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Selene’s Log, Day Seven
“Bzzzzzt, Roto Dex here! And-” The Dex is cut off by the sound of a dish dropping and shattering on the floor off screen. Darting towards the source of the noise, he flies into the kitchen, but the old man and the young researcher there do not notice his arrival. He only floats there in shock at the tail end of the conversation he hears.
“...No, I’ll get it. I dropped it, I’ll take care of it,” the old Kahuna mutters, letting a slight chuckle escape. Selene hands him the hand-broom and dust pan that she had pulled from the cabinet, her eyes still dull and lacking their usual shine.
Hala clears his throat as he begins to sweep up the bits of shattered glass bowl and mutters lowly, trying to maintain his calm, “What do you mean you want to withdraw from the Island Challenge?”
At that, Roto must repress a mechanized gasp lest he be caught eavesdropping. She wouldn’t do that! ...Would she?
Selene leaves his question unanswered, small hands balling up the dish rag she holds. When she finally does speak, her words are just above a whisper, difficult even for Rotom’s microphone to pick up. “There are other powerful Totem Pokemon... other dangerous places to navigate. I... Kahuna Hala-san, I do not want to subject my partners to that danger... I-I,” she seems on the verge of tears, but by the looks of the red in her eyes, those tears had already been cried earlier in the day. “I can’t... I cannot lose them... Not any of them...”
Hala acknowledges the girl’s words with a soft nod. In silence, he sweeps up the rest of the shards of glass and tosses it in the bin. “If this is what you want... I can’t stop you. I suggest you go to Tapu Koko’s shrine tomorrow morning. The Island Guardian gave you the stone for that Z-Ring, so you owe it to him to tell him what you plan to do.”
Selene nods softly, “That... is a reasonable request. I will do so, thank you.”
She turns. And spots the Dex.
“Roto-san, how long have you been floating there?”
The Dex screams and flees, cutting his footage.
End Day Seven.
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Selene’s Log, Day Six
“Bzzzzzt, Roto Dex here!” The Dex seems cheery than he was in the last few logs. “Thingzz are starting to look a little better. Selene’s still napping a lot, but she’zz been getting out of bed, eating some food, and going outzzide to take in the crizzp, clean air. Avezz is still with her, and Baku’s taken to rezzting outside of hizz ball at the foot of her bed whenever she needzz a break.” The Dex’s bright eyes darken a bit. “After lazzt night, when she woke up five timezz in a cold sweat... It’zz for the bezzt that Baku helpzz out.”
A sigh. “But... She’zz not really focusing on training or continuing the challenge... And I don’t think I blame her. She didn’t even wanna watch Hau’s battle. I heard he won and was headin’ off to Akala Island with hizz friend Elio, but... It all still feelzz a little hollow? At leazzt that’zz my guezz. I can’t know what’zz goin’ on in her head. Baku refuzzezz to tell anyone the nature of the dreamzz he eats, but... He definitely lookzz a little weary. I... I don’t think Nightmarezz are very nutritiouzz.”
“I’ll let you guyzz know if anything happens. You all better keep yer chin up, okay? I know there’zz otherzz out there hurtin’ like Selene, but I know she can get through it, just like you all can. I know Carmilla wouldn’t wanna see her like thizz... She’d want to see Selene happy...”
The Dex sighs, his screen once more playing out a few clips of the happy little Zubat that he’d gotten from that night in the cemetery with Nebby.
“She... will be mizzed...”
End Day Six
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Selene’s Log, Day Five
“Bzzt... Roto Dex here...” The Dex seems to be lacking his normal enthusiasm. “Sorry. I’m still kinda bummed out...” He slumps forward, a low, sad whistling sound emanating from his speakers. “That Psyduck we found there? He really saved uzz. Got Selene out of there and helped uzz take her back to the Center. Ya shoulda seen it,” he continues, flashing a few images on screen of his view, all of Selene’s Pokemon frantically barging through the doors to the Route 2 Pokemon Center. Of special note being the Dartrix with a damaged bag slung over her shoulder- where Nebby rode- and a Wingull aggressively cawing in people’s faces until they do what she wants. “It wazz wild. But were were able to get her the help she needed. She woke up around later that evening in her hozzpital bed to find that silly duck eating her food.”
The Rotom Dex scratched his antenna thing with his arm, “Maybe I shouldn’ta promizzed that duck so much food... Man he really packzz it in.”
The Dex sighs, perking back up a bit, “Well, at least there’zz some good newzz. While Bylii was helping recover some of the itemzz that had dropped from Selene’s bag, that Psyduck tried to eat one of her Poke Ballzz and got himzzelf caught. Not that it seemed to change anything. That duck wazzn’t really keen on leaving Selene’s side at all anyway. Probably for the better, that guy’zz Cloud Nine Ability calmed the heat and humidity around Selene. Definitely made thingzz more suitable for me, too.”
The Psyduck’s information pops up on screen.
Name: Aves
Gender: Male
Nature: Docile
Characteristic: Loves to eat
“After a night in the Center, the Nurse dizzcharged Selene and Old Hala decided to take her in, said she was hizz rezzponzzibility as Kahuna of the island. He had a guezzt room and figured the calm Iki Town air would do better for her than the basement of a lab. Couldn’t dizzagree there. I just wish she woulda gotten outa bed today...”
“It just seems so wrong, seeing her so crushed... She didn’t even eat any of the food Hala set out for her.” The Dex sighs. “Needlezz to say, everyone was pretty worried about her. Lillie and Nebby tried to talk with her plenty of timezz today, but she didn’t respond. Not even when Lillie apologized for the hundredth time. I think...” The Dex pauses for a second. “I think the only time she got out of her bed wazz when she asked Hala for a shovel. She didn’t want me to come with, but I snuck over to watch her dig a grave beneath the big tree near the town square.” A rain cloud flashes on his screen, somber music ringing, as the small snippets of footage he was able to nab play out. “I wish there wazz more I could do... Lozzing a teammate like that izz... indezzcribable.”
“Let’zz see... izz there anything elzze to mention? I... don’t want to end thizz log on such a low note... Oh!” The Dex perks up a bit, an exclamation mark flashing on his screen. “Hau completed hizz firzzt trial! He’zz scheduled to battle hizz grampzz tomorrow afternoon for his Melemele Grand Trial!”
It is something positive, at least.
End Day Five
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Secret Rotom Log 1 - After the Cave-In
Emergency power mode activated.
Auto-Repair process initiated.
The downed Dex shutters back to life, his screen flashes, finally taking in the darkness of the cave, illuminated ever so slightly by the small hole in the way funneling light in. There’s Inche, plodding along beside Nebby. Roto salutes the both of them, the question on his... tongue... left unanswered when his bright lights finally fall on Selene’s crumpled form, hovering just centimetres over the ground, flanked by the source of the blue energy wrapped around her.
“S-Selene...?” Who knew that a Rotom could stutter.
The Dex looks into the bright blue glowing eyes of an avian Pokemon, colored a vibrant yellow. The tilts its head to the side as if confused, puzzled over the human voice coming from the technological marvel. It squawks and quacks, which the Rotom translates as a question.
“Y-Yes! That’s our Trainer. Couldja help us out maybe?”
It seems the Psyduck was more than happy to help. On one condition, which it indicates with a raised finger.
“Sure, anything!”
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Send anons asking things you’ve wondered about my muse, me, or the blog in general!
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Shipping meme!
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//Stuck on mobile for the next several hours while I’m at work, but when I do manage to get back I’d love to have something fun to come back to. So if you would please, INVADE SELENE’S INBOX WITH QUESTIONS FOR HER.
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//Just a quick note, I’ve adjusted the Nuzlocke Rules to change my ruling on the Exp Share. After some research I found that most people moderate its use but leave it on fairly frequently, so I have changed my rule to reflect this.
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//Lowkey sweating my butt off here. There’s a trainer with a high level Butterfree on Route 3, and I thought I could take it with my Wingull. Nope. Resisted Silver Wind still did half her HP. Literally the only Pokemon on my squad with half a chance of winning was Grimer, and I got lucky with it using Roost a bunch and my Bite critting once and poisoning a second time due to his Ability. Grimer only took one Silver Wind and was able to heal up most of the damage with his Black Sludge by the time poison damage killed off the Butterfree.
This post is merely an appreciation post for the second cutest (after Koffing of course) Poison Type to ever exit.
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Through Her Eyes - The Cave-In (Part Two)
Her gaze narrows and her lips curl into a barely controlled frown. She seems to be trying to keep herself calm, but only just. “Strix, Henet. If you two can bust a large enough hole in the rock for Ichne to crawl through, do so and then come back to me.” Those three were the ones she could trust to try and get them out of here, but she also wanted them cleared for other reasons.
They were young. They did not need to see what she was about to do.
With the detached glaze of a scientist at work, she rummages through her bag, drawing out whatever she could use. Potions could be anesthetics, grooming scissors could be surgical snips, threads and strips from her shirt and skirt could be stitches and tourniquets. But her hands are untrained in the subtleties of medicine, she was a biologist, not a medical doctor.
Most of what she has cut open was already dead.
Shaky hands arrange her tools, setting the flashlight against a rock to aim it towards her patient. A few moments later, a cry of affirmation lets her know that they have broken through, and as the gull and owl return to her, she quickly entraps them back in their Pokeballs. “You will understand in time, why I had to so this...” she mutters to them softly.
And she gets to work.
The next few minutes pass in a frenzy. Shaky hands, dyed crimson with the lifeblood of her falling friend, try to repair bone, staunch bleeding, and stitch skin. Time seems to simultaneously elongate and shorten, everything around her seems to fade away. It is just her and the prone form of this young Zubat, teetering on the edge of life. “Please...” she mutters under her breath, “Please work... Please please please work...”
It has to work. It just has to. She can’t lose her. She can’t lose anybody. Not this soon.
The Zubat lets out a shaky, weak shriek.
She doesn’t have much time left.
“N-No!” There has to be something! There has to be another way! She couldn’t give up on her.
But the Zubat had already stopped moving.
Hands shaking so hard she finds it hard to even grip the cold metal surface of the Pokeball, she unclips the device from her belt and points it at Zubat. “C-Carmilla, return,” she commands, her voice pitching ever slightly higher.
But the ball doesn’t respond. “I said, Carmilla. Return.”
No response.
A Pokeball could keep an injured Pokemon in stasis as long as the wounds it was suffering from were not immediately lethal.
Which meant...
“Car...milla...” Her voice drops to barely a whisper, her small hand clasping over the now still heart of her sweet, adorable little Poison Type. She cuddled the broken creature close to her chest, barely aware of the bruises lining her own elbows, knees, and legs from dragging them along the rough stone floor.
Tears stream down her cheek, and the only sound is that of her sobs.
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She is drawn from her grief by the all too familiar star-like coos of a certain space cloud and the warm growls of her Yungoos. They seem to be asking her whether she’s still there, so she mutters a low, “Y-Yes...”
Another growl, this one a bit more aggressive. A warning? She can feel a heady charge start to build up- it was just like the bridge, when Nebby released that shockwave! Stumbling back, she manages to avoid the brunt of the blast, not caring for the stones that strike her back as she covers the limp body of the Zubat in her arms.
Her tools forgotten, she clambers to her feet, slowly stepping one foot in front of the other as she staggers through the rough human-sized hole that Nebby had managed to leave. Had she been in a better state of mind, she might have marveled at the power packed inside the tiny space cloud, but all she can do is stumble toward it and accept the little hug she gives Selene’s leg.
The walk back towards the entrance of Seaward Cave is difficult, having left her flashlight back in the cavern she can only navigate with the low light and the cries of the slightly glowing Nebby to guide her. Several times she slips and nearly falls, catching herself on a wall.
Exhaustion sets in as they travel, each step feeling like she was hefting several kilos of Pokemon food over her shoulder. Her vision blurs and blackens, her footing grows shaky- she tumbles forward.
But before she hits the ground, a dim quack perks up from behind her, and she feels a small pull as blue energy wraps around her body.
End Day Four
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Through Her Eyes - The Cave-In (Part One)
“Roto-san!!!!”
For the first time in years, tears stream down the young researcher’s face. All the maturity she built up through years of study seems to melt away with the tears She collapses in on herself, curling into a ball, letting the tears flow.
She hears a low hoot next to her, almost like a friendly call asking her if she’s okay. She tries to respond, but with her bawling, there’s nothing she can do.
And that was enough.
The owl’s eyes narrow and she begins to glow in a vibrant white light, almost as if the blazing sun itself had chosen to light up their cramped little cavern. Rowlet begins to shift and grow, her triumphant hoot taking on a slightly deeper edge. In a rustle of feathers, the light dies down and what stands before her is now a demure Dartrix, her dark eyes narrowed angrily at what made her Trainer cry. From her feathers, a rush of leaves launch out- What was once a feeble Leafage became a crushing Razor Leaf, busting up the rock to manageable sizes.
Strix... She... Is she fighting that hard... For me?
Wiping back the tears, Selene crawls over to her severely wounded Zubat and plucks the rocks off carefully, one at a time. Two more of her Pokeballs snap open, a Yungoos and Wingull manifesting in the dark tunnel beside her. With a single hoot from the Dartrix, they start to aid their Trainer, dragging away what chunks of rocks they can until the Zubat is finally freed.
It’s... not a pretty sight.
Selene was no medical doctor, but she knew enough about biology to know that a Zubat’s wing should not be bent that way, nor should the chest be sinking as deep as it is with each struggling breath the little bat manages to catch and release. She starts muttering to herself, only parts of it audible, “...her lung... punctured... wing... shattered... Potions... Potions. Potions!” She whips her head back toward Dartix. “Potions! I need Potions now!” Complying, the owl drags her bag over, which had fallen off her shoulder earlier, and the researcher scrambled through it, practically dumping the contents on the ground.
Among the items is a small flashlight, which she turns on and wordlessly hands to Inche. Shaking fingers check the potency of each of the Potions she yanks from her bag, only for her controlled calm to drop with each passing second. “It’s not enough... It’s not enough... It’s not enough...” Her words come low and rapid, repeated, and she tosses the bottle she was holding with such force that it shatters on the wall.
“These Potions won’t work! Without medical aid, Carmilla will...!” They couldn’t get out. Not now. Not in time to save her. She was already losing a lot of blood.
Her lips curls in a ghastly frown as she realizes what she must do.
She would have to perform the surgery herself.
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Selene’s Log, Day Four
Update, 8:05 am.
“Bzzzzt, Roto Dex here! Soooo, Selene, you slept in last night. I wazz almozzt expecting you to be up an’ at ‘em at 6:00 am or something!” The Dex cracks a cheeky mechanical laugh, capturing the gentle half smile the researcher gives him in return.
“I merely wished to rest before my battle, Roto-san. It is important to get sleep in these moments before a difficult encounter.” A difficult encounter that was soon approaching. “Now, I believe Captain Ilima said this Verdant Cavern was just toward the back of Route 2? Can you see him, Roto-san?”
Roto floats to her side, his camera picking up the winding paths before settling on a small nook opposite the Pokemon Center. Zooming in closer, he can see a small figure waiting by the entrance. “Yup! Got ‘im!” He salutes his partner, cracking another cheeky grin. “Man, I’m really excited for thizz! Your first Island Trial, it’s gonna be huge! You got a plan all ready?”
“Yes,” she nods calmly, her eyes closing for a moment, “I have outfitted my teammates with useful items and have prepared each of them for their roles. But I am counting on Lupa the most for this one. Whatever we face, I fear it may have strong physical attacks. That would mean her Fur Coat Ability would be largely beneficial to us.”
The two close in on Ilima, and it is not long before Dr. Selene Berlitz starts her first leg of the Island Challenge with Captain Ilima’s Normal Trial.
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“Montage time!” Roto chuckles as the footage begins playing out on his screen of a brief conversation between Selene and Ilima, where he informs her that she must find and battle a number of Alolan Rattata before making her way to the far back of the cave and collecting a crystal embedded in the pedestal. The scene shifts to her exploring the cave, her voice muted by the rapidly rising background music that the Dex was playing. “Selene really had this tracking stuff down to a science! She could distinguish the Yungoozz denzz from the Rattata denzz with just a single look! But then those nazzty Team Skull guyzz tried to get in her way-” The screen cuts to a pair of Grunts trying to impede her progress, only to unintentionally allow her to track down and defeat an Alolan Raticate, which sends the goons running off in terror.
“Yeahh! Run away ya gooberzz!” the Roto in the video calls out to them, his waving red appendages falling in and out of frame.
“With that, she was able to make her way through the cave eazzily, and soon found herzzelf up againzzt an abzzolutely mazzive Alolan Raticate! Thizz wazz the fearzzome Totem Pokemon, oversized Pokemon flowing with extreme power! It wazz a heck of a foe, I’ll tell ya that! I thought I’d be snapped in half with just one Bite attack! But Selene was prepared.” His camera pans around toward Selene, pulling a small blue capsule from her pocket and a red and white ball off her belt. She pops the top off the capsule and tosses the Pokeball forward, releasing Furfrou in a brilliant flash. The regal white dog is adorned with a fashionable scarf, a Silk Scarf that raises the power of Normal moves. She thrusts the capsule forward, flinging a small pill toward the Normal Type, who deftly catches it in her mouth and swallows.
“She used that X Defenzze on Furfrou to make sure she could weather more hitzz. It was a geniuzz move! Without it, she certainly would have had some trouble.” Roto shivers as the footage plays out, the two exchanging blows briefly before a smaller Alolan Rattata appears, slamming into Furfrou’s side and bouncing off it. “Even though it had extra help, Lupa still kicked that Totem’zz butt!” He cheers, pom poms flashing on the screen. The clip continues, with Lupa beating on the Raticate and enduring attacks from both ends. At some point, Selene darts in during the lull in attacks to personally apply a blast from a Super Potion, but it may not have even been needed, as moments later both the Alolan rats lay on the ground defeated.
“And so Selene won her firzzt Z-Crystal! Now she can put that Z-Ring to work.” The Dex’s screen continues to display Ilima congratulating her for her efforts, and the humble Totem offering a gift of her own- the young Rattata she had fought alongside. “The Totem Raticate wanted Selene to take care of her baby, and who could refuse an offer like that?” The little Alolan Rattata’s data flashes up on screen.
Name: Ro
Gender: Female
Nature: Bold
Characteristic: Strong willed
“She seemed really amuzzed when naming her, talked about rodentzz of unusual size or somethin’ like that. I didn’t understand headzz or tailzz of it,” the Dex mutters in response, his screen showing an emoji of a blue face scratching its head with a questioning gaze. “We ran into those futuristic lookin’ people again, and I gotta say they need to work on their greeting. Ya say ‘Alola’ while moving your armzz in a circle, not in a square!” The Dex huffs, somehow offended. “Anyway, the female one introducezz herzzelf azz Soliera and the male introducezz himzzelf as Phyco. They seemed pretty interezzted in Selene and what she wazz doin’, but I don’t know if we could truzzt them quite yet.”
The next scene plays out, with Kukui nearly bumping into Selene as she exists the cave- and he comes bearing bad news. Lillie’s missing!
“Profezzor Kukui said something about mizzplacing her around Route 3, so he wazz hoping that Selene would help him. After everything that had happened with lazzt night, she definitely wanted to help, I know I did.” The scene follows on with Selene traversing the winding rocky terrain, unfamiliar to her. But not to the local Pokemon. “So Selene getzz this great idea to have one of the local Pokemon help, and she findzz thizz Cutiefly that she challengezz to a battle and capturezz quite artfully!” And that Cutiefly’s data flashes on screen.
Name: Bylii
Gender: Female
Nature: Naughty
Characteristic: Sturdy body
“Though the crafty bug leadzz uzz on a bit of a winding path, she does direct uzz toward a secluded area where a lot of people end up when they get lozzt on Route 3, Melemele Meadow. That’s where we found Lillie!” The scene shifts to the girl in question, frantically looking between her bag and the yellow flowers.
“Nebby, where are you,” she mutters to herself, gasping when she’s spotted by Selene. “You think you can help me find her again?” she asks the researcher, her big eyes wracked with worry. “I’m so sorry for being such a burden to you...”
“You are far from a burden,” Selene answers, already starting to walk away. “You are a precious friend, Lillie-san. I will not rest until Nebby is found.”
“It’zz there that Selene getzz the aide of another local Pokemon, thizz time a kind little Petilil that wazz more than willing to show them placezz that Pokemon like to hide.” The data for that Pokemon flashes on screen too.
Name: Lili
Gender: Female
Nature: Mild
Characteristic: Scatters things often
“That’s what brought us to the Seaward Cave, accezzed through a tiny hole that Selene could barely fit through crawling on her handzz and kneezz. It was cold and dark in there, so it’zz good that Selene’zz so uzzed to Sinnohan temperaturezz,” the Dex tries to crack a joke, but the humor falls a little flat. His normally cheery voice falls a little low and somber. “Something... Something happened in there. I’ll... I’ll show you what I can.”
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Update, 3:28 pm.
“Anything yet, Carmilla?” The researcher calls out to her Zubat, flapping a foot or so ahead of them in the dark cave, guided only by the thin beam of light projected by the Dex’s flashlight eyes. The blue bat lets out a low cry- negative. Deeper and deeper they wander, relying on what little natural light was there and the young Zubat’s abilities before they found the cavern floor below them start to shake and sunder, cracks lining the walls and shattering small rocks-
“Izz it an earthquake?” the Dex guesses, frantically clinging to Selene’s back in an attempt to keep himself protected, his screen briefly darkened by the fabric of her shirt before she pulls him off.
“It might be,” she mutters, the Rotom’s light casting a dull glare over her bang-covered face. “We must keep moving.”
Smaller quakes rock the group occasionally, but they keep advancing onward. That is, until they reach a rather deep, narrow part of the cave, hearing a rumbling roar. “A wild Pokemon?” Selene wonders aloud, but she is soon caught off guard by another vigorous quake, even stronger than the first. It nearly sends her to her knees, the Dex clinging to her shoulder in a meager attempt to keep her up-
And just as the quake seems to let up, Carmilla swoops down and slashes with her wings, blowing a gust of air hard enough to topple Selene back- narrowly avoiding a rock that would have crushed her. Another falls and cracks the ground just a foot away from Rotom. Another drops further away. “A rock slide!” Selene calls out, but the tumbling earth ranging in size from pebbles to boulders start to rain down, blocking off their path forward. The gang scrambles down the wayb they came, but just as it seemed like they’d reach the entrance to this narrowed tunnel, the way out crumbles before them. Quite nearly punching the very stone blocking them, Selene tries to keep her cool-
Only to hear the feeble cry of a Zubat, her left side crushed below a rock more than twice her size.
“Carmilla!” Displaying the most emotion Rotom had ever seen on her normally impassive face, the girl that he suddenly remembers is only 13 years old frantically tries to free her partner, to no avail. Her cry of anguish rises like an ancient hymn as she struggles to budge the rock even a bit.
One of the balls on her belt bursts open, revealing Strix the Rowlet. She releases waves of sharp leaves at the rock, but all they do is scuff the surface. Leafage just isn’t enough. “Please!” Selene calls out, “S-Someone get help!” She rounds on the Dex. “Roto-san, can you call someone? Do you have that function?” There is panic in her eyes, the normally calm oceans darkened like the beginnings of a storm.
The Dex nods, “I’ll do what I can, Selene-” Only for a stray rock to fall and crack his screen, sending him hurdling to the ground.
“Roto-san!” The panicked cry of a young girl in over her head is the last thing the Dex could pick up before the recording died.
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Letters Unsent - Encounter in the Hau’oli Cemetery
Dearest Sister,
I must admit... It is difficult being here, without you. I am experiencing so many new things, and without someone here to share them with... It feels a little empty. Professor Kukui-san keeps things lighthearted, and I can appreciate that, but it is not the same. He is a work colleague, and I have my doubts in my ability to ever see him as anything more than that. He is... too much, for my tastes. Sometimes.
I did meet another potential friend. Her name is Lillie. She is rather sweet, but quite shy. Reminds me a bit of myself, I must admit... We talked about those old Sinnohan myths you showed me so long ago... It would have been nice to hear you tell them You were always better at getting across the mystery and emotion of it than I could...
The moon is full tonight. It casts this silvery glow on the old fashioned wood and stone homes... it really is beautiful. I just might ask Roto-san to attach a picture. Ah, forgive me. I forgot to mention that Professor Kukui-san gave me a wonderful gift, a Pokedex with a Rotom installed in it. Truly a marvelous combination of Pokemon and Technology. I may just have to study him in more depth after this. But yes. The beach air was too hot and moist for my taste, but the breeze in Iki Town, from where I write this letter, feels relaxing on my skin... I can tell my newest partner is enjoying it too.
That is the other reason I left. My Zubat, Carmilla, was not enjoying the cramped confines of a lab basement. She needed to roam more freely.
But... that is not what has pushed me to write this letter to you, Sister. What kept me up this night was not the woes of my fragile friendships, nor the gentle nighttime breeze of Iki Town, but something that happened tonight. Though I respect Lillie’s wishes, I must reveal something that you cannot share. Lillie possesses a strange Pokemon that few know about. She calls this strange creature Nebby. That is all I can tell you without breaking my promise made to her.
Earlier tonight, we ran into each other outside the Pokemon Center in Hau’oli. She could not find Nebby. We split up, she searched the city and I headed to the neighboring Route. My search led me to the local cemetery, where we located the strange Pokemon. This is also where I found Carmilla.
It was odd. I have seen many Zubat travel in packs, but this one seemed alone. I am not sure if Nebby found her or if she found Nebby, but the two were playing as if they were old friends. They seemed to have this connection that went beyond normal... And when I touched both of them, I felt something.
Another voice... in my mind. Distant, but clearly feminine. The voice expressed gratitude, thanking me for finding her. And... And asked me to consider taking her friend with me.
I did not tell Roto-san this, but that was why I captured the Zubat when I did. And why I have her with me now. I want to know more about this voice... Why it spoke to me. What ties it has to Carmilla...
And just what Nebby might be...
I know I must trust data and logic, but I cannot deny what I feel.
I feel... that it may just have been Nebby that spoke to me then.
Yours Forever,
Selene
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I wonder... How many of these will I write? How many will I stuff in the back of my bag and pretend to forget about? You already deal with so much... I cannot dare to burden you with my own demons...
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🎨 What are the mun’s hobbies?
When the Muse Starts Gossiping About the Mun...
“Based on my observations, I can say he spends plenty of time sitting at his desk corresponding for me. I have also noticed him spending perhaps too much time playing on those Nintendo console you people seem so ecstatic about. I for one would appreciate it if he picked up a good book every once and awhile, but I suppose his creative juices are still flowing properly. I have even seen him working on tabletop game campaigns. I must admit, they have me curious.”
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Is there a Pokemon Selene really hopes to capture on her journey?
“I must be honest. The thought has never really occurred to me. As of yet, I have simply caught whatever interested me in the moment. Though I must say, I have been lucky. I have been able to capture two of the alternative forms of Kantonian Pokemon that dwell here. I would not mind capturing more. It is my duty as a Pokemon Biologist to study these variant type Pokemon, you see.”
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Selene’s Log, Day Three (Part Two)
Update, 10:15 am.
“With a crazy start like that, ya might think thingzz would die down, but on our way to look for this Ilima guy, Selene ran into thizz group of Alolan Meowth cauzzing big trouble!” The Dex’s screen lights up with the footage of a trio of dark-furred Meowth swiping money and other items from the locals, dashing off through the maze-like grass-lined fences around town. Roto’s camera pans over to Selene, whose eyes have narrowed in a determined glare. “Between her arrowzz and Strix’zz Leafage,” the Dex continues narrating, the footage shifting to show the trainer and Pokemon in question brandishing their weapons of choice and loosing their attacks, “They managed to box those feline thievezz in! But the darnedest thing happened-” A white blur dashes through Roto’s view, slamming into the side of one of the Meowth, its form smashing into a nearby tree and crumpling on the ground.
Roto scrambles to get a better shot, Selene running into the frame with Strix hot on her heels, and they all lay eyes on a regal looking dog with shaggy white fur. “This Furfrou here was apparently a bit of a local vigilante of sortzz, though not so much of an illegal vigilante, I guess, since the police officers we spoke to didn’t consider its actionzz criminal. Anyway, Selene and this Furfrou struck up a partnership, since, see, after they all beat up those Meowth, they found some Team Skull Emblemzz craved into the collars they wore. Neither Selene, nor Furfrou wanted to let those hooliganzz get away with causing more trouble, so they decided to handle them together.” Roto displays a few stills he captured of the two high-fiving and investigating the surrounding streets.
The scene shifts to the front of a Malasada Shop, where a pair of Team Skull Grunts are seen harassing a guy at the entrance. The white blur of the Furfrou dashes into view, knocking one of the Grunts on their and interrupting the conversation. It’s the usual shit you get with petty thieves, claiming that it ain’t their fault that they have to do this sorta stuff. Nonetheless, Selene and Furfrou battle the Grunts, on the condition that they can face her two on one if they agree to come with her to turn themselves in if they lose.
“Safe to say, Selene and Furfrou kicked their buttzz all the way back to their mommazz!” The Dex chuckles mechanically, amused grins flashing on his screen. The footage shifts to the researcher and the dog taking the Grunts to the local police department and the Grunts getting cuffed. “With that all taken care of,” Roto continues, the scene shifting to another angle as the Fufrou rolls a Pokeball towards Selene with her nose. “We got another member of the team! Turnz out Furfrou enjoyed working with Selene so much that she wanted to stick around permanently. Besides, there’s plenty of other Team Skull Gruntzz out there to take down, right? Can’t be locked up in one town.”
Furfrou’s data flashes up on screen.
Name: Lupa
Gender: Female
Nature: Modest
Characteristic: Strongly defiant
“Ya know that Ilima guy we were looking for? Turns out he wazz watching the whole thing! He wanted a tazzte of the power Selene had to offer and challenged her to a battle. It...” The footage plays out, with Ilima having the upper hand practically the entire time, despite having only a Yungoos and a Smeargle compared to Selene’s five equally potent teammates. Selene does pull through in the end, with Strix getting a clutch critical hit on Leafage to knock out her foe’s Smeargle, but it came incredibly close. “...didn’t go azz well as she’d expected.”
“So, even though Ilima cleared her to attempt hizz Trial in the Verdant Cavern, she wasn’t exactly keen on fighting another foe that strong without doing some sincere training of her own.” A small montage of footage plays out, with Selene and her teammates taking on various Trainers and wild Pokemon around Hau’oli City. “We even caught another team member- our sixth!” the Dex adds excitedly, practically fast-forwarding the footage in his enthusiasm to reach the part of the clip where they took on a lazy Drowzee relaxing against the base of a berry tree.
As Selene and her team members test out various attacks against the slumbering Hypnosis Pokemon, her annoyed mutters can be heard as she scoffs off to the side, “How is this thing taking our blows so well? It must have Snorlax blood with how bulky the damn thing is...”
“She did manage to capture the Drowzee... after a while.” Roto sighs as the scene shifts to a single unbroken Pokeball surrounded by four others shattered around the tree. The lone ball shakes thrice and then clicks. The Drowzee’s data flashes up on screen.
Name: Baku
Gender: Male
Nature: Lax
Characteristic: Sturdy body
“We’re lucky he doezzn’t seem to mind helping uzz out after we interrupted hizz nap. That Baku is pretty strong, I’d hate to be on hizz bad side. Maybe he doezz have some Snorlax in him, could explain the appetite too. Never seen a Pokemon that small eat thrice their own body weight in berriezz.” The Dex shivers slightly, beeping lowly.
“Later that night, me and Selene were heading back to the Pokemon Center to heal up the team when she ran into Lillie. I’ll let her take it from here...”
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Update, 9:34 pm.
Lillie’s frantic voice called out to Selene as she ran towards them, nearly falling to her knees and panting when she reached them. “I... can’t... I can’t find her. I... I lost Nebby!” The girl looks near tears, which Selene promptly wipes off with her thumb.
The smallest smile cracks her impassive face as she mutters softly, “Then we will just have to find her. Where did you last see her?” she asks, wanting to get straight to business and forgo excessive crying.
Lillie nods and points toward the north exist. “Just outside of town. We were going to gather berries from some of the trees out there, and I thought I put her back in my bag after we did, but when I got back to the Center in town, she was nowhere to be seen!” She seems about to break into tears again, but manages to calm herself down enough.
Selene scratches her chin, seemingly wondering how to approach this, when Roto pipes up, his red arm-like appendage falling into frame as he raises his equivalent of a hand. “Oo! I have an idea. How bout we split up! Me and Selene will head up Route 2, and you can check in town. Nebby mighta came back here after she got separated from you, right? So we should check both placezz.”
“That sounds like a plan,” Selene nods, azure eyes darting to Lillie to see what she was thinking about this.
The younger blonde seemed to hesitate for a second, but she nodded, her eyes narrowed in determination. “Right! I’ll see if I can find Professor Kukui or Captain Ilima. They might be able to help too.”
And off they run.
A slightly shaky cam captures Selene as she runs off, searching for any signs of the spacey cloud Pokemon known as Nebby. Strix doesn’t seem to have much luck either, as each time Selene calls out for a status check, she receives a single hoot- negative, nothing so far. This wild Swanna chase goes on for awhile before Strix perks up, her head swiveled toward the neighboring cemetery. “Did you hear something?” Selene calls out, her owl cooing in affirmation.
Roto follows them, the camera panning around to catch a beautiful view of the full moon hanging at just the right point above the tombstones to coat them in a pale, effervescent glow. It was beautiful, even her could admit that. As they close in, the noise Strix heard can be picked up by the Dex and Selene- a twinkling coo like falling stars.
“Nebby!” Selene’s eyes go wide at that, and she darts off through the maze of graves and fences towards the back end, her Dex floating not too far behind her. Finally, the camera lands square on the little space cloud, dancing and cooing as she plays with a nocturnal bat Pokemon.
“Well, hello little ones,” coos Selene, reaching out to pat the heads of both the Zubat and Nebby. Part of her wished to admonish them for worrying herself and Lillie, but they looked so cute playing together she couldn’t help herself. “Were you taking care of our Nebby for us, Zubat-chan?” she asks, gently scratching the blind Pokemon beneath her chin.
She receives a happy low shriek in response, the little Poison/Flying Type nuzzling into her touch. Selene smiles softly. “I will take that as a yes.”
Several calm moments pass, the group gathered there merely taking in the cool night breeze. Though Roto does capture an odd moment where Nebby busts her head against Selene’s arm, and the researcher looked a bit more... startled than normal. “Roto-san?” she mutters lowly, tossing her head over her shoulder toward the floating Dex. “Did you... Never mind. Let’s take her home.”
He still catches her barely audible mumble- “I thought... I heard someone say thank you...”
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“We brought Nebby back to Kukui’zz lab, where Lillie thanked uzz both profuzzely. Selene tried to be all modezzt about it, but I think she shoulda taken a bit more pride in what she did! She helped a friend find someone dear to her, that means a lot!” Multiple thumbs-up flash on screen. “Not that we didn’t get anything out of it. Nebby’zz new friend didn’t want to leave, so she decided to stick with uzz!” He shows a small clip of the Zubat clinging to Selene’s arm before she gets the idea and taps her head with a Pokeball.
Zubat’s data flashes on screen.
Name: Carmilla
Gender: Female
Nature: Docile
Characteristic: Mischievous
“Lookzz like that the lazzt of the log for tonight. Selene wanted me to procezz some of the footage while she got situated in her cot. I think I’ll power down for the night and hit the hay myzzelf.”
End Day Three.
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