The New Normal – 15-10 – Gyms and Dojos
The ‘controversy’ involving Bruno was very quick to die down as his critics swiftly realised that they weren’t about to win over the public, which was to be expected since Steven manufactured the whole thing.
However, ...
2025-04-14 11:00:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-9 – Controversies
As we hoped, the opening of the Battle Frontier was a great success, with trainers from all three regions flocking to the newly opened Battle Area to check out the new facilities and experience the three Battle stages for themselves...
2025-04-11 11:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-8 – Interlude – N
“SO ARE YOU MY ENEMY, N?”
Ever since their fateful conversation, those final parting words from John’s Slaking continued to echo around his head. He agonised over them, spend...
2025-04-09 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-8 – The Battle Frontier
Things had gone by quickly ever since our return from Unova, though not to my surprise. The first thing between our regions that was rushed through was the construction of the transmission towers – apparently, all of our reg...
2025-04-07 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-7 – INTERLUDE – Pokenet Reactions
[THE FIGHT BETWEEN BRUNO AND STEVEN ENDS UP WITH A HUGE SURPRISE?! THE NEW EVOLUTION OF PRIMEAPE!?] By Battlecast
[Pictures of Annihilape]
Ever since the Hoenn Conference began, the fight between Steven...
2025-04-04 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – OMAKE – Pokémon: The Animation – Public Reactions
[Review of the Pokémon: The Animation – a much desired remake of the original anime?!] By Earlier Access
After many years of waiting and public demands, the Pokémon company has finally given...
2025-04-02 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – OMAKE – April Fools : Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
He had no idea why, but he had always wanted to climb Mt. Coronet. To reach the very top, and see the world from above.
But he knew he was no brave Pokémon. He was merely a Bidoof. A Pokémon known f...
2025-04-01 12:16:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-6 – The Rise of a Stone
After our ‘conversation’ with Ghetsis, the rest of our explorations around Unova just wasn’t as interesting in comparison. That wasn’t to say that the sights were boring, far from it, but the reminder that there was
The New Normal – 15-5 – Exploring with Drake
After the battle was over, the mood of the Unovans noticeably dropped as they suffered through two back-to-back defeats. We tried to bring up the mood again, but they clearly weren’t feeling it at the moment, and after a fe...
2025-03-28 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-4 – Interlude – Grimsley
A frown slowly formed on his face as he saw a look of grim determination settle on John’s.
He admitted that his performance in the first fight against Karen and Drake was… lacklustre, to say the least. He had unde...
2025-03-26 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-4 – Clash of Elites
I wasn’t entirely sure what my Pokémon were saying to him, but I could feel the love and affection that they had for me radiating through our bond. That was enough for me.
After speaking with Tyrant, N seeme...
2025-03-24 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-3 – A Fateful Meeting
The next two days in Unova passed by relatively uneventfully. Karen and I spent most of the time hanging about with Iris or engaging with meetings with the Unova Elite Four. I could have spent that time meeting with the other Gy...
2025-03-21 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-2 – Interlude – Steven
The Hoenn Conference had begun, and as planned, he and Bruno both entered into it. It was inevitable that they would battle against each other; he had planned it that way. After all, what better way was there to prove that he...
2025-03-19 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-2 – Unova Explorations
Thankfully, Iris was pretty quick to accept our request to meet, and so Karen and I quickly headed to meet up with her at her Gym at Opelucid City. We had already been given provisional flying licenses so that we could legally ...
2025-03-17 12:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-1 – Interlude – Alder & Iris
(Alder POV)
He let out a content sigh as he reclined on the luxurious armchair that had been generously provided to him in his new accommodations in Hoenn. Unlike Unova, it was immediately obvious tha...
2025-03-14 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-1 – Journey to Unova
A.N. As a little bonus, and because the Interlude fits better the other way round, you’re getting this full chapter today instead of on Friday. Friday’s chapter will instead be the Interlude.
Fortunatel...
2025-03-12 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 14-10 – INTERLUDE – Pokenet Reactions
[THE INDIGO ELITE FOUR’S GAUNTLET RUN! A SHOW OF STRENGTH FROM THE INDIGO LEAGUE! WERE YOU THERE?!] by Battlecast
[Snapshots of the gauntlet run containing various images of the Elite Four fighting. Lance ...
2025-03-10 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 14-9 – Champion Alder
Though I wasn’t there personally, the rest of the Indigo Elite Four and I were still kept in the loop about what was happening over in Sinnoh thanks to Lance. According to him, both he and Wallace had virtually joined into a meet...
2025-03-07 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 14-8 – Interlude – Archer
For most of his adult life, he never would have thought that he’d be doing anything with his life that he hadn’t been explicitly ordered to by Giovanni. After everything his boss had done for him, and for the region that ...
2025-03-05 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostA.N. I forgot to mention this last chapter, but because the 1st of March marked the second anniversary of TNN, and because I had the free time, I will be uploading a bonus chapter to Questionable Questing later in the day – taking place right after/during Chapter 13-18. It is marked as ...
2025-03-03 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 14-7 – Newcomers
Unsurprisingly, discussions on topics as radical as increasing the number of Gym Leaders beyond the traditional eight Gyms took a long time to reach a consensus. Even after a few weeks had gone by, we weren’t anywhere closer to coming...
2025-02-28 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 14-6 – Interlude – Cynthia
Taking a step into the meeting room, she felt all four pairs of eyes quickly dart towards her – curiosity present in each and every single one of them.
She could understand; she had been deliberately vague in why she...
2025-02-26 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 14-6 – Changes
I could almost hear the collective sigh of relief being released from the spectating crowd as Tyrant finally went down. He had been an unstoppable monster, knocking down opponent after opponent as if he was able to just shrug off...
2025-02-24 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 14-5 – The Gauntlet
So many things had happened in the last few months after Team Galactic was taken care of.
Like I had hoped, there was a return to normalcy, which was the perfect opportunity for me to start working on my more ambitious plans on...
2025-02-21 12:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 14-4 – Interlude – Whitney
She had nearly spent a whole year at the Saffron Gym, and she could say that she very much enjoyed her time here.
There was much that she had learned, and was still learning, and she was very thankful for Gym Leader Sa...
2025-02-19 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 14-4 – Professorships and Stones
(Blaine POV)
The process of being a Professor was an arduous one, as befits such a prestigious title, and was not something that most could be able to realistically achieve. Professors were expected to be ...
2025-02-17 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 14-3 – Perspectives on the Future
(Civilian POV)
As a Sinnohnian, he had always wanted to visit Indigo – ever since the region had been newly ‘discovered’ alongside Hoenn. But it had taken a long time for him to finally persuade his...
2025-02-14 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – OMAKE – Ingame Snippets – Legendaries Awaken DLC
[NEW POKÉMON DLC OUT NOW: LEGENDARIES AWAKEN! LEGENDARIES FINALLY MADE AVAILABLE!] by Earlier Access
[DLC trailer attached]
The long awaited DLC to the biggest and most successful Pokémon ...
2025-02-12 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 14-2 – Recovery and Plans
With the awards ceremony done, that basically wrapped up everything that we really had to do in Sinnoh. Despite wanting to obviously spend more time with my girlfriend, I realised that I had spent way too long in Sinnoh – and...
2025-02-10 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 14-1 – Reaping the rewards
There was a lot to do after the events at Spear Pillar had concluded. Cyrus might be gone, but the chaos that he caused still lingered. Even after getting a good night’s sleep, much of the exhaustion that had built up from t...
2025-02-07 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post