Tsaimath

WO, Ch 50 - Deep Mystery Pond

After giving a glance to the evolving Twiggy, I focused on Vio. She stared at Twiggy and I got the distinct impression that she was almost at the point of attacking him.

“Vio, come back.” I called out, trying to call her back into her Pokéball. But instead of obediently following my co...

Chapter 551

We spent two days simply walking around the small town, sometimes venturing into the countryside for an hour or two, but mostly we let ourselves relax, did some shopping and generally bumbled about. I used the time to run some errands outside of Mundus and even went to have coffee with Chris. He ...

WO, Ch 49 - Cut

Finding the right  path proved to be surprisingly trivial, as the sign pointing to the spring hadn’t been damaged or destroyed.  Shortly after we started down the path, Twiggy had to, once again, knock out a Bidoof. Its presence, while somewhat expected, combined with the description ...

WO, Ch 48 - Nuts

It was a cold, miserable night. The rain only lessened once night had well and thoroughly fallen and while I had a practical Char-heater, he could only remain active for so long, before he needed to rest. Ultimately, Claire and I squeezed together into one sleeping bag, snuggling for warmth. Give...

WO, Ch 47 - Rain

Finally, we were back on the road. Travelling north from Jubilife was an interesting experience. Ever since leaving Sandgem, we had been slowly, yet steadily, travelling uphill. From the coast, the land was rising towards the Coronal Mountains to the east of us, with some of their reaches stretch...

Interlude: Forum, I'm not even mad

Official Road to Purgatory-Beta Forum

• -Jakyl, confirmed Beta-Account-

Why, hello there, fellow Travellers

Recently, my ground and I got one of those dreaded escort-quests. Granted, they are much better in Road to Purgatory as the natives act...

WO, Ch 46 - Origin Badge

As I was leaving the Gym, I ran into Clarie who was going to her own practical exam.

“You are just leaving? Did your test run long?” she asked, looking confused.

“Something like that. Good luck with your own trial.” I grinned, deciding that telling her the details wouldn’t h...

WO, Ch 45 - Challenged

As I dashed towards Prince Charming’s fallen form, the Snorlax focused on me, eyes glaring and for a moment, I felt as if I was about to get crushed. My legs didn’t quite want to keep going, every instinct in my body screaming for me to run and hide, that there was a predator focused on me. B...

WO, Ch 44 - Practical

Once the exam-papers were turned in, a weird sense of relief settled over the room. Noise immediately broke out, as various people started to discuss the questions and their answers to them. Into that din, the attendant who had finished collecting the papers spoke up.

“There is a break fo...

WO, Ch 43 - Exam

The rest of the day, after the swarm had been repelled, Claire and I idled away. After resting for a few hours, we walked around town a bit, neither of us willing to be alone. There was a feeling of nervousness in the air, the people obviously aware that the town had just suffered a sudden attack...

Chapter 550

The way back to Gaber was entirely peaceful. It might have been due to the cleansing of the Shadow Cleft, or simply because the undead needed more time to return, but either way, nothing even tried to bother us.

As on our way towards the Shadow Cleft, Mal, Gilo and I discussed Alchemy on th...

WO, Ch. 42 - Aftermath I

The sensation of loss was brief, but the impact lingered. It reminded me of the moment when I had met Vio and caught her, the way Cynthia had gotten angry and admonished me, with her Graves ready to do just that to poor Vio. All because of my recklessness.

Just watching the Pokémon get era...

Chapter 41 - Death

Over the next hour, two more Ninjask tried their luck with Dawn, only to quickly get knocked out. While I gave Prince Charming orders to help, his greatest achievement was to keep Ivie and myself warm and comfortable. He managed to set one of the Ninjask on fire with his Embers, but given that it...

WO, Ch 40 - Why did it have to be bugs?!

As Ivie had expected, we were assigned to a section of the wall, the low, almost fence-like structure suddenly giving a much less reliable feeling. Now, instead of a simple, mental breakpoint, the demarcation between the city and the fields around it, it was the objective we had to defend. Standi...

Chapter 549

As the Skeleton Lord’s Astral Power faded away, the dark armour that had surrounded its form crumbled away, leaving behind nothing but dust and the shield it had used. Knowing our foe was defeated, the gestalt formed by the Raven’s Shadow and the Unyielding Wolf faded away, as did the Avatar ...

WO, Ch 39 - Emergency

A loud, wailing siren ripped me from the warm embrace of sleep and for a moment, I had no idea where I was or what was going on. Nearby, I could hear Claire groaning, obviously just waking up herself. Suddenly, she shot up, almost falling out of her bed in haste.

“Emergency.” she stagge...

WO, Ch 38 - Jubi-Night-Life

After finishing things up with Triss, we headed out, knowing that it would take about a day for our task to be assigned. The preacher was still nearby, and while a part of me wanted to know more, especially regarding the behaviour of the protestors near the Stadium, I wasn’t about to walk over ...

WO, Ch 37 - Jubilife City Gym

My mind was filled with questions, as we walked into the Gym. To believe that a Pokémon had created the world was an idea I wanted to instinctively reject. Hearing that Arceus created Time and Space, letting the two concepts be governed by two Pokémon that I had seen, it seemed to be ridiculous...

WO, Ch 36 - of Freedom

After my experience in the Stadium, and with the unreasonable protesters outside of it, I returned to the Centre we were staying at, with the intent of taking a nap. It was only when Claire returned, in the late evening, that I briefly woke back up, munching on some of our travel-rations, before ...

WO, Ch 35 - Charmeleon

Transfixed, as the light of evolution radiated from Prince Charming, I slowly walked forward. For some reason, my whole body felt hot and sore, as if I had been running under the light of a burning sun for hours, but knowing that my dear partner, my beloved friend, was taking a major step on his ...

WO, Ch 34 - Jubilife Stadium

AN: To avoid confusion, the last chapter has a change at the end. Instead of Caspian (the guy) coming up and making an ass of himself, I decided to avoid the cliche. Enjoy ;)

“The scene? I’m afraid you’ll have to elaborate.” I prodded him, though I had a bit of an idea. If ...

Chapter 548

Before the Skeleton Lord could attack again, the massive chunk of Ice that was the Blizzard Blade struck, forcing it to block with its shield, just as it had earlier. Only now, instead of individual, small but swift blades we were wielding a single, massive Blade. It took a lot of Astral Power, e...

WO, Ch 33 - The High Jubilife

Waking up in a bed, with a soft mattress and comfy blanket was pure bliss. Not having to remain cautious, constantly vigilant of a Pokémon-attack that might destroy some important piece of equipment if not countered in time, allowed me to remain snuggled in, relaxing as my mind drifted a little....

WO, Ch 32 - Jubilife City

By the time we got across the fields around Jubilife, the area a lot larger compared to the fields around Twinleaf- and Sandgem-Town, it was almost entirely dark. There was enough light from the moon and stars above to follow the path, but I was glad that I hadn’t miscalculated, setting up camp...

WO, Ch 31 - On the Route again

Walking back onto the recommended Route, Claire let out a sigh of relief. The bug-infested area had been a challenge and, in hindsight, I wasn’t convinced that traversing it had been wise. The number, and strength, of wild Pokémon there had pushed our partners and us to their limits, maybe eve...

WO, Ch 30 - Bugs, Bugs everywhere

Our experience during the last day was both exhilarating and daunting at the same time. We had been fighting battle after battle, once even fighting at the same time, when a Kricketot bumbled onto the scene of Vio and I trying to break the defence of a Kakuna. Claire engaged, solving the problem,...

WO, Ch 29 - Off-Route 2:03

Looking at the path, bending back towards the east, and at the landmarks I had looked up at the SandgemGym, I glanced over to Claire. We had been travelling for four days now, since leaving Sandgem Town and I had broached the topic of venturing off the beaten Route a few times, with mixed results...

WO, Ch 28 - Goodbye, Sandgem Town

“Arceus, I can’t believe you did that yesterday.” Claire groused, as we were walking out of the northern gate of Sandgem Town. She had been grumbling about my disappearing act when we had met up for dinner, though I had a feeling she wasn’t really mad. Given that the first thing she had d...

WO, Ch 27 - Rest

With our badges acquired, Claire and I happily walked out of the Gym, wide smiles on our faces. There was still some time before noon and we had the whole day before us.

“What now?” Claire asked, stepping from the shadow of the building and into the warm light of the sun, looking up and...

WO, Ch 26 - Sand Badge

Marcy and I ran into Claire and Harald at the Pokémon-Centre counter. They were just stepping back, their Pokémon already turned over, to get checked.

“Your Pokémon will be fine in a bit.” the Pokémon-Centre attendant promised, and I noticed a slightly brittle smile on Claire’s fa...