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WO, Ch. 72 - White River

Slowly, as the night continued on, Claire’s breathing started to ease. It was an utter relief, as I had little idea how I could have helped her if she didn’t get better on her own and for the first time, the actual danger of being a travelling Trainer was truly apparent to me. There were only...

WO, Ch 71 - Ghastly Night

Suspended in a suffocating nothingness of darkness, I tried to orient myself, to get a grip on my surroundings, Somewhere, I could hear a sound, maybe a roar, maybe something else. There were scents in the air, tasting of weird colours and unknown purpose, filling me with a sense of dread and ant...

Chatper 558

“Greetings, Travellers.” the rider called out, stopping some twenty metres away from Adra. Even at the distance, I could see the halfling on her goat nervously fidgeting. Maybe that was par for the course, given that she was essentially sent out as an avalanche poodle, testing if the ground w...

WO, Ch 70 - Eterna Forest II

Travelling through Eterna Forest was slow-going and difficult. The underbrush was a tangled mess, making it often difficult to advance and trying to brute-force our way through only left us exhausted. Even if Charm ripped apart some vines, opening the path forward, the next cluster was often only...

WO, Ch. 69 - Eterna Forest

• AN: If I had more time, I might have tried to push this chapter yesterday (as in, April First), and made it into an 18+-April's Fools Chapter. Alas, there was no time :D

From close up, the Eterna Forest was even more impressive than from afar. Massive trees stretched in...

WO, Ch 68 - To Eterna Forest

After a brief stop-over at the Valley Windworks, Claire and I were soon back on our path north, towards the Eterna Forest. East of us, the slopes leading up the Coronal Mountains turned steep, cliffs and rugged terrain making the climb a perilous prospect. Only after crossing through a good part ...

Chapter 557

Once again, Lenore and I were scouting ahead, using our aerial advantage to the fullest. Below us, hidden in the trees, were a few humanoids. They were well camouflaged against detection from the road, but easily visible for a being able to detect the magical emanations of any living being.

WO, Ch 67 - Valley Windworks

By the time we reached the Valley Windworks, the sun was already setting in the distance, bathing the heathland behind us in orange light. Ahead, the Coronal Mountains reached for the sky, forming a narrow valley between two peaks. In that valley, the wind farm had been built, using the mountains...

WO, Ch 66 - Jump into Spring

This time, neither Claire nor I felt the need to go out to party one last time before setting off. The last few days had been enough party for Claire and more than enough for me, instead, we invited Ivie and Farrel to dinner. It was a pleasant, relatively simple affair, with interesting conversat...

Interlude: Forum - Now, I'm mad

Official Road to Purgatory-Beta Forum

• Jakyl, confirmed Beta-Account

Well, guys, I need some help, as I’ve got no idea what to do.

A week ago, I made that thread about Morgana, with a few videos, all nice and dandy. Things got a little heat...

WO, Ch 65 - Blossom Badge

When Claire didn’t answer me for a minute or so, I stepped up, gently shaking her shoulder. She shivered for a moment, before snapping out of whatever trance she had been in, her eyes focusing on me.

“Did you see that?” she asked, a dreamy smile on her face.

“I saw,” I admit...

WO, Ch 64 - A night to remember

The evening’s celebration was remarkably similar to the party a couple of days ago. There was music, there were stalls that sold cheap food and drink, there was a bonfire and there was dancing. The difference was that the music was more upbeat and joyful and that generally, there were more old ...

Chapter 556

As a rumbling sound ripped through the air, a satisfied smile appeared on my lips. The latest in a series of experiments conducted by Mal, with support from Gilo and myself, was a success. An explosive success.

“Where did you learn about demolitions?” Mal asked, giving me a side-eye, a ...

WO, Ch. 63 - Seedling Tournament II

After depositing Vio at the Centre, I needed some time to myself. Finding a quiet place, far from the hustle and bustle of the festival was remarkably easy. It was almost as if the entire town was focused in that relatively small area, leaving the rest abandoned. In an empty park, I found shelter...

WO, Ch 62 - Seedling Tournament

After the initial round, Claire and I walked around aimlessly, while Vio was getting treated at the Centre. When we came across a stand where you could weave your own flower-crowns, Claire dragged me along, happily paying so we could make a wreath each.

Looking at the supposedly easy to und...

WO, Ch. 61 - Seedling Festival

As it turned out, the worst that could happen was that the only open rooms were delightfully expensive. Expensive enough to make Claire and me share a look, before turning around and leaving with a quick goodbye, trying to keep from blushing from embarrassment. Unless we were willing to blow the ...

Chapter 555

Waking up was a pleasant experience. There was Sigmir’s familiar scent lingering around me, and while I was a little sore, it was a good soreness, the one that came from pushing yourself just a little further than you had thought possible. Painful, yes, but also so very satisfying.

After ...

WO, Ch. 60 - A boy named Su

The look on Claire’s face was priceless when I called my new partner out after breakfast. She had slept through the brief battle and not even noticed that I had caught the Shinx, so when I took out a Pokéball and sent out a Pokémon, she expected Charm or Vio, but when the small, blue lynx app...

Chapter 554

There was no fanfare when we set off the next day. Nobody to see us off, merely a polite nod from the gatekeeper of Gaber. We didn’t even use Olivia’s magic to speed up our travels, at least not for now.. That would come, once  we left the mountains and reached the foothills, where we co...

WO, Ch. 59 - Patrol

“What do you think we are looking for?” Claire asked, as we were walking up a slope in the area we were supposed to patrol. Once we reached the top, we had quite the view, a few kilometres of heathland stretching out before us like a large, green carpet, dotted with numerous shrubs, flowers a...

WO, Ch. 58 - Off to work

When I came to, my head was feeling as if it had been stuffed with cotton and there was a weird taste in my mouth. In addition, something warm and heavy was weighing my chest down, making me feel stuffy.

Shaking my head to get rid of the fog in my mind, I pushed myself up, my face scrunchin...

WO, Ch 57 - Party

Claire and I had received our task and while I would have been happy to just head back to our room and to bed, Claire insisted on going to the party and dragging me along. On the way there, Ivie approached me, curiosity visible on her face.

““So, what’s going on?” she asked, speakin...

Chapter 553

When we got down into the inn’s common room, it turned out there wasn’t just Malachite there. In addition to the somewhat expected Gilo, the other three of her group had followed after them as well, with Jakyl glaring at me, as if I had already done him the mischief I was planning to.

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WO, Ch 56 - Floaroma City II

Too much, of even the best things, could become an eyesore. Such was the case with the flowers used to decorate Floaroma City in preparation for their Seedling Festival. They were everywhere, filling the air with their scent but the sheer amount turned it from a comforting, alluring smell into an...

WO, Chapter 55 - Floaroma City

Even from a distance, Floaroma City had its own, distinct charme..Compared the compact, crowded impression of Jubilife City, Floaroma seemed to be much more spread out, with wider paths and an incredible amount of greenery between the buildings. Similarly, the fields around town were almost the s...

WO, Ch 54 - Spring is in the Air

Finding Floaroma City turned out to be fairly easy. During the night, the light was widely visible, a shining beacon in the distance. In addition, the area was covered in low grass and shrubs, with few trees to block visibility. In turn, that meant there was little for Pokémon to hide, giving sw...

WO, Ch 52 - Meadow

The next two days after our encounter with the Zubat, I continued to stumble after Claire, my body sore and my throat incredibly painful whenever I got even slightly out of breath. Luckily, we didn’t encounter any serious trouble, merely more Geodudes most of which were quickly dispatched by Tw...

Chapter 552

Lenore and I took a flight around town, simply watching the people move about, riding the winds coming from the mountains. It was simple, relaxing and uncomplicated, Lenore was in charge and I had to do nothing but lean back and enjoy the feeling of freedom. It was wonderful, the feeling of wild ...

WO, Ch 52 - Fainted

The first thing in my mind was pain. Nothing else, only a stinging pain, as if someone was driving an ice-pick through my eyes, deep into my skull. A moan escaped me, as I curled up, trying to get away from the pain. A cool soothing hand was placed on my forehead, the sensation allowing me to thi...

WO, Ch. 51 - On Ravaged Paths

After we completed our task, there was little reason to stay on the official Route. The Pokémon we had been facing on it were simply too weak to hold either of our interests and while Nuts needed to get some training, that could be left for later.

And so, instead of returning to the Route ...