The New Normal – 8-13 – Explorers of Time
With the battle with Flint over and with him retiring to have his Pokémon healed up, Cynthia turned back to me.
“I’m glad you seem to believe in me.” She said with a cheeky smile.
“Why wouldn’t I?” I shr...
2024-03-01 07:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – OMAKE – Ingame Snippets v4
When speaking at the Battle Frontier:
[“I’m sorry, but the Battle Frontier seems to still be under construction.”]
[“It’s really unfortunate, but it seems like construction just started a couple ...
2024-03-01 07:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – OMAKE – The Survivor
Her parents had always been against her participation in the war. They had tried to instil into her that a lady’s duty was in the household, to manage the finances of her husband, and to be a loyal wife. She had scoffed, never rea...
2024-02-28 11:19:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 8-12 – Ignition
It had been a good few days after Lorelei’s victory against Surge. I spent the past few days both continue up with training my Pokémon as well as spending some time doing my duty as the Indigo representative. In this case, that meant ...
2024-02-26 11:36:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 8-11 – INTERLUDE – SABRINA & WHITNEY
(Sabrina POV)
After Janine’s victory over her parents for the Marsh Badge, neither herself or Whitney had much difficulty against her parents for their own Marsh Badge.
Oh, she knew that ...
2024-02-23 07:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 8-10 – Interlude – Blaine
Blaine grumbled as he walked back to his office. It had been another boring and tedious session of battles that he was forced to perform as the Gym Leader of Cinnabar. Honestly, did these trainers think that the 7th Gym Badge...
2024-02-21 13:08:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 8-10 – Commentary
Seeing the determination in Cynthia’s eyes made it hard for me to focus back on the match. But I figured that just staring at Cynthia would be awkward, so I did my best to refocus on the battle.
Lorelei had sent out a Glalie th...
2024-02-19 07:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 8-9 – Lightning Freezing Over
After that busy day of travelling, I decided to spend some time resting at Celestic Town for a few days. There were no cave explorations either, as Cynthia informed me that she had to handle a few personal matters of her ow...
2024-02-16 07:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 8-8 – Interlude – Proton
It had taken some time for them to settle into Sinnoh, mostly because their ‘mysterious’ backer was not so keen on their intrusion into their territory. But a promise was a promise, and so whoever their backer was very rel...
2024-02-14 12:51:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 8-8 – A Legendary Moment
Just because I had made important calls to Joseph and Giovanni didn’t mean Flint and Cynthia’s tour of Sinnoh was over, nor did I want it to be. Cynthia and Flint clearly had more in store for me, as they told me we would so...
2024-02-12 07:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostA.N. I have made amendments to 7-15 as published today in the standard chapters! It's not a big change, but I added in a short Pokenet Interlude to replace Karen's victory speech. Feel free to check it out if you want!
The New Normal – 8-7 – A Galactic Introduct...
2024-02-09 07:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 8-6 – Interlude – Karen & Lorelei
(Karen POV)
Having just finished up with her usual meeting with Agatha in Lavender Town, Karen flew over to Pewter City with the pleasant breeze blowing past her face. She had regularly visited Broc...
2024-02-07 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 8-6 – A Display of Power
I didn’t need to wait long, because Cynthia quickly made up her mind as she fished up her last Pokéball. I leaned forwards instinctively, waiting to see which of her Pokémon she had chosen.
“Lucario. Defeat them.”<...
2024-02-05 07:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 8-5 – Cynthia’s Rise
I shouldn’t have been surprised at the large turnout, since a match like this was bound to attract attention. Especially since it was known that members of the Sinnoh Elite Four would be watching.
However, I was more impre...
2024-02-02 07:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 8-4 – Interlude – Lucian
“You have an intense look in your eye again, Lucian. What’re you thinking about so deeply about?” Flint asked him with his hands in his pockets as he usually did.
Flint always liked to put up an air of casualness t...
2024-01-31 07:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 8-4 – INTERLUDE – Janine
“Urghhhh….” Sabrina moaned on the bench as she tried her best to recover from seasickness. Despite the fact that this was the second time taking the ship from Johto to Kanto, she didn’t seem any more used to it.
...
2024-01-29 07:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 8-3 – The Daily Life in Sinnoh
The next week in Sinnoh were mostly ones of idle exploration, where Cynthia continued to show me the ropes of how I could get the most out of my time in the caves. She did not hold my hand, instead pushing me to do better ...
2024-01-26 07:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 8-2 – Interlude – Lorelei
Despite the absence of two members of the Elite Four, the atmosphere in the Indigo Committee wasn’t much different. There was still the usual bickering and arguments made by people who thought themselves to be overly import...
2024-01-24 07:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 8-2 – Explorers of Ruins
Despite having just travelled to a whole new region, I woke up bright and early the next morning – with my enthusiasm and excitement forcing me awake. I couldn’t wait to get started with some cave delving.
I quickly ma...
2024-01-22 12:50:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 8-1 – A New Horizon
The rest of the boat ride continued peacefully, with me being able to successfully catch up on some much-needed sleep. When I woke up and saw that there was barely half an hour left until we arrived, I decided to just get changed and...
2024-01-19 07:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 7-16 – Interlude – Cynthia
When she had received a call one afternoon that she was to be the tour guide for Elite John when he came to Sinnoh, to say that she was surprised was an understatement. Ever since Sinnoh had become aware of their foreign nei...
2024-01-17 07:42:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 7-16 – Road to Sinnoh
As expected, Karen’s victory over Sidney made the headlines over the next few days. They played it up really hard, trying to dramatize it as a huge underdog victory that was going to completely upset the Indigo and Hoenn politica...
2024-01-15 07:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 7-15 – Victory Celebration
Karen had won. She had done it. Even if this was only a charity match, she had demonstrated her prowess by defeating a member of the Hoenn Elite Four.
“HAH! I knew she could do it!” Agatha shouted out proudly, her fa...
2024-01-12 07:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 7-14 – Interlude – Whitney
The three of them sat huddled in her room, all of them staring intently at the TV screen as they watched the final few moments of Karen’s fight against Sidney. They were still at the Safari Zone Gates, figuring that it wou...
2024-01-10 07:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 7-14 – Darker yet Darker
The two didn’t wait long until they sent out their next round of Pokémon.
“Weavile! Speed up!”
“Shiftry! Fan out!”
Two figures silently appeared on the battlefield before their figures blurred as the...
2024-01-08 07:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 7-13 – Dark and Darker
Olivine city was packed to the brim with people, almost reminding me of the time when Team Rocket tried to escape on the ship. But at least this time I was reassured with the fact that they weren’t about to launch an attack, not...
2024-01-05 07:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 7-12 – Scientific Summit
Even though some time had gone passed, the hype around the Fairy type had yet to die down. In fact, it was still going strong as many trainers continue trying to experiment and train with the new Fairy types.
According to ...
2024-01-01 12:48:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 7-11 – Getting down to business
The TV blared as I sat with my parents to eat breakfast.
“…AND what a crushing victory from Professor Oak, once again proving to the world why his battling skills are still held in such high esteem! Just yes...
2023-12-29 12:37:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 7-10 – Interlude – Oak
Oak let out a jaunty whistle as he walked into the middle of the arena, ignoring the many cheers of the crowd. He didn’t think it was deserved anyways; they were merely cheering on a man far past his prime. He hadn’t even be...
2023-12-27 12:38:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 7-10 – A Fairy New Reality
The week after the Fairy reveal was a barely contained mess, but it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. While the excitement and fervour of the trainers were at an all-time high, good policing turned out be an effective det...
2023-12-25 12:59:35 +0000 UTC View Post