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pokeshippingflashfic · 5 years

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“belt”

“Guh...” Ash grunted to himself under his breath, feeling oddly defeated but just as unwilling to admit it. He’d never seen this one coming.

The leather strap tightened roughly through the loops in his jeans and pinched his waist as he tugged it towards his belly button from both sides, scowling at his reflection as it mocked him. And still, his belt refused to give in to his silent demands for it to fit around his middle. He could barely get it around his front at all, in fact.

Maybe he shouldn’t have eaten that third double cheeseburger last night...

“Yo, Ash, you almost ready to go, man? Misty and I already checked out our Pokemon from the Center!” Brock called out from the hallway beyond the closed guest room door.

“Just... a sec!” the young trainer shouted with a heaving breath, wrenching both his arms towards each other one final time and firmly giving up on this obviously poor choice of tactic when all it did was cause a fainting burning friction in certain areas of his waist. He exhaled deeply, catching his breath, before a new, far superior idea popped into his head and he started easing himself cautiously backwards towards the twin mattress behind him.

“C’mon, Ash, you’ve been in there long enough! Pikachu is anxious to get on the road! I can’t believe that you aren’t feeling the same way!” Misty chided now, knocking somewhat impatiently on the door.

“Hey, gimme a... break!” he began in response, falling flat onto his back in time with the pause in his statement. “I’ll be out when I’m ready! I just need a good,” tug, “couple,” yank, “of minutes,” and heave, “okay?!” he ended somewhat rudely.

This, of course, was the wrong tone to use with his redheaded friend as she immediately began turning the doorknob (that of course he’d forgotten to lock), incensed and ready to tell him off considering she hadn’t done a single thing to provoke him.

“That’s it, Ash, Pikachu and I are comin’ in!” she exclaimed scathingly, and the door swung open so violently that it knocked against the rubber stopper on the in-room side of the wall and bounced back some. “What’s your deal, huh? You think you get to catch an attitude just because you woke up on... the wrong side... of the bed...?”

She faltered at the sight of him gawking at her like a Stantler caught in the headlights of an incoming eighteen wheeler, pants (thankfully) up to his waist and buttoned, but fly open and a brief peak of his boxers showing while his tee shirt bunched around his chest.

She cleared her throat and told herself to remember to breath through the mortification of this scenario, and Pikachu wriggled his way from where he’d originally been sitting in the warmth of her one-armed embrace to go greet his trainer close up.

Ash snapped upright immediately, turning and facing the opposite direction, abandoning his partner on the bed.

“Jeez, Mist, what’s wrong with you?! I told ya I was...” he grunted much the same as he’d been doing earlier, trying and failing even now to get his belt to compromise (or simply concede to his will) but it didn’t work, “... still getting ready!”

“Ash, what’s...”

Push through, Misty, remember, just ignore your stupid nerves. Who cares if you just saw stupid Ash’s stupid underwear for the second stupid time since you started traveling together...?

“What’s going on?”

“It’s nothin’, okay? This stupid belt just... It’s just givin’ me trouble...”

She sighed in response. Ordinarily she’d admonish him for waiting so long. After all, Ash Ketchum had brought up his he’d had to use a looser notch a few different times over the recent months and it had obviously, finally caught up with him. Shame on him for waiting so long to replace it, right? Or perhaps she would relish in his frustration. He deserved what he got for slacking off and overeating!

But a small fraction of her conscience brought her attention to the telltale signs of his own humiliation over the matter and she felt some sympathy as she watched him from behind, finally relinquishing the new type of battle he’d been struggling with for who knows how much of the morning and unlooping the leather strap from around his waist, tossing it unceremoniously onto the bed beside a somewhat concerned Pikachu, fastening his jeans with somewhat less of a struggle, and turning to face her, cheeks unnaturally scarlet.

Neither of them said anything for a moment until Ash finally realized he would do best to break the ice.

“Where’d Brock go?”

“He and Togepi swung back to the cafeteria to grab some fruit for everyone to snack on later today on the road.”

“So... what’s goin’ on here?” she asked with brevity, accompanying her inquiry with a raised eyebrow.

“I said it’s nothing!” he replied sharply, then caught her eye somewhat apologetically when he realized he’d come on too strong. “I just... I ate too much last night, I guess.”

“Last night?” she yelped incredulously. “Ash, you’ve always eaten a lot, ever since the day we met! You can’t blame this on one extra burger! Besides, haven’t you been saying for awhile that you’ve repeatedly loosened your belt buckle?”

Perhaps her commentary was too blunt because he didn’t respond to that, instead slumping back into a sitting position on the bed and scratching Pikachu behind the ears with a sigh.

“Well... I mean, you’ve also worn the same belt since the day you left home, right?” she tried again, tone softening from the guilt. It wasn’t like she’d meant to make him feel bad! “That was a good two or so years ago. You’ve - well, really, we’ve - grown some all around, right? You were bound to need a new one eventually whether you ate an extra portion here or there! That’s just what happens when people grow.”

He continued sulking, though she thought she saw his shoulders straighten just a little after her excuse.

“A - and besides,” she faltered briefly as she tried to figure out how best to word it, even gathering the courage to sit down beside him on the bed, eyeing the considerable lack of distance between them, “what’s a couple of pounds anyway? It’s not like gaining weight effects the type of trainer you are or the type of person you are! You definitely shouldn’t let it bother you, ya know? I mean, it would be worse I think if you decided to change who you are because you were worried about your gut or whatever!”

Ash finally dared to look her in the eyes and she stared back, blinking away the slight flush that was creeping along her cheeks.

“You really think that? That it doesn’t matter if I eat a little extra or if I look a bit different?”

“Well, yeah... I mean, I can’t speak for everyone in the world but there’s no way that... that I would look at you any differently, Ash! I would only think less of people who judge others based on their appearance! It’s like they say; it’s what inside that matters most! And you’re a great person on the inside so there’s no problem, right?”

She’d gotten so wrapped up in her preaching, doing her utmost to improve his mood, that she hadn’t realized she’d started rambling and raining compliments on him.

Thankfully, Ash was so busy taking to heart what she was saying that he didn’t feel the need to poke fun at her for being so nice for a change.

“... Yeah, you’re right, I think. Thanks for sayin’ all that, Mist. C’mon, guys. We can meet Brock out front.”

They all stood, Ash grabbing his backpack and Misty handing him the Pokeballs she’d retrieved from Nurse Joy for him. He grabbed his old worn belt from the bed and tossed it into the small wastebasket by the door, following Misty and eventually passing by her in the hall, murmuring so low she couldn’t quite hear him.

“You’re a great person on the inside too.”

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puclpodcast · 6 years

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PDL Week 8 Recap

We have a lot to discuss this week from Playoffs to an interview with The Fluffiest Whimsicott so let’s jump right into Week 8,

DEP vs. NYY: 0-1

NWN vs. BFS: 3-0

HEH vs. NJJ: 4-0

COG vs. VAV: 2-0

TOT vs. SLC: 0-3

PIP vs. BAL: 0-2

HFW vs. JAX: 6-0

ITA vs. DCC: 0-3

LOL vs. MID: 0-1

BLP vs. AUK: 1-0

MIL vs. MIN: 3-0

There were a lot a really close games this week. That had a lot of playoff implications but I go into more detail about that below. This was a week of inter-divisional matches with a division game thrown in and it is starting to make things a lot more interesting. I cannot emphasize how important every match is in the rest of the season. There are 22 out of 24 teams that have a path to the playoffs, while for some it is unlikely or requires a specific string of losses and win it is crucial that you bring you A game every week. Worst case it is just as much fun to crush someone’s dreams of playoffs as it is to make them, but first let’s enjoy a nice week off as we have our final bye week of the regular season. This week was a positional week. A lot of teams got some crucial wins and overall showed how week to week, you can be playing a different team. Playing any team that prepares well and plays well is going to be difficult to deal with. There are no free wins in this league every one has to work to earn every win.

Pick’ems

Pick’ems this week has left us with one person at the top and several only a point behind. There really inst much more to say about it other than the picks have been off from perfect so it looks like no one will be shout out again… unless in the last 4 weeks the pickers miraculously do what has not been done since week 1. We will see how it goes in the remaining 4 weeks before the playoff bracket

Trades

We have 3 more weeks to make trades and they are still coming through so lets go over them.

AUK Lucario T2 TOT Diggersby TOT Diggersby T2 AUK Lucario PIP Weezing T4 Free Agent Arbok PIP Gourgeist T5 Free Agent Froslass LOL Scizor T2 SHS Espeon SHS Espeon T3 LOL Scizor

AUK and TOT traded Lucario for Diggersby respectively. This trade helps both teams as AUK is hoping this trade will help their team as they make a late season playoff push. PIP dropped Weezing and Gourgeist and picked up Arbok and Froslass. I really like this trade since it gives PIP a grounded poison type to absorb toxic spikes as well as a spike setter in Froslass. The last trade of the week was between LOL and SHS. LOL traded Scizor to SHS in hopes that Scizor can help SHS make playoffs. In return LOL gets Espeon doubling up on Psychic types and adding a magic bounce user to their squad.

Playoff Picture

With 4 weeks left lets start looking at playoffs. I’ll be doing a breif overview of how teams can make playoffs but as we get closer I’ll go into more detail. Let’s assume that you need a 7-5 record to hit playoffs so let’s dive into how each team can make playoffs. It is possible for 15 teams to hit the 7-5 benchmark but it would require some crazy scenarios. Realistically 7-5 will probably make it and potentially a 6-6 team or two.

Tiebreakers: 1. Overall Record 2. Win % in Division 3. Head to Head 4. Best Record vs. Common Opponents 5. Strength of Victory 6. Strength of Schedule 7. Coin Flip

Corsola Cola: There are 4 teams that can reach the 7-5 threshold; BFS, NWN, DEP, and VAV. At the current moment NWN has the tie breaker over BFS even though they have the same record and both teams need 2 wins to achieve playoffs. These teams would also need DEP/VAV to lose 1 game to guarentee playoffs as either 1 or 2. It is going to come down to how well these teams battle in the last few weeks to determine who will win the division. DEP and VAV ideally need to win out to hit 7-5.

Green Tauros: COG has clinched a Playoff spot either as 1 or 2 for the division. They can drop 2 of their last 4 games and still get the number 1 spot due to tie breakers. The real race is between SLC and SHS. SHS is 2 games behind and the last game of the regular season is a battle between the two. If SHS can catch up 1 game and be only 1 game down going into the last match of the regular season then the winner will be the #2 seed and the other can make playoffs in Best of the rest.

Corsola Cola: There are 4 teams that can hit the threshold; HFW, PIP, ITA, and BLP. BLP would have to win out vs. the entire division which is no simple task, but possible. HFW needs 1 win to clinch playoffs and they need to have a better record than PIP to win the Divisin since PIP wins the tiebreaker between them. PIP would need 2 wins to hit the goal and ITA needs 3 wins. This division is fairly clean cut. You need to win out.

Rhyhorn Steakhouse: This division is crazy so I saved it for last because there is a lot to go over. Let’s start with the fact that every team can make playoffs some have a tougher road than other. To hit the threshold, AUK needs to win out, DCC and MIN needs to win 2 games, BAL and MIL need 1 more win and MID would have clinched if 7-5 is good enough. In the last 4 weeks everyone in this division has 2 divisional matches and DCC has 4. Every divisional match is going to be crucial in seeding and the out of divisional matches for some are going to be just as tough and crucial since 5 of these teams are within 2 games of each other. There is no way to know how this will turn out just yet but it will be exciting to follow.

Interview with The Fluffiest Whimsicott

This week I’m joined by the Italian Crusader herself, The Fluffiest Whimsicott!

Clod9: Thank you The Fluffiest Whimsicott for joining us this week. Luckily it’s easier to schedule interviews than battles but let’s get started what have been your impressions on the draft league format thus far?

The Fluffiest Whimsicott: Thank you for having me, it’s quite the honor! As for your question… it’s a lot more stressful than I anticipated, although it’s certainly still fun.

C9: How did your draft go in your opinion?

TFW: Uh… extremely well at the beginning, then it was a panicked downward spiral down to the end. I was confident that with 20 people picking before me, my favorite S-Tier, Mega Mawile, would be long gone by the time my turn came around… but nope, Ravioli was still there! I had a loose draft structure to follow him, but as I kept getting sniped and having to go for my second or sometimes third choices, I found myself scrambling… and at the end I emerged from the deep drafting haze in my head holding: a Hail core I wanted and no one else (wisely) did; Minior; and half of my roster having quadruple weaknesses. I still don’t quite know how it happened, but here we are.

C9: With the season half over, how have things gone thus far and how do you think you will fare in the second half?

TFW: Well. As I have just finished my eighth battle, the season is actually two thirds over for me, and… I have a neutral record, 4-4. It’s worse than I had been aiming for, that’s for sure. And with the opponents awaiting me in the last round of battles… let’s just say at this point I would be quite happy to keep it even.

C9: Who are you most looking forward to battling this season? TFW: The battle I was most looking forward to was the one against Geo, because it was the YOU YOU TEE SEE winners showdown. Ironically (and sadly), it was by far my worst battle, with one crucial distraction and a bit of RNG letting Geo grab the tiny millimeter of momentum he needs to bring any match home (it’s Geo, after all, you breathe slightly wrong and he beats you… and sometimes you do everything perfectly and he beats you anyway, because, have I mentioned? It’s Geo).

C9: I know I’m looking forward to battling you this week 12, It should be a fun time. Now for the flip side is there anyone you are glad you don’t have to face in the regular season? TFW: Mr. Seth. “Stallmaster”. Vilo. I love the guy, but battling him is the utmost torture. (Which I’m sure he’ll take as a compliment, as he should.) And yeah, I’d say I’m looking forward to battling you, too, but you’re decimating our division and I know I’m going to be in a lot of pain in my final week…

C9: Why did you choose the team name, Italian Azurills? TFW: Ah… as embarrassing as it is, it’s actually a pun! See, soccer is a huge deal in Italy. It’s THE sport here. And the Italian National soccer team is nicknamed “gli Azzurri” (“the Blues”), because their uniform is a nice shade of blue… the exact same shade as Azurill, as it happens. From there, the pun was irresistibly obvious, and the logo followed suit.

C9: Were there any secret techs that you brought for your matchups that you didn’t get to showcase? TFW: Yes. The most prominent is that I once brought Counter Ampharos, against Geo, but then I choked and neglected to click the move. It would have been quite fun.

C9: Who would you say is the mon you are most excited to use on your team this year? TFW: Well, Mega Mawile was the one I was gunning for, obviously. And I am always excited to use Alolan Ninetales, of course, just because it’s the prettiest Pokémon ever.

C9: You are currently on the Bubble for making Playoffs, do you feel the pressure as you prepare for your last couple weeks/ Do you think you will make playoffs?

TFW: At this point, the bubble is about to pop. Had I beaten Bigby, I would have made an honest and confident try for it. As it is, I’m certainly not giving up, but I am trying to keep my expectations realistic. I honestly don’t know if that makes the pressure better or worse…

C9: Let’s learn about you as a pokemon Fan. When did you start listening to PUCL?

TFW: September 12th, 2014. (Is it weird that I know the date off the top of my head? It probably is.)

C9:What pokemon generation did you start with?

TFW: Pokémon Red, baby! I am ancient, after all.

C9: What is your favorite region?

TFW: Oh, no. Now I have to resist the urge to launch into an essay! Let’s say Alola, Kalos and Hoenn are all very, very pretty and leave it at that.

C9: Who is your favorite pokemon?

TFW: This one is kind of a cheat question, isn’t it? I’ll give you some bonus answers. Besides the obvious Whimsicott, it’s Leafeon and Alolan Ninetales.

C9: If you had to pick: Attack or Special Attack?

TFW: Tough question. Special Attack, just because I much prefer the types that were Special before Gen IV.

C9: What is your battle style: Stall/Hyper Offense/Bulky Offense/Balance?

TFW: It’s definitely somewhere around Bulky Offense. Balance if I’m having a good day.

C9: Do you prefer Speed or Trick Room?

TFW: Speed all the way. Trick Room just cost me a very important match, after all, so I’m holding a grudge!

C9: What is your favorite Weather; Hail/Sand/Rain or Sun?

TFW: Sun because of SovietThatch and all the Grass types who thrive in it, but honorable mention to the weather that makes Aurora Veil possible and Alolan Ninetales (vaguely) usable.

C9: Electric/Misty/Grassy or Psychic Terrain?

TFW: Psychic Terrain. I know Lele simply could not fit in a Draft League format, but man, I miss my favorite Tapu.

C9: Favorite status to inflict: Sleep/Freeze/Paralysis/Burn or Poison?

TFW: Freeze is convenient, but just too evil. I’ll say Burn, because it whittles things down while also making physical attackers too weak to OHKO my prettiest Pokémon, who are of course also the frailest.

C9: Have you watched the Pokemon anime? If yes, what is your favorite Theme song?

TFW: I watched the first… two seasons, I think? And my favorite theme song is probably… the Italian one. It was very cheery (and cheesy, but aren’t they all?).

C9: Will you be participating in other pucl events like the Summer League?

TFW: I’ve already submitted my application to be a Gym Leader again this year. I hope I get picked, because it was a ton of fun last year, but if I’m not, I’m definitely challenging the Gyms myself! I just love battling and having fun with everyone in the community.

C9: Thank you once again for joining us this week! Good luck in your future battles! That’s all the time we have this week. See y’all again next time!

from PDL Week 8 Recap

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