuinely confused.
"Bats is a nickname for Batman a vigilante from Gotham. He a few years ago took in a ward." A soft ‘Oh’ was heard from her, but Barry continued "So, when are you going to introduce her to the rest of the League."
"I won’t if I can help it."
"But we knew this would happen sooner or later." she piped in.
"Yes but you've only been on Earth a year."
"You kept her from us for a year. Good job Jordan." Barry complimented.
"Year and a half actually, but better now than during something cataclysmic." she rationalized.
"That's true." Dad paused a moment before exclaiming, "I see what your doing little lady." A mock scowl on his face.
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That was her first friendship she made. Wally would randomly come over for the week end. She found out about a month later that it was whenever he needed a breather from his teammates.
That in turn meant that she would know quite well the inner workings of the team as he knew she could keep it a secret. When in private he would use (in the beginning at least) Robin, Artemis, Aqualad, Superboy, and Miss Martian otherwise he he ended up using pokemon names to describe them while in public. He had taken it upon himself to help her understand Earth culture and that mainly revolved around playing a lot of video games,watching movies or tv, or going out to various locations. Riolu, Chikorita, Croconaw, Machamp, Ditto and of late, a new teammate called Zatanna, nicknamed Kirlia. In all honesty she heard the nicknames so often that that was how she knew his teammates. It got to the point that he would call her Togetic, so in retaliation she calls him Pikachu.
Part 3
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moemon firered (ver.1.95) part 9: Angry (but not Horny)
this isnt a fish
sableye, spiritomb
also we got this
sharlichy sound
IKx&-j Sexe#w #r~} ew\cRy!
i already know more than enough about your horse-fondling ways, thank you
but then he told us anyway
meanwhile, on the global trade station
only one thing to do here in vermilion city...
.....and that's immediately leave it for the adjacent route
sorry, cheats... but not today
more importantly, here's our first catch of the night
why is it holding a lemon in a plastic bag tied to a stick
our pokemon nicknames
i kinda thought this was mewtwo at first...
she looks like she's falling over
this sprite is really simple and slightly doofy and I love it ...also i have no counters against psychic-types. fuck.
...huh. i'll have to read up on this one
little pokemon things <3
um... whoa
update: we now have a counter to psychic-types it's a shitty one but beggars cant be choosers
........ ............. ................what the fuck
remember in engreen how this guy kept crashing our emulator
WHOA
solrock has been surprisingly helpful so far
d'awww :’-) do you think they made a sprite for each shape of unown?
alright, i think i got all the trainers on that route, so our next stop is...
surprisingly, we find a lapras there! ......with giant tits! unsurprisingly, she is kneeling.
[KNEEL COUNT: 32]
that's all for today. happy 11th hour-versary
are you fucking serious
gcio: should i take this kid up on his weirdly generous offer bru: feraligatr is ugly and has a stupid name tricky: i love feraligatr and my first one was named crikey and that dates it tricky: it aws when steve irwin was alive adn well bru: when i was a kid i liked feraligatr becuase croconaw evolved into it earlier than the other second stage starters evolved bru: so that was good for someone like me who was too lazy to train gcio: totodile evolves into croconaw later than the other starters though bru: yeah but who gives a fuck about second stage starters. they’re garbage gcio: also consider: this is moemon bru: moemon starters are always giant tits + kneeling bru: remember moemon venusaur gcio: i would rather not remember moemon venusaur gcio: i’ll get a save state and reset if moe feraligatr is shitty bru: that’s a good plan bru: also isnt moemon duskull also ugly
bru: OH SHIT ITS DORIA bru: oh shit she’s kinda useless cause you cant evolve her before getting the national dex gcio: idk, boomy evolved into quilava just fine
gcio: oh. uhh. could be worse bru: ugly bru: “ANGRY” bru: FUCK bru: WHAT KIND OF NAME IST HAT gcio: maybe robin is 8 years old gcio: also the graphics for the trade animation were all glitched
bru: nice
bru: are those eyes gcio: if they are it kind of looks like mimikyu
that's bullshit ive caught nearly sixty-- kanto dex, right
no
alright let's do this shit. im totally gonna do the truck thing again this time btw
same
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE
for some mysterious reason this guy isn't too happy about random strangers breaking into his cabin
HA, HA, HA, LAUGHTER
oh. um. huh. that's... different.
congratulations! your TONG evolved into...
...KNEELING
[KNEEL COUNT: 33]
i.... hm. kneeling aside i guess it's not bad. it’ll take some getting used to
GUMPS Plays Moemon FireRed, Part Whatever: Mozelle Gets Murdered
this is adorable and I want one
this fucking thing just successfully used protect three times in a row and i long for death
I just killed a delibird and it gave out 666 exp. didn't we name one of those "satan" in another lp?
[END OF SEASON ONE]
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Day 4
Morning diary! Wow, I’m pretty tuckered out today! It’s a bit later than when I normally start writing, but I’ve had such a busy morning you wouldn’t believe! Mr Trainer Man seems obsessed with #FATBAT and I don’t want Mr Trainer Man to undergo the same level of pain as… Well, I don’t want Mr Trainer Man to undergo any pain! Anyway, we’re off to find Mr Trainer Man to tell him the weird red haired guy with the angry face went into the burned down building!
Actually, this may have all been a huge mistake… Mr Trainer Man has gone straight to the burned down building! Mr Trainer Man, wait, it may not be safe! Oh no, he’s starting a fight…
#FATBAT is faster than the rest of us, so she takes on the Murkrow that Chat sends out. I waddle up behind and pull on Mr Trainer Man’s shirt, pointing at Chat. They have 5 pokes. So do we. We all match up. #FATBAT is already fighting the Murkrow, so we leave her to it. Sandy faces up to the Elekid, being immune to electric type moves. McQueen flies over to the Haunter as he isn’t scared of ghosts. Aang runs over to the Croconaw with his fists crackling with electricity. Leaving me with the Kadabra. Wait, why am I in against a Kadabra? Oh whatever, guess I’ll just go with it. Wendy rock gives me strength as I summon rocks from the floor below, but then Kadabra disables that move, using his psychic powers to stop me from summoning more rocks! How rude is that?! I spit in his face which causes him to run crying back to Chat. I turn around and see everyone else has managed to take down their opponents, all unscathed. Chat runs out, trying to hide the weeping Kadabra, embarrassed. Mr Trainer Man thinks about going downstairs to wake up the sleeping beasts, but a Ledian flies up to us and tells us that they are supposed to stay sleeping. #FATBAT swats him away in her excitement, and he hits the wall with a resounding crunch.
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Whew, I’ve not ran like that in ages! Did anybody see if that noise woke up the beasts? No one? Oh well. Maybe that crunch was just louder in my ear…
We ran about a bit to lose any potential pursuers before we end up in the gym. I had wanted to pass by the dance studio, but Mr Trainer Man gets tunnel vision sometimes! Oh well.
McQueen is still bubbling after his fight with Chat’s Haunter, and wants to carry on ghostbusting. I’m more than happy to trust him; McQueen has been a good friend ever since Losegull went off for his competition… I hope he hasn’t forgotten about me… Oh, sorry, got lost in thoughts for a moment there. As I was saying, McQueen has been a good friend, and a strong companion, and I’m still very tired from all that running.
McQueen made short work of those trainers, and now we have the gym leader, a guy called Morty. His grey hair makes him look super old, is he part ghost? Mr Trainer Man seems a little tense; is this going to be another tough fight?
McQueen heads out against the Duskull. He pulls back a bit to get some extra power behind the wing attack, and Morty swaps his Duskull for a Misdreavus to take the hit! Morty tried to heal the Misdreavus up, but with a well placed wing attack the Misdreavus goes down.
Aand and I start up a chant, which Sandy stomps along to. #FATBAT flaps about a bit trying to get the timing down, all of us feeling on an adrenaline rush still from the running earlier. Morty sends out a Gengar. McQueen pulls back his wing, slaps the Gengar around the face-
A crackle of lightning.
A thunderbolt from the sky.
McQueen drops to the floor, the faint smell of cooked bird in the air. #FATBAT screeches forward and clamps her mouth over the Gengar’s arm, forcing it to retreat.
#FATBAT’s rage continues, gnawing away at Morty’s Shuppet and Haunter. I hold the Wendy rock tightly, and feel it get warm in my hand, almost as if McQueens spirit is moving to inhabit it. I look up to see Aang move in for the kill as he notices the Haunter has put #FATBAT to sleep. As the Haunter goes down I feel the Wendy rock cool. Aang is struggling against Morty’s Sableye, so I move forward. The Sableye is damaged, so a water pulse is all it takes. Morty sends in his final Pokemon, a Duskull, who is clearly no match for me. His Shadow Ball bounces off me and I unleash a barrage of water pulses to take him down.
Badge get for Mr Trainer Man.
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It does hurt. I won’t pretend it doesn’t. But that warmth… It can’t be a coincidence… Was it just the fact that we were in a place full of ghosts, or does this rock have the ability to harbour spirits? I never doubted that Wendy is in here… but could McQueen be as well?
Another grey haired man awaits us as we pass through the building to go to the next town. Oh, the next one’s a city? Cool! I don’t have the energy to be angry at the resemblance to the gym leader. He hands Mr Trainer Man… an iron plate? Really? What good is that supposed to do us? Ugh whatever.
Yo, Mr Dinosaur, why do you have a flower on your back? No, no I don’t think it looks silly, I think it looks pretty cool. You do you. You want to wear flowers, that’s cool. I just don’t understand why you’re called Tomato? What do you mean ‘why are you called Brick’ that’s just rude! No, no, okay, point taken. Actually, a good friend of mine had a flower on his head. Yeah, his name was Brian. You should know, Tomato, Pokemon travelling with Mr Trainer Man… Well, I’ve seen a lot of my friends get hurt. Beyond repair, you know? But, you seem like a hardy guy, and… Well, Brian was always a good influence. Fancy tagging along? You do? That’s fantastic! Come on, let’s get you trained up…
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Be a mon, you must be swift as a coursing Floatzel… with all the force of a great Thundurus… with all the strength of a raging Feraligatr… mysterious as the origin of Mew! Yeah, I bring all the cool tunes to training! Ah, Tomato’s fitting in really well! We had a quick match of tug-of-war; me and Tomato vs Aang and Sandy. #FATBAT was our independent judge, and although neither behemoth managed to pull the other one along, we did get Sandy to buckle a bit at the knees, so we were considered the victors, yay!
Oh… hi sir… safari zone? Sounds barbaric; you mean you’ve literally just captured a load of Pokemon and put them in an enclosure? What a freak…
#FATBAT comes flying over as I’m berating Old Man Baboa to say there’s a guy taking photos over by the moomoo farm! We all look at Mr Trainer Man with the wide eyed wonder of a child and he lets us have our group picture taken. Woo! See, sometimes things work out well!
Olivine city is nearby. I can smell the sea air and immediately feel at home. I run on ahead and crash into Chat as he comes out of the gym. Apparently there’s a sick Pokemon at the top of the lighthouse? And they give off light? Like Wendy? Mr Trainer Man, we have to go and see if we can help!
FLAG SET
Wait, what was that? Oh… a little rock dinosaur, where did you come from? What’s going on? You’re called Plankton and you’re on the team? Some strange things are happening here… Why did that lady say FLAG SET? And where did she go? What’s going on? Maybe I’m just overtired…
~ I’ve had a quick nap, and that helped a little. I couldn’t fall asleep, partially from wondering what flag had been set, or where or why, and I couldn’t get the thought of the sick Pokemon out of my head. Mr Trainer Man seems really excited to see a yellow haired guy, so I tell him to catch us up. We rush up the lighthouse as fast as Sandy and Tomato will go, with #FATBAT rushing ahead and beating up as many trainers as she can to allow us to make as much progress as possible.
Wait… we have to jump down? But the sick Pokemon is at the top of the lighthouse? Maybe we just missed the stairs? And… and… how do we know that jumping down won’t just get us stranded and stuck? Or break our legs? Oh, Mr Trainer Man, you caught up with us… We’re a little confused… wait, what are you doing?! Oh why does everyone want to jump down? Oh dear, oh dear… No. I have to be strong. For Wendy, for McQueen, and for the Pokemon at the top of the lighthouse that can still be saved. Aaaaaaaaaaah!
Wait… I’m okay? I’m okay! We made it, we all made it! Quick, up the last few floors… Oh… um… you really aren’t you Amphy… A secretpotion? Across the ocean? I mean… I can swim, but how will everyone else get there? Mr Trainer Man, do you have Surf? Where can we get Surf?
We climb into the lift and think about where we could learn Surf; I can’t carry people if we don’t have the HM. At the bottom floor of the lighthouse, we overhear on the radio that there is a member of Team Rocket in the dance theatre in Ecruteak! I had forgotten I had even wanted to go there earlier today! We all run over there; I may not have a fondness for the kimono ladies, but no-one should suffer at the hands of the rocket men! #FATBAT and Sandy team up on the member of Team Rocket, while Aang comforts the Kimono lady. Tomato had to wait outside as he couldn’t fit in the building with Sandy (he offered to stay behind as Sandy would be stronger against Team Rocket’s poison types). I make sure all the onlookers are okay and unaffected, and a kind elderly gentlemen thanks us all profusely, giving us the Surf HM! What perfect timing! I retreat back into my pokeball, exhausted, as Mr Trainer Man treks back once more to Olivine City. We have agreed to wait a night so we can be well rested for our sea adventures; although we are all very worried about Amphy it would do no good if we didn’t make it back due to being too tired!
The sea air wafts into my pokeball as I drift off to sleep. Goodnight diary. See you tomorrow. Today has been a very long day.
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Day 4
Morning diary! Wow, I’m pretty tuckered out today! It’s a bit later than when I normally start writing, but I’ve had such a busy morning you wouldn’t believe! Mr Trainer Man seems obsessed with #FATBAT and I don’t want Mr Trainer Man to undergo the same level of pain as… Well, I don’t want Mr Trainer Man to undergo any pain! Anyway, we’re off to find Mr Trainer Man to tell him the weird red haired guy with the angry face went into the burned down building!
Actually, this may have all been a huge mistake… Mr Trainer Man has gone straight to the burned down building! Mr Trainer Man, wait, it may not be safe! Oh no, he’s starting a fight…
#FATBAT is faster than the rest of us, so she takes on the Murkrow that Chat sends out. I waddle up behind and pull on Mr Trainer Man’s shirt, pointing at Chat. They have 5 pokes. So do we. We all match up. #FATBAT is already fighting the Murkrow, so we leave her to it. Sandy faces up to the Elekid, being immune to electric type moves. McQueen flies over to the Haunter as he isn’t scared of ghosts. Aang runs over to the Croconaw with his fists crackling with electricity. Leaving me with the Kadabra. Wait, why am I in against a Kadabra? Oh whatever, guess I’ll just go with it. Wendy rock gives me strength as I summon rocks from the floor below, but then Kadabra disables that move, using his psychic powers to stop me from summoning more rocks! How rude is that?! I spit in his face which causes him to run crying back to Chat. I turn around and see everyone else has managed to take down their opponents, all unscathed. Chat runs out, trying to hide the weeping Kadabra, embarrassed. Mr Trainer Man thinks about going downstairs to wake up the sleeping beasts, but a Ledian flies up to us and tells us that they are supposed to stay sleeping. #FATBAT swats him away in her excitement, and he hits the wall with a resounding crunch.
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Whew, I’ve not ran like that in ages! Did anybody see if that noise woke up the beasts? No one? Oh well. Maybe that crunch was just louder in my ear…
We ran about a bit to lose any potential pursuers before we end up in the gym. I had wanted to pass by the dance studio, but Mr Trainer Man gets tunnel vision sometimes! Oh well.
McQueen is still bubbling after his fight with Chat’s Haunter, and wants to carry on ghostbusting. I’m more than happy to trust him; McQueen has been a good friend ever since Losegull went off for his competition… I hope he hasn’t forgotten about me… Oh, sorry, got lost in thoughts for a moment there. As I was saying, McQueen has been a good friend, and a strong companion, and I’m still very tired from all that running.
McQueen made short work of those trainers, and now we have the gym leader, a guy called Morty. His grey hair makes him look super old, is he part ghost? Mr Trainer Man seems a little tense; is this going to be another tough fight?
McQueen heads out against the Duskull. He pulls back a bit to get some extra power behind the wing attack, and Morty swaps his Duskull for a Misdreavus to take the hit! Morty tried to heal the Misdreavus up, but with a well placed wing attack the Misdreavus goes down.
Aand and I start up a chant, which Sandy stomps along to. #FATBAT flaps about a bit trying to get the timing down, all of us feeling on an adrenaline rush still from the running earlier. Morty sends out a Gengar. McQueen pulls back his wing, slaps the Gengar around the face-
A crackle of lightning.
A thunderbolt from the sky.
McQueen drops to the floor, the faint smell of cooked bird in the air. #FATBAT screeches forward and clamps her mouth over the Gengar’s arm, forcing it to retreat.
#FATBAT’s rage continues, gnawing away at Morty’s Shuppet and Haunter. I hold the Wendy rock tightly, and feel it get warm in my hand, almost as if McQueens spirit is moving to inhabit it. I look up to see Aang move in for the kill as he notices the Haunter has put #FATBAT to sleep. As the Haunter goes down I feel the Wendy rock cool. Aang is struggling against Morty’s Sableye, so I move forward. The Sableye is damaged, so a water pulse is all it takes. Morty sends in his final Pokemon, a Duskull, who is clearly no match for me. His Shadow Ball bounces off me and I unleash a barrage of water pulses to take him down.
Badge get for Mr Trainer Man.
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It does hurt. I won’t pretend it doesn’t. But that warmth… It can’t be a coincidence… Was it just the fact that we were in a place full of ghosts, or does this rock have the ability to harbour spirits? I never doubted that Wendy is in here… but could McQueen be as well?
Another grey haired man awaits us as we pass through the building to go to the next town. Oh, the next one’s a city? Cool! I don’t have the energy to be angry at the resemblance to the gym leader. He hands Mr Trainer Man… an iron plate? Really? What good is that supposed to do us? Ugh whatever.
Yo, Mr Dinosaur, why do you have a flower on your back? No, no I don’t think it looks silly, I think it looks pretty cool. You do you. You want to wear flowers, that’s cool. I just don’t understand why you’re called Tomato? What do you mean ‘why are you called Brick’ that’s just rude! No, no, okay, point taken. Actually, a good friend of mine had a flower on his head. Yeah, his name was Brian. You should know, Tomato, Pokemon travelling with Mr Trainer Man… Well, I’ve seen a lot of my friends get hurt. Beyond repair, you know? But, you seem like a hardy guy, and… Well, Brian was always a good influence. Fancy tagging along? You do? That’s fantastic! Come on, let’s get you trained up…
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Be a mon, you must be swift as a coursing Floatzel… with all the force of a great Thundurus… with all the strength of a raging Feraligatr… mysterious as the origin of Mew! Yeah, I bring all the cool tunes to training! Ah, Tomato’s fitting in really well! We had a quick match of tug-of-war; me and Tomato vs Aang and Sandy. #FATBAT was our independent judge, and although neither behemoth managed to pull the other one along, we did get Sandy to buckle a bit at the knees, so we were considered the victors, yay!
Oh… hi sir… safari zone? Sounds barbaric; you mean you’ve literally just captured a load of Pokemon and put them in an enclosure? What a freak…
#FATBAT comes flying over as I’m berating Old Man Baboa to say there’s a guy taking photos over by the moomoo farm! We all look at Mr Trainer Man with the wide eyed wonder of a child and he lets us have our group picture taken. Woo! See, sometimes things work out well!
Olivine city is nearby. I can smell the sea air and immediately feel at home. I run on ahead and crash into Chat as he comes out of the gym. Apparently there’s a sick Pokemon at the top of the lighthouse? And they give off light? Like Wendy? Mr Trainer Man, we have to go and see if we can help!
FLAG SET
Wait, what was that? Oh… a little rock dinosaur, where did you come from? What’s going on? You’re called Plankton and you’re on the team? Some strange things are happening here… Why did that lady say FLAG SET? And where did she go? What’s going on? Maybe I’m just overtired…
~ I’ve had a quick nap, and that helped a little. I couldn’t fall asleep, partially from wondering what flag had been set, or where or why, and I couldn’t get the thought of the sick Pokemon out of my head. Mr Trainer Man seems really excited to see a yellow haired guy, so I tell him to catch us up. We rush up the lighthouse as fast as Sandy and Tomato will go, with #FATBAT rushing ahead and beating up as many trainers as she can to allow us to make as much progress as possible.
Wait… we have to jump down? But the sick Pokemon is at the top of the lighthouse? Maybe we just missed the stairs? And… and… how do we know that jumping down won’t just get us stranded and stuck? Or break our legs? Oh, Mr Trainer Man, you caught up with us… We’re a little confused… wait, what are you doing?! Oh why does everyone want to jump down? Oh dear, oh dear… No. I have to be strong. For Wendy, for McQueen, and for the Pokemon at the top of the lighthouse that can still be saved. Aaaaaaaaaaah!
Wait… I’m okay? I’m okay! We made it, we all made it! Quick, up the last few floors… Oh… um… you really aren’t you Amphy… A secretpotion? Across the ocean? I mean… I can swim, but how will everyone else get there? Mr Trainer Man, do you have Surf? Where can we get Surf?
We climb into the lift and think about where we could learn Surf; I can’t carry people if we don’t have the HM. At the bottom floor of the lighthouse, we overhear on the radio that there is a member of Team Rocket in the dance theatre in Ecruteak! I had forgotten I had even wanted to go there earlier today! We all run over there; I may not have a fondness for the kimono ladies, but no-one should suffer at the hands of the rocket men! #FATBAT and Sandy team up on the member of Team Rocket, while Aang comforts the Kimono lady. Tomato had to wait outside as he couldn’t fit in the building with Sandy (he offered to stay behind as Sandy would be stronger against Team Rocket’s poison types). I make sure all the onlookers are okay and unaffected, and a kind elderly gentlemen thanks us all profusely, giving us the Surf HM! What perfect timing! I retreat back into my pokeball, exhausted, as Mr Trainer Man treks back once more to Olivine City. We have agreed to wait a night so we can be well rested for our sea adventures; although we are all very worried about Amphy it would do no good if we didn’t make it back due to being too tired!
The sea air wafts into my pokeball as I drift off to sleep. Goodnight diary. See you tomorrow. Today has been a very long day.
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Day 2
Good morning diary! Bonesaw is still giving me a bit of an evil look, so I haven’t tried to return his diary yet, but until he cheers up I’m going to keep on recording our adventures for him, yay! Mr Trainer Man is putting Noodles away as we’re setting off now. I’ll miss his fluffy tail, but apparently we can only travel around in a group of six. We have to keep the egg with us so that Jade can cheer up in the box for a little bit, I can’t wait to find out what it hatches into! So, Bonesaw, Wendy, McQueen and Brian are all coming with us! I want to be better friends with Brian because our names are sooooo similar, but he’s always dozing off so I haven’t had much of a chance to chat yet! There are so many trainers on the way to the next town, we’re all going to get so strong! I had a bit of a chance to fight alongside Brian, we make such a great team! Oh… what’s that Mr Trainer Man? Another cave? That reminds me of Losegull, I wonder how he’s getting on… why are you looking at me like that McQueen, wha- holy Mareanie what is that thing?! Its like you’re a rock that’s also a plant… you’re so… uh, yeah, Beautiful, haaaai how’s it going, please enjoy the box! Wow, he was…. Wow…
Mr Trainer Man, are we almost out of the cave? Its so dark and scary and McQueen is allergic to the walls of the cave, I mean, we only rescued him from one yesterday! Oh! Oh! The light at the end of the tunnel! Come on McQueen, adventures await and you won’t be allergic to the walls outside!
Wendy lit the way for us with her little face-bulbs to make sure McQueen didn’t knock his wings on any of the walls; if only Wendy had been with us for that other cave! Then maybe I could’ve waved Losegull goodbye… Wow, is that water? Falling from the sky? I love water Mr Trainer Man! I like to dance, and sing, and- oh, moving on? Okay, that’s fun to I guess, gotta get you that badge so we can carry on our adventure right?! Hello Man in Black, why are you being so mean to Old Guy? Mr Trainer Man, the people here don’t seem very nice! Let’s just go to the gym and get out of here!
Oh no, there’s another Man in Black outside the gym? What do we do?! Let’s go and ask some locals what they know; you ask the people, I’ll ask the Pokemon! Hello, excuse me… oh, okay… Um, excuse me Miss Kitty Cat, do you know anything about the Men in Black? Oh, Team Rocket, that’s what the R stands for? Okay… well, do you know anyone who might know something about rockets? You’ll help me search? Oh thank you, thank you!! Um, sir, you’re going as fast as a rocket, do you know anything about them? You are very fast for a sloth aren’t you! Wait, no, put me down Mr Sloth I don’t like this! I- Oh, you were taking me to your friend? Thanks Mr ADHD! I- Oh no, not another rock fossil thing- HI AUDREY! Yeah, Team Rocket, they’re blocking the gym… Oh, they’re all down the well? Why are they down there? Slowpoke tails? I’ve not seen any Slowpoke around here! Hey, Mr Trainer Man, these guys and I have a theory- no they don’t want to go in the box- oh, okay, um, sorry guys… Well- oh, the egg hatched?! And… you put the newborn into a box? … Mr Trainer Man, you sure are weird… Anyway, yeah, we need to go down the well, the guys- … Oh… Old Guy Kurt already told you? Well, sorry for being so slow on my little legs, geez, I’m only trying to help.
Well, down the well we go! McQueen, are you allergic to the walls of the well as well or is this an okay sort of rock? Wendy, are you okay to light the way again? Oh you do look after us Wendy, thank you so much!
WOAH, um um um, excuse me sir, you look like one extra special amazing totally cool fluffy tail aaaaah it reminds me of Noodles’ tail, I slept on it once, it was so amazing! Can I cuddle up in your fur, it’s a little damp down here, and WOAH, did you just take a swipe at me? That’s not very polite! Wendy, no, don’t get in the way- … Wendy? Wendy can you hear me? Wendy what did he do to you? No Mr Trainer Man, don’t catch it, it’s a feral beast! Look what it did to Wendy! Come on Wendy, let’s get you back to the Pokemon centre, your light is flickering, I think Nurse Joy should take a look at that… Wendy? Wendy? You’re just sleeping right?
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No Mr Trainer, I refuse to work alongside this monster. Did you not see what –it- did to Wendy? Wendy, our shining light in the dark? Wait, you’re bringing Biscuits along to?! Biscuits is too frail to come with us, especially with a –monster- like that travelling with us! Sorry Biscuits, don’t look at me like that, you just keep nibbling your crumbs… can I call you Niblung? No, wait, Biscuits, come back! Don’t be a hero! Mr Rocket Man, you get away from him this instance! Biscuits, no, my legs are too-
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Too short…
You monster! Pursuit? You’d use pursuit on a retreating mole? How dare you! Take that! And that! All of you! All of you Mr Rocket Men! How could you do that to Biscuits? First Wendy, then Biscuits… You think this is not my day? It is not your day! When will you get away with the butchering of Slowpoke for their tails? Not. Today!
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Thank you Bonesaw… A drink of water would be lovely… Yes, I see now what I did to your friend Max… I see why you are so angry at me… But I vow, from this day, no more of my friends will perish. I will protect you all… What? Mr Trainer Man is fighting Mr Rocket Man? And he’s using Aang? Who’s Aang? That monster! Right, get out of here Aang, we don’t need you, I’ll take on this Koffing, just you see! Oh… wait… a Cacnea? McQueen! Power of friendship switch out! Now look here Aang, I don’t know if what you did to Wendy was an accident or what, but it will not be allowed to stand okay? Wendy was my best friend and- wait, Audrey, what are you doing here? You’re going to beat up the Zubat? Okay, you show- was that a giga drain?
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Wendy.
Biscuits.
Audrey.
I may not have known Biscuits as well as I would’ve liked, I may have been a bit off with Audrey at first… but their deaths affect me just as much as Wendy… Wendy, my good friend…
Mr Trainer Man managed to take down the Proton Rocket (human names sure are weird; I think there was an Executive in there as well…) and Bonesaw helped me get out of there, a strong shoulder that Bonesaw… Well, I think it was a shoulder… He had a look through the diary and apologised for being angry with me at first, and I said I understand… at least, I think I remembered to speak aloud… He said I could keep his diary for now, he thinks it would do me some good to get out my feelings… But I don’t know if I can right now, I just want to get stuck in…
So here we are at our second gym. Aang took down most of the trainers with ease… I may not think of him as a friend, but if Bonesaw can forgive me, I will try to forgive him. He’s a strong fighter, like me, maybe we can work together to protect our friends.
So, I let him go out first in this fight. He’s up against a Butterfree, and channels his inner fire to his fist. Wait, u-turn? That’s an odd one… Oh no, Bugsy brought out a Heracross! Guys, Aang can’t stay out with that, he could know brick break! Brian, you’re sure you want to do this? Okay, you go dude, we believe in you! Wait, aerial ace? … Brian…
I scamper over to Brian’s body, his leafs now limp. McQueen screams as he slaps Heracross across the face with his wing, knocking him down for the count. Aang leaps in as McQueen helps me move Brian’s body. His fists are still firey with fury, and he socks Yanma right in the jaw. Yanma u-turns into Pinsir. Bonesaw calls to Aang. Aang walks over, and Bonesaw leaps infront of him. Pinsir clasps Bonesaw in his pincers, squashing him ‘you need… healing…’ he says to Aang, his eyes fixed on me. As the light leaves his eyes, I know what he means. I need to get stronger, for my friends…
But did he need to sacrifice himself to tell me that?
McQueen takes on the Pinsir, and the re-emerging Yanma. He destroys the Beedrill and the Butterfree while I look at Bonesaw’s empty eye. With a scream, I jump into battle, and look up to see a huge Scyther infront of me. My scream doesn’t end as I summon rocks all the way from Slowpoke Well. I feel Wendy’s spirit as Scyther’s body is buried in rocks. No one messes with my friends. No one.
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The victory is dampened by the loss of our friends. McQueen, Aang and myself follow Mr Trainer Man morosely.
‘Hey Liam!’
Mr Trainer Man turns. The same red headed idiot that was at the top of Bellsprout Tower approaches us. Did I even tell you about him diary? He has a mean looking face and a mop of red hair. He has a weird name to, ‘Chat’.
He challenges Mr Trainer Man to a battle. None of us are really feeling it, but we can’t back down. But we are all strong.
McQueen moves forward, saying how we may as well get it over with. Chat sends out a Murkrow, and McQueen just laughs. I blink and suddenly McQueen is behind the Murkrow, wing raised. A teetering second later and the Murkrow drops to the floor. Aang laughs, his fists crackling with electricity. Chat sends out his Croconaw, and Aang just punches repeatedly. Electricity burns appear all over the Croconaw’s body before he collapses. He put a scary face on it, but Aang hardly slowed. He backs off to nurse his knucles, and McQueen moves forward. Chat sends out his Kadabra, but before he can even properly materialise from the ball, McQueen has moved in for the kill.
My turn. I see the outline of a Gastly as the red mists of rage decend on me. I hear Wendy’s spirit calling to me again and I scream. I am the oldest member of the team. No-one else will die. My screams cease, and I see thin streams of purple lifting out of a pile of rocks I had summoned, that slowly coalesce into a Gastly before it collapses.
Yeah Chat, you better run.
I look down at a strange ‘chic-chic’ noise. A bug husk is on the floor. I nudge it with a toe and realise its not a husk at all, but a Shedinja. I think it’s Wendy in there, but Mr Trainer Man insists on calling it Lilith. Mr Trainer Man insists on us helping the local charcoal maker find his Farfetch’d. I drag the husk along, trying to find any glimpse that its Wendy in there. As we find the second Farfetch’d, I see a small glint in ‘Lilith’s’ eye. I smile. A little light, just like little Wendy.
Mr Trainer Man says we’ll go to the next town tomorrow. All grudges with Aang are gone as I curl up in his tail, holding Lilith close and refusing to let go. McQueen looks over at us, a small smile in his eyes. He may pretend not to, but he does care deep down.
Goodnight diary. We must always reflect on the loss of those close to us, but we must move on for their sake. And so I will. I will keep fighting, and I will protect everyone. I will be strong. I will be the strongest ever.
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Chapter 2
Good morning diary! Bonesaw is still giving me a bit of an evil look, so I haven’t tried to return his diary yet, but until he cheers up I’m going to keep on recording our adventures for him, yay! Mr Trainer Man is putting Noodles away as we’re setting off now. I’ll miss his fluffy tail, but apparently we can only travel around in a group of six. We have to keep the egg with us so that Jade can cheer up in the box for a little bit, I can’t wait to find out what it hatches into! So, Bonesaw, Wendy, McQueen and Brian are all coming with us! I want to be better friends with Brian because our names are sooooo similar, but he’s always dozing off so I haven’t had much of a chance to chat yet! There are so many trainers on the way to the next town, we’re all going to get so strong! I had a bit of a chance to fight alongside Brian, we make such a great team! Oh… what’s that Mr Trainer Man? Another cave? That reminds me of Losegull, I wonder how he’s getting on… why are you looking at me like that McQueen, wha- holy Mareanie what is that thing?! Its like you’re a rock that’s also a plant… you’re so… uh, yeah, Beautiful, haaaai how’s it going, please enjoy the box! Wow, he was…. Wow…
Mr Trainer Man, are we almost out of the cave? Its so dark and scary and McQueen is allergic to the walls of the cave, I mean, we only rescued him from one yesterday! Oh! Oh! The light at the end of the tunnel! Come on McQueen, adventures await and you won’t be allergic to the walls outside!
Wendy lit the way for us with her little face-bulbs to make sure McQueen didn’t knock his wings on any of the walls; if only Wendy had been with us for that other cave! Then maybe I could’ve waved Losegull goodbye… Wow, is that water? Falling from the sky? I love water Mr Trainer Man! I like to dance, and sing, and- oh, moving on? Okay, that’s fun to I guess, gotta get you that badge so we can carry on our adventure right?! Hello Man in Black, why are you being so mean to Old Guy? Mr Trainer Man, the people here don’t seem very nice! Let’s just go to the gym and get out of here!
Oh no, there’s another Man in Black outside the gym? What do we do?! Let’s go and ask some locals what they know; you ask the people, I’ll ask the Pokemon! Hello, excuse me… oh, okay… Um, excuse me Miss Kitty Cat, do you know anything about the Men in Black? Oh, Team Rocket, that’s what the R stands for? Okay… well, do you know anyone who might know something about rockets? You’ll help me search? Oh thank you, thank you!! Um, sir, you’re going as fast as a rocket, do you know anything about them? You are very fast for a sloth aren’t you! Wait, no, put me down Mr Sloth I don’t like this! I- Oh, you were taking me to your friend? Thanks Mr ADHD! I- Oh no, not another rock fossil thing- HI AUDREY! Yeah, Team Rocket, they’re blocking the gym… Oh, they’re all down the well? Why are they down there? Slowpoke tails? I’ve not seen any Slowpoke around here! Hey, Mr Trainer Man, these guys and I have a theory- no they don’t want to go in the box- oh, okay, um, sorry guys… Well- oh, the egg hatched?! And… you put the newborn into a box? … Mr Trainer Man, you sure are weird… Anyway, yeah, we need to go down the well, the guys- … Oh… Old Guy Kurt already told you? Well, sorry for being so slow on my little legs, geez, I’m only trying to help.
Well, down the well we go! McQueen, are you allergic to the walls of the well as well or is this an okay sort of rock? Wendy, are you okay to light the way again? Oh you do look after us Wendy, thank you so much!
WOAH, um um um, excuse me sir, you look like one extra special amazing totally cool fluffy tail aaaaah it reminds me of Noodles’ tail, I slept on it once, it was so amazing! Can I cuddle up in your fur, it’s a little damp down here, and WOAH, did you just take a swipe at me? That’s not very polite! Wendy, no, don’t get in the way- … Wendy? Wendy can you hear me? Wendy what did he do to you? No Mr Trainer Man, don’t catch it, it’s a feral beast! Look what it did to Wendy! Come on Wendy, let’s get you back to the Pokemon centre, your light is flickering, I think Nurse Joy should take a look at that… Wendy? Wendy? You’re just sleeping right?
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No Mr Trainer, I refuse to work alongside this monster. Did you not see what –it- did to Wendy? Wendy, our shining light in the dark? Wait, you’re bringing Biscuits along to?! Biscuits is too frail to come with us, especially with a –monster- like that travelling with us! Sorry Biscuits, don’t look at me like that, you just keep nibbling your crumbs… can I call you Niblung? No, wait, Biscuits, come back! Don’t be a hero! Mr Rocket Man, you get away from him this instance! Biscuits, no, my legs are too-
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Too short…
You monster! Pursuit? You’d use pursuit on a retreating mole? How dare you! Take that! And that! All of you! All of you Mr Rocket Men! How could you do that to Biscuits? First Wendy, then Biscuits… You think this is not my day? It is not your day! When will you get away with the butchering of Slowpoke for their tails? Not. Today!
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Thank you Bonesaw… A drink of water would be lovely… Yes, I see now what I did to your friend Max… I see why you are so angry at me… But I vow, from this day, no more of my friends will perish. I will protect you all… What? Mr Trainer Man is fighting Mr Rocket Man? And he’s using Aang? Who’s Aang? That monster! Right, get out of here Aang, we don’t need you, I’ll take on this Koffing, just you see! Oh… wait… a Cacnea? McQueen! Power of friendship switch out! Now look here Aang, I don’t know if what you did to Wendy was an accident or what, but it will not be allowed to stand okay? Wendy was my best friend and- wait, Audrey, what are you doing here? You’re going to beat up the Zubat? Okay, you show- was that a giga drain?
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Wendy.
Biscuits.
Audrey.
I may not have known Biscuits as well as I would’ve liked, I may have been a bit off with Audrey at first… but their deaths affect me just as much as Wendy… Wendy, my good friend…
Mr Trainer Man managed to take down the Proton Rocket (human names sure are weird; I think there was an Executive in there as well…) and Bonesaw helped me get out of there, a strong shoulder that Bonesaw… Well, I think it was a shoulder… He had a look through the diary and apologised for being angry with me at first, and I said I understand… at least, I think I remembered to speak aloud… He said I could keep his diary for now, he thinks it would do me some good to get out my feelings… But I don’t know if I can right now, I just want to get stuck in…
So here we are at our second gym. Aang took down most of the trainers with ease… I may not think of him as a friend, but if Bonesaw can forgive me, I will try to forgive him. He’s a strong fighter, like me, maybe we can work together to protect our friends.
So, I let him go out first in this fight. He’s up against a Butterfree, and channels his inner fire to his fist. Wait, u-turn? That’s an odd one… Oh no, Bugsy brought out a Heracross! Guys, Aang can’t stay out with that, he could know brick break! Brian, you’re sure you want to do this? Okay, you go dude, we believe in you! Wait, aerial ace? … Brian…
I scamper over to Brian’s body, his leafs now limp. McQueen screams as he slaps Heracross across the face with his wing, knocking him down for the count. Aang leaps in as McQueen helps me move Brian’s body. His fists are still firey with fury, and he socks Yanma right in the jaw. Yanma u-turns into Pinsir. Bonesaw calls to Aang. Aang walks over, and Bonesaw leaps infront of him. Pinsir clasps Bonesaw in his pincers, squashing him ‘you need… healing…’ he says to Aang, his eyes fixed on me. As the light leaves his eyes, I know what he means. I need to get stronger, for my friends…
But did he need to sacrifice himself to tell me that?
McQueen takes on the Pinsir, and the re-emerging Yanma. He destroys the Beedrill and the Butterfree while I look at Bonesaw’s empty eye. With a scream, I jump into battle, and look up to see a huge Scyther infront of me. My scream doesn’t end as I summon rocks all the way from Slowpoke Well. I feel Wendy’s spirit as Scyther’s body is buried in rocks. No one messes with my friends. No one.
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The victory is dampened by the loss of our friends. McQueen, Aang and myself follow Mr Trainer Man morosely.
‘Hey Liam!’
Mr Trainer Man turns. The same red headed idiot that was at the top of Bellsprout Tower approaches us. Did I even tell you about him diary? He has a mean looking face and a mop of red hair. He has a weird name to, ‘Chat’.
He challenges Mr Trainer Man to a battle. None of us are really feeling it, but we can’t back down. But we are all strong.
McQueen moves forward, saying how we may as well get it over with. Chat sends out a Murkrow, and McQueen just laughs. I blink and suddenly McQueen is behind the Murkrow, wing raised. A teetering second later and the Murkrow drops to the floor. Aang laughs, his fists crackling with electricity. Chat sends out his Croconaw, and Aang just punches repeatedly. Electricity burns appear all over the Croconaw’s body before he collapses. He put a scary face on it, but Aang hardly slowed. He backs off to nurse his knucles, and McQueen moves forward. Chat sends out his Kadabra, but before he can even properly materialise from the ball, McQueen has moved in for the kill.
My turn. I see the outline of a Gastly as the red mists of rage decend on me. I hear Wendy’s spirit calling to me again and I scream. I am the oldest member of the team. No-one else will die. My screams cease, and I see thin streams of purple lifting out of a pile of rocks I had summoned, that slowly coalesce into a Gastly before it collapses.
Yeah Chat, you better run.
I look down at a strange ‘chic-chic’ noise. A bug husk is on the floor. I nudge it with a toe and realise its not a husk at all, but a Shedinja. I think it’s Wendy in there, but Mr Trainer Man insists on calling it Lilith. Mr Trainer Man insists on us helping the local charcoal maker find his Farfetch’d. I drag the husk along, trying to find any glimpse that its Wendy in there. As we find the second Farfetch’d, I see a small glint in ‘Lilith’s’ eye. I smile. A little light, just like little Wendy.
Mr Trainer Man says we’ll go to the next town tomorrow. All grudges with Aang are gone as I curl up in his tail, holding Lilith close and refusing to let go. McQueen looks over at us, a small smile in his eyes. He may pretend not to, but he does care deep down.
Goodnight diary. We must always reflect on the loss of those close to us, but we must move on for their sake. And so I will. I will keep fighting, and I will protect everyone. I will be strong. I will be the strongest ever.
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