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id0what1want · 4 months

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Same anon as the battle quotes one and I’m so happy you liked my ask! Was a little nervous. Curious on how she’d react to being transported to Hisui, mainly reactions to like. The Galaxy team, the way of life, stuff like that!

Also if you want to do the battle aspect, it’d be interesting to see her quotes for how she’d react to seeing an Alpha for the first time, getting hit by a wild Pokémon’s attack, fall damage, being spotted while sneaking up on a mon, low HP for herself, battling a Noble Mon and stuff like that as well! :>

No need to be nervous anon, I don't bite!! Cereza totally does tho

This is incredibly interesting! I love the mask maker Kieran au in Hisui so I might piggyback off of that! Cereza would be bewildered at first, but considering the wild events of the story, would quickly shrug and be like "yeah that checks". Especially cuz of the whole SadaTuro time travel shenanigans. Honestly she likely ended up in Hisui by fucking with the lab in Area Zero when she definitely should not have.

Cereza would make a beeline for every Pokemon she doesn't recognize, she would be an amazing member of the Galaxy Team but I think they'd be scared senseless of her. I feel like she'd definitely squint really hard at a few characters due to their resemblance to characters she knows *cough* Adaman *cough* The way of life definitely reminds her of Kitakami and it does make her homesick. She was forced to spend multiple months away from Kieran and now time travel has come back to bite her in the ASS and takes her away from him again, she's definitely pissed. If she still has her Tera Orb and Miraidon (both of which she keeps hidden except from maybe the professor and anyone who's tech savvy) she's trying to reverse engineer a way home through them. On that note, I'd love to see them find each other in the mask maker au, that'd be dope. She's very upset that she doesn't have her Pokemon with her. If any of them are with her, it'd either be her Corviknight or her Dragapult, both never leave her side. I'm airing on the side of Charon, her Corviknight. (I have to do her pokemon team post sooo bad :') If Charon is with her, she would refuse to let anyone remove him from her side. If anyone tries, she quickly gets violent. I imagine she does copious amounts of research as a way to distract herself, which she already does in her own time anyway but now she has a whole new TIME PERIOD to record. She feels like Director Clavell when she has to write the pages to her own Pokedex. She does recognize a few Pokemon and puts two and two together, for example Perrin's Hisuian Growlithe, Basculegion is native to Kitakami, and Kleavor can be found in the Canyon Biome of the Terrarium. For this reason I'm sure she has a Kleavor on her Hisui team. She would reach the pond that Turtwig spawn by and cry (She has a Torterra on her team back home named Ginkgo). That and the pond reminds her of Wisteria Lake and she starts missing Kieran again. She would definitely harass a spiteful little fox into joining her team. She loves that Hisuian Zorua, but it definitely tries to kill her multiple times before she catches it. (The two definitely have the 'I only worked with you cuz I had to, we will NEVER be friends' 'Let's get through this together!' 'I HOPE YOU DIE') but they eventually work it out. I think she either invests in a Porygon-Z or a Rotom to try and work out a way back home. If Arceus is talking to her, she's definitely speeding through the tasks he gives her in order to return. She recognizes Ingo and does the surprised Pikachu face. Her reaction to Alpha Pokemon is starry eyed interest. She's with Irida at the time and she spots one and Irida explains the phenomenon to which Cereza books it towards the damn thing. Irida has to physically drag her away. Safe to say on her own time she gets roughed up by a few Alpha Pokemon but it's worth it for research purposes. Getting hit by a Pokemon's attack she can probably shrug off half the time (she spars with her Annihilape for Arceus sake) but the other half she grips her ribs and lets out a heavy sigh with the line "that smarts..." (She's Galarian, but the accent rarely pokes through)

SHE WOULD SUFFER SO MUCH FALL DAMAGE she will straight up forget she doesn't have a rotom phone and jump off cliffs. Charon has to save her SO MANY TIMES. She probably hits the ground and falls over with a groan before face palming her forehead with the heel of her palm like "Dammit, this is getting old..." Being spotted while sneaking up on a mon would normally never bother her- unless it's an Alpha in which she frantically starts rationalizing to it. Like it can hear her. She is so smart yet so stupid. She'd be sneaking through the woods and hear the growl of an Alpha Ursaluna behind her and she turns around and says with a sheepish smile. "Technically it's not trespassing since you don't have a land grant." and she gets freaking socked. Low HP for her probably wouldn't be anything beyond a few winces. Cereza is small but very durable, she prefers the wilderness to the indoors, and in a way, Hisui is amazing for that. She already likes to rough it in Paldea, exploration is like her favorite thing ever, Hisui is a haven for that. Kieran I'm sure remembers how Cereza spent multiple nights in Kitakami exploring the land because she couldn't get enough during the day. She'd come to orienteering the next morning with scuffed knees, messy hair, a little bit of dark circles, and the most excited grin as she asks Kieran about everything she saw the night before. She'd be so good at battling Noble Mon (again, spars with Annihilape) especially coupled with all her pent-up anger. She is probably taunting the damn thing half the time, she would get hit and laugh saying "Oh I'm WAYY harder to kill than that!" it almost looks like she has a death wish. On quiet nights when she can hear herself think, she misses home. Especially her onion boy. Losing him twice is a punch to the gut. She cries herself to sleep some nights into Charon's steel feathers, her only reminder of home. She feels like she's going insane all over again and when she's alone in caves or on top of mountains, all she can do is scream until her vocal cords beg her to stop. Cereza may be chaotic and fun, but she isn't stupid. She understands the gravity of her situation and it guts her. I might do another one exploring a full scenario/au where she and Kieran get thrown to the past and she hears rumors of a mask maker and it's him. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASKS!! They get me thinking and this scenario is something I've never considered before!! :> Continue throwing in your two cents, anything is welcome!

✨Do whatever you want forever✨

~ Cytoplasm

#dipplinshipping #pokemon scarlet and violet #cereza pokemon #pokemon legends arceus #juliana x kieran pokemon #juliana x kieran #trainer kieran #pokemon kieran #rival kieran #kieran x mc #the teal mask #pokemon sv #the indigo disk #kieran x oc #mask maker kieran au #oc x canon #canon x oc

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yaboyhoney · 1 month

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I saw your rescuing Ingo from a Alpha Pokemon attack story and I'm here for pt2 please and thank you

Part 2: Rescuing Warden Ingo from Alpha Pokemon attack.

The storm died down before the stranger ever woke up. You tended to his injuries with your homemade herbal remedies and medicine you acquired through the Ginkgo merchants a long time ago. In his hazy state of consciousness, you made sure to make him drink your herbal concoctions and some bone marrow soup. You did not live with the Pearl Clan, taking residence in your own cabin in the Alabastar Wastelands but that did not mean you were on bad terms with them. Your hunting expertise made you a valuable trader of meats and fur pelts and your ways with the pokemon and nature seem to excel higher than their traditional tribal ways.

When the stranger wakes up, he finds himself, aching with pain. He noted that his clothes were removed and he was blanketed under a soft fur pelt blanket. He senses that there were eyes watching him from the windows but could not muster the strength to sit up on his own. "Ah, you're awake," you say as you enter the room. To Ingo, he sees a strange man enter the room wearing the pelt of a Pokemon he had never seen before. Where your face should be is instead the face of a fox pokemon. "Good. Let me see your injuries," you tell him as you walk over in smooth strides before plucking the blanket off of him, revealing his naked body. "W-what are you-" "Be not afraid, and stay still. Your injuries are still fresh." While Ingo is alarmed by your boldness, your attention is focused on his injuries. You had stitched up a wound on his left hip. You then hold his head still, turning it to the side and looking at the stitches there. "Your stitches. I did them. Don't touch them." You let go of his chin, your lingering warmth leaving Ingo's body. "Who are you?" Ingo finally musters the strength to say. "Nobody too important," you respond back. "Just a fox man who found you in a blizzard. You be glad I found you when I did. You were to be otherwise eaten by who knows what."

"Where am I?" "In my cabin. You would have perished outside otherwise. The weather outside is mighty frightful for someone ill prepared such as yourself. Now then, tell me your name?" "I....I am Ingo..." Ingo finally says but then a horrifying comment soon after, "but I don't remember much of anything else."

Your eyes widen in shock behind the pelt. Sabi was correct in her prediction, as much as you'd hate to admit it. "I see...." You say, putting the blanket back on Ingo's body. "What a predicament. I'm sorry. You must have memory loss. Your head was bleeding when I first found you, it must be linked to that." You give a soft sigh, standing up and turning around. "I'll make you something to eat. You haven't had a proper meal." "W-wait," Ingo says weakly as he tries to sit up. "Who are you, truly? What is your name?" With your pelt still on your head and shoulders, you turn to glance at him. "Call me Zoro," you say gently. "Now rest. When you recover, we're going to make a journey to the Pearl Clan. They can provide more for you than I can."

#ingo x reader #warden ingo x reader #my writing #anon asks

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cassandralie · 7 months

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Good Omen's Ms Cheng: Reading Into Every Little, Probably Irrelevant Detail

So, I've noticed three things about Ms Cheng. Her name, her clothes--which change upon arrival at Aziraphale's ball--and her earrings--which don't.

Let's start with her surname. As far as I know, we didn't learn her first name, so the name Cheng is what we have to work with. But what does it mean?

Well, according to Behind the Name, Behind the Surname, and Google Translate, there are several meanings, depending on which character is used--I don't think we were shown this.

So, we have "completed, finished, succeed", "sincere, honest, true", and "rule, order, regulations" for the meaning.

And what do the possible characters themselves mean?

There's procedure and sincerity, which we already knew. But there is also journey,

and become.

It's also worth mentioning the similar and related name Chen, meaning "exhibit, display, old, ancient."

Old and ancient might be relevant, considering Good Omens is a show about ancient, immortal beings, God included (though suspiciously absent from Season Two).

So what significance does Ms Cheng's name have, if any?

Is it meant to imply that God has become Ms Cheng? Or maybe that the Metatron's plans will be completed and succeed?

Does the meaning 'sincere' imply we should trust Ms Cheng? Or is it an intentional misnomer, like Honest John, the lying fox in Pinocchio (pulling the strings, anyone)?

Or maybe it's just a common Chinese surname, so Neil Gaiman picked it because he liked it. Maybe the actress, Crystal Yu, chose it upon being cast in the role.

Now let's look at Ms Cheng's two outfits.

The first outfit is a dark green, almost black, and looks like it is made of of leather or something with a sheen (lol) to it.

Does this mean Ms Cheng is a demon/evil? After all we see Shax wearing something similar with green light in Hell in the next scene.

Or is that just a coincidence?

The second outfit still has green, but lighter, and also other colors, like orange and yellow (well, yellowish green), and appears to be leaves--possibly, ginkgo leaves, specifically. Ginkgo trees are native to China (though they predate China by hundreds of millions of years) and can live for thousands of years.

What's the meaning of the color green? It's associated with envy and greed, both sins, but also with good luck, hope, life, and plants (which is the pattern on her shirt at Aziraphale's party).

So it's still ineffable what this implies, if anything, about Ms Cheng.

Now, finally, let's look at her earrings.

The earring appears to be gold with a blueish/greenish stone. The gold part is a circle with a line through it, which is reminiscent of the no/stop symbol🚫, which also means empty/null, and diameter.

Could the no/stop symbol be an indication that we shouldn't trust Ms Cheng or that she (whoever she is) is being stopped?

Or could the diameter meaning be referring to the earth, because Ms Cheng is God and She's got the whole world in her hands. The earring does sort of look like if you squint--or like God has dropped the earth, if the greenish/blueish rock is meant to represent the earth, and the gold circle Her arms.

The earrings also resemble the Greek letters Phi (ϕ) and Theta (θ), which are used in math.

Phi represents the Golden Ratio, among other meanings. Phi and the Golden Ratio are present in the Bible including in Noah's Ark and the Ark of the Covenant.

Theta (θ ) is a symbol used to denote the unknown measure of an angle. Pretty Ineffable, right?

There's also this:

"In Lacanian algebra, Φ stands for the imaginary phallus and also represents phallic signification; -Φ stands in for castration."

Which, is a longshot (though perhaps cut short), but what if it means God has been castrated of Her Power, and that is why She is in Human form as Ms Cheng, and also not narrating, speaking to any of the characters, or intervening.

So, do Ms Chengs earrings have any meaning? Or is their meaning null?

What about her name and her outfits? What does everyone think?

#good omens #go2 #good omens meta #good omens season 2 #ms cheng good omens #renew good omens #give me season 3 or give me death #cassandraspeculates

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localplaguenurse · 9 months

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Ngl I forgot dottore can shapeshift(which is weird because scaramouche lore rarely slip my mind) so anyways now I can officially say dottities are Canon and anyone who says otherwise will have to pry dottities from my cold dead hands as my ghost haunts their very existence.

I’m just saying Dottore would look good in drag also I just remembered what I wanted to say about gingko trees

So the title Gold As The Gingko Trees

Gold- soft precious metal

Ginkgo trees- common symbol of longevity

Ok besides the fact that gingko leaves are golden so ha ha gold as the gingko trees ha ha get it? Gold? Like the leaf?

Next soft and precious metal aka gold, soft and precious should be obvious it’s wifey, but metal? Well that’s obviously their connection to Morax, who is the god of geo, commerce, mora, and ceo of being broke as fuck certified Amber lord with sexy eyes.

Gingko trees. Longevity. Another dot that didn’t connect until yesterday after I got shampoo in my eyes, well there’s two meanings here. First is wifey’s marriage to our ceo of terrible money management, they’ve been married for let’s round it off to 4000 years for simplicity sake and yes yada yada immortals change slow, but seriously this man and his wife are in a committed relationship for 4000 years if that isn’t longevity of a relationship and the love of one person to another then idk what is. Next Wifey’s lifespan, now I don’t remember the specifics because if I go back and read it again now the words are gonna get jumbled up and ao3 doesn’t support my accessibility settings unless I download the fic which btw can I download your fics and put them in my emergency food folder in case ao3 goes down again anyways so I’m going purely off memory here but after Morax did the sexy bite of 87 but it was consensual unlike the bite of 87 and certainly one less death. Wifey now shares the same life span (or in my personal opinion “live longer” as in Morax would erode first before wifey just because he’s so much older and therefore have more bad memories to erode him and maybe one day I’ll tell you more about Morax eroding away but this is not the ask for it rn) oh my god tumblr is lagging if this gets deleted I’ll hurl okay so yeah second meaning of longevity is that wifey gets to live longer

So yeah other than the surface level meaning of the title I also love the more deeper meanings this has and oh my god I have to conclude this before I get forced out of the app and also I went brain to fingers with no filter so excuse any mad ramblings in between

Tldr I love the effort you put into this fic have a fennec

Love is stored in the fennec fox ears.

I love your take on the title a lot! Honestly the only problem is that in canon the two have only been married for 2000 years, but that’s still a long ass time, and let’s be honest, those two would still be hand in hand when the sun explodes if they’re lucky to live that long. You hit the nail on the head with the longevity thing, but it’s also because of this one story I read about six ginkgo trees in Hiroshima. The place had been nuked, but six ginkgo trees had survived and from what I can see, are still going. They can live up to 3000 years. That’s why I had that part at the end where Zhongli tells Childe about how ginkgo trees are a symbol of hope and strength, and how they fit wifey very well. They’ve been through a lot, and they still prospered.

So the thing about wifey’s lifespan is that they’re sharing it with Morax. I didn’t focus too much on what that actually means beyond wifey will live past their human life expectancy so long as Morax is alive. It’s mainly because the specifics weren’t super important at the time, just served as an explanation for why wifey’s still around in canon time, and so I could avoid the whole “immortal outlives lover” trope because I told myself I was gonna end this nicely. I need y’all to know though that I’ve been very tempted to write something for when Zhongli begins to erode, but I have a character sheet to make for a Strahd campaign and a divorce fic chapter to get to. So yeah, maybe I’ll save it for another ask :)

Dottore would look good in drag but do you know who would look great in drag? Pantalone. I take no criticism, argue with the wall, he would be a glamourous bitch.

#ask #as gold as the ginkgo trees #ivy!

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ofmermaidstories · 1 year

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i love animal crossing in part because it sounds like a fairytale: you run across sandy beaches and your neighbours are talking animals. There’s an empty museum overseen by a knowledgeable owl where you can linger in the cool dark shadows of towering dinosaur bones, or bask in the balmy warmth of a greenhouse, filled with the shrilling of cicadas and other bugs. In your pockets you can carry shining stars, fruit, beetles with jewel-like shells, flowers by the fistful. Sometimes you dig up fragments of little clay figures that, when you rebury and care for, reform in the earth into little singing vessels that haunt the island. Frogs sing in the rain and hamsters run around with their arms stretched out and you can chase grasshoppers as they jump across brick paving and sometimes a sailor washes ashore, mumbling as you poke him awake. Sometimes there’s a noisy clunker of a boat, waiting for you with its’ ginkgo leaf flag raised high, a fox waiting to sell you stolen art. It is its own world, where everything is golden and kind and will always work out at the end of the day.

#floating rubbish island: mermaid spam #i LOVE ac I love that it’s a game with no end I love that you don’t race you just—exist #and existing is what you make of it

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kiimmyko · 2 months

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bwaa

#project: agape #trash doodles #lux the deer #silas the wolverine #ginkgo the fox

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balletbookworm · 1 year

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October is done - what a long, hard month, for the primary reason of needing to move my parents to assisted-living and then help my brothers and SILs to clean out their large house so it could be listed asap. That put a serious dent in my reading time - thank goodness for @librofm and @libby.app audiobooks to listen to while driving back and forth. Stickers on the October pages are all from @mochibujo Patreon kit and exclusive sticker rewards - I love that black cat 💖💖 - except the ghost garland and that’s from a @sarahandersencomics calendar. And onto November!! Hedda put up her November journaling kit on Patreon and I absolutely fell in love - fall colors and cottagecore but inspired by Hedda’s current trip to Japan. I love the motion in the drawing of the girl with the parasol, like she’s dancing among the leaves with the breeze swirling her kimono around her. (And then I couldn’t resist the cheeky goose in the kit that looked like it was joining in😹) I had plans to hand-draw the ginkgo leaves in the “Days Read” tracker except my ambition ran into my non-existent drawing ability - the practice sketches looked more and more like unfortunate popsicles 😬 so I gave up, found a very nice set of line art on Shutterstock, and cut them out instead 😹 (and yes “handmade by an art lover” was beyond too good to put right over the correction tape in the “book release” tracker where I’d forgot to pay attention to dates 🤪) Hedda’s printables got an assist from Anna @journal.away / @papermonogatari Fall in the Forest collection (washi, plant and fox stickers) and a couple of stickers from Hedda’s @ikigaipapir sticker sheets. I love how this all came together to start a new month. Please enjoy Shakespeare Mitten, who decided to be the Very Best Helper and brought Green Froggie to my desk. (The last picture is after I told him he could not play “bunny kick Green Froggie” on top of my printables 😹😹😹😹) #journaling #dailyjournal #readingjournal #bulletjournal #bulletjournaling #plannerstickers #printables #bujo #archerandolive #cats #catstagram #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #murdermittens #shakespearekitteh https://www.instagram.com/p/CkbithRPhj_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#journaling #dailyjournal #readingjournal #bulletjournal #bulletjournaling #plannerstickers #printables #bujo #archerandolive #cats #catstagram #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #murdermittens #shakespearekitteh

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pokegonb · 2 years

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So I have an idea for a Pokémon Legends Arceus oc/self-insert and I WILL eventually get around to drawing them. I just want to get my ideas down now so I don’t forget. This will be a rough outline of the world with them in it. (Edit: turned into kind of a mini fic? Not sure)

This is kind of a Fox Bride situation (I’ll explain that more later). But I, like many, have fallen in love with Ingo because of him showing up in PLA. I never played any of the B&W/B2W2 games so I don’t have the experience of going through the battle subway. It’s sounds really fun though and now I want to play them.

Back to the OC/SI though (They are a bit of both). Basically what I might do if I was isekaied into PLA or rather, what someone like me might do. Isekaied with all memories of their home world, an phone like the arcphone that’s from Giratina (as they are the one who isekaied their ass) and knowledge of the Pokémon world and what will happen in Hisui.

A silent traveling salesmen, who walks hunched and on the balls of their bare feet (something I have done since childhood apparently). They carry a large “apothecary” style merchant’s chest on their back. Some have taken to calling them Tamamo-jōo in reference to their living alone in the Alabaster Icelands amongst the wild Pokémon (also a Fox Bride legend reference. Look up Tamamo-no-me. Really interesting). They are sometimes seen outside of the villages, always with a few wild zorua as company. They wear a large white fur coat, with a big hood and dark aqua green scarf that hides their face, made from the shed white fur of wild Wyrdeer. Dyed with Cheri berries in some places in a disturbing imitation of Zoroark. Many people believe they are a Zoroark that has become stuck in the shape of a human. This is mostly because they have one visible eye that is the same shade of violent golden yellow as a Zoroark. With white and red face paint in the shape of a Zoroark’s facial markings on their golden tan skin. Even their eyebrow is painted white.

They have been in Hisui for about 2 years prior to the PLA Protag showing up. The Ginkgo Guild has tried to recruit them but their silent act has put them off. They only sell hand carved items, some practical and some purely decorative. They more often than not, trade their wears for other items rather than money. Pigments to make paint, particularly pretty wood, metal wire, cooked foods or spices, and fabric or ropes are some of the things they will take in trade. They sell a wide verity of things but their carved wooden toys are one of their post popular. With moving joints and hinged mouths on Pokémon shaped toys, to the elegant painted dolls with hand stitched clothes. They have obtained a small collection of hisuian pokéballs but only carry 2 visible to all on their belt. One contains a female Basculegion, the other is empty.

Tamamo-jōo is not totally anti-social though as they often show up to festivals with a beautiful flute and a pair of wild Haunter than will put on a puppet show for the children. People are able to buy dolls made to look like the puppets after the show. Most children are fearless and will often spend much of their time at the festival begging Tamamo-jōo for another show.

Now to come back to the Fox Bride element. Tamamo-jōo is a frequent visitor to the Pearl Clan, seeing as they also live in the Alabaster Icelands. Tamamo will often leave small carved items in front of the tent that is technically Ingos. These range from unfamiliar Pokémon in static poses, vague trinkets that look like modern day items that no one else can make any sense of, and small whistles, to little status that look like ingo but painted in white with a large cheerful grin. These carvings are different from the toys they make for children. The Pokémon aren’t as defined in shape in the beginning and neither is the little white ‘ingo’ statue. Everyone has told Ingo that it seems the trader is attempting to woo him, as these items often appear before he is due for a visit to the clan and always have some type of potions or medicines to protect against infection. The carvings become more detailed over time. He believes Tamamo-jōo is just shy and trying to make a friend out of a fellow mountain dwelling “hermit” that seems to get along better with Pokémon than humans. He has made a habit of saying hello any time he runs into the trader and considers them good company. Lady Sneasler seems to like them well enough, comparatively, to other humans outside her warden. It’s helps that they always have food on them to give to the Lady when they cross through the highlands.

There has been a sharp decrease in hostile Zoroark attacks on humans since Tamamo-jōo appeared. While not many can discern how tall or big Tamamo-jōo is, most that believe they are a Zoroark believe they must be an alpha on par with the 10 Nobles to change how most Zorua and Zoroark interact with humans. Becoming more mischievous than malicious, though still not fond of them in their territory.

After the Protag (in this case Akari) arrives, Tamamo-jōo will be a much more frequent presence in Jubilife Village. At some point they obtain the Baneful Fox Mask from Akari in a trade. The mask for their Winter Fox scarf. It is gigantic on Akari and seems to make wild zorua easier to catch and train. They take to wearing the mask with the left eye’s lens removed so people can still see their real eye, but the yellow lens on the right eye stays. Their hood will be warn a bit farther back, now with slits cut into it for the masks ears to stick through. They appear much happier with the mask. Others can now see their mouth is painted black on the top lip and red on the bottom. They often have a small sly smirk as their default expression.

It is now clear they seem to fancy Ingo, as their usual sly smirk becomes a small shy smile and they more obviously blush when he speaks with them casually. He is still skeptical that they find him interesting in a romantic sense but wouldn’t be opposed. They are both oblivious to the others interest and it is both painful and hilarious to watch.

Tamamo, on the other hand is much more concerned with helping him regain his memories with their carvings. Refining the shapes of the Pokémon not native to Hisui one carving at a time because they are working off memory. And making the Emmet carvings more and more detailed in static poses before trying the twins signature poses. All to try and knock something loose for Ingo.

For Akari, Tamamo becomes a very comforting and nurturing presence. Finding Akari while out in the wilds, making sure she has food or healing items. Basically being a random encounter NPC that heals your team, or checks their health, before you go into dangerous areas for the first time. They do Not get along with Volo and will actively try to get in Akari’s way of talking to him. Volo uses the excuse that Tamamo has snubbed the Ginko Guild’s invitations to join without a word as reason why they don’t like them. (Non-binary Volo FTW) all other guild members seem to have a kind of respect for Tamamo, often using their full title of Tamamo-joō. This rivalry with Volo often lands Akari in between their squabbles even if Tamamo never says a word.

The day Akari is banished from Jubilife village, Tamamo is heard speaking aloud for the first time. Specifically to berate Kamado for being an ungrateful cowered and a closed hearted fool. They declare any who stand with Kamado complacent in any pain Akari will have to endure as a result of being banished. Then once more sling cutting words at Kamado for depending so heavily on the skills of a child for so many things and throwing out all the good will that child accrued in service of the Galaxy Team. Before they leave they tell them if their child dies because of Kamado’s cruelty, it will be him that owes them blood for it. And they WILL come to claim it, no mater if the world ends or not. A few people leave with them, revealing themselves to be Zoroark in disguise. They all leave in a massive heard into the woods.

They will arrive at the Ancient Retreat at dusk to bring Akari fresh supplies and speak with Cogita about her “acquaintance” Volo. Tamamo allows Akari to go with Volo to find the rest of the plates while they go to handle something else. While they are doing that, Tamamo has to prepare to face Volo in Turnback Cave to get to Giratina. They use a team with a shiny Alpha Garchomp named Deep Blue, Alolan Ninetales named Princess, Ursaluna named Honey, Abomasnow named Biggun, Froslass named Chiller and a Zoroark named Ro. The fight drags on but eventually beats Volo after Biggun sets up Hail and Chiller takes advantage with Snow Cloak. (I don’t care that weather moves are no longer viable, that’s the only way this team works) while Ro finishes off his team by transforming into Deep Blue (I know abilities are gone too but fuck it. My team? my story? My Rules. Only Tamamo can do these things because they can go into the distortion world to train, outside of Turnback, but can only meet Giratina in Turnback. I don’t care if they are OP) they also take the final plate from Volo.

They send Volo Running and go to confront Giratina. This is when they learn why they were brought there, why they can understand Pokémon, and what Giratina needs from them. They capture Giratina and leave the cave finding that their skulk of Zoroark have chased Volo all the way to Jubilife and one of the Zorua went for Cogita and Akari. Another went for Warden Melli, Ingo, Adaman and Irida.

While walking through the Zoroark crowding Volo, they leave their venders box behind and shed their big heavy fur coat. Standing at their full hight now, they are garbed in a platinum colored Yukata, black necked nagajuban peaking out, with a golden yellow obi tied closed with 3 thin black rope-like obijime. A wood and lacquered obidome in the shape of Giratina’s forehead crest holds them all together at the front. Visible behind them are the six weighted ends of the obijime with red wooden spikes stitched to them. They are still barefoot, stalking up to Volo as they try to get the people of Jubilife to believe that Tamamo attacked them and stole one of their Pokémon. Kamado is wary of crossing Tamamo, especially with so many Zoroark so close to the Village. He asked Tamamo for their side of things but is ignored.

Tamamo urges Volo to come clean, to admit their wrongs and try to be better, citing it as the only way that Arceus will ever give them even a moment of consideration. When they refuse, insisting that their plan is the only way to get to Arceus and does their whole rant about waiting and bla bla bla, Tamamo brings out Giratina in their origin form.

They then remove the Fox Mask they have still been wearing this whole time and revealed that their right eye is a glowing red like Giratina’s. They began to emit a black smoke they way some ghost Pokémon seem too. Then, they speek but their voice is distorted, both much clearer than their normal rasp and also echoey. Like 3 voices at once. With the way Giratina hovers over their shoulder those gathered can only think it’s because they are not just hearing Tamamo.

Giratina speaks through Tamamo, giving Volo one last chance. They will not be allowed to leave this confrontation without something being changed. Volo still refuses and lunges at Tamamo. Tamamo’s left eye would close and right eye’s sclera would turn black and the pupil empty.

With a cry, Giratina would engulf Tamamo in its power and have them dodge and force Volo to their knees. Ribbons of distortion energy would bind them. Then Tamamos hands would reach out, palms to Volos temples, and Giratina would distort Volos memories. To the point the become a blank slate with barley any memory of who they were.

Tamamo would pull away, left eye opening to see the horror they have been forced to commit. Sure, they don’t particularly like Volo, but to do this to them? When they spent so much time trying to help Ingo get his memories back? It would be putting it lightly to say they are upset. But they are still bound to Giratina, they can’t truly question the pokemons methods. Not when it’s the only reason they are alive, mostly, to be there in the first place.

Tamamo turns to Cogita and Ginter, who had been in Jubilife at the time anyway, and asked if either of them can handle Volo in his current state. It’s unwise for Tamamo to take care of him with their connection to Giratina and Giratina’s distaste for Volo. Cogita steps up, as they are one of her people, an there are so few of them left. Ginter promises to assist when he can but to not count on him too much.

The rest of the Village watching is suitably unnerved by Tamamo in all their true glory. Kamado is even more wary of them. Meanwhile, Adaman and Irida are both gobsmacked because Akari has already caught Palkia and Dialga. Now there is a 3rd Mighty Sinnoh? One that also has two forms, apparently, because Giratina has returned to its Altered Form.

In this form, Giratina slowly moves to Tamamo’s side. Speaking through Tamamo, it laments that things turned out this way. That Volo could not be reasoned with, and after moving through time, that they became so unstable. It apologizes to the town for the rift in the sky, for upsetting Palkia and Dialga enough they began fighting. To Ingo for him accidentally falling through the rift. And to Akari for Arceus pulling her from her life before.

They are all assured that once Akari has proven herself against Tamamo atop Spear Pillar, Arceus will be able to move out of its place outside time and space to face her. Once she defeats it, she will have Giratina’s help opening a new, smaller rift. Dialga’s help moving through time. And Palkia’s help to move through space. All they need is Arceus to direct them, so that she, Ingo and the things that can Not be left in Hisui can be returned to where and when they belong. Tamamo will be free from Giratina’s ability to control them once they are defeated by Akari, though they will always be connected.

Tamamo then moved away through the crowed to their box, taking 3 small figurines out, they would then take the box to Irida and Adaman. They ask then to work with Cyllene to distribute the items in the box to the people they are labeled for as they will not be returning to any of the villages.

They then turn to Ingo and Akari. To Ingo they give two small figurines. One black, the other white. They are posed together, in the same pose they usually do at the start of a battle. With a cryptic line about 2 that were 1 becoming 2 and Truth and Ideals at odds they remind him someone important is waiting for him. To Akari, they give a small figurine of an monkey with fire on it head, white fur on its body and gold painted swirls on its head and shoulders. With another cryptic line about being a chosen champion and a dear partner waiting, Tamamo folds their hands around Akari’s and the figurine. They bend to Akari’s hight and tells her not to keep them waiting too long but to only come face them when they are sure they are ready. No matter what, they are already so proud of how far she has come since her fall. With one last look at Ingo over Akari’s shoulder, Tamamo steps back and moves away from the crowed of villagers. Their skulk has since moved away and waited for them by the edge of the nearest trees. Giratina amongst them with the two little Zorua hanging off it. One has their coat, the other, their mask. With a noiseless signal, Tamamo begins to run, the rest of the skulk following. Giratina gliding above them. On their way to Spear Pillar to wait for the last, most important, battle.

Just to be Clear about the OC here. Their name is not Tamamo, it’s just what everyone has taken to calling them. Their name is actually Amelia, and they will reintroduce themself when Akari comes to battle them. This is also when Akari will come clean about remembering her real name and reintroducing herself as Dawn.

Tamamo doesn’t talk until after Akari is banished and even then, not much because I wanted to make them a misunderstood nomad. No one can tell if they are a man or woman either and that’s just how they like it. Yes this is supposed to be an Ingo x OC thing. I don’t mean for it to be a Fox Bride inspired but it happend when I was trying to think of how Tamamo survived outside of any village and landed on Zoroark adoption.

The time frame for all this would be a few months to a year and a half. With Akari spending a few more months training her Pokémon for that final Battle and her and Ingo preparing to leave Hisui. Ingo would also spend that time trying to decide if he even really wants to go. He’s made so many connections and friendships in Hisui. He doesn’t really remember anything significant about his past, he wonders if it’s worth it. Tamamo’s last gift has helped him remember a few things but they are all fuzzy like dreams.

He’d make trips to talk with Tamamo about it in the hopes of having a solid answer. This will give them time to get close and begin moving along in their relationship. Becoming more certain of the others interest. Eventually Tamamo will tell him it’s his decision in the end and what he decides has to be best for him.

After training for months and saying her last goodbyes, Akari will go up to Spear Pillar to battle Tamamo with Ingo, Rei and professor Laventon. They battle, Akari wins, then Tamamo leaves so she can fight Arceus. Tamamo waits with Ingo and the others outside the temple reintroducing themself as Amelia. Then they would ask Ingo what he has chosen. He just smiles and holds up his wrist, no longer adorned with his Warden bracelet. It, instead, has a beaded bracelet with a wooden disk. Carved with the Pearl clan’s symbol and a small pearl inlaid in the center. They’d share a smile and continue to wait, making small talk and final goodbyes to Rei and the Professor.

They would all then join Akari, now Dawn, after she defeats Arceus. Dawn would leave most of her team behind with Rei and Laventon, only keeping her starter. Ingo having already released most of his team, keeping Glyscor but now with a small Sneasel in tow. Amelia would then release their team, only keeping Ro and two “empty” pokeballs for sentimentality. In reality, these two balls would be housing two mischievous little Zorua that wanted to tag along. Amelia would then reveal that they will be going with them, as they were just waiting on Ingo to make his choice.

Dawn would be split from Ingo and Amelia since they are going to two different regions and have to go to a time that matches how long they have been in Hisui. Dawn swears to come visit as soon as she can and the group comes up with a code to use to show they remember their time in Hisui.

Ingo and Amelia will appear on an empty subway platform inside Gear Station 4 and a half years after Ingo disappeared. Ingo is slammed with so many of his memories returning that he doesn’t know how to handle them. Amelia helps him sit down and take a moment to breath, noting that the Station looks to still be open. Ingo offhandedly says Emmet is probably working late before realizing what he said.

Meanwhile, Dawn would have appeared 3 moths before them, a year and a half after she went missing. She would be waiting with Emmet in the main hub. Expecting Ingo and Amelia to arrive in the place Ingo vanished from.

She spends a month in Unova getting to Know Emmet and all Ingos friends amongst the depot agents and Gym leaders. Assuring them Ingo will return on the anniversary of his disappearance. Telling Emmet, Elesa, Drayden and Iris about her time with Ingo in Hisui and about his relationship with Amelia.

The moment Emmet notices one of the cameras acting strange he and Dawn book it to the platform. The reunion between the twins is full of tears and hugs so tight Ingos back cracks like a glow stick. The reunion with Dawn is only slightly less tearful. She launched herself at Amelia while Emmet practically tackled Ingo. Amelia brings Dawn to Ingo so they can have a moment as well. Amelia introducing themself to Emmet. Emmet would be surprised but please by his brother new partner as they are dressed in a rather elaborate outfit. (The one I described above. The Giratina themed one) As well as there two different colored eyes.

The 4 then return to Emmet and Ingos small condo to rest for the next day. Emmet expects Elesa to make an appearance with Skyla. While Iris and Drayden are likely to call to check on Ingo. Amelia stays with Dawn in the guest room while Emmet pulls out an air mattress to stay with Ingo.

This would go into how they acclimate to living in modern times again. Ingo getting his memories in order and relearning a few things. Dawn becoming a frequent visitor to her “Uncle’s” home though she still has champion duties to work on back in Sinnoh. Amelia finding a job so they aren’t mooching off the Twins. Making friends with Elesa and a few other people in Nimbasa.

Just basically settling in, making a life, and accidentally bringing back Hisuian Zorua and Zoroark because all 3 of the Pokémon they brought back are female and have grown and taken mates. So now they just have a team of 3 Hisuian and 3 Unovan Zoroark. They feel better with a skulk close by anyway.

WOW, that wasn’t supposed to be that long. Sorry about the irregular tense and the incomprehensible writing style. Writing is not my forte but I wanted to get it all down. I’ve been working on this on and off in my drafts for about a month so it’s kind of spiraled out of control.

In that time I have drawn what Tamamo/Amelia looks like in their big fur coat. I’m terrible at drawing feet so they looks like they are wearing socks. I’m probably not gonna color this. But yeah, that’s it.

#Pokémon legends Arceus #p:la #ingo x oc

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IG nemupan - Ginkgo

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Catching Spirits by Kevin Hong

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I would gently so gently// feel for her// the corn snake I had kept since// her body seeks the warmth// of my body// beneath the pink// puffed clouds and neon stars// of my pillowcases and sheets// gently feel// I only stood afraid of the riptides// Fox & the Hound// hidden bear beneath the waterfall// riptides which would carry a child into// open bear mouth gently feeling//for her children// to feed them in the jewel of summer// baby cubs perfect puzzle pieces// no predators here// only men// only men// gently feel for the warmth// 1,300 pounds of grizzly weight//on my chest// Aqua di Gio// Jack Daniels & summer sweat// bear mace or pepper spray// disguised as neon pink lipstick// new lock on bedroom door//he still has the key// my blindness for his own//

String lights for my room without the lock// tiny stars & tiny moons// Himalayan salt lamp// my friend Rhi writes me poems for the walls// I’m writing 6 different guys who write me kiss emojis// my roomies snuggle with me on the bed// I gently feel like a bright pink glow fish// safe in her yellow castle in the bottom of her tank// Kelly gives me a pink quilt// warm & safe// warm & safe// warm & safe// starshine and winter glow up

Hospital gowns are fairy dresses// gauzy open//light green// my childhood home a ginkgo tree planted when I was born// I color gingko leaves during group// my new roommate has a three year old son// she can’t stop crying// the roommate after her cut her arms so deeply I can see the strawberry insides// I am safe here for a week// safe from gently feeling a particularly cold North Dakota morning// -45F// from a particularly high bridge// from anything sharper than grief//

I sit with a police officer// yellow legal pad// bright as neon yellow sunshine// I write in fluorescent blue// every detail// hidden in a back room// of the University Student Rights and Responsibilities// I gently feel for every blurry memory// torn fishnet// my memory// escaped corn snake// how many times did I push him out of my unlocked room?// Five or seven?// His finger slammed in the door// the police officer has bad skin & a missing tooth// he is kind// he is shot a year later answering a domestic violence call// irrelevant details// irrelevant questions//

he follows a script// what we drank// what I wore// my leggings covered in roses// a large brown sweater// what time// I was in my living room in broad daylight// I was in broad daylight// I was in broad daylight// I was in daylight// I was daylight// I was day// I was day// I was light// I was light//

After I told my parents about Abuelo// my dad took me to the police station// another yellow legal pad// bright little sun// the police officer// impatient and angry// his time being wasted// nothing.we.can.do.//nothing.we.can.do// deported//no need for restraining order// I write every detail I remember// his hands gently gently feeling for me in the night// my hands shake// the willow tree in front of the police station//shivers for me// quease and ache of his warm body// stretching across mine// his fingers pushing up// into the deep dark of my// mouth//inside my heart//

My 29th birthday// one day after the assault// I shower for three hours// gently feeling blindly for Aussie shampoo & conditioner// argan hair oil// curl defining crème// texture hairspray// rose hair mousse//rose exfoliating scrub// peach shaving cream// peony body wash// Nordic face serum// Nivea moisturizer// sunscreen// Vera Wang and Marc Jacobs perfume//corset// French silk leggings// lingerie & black lace// thigh high boots// perfect cat eye// gold & peach eye shadow// Giorgi Armani foundation// pink highlighter// NYX eyebrow pencil// Sonya blush in coral// blow out & curl each gold and red strand of my hair// black choker to cover the bruises around my neck// tiny moon earrings// gently feel for my lover across the bed// I stretch my body over his// desire is mutual// power is balanced here// I am more than discarded snakeskin// more than feral animal// pelt// I am alive// if only barely// gently feeling for the moon// while I still can

My roomie’s boyfriend// works at Petco// he is 15 years her senior// he wants a threesome// I just met him// I run towards my room// he follows me in// I push him out so many times// his hand grips my throat// small black bruises// dark butterflies// in the morning// we run or we fight or we freeze// I speak// 10 to 15 years// this is a lie// it is usually never more than 2// but he would not know// the word rape in all of its ugliness stops him// you are so beautiful// as he gently reaches for my purple lacy bra// lilac & hyacinth// a bed for bear cubs// I lie still// trapped// until he tries again// beautiful & beautiful// useless as starshine// useless as the daylight// burning for the world outside

I teach my younger student how to draw flowers// on a yellow legal pad bright sunshine// and she feels gently for a new colored pencil// she chooses neon pink// she is 4 years old// my age when everything started// I gently scoot my chair next to hers// I hook my pencil bright blue// Abuelo taught me these very flowers// point and loop/ hook each petal// like a sleepy bumblebee// my. Student teaches me to soften the points// gentle together// we work in silence & giggles// the sunshine filling up the classroom// we breathe in and out// open and out// I will teach my son to draw flowers// not to draw blood// not to draw anything but the gentle reach// tradition of flowers// bear cubs// neon pink stars// tiny moons// everything precious// none of this is useless//

I see my rapist at the Bubble// his face twists bear maw & smile// my clothes happily bounce in the dryer// with lilac dryer sheets// I gently reach for their warmth// drop them unfolded into my pink laundry tub// I am only afraid of riptides// of men// of heights// Goat Rock when I was five// and my dad and my sister looked out at the thrush and thrall// of storm break/ and my heart is storm break// and my rapist is asking if I’m okay// Fox & The Hound// bear behind the waterfall// I think of forgiveness// I think of diving into the suicidal currents// uselessly throwing themselves against the rocks// I think of my fairy hospital gown// of each nightmare I have every time I close my eyes// why I have such a hard time sleeping without medicine// without a lover who I trust// but I no longer trust// I carry each event// each tide// as lyric// as broken bursts of starshine// my rapist knows my face// I know his// I gently reach for each sentence// I break them open geode// in my palm// I imagine throwing my rapist into// I gently reach for every rapist// and throw them// off Goat Rock// off the cliff// into the bear maw// I light candles// every candle I own// I think of burning myself alive with candles// I fall asleep// to magnolia & I locked doors// being broken into// I reach gently for my former self// for my the young girl who used// to be me// I burn them alive// burn my former self// in every one of these poems// gone// light up// daylight// nightshine// useless// I twist their bodies into lyrics// I write them into flowers// I write them bright back// I write them lilac// I write them gently// fox pelt// tiny moons// corn snake// sweet thing// I bring them back// I loop them into flowers// before I jump from Goat Rock// rip tides and all

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