#ziibi region travels

[pkmntrainersquid]

Finally back from Dekilou, had a blast exploring the area and watching my friend’s gym battle. (Glad I went in the summer, dunno where I would land when all the lakes are froze over)

I did catch a new pal, so say hello to Remmi!

#trainer squid #ziibi region travels #pokeblogging #pokemon irl

[see-the-ziibi-region]

Hello! My name is Nora, and I'm the new Social Media Manager at the Ziibi Region Department of Tourism!

A little about me, I use she/they pronouns and recently graduated from the University of Ziibi - Westport.

I'm looking forward to working on this blog! We'll be traveling around, seeing the sights of the Ziibi Region together!

Picrew used

#rotomblr #intro post

[pkmntrainersquid]

Waltz of the Snowflakes

[a video, titled "Dekilou gym battle: Challenger Nika "Squid" vs Leader Augie - Jan 26, 2024. Winter field, 4v4"]

After a brief league intro card, the video begins. Some info pops up in the video layout, including current temperature and weather, just above freezing but raining. The camera is focused on a small frozen pond. On either end of the pond is a pontoon platform, frozen in place. Sparsely populated spectator stands can be seen, many people not wanting to be outside in the poor weather.

Squid is on one platform, wearing her cowboy hat and a light winter coat. He's bouncing one leg slightly as a sign of nerves, or if you know them well enough, to focus through the pain of her bad ankle.

The other platform holds Augie, the Dekilou Gym Leader. He looks to be in his early thirties, sporting a dark beard under a cap. He's wearing cargo shorts and a light rain jacket with league branding on it. A fishing rod is mounted to the platform, line dangling into a hole in the ice.

A drone camera flits past, gathering aerial shots and zooming in on Augie. "So you're the one Zephyr was talkin' aboot, eh? Now, I knows it's your first gym battle, but given your experience we'll give 'er a bit more challenge." He smiles.

"Wouldn't have it any other way." Squid replies. Hovering a hand over their first pokéball, the battle begins.

Given analysis of past battles against challengers going for a second or third badge, Squid was betting on his first opponent being Abomasnow. Thus, Shortgrass hit the field, the small fire rodent using its claws for traction on the wet ice.

The temperature dipped as Abomasnow appeared. Rain shifted to sleet and then to snow, giving the ice-type a boost to its defenses and moves.

Squid's strategy is to have the Embrush get in close, hit it with Incinerate, and slide out of its range. This works once, dealing massive damage as an Ice Punch misses Shortgrass, sending out energy that freezes the slush on the court.

Augie laughs, a mischievous glint in his eye. "You're fighting a gym leader here, y' should figure I got something to deal with fire-types." Squid registered this a bit late, yelling for Shortgrass to get farther away as the leader gave his next command. "Channel that failure into a Stomping Tantrum!"

The Abomasnow roars, slamming its arms down on the ice as Shortgrass scampers away. A wave of energy pulses out through the ice sheet, causing water to spray upwards as it cracked. The little fire-type squeaks as she gets hit by the move and sent flying. "Shortgrass!" Squid cries, as the Embrush lands unconscious nearby.

They recall her to her pokéball. "You did good, bud. Take a rest."

Taking a moment to think of a new plan and regain her balance on the now floating platform, Squid sends out Humus. The Skiddo hops across the ice flows, able to deftly pick safe landings. "Humus, Take Down!"

Leaping across the battle court, the grass-type cloaked itself in energy before hitting Abomasnow. The large pokémon was pushed backwards, tipping the iceberg up out of the water. Humus managed to get a foothold, but fell over when the ice hit the water again. A Powder Snow struck while he was getting back to his hooves.

Humus stood, shaking from the ice attack and cold water soaking his fur. One more Take Down finishes off the Abomasnow, but Squid is getting worried. It took almost two of her pokémon to remove the first opponent.

Augie sent out Avalugg next, the large pokémon shoving ice out of the way to land in the water. "Alrighty then! Charge ahead and use Ice Fang!" Barreling forward, the Avalugg readies its jaws to clamp down on the goat pokémon.

"Jump onto its back with Bulldoze!" Humus leaps up as the ice turtle snaps at where he was. Dropping back down, energy pulses out from his hooves, directly into the icy shell. Cracks spread out across its back and Humus hops to a nearby ice flow, wincing as the Frostbite continues to damage him.

The Avalugg swings around roaring, readying another Ice Fang. "Give it your all! Take Down!"

Humus' horns met Avalugg's jaws, both imparting their energy on the other. When the mist settles, both pokémon are completely worn out. Their trainers recall them. At this point the weather returns to rain.

"Uffda, that was powerful! Let's see how you deal with this though." He sends out his third pokémon, a Quagsire. It lands in the water, swimming through the path Avalugg made.

"Orpheus! Your turn!" The Procezant takes to the sky, circling the pond.

"That's the pokémon Zephyr told me aboot then? Good. Quagsire, use Chilling Water!" The salamander ducked underwater, drawing in frigid pond water and spitting it up at Orpheus.

"Ominous Wind, build up your squad!" Ghostly winds whip across the water, kicking up the waves and making Squid take a wider stance for balance. Several Spirit Doves form, flying around their leader.

The Quagsire began launching an Avalanche attack up at Orpheus. The chunks of ice fly wildly, aiming for quantity over quality. Two Doves take hits in place of the flock leader, but one does strike true. As they splash back into the water, the surface refreezes from the excess ice energy.

"Air Slash! Take 'em out!" Orpheus swooped low, gathering his troops to launch the attack. This proves enough to take Quagsire out of the fight.

Augie laughs again, grabbing the fishing rod. "Got me down to my ace, eh? But this battle isn't over yet!" He casts it into the pond, the pokéball at the end sending out a rocky fish pokémon. The Sturgeode slid forward into an open section of water, the gems along its stomach scraping the ice.

Now under the ice, it silently repositioned itself as the Procezant tried to pinpoint it from above. "Orpheus, send the spirits in for an Aerial Ace!"

The Spirit Doves dive, phasing through solid ice to try finding their target. Augie nodded to himself. "Interesting... The two of you fight well together. And with the little ghosts too. But let's reel in this battle here. Sturgeode! Rock Blast!"

Crash! Crash! Crash!

Large rocks smash through the ice, seemingly from all around the arena as the Sturgeode kept in motion while attacking. The first dissipates the flock of ghosts and the other two strike Orpheus, who drops from the sky. Calling the bird back to his pokéball, Squid sends out his final pokémon, Remmi. The remoraid dives into one of the holes in the ice, beginning an underwater battle.

The camera switches to a submerged view, dim light filtering through the ice sheet onto the plants and driftwood at the bottom. Sturgeode and Remmi are face to face, circling each other in the water column, listening for their trainers commands.

The battle resumes as Sturgeode uses Psychic to slam Remmi into the ice. A Bullet Seed breaks the bigger fish's concentration, freeing the remoraid who takes to the weeds to hide.

Sturgeode starts glowing as it builds up more psychic energy in its crystals, prepping for a powerful attack when Remmi reappears.

Thunk thunk from Squid's platform.

The aboveground camera catches the flash of orange from Remmi's Fire Blast before it blows apart the ice with steam. The Sturgeode was also thrown into the air, flipping tail over tip.

"Remmi! End this with Aqua Jet!" The remoraid burst from the pond cloaked in water, flying straight up to collide with her opponent.

Both splash back down into the water, but the armored fish is too tired to continue fighting.

"YEAH! Remmi we did it! That was so cool!" Squid celebrates, her pokémon leaping out of the water and into their arms as the video ends.

#trainer squid #long post #ziibi region travels #//name reveal? #rotomblr #pokemon irl #pokeblogging #pkmn irl

[pkmntrainersquid]

Driving up north for tomorrow's gym battle! Wish me luck!

#on the battle. i don't need luck to drive #ziibi region travels #trainer squid #rotomblr #pokemon irl #pokeblogging #pkmn irl

[pkmntrainersquid]

So many people on the Ziibi Gym Forums are complaining that the Dekilou Winter Court isn't open yet so their battle slots are being shifted to the gym building.

Ah there's the gym leader, also complaining about it too. And of course complaining about the trainers complaining to him.

#trainer squid #ziibi region travels #rotomblr #pokemon irl #pokeblogging #pkmn irl

[pkmntrainersquid]

🎧 What song is stuck in their head right now?

Just left the Empress Lake Maritime Museum, so I've got "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" stuck in my head rn

#//my shield team had a barraskewda named Edmund after the song #trainer squid #Ziibi region travels

[pkmntrainersquid]

//Other blogs linked through @squid-pkmnirl-hub

YOOOOO I'm Squid! (They/she/he/whatever's funniest) I'm from the Ziibi Region, west of Unova.

Squid is an alias, and I do have other names I use. My gym challenge is under "Nika"

My engineering job takes me around the region for fieldwork (water treatment, nothin too fancy), and some of my friends are on journeys of their own that I try to be involved in.

I'm just now starting to get serious about battling, after a bit of a misadventure in Unova. I just won my first gym badge in the Ziibi Region!

I am also an amateur pokéballsmith, so I'll sometimes make shitposts about that. I've got an order form set up, but please be patient.

My goal is to document my travels and bring more awareness about this beautiful region!

Pokémon team:

Humus - Skiddo (male)

Remmi - Remoraid (female)

Orpheus - Procezant (male) (ghost/flying)

Shortgrass - Embrush (female) (fire starter)

FORTRAN - Porygon (male?) (Old as fuck)

Chessie - Giant Eelektross (male) (ride/emergency pokémon)

Not my Pokémon:

Zippy - Unovan Sceptile (female) (grass/ground) (borrowed)

HACKMONS.EDU - Budew (female) (evil) (kalosian (derogatory))

Pikagoo - Pikagoo (male) (ground/electric) (looks kinda like a Pikachu but reptilian)

Non-pokémon named objects:

Slugger - shovel, from the 1880s, has killed before.

Thunk - shovel, modern

Current Arcs and Events:

Ziibi Gym Challenge - #Ziibi Region Travels

Past Arcs:

Time Travel - #High Noon at Nimbasa

Mirror Dimension Road Trip - #Roadtrip Mishap

Past Events:

Not-so-Tranquill evolution - #Orpheus Evolution

Empress' Chosen AU - #Chosen Cyan

1800s Farmer AU - #Crustleshell Mound Ranch

I migrated here after RIF went down so if you also were on pokemedia reddit, hello!

The Ziibi Region is based on the upper Mississippi river and west Great Lakes. It's a fan region that I've been working on, I've got some fakemon created and some lore, but still need to name the towns.

#unreality #pokemon irl #pokemedia #oc intro #ziibi region

[pkmntrainersquid]

🥣 for a food-themed headcanon

//Squid's typical travel strategy includes researching restaurants along the route.

//They have a preference for stopping at diners and non-chain places, especially when away from home. Although there is a regional fast food chain from Ziibi that she loves. (Mmm Culver's...)

#squidmod talk #ask game response

[pkmntrainersquid]

What are the cities and towns in Ziibi like?

They're very diverse, and the map in my pinned post only has the locations of the gyms marked, which tend to be in the bigger cities.

Allium is in the south east, and is the largest city in the region. That's where the big Championship tournaments take place, and is the most typical place for travelers to enter the region.

Clawpost hosts the largest Fly-in every year during the Air Festival. I'm lucky that the seaplane base is less chaotic than the runways.

Ferromet and Dekilou are the farthest north, on the shores of Empress Lake. A lot of the people up there work either shipping on the Lake or mining copper.

Dolomite Point is pretty close to where I went to college, I went down there to watch gym battles a couple times. A beautiful city built on the bluffs around the Ziibi.

Those are the places I know the best, but there are tons of small towns that have their own interesting history and folktales.

#trainer squid #ask game response #ziibi region

[pkmntrainersquid]

🎙️ how long has Squid been a character?

//Squid started out as a b2w2 protag that I eventually shifted to a pmd protag (Ika from @7tail-exploration - although I have changed that plot as well (originally going to be in Alola, and only really figure out her old identity after traveling to Unova))

//The Unovan Sceptile design is from that initial period as well.

//about a year ago I started actually rping them on the PokéMedia subreddit, and creating the Ziibi region.

#squidmod talk