Author's note:
Sorry everyone, I ant to have this released yesterday. But I forgot. Or rather I wanted to make so adjustnts to the chapters and then I got too busy and it slipped my mind.
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Year 9 AT, March 11th.
Gah, my head hurts! My head hurts so bad. Arceus, Jesus or whoever, make it stop!
Stupid Unown! Stupid ruins!
I should consult Kerry about this migraine before bed.
But before I forget. Unown Pokeball experint was a failure? Kind of. It did go into the Ball but the Psychic signature did not take hold. Maybe. Did it?
So that ans Unown are Ultra beast, right?
Whatever, I’ll think about it tomorrow.
Oh, and Justin and Lucy are here. Finally!
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Year 9 AT, March 12th.
I’m tired. Today’s been very stressful.
Dealing with death is never easy… Poor Kaipo. I hope Kerry can help unravel her baggage.
That Marowak’s really battle crazy, though. Challenged
and Nitey to a battle right away after everything got settled with the Jennies.
I wonder if it has sothing to do with that mory fragnt she shared with Espy?
Be the very best, like no one ever was, huh?
Such lofty ambition, an abominable curse if any. I would never. What’s the point of burning your life away for fa and vanity? In every Region, there can only be one Champion, four Elites and eight major Gym Leaders. Such a tiny pool of glory is simply not worth fighting over.
But still, this might be good. Kaipo’s a veteran Ghost Type, even if she is more biased towards Fire from what I can see. I might be able to convince her to help with Haunter’s training.
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Year 9 AT, March 13th.
Training log.
Espy:
My beautiful Espeon princess is a genius as usual. She might not be able to mix Type Energy as deftly as Nitey. But she has succeeded in coating her barriers with a layer of Fairy Type Energy. Hopefully, that should make them more resilient towards Dark Types.
Teleport still needs a lot of work. To date, her limit is only a single one way Teleport. After that, she practically lts into a puddle of fuzzy wuzzy. It’s super cute actually.
Ouch! Espy gave
a ntal jab at that. What’s wrong with
calling my princess cute? Cute Espy is cute!
Anyways, I’ve put a stop to Teleport training for now. Don’t want to risk any accidents when we have a Gym Battle scheduled so soon.
Nitey:
Ice Type training is stagnant. So for a change of pace, I had him spar with Justin’s Pokemon today.
The lack of qualified sparring partners has been an issue with Nitey and Espy all this while. And with the guidance of Blastoise, we might finally be able to make so progress with Blizzard as well.
Nitey has always been more of a visual learner. But visual learning has its limits. Being able to actually feel the freeze of a fully developed Blizzard should go a long way in helping his understanding of the elent.
In exchange, I’ve agreed to help with the training of Justin’s Wigglytuff. Not that I wouldn’t have done so otherwise. I have a full page of notes from Misty on the bugger and fully intend to make good on them.
Needless to say, none of Justin’s Pokemon were able to contend with my tubby orange Barney. But Blastoise held up for an inordinately long ti. That turtle’s gonna beco an invincible tank in due ti. Not that his offensive capabilities were lacking in any way. Which makes him all the more fearso.
Sir Clodington:
Not much to say here really. Clody’s always been very diligent and stubborn to a fault. His Water Absorb is coming along very nicely. I estimate a 70% efficiency through direct contact and a 40% efficiency through ambient moisture.
Not bad, but not perfect. It should help him last a lot longer in battle and work better with Nitey’s Water domain at least.
The only remaining point of concern is his insistence on keeping up with the torture training to his mind. Espy doesn’t see anything wrong with it and I trust her to hold back enough to avoid causing any permanent damage. But the fact remains that it’s very unhealthy.
The cause seems to stem from our encounter with that fake ga Charizard last year. Despite his apparent tenacity at the ti, it’s clear that Clody didn’t co out of that encounter without so baggage of his own.
Poppy:
He’s so cute. Why is my baby seal so gosh darn CUTE? >.<
Poppy was the most excited to have so many new faces join the crew. Went around introducing himself and showing off his tricks to impress his new friends. Not everyone was receptive, especially considering how edgy so of Justin and Lucy’s Pokemon are. But he was quite persistent and managed to endear everyone to him in the end.
I mostly let him do whatever he wanted today, which ended up being training with Blastoise and Sharpedo. There are certain things that can only be imparted through other Water Types after all.
Note to self: I should endeavor to give Poppy more battle experience.
He did pretty well in the Sprout Tower despite the Type disadvantage. Poppy’s instincts and reflexes in particular are quite exceptional. Likely due to his penchant for acrobatics. This is good, but we’ll need frequent, practical battles to further hone his talent.
Haunter:
Will-O-Wisp is coming together steadily. Getting Kaipo to help with Haunter’s training was quite the boon. And Espy’s empathic abilities are a cheat as always. The obstacle this ti around seems to be their difference in biology which necessitates a lot of creative interpretation on Haunter’s end.
Have I ever ntioned how Haunter ultimately learned an Look? My adorable Ghost girl was just too wholeso to conjure up enough “anness” to pull off that move. So every ti she tried, it always just ended up looking like a pout.
So after a quick consult with Hattori, we ca up with the idea of using the Ghost flas to form a nacing face and channel her intent and Type Energy through that instead. So she already has practice with Fire manipulation, which is good.
That said, Haunter’s being quite impatient with it and kept faltering. I told her to channel her frustrations into the flas, but she’s always been a bit lacking when it cos to emotional control.
No matter, she’ll figure it out in due ti. I have the utmost confidence in her.
Brucey:
Poor Brucey… He was really hard on himself today. Kept picking fights with Justin and Lucy’s Pokemon. Espy and I had to step in a few tis.
He was quite reluctant to do his usual emoji exercises as well.
Oh Brucey… My silly little Golbat. What am I going to do with you?
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Year 9 AT, March 14th.
He did it! Brucey finally evolved!
Oh Brucey, I’m so proud of you.
As his reward, Brucey asked for a 2 hour long cuddle session with
and Espy.
Gosh, he’s just so cute! Why are all my Pokemon so cute?!
Naturally, we obliged. We would have done it even if it wasn’t a reward. Which then leaves the need for a more practical gift. Sothing I should consult Espy with later on.
Knowing Brucey, he would prefer it to be a surprise. So let’s keep it hush-hush for now.
That aside, so observations on my cool new Crobat.
According to Espy, Brucey’s a lot more sedate now. Calr. But he still maintained a degree of naivete and playfulness.
In particular, he still kept that disturbing laugh of his. Likely a habit at this point. But at least he’s mostly communicating with Pokespeak now.
There are still so concepts and ideas that he remains oblivious too, resulting in a healthy irreverence towards social norms. This I take to be a good sign. It ans his personality hasn’t been unduly warped from his newly gained sapience and Evolution process.
My silly Brucey still remains my silly Brucey. Albeit with less of an appetite for pranks. Which may or may not be a good thing.
Actually, never mind. I’ll consider it a good thing. Nothing wrong with teaching him how to battle normally. And whatever losses in wiliness can be compensated with a blanket increase in every other aspect.
There’s only so far we can push pure harassnt strats anyway. This is a truth that I’ve co to accept after our battle with Falkner. So ti to crank up Brucey’s power training.
Can’t wait to Fly with him though. Brucey always seed a little disappointed that he wasn’t big enough to carry . So I think a nice little date in the skies with just the two of us is warranted.
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Year 9 AT, March 17th.
We’ve finally departed from Violet City. Not gonna lie, I'll miss that place. It’s probably the most beautiful city I’ve been to in all of my two lives.
But speaking of beauty, Route 32 is equally as aesthetic. A sea of cherry blossoms to my right and pristine blue waters to my left. This is the life!
The others agreed to take our ti for this stretch of the road. After all, a journey should be enjoyable, relaxing at tis. Not just a mad dash across the region in pursuit of Gym badges and battles.
Kerry even proposed a full on beach day tomorrow which everyone heartily agreed to.
Maybe I should go diving? It has been a long, long ti since I last dove in a proper ocean. Cinnabar Island was too cold when Kerry and I went last ti. And it’ll be the first ti that I go on a proper dive with Poppy as well. I wonder if we’ll be able to find so hidden treasures?
It’s funny, really. I was never much of an oceanophile in my past life. But now, I’m probably the most relaxed while swimming in water. Guess I really have beco a bit of a rmaid after all.
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Year 9 AT, March 18th.
I caught a new Pokemon today… Dhelmise.
It’s… I shudder to even think about it. I don’t… I just…
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Year 9 AT, March 19th.
I tried to delve into Dhelmise’s mind again today. It was a mistake. Never again. I don’t think I can survive another peek into that eldritch abomination.
How could sothing be so… hungry?
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Year 9 AT, March 20th.
I cried today.
Kerry and Peppy were so nice. Absolute angels. What would I do without them?
Peppy in particular was so warm, so soft, so fragrant. Chanseys are a gift unto this world and must be protected at all cost!
Death to all poachers! Death to Team Rocket! Death to all Sneasals!
Dhelmise, though… I’ll keep trying. I can’t give up.
***
Year 9 AT, March 21st.
I miss Clody… Wonder how he’s doing? I should call back to the Gym and ask.
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Year 9 AT, March 24th.
I’m so tired.
It’s 2 AM now and we just got back from dealing with the local Tentacool bloom. Stupid jellyfish! Always such nuisances both in real life and in the gas.
Honestly, if ever there was a Pokemon that deserves to go extinct.
Dammit! Calm down Nina, all Pokemon are beautiful and magical creatures. Except Tentacools, maybe.
Urgh, I’m being unhinged. This past week has been real sucky. I need sleep.
Tomorrow, I plan on delving into Union Cave to look for that hidden segnt of the Ruins of Alph.
Or should I postpone it by another day? Get so rest first?
Whatever, I’ll think about it tomorrow.
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Year 9 AT, March 27th.
I am currently writing this entry within the bowels of Union Cave, right in front of the Ho-Oh mural.
Man, cave diving was miserable. All those Youtube videos I used to watch don’t do justice to exactly how miserable it actually is. The darkness, the silence, the claustrophobia… I figured I’d try it at least once, but now I’m thinking I should be smarter about it next ti.
It was all worth it in the end though. This is a discovery that will be talked about for years to co. Not sure if I want to disclose it just yet though.
Additionally, I should look into carbon dating thods or whatever this world’s equivalent is. Knowing exactly how old these ruins are might help to provide so context in history.
Then there’s Zed… The Z Unown.
I read the Unown Report. So I had known that the Z Unown was missing from the lineup. But to find Zed in that state…
What happened to this world? What caused Zed to glitch out like that? And more importantly what sort of ripples has it caused?
In the gas, the player would have been the one to discover this section of the ruins. But this isn’t a ga, despite the existence of Red.
Besides, I wouldn’t exactly want this world to operate on ga logic. I still rember how disappointed I was to collect all variations of the Unown only to receive nothing in return. But clearly, that isn’t the case here…
That vision I saw. It was fragnted, broken. I have a feeling that it has sothing to do with my transmigration and the origins of this world.
And Zed… The final piece. The words that Red left behind echo in my mind.
As I write this entry, my hand unconsciously rubs at the w Gem around my neck. Sotis I wonder if my fascination with the Unown has anything to do with w’s machinations.
But no, this I know for certain. The pursuit of the Unown is mine and mine alone.
I wish to know the mysteries surrounding my existence. Not because I want to go ho, it would be foolish to give up what I have now. No, it’s because I wish to see my parents one last ti. To apologize and say my farewells.
I wish for closure.
And to that end, I will keep pulling at this thread. In hopes of obtaining the clarity that I seek one day.
Note to self:
- Check on Zed’s needs. (Magneton’s battery cells are not compatible despite the two Pokemons’ affinity with one another.)
- Find a way to more effectively communicate. Can’t rely on Lucy’s Magneton forever. (PS. It seems that radio waves might be key, but further experintation is warranted.)
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