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yourdorkiness · 3 years

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My Opinions On Jujutsu Kaisen That Literally Nobody Asked For

I finished binging the Jujutsu Kaisen manga in 48 hours. I am having some expresso, because I’m depresso.

Here’s a Sad Stitch to show you how I feel.

(And of course, warnings for discussion/ranting/kinda meta on the Jujutsu Kaisen manga below the cut, so please read at your own discretion!)

Sukuna is truly a Bastard™, along with Mahito.

I just- *cries in Shibuya Arc aka PAIN*

*Pulls out megaphone* Nanamin.

That’s all folks. Thanks for reading, have a nice day!

(Just kidding!)

Ugh, NANAMIN 👏 WHAT 👏 A 👏 MAN 😭 😭 😭 😭 I became a certified Nanami stan once I saw the tired business man aesthetic (plus, his words about how work is shit? Truer words have never been spoken), and his little speech about adults and responsibility, how children no matter their circumstances are still children, and should be given the opportunity to act as such. Because, YES, FINALLY, A RESPONSIBLE ADULT WITH THE VOICE OF AN ANGEL aka the voice of Kenjiro Tsuda

Anyways, I love how the Jujutsu Kaisen manga shows that adults can handle things, and that is A-OKAY!!! If Jujutsu Tech follows the Japanese school system, Yuji is a first year in high school, so he’s probably 15 or 16 years old, way too early to go through Shibuya level of trauma (though, I think anybody is too young to have to go through what happened to Yuji in Shibuya).

Children should have the privilege to be children. That doesn’t mean coddling, it means that children should have plenty of time to experience new things, enjoy being a child, and I’m so happy Nanami says this!

In conclusion, Nanami deserves happiness and a vacation to Kuantan 🥺

YOSHINO JUNPEI!!! He and his mom deserve happiness, they’re both precious beans. I didn’t even realize Junpei was dead until 5+ chapters later. But it was too late, for I had already gotten attached!!! *cue curse worthy screeching*

I was so excited for Junpei to join Jujutsu Tech, too! I had this whole headcanon of Junpei being HAPPY again, talking about movies with Yuji, interacting with the other first years, him seeing Panda for the first time!!! The thing was, back then, it wasn’t headcanon! I thought it was going to be facts, until Gege said ‘lol, you thought, peasant’, before spitting on any hope of mine for a happy Junpei.

(On a completely different tangent, I would be SO psyched if I got to meet a talking panda, we could act out all of “Kung Fu Panda” together, especially the chopstick scene, and maybe we could go to a zoo, just to mess with the zookeepers about a honest to god PANDA walking on its hind legs around the zoo)

‘If Junpei had lived’ is a phrase I think about a lot, and I think that is why the “Young Fish and Reverse Punishment” arc was so crucial to the story and yet so tragic.

Junpei has so much potential to be happy, and then he didn’t get the happiness he deserves. It really sets the tone, the high stakes to the whole manga, for we see the amount of damage a curse inflicts on somebody who could be in a situation like Junpei.

As the readers, we understand the reasoning behind Junpei’s ideology, sympathizing with him as we see what horrible torment he has to go through. That very first scene of this arc, where the bullies made him eat the cockroach and BURNED HIM WITH A LIT CIGARETTE, and the teacher who saw all of this happening, JUST TURNS AWAY!!! It was haunting. But finally, finally, we get a light at the tunnel for Junpei in the form of our lord and saviour, the cinnamon roll of cinnamon rolls, Itadori Yuji. HERE is a person who is able to connect with Junpei, who wouldn’t dismiss how Junpei’s circumstances or feelings. and then Junpei dies.

(look at this cute face, how could you Mahito?!)

Also, the symbolism in the opening? The Junpei fish ENLARGING??? HNKDJSFLJDSF JUNPEI NOOO-

Also ALSO (sorry this is the last ‘also’), did we ever learn if Junpei was a sorcerer, or was he a window that possessed enough talent to summon a shikigami? I at first thought Junpei was a window, since he was able to see Mahito, and was hoping that we’d get a more detailed explanation of what windows actually do. (Do they just wander around Tokyo, or wherever they live, and act all ‘La Dee Da, just living my regular, normal life, oOOHHH is that a special grade? Tell that to the sorcerers, maybe I’ll get a bonus!’ Is their life basically a demented version of Pokemon Go? I have so many questions-)

All the villains were well written, and had super cool character designs. My top three villains other than Sukuna, my top three villains are Geto, and Mahito.

Geto’s backstory in the Hidden Inventory arc was so incredibly written, I especially liked the way Gege wrote how Getou’s righteous ideals gradually deteriorating throughout the Hidden Inventory arc as he realizes the depth of the curses of humanity, the dark hatred the “weak” hold towards things they have no understanding of. (i.e. Riko’s death by the Star Religious Group, Haibara’s death, and finally the villagers ignorant treatment and abuse towards Geto’s twins, Mimiko and Nanako, beating and imprisoning them for “causing” the deaths of the villagers) Geto’s chilling charisma and the reasoning behind his actions as a villain makes him a top tier villain in my eyes.

As for Mahito, I love to hate him, and that why I think he is a great antagonist. I guess I’ve just been seeing a lot of villains that because of their tragic backstories, the readers or characters sympathize with them and rationalising their actions, turning the villain into a flaky antihero of lesser impact. It’s very refreshing to have a villain who is just pure evil.

I think that Mahito fulfilled his purpose as an antagonist very well; his twisted ideals on the worth of human life foiling Itadori’s own ideals of giving others a “proper death”, the curse making Yuji continuously adapt both physically and mentally to defeat him. Physically, by learning new spells and techniques to defeat Mahito, such as the Black Flash (and possibly his own cursed technique! The weird “Past That Never Happened” in the fights with Choso and Todo), or mentally, by questioning his ideals, such as what exactly is a “proper death”, after Yuji had to kill the transfigured humans.

(Ew look at this worm.)

Some Honorable Mentions of Good Villains IMO: Jogo, because I find his ideals of curses, who stem from the true emotions of hatred and fear, being superior yet suppressed by the emotionally faceted humans is definitely fascinating, and eerily reminds me of Geto’s hatred towards non sorcerers. Dagon was pretty cute in his Cursed Womb stage, and I really liked Hanami because the eldritch environmentalist aesthetic is pretty coolio 👌 .

How do Inumaki children learn to speak if all the adults barely talk, only saying inane words like “salmon” and NOT ACTUALLY meaning “salmon, the fish” but an adult secret code for a definition that you might not even know?? Or do the adults just charmspeak the kids, like “SPEAK small child, and have full language comprehension, O tiny ball of pudge!” and boom! Babies talking in complete sentences, maybe understanding weird adult customs. Will the child know when then adult actually mean salmon, the fish, and not the code word salmon?

Let’s assume that Inumaki clan children from learning to speak to four or six years old will be able to speak normally until the clan technique sets in (because that’s when the jjk wiki says cursed techniques kick in). How do you explain to a toddler: “Hey sweetie, happy birthday, have a present! Oh, by the way, those cool tattoos of yours mean that you can’t talk normally to anybody anymore, EVER. Only using these specific words as code to mean these specific meanings, restricting any chance of normal interactions with non-sorcerers if by some inane chance you DON’T want to become a child soldier jujutsu sorcerer. Welp, guess you have to become a jujutsu sorcerer now! Make sure to restrict your choice of words, you could kill somebody! Have fun playing with your Legos honey, welcome to adult life.” Like, EXCUSE ME?

You can’t tell mw a four year old is expected to understand that (or didn’t kill somebody by accident via cursed speech. That MUST have happened at least once).

This is all an elaborate way of saying please give us Inumaki backstory, I’m very curious.

Anyways, thank you for reading my post, and I hope you have a nice day!

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catflowerqueen · 3 years

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Hydreigon is an interesting character. I love him a lot, and how kind and genuine he is and how even he seems to undergo character growth in the short time you know him.

Like… I genuinely do not believe he thought everything through in regards to his plan to contact humans for help. And a big part of that is just because of his very nature as the Voice of Life (or at least one of them). We don’t know what form of sentience he had before assuming his current shape, I suppose, but it makes perfect sense that his first priority would be his own world—his own self, in essence, but I don’t think he was thinking about his own individual survival, either, simply because his nature would mean that he wasn’t really an “individual” per say? Not until later. But because of that, I doubt he was really thinking of long-term goals, or the deeper consequences of bringing a human in to help.

Focusing just on the effects to the actual Pokémon World for a moment… he might have known from the onset that the humans wouldn’t be able to stay after providing help… but I doubt he’d thought about the ramifications that come with the fact that they would still have to spend time in the world as they figured out what the problem was, and that it would mean they would be making connections—friends, allies, etc. We don’t know how much contact he actually had with the other humans before they fell for Munna’s trap, but he did seem to genuinely worry about them as people—at least as far as their general welfare went. Like… his being upset about their defeat seemed to go deeper than just “each one defeated is one more that can’t help me.” Which is nice. And then he did genuinely seem to grow fond of the player themselves, and were very happy and proud of how deep their relationship with the partner was.

And that’s part of why I think he was crying when he confessed that the player would have to leave. He’d grown fond of them, and he knew how much the others—especially the partner—cared (and could maybe even feel it in the world itself?) And he was genuinely, truly heartbroken at the fact that they had to leave, and that he would probably be the only one to remember them. Which is probably why he stayed with them for as long as they could while they journeyed out, agreed to take them to see Paradise one last time, and just felt so bad about not being able to do more. As well as why he tried so hard to get them back in the post-game.

As to other things he didn’t think through… mostly the ramifications it had on the human world that he was pulling so many people out of it. Yes, the population of humans is very large, and we don’t know exactly how many people he actually called out to (and for that many, how many accepted his call. Was he just pulling in anyone that could hear him? Because, like… he asked for help, but then didn’t really ask permission to take them, or get any formal agreement. At least not verbally—it’s possible there was something going on behind the scenes with souls or intent or whatever). But there was enough that people were taking notice of the strange lights in the sky—and considering how many the Pokémon of Post Town were seeing on the hill, how many more must have been in other places? After all, the humans can’t have all arrived in the same place, and the pokemon world itself is quite large. How long has this sort of thing been going on? We don’t know, but given the problem I would think Hydreigon would have tried to pull in as many people as possible, so that could be anywhere from… let’s say five (to account for the fact that the Post Town citizens saw multiple balls of light, in addition to the one the hero saw and the hero themselves), to something like a hundred. If not more.

And depending on where in the world he took them from, their ages, their jobs, what was going on in their own lives… this could have some pretty dire consequences, especially considering that the post-game makes it clear that time was passing at more or less the same rate in each world, in addition to the fact that it was a genuine worry of the partner’s that the hero’s friends and family would have noticed and been distressed by their disappearance. So even if it might not affect the human world on a large scale… Hydreigon definitely did not take into account how it would affect things on a smaller scale—namely, the lives the humans were leaving behind for the duration.

In addition to the trauma of having literally died/been so near death that it amounted to basically the same thing in order to actually return home… how many humans then returned to eviction notices, lost jobs, truancy alerts, etc.? How many missed once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, or deadlines? Was anyone on an organ donor list that was now once more at the back of the line because they weren’t there to receive the donation? Or had to reschedule other general surgeries/miss important appointments? Did anyone leave their own children behind, who then had no one to look out for them? Or was the only person in the office who had access to the important equipment/files meaning that now multiple people are out of work? Or was in the middle of doing something/maintaining something really important that crashed and burned in their absence and caused multiple other deaths or injuries?

The human world is complicated, and while it makes sense Hydreigon wouldn’t know about that or prioritize that—not that I blame him for it—it just… yeah, he didn’t think things through.

Which is why it is so genuinely heartwarming that the partner did. And, sure, maybe they didn’t understand the complexities of the situation either, but they at least could consider the ramifications for the hero’s immediate friends and family members if they never went home.

Honestly, it does bring up its own can of worms as far as how the hero will use their new abilities to travel between worlds—because, again, the complexities and bureaucracy of the human world don’t really lend themselves to someone being MIA for long stretches of time unless they’re independently wealthy/have someone willing to look after their stuff while they’re gone, so it might mean that the hero really will eventually have to pick a side, as it were, to stay full time and just the other one as a minor vacation spot (which… like, I hope Emolga was just joking when he said those lines to the hero in post-game about them having to work extra hard to make up for all the lost time while they were in the human world because… if that genuinely is his belief, then the hero isn’t going to be getting any chance to rest in between whatever jobs and things they have to maintain in the human world and their “job” in Paradise. Burnout is not pleasant).

But that’s probably getting too meta about things, anyways. It’s just that Gates is the only game in the series that actually brings those implications to the forefront, because, again, no amnesia for the hero, and the partner (and others) directly speculate about it a few times. Rescue Team was… well, the amnesia thing means that not even the hero knows what their life was like, so it is a… relatively simpler choice to make? In some ways? Yeah, maybe they are leaving some things behind in the human world… but they could just as equally have hated their life. They have no way of knowing, and just based on the new memories they created, they know that could have a good life in the Pokémon world. In Explorers, they didn’t really have a life to go back to afterwards either way. Again, there’s some ambiguity in us not knowing if they were actually from the paralyzed future, as opposed to just being taken their by someone else because of their abilities, but… either way, as far as they knew, they were going to disappear at the end and effectively be deceased. And then even after the fifth special episode, their options were still kind of limited to just the past/present from their perspective and living in the future. Which is fixed now, sure, but the only real connections they’d have to the place would be Grovyle and Celebi—who they only remember from their brief period travelling together over the course of the game. …And also Dusknoir and the Sableye, I suppose, but I feel like that would just be very complicated and awkward. And then I’ve already made myself abundantly clear as far as PSMD goes. Is the hero actually leaving a life behind? Who knows! Not them, thanks to the mind wiping, and even if they were, it isn’t like anyone bothered to give them options or think too deeply on the matter.

#pokemon mystery dungeon #gates to infinity #hydreigon

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colourful-void · 3 years

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An alternative reading of the Suicune Episode (or, hey what if this educational video was important to canon)

So first up, because I hardly see anyone talking about it: there’s a planetarium special for pokemon journeys. They’ve done a lot actually, for several years and seasons, but the most recent one is from journeys. There’s not a lot of talk of it over in the west; I blame that mainly on it being an education special, not a proper episode, and it having a limited run because of current events. (Note: from what I can find, the show is still running, so if you wanna go see it (and actually can) now you know!

I found out about it via a long rabbit hole on bulbapedia, and even then there isn’t a proper plot summary on bulbapedia itself. I had to find someone elses review and summary. So here’s a quick run down for all of you!

(Image description: a banner advertising the pokemon journeys planetarium special. There is blue text in Japanese on the left that displays the title. On the left are pictures of Goh, Ash, Pikachu, and Raboot. Each of them are in action poses, and both Ash and Goh hold a pokeball. The background is black with a green spiral and blue silhouette of Suicune. End Description.)

Beyond this point I’ll be getting into some spoilers, though I won’t be doing a retelling of the whole plot, only what’s relevant. If you’d like more information, click here to read the full summary I mentioned and here’s a trailer (it’s in 3d!) on youtube.

Now from what I’ve read and been able to find, this looks really freaking cool, I think it’s awesome, but that’s not what’s I’m trying to do in this essay-thing. You may have noticed the cool looking Suicune in the banner. You may also have noticed Raboot. And you may remember that the episode in which Goh catches Suicune (JN053) takes place after Raboot evolves into Cinderace. Meaning that if we are to take this episode as canon, it must come before the episode where Goh catches Suicune.

And listen, I know this is an education special for kids. I know it’s not meant to be canon, I know there’s more than one Suicune (I think? Still not clear how legendary pokemon work actually), I know. This is for fun and because wacky theories can lead to interesting fan content.

Now Suicune’s role in the special is pretty simple: it’s the legend of a northern town, though no one in the village has seen it before. Because of the upcoming Aurora, Prof. Cerise thinks that Suicune might show up, so he sends Goh and Ash to meet with a girl named Emma who lives in the village since her father is a pokemon scientist. Later a snowstorm hits and while Goh, Ash and Emma all huddle against a tree for safety, they end up all falling asleep in the snow. They’re saved by Suicune, who (theoretically, its not shown) pulled them out of the snow and placed them in this cave. Emma wakes up first to find Suicune, but her waking up startles Suicune, and it runs off before the boys wake up. They do get to see it run across the night sky later though, and that’s pretty much the end.

The most important thing to note here is that a) Suicune saves Ash, Goh and Emma, and b) it leaves before either of the boys can get a good look at it, or talk to it.

Now lets look at the Suicune episode!

To summarize quickly: Suicune is being attacked, Goh saves Suicune with a ball. Suicune exits the ball, does not trust Goh. Goh earns Suicune’s trust, and when Suicune is attacked again, allies with Goh, and they manage to defeat the pokemon hunters. Then, Goh leaves the pokeball on the ground so Suicune can leave again, but Suicune decides to stay as Goh’s pokemon while travelling the world.

(and to be clear, Goh caught Suicune to keep it away from the hunters, not to keep it for himself. I think the ending made that clear enough.)

So how does the context of the planetarium special change things?

Well you can interpret it in a few ways! Firstly, lets take into account that Suicune saved Goh (and ash and emma’s) life, and neither of the boys even got to see Suicune before it headed off. So Goh getting the chance to thank Suicune via saving it this time is really interesting! It also makes for a spectacular parellel; Suicune saving Goh from nature vs Goh saving Suicune from humans. (Suicune being like a nature god and Goh being a human)

And Goh is smart in the Suicune episode, I could go on for ages about how he used the pokeball to end the first fight without having to be violent and being much more effective, how he let Raichu deliver the berries because he knew he wouldn’t be trusted as a human, turning away from it so it felt safer, he demonstrates so much care and willingness to understand Suicune, it’s so good. I like seeing how much care he put into helping it, how his research about effective berries for poison and knowing the type chart for the later battle came into play!

Another thing to note: Goh explicitly turns away from Suicune several times in the episode. I have a few theories on why this might be, one of which being that Suicune does not like to be looked at by humans. This is reinforced by the planetarium special, as it hadn’t been seen by anyone in the village despite being its guardian (perhaps because it doesn't want to be seen?) and because it ran away when Emma woke up and saw it.

Having the boys be saved by Suicune earlier also makes Ash’s “what a nice guy, that Suicune.” line even funnier.

There are lots of ways to take the special into consideration, and I think it’s an interesting way to look at it! My personal favourite interpretation is that Goh researches more on Suicune after being saved by it and uses that information to help it and pay it back in the Suicune episode! That’s just my opinion though, and I’ve love to see what other people think about these two episodes!

Thanks for reading =D!

#pokemon journeys #pokeani #anipoke #goh pokemon #trainer goh #suicune #theory #analysis #long post #sorry if there are spelling errors

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lieblxng · 3 years

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im developing a lot of aus including the reverse au which is currently only available for rose, but leon also has it developed, i just forgot to put it in the verses page for him haha but wow im developing a reverse verse for a chara i dont have??? i might as well throw damos on the blog and be the only person in the pkmn rpc who plays him LMAO i cant help falling for obscure characters but i think he might have a better chance in getting interactions than my etrian odyssey muses but no if anyone wants to do damos,,,,you can hmu 😳😳 i cant reply it or see it if you do tho LMAOO

anyway reverse!damos here who goes by lazarus (meaning: my god has aided me) is not a nice farmer unlike his normal verse, instead being akin to a mercenary, but he kinda fills in the role of marcus - he has the ability to manipulate the hearts of pokemon, even legendaries and because of this, he’s been fiddling with legendaries and experimenting with things to try something out - and while reverse!arceus has been severely weakened from an intense fight or a meteorite too (im still figuring it out) and lost its life plates, lazarus finds it. it’s on the brink of dying, and instead of returning the plates like a nice person, lazarus only thinks of profit and benefitting himself - because it’s so vulnerable, it manipulates reverse!phae into summoning the lake guardians, where it promptly fights them and steals their gems before kicking them into the dirt. then he uses said gems to restraint and fully take control of reverse!phae before inserting the plates back into it, saying it will only get them back if it corporates. yes, lazarus literally pulls a cyrus being the first one to actually create a draft of the red chains to have arceus under its command. one of cyrus’ pc posts is “According to myths, the Pokémon created Sinnoh with its power. However, capturing the Pokémon with a Poké Ball prevents it from using its full power... But with the Red Chain, the Pokémon can be shackled, and its power can be used without restraint...” and he’s implying arceus with the first mention of pokemon, so maybe the red chains can be used on god??? i dont see why not, although the lake guardian was made more to check the creation trio than god itself, but why wouldn’t you have checks against god? “The Pokémon of the lakes and Mt. Coronet are somehow connected. Capturing the Pokémon of the lakes will free the Pokémon of Mt. Coronet. From the Pokémon of the lakes, crystals can be extracted to create a Red Chain.” i know he implies the creation trio with pkmn of mt. coronet but technically arceus lives in mt. coronet as the hall of origins can be summoned there LEMME HAVE THIS -

originally i was going to have reverse!arceus be a completely neutral god, both in personality and how it handled things - just create life, casually, and just head out and do nothing for them - “the humans can handle their planet however they wish to. if they destroy it, they destroy it.” and i was trying to redesign it and it kept coming up as punk (more below because this is a long ass post)

so i was like, aight i guess i’ll go with what my heart wants but something still didnt feel right, because punk is an expression more than just a simple fashion statement - it was created to rebel against those who tried to hold you down and mold you into who they wanted you to be. to defy the shitty standards of what’s supposedly normal. and then it all clicked when i looked at this vid

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ive heard the music itself and one of my favs, but not the music video so i kinda just exploded with ideas and it really completed the punk i wanted to go with - funny thing, im a bad character designer so i scrapped the punk look and pulled a unique thing with phae’s case - legendaries and mythics are statements of unchanging, fixated ways while normal, evolvable pokemon are statements of improvement and change - growth, which is something phae is completely jealous of. gods don’t evolve; they don’t change. so i thought, why not keep its original look (i love it too much anyway and i cant think of anything better tbh for phae) to reflect that aspect but have the way it governs and behaves different? normal!phae and reverse!phae are still similar but opposite - normal being the kind, caring god and reverse being the relentless, uncaring god. both are the two most popular aspects and themes of gods and how they treat those beneath them, so i thought it worked.

reverse!phae never wanted to be a god. it’s immature and uncaring on purpose to get the attention of the creator of the original one itself; to be a sign of rebel, to show that it was its own character and no one can morph it into what they want it to be. it revels in its creations screaming in pain, as nothing else entertains it so and because it empathizes with them. it sends the world into pure chaos a majority of time so no one enjoys living. seeing its creations, both human and pokemon, excel in the trials and tribulations of this hell; seeing them perform so expertly under extreme stress, how humans and pokemon can come together and defeat anythin - and rebelling in their own right and way give reverse!phae so much hope and relief. that it’ll be able to do the same. and once reverse!phae does get its creators attention, you bet it’s gonna be very angry on why it exists. it might even try to murk its creator. it’s more of a “i didn’t ask to be born so i’m gonna make it your problem” type of person, and a god prone to violence - often fighting with its own creations, like even the lake trio and the creation trio. but it checks them all every time, and it’s so hungry for an actual fight that reverse!phae can actually work for and struggle for and feel like it actually won. and that’s when lazarus comes in. that’s where lazarus comes in.

how much it hates lazarus. how much it hates lazarus. it hates everyone, but lazarus has a special kind of hatred reserved just for him. in fact, hatred isn’t the proper word to explain the intense, raw, unfiltered feelings reverse!phae has for him. on one hand, it absolutely respects the honest work he puts in to further himself, but on the other hand, being the one on the receiving end of his malicious intentions is never ideal. it has no interest in whatever petty crimes he wants to commit, but trying to take god and become it yourself? completely admirable. a fantastic way to rebel, but having to have someone chain you down and control you? reverse!phae’s worst nightmare. i’ll get into that later since this is already long enough god help me

is reverse!phae messed up? yes, severely. that’s kinda what happens when you rot alone in the depths of dark space for eons. no human nor pokemon - no, no living being can ever handle that. both normal! and reverse!phae have the same backstory, but different reactions to it. reverse!phae wants everyone to scream and lash out, it wants everyone to rebel against their origins and become their own people, even with the immense baggage on their shoulders. it wants everyone to risk death to accomplish their dreams. it laughs in everyone's faces before spitting in them. i think reverse!phae will be one of my most violent takes on a muse, if not, my most since it is god and the shit it talks can easily be proven right. it constantly berates and breaks people down into pieces. no one understands it. it hates everyone and everything it sees. it doesn’t need love and kindness, it just needs a body to break. which is untrue, because obviously its yearning for love and kindness - something its never experienced - and it’s lashing out for attention. secretly hoping someone will just hug it and all its problems away. that everything will be okay in the grand scheme of things. that it won’t have to have the unlimited stress of being a god anymore.

usually when i put my touch on muses, canon or not, they’re primarily good people with hearts of gold. even with ones less so, they’re not as intense as this. so working with that kind of character is thrilling and i’m excited to see if i can get anyone interested with it lmao- reverse!phae’s name might be nou or chali, what would be better? sorry this was such a long post!! i’ve been working on this since last night and it’s been really fun to develop like this again - i only get this kind of productive with my hyperfixations, so they’re both a blessing and a curse - i think this is everything i have rn for the reverse au but ii’ll be going back into it

#//trimming because this is a long ass post #//talking about the reverse verse oh hee hoo #//ive made developments #//see now after the fluff we get the angst its the circle of life on this blog #'Cause we kick it like it's summertime. | Mun Art #There's no need to be so VIP. | Headcanons #Arceus (self) | I have many names~#big boy anxiety | OOC #Turning a cold shoulder. | Verses

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ranger-rai · 3 years

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Hi ranger Rai!

I was interested in the pokémon Porygon.

According to the pokédex, since Porygon is the first modern artificial pokémon, it should do only what it's programmed for and follow instructions. It shouldn't eat or breathe and that's why it's used in space.

I know you have a Porygon and I was wondering about his behaviour and how you take care of him. I saw many trainers with Porygon and to me it looks just like any other pokémon.

Also, what are Porygons most used for in the world? I know there's also the upgraded version, Porygon2, which should have more complex behaviour, but that's less common, at least from what I saw.

I also feel like they are slowly being replaced by Rotom, especially in Galar. Is that true?

Ahhh alot to go over so sit tight.

Firstly Porygon are awesome!

And yes they are one of the earliest man-made pokemon, they still are pokemon.

It's not that there's a factory where they are being massed produced, they were created and now they can live their own lives.

It's actually possible to create your own from home, but you might have some seriously negative results if you don't know what you're doing.

As for programming, earlier Porygon were limited in their abilities, of course because of the limitations of the internet and other things.

But most were able to be upgraded with patches or were upgraded into Porygon 2.

These little guys don't NEED to eat, but they can, and they enjoy it. However they do need to empty their cache and refresh themselves about twice a week to be running at full compacity.

So just let them chill out in your smart device or computer and they will handle the rest. I actually bought a simple tablet for Skip so he could rest there whenever he wants.

As for what Porygon are used for, we'll thats kind of a broad question:

They are friends!

Haha but I know what you mean. While you may not see their work as much, porygon help inside the cyber world alot.

Protecting computers and communication devices run at their best.

As for a comparison to Rotom, while Porygon work inside devices and travel in the internet, Rotom actually inhabit specially made devices and augment them and power them.

Basically Rotom is a living ball of energy, so they need to let all of that energy out. When they were first discovered, alot of trainers had problems because Rotom would jump into their devices and short them out.

When we learned that rotom could posses certain devices, scientists worked on a way to help them be more productive.

As for Porygon, they work on a much deeper level, with alot of them even protecting high level areas from serious cyber threats.

Porygon are actually great companions because they can keep your devices running much longer, and they can actually travel so fast because of the internet, so it's like you're never alone!

As for Skip, he's a much older model with some corrupted data, mainly his speech programs.

It's hard to find the proper drivers, so I had some help getting him a sort of talky box collar.

He also isn't as powerful as some models so he doesn't do super well with high end computers, but a simple desktop or a tablet works well for him.

But he actually does really well with low wave communications like walkie talkies and CB Radios, so he's perfect for helping us rangers stay in contact!

I love him just the way he is, and he has been nothing but a loveable goofball since I found him.

I think you would have a wonderful time with a Porygon companion, and I'm glad you are so interested in them.

Feel free to ask me anytime for information on them!

#pokemon ranger #pokemon #ranger rai #ask me anything #sinnoh #ask me a question #ask me questions #the ranger base #porygon #skip

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ladala99 · 3 years

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Pokemon Presents - Reactions

Well, my predictions were completely wrong, aside from small details like Contests were in the presentation and they showed characters present in Legends: Arceus.

But for my reactions:

Mobile Games I really don't care about these. I might pick Masters back up but I got super burnt out about gacha games a while ago and it still doesn't sound fun to pick anything like that back up. But maybe. I mean, N's my favorite character and he looks stunning in that outfit.

Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl In order of me remembering: - Following Pokemon - Different outfits for the players - Expanded Underground (although Secret Bases seem less "let's make a pretty room" and more "let's place some objects that unlock stuff") - The Underground seems to be where Platinum Expansion Pokemon are, by the narrator's commentary while Houndoom was onscreen. So general encounters may be identical to Diamond and Pearl - Munchlax in places other than Honey Trees - Contests seem a bit nerfed. The Dance round looks more visually interesting, but the actual gameplay looks simplified. No mention of Dressup round. Appeal round we didn't see enough to tell if it's the same complexity or not. No mention of Poffins - Ball Seals are replaced with Stickers. You still get to customize them for special effects, which is neat. - I like how they call Cynthia "mysterious" as if everyone doesn't already know who she is.

Overall, I'm still unsure what to think of these. My main reservations (always-on Exp Share and whether Pokemon from Unova and later are usable at all) are still unanswered. It also doesn't help that some of my favorite features (Contests and Secret Bases) seem to be simplified. Following Pokemon and Customization are neat, but those don't make this a must-buy.

Legends: Arceus In order of me remembering: - Regional Formes/Evolutions! - Riding Pokemon - are they yours or is it like Alola? They seem to all be Regional Formes from what we've been shown - Doesn't seem to be truly open-world. You have missions in specific places. Maybe you can explore further but there's no nearby healing place until later? - "Galaxy Team" huh? And that guy woman looks a lot like Cyrus. So are we the badguys or did Cyrus just steal the name/iconography of these guys, believing that since he's the descendant of the leader he has the right to do so? Because there's no way they're not related - The weird bloomy lighting I disliked in the first trailer looks more intended now. I still don't like it that much but at least it doesn't look unfinished anymore - Wild Pokemon act differently, require different strategies to catch, and attack you. This is basically what I hoped for! - They're experimenting with how battles work with the strong/agile style thing

Overall, I am more convinced than before that I want this. My only real reservation is that I don't like the lighting/shading, and that's a minor thing. They're really experimenting with the formula, and in this case I welcome it.

HOME Compatibility At the end they mentioned Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus would be compatible with HOME with no further explanation. I'm still wondering how compatible, although confirmation that Legends: Arceus will be compatible is very welcome.

Competitive Stays in Sword/Shield

I take it that means Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are not going to be fully compatible with Sword and Shield. Which was almost a given, but it does mean I'll need to get Sword at some point for futureproofing reasons (trade evolutions).

After seeing the Websites:

Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl: - Dressup round is gone. Contest stats are a thing, though, so Poffins may be in it still. - The Underground section has a screenshot with a Sentret and a Numel. So Pokemon outside of Sinnoh dex confirmed, but only ones that were compatible with the originals so far. - Manaphy's the early adoption bonus for BDSP - Statues are the only decoration mentioned for Secret Bases. While I used to only decorate with Pokemon plush, I like being more creative now so that's a bit of a letdown - Underground (and the Union Room) is online! - Game Corner is replaced by the clothes shop - Like all recent games, you have a few skin/hair/eye color choices for the protagonists. Unknown if you can further tweak them later or if you only have the choices shown. (Given LGPE doesn't let you, I'm guessing no)

Legends: Arceus: - Trading exists in Legends: Arceus. It's a Nintendo Switch Online feature. Does that mean trade evolutions are still trade evolutions? :( - Opposite gender player character is a rival or something - Time of day and weather change Pokemon spawns/behavior - Not truly open-world - you gain access to new areas when your rank increases - Seems completing the Pokedex is the main task, and it involves not only catching but also raising and observing each Pokemon - Pokemon joins Animal Crossing in 'games you wouldn't expect to have a crafting system but now they do' - Early adoption bonus is clothes. So you can change your outfit, even though they haven't shown anything else about that

None of these things changed my opinions from above, but are good clarifications.

#pokemon #pokemon presents #pokemon diamond and pearl #pokemon legends arceus

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awkwardnoob · 3 years

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The Pokémon au no one asked for:

- Everyone probably uses Apricorn balls, because this is probably still a more medieval setting, but if you wanna say “screw it, regular balls are a thing” that’s fine too.

- Alfyn can treat both people and Pokémon.

He has a Delibird to start, and they are not a native species to Clearbrook/the Riverlands. Possibly given to him by Graham before he left (maybe even as an egg), but I’m not 100% on that. Maybe it was a fluke and one just wandered too far from home.

Alfyn WILL, at some point, attract a Shaymin with all the gratitude people feel toward him.

Those aren’t the only Pokémon he’s going to get. He might get healing staples like Audino, Chansey, or Comfey. Maybe a Tauros or a Sawsbuck. Not sure.

- Therion starts out without any Pokémon at all. Pokémon were a luxury to kids like him before Darius’ betrayal, and afterward he closed his heart to everybody, even Pokémon.

Naturally, this changes after Therion teams up with Alfyn. Alfyn finds a Salandit hiding under a rock and guarded as fuck. It’s hissin’ mad and all beaten up, so Alfyn, in true Alfyn fashion, just has to treat the poor thing. Therion only takes an interest because it’s shiny, and despite not being the kind of thief to steal Pokémon, knows it’d fetch a pretty penny. This being a wild one means it’s free real estate.

Therion tells Alfyn, because he’s a country boy who knows nothing of shinies or selling pokemon, that only females of the species evolve/their rarity and it’d fetch them a small fortune if they were. Alfyn just scratches the newly tamed Salandit under the chin and goes something like, “so you’re a real special little lady, huh?” and Therion nearly chokes because he was so sure it was just a male like 90% of all other fucking Salandits (Alfyn knew because that’s literally part of his job).

Therion ends up bonding with her and the plans to sell her eventually are abandoned. (Ironically, she may never evolve, because Salazzle doesn’t have the bandit aesthetic)

If Therion gets anything else (he may not), there is a Nicket in his future.

- H’aanit has Linde as her companion. Linde, however, was hard to convert. I’ve gone rouge and decided “She’s a regional variant of Liepard”. An ice type Liepard, H’aanit and her people don’t generally catch Pokémon, but they can talk to them so H’aanit can convince wild Pokémon in the area to come to her aid.

H’aanit never catches anything else besides Linde (maybe after realizing Linde having a ball will help keep her from being Poke-napped. She gets Linde’s consent for this)

- Ophilia is a tricky one. She may have a Litwick/Lampent, or maybe she has a healer pokemon. Pokémon don’t really come in “holy/light” flavors, so I can’t really go off that to get something that fits. An Espeon or Sylveon wouldn’t be a bad idea.

- Cyrus probably has something like a Gardevoir or Alakazam. Or, option B) He has a starter trio. Since Cyrus is a 30-year-old man, they may even be fully evolved from the start. (The older the traveler is, the more likely their Pokémon are to be fully evolved)

- Tressa has a Skwovet/Greedunt at home. She mentions having a pet squirrel in tavern banter who helps pick out the freshest nuts and berries, and Swovet/Greedunt fits the bill.

Her actual first Pokémon is something she gets from Leon. Probably a flying type of some sort, but Dratini would be cute because:

Leon probably has a Dragonair. Blue serpent spear, blue serpent like Pokémon. Easy.

Naturally, Tressa would get ahold of a Meowth as well. Or she starts with Meowth and Leon gifts her a Dratini later. (Their entire friendship is just really nice and it makes me happy)

- Olberic: Easy as pie, Aegislash. Possibly an Escavalier in his future.

He gives Philip an egg his Aegislash found (actually made) before he leaves on his journey, and when he returns home, he finds that the egg has hatched into a honedge. Olberic is just so proud of his son, okay?

- Primrose has a Furfrou from her rich girl days. It was possibly her father’s pokemon first.

The kind of pokemon she’d add to her team later are the pretty ones. Things like Lopunny, Gardevior, and Hatterene. Possibly a Salazzle that is now in rivals with Therion’s Salandit. Not a big rivalry, because Primrose’s Salazzle is an adult pokemon while Therion’s Salandit is actually a baby. A Zorua/Zoroark wouldn’t be a bad idea.

- Yusufa eventually gets a Popplio, because she lives and is traveling with everyone else because it sucks that she died in the first place so that isn’t happening in this au.

- Kit has an Eevee.

#Octopath Traveler #Mostly ideas for the basic travelers #But Yusufa and Kit are here too #Also Leon

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askaceattorney · 4 years

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Dear Starry,

Co-Mod: Sorry for almost missing this letter, first and foremost.

As an introvert, I don’t show much personality most of the time, but I do see myself in the quirks of the Ace Attorney cast every now and then. Sometimes I just want a break from what I’m dealing with, like Phoenix...

...sometimes I get overemotional when things don’t go my way, like Larry...

...sometimes I get too excited when they do go my way, like Pearly...

...and sometimes I struggle not to explode in a fiery inferno that’s visible from space, like...well, like a lot of characters.

But the character I relate most to, as I’ve mentioned several times before, is good old Ms. Cykes.

She’s got skill and ambition, but still struggles in her self-confidence every now and then, and right now, that describes me perfectly. (I hope the first part does, at least.)

Dear Anonymous,

Co-Mod: Thanks, I guess. *blows a noisemaker half-heartedly*

(Previous Letter)

Dear Anonymous,

Co-Mod: I might be willing to share that ship, oddly enough, except for the fact that I've already played through most of the Professor Layton series, so...yeah. It’s probably not gonna work.

(I still need to finish it, don’t I?)

Dear Starry again,

Co-Mod: I...honestly can’t say I know. If things go my way, I’ll be doing something I love (or at least enjoy), like drawing/animating for a TV show or video game, writing music, or possibly even working on a game development team. If Ace Attorney (and life) have taught me anything, though, it’s that no one can predict the future, so maybe I’ll be doing something completely different.

As far as TV shows go (I’m allowed to answer both, right?), most of my favorites were the classic ones, like Green Acres, The Andy Griffith Show, and just about any Looney Tunes cartoon. I also enjoyed a lot of Nickelodeon’s shows, like Hey Arnold!, Doug, and that one about the sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea. What was his name again...?

Mod Paups: Mmm for TV shows I’d say Dragon Ball is what I mainly watched, and maybe Pokemon, but that’s about it. I’m not certain where I see myself in 10 years, hopefully it’s good!

Dear Starry again (again),

Co-Mod: I’m guessing you mean this one. Thanks for waiting to see if it showed up. For anyone else who’s wondering if your letter fell victim to Tumblr's glitchery or not, letters now take roughly 3 weeks to get answered, so feel free to resubmit it if you don’t see it after that long.

Dear skibot99,

Co-Mod: Technically, DGS2 letters are still off limits, but I sometimes dance around that rule if the letter is only about DGS2, and not addressed to a character from that game. Let’s just say that letters like that may or may not get answered, so only send them if you’re feeling lucky.

Dear springtime562,

Co-Mod: My mistake!

The other Mods are starting school, so I’ve mostly been on my own, and I’m balancing this blog with two part-time jobs, so...you (collectively) can probably expect a few more errors in the near future.

Dear d0midink,

Co-Mod: Let me just start by saying that if this isn’t one of the nicest compliments we’ve received (and we’ve received quite a few), it’s definitely a contender.

I’m just happy we’re still able to do it with everything else we’re going through (not to mention everything the world’s been through lately), so thanks a million for your support!

Dear Anonymous,

Co-Mod: None in particular, but I do sort of miss answering letters to the Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney cast. They have their own unique sort of charm.

Mod Paups: Well in my case I looove love answering letters addressed to any of the antagonists, specially Damon Gant. He has to be my favorite character to write as, he’s just so fun!

Dear rogertheegg,

Co-Mod: I’m guessing what they’re referring to is the “culprit feels remorse in the end” concept in each case. I definitely prefer Marlon’s breakdown over Acro’s, mostly because Marlon put up more of a fight, plus he showed a lot more emotion. We also didn’t have to cycle through a bunch of profiles and evidence just to remind a clown about a magician’s three symbols, so there’s that, too.

Mod Paups: Honestly? I don’t feel as if Turnabout Reclaimed succeeded or was better? And if I had to choose, I prefer Big Top over Reclaimed. I guess it’s just a matter of tastes.

Dear kxhyuns,

Co-Mod: I repeat myself, but...thanks a million!

It’s been an honor to take what Ace Admin and the Mod created and keep it going for so long. I’m just glad we’re still gaining followers and make the characters sound like themselves.

Here’s the letter you mentioned, by the way. Pretty trollish, if you ask me.

Dear TGSPLS,

Co-Mod: Me too, pal, me too. Looks like it’s finally time to accept this certificate of death for the Ace Attorney series.

(I could be wrong, of course.)

But hey, at least the fandom’s still as alive and well as ever, as evidenced by this very blog!

Never let the flame die out, folks.

Dear mungeondaster,

Co-Mod: Are you kidding me? My answer to both ideas is YES!!! I’d like to see a shopping scene and I’d LOVE an open world Ace Attorney game! Heck, I’d be fine with an anime retelling of AJ, DD, and/or SoJ, an Ace Attorney-themed chess game, Lisa Basil Teaches Typing... JUST GIVE US SOMETHING, CAPCOM!!!

*huff, huff, huff*

While we’re on the subject, I once had a dream where I was playing a point-and-click adventure game similar to King’s Quest VII, with Maya as a playable character. I’d pay a huge sum for that if it became a reality.

-The Mods

#doveofthedawn #Anonymous #skibot99 #springtime562 #d0midink #rogertheegg #kxhyuns #TGSPLS #mungeondaster #Mod Post #Co Mod #Mod Paups

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askkrenko · 3 years

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Krenko's Guide to Pokemon: Happiny Line

Can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time?

DESIGN:

Happiny is pure soft pink round cuteness. It's not quite as clean as something like Jigglypuff, but the bottom that looks like some sort of baby seat, the curly hair atop its head, and its little egg-stone just add to its adorability. I admit I don't fully get what's going on in the split between its top and bottom halves, but it's adorable just the same.

Chansey is particularly simple, big, round, and holding an egg. There's not much to Chansey's design, but the floppy things on the sides of its head that might be ears or hair or something add just a bit of texture and break up its design just enough to be unique and interesting instead of boring.

Blissey fluffs up further, adding curly hair and fluffy fur (yes, the Pokedex says fur) that resembles a skirt and flared gloves. I do like Blissey's design, but I think it's a bit too close to Chansey's. Unlike most evolved forms, the visual differences that separate Blissey from Chansey don't make it look like an older, stronger version, or even a transformed one. If anything, Blissey looks like it could be a Regional Form of Chansey more than an evolved form.

Well, it still looks a hell of a lot better than it’s Beta Design (art by Rachel Briggs) . That stupid thing has a mouth and/or a butt on its head. Also TWO EGGS because two is eggier than one.

EVOLUTIONS:

Happiny evolves to Chansey when leveled up during the day while holding a completely non-magical rock that looks like an egg. This is about as big a waste of time as you can get from a Pokemon that's just going to its second form and should evolve on its own at level 20 or so. On the flip side, the only way to get your Chansey to lay a Happiny egg is give the Chansey a "Luck Incense" before breeding...

Now buckle up, because I'm about to explain to you why "Incense" is one of my least favorite mechanics in all the Pokemon games. I'm sure I'll complain more in the future, but this is a big one.

See, when a Chansey has a baby normally, its egg hatches into a fully grown Chansey who has its own egg. Only by breeding a Chansey while using "Luck Incencse" do you get a Happiny. This means that Happiny isn't the natural form of Chansey, and there shouldn't be any wild Happiny without significant amounts of wild Luck Incense, but they're there. They exist. They're all over Alola. You know what's NOT all over Alola? Luck Incense. You have to buy that stuff specifically from a dealer.

And is this GOOD for the Chansey? A Happiny is so much weaker than a Chansey that in the wild it's just a huge disadvantage for a Chansey to lay a Happiny Egg over a Chansey Egg, so you'd think they'd know to avoid Luck Incense.

There's no logical or reasonable benefit of these Incenses, and it's honestly just weird that they're necesarry. But why ARE they necesarry? Because Pokemon HATES changing data, other than movesets. Movesets change constantly and are rearranged every generation, but evolution means, breeding lines, and abilities basically never change no matter how little sense they make. So Happiny can't exist on its own because in Generations 2 and 3 Chanseys laid Chansey Eggs, and you can't change it now even if you're adding in Happiny, so it has to be 'newly discovered' through some 'strange method.'

KishiShiotani drew a baby Chansey because those are normal for some reason

So what do we do? We drug our Chanseys in order to get a premature Chansey Baby that's Smaller and Cuter and we call it a new Pokemon. And you know what? Chansey's base stats are pretty hefty. It deserved a Baby version. But it can't just HAVE a Baby Version it has to have the ability to jump through hoops to get it... And then that baby can't just evolve into Chansey, it has to get a special rock and only come out during the day for some stupid reason.

Incense Babies should be stricken from the game. The mechanic, that is. Happiny should stick around forever, but every baby Chansey or Blissey should be a Happiny. And they should just evolve at level 20 or something.

Chansey evolves into Blissey with Friendship. Which makes sense for this Pokemon and is a fine and reasonable mechanic.

Happiny’s Egg by Momogirl

TYPING:

The Happiny line is pure Normal type, which means weak to fighting, immune to ghost, and ineffective against Rock, Steel, and Ghost. This is generally a pretty poor type to be, especially offensively, but having only one weakness is really good for tankier Pokemon. Only Fighting type attacks are super-effective against the Happiny line, making it harder to topple them.

STATS:

Blissey has the highest HP in the game. In fact, Blissey's 255 HP is the highest stat in the game. Couple this with 135 Special Defense and Blissey is the best Special wall in all of Pokemon. Unfortunately, this comes with a drawback. At a disturbingly low 10 physical defense, Blissey's 255 HP doesn't actually let it take a punch from many attackers.

Blissey's speed is low, though not the worst, and its special attack at 75 is a comfortable average. Blissey's not a great attacker, but Pokemon can't ignore it. Its physical attack, like its defense, is an impossibly low 10, but that's easily solved by just not using any physical attacks.

Let’s get Happy by couchmochi

ABILITIES:

Blissey's Hidden Ability, Healer, only works in double battles. At the end of each turn, it has a 30% chance to remove your other Pokemon's status effects. This is fine, but double only.

Serene Grace is a great ability that isn't really relevant to Blissey. Serene Grace doubles the chance of secondary effects on moves, but there's nothing in Blissey's list that this is particularly relevant on. Sure, it means Ice Beam has a 20% chance to freeze instead of a 10%, but that's still mediocre at best.

Most Blisseys are going to want to use Natural Cure, which automatically heals all status conditions when switched out. This means Blissey is far less susceptible to Poison and Burn than other tanky Pokemon, and being able to remove Paralysis and Sleep with a switch is nice, too. Bonus points for PvE where this also heals status effects after battles.

pokenurses by Crayon-Chewer

MOVES:

Soft-Boiled, Blissey's signature move, heals it 50% its max HP. Which is a lot. The only excuse for not teaching your Blissey Soft-Boiled is if you'd managed to keep an Event Wish Chansey from 2004 and are using Wish instead. Good luck with that.

Dealing damage with Blissey is then the hard part. In older generations it could learn Toxic, but that got seriously cut down in Sword and Shield. Which means the best way to deal damage is to get a Machop, level it up to 40 until it learns Seismic Toss, breed it with a female Pancham until you get a male baby, breed that Pancham with a female, Mawile until you get a male baby, and then breed that Mawile with a Chansey or Blissey so that the baby learns Seismic Toss.

Or, if you're not crazy, just teach it Flamethrower and hope you inflict a burn. Blissey actually learns a good variety of special attacks, so you can pick others like Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, or Psychic for specific coverage.

If not using Toxic, Thunder Wave does a good job at weakening foes for you to gradually defeat them with an attacking move.

Blissey can learn Stealth Rock, which is often worth setting up when you've got a free turn due to tankiness.

The best move list for Blissey would probably be Wish, Toxic, Teleport, and Seismic Toss. A casual, reasonable move list for Blissey in Gen 8 is Soft-Boiled, Flamethrower, Thunder Wave, and Stealth Rock.

OVERALL:

Blissey is an amazing Special Wall, but with Gen 8 taking Toxic away from it, Wish being trapped behind a time machine, and Seismic Toss being so difficult for it to learn it has a hard time leveraging that into anything resembling a win. Still, spamming Flamethrower forever isn't a bad strategy, even if it's not what one would expect to see from Blissey. Blissey’s great, but the difference between a modern Blissey and a top-quality Blissey is pretty notable.

Magical Nurse Joy by Mi-eau

#Krenko's Pokemon Guide #Happiny #Chansey #Blissey

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imjeralee · 4 years

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Wallflower: Chapter 12 - The Elusive Eli

Raihan x F!Reader

Disclaimer: Do not own Pokemon

Note: This is my first Pokemon fanfic. I hope you enjoy it :) Originally posted on Archive of Our Own.

Summary: You’re an unassuming Pokemon breeder who works at the nursery in the Wild Area and he’s Raihan, the fearsome gym leader of Hammerlocke who has more than a million followers. You don’t want anything to do with him but he’s…persistent.

Rating: Mature/Explicit

Warnings: Lemon, smut, violence, language

THE ELUSIVE ELI

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He leaves the nursery, rubbing at his chin and jaw until he spots a familiar boy dressed in pink standing by a tree, smirking at him. The youth looks at him up and down, taking note of his rather bedraggled appearance and scoffs under his breath, "Well. Aren't you a sight for sore eyes?"

Eli joins his side and the two boys begin to make their way down the path. "What are you doing here, Bede?"

"Chairman Rose sent me to get you. We've to go to Motostoke. I saw you talking to Raihan and that girl. What was that all about?"

"Nothing."

“Nothing?"

Having been pressed, Eli relents. “Hmph. People like him really piss me off. He isn't anything special." He says with a scowl. Bede says nothing, except stare at him silently. Turning to Bede, Eli adds, "Don't associate yourself with the likes of them, Bede. The gym leaders - they're all a pathetic and pitiful lot. None of them are worthy of their titles. Work hard and don't show mercy to the weak. Don't forget that. Am I clear?"

"Yeah." Bede replies, "Crystal."

”Good.” With that, they continue their journey to the city.

You'll see, Eli thinks to himself, frowning, You'll all see. I'll become the most powerful trainer in Galar and you'll regret not choosing me, Rose.

...

With Eli gone, the nursery settles into a discomforting silence. You return Goomy and Dreepy into their pokeballs because they seem shaken by Eli's presence. It occurs to you that you have never seen Raihan angry before and you stare up at him as he watches the door, as though waiting for Eli to come back for seconds.

However, when nothing happens, his dark expression clears up and he turns to you with the biggest, cheesiest grin and coos at you, “Are you okay?”

You’re stunned at the quick turnaround until you slide your gaze to his hand and you gasp. “You’re bleeding!!! Oh wait, is that Eli’s blood?”

With an eyebrow raised, Raihan lifts his hand up where there’s a trickle of fresh blood over his knuckles. You don’t wait for him to respond - reaching for him, you tug on his clean hand and lead him inside the nursery.

“Am I allowed in here?” He asks, as you pass the storeroom and the nursery and towards the staff bathroom.

”Yes, of course.”

“Where’s your boss?”

”She went out and won’t be back anytime soon.”

Once you’re at the door, you push it open, revealing the cramped, tiny space but you usher him in and Raihan looks around himself - his back hits the sink and you stand in front of him, reaching for the medicine kit that sits on the shelf above the toilet. You rummage inside and pull out a plaster along with a few cotton pads, a roll of clean bandages and some cooling gel.

”Give me your hand.” You mutter, and Raihan obediently sticks his palm out for your taking and you scoop his hand into yours. You dampen the cotton wool pad and begin to carefully dab and smother at his bloodied knuckles. “Tell me if I hurt you by accident, okay?”

“Okay.” He observes you as you tend to him the entire time which you don’t notice because his hand looks like it’s turning purple and that doesn’t bode well. After you’ve cleaned the blood, you grab the cooling gel and apply it over his knuckles, spreading a thin layer and making sure to massage it thoroughly into his skin and when it dries, you grab the plaster and it’s then you notice that he’s staring at you with the same goofy smile and you feel your cheeks going a little warm.

”...W-what is it?” You ask; before he can respond however, and you automatically assume the worst. ”Did I hurt you by accident? I’m so sorry!”

”No, you're fine. You didn't hurt me.” He plops his other hand atop your head. “Don’t be silly.”

You mumble an 'okay' under your breath and continue dressing his hand and once you’ve tucked the bandage neatly into itself and tied the end so it won’t fall apart, you let go of him and Raihan inspects his bandaged hand. He only punched a dude in the face but you’re worried he injured himself when punching said dude.

“Thanks.” He grins at you widely as you pack away the med kit. “You’re good at this.”

”Well, baby pokemon falling off high shelves is a very common occurrence here.”

Raihan laughs before he reaches for you, pulling you into his embrace and holding you so tightly, you think your back might break in half. "Did he hurt you?" He murmurs as he lets out a gentle sigh, pressing his nose into your hair.

You shake your head; your face is pushed into his chest that it's getting hard to breathe. "No.” is your muffled response. You wrap your arms around his back, holding him tightly in return.

"Did he touch you?"

"Just my hair."

He loosens his grip slightly to peer at you, smoothing his large hand over your cheek before he leans forwards and plants a kiss on your mouth. "You're okay?" He murmurs, pressing his lips against yours once more.

"Yeah."

And he smooches you again but this time, he doesn't pull away and begins brushing the tip of his thumb over your bottom lip. "What did he say to you?" He says, between kisses.

You decide to pull away. "Uh...He said I'm nothing like your ex-girlfriend. That I'm not as pretty as her, that he didn't think you'd go for a girl like me. And he said it hadn't been long since your previous break-up so you probably weren't even over it and that you're just using me." You mutter, and you're quite amazed yourself that you remembered all that. It's then you realise that you feel quite upset. When you think about what you just said aloud, you had been compared to Raihan's ex-girlfriend. You didn’t even know he had an ex-girlfriend but you figured he would’ve...sighing, you inhale and exhale loudly as you throw your gaze to the floor.

For a while, you were feeling pretty awesome about yourself. There were a few hiccups along the way but everything seemed to work out fine - you were with Raihan, there were no problems with your work and your friends and family were fine also. However, it has taken one very negative experience to knock you off the pedestal of happiness.

Although you're aware that Eli has beef with Raihan and would probably use various tactics to get to him which may include getting into your head, you shouldn’t let his words get to you, but unfortunately they do. You don't know her or who she is and Raihan doesn't need to talk to you about his ex, or exes... but this hurts on a whole new different level and now you feel so insecure about...well, everything.

"Hey." Raihan says, cupping your cheeks again, "Look at me."

You slide your gaze to him slowly and your eyes meet.

"Eli's like that. He's even mean to Ball Guy." He mutters, but when he notices how despondent you are, he brings you into his embrace again and slides his arms around your shoulders tightly, giving you an affectionate rub. You let him hold you, closing your eyes before he adds, "Let's talk outside."

"....Okay." You mumble; he releases you so you can leave the bathroom, holding his hand and leading him outside to the back porch. It joins to the main nursery, so you make your way past some of the Pokemon who are too busy playing to notice you and you push the doors aside, revealing the large garden. You plop yourself down over the wooden floor, sitting cross-legged and so does Raihan, your knees knocking together.

"It's nice here." Raihan comments, before he takes out his phone and begins going through it. You're not sure what he's looking for, or what he's looking at but you decide not to pry.

"Yeah, it's really peaceful." You mutter, "Rai, you don't need to tell me about your ex-girlfriend if you don't want to. I'm okay, really."

He blinks blankly at you for a few seconds, before he casts his gaze to his lap. "Would it make you feel better if I told you though?"

"Um, well...I don't want you to be uncomfortable."

Now he chuckles, turning to you and ruffling your hair affectionately with his large hand. "You're so cute. You're always thinking about others instead of yourself." He says, and you blush like crazy as he clutches your hand and opens your palm, tracing his fingertips over the lines of your hand. "We weren't together for long. And we broke up a year ago."

Aha! Eli was just making porky pies to get to you, after all. Your breath gets caught in your throat as Raihan rubs your hand throughly. You don't know what to say... Maybe it's best to listen for now, so you stay silent.

"Everyone said we made a great couple." He adds, before his expression turns a tad stoic, "But it was a pretty stressful time for me."

"Stressful?"

"Yeah. She's on social media by the way so you'll find her easily. She's a lot different in-person than online, of course." He says this with a grin but somehow...you feel he’s smiling in spite of himself.

Online, huh? Your friend is really good at stalking people online so you could ask her for help later.

"We don't keep in touch." Raihan adds, before he lets go of your hand and suddenly moves to stand, looking around, "I should go. I don't want your boss to get you into trouble for me being here."

"Huh? Oh..."

You watch as he begins to fish around his pockets before he pulls something out. "Piers got me tickets to The Maximizers. He's the opening act and they're playing in Spikemuth tonight. Wanna go?" He hands you the tickets and you inspect them, your eyes bulging at the price tag. Also, they're VIP tickets... they're hard to get...

This must be the reason why Raihan dropped by your workplace in the first place. "Uh, tonight? It's a bit short notice but...sure. I got nothing better to do." You say, nodding.

He beams widely in response as you pocket your ticket. "I'll pick you up at seven."

"Okay."

"Great, see ya." Raihan brings you into another bone-crushing hug, pressing his lips against yours deeply - you melt against him at once - and then he lets go of you. "If Eli comes back, let me know."

"I'll be fine," You try to reassure him but nevertheless, Raihan seems adamant in protecting you from him. You lead him back to the main area but before he leaves, you bite down on your lip and grab his arm, "Wait."

He turns round and you gently slide your arms around his neck, pulling him down to your level as you go on tiptoe, leaning forwards; he blinks blankly at you for a split second before he grins and slips his arms around your waist, bringing you closer to him and your lips meet.

You feel him smirking against your lips as you kiss, and you kiss for a long time before finally parting; however, you don't let go of him and he doesn't let go of you - instead, you stay in his clutch as he presses his forehead against yours. His teal blue eyes gaze deeply into yours before he lowers his gaze to your lips, and back to you. You smile when he begins nuzzling you affectionately, occasionally brushing his lips over yours in a fleeting, teasing manner. It’s nice to be in his arms, to be held like this.

With much reluctance, you let go of him after what feels like an eternity and he does the same - as he leaves, you wave him off, sighing heavily as your heart flutters.

Your day continues and you're feeling lonely since Raihan left even though he sent you a message seconds after his departure, reassuring you again that Eli was nothing but a rat bastard. Very good. Now you wonder if it's right to ask your friend if she can do some snooping to find out more about the ex-girlfriend instead of asking Raihan directly but what the heck, you send her a message, asking if she knows anything about her. And then you resume work.

"Bzrt, new mezzzage from Allister!"

"Thanks, Rotom." You check the message; Allister says they're attempting to identify the body in the woods using dental records - he'll keep you posted. You purse your lips in response, "Hm...guess that's kind of...good to know."

Earnestly, it's all very macabre and you can't help but feel a bit disturbed. The encounter with Eli has also put you into a questionable mood and it's not even lunchtime yet. Your boss is still in Hammerlocke, informing you that she won't be back until after lunch so you'll be on your own for a while. A few customers enter the establishment and you deal with them all; you go to retrieve their pokemon whilst they wait.

Once you collect the pokeballs, you hear the front door being pushed open yet again, and you return to the main area just to see two new customers - there's a familiar girl standing behind the counter - Cheerleader Alicia. She spots you and in return, you stare at her akin to a Stantler caught in headlights. Shit, what the heck is she doing here?

"Oh my, so this is where you work?" She says, lifting one hand to cover her mouth, hiding a sneer. She's first in the queue and the customer behind her in line is a middle-aged woman who dropped off an Azurill, but Alicia's first and you really don't want to serve her.

"Yes, how may I help you?" You ask, a little warily.

"Hmmm. Let me think." She replies, fumbling in her bag for a pokeball which she proceeds to place onto the counter. "Here. Look after my Zebstrika for me. I'll come back for him in a few days or so. I expect him to be well taken care of. Actually, I'd like him to be EV-trained. I heard you're the EV trainer around these parts."

"Yeah, that's right."

"How much do you charge?"

"It's a daily rate of five hundred pokedollars." You state, gesturing to the sign that's taped to the wall that details all the prices.

"Five hundred pokedollars? That's expensive."

"Um, that's the standard rate across all - "

"Where's the manager? I want to talk to her."

"She's not here."

"Then you're not getting my business. I'm not paying money for that, it sounds like a complete scam." She adds, and she says this quite loudly and nonchalantly whilst throwing glances to the other customers in the nursery, as though she's trying to rile them up. However, she's just met with blank stares but she seems satisfied that she's creating a scene, which is totally unnecessary and you feel she isn't here to drop her Pokemon off at all. "On second thought, I don't want you looking after my pokemon."

You remain silent, unsure what to say as you feel all eyes on you. You feel your cheeks grow hot and bite down on your lip, embarrassed by the way she has spoken to you. You're not in the same mood as you were when you dealt with that angry customer the other day, no.

You've returned to being quiet and shy and anxious and now you're not quite what to say to her. You shouldn't let her see you like this though and remembering the general policy on how to deal with upset customers, you mutter, "I-if you're not happy with our service, you can write or call up Macros Cosmos."

"Fine then, maybe I will." She adds, before she spins on her heel to leave.

The nursery grows silent when she exits and the next customer steps up to the counter. "What a horrible girl." says the woman, "No manners whatsoever."

"O...Oh, well, we get all kinds of customers." You say, laughing awkwardly. As usual, you’re trying to lighten up the situation by downplaying it.

After you've helped the rest of the customers, you're left doing some washing up on your own, re-thinking about what Alicia said to you. Her words repeat endlessly in the recesses of your mind over and over again, along with every little detail - from her stupid sneer, her spiteful stare and the poisonous words that escaped her vile mouth.

You should've told her it's the standard charge rate for EV training and if she doesn't like it, then tough, it's her problem and not yours or the nursery. Oh, and that she is an annoying wee bitch. Yeah, maybe that too.

"Goddamnit." You mutter to yourself, your fist clinching around the sponge, causing bubbles to ooze out all over your rubber glove. "I should've said that. Why didn't I say that? Goddamnit."

It's too late to say anything now, and you're probably going to be up all night re-thinking about this. Lord help you. Shaking your head, you begin rinsing the dishes until the front door opens once more and you turn round to see a very familiar customer - if you recalled correctly, it's the angry man whose Thievul you looked after before he began complaining and screaming to your boss and yourself.

Oh shit, what is he doing here? Worse thing is, he's not alone. There's three big and burly men with him - they're all punks - and they're definitely not here to drop off any Pokemon.

Before you can even speak, the man gestures to his group and quickly issues a command: "Let's trash this place, boys!!!"

Eyes wide, you hastily put down the dish you're cleaning as soon as the group begins to tear down posters, overturn furniture and throw objects over the floor of the nursery.

"What are you doing?!" You shout in alarm; you attempt to leave the kitchen but you have no choice but to stop and duck behind the counter as someone throws a potted plant which promptly smashes against the wall, smearing the wallpaper with muck. You peek over the counter, ducking once more as the berry planter is picked up next and tossed towards your direction. You can hear the Pokemon crying in distress from inside the nursery due to the loud noise.

Before you can release Haxorus, you hear the door opening and it's your boss. "What in the shitting hell is going on here?!" She shrieks, as the group of men turn to her. "Fluffy, Scruffy, go!" She tosses two pokeballs into the air, releasing two Houndoom who snarl and bark loudly at the men when they emerge from their capsules. "Get 'em!"

"Let's get outta here!" The men make a run for it, pursued by the Houndoom and their flamethrower attacks. You peer out from the counter, watching the dark pokemon chase after the three men through the Wild Area.

The nursery grows quiet as your boss makes her way to the counter and spots you on the floor, shaking like a leaf. "Hen, are you okay?!"

You shake your head as she helps you up to stand; you're still trembling, your face pale.

"It's okay, those horrible men are gone now." Your boss dusts you down, trying to smile, "What were they doing here?"

"I-I don't know, they just came and started trashing the place. Sorry, they scared me. I'm so glad you're here."

"It was that horrible man with the Thievul from the other day, wasn't it? Chairman Rose will hear about this!!" Your boss mutters angrily under her breath. "Fluffy, Scruffy - get over here, now!" Your boss whistles and the two Houndoom abruptly return to the nursery. Once they arrive, they stop in front of the two of you and sit on their haunches, heads up high. "Good boys." You watch as your boss strokes their horns before she goes to the fridge and pulls out two large, raw steaks which she promptly tosses and the Houndoom snap their jaws as they catch one each, tearing into the meat with their sharp fangs.

"I didn't know you had Houndoom, boss." You utter, rubbing your elbow.

"They're good boys. I don't like to use 'em much but from now on, I'll get them to guard the nursery." Your boss says, squatting down beside her pokemon. As her Houndoom growl and snarl, she smiles at them and pats them affectionately. "I'm sorry I didn't come sooner. Did anything else happen?"

"Um....Eli came this morning."

There's a brief silence.

"Eli?"

"Yeah."

"Oh..." She mutters, "I see. Did he say anything to you? About me? About coming home?"

"...Um, well, he asked where you were and I told him you were in Hammerlocke on a few errands."

"What else?"

"Uh, then he told me that he was your son."

"Oh." She says again. "Okay. Alright." The nursery grows silent once more and you're getting the feeling that they really don't have a great relationship. Your boss sweeps her hair back and sighs heavily. "Thanks, hen. I should've told you earlier, right?"

"Huh? N-No, don't say that, it's your family stuff - it-it's none of my business, honestly..."

She nods and smiles weakly, "Yes, but Eli is quite the troublemaker. I always had a hard time dealing with that boy. I mean, he even ran away from home once and didn't come back for a long time." She says, shaking her head, "My family are all pokemon breeders, hen, and we always have been - one generation after the other - but I guess my son doesn't want to follow in our footsteps. He wanted to be a gym leader. He wanted to be gym leader so badly."

You're not sure what to say in this situation and a silence spawns.

"Ah well, it's nothing for you to worry over, hen. Don't mind me! Oh my, would you look at that! It's getting late, let's get a move on, shall we?" Your boss quickly averts her gaze to the clock on the wall and smiles widely at you. You can only smile weakly in response and you both begin to tidy up the nursery.

...

It's after work when you receive an update from your friend.

It's the information she managed to find on Raihan's ex-girlfriend online. She's sent you a few links to several articles, some photos and also her social media account. You find your eyes glued to the screen as you press on the first link - it's her social media account and you see that she has more than a thousand photos and over a million followers. Hot damn. Her trainer class is Beauty/Model.

It's worse than you thought, you realised. Her recent photo is a selfie which you click on - and you see that she is an extremely beautiful young woman, smiling sweetly at the camera. She has a rounded face but pointed chin, large eyes and a nice smile. But then you see she’s wearing this low cut top and the large amount of cleavage she's showing is astronomical and the comments below - oh, boy.

Most of them are from thirsty males who respond to her photo with the emoji of an aubergine or three sweat drops or the lips showing tongue. She's also deliberately showing her hand, her palm poised under her chin with her lips apart, showing some pearly white teeth. On one of her fingers is a ring with a massive diamond sitting on top.

So, this is Raihan's ex-girlfriend.

You scroll through the rest of her feed to see more selfies and some photos of makeup products, electric type pokemon, more selfies of herself with other people (including Cheerleader Alicia, funnily enough) and also some photos where it's quite obvious it's an advert. There's also photos of her in various beach resorts.

There are no photos of herself and Raihan. You didn't know Raihan's ex-girlfriend was a social media model. On the other hand, and if this is relevant at all, you recall Raihan's interview about his ideal type of woman and....well, you don't share any of the same traits with her, appearence-wise. She's a highly successful woman and you click another recent photo which is a selfie of herself with Elesa, the gym leader of Nimbasa City in Unova.

Intimidated and overwhelmed by everything, you leave her social media account and click on the article. It's dated one year ago and it illustrates how she's engaged to a rich, but old, tycoon from Kalos but she won't quit her job - she's a makeup artist, model, beauty blogger, travel vlogger and also, she is a trainer who works in Nimbasa City gym. That's quite the list. What happened to Raihan then?

You find the next article and this time, it's about Raihan and it's dated even far back. It's the first dating rumours that emerged, revolving around the dragon tamer of Galar and the article outlines how they've been seen together on several occasions and netizens and fans alike are speculating that they're dating and have been for a while.

The more you read it, the more it's getting rather difficult. Unable to read the rest of the article and the remainder of the information your friend has gathered for you, you close the pages and look away from your phone. You can't help but wonder what Raihan likes about you and what he sees in you.

You thank your friend and you see she's typing a message. You wait for her reply, but to your surprise, she calls you so you pick up, "Hey." You greet her, trying to sound cheerful.

"Hey, you okay?"

"Y-yep, of course."

"What the - no, you're not."

"I can't help it." You moan, "Look at her! She's a bloody supermodel!"

"You know, somehow I pictured Raihan’s ex to be exactly like that and I wasn’t wrong."

"She's really pretty, like...insanely pretty."

"Yeah, I mean...it's Raihan, what were you expecting? He's hot stuff and she's hot stuff. She's from Elesa's gym for Raticate's sake. Everyone knows all the trainers from that gym are supermodels.”

"....Yeah, I know."

"It's like looking at my freaking yearbook and my high school reunion all over again - you know, all the hot, popular students and the nerds? They're the popular kids and we're the nerds. Popular kids don't end up with the nerds!"

You sigh heavily as some bad memories begin to resurface. "We're not in school anymore and things are... different, when you're in the real world."

"Yeah, I really wish school gave us some more life skills. But...just because she looks happy doesn't mean she actually is. Who knows? Maybe she's actually miserable deep inside.

People like to post up the good stuff. It's like that person I know who posted up those photos of himself riding Rhyhorns in Spikes Passage, climbing Mt Coronet, and building a goddamn school from scratch for orphans!!! When I saw that, I was...I was like lost, for a long time. I was thinking 'man, what the hell am I doing with my life? I'm so fucking useless'."

"Uh, actually...I'm pretty certain she's happy."

"Look, don't compare yourself to her. She doesn't have what you have - she doesn't have Raihan, you do. You're the one he's with, you're the one he wants to be with. Not her. I know his ex married a richer, older dude, but still."

Your voice grows weak. "Oh.”

“Unless you’re gonna go off and marry an older, richer dude too - ”

“NO!!!!" You're on the verge of screaming down the phone, but you manage to calm yourself in time, "I would never do that to him! I love - um, I like him. I like Raihan a lot, we've done a lot of stuff together and he's such a sweetheart." You quickly babble, "Er...I gotta go now actually; we're meeting up."

"Alright, I'll talk to ya later. And don't compare yourself to her. Just because you don't look like her or you're not doing what she's doing, doesn't make you unworthy of Raihan or less valuable than she is."

You're surprised by her words and you hesitate, holding your breath, "Okay." You finally squeak out, "...Thanks for everything."

"No sweat. Bye."

...

You're running late due to overtime and it's most likely you've missed the first ten minutes of the concert. Raihan doesn't seem to mind and informs you that he's waiting for you at Hammerlocke pokemon centre so you can both head to Spikemuth together; when you arrive, he's looking at his phone which he gingerly puts away when he spots you.

"Rai!" You exclaim, and he grins widely as you hastily make your way over.

"Hey." He greets you casually and wraps an arm around you; you freeze up on the spot slightly but he doesn't seem to notice.

"Ugh, I had such a shit day today." You groan as he holds you in his arms. It's not like you to complain, but damn, you really had a shit day.

"What happened?"

"Well, first there was Eli, then Alicia came and harassed me a while, then the angry customer from last time came - but with some other punks - and trashed the place. I had to clean it all up."

"Alicia came?"

"Yeah, she came to insult me, the nursery and our prices and then left."

Raihan rubs the back of his neck. "...I'm sorry that happened. I'll have a word with her tomorrow."

You end up sighing. "It's...ugh, honestly, it's fine. Damn, I...I think I need a drink."

"Let's go to Spikemuth."

"Okay."

After calling the Corviknight taxi, it takes you to the small town in a matter of minutes and if your mum knew you had set foot in here not once but twice, she wouldn't be happy at all. You're unfortunately fifteen minutes late into the concert and you feel so rotten that you've made Raihan late too - it's beginning to eat you up inside even though Raihan assures you a few times that he doesn't mind.

The concert is being held in the same nightclub where you met him which doesn't exactly tickle your fancy but hell, you probably need a lot of drink tonight and to let off some steam.

The venue is already packed to the brim - it's full of fans of The Maximisers and Piers alike and they are screaming, waving their banners and blowing into kazoos, throwing middle fingers and signs of the horns into the air and it's so noisy you think your eardrums might explode.

In the darkness, the bouncers and their Machokes let you in and you and Raihan blindly enter the VIP section where you're incredibly close to the stage - you can see Piers close up.

He's already singing and he’s supported by two guitarists and a drummer in the back; he spots Raihan and waves lightly, acknowledging your presences before he returns to entertaining the crowd with ear-pounding, head-thrashing rock music, belting out dark lyrics that goes well with the music. You glance around yourself awkwardly as you're jostled all over from the enormous crowd - the majority of the fans are big, hulking men with spiked hair and tattoos all over their arms and chests. Raihan's having no difficulty here at all - he's tall enough to rise above the crowd.

Suddenly, the music begins to grind to a slow and steady beat with the guitarists playing a riff with deep, bass undertones. You don't feel like you belong here at all and Raihan yells something but you don't hear him.

"What?" You shout, pointing to your ear, indicating that you can't hear him well over the loud music. He repeats himself but you still can't hear.

"I want to thank everyone for coming here today," Piers' amplified voice is carried over the music, the microphone emitting some feedback and you glance at the stage, "In a few minutes, The Maximisers are gonna come on stage. But before we do that, let's give them a warm welcome the traditional Spikemuth way - I want some of you to go over that side and the rest of you to go there. You all know what this means, right?"

Wait, what? A warm welcome, the Spikemuth way? What the heck does that mean? However, everyone else seems to know and you're left in the dark (quite literally) as the crowd begins to divide, parting like the Red Sea and soon, the crowd is split into two sections. You look around awkwardly; everyone has this...strange grin and glint in their eyes. What the heck is going on?

"Alright, it's looking good." Piers says as he assesses the crowd with a smile, "Good job, everybody. Now...Are you ready??!!!" He shouts out all of a sudden, and you look up at the stage, eyes wide. Holy Moltres, what is happening?

He's greeted with a mixture of bellowing, roaring and jumbled 'hell yeahs' from the audience and it's then you realise, turning to Raihan with your mouth agape. "Raihan, we need to get outta here! I think we're in the - "

You're interrupted when Piers yells into the microphone and the crowd begins to charge towards each other.

"MOSH PIT!!!!!!"

It's chaos. Piers thrashes his head up and down, and the drummer and guitar players begin thrumming their fingers over their instruments maniacally, blasting out heavy metal music; the small, cramped space is consumed with cheers and screams as the section soon turns into a warzone.

The two sections soon clash and fans begin pulling hair, punching bellies, knocking out teeth and slamming elbows into one another and you cling onto Raihan who pulls you out of the crowd and pushes through the crazed fans; you're safe in his arms, thank Arceus, and he steers you towards the bar and away from the madness. Aside from the concert, the nightclub is still busy with its regular patrons so you quickly find an empty spot at the bar counter where a few Jynx are helping create ice cubes for drinks.

"We made it! We're alive!" You exclaim with relief as you stare wide-eyed at the fighting fans, you then turn to Raihan, noticing he's chuckling at you. "What? What is it? Is it my hair? It's my hair, isn't it?" You palm the top of your head worryingly but Raihan casually saunters to your side and begins smoothing your hair down with his large hands.

"Want a drink?" He murmurs, throwing his glance to the bartender.

"Alright, give me something strong. I think I need it."

He chuckles again and lets go of you to wave a hand, and the bartender is summoned in seconds despite being in the middle of serving another customer. "Yes, Mr Raihan, sir?"

"Any recommendations for a strong drink?"

"Er, well, the strongest drink we have is the Death in the Morning, it's got a teeny tiny quantity of Seviper venom in it so, er...yeah, it's pretty lethal. Won't kill ya, but you might have a helluva hangover next day. Also makes folks hella horny too. Don't say we didn't warn ya."

Raihan doesn't look too impressed and you definitely don't want to be steaming drunk or mega horny for the rest of the night, so you check the menu and decide to order a not-so-lethal drink, a Bounsweet Bomb. It sounds pretty safe...and you believe it shouldn't be too difficult for you to hold down. After all, it's a drink that'll come in a shot glass and it's made with Cheri berries. Sweet!

"And what will you have, Mr Raihan, sir?" The bartender asks, after taking down your order.

"Just the usual, thanks."

"Got it."

You notice Raihan has put your drink on his tab, so you thank him and he merely grins at you. Soon, another bartender shows up with your drinks - a small shot glass filled with a golden liquid is presented to you, along with Raihan's drink - which is just a typical beer - and you both clink glasses before drinking. You tip it into your mouth and it burns the back of your throat as it sloshes down your gullet, leaving a trail of fire down your windpipe in its wake. Sweet Foongus, it's strong! You accidentally choke as it settles in your stomach, which you feel is burning.

"Wait." You utter with your eyes narrowed, realising something feels wrong, "I didn't taste any cheri berries."

Raihan quirks a brow. "That wasn't your drink?" He says, and he waves his hand again; the bartender who took your order comes scurrying over.

"Yes, Mr Raihan, sir?"

"We've been served the wrong drink."

The bartender grabs the empty glass and sniffs it, then turns round. "Oi, who served this?"

A random server - the one who just served you, actually - comes over. "Uh, that would be me, sir."

"She ordered a Bounsweet Bomb. This is NOT a Bounsweet Bomb."

"Huh? And not the Death in the Morning?"

"Good heavens, lad! You muppet, you absolute numpty! No! Yer such a bampot!"

"I'm so sorry!"

The bartenders bicker and then apologise profusely to Raihan over the mixup - and the dragon tamer accepts the apology with no qualms. As you gradually become lightheaded, Raihan says, “I'll take you to the VIP section where you can sit down.”

Lifting you off your seat, he meticulously leads you away from the bar and towards a dark corridor where the entrance is guarded by a huge bouncer and his Hitmonlee. Your head's beginning to throb viciously, your senses dulling and the floor spinning - your legs will go under in a matter of seconds if you don't hold onto something, so you cling onto Raihan the entire time. The man lets you in after seeing Raihan and you're led further inside where you see a large but empty room full of comfy sofas and fancy drapes. You see a bar area here too but it's also devoid of any staff. You thought you'd stop here but Raihan continues leading you to a small, secluded space. “In here.”

”Huh?” You squeak, as Raihan lifts up the curtain and gestures for you to head inside. You duck underneath the lacy trimming and he follows, and you see it’s just an empty booth with plush seats. Ah, wait, you remember - you made out with Raihan on a couch like this one that night and you think he realises this too. You stare at your surroundings; you're numb all over and you're surprisingly weightless...

"You okay?" He asks, but his voice is distorted and his words echo loudly.

"Yeah, I'm okay..." You nod limply as he sits down on the sofa and you join him, climbing into his lap instinctively and settling yourself against him. He chuckles at your forwardness and adjusts you comfortably, drawing you into his chest. You snuggle against him, burying your face into his neck and he holds you, rubbing your arm up and down in an effort in keeping you warm.

You guess you have no choice but to sit it out and wait until you're better; however your body feels hot and sweaty all over, your head throbs and Raihan's neck looks very inviting - you reach over and slip your arm around his neck, propping yourself up properly before you lean forwards and press your lips over his flesh.

He tenses under you and throws a questioning glance but you're busy occupying yourself. Your head is woozy as he utters your name but you merely push yourself further into his chest, holding him tightly as you begin to kiss the side of his face and jaw aggressively. It's the drink, it's the goddamn drink. Goddamn Seviper venom drink is making you frisky. Goddamn Seviper drink is making you hot all over. Raihan plucks your hand off his neck and you whine in frustration.

"You're not thinking straight..." You hear him muttering incoherently, but you don't care.

You move your lips from his jaw and cheeks and finally to his mouth, pressing sweet kisses again and again, cupping his face with one hand and pushing his headband off his forehead with your other hand before you decide to encircle your arms around the back of his neck again, tilting your head to the side as you push your lips against his roughly.

You hear him sighing and it's not long until Raihan wraps his arms around your waist and props you up once more; you break apart, your eyes meeting for a split second before he leans over, his lips claiming your neck. You moan softly, closing your eyes as his hot lips nibble and suck on your flesh gently. You can’t help but giggle as his hair tickles your chin and you slip your fingers through his dreadlocks. You let him kiss you, holding him tightly until he stops, and looks up.

"What's wrong?" You mumble, rubbing at your eyes. Your neck feels very wet and tender.

"I saw Eli." Raihan mutters.

"Where?"

"Over there."

You follow to see where he's gazing off to and it's then you spot a familiar figure through the lacy curtain. This familiar person is lurking around in the back, far away from your booth and heading towards the corridor - it's Eli. The blond-haired young man looks around left and right before hurrying away from your sight. "Oh? He's at the concert too? What's he in such a hurry for? That's awfully shady."

"I don't think he saw us."

"...You wanna follow him?" You add, grinning.

Raihan looks at you, brow raised.

You laugh in response. "We should! I don't have a good feeling about that guy."

"I don't think anyone does, princess."

"C'mon, let's follow him."

You climb out of his lap and you have the inkling that Raihan's moral compass is wavering towards 'don't follow Eli' but you're already tiptoeing towards Eli's direction so he can only sigh and follow after you. "Careful..." He mutters as he holds your hand; you both leave the private booth, making your way towards the corridor where you saw Eli venturing into, avoiding the fans as they squabble and brawl. "We can't be seen."

"Yep yep."

Everyone's too busy with the concert and mosh pit to notice the pair of you sneaking round the back. The Maximisers have appeared on stage now anyway, capturing everyone’s attention. You pass the mosh pit and into the corridor where Eli wandered off, stopping when you see Eli just a few feet away. You're getting too close now, so it's best to wait for him to move further. Raihan pulls you behind a pillar with him, and lets you peek out occasionally to watch his retreating back.

The distance between you grows bigger and bigger; he's at the end of the corridor now and you realise it's the fire exit. He opens the door, pushing down on the bar, and leaves.

You and Raihan quickly abandon your spots and rush down the corridor, opening the door a tiny fraction and as quietly as possible, inching outside and glancing around warily. It's frigid outdoors and the music's quieter now that you're outside. Before any of you can move, you pick up the sound of distant conversation and Raihan spots Eli standing in the entrance to an alleyway across the street from the nightclub, speaking to a group of three men all dressed in black.

"Over here." Raihan pulls you over to hide behind a large dumpster that's conveniently to your left; it smells terrible but there's enough hiding space for the two of you - you see a few Garbador and Trubbish waddling around awkwardly, feasting on the smelly, dirty trash that's left discarded on the ground but they don't pay any notice to you.

"Do you think he saw us?" You whisper, as Raihan pulls you up against him; your back hits his chest as he holds you, arms around your shoulders.

"Don't think so." Raihan utters, peering out cautiously.

"Wonder what they're talking about. It's probably a bunch of bad guy stuff."

You both watch Eli speaking to the group before each of the men reveal that they are holding large bags - Eli reaches for them and opens them one at a time briefly, and quickly closes them - however, you still managed to spot the strange black rocks along with the brief red glow in each sack and it occurs to you that it's full of Wishing pieces. Eli takes all the bags, fumbles in his pockets and lifts out a bulging wad of cash which he hands to the men. The group converse more before quietly dispersing, splitting up into different directions.

Eli doesn't return to the bar however, and when it grows silent, you and Raihan exchange quick glances before you utter, "I thought he was doing drugs, honestly."

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