Chapter 22: Curse: For the longest time, Sue could only stare at the despairing heap. Her rational decision-making kept urging her to get out of here and ask someone less crippled for help with... whatever this being was. After all, as acutely as she could feel their sorrow, there was still the possibility of all this being a trap of some sort, of this creature trying to lure her in closer. And right beside it, the equally likely possibility of them being genuinely sad because their costume broke. Why they would disguise themselves as Comet, Sue didn’t know. But what she did know, with utter certainty, was that her heart was firmly in favor of comforting them. Step aside, brain. With a nervous shake, the Forest Guardian sat down on the rough sand of the…

Episode 72: Kari’s Disturbance: It still didn’t feel real. None of this did. Everything was spiralling around Kayla into a storm that felt like it was tearing her whole world apart. She sat there in the same spot she was in when Zude and Trent left, staring at the ground and never once diverting her thoughts from Kari’s predicament. The Furret was doomed if she didn’t act now and pull off some kind of miracle. She was good at miracles; she’d been making them happen all journey. So why now when it mattered the most, could she not come up with anything? She hadn’t even registered the heavy rain that actually did fall all around her. It hadn’t stopped, forming a layer of water all over the ground, or deep puddles in areas where the floor was uneven. She just kept staring at…

New World. New me.: Every world has a starting and ending. Every world has its own place with its own story to tell and Pokemon and humans galore in every which way. Yet, so many worlds, so many similar ones, all rested separately through a place known as Ultra Space. Where worlds remained separated from one another but connected through a plethora of streams and currents getting Pokemon and people around. And a centerpiece of the worlds around Ultra Space there was a city with easy and direct access to the Ultra Space itself… Ultra Megalopolis.  A place that was once the resting place for both the Blinding Star of Necroma and then the Absorber of Light, and the latter was not too long ago… Or was it? Time operated strangely across the vast universe.…

Chapter 16 - ...Thus At Last, At Last, The Cage's Lock Breaks...: Chapter 16 ...Thus At Last, At Last, The Cage's Lock Breaks...   ~+~ What is there, really, to say about the honorable Royal Guard that existed to keep the Conduit safe?   From my perspective, when I was young, I saw them in a deeply adversarial light. As much as they professed to being able to keep any Pokemon out of Castle Ach, I found them also exceedingly good at keeping any Pokemon within Castle Ach as well. Their eyes and ears were everywhere, and often did our impromptu games of hide-and-seek end with me plucked up by the scruff of my warming vest, lectured, and sent on my way back to my room.   When the attack came to Ach'Leaz, I then then saw them as infuriating. That they failed their duties to protect…

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An Interrogation with the Fox: With Captain Perceval gone, Rook decides to go meet his mother. When he begins to walk down the trail, he runs into Odysseus, who cheerfully waves him down. “Hey there Rook!” He says cheerfully, Rook seems surprised, “Odysseus… What happened to your accent?!” Odysseus laughs, “Wha', dat? I’m jus' tryin' t' give landlubber natter a try, don’t reckon I like it though…” He tips his hat playfully. Rook takes note of Odysseus’s bandages, “What are you doing? Shouldn’t you be resting?” Odysseus scoffs, “Wit' jus' a measly wound like dat? I’ve survived worse on the seven seas! Now I’m here cause I was lookin' fer ye, I got big news!” Rook tilts his head, curious. “What’s up?” He asks. Odysseus grins playfully, and shows…

Chapter 194 – Bergkoping: It took a full four days for George and company to cross into Whitiara. The Alliance was not letting up; the sheer amount of patrols made daytime travel next to impossible, unless one could last fighting all day long. Hard as it was to convince Sefonia otherwise, they managed. Somehow.    Perhaps the Renegade hadn’t shut out all gods yet.   Whitiara in the late summer was a different beast than the moonscape George remembered. No cold, no frigid winds, and certainly no snowdrifts deep enough to bury a ‘mon standing. Evergreens cluttered the horizon from left to right, spindly branches wavering with the wind. The air blew about, bringing the fresh smells of mud, bark, and all the little critters you could think of. Disgusting…

Confession.: I placed my foot behind myself before twisting my waist to the side in a snap, making me turn 90 degrees instantly. Then, shortly after that, I did a serpentine with my spine to move sideways and switch positions, using the force and speed I gained from it to spin, then lower myself before getting up again. All of it while keeping balance and balancing my foot. Then I finished with a striking pose, panting afterwards while I felt the heat that was inside my body hit me again… And just like that, I have finished another dancing section… The Mienshao who was in front of me watching applauded while holding a smile, making me smile as well. It has been 6 days since our day at the beach; I was still practicing with her, every single day without exception.…