#trainer grace lore

[trainergraceneedstherapy]

I know it’s my trauma but it’s kinda funny-It’s ides of march and I GOT backstabbed by a dude in a toga.

et Tu, Volo?

[trainergraceneedstherapy]

OOC: GO NUTS!! For Grace OR Vinnie, or both-You can decide!

Force my Muse to Spill their Secrets

🌧- For a heavy, emotional secret

🙃- For a lighter, slightly embarrassing secret

🌟- For a secret wish or desire of theirs

🍏- For something they secretly wish didn’t exist

🍎- For something they secretly wish did exist

❤️- For a secret crush

📲- Talk about someone/something you dislike, but only pretend to like

👁‍🗨- Talk about someone/something you like, but pretend to dislike

🍻- For something bad/mischievous you did as a child or teen that your parents don’t know about

🌜- For a ‘weird’ habit or tic that no one knows about

💃- For a talent that they like to keep hidden from others

🏹- For a talent they wish they had

👻- For something that scares or disturbs them, but they refuse to tell anyone

☢️- For a controversy or scandal they have been able to keep mostly under wraps

🐇- For a secret item they keep (stuffed animal, comfort object, etc)

📒- For a secret journal/diary they keep (Bonus: Share an entry from it!)

📔- For a secret sketchbook they keep (Bonus: Share a sketch or doodle within it!)

🖤- For something they secretly wish they could do with your muse

❓- Free Space! Ask them about a specific secret!

[trainergraceneedstherapy]

YOU!!!!

I'm Barry!!

Old-rock-loving smart lady Professor Amo told me maybe we'd get along since you're always looking for an adventure!

SOO tell me about a cool adventure!

~ @cooltrainerbarry

Woah-hey there! Well, any friend of the Prof is a friend of mine! My name's Grace, sure she's probably told you allll about me-and this is my ghost buddy, Vincent

HEYYYY, What's up kiddo? Name's Vince, I've been dead since 1989 and i'm currently haunting a pokedex. Boo. >:3

[trainergraceneedstherapy]

A Video Embed...?

(Ooc: Using this to set the tone, its a GREAT cover.)

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[Y/N]

[The sound of-slight frustation and a falling rotom phone clattering against a desk are heard-before a small shuffle of readjustment before the hand blocking the screen pulls away to reveal...Grace, sitting on the bed of her academy dorm.]

"Hey, Guys. It's-It's me, Grace. I know, I don't usually do videos and stuff but-I guess I just...needed to feel like someone was actually listening on the other side.

Anyway-No, this isn't one of those 'If you're hearing this' kind of messages-I just...I wanted to get some thoughts off my chest I guess."

[Beside her is her backpack-she reaches inside, rifling through it somewhat haphazardly before pulling out what looks like some sort of weathered old journal.]

"This here, this-is mine. I've had it since I was-what-ten years old..? It was a going away present from mom-So I could write down and record every adventure I ever had, and show it to her whenever I'd come visit. This here-...This is my entire life, almost. From-back in Unova, to Kalos, Hoenn, you name it-...even-..."

[Her voice breaks slightly-opening it to a much later page-as she pulls a photo out from between the pages. It-looks quite old, and yet-like it hasn't aged at all.]

"...Even Hisui..."

[She turns the photo around to show three figures-Herself, Trainer Will (@challengedbywiley )-and a tall, blonde looking figure who seems to almost have to duck to be seen in the frame-the other two seeming to laugh slightly, trying to get out of the way of the man's oversized backpack.]

"..This was Volo. I dunno-why I wanted to bring him up again NOW of all times, with all this orange text and Alex Caesar shit going on but-...Yeah. Actually-no-I know why.

Because I've-...I think Orange Text-Alex- 'Bi-'something-or WHATEVER he is-...he kinda had a point. Am I just-repeating Volo's mistakes?? Or am I trying to keep alive all the good things I remember about him? ...I hope it's the latter 'cause-Well, I know he did some misguided things but-but NOBODY deserves to be just a fading memory right..?"

[She looks down at the floor-tenderly placing her picture back inside the journal and setting it aside for now. She takes a deep breath.]

"Volo was-curious, obviously-when he started rambling, well-It almost kinda reminds me of Professor Amo when she's teaching about ruins. ...I wonder if he woulda liked her. Anyway-Always questioning, always seeking answers-...even to a misguided degree. He took us in when NO ONE else would, wanted to protect others from suffering-presumably as he once did. He had a TOGEKISS raised from an egg and a LUCARIO for Arc's sake! You can't fake emotions towards them even if you TRIED, and trust me I would know! ..And he always loved photographs. Something about-capturing a moment in time forever, creating history in the here and now-...

...I wonder if he ever knew we finished that pokedex.

...Anyway-That day at Spear Pillar-..he said a couple of things that-still kinda bug me? First off-...he asked if we had a dream-a dream that propelled us, as his did. ...I didn't really know how to answer then but now

I think I finally know what mine is. I want-I want the Survey Corps to be so much bigger than running around a giant crater looking for clues, more than this-..I want to keep a memory alive. I want to keep the survey corps spirit alive, and I want-I want to keep alive all of the GOOD Volo had in him-...That's what I want all of this to be ABOUT.

The second-...Well it's a bit more complicated.

The last thing he said, to Will and I-...was that he would wait to achieve his goal, no matter what it took. Whether it be years, decades, or even centuries. ...And that kinda-still haunts me. I've seen other timelines here on Rotumblr-Other VOLOS actively using this site, some from their timeline's present-...so if those ones are out there then-

...What's stopping mine?

...I guess what I'm trying to say is, uh-...Volo? If you're seeing this somehow-somewhere, wherever the fuck on Arc's green Earth you are-...someone remembers you. Your voice was heard-...and If you need me?

I'll be in Paldea, and-well probably Kalos next year, still planning that trip but-

I'll be here, trying to jump into the big fucking hole in the ground for clues.

[She wipes her tears away-before reaching for the phone-End Video.]

[trainergraceneedstherapy]

As a chosen-Unovan: You need to get your shit rocked on the battle subway. It is SO Much fun!

Nobody: Unovans: Dude, you have to get your life ruined on the Battle Subway at least once. I know it seems stressful but you just need to go and get your shit rocked.

[trainergraceneedstherapy]

Hey, Rotumblr!

It has been-a long while over here, Lemme tell y’all. Area Zero’s mysteries still elude me, I’m no closer to figuring out those strange symbols, all those things going on around the world-Why Rotumblr is able to communicate across timelines-…are there timelines out there where Pokemon are not a FACTOR? Well-I know I’ve seen some blogs from those worlds so yes, presumably-other worlds, EVERYTHING.

I don’t think pouring over the Scarlet and Violet books are gonna cut it anymore. ..Maybe I should start my own journal. Maybe there IS a book out there with answers-I don’t know.

but I swear, to all of you-to everyone under the command of the Area Zero Survey Corps-I WILL figure this out. I will do my best-as this organization’s FOUNDER.

Whatever it takes…

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Admin Art!!

Ooc: Hey guys i got drawing fever in the middle of the night and decided to doodle a bit-I dunno if I’m ever gonna do an indigo disk arc on this blog but I sketched out a poster for poor C!Grace’s character arc there. She uh-she isn’t doing good!

‘A spotlight on Your Mistakes (Sketch)’

This is my first time drawing my OC Amo (Left-the character from @fucktherulesletsseetheruins) and Kieran (Right-holy HELL that hair was hard to figure out!) so I’m LOWKEY REALLY PROUD!

[trainergraceneedstherapy]

"YOU!?"

I fucking love this game THANK YOU POKEMON MASTERS

[loupy-mongoose]

So, I made some impulse purchases recently, including this lovely little gal.

Hai Luna~

When I ordered her, it started a bit of a Gardevoir kick in me. So I went and did some brainstorming about Jamie's Gardie pal, Clover.

This did get very long, but there's a lot of art that I really like! :3 Plus I borrowed a certain someone from @mewtwoandme~

Growing up I always drew the green headpiece as a bony structure with maybe green skin on it, like deer antlers. (Except it doesn't shed lol)

But in my efforts to redecide what it actually is to me, I went to Bulbapedia, and that called it hair. So I tried out hair as well, and I kinda like that better...

I love my deranged Gardie. :>

(Leaning into "Mischievous Fairy/Pixie" energy)

I wanted to draw some Gwen (M&M's Gardevoir), as her and Clover's characters are different in a lot of ways, and I thought it would be fun to draw them together. Turns out Gwen dwarfs my girls, and I adore that in every way. XD

I also came to realize that Jamie would admire Gwen--She doesn't wish change on Clover in the slightest, but she does like the grace that more conventional Gardevoirs possess. Plus she'd be astounded by her sheer size.

For the fun of it, I tried drawing them both in each of our styles. (Or more like "Features" than "style")

I did not like drawing Gardevoir in her style. All the respect and love to M&M, but it felt SO wrong to me personally. XD

Annnnd... I kinda accidentally thought of a different way to take their designs...

And then I tried to figure out the logistics of giving Gardvoir a tail. I kinda like the idea of there being one that blends into the Skirt, splitting and running down the length of the skirt ends.

A little character lore; Clover removed her skirt on purpose.

Growing up, I always had in mind that the skirt was skin, maybe acting as thermoregulation, or something like that. I don't think I ever decided whether they can feel through their skirts or not, but if I want it to be more angsty, then yes, they can feel.

Warning for general and self-inflicted injury in this paragraph. As a kid I figured Clover cut it off to prevent it from getting caught or grabbed. But now, with the developing idea of there being a tail involved, I got another idea with even more angst. I'm thinking possibly Clover had a tail bone broken, and maybe it healed wrong, causing her pain so she ripped off the whole skirt.

Okay, injury warning is over.

And now a little silly that's not exactly canon, but close enough. XD

Y'all can thank @puzzled-zebra for this, as she brought up the idea during a chat. It was too good to pass up. XD

And now I wish to finish with a nostalgia ramble, because Clover is very precious to me, along with Jamie.

I started a playthrough of Soul Silver many, many years ago--even before the playthrough that would become Jamie's trainer journey over ten years ago. It was a solo run, with a Ralts egg sent in to be my only companion. (I kept the rules soft, though, as I remember needing help from other Pokemon to beat Bugsy. XD) My memories of that playthough are faded, but I remember that Clover alone beat the Champion at level 64-65. Sometime within the next few years, she was my first ever Pokemon to reach level 100 without the use of Rare Candy or experience cheats. That playthough and whatever happened in it has no bearing on Clover's story, but it's what gave birth to her as a character, and I hold that very dear.

Her nature is "Hardy, Likes to Fight", and I'm really proud of little me for taking that in the direction she took it. XD

Anyway, that's my super long love-dump of my beloved gremlin fairy. Thanks to everyone who made it all the way, I know it got pretty long. ^^

[darkstrawberrytimetravel]

Why don't you just give in? Pt.2

Fem reader

Pt.1

You

He's looking skinny, or as skinny as a man who's resembled a brick shithouse for the last two decades can be, less toned I suppose more lean. I watch as he turns away, the t-shirt he's wearing allowing for more creases, bagginess. He's forgone his mask, not that he needs it. He needs a shave instead, he almost resembles his Captain with that growth. His dirty blonde hair now sun bleached in parts and his tan somewhat deeper.

You know you want to run your fingers through it, feel the short hairs against the pads of your fingers as your hand moves against the grain. The last time you did that his hands were- My thoughts are both rudely and thankfully interrupted.

“Ohhh blimey you see the lads? Who's that with the scraggly face? The tall one?” I hear Laura beside me. Instantly the table I'm seated at falls into hushed gossip, as they always do when they see the task force. The SAS lads are a common sight around here, but the more specialist unit within it still garners mystique, enthusiastic and borderline obsessive gossip whenever they grace us with their presence.

“Ghost… you really don't recognise him without that rag on his face?” I murmur as I look down and bring my mug of coffee to my lips. Ghost... I still hate that callsign. Nickname. The lore. I mean I know how fucking vicious and brutal he can be. It's not learnt or adaptive behaviour since joining the military. As usual the table descends into the usual gossip, the girls wanting to follow them to the pub they'll inevitably end up at later on. Such is the routine when they land back on home turf, especially since they've clearly been gone a while. Eat, drink, fuck, repeat.

I zone out, leaving the others to continue their usual shite when they talk about the lads. Finishing up, I stand with my tray and head to the tray return carts, Laura shouts and tells me I will be joining them tonight and that it's final. Fuckin’ a! Wherever the lads will be, so will we, the sodding groupies they are. Though it won't take much to be out the way, they're only headed to a pub. No need to dress to impress.

Walking away from my table I steel myself, walking past Riley and his lot. I resist the urge to gob in his food, as usual. I would have done it years ago, but I've risen above that version of myself. I do however afford a quick glance down and I'm met with ochre orbs, his ochre eyes. This time I yield and look away, not wanting to walk into someone with a tray full leftover dinner.

Later I find myself freshly showered, the weather keeps flip-flopping so I decide on shorts with a tank and a hoodie with my favourite trainers. It's still warm and humid enough to warrant the summer gear, but as August stretches through to September there's a chill in the air. I look at myself in the mirror, my hair tousled and low key smokey eyes. I almost feel like I should scrub the makeup off, I'm in my mid thirties, why am I dressing like I'm fifteen years younger.

We all bundle in the taxi for fifteen minutes it takes for us to get to the town centre in Hereford. I listen as the others plan and scheme where the lads are, I give the usual non committal noises they'd expect but eventually I put my proverbial foot down. “Look, I don't want to spend all night with you lot drooling over them. We'll get pre-drinks at The Queen's Arms, some of you will get a quickie I'm sure, and then we should go somewhere better to spend our time.”

I'm met with eye rolls and smirks, it's no secret I'm not enthralled by the lads on the task force, and even under duress when plied with copious drinks I've still not spilt the beans. Finally the taxi pulls over and we hop out, the fare being prepaid since it was a group booking. I stay behind to organise a return journey later before following the girls into the pub. We're met with a wall of sound, almost raucous, as we filter in and find a table. I see Riley actually enjoying himself around the pool table for once.

Pt.3

[masa-yoshi-dan]

Ensemble Stars!! x Pokemon || Rhythm Link

Starmaker Production || Cosmic Production || Masterlist || New Dimension || Others

Undead

Rei: Crobat. Noivern. Lampent.  Kaoru: Golbat. Mantine. Spritzee. Alomomola. Koga: Golbat. Yamper. Lycanroc (Midnight). Toxtricity (Amped). Adonis: Golbat. Milotic. Drampa. 

Undead’s symbol is bat and the main color is purple. So Crobat is perfect. Other bat pokemons are Swoobat (too cute) and Noivern.

Rei has his own Noivern for his vampire image. They are both strong at night and weak at daylight (the only problem is Rei’s dislike of noisy things). Sakumas have a victorian-like style around them, so Lampent based on chandeliers for this. I wanted to give him Cofagrigus for the coffin, but it's solid gold and turns people into mummies, so nah. 

Surfer is a trainer class and from them I took Mantine. Mantine surfing is a thing in Alola. Also it’s a flying type and Kaoru has a theme of wings. For flirting side + name meaning “fragrance” + ability to tell girls apart by their scents = Spritzee. For the combination of both, I gave him Alomomola (also it has “mom” in english name and “mama” in japanese name).

Yamper = Leon (they’re both corgi). For the actual wolf image I went with Lycanroc. I already gave Toxtricity to Aoi twins, but Koga LOVES his electric guitar, and it's only electric guitar pokemon. I wanted to give Obstagoon, but decided on only one music-related pokemon.

Adonis’ name is of Greek origin so I was looking for any greek-related pokemon. A lot of pokemon have Greek names or gods in their names. In the end I decided on Milotic. Milo is from Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Melos). In Japanese it’s all greek: Venus de Milo, kallos (Greek for beauty) and Charis (Greek goddesses of grace and beauty). And Adonis is the Greek demi-god of beauty and desire. They have similar name origins. For Adonis’ caring side I went with Drampa who is gentle and cares for children.

Ra*bits

Tomoya: Azumarill. Swablu. Jigglypuff. Nazuna: Azumarill. Buneary. Klink. Cinderace. Mitsuru: Marill. Dachsbun. Doduo Hajime: Marill. Polteageist. Aromatisse.

Azumarill is the only bunny or rabbit pokemon who’s full line is cute (and it’s blue, like Ra*bits’ theme color). Lopunny is based on a playboy bunny, Cinderace sporty and Diggersby is ugly. Nazuna was the leader so he also has Azumarill.

Tomoya is often described as “average” so normal types was a list to look from. Tomoya likes a pillow and cannot sleep without it, so I gave him a Swablu. It's soft and likes to lay on people’s heads. “Tomo” means friend so I looked for friendship evolving pokemon. Jigglypuff is a normal type and evolves via friendship.

Buneary = Koppe (Bun). It’s the only brown rabbit pokemon (despite the name based on bunny, category is rabbit). Klink left after Valkyrie. Cinderace has a similar color palette. Also, Nazuna is known for jumping ability and Cinderace can learn High jump kick.

Dachsbun is a bread. Other than that, he’s pretty normal, making it very hard to find pokemons for him. The only another part of him i was able to pick up as a clue is he’s love to running. So i went to pokemons with “Run away” ability or high speed stat what would fit him. That’s how Doduo was picked. It’s fast stats-wise, but lore-wise it is (It's said to reach speed of 60 mph/100 km/h) (its evo Dodrio is slower lore-wise). Also, his last name has “sky” in it, and Doduo is a flying type (despite not actually being able to fly…)

Hajime loves tea and even created his own tea flavor, so I went for tea pokemons, Sinistea, Polteageist, Poltchageist and Sinistcha. They all described having bad flavor and stealing life force. Polteageist is the only one who had anything good in pokedex. Also its purple, Hajime’s favorite color. Hajime sniffs aromatic lavender sachets to calm down when feels anxious. So purple fragrance pokemon which evolves by holding a sachet is the perfect pick.

Akatsuki

Keito: H.Decidueye. Zubat. Lotad. Shiftry. Kuro: Dartrix. Tarountula. Mabosstiff. Kommo-o Souma: Dartrix. Dewott. Rapidash. Squirtle.

AKATSUKI’s style is dawn and maple leaves, but it also reminds me of autumn. Hisuian Decidueye is in that style and was my first thought for AKATSUKI. I searched more, but no other options stood out to me. Even tho, Dartrix does not really fit.

Zubat is left after Deadmenz. Keito has multiple associations with lotus and Lotad and its evolution, Lombre, are the only lotus-based pokemons. After that, it was hard. Everything else about Keito are glasses, manga, lectures and the son of a Buddhist priest (Decidueye already covers archery). So I decided to search among japanese-based pokemons which might be manga characters or just yokais. I went with Shiftry. It’s based on tengu and has a leaf motif. 

Kuro loves sewing and clothing design and is a childhood friend of Shu, so there’s no harm in them having the same pokemon, Tarountula. Kuro looks intimidating, but actually gentle and protective. Mabosstiff is a scary-looking dark-type who has the ability “Intimidate” and likes to play with children and take an intimidating look when protecting its family. Kuro has a motif for dragons + Kuro is a good fighter. So the only dragon/fighting pokemon, Kommo-o, was a pick. I wanted to give him a pre-evo form, Hakamo-o, but Kuro was a captain in the karate club, so deserves a fully evolved pokemon. Also, Kuro’s dragon motif and Tetora’s tiger motifs seem to be reference to dragon and tiger in Buddhism, and Inceneroar and Kommo-o were introduced in the same region, so that’s aldo works.

Souma is a martial artist, specializing in sword-play, which is Dewott based on (in-pokemon-universe it’s reversed, people based swordplay art on Dewott) . I gave him two Hisui starters, huh. Let’s go with another starter. Squirtle is a reference to Souma’s love for turtles. The Kanzaki household owns a horse and it’s Souma’s animal motif so I went with Rapidash. Other horse pokemons are Mudsdale (too bulky for Souma), Galarian Rapidash (too fairytale-ie) or legendaries/mythicals.

[trainergraceneedstherapy]

Lemme tell y'all right now if ANY Of you come to me and tell me you're from team plasma-unless you're reformed and following N's wishes like some of the older 'retired' grunts, I will PERSONALLY SHOVE MY SHOE SO FAR UP YOUR ASS-

Sorry-uh-bad memories! but yeah pretty much-Team Star, Skull, and Yell are ok as long as they aren't jerks! Retired grunts and reformed people are fine too-everyone deserves a second chance. BUT I SWEAR TO FUCK IF YOU'RE STILL ON YOUR EVIL TEAM BULLSHIT-

So I made a couple funny images with this lmao.

[colourprinter]

The mysterious royal scientist Gidget/The beloved superstar Gittaton

As always, lore below the read more!

*Note, this uses feminine pronouns to refer to Gidget, this is factored into the story*

The most beautiful in all the underground, publicly Gidget is a superstar, covering TVs, all over every poster and magazine. Fans gather for autographs and the waiting lists to appear on her show are years long! A bright smile a cheerful tone holds everyone's attention.

But... She is also the identity of the royal scientist, a role that is filled but no one knows by who, only that they work hard. The only person that knows that Gidget is the royal scientist is Cecil who found out by pure accident while running an errand.

As Gittaton, she looks like herself mixed with Mettaton EX with a fully robotic body. As Gidget, she has shorter hair (closer to the post act 5 cut version), high heeled feet are replaced by trainer feet and she wears a lab coat that hides her figure.

Publicly is outwardly upbeat, walking with a spring in her step and an always uplifting tone in her voice. She moves with confidence and grace, always taking time to take pictures and sign autographs. Though privately, she's a lot less cheerful, keeping to herself and throwing herself completely into her work, constantly being reminded to look after herself by Cecil.

Much like in Undertale, the true lab does exist, despite having everyone calling her beautiful, amazing, a superstar... She feels wrong, like something is missing. That doesn't be possibel, she put together her own body to be perfect, how could she not feel good about it?

So, she decides that her problem must be that her body is one of metal and not of flesh and blood and she does what she can do to make a new body. I think the details are best left to it's own post but the previous fake Iggy post shows some details after the initial experiments. One thing I will say is that what she created was not meant to think at all, just a body for her to use.

Towards Iggy, she sees him as a chance, an opportunity for many things. His appearance on her shows could boost ratings, she could use his wish to fix her or she could use his attention. Besides, to her, he's real easy on the eyes.

In the story, both sides of her are shown to Iggy, the more recluse side through the social media notifications and the superstar side through Mettaton silliness.

For the neutral/pacifist fight in the CORE, she starts in her scientist form, explaining how she feels wrong for the start. Then she suddenly closes the distance between herself and Iggy and pins him to the wall behind him. She makes an advance even she wasn't expecting, progressing the fight requires using a "Push away" act. She sees him as a coward and he doesn't deny that feeling, unlocking the yellow SOUL as Gidget transforms into her superstar form.

Lights, camera, action!

The fight goes similarly with the ratings based system for pacifist. At the end of the ratings victory, Gidget explains her desire to be more beautiful and to use the wish for it but callers pour in that care less about what she looks like and more that she's always so cheerful and personable. One final call from Cecil (or Genzou if Cecil is... Not around) to wish Gidget good luck if she gets what she wants and not to forget her friends. She finally gives up, wishing Iggy the best and letting him continue with a word of warning about the queen.

If she is fought, she will eventually sustain a critical wound across her stomach, wires falling out and sparks flying. Her eyes lose their confident light before she collapses onto the ground. While is appears that she is dead, leaving and re-entering the room will have her body disappear.

For the murder route, the fight opens the same but instead of pushing her away, Iggy attacks her causing her to go all out as much as she doesn't want to critically harm him. She puts up more of a fight than Mettaton NEO, using mechanical themed attacks that hurt very much (who wants to be hit by a sawblade?). At the end of the fight, she's sliced in half. Unlike in the neutral route, she does not disappear after leaving and returning to the room.

For the true pacifist ending, you take some data from Cecil to the lab, have an extremely awkward hangout in a place that "Cecil's brother says is private" (it's the dump still) where you get interrupted by Orlam which cares Gidget and causes her to flee. Again, true lab will be focused on later

For the design, I replaced the heart on the belt with a watch to represent her friendship with Cecil and the pink with a soft purple (her text colour in OW).

The main standout thing in that, she's not human at all here! Going from a ghost to a feminine robot to achieve her goals even though she doesn't feel great about it, she feels like she has to do it to be happy. But without someone to focus that energy into (Iggy, of course), she starts to snap about her body but that is true lab stuff (I'm building this up but it's not the biggest shock I don't think >.<)

Gonna be honest, I didn't feel good about drawing Gittaton, not used to drawing them with long hair! And look at Iggy finding the camera outside the Ruins door!

[originalgenshinscenarios]

So I saw you can do crossovers and I have been CRAVING Genshin girls with a crossover S/O. I was thinking either Zelda, Kingdom Hearts, or Pokemon.

So...if you really don't mind, could I get Ayaka, Yae, and Shenhe with an S/O who is a Pokemon trainer (the Pokemon they have can be up to you!)

(If the whole crossover thing has changed, feel free to ignore this, it seems like a bit of a stretch anyway lol)

I only know something about pokemon from the media you said! But I'm not an expert, somehow pokemon is one of the medias where I am not a total lore nerd... Also it's not general hcs... I just thought about first meeting scenarios and went all in haha...

Also explanation for their "signature" pokemon. Ayaka just cuz I think it suits her lookwise lol. Miko cuz her having a nuisance of a pokemon is funny to me. Shenhe cuz it's is one of the best counters for ghost types. I'm typing this just so people won't write stuff like "bUt wHy DoeSn'T MikO hAVe A VulPIx" she does. I just wanted to include one pokemon per character.

[Pokemon AU] Ayaka, Miko and Shenhe meeting their trainer S/O

Ayaka

She was one of the more popular pokemon idols as well as a gym leader, so she didn't have much time to herself at all.

Froslass is one of her signature pokemon. It was odd that actually when the two of you met, she had an argument with it.

The constant fighting and training for the performances has drained her Froslass, and you saw how upset it made her when you went to challenge her. The very idea of neglecting her pokemon made her feel terrible.

So instead of fighting her, you helped the two get along again. And she appreciated it more than anything else.

Ever since that moment you've been in contact. She wanted to repay your kindness after all.

It took her a long time to reach out again, but when she did she was so happy to see you again.

So you went on a "date" where it was just her trying to thank you for everything. You really enjoyed talking together and if you didn't connect last time, you sure did now.

Miko

Her life was always one where she didn't travel too much unless she needed to. She had a few pokemon she spent her daily life with. She really adored taking care of them. But secretly her pokemon were very well trained.

She liked to challenge random trainers from time to time, often acting like she doesn't know anything.

When she met you, you could immediately call her bluff but you still accepted. Your suspicions turned out to be correct when you saw what kind of a monster her Gengar was.

And her strategy was confusing you. But she had everything planned for a sudden win, rather than overpowering you and crushing your hopes in a minute.

Such playing with her food had caused her to lose because you weren't some newbie. She was everything but disappointed though, although she couldn't amuse herself with your reactions, she was entertained by battle instead- which she didn't think would ever happen.

So ever since that she wouldn't just let such a fun opponent go. She was hoping that the two of you would run into each other more often.

And she wasn't disappointed. Because fate kept bringing you together. By that point you've already became close.

Shenhe

Her job was dealing with ghost type pokemon who were often getting a little bit too comfortable fooling around public spaces.

And one day... She ended up having to scold your pokemon on your behalf before you managed to catch up to it.

You made sure to apologize to her for all that inconvenience, but all she said was that it was okay and then went her way.

She was so beautiful and graceful... When your pokemon saw the way you looked at her... Let's just say that it wanted to play a wingman.

It kept running away from you and making you run into her often. It only stopped once you got the courage to ask for her number.

She was blunt and it made her so appealing. Your ghost pokemon actually really liked her too!... But it didn't get along with her Weavile as much...

In the end your pokemon was listening to her better than to you. You honestly had no idea by that point if it played wingman for you to be happy... Or for it to spend more time with her.

~Mod Lisa

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I'll be just answering this one specific question from @doodlingwren's latest reblog! Because !! I feel like it'll help explain the Pokemon AU's essence

It’s interesting to notice that most of them don’t have a Pokémon in their teams that can be directly reconnected to their Zodiac Sign. I believe it was made on purpose, but may I ask which was the criteria used for creating the teams?

One of my favorite things from the Pokemon games were the many other subtle ways, the franchise would use to build a character (You just gotta grab whatever crumbs you get out of this franchise). A character's team could tell quite a lot about them.

And this has been influencing my decisions. I don't want to just pick the pokemon that are literal connections to their zodiac signs, when there are many other pokemon that reflect other aspects and traits about a character.

Aiolia's main attacks are all about lightning fast punches. So, his ace is a pokemon that has punches as its primary shtick in Electabuzz (even though there's a clear attempt at a joke. BC according to Electabuzz's pokedex entries, it takes so long to prepare its punches, other critters easily get away);

Aldebaran's softer side is shown in his gym battle's team with cute or baby pokemon (Cubone/Phanpy/Rhyhorn), which is a stark contrast from his proper team which has many intimidating/threatening beasts (Mega Garchomp/Hippowdon/Mamoswine/Swampert) while also hinting at his home region;

The contrast between Mu's graceful dragon types that are still connected to his tribe's roots vs Kiki's team that has practically no connection to his tribal roots and it led him to pick up some unorthodoxal choices. (It'll make Shion's team look ANCIENT).

Also because as far as we know, the lore itself has never shown to have a zodiac like system in their world! For all we know, they don't even have anything like it to begin with. So, in my eyes if I followed the zodiacal path, it would feel off in the pokemon aspect. It's a sacrifice I'm making, if it means I get to run with mons that will further illustrate the characters traits/personalities/stories.

Another factor that made me settle on this route is the fact, they are all gym leaders with monotype teams to work with. It just makes so much more manageable. (If they were just common NPC trainers? Then sure, I could have followed the zodiacal connection). Thankfully, with the Bronze boys there won't be this restriction, for the most part at least.

I just felt like doing things this way would be more engaging and thought provoking (for me). Hope this makes sense!!