The New Normal – 13-18 – Interlude – The Smiths
(Angela POV)
She and her husband sat nervously as they huddled around the television at home. They knew that there was an ongoing crisis going on in Sinnoh, and they knew that their son was there as part o...
2025-02-05 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-18 – INTERLUDE – Pokenet Reactions
[SINNOH LEAGUE LAUNCHES SUCCESSFUL RAID INTO SECRET GALACTIC BASE! BUT CYRUS STILL MISSING!] By the Sinnoh News
[A wanted poster of Cyrus is displayed, with a monetary reward provided for any who can provide...
2025-02-03 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – OMAKE – Meeting a Monster (Worm/Pokémon Crossover)
Jack walked down the rows of burning houses, letting the melody that was the terrorised screams of the town’s former inhabitants fill his ears. The sounds of glass shattering and more high-pitched sc...
2025-02-01 21:45:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-17 – Relief and Answers
Seeing Cyrus being whisked away by Giratina was a moment of profound relief for me, because I knew that the nightmare was finally over. After all that, we had finally put a stop to the plots and schemes of a madman.
We h...
2025-01-31 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-16 – Interlude – The Battlers
(Drake POV)
He nearly fell onto his knees in exhaustion once Palkia finally returned to whatever fucking Legendary dimension it hailed from. Honestly, after surviving through the fight of the century, he...
2025-01-29 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-16 – A Fight to the Finish
The only warning we had was when Palkia was surrounded by a pink glow once again – causing space to begin disintegrating around us.
“INCOMING!”
And then Palkia slashed down, unleashing a sund...
2025-01-27 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-15 – Raid Boss
Flying off with Regigigas and the three Regis was a surreal feeling. I could still feel the aura of domination that radiated out of the Legendary Titan, I didn’t feel the need to bow my head in awe. Instead, the aura seemed to wash a...
2025-01-24 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-14 – Interlude – Sinnoh
(A Civilian’s POV)
The Sinnoh news agencies had yet to publish anything official yet, but they didn’t need to. No matter where you were, in your home, at work, or even if you were simply strolling about, <...
2025-01-22 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-14 – The Summoning
(Drake POV)
The Dragon Pulse flew forwards, but instead of shredding Cyrus in two, it suddenly froze in mid-air.
At first, Drake had thought that an invisible barrier was holding back his attack, but as he look...
2025-01-20 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-13 – The Fight to the Summit
The sensation of being called upon lasted for about a minute before the sensation faded just as quickly as it came, leaving me standing there in dazed confusion as my team continued to worry over me after seeing me act so...
2025-01-17 05:09:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-12 – Interlude – Team Galactic
For the sake of creating the utopia they all desired, she had told herself that she was willing to put herself through any amount of hardship to ensure Cyrus’ dream was fulfilled. However, when she received the news...
2025-01-15 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-12 – The Final Plate
After recovering the Lake Guardians and returning them to their lakes for a full but slow recovery, we all were pulled out for a mandatory health check up just to make sure there were no lingering side effects from having to with...
2025-01-13 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-11 – The Raid
Roark’s discovery of the Iron Plate came as a pleasant surprise for me. Even for Cynthia, despite being nominal rivals with Roark in her capacity as the de-facto head of the Celestic Town Research Centre, was more pleased than jealous...
2025-01-10 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-10 – Interlude – Team Galactic
(Mars POV)
Mars walked up to their leader, who was standing as tall and as unyielding as he always was. Despite the many setbacks that they had suffered, the arrests of many of their faithful, it hearte...
2025-01-08 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-10 – Intermission
The next few days passed with a tense silence. Despite fears that Cyrus was going to immediately use the Lake Trio to enact his plans, it became clear that he wasn’t ready to take that final step just yet.
I supposed I expec...
2025-01-06 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-9 – The Response
We had all gathered around one of the meeting rooms in the Indigo League building. All of us were in attendance for this meeting. Every Gym Leader, Elite Four, and Champion.
We were all here to discuss the ongoings in Sinnoh an...
2025-01-03 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-8 – Interlude – Pokenet Reactions
[THE REGIONAL UNION COMES INTO FORCE! THE BEGINNING OF AN ERA OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION?!] by The Indigo Post
[Pictures of the signing ceremony] [Pictures of Lance’s speech]
Today follows another m...
2025-01-01 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-8 – Magma and Aqua
(Flint POV)
They may have been outnumbered, but let it not be said that Flint and Volkner faltered when it mattered. Especially not when it was a situation where collateral damage no longer mattered. There were no ot...
2024-12-30 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-7 – The Attack
The start of the circuit was met with the expected burst of excitement. There was a lot of positive comments from the public about the show matches that we had shown off, and I smiled when I saw many people commenting about just how im...
2024-12-27 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-6 – Interlude – Brock
He had done it. It was a close run thing, and his strength was almost insufficient, but he had actually managed to bring down one of Lance’s Dragonite in a convincing fashion. Sure, he might not have needed to Explode his Go...
2024-12-25 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-6 – Icy Rock
With my fight against Koga over, the two of us returned to the audience stands while Karen and Lorelei took our place. Surprisingly, I didn’t see Lance anywhere here, so I figured he must have been dealing with something else.
Ko...
2024-12-23 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-5 – The New Circuit
Today was finally the day that many, many young trainers from around the world had been waiting for. The day that trainers around the world were finally able to take the first steps towards their dreams. For today was the day that...
2024-12-20 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-4 – Interlude – Daisy Oak
“Clef! Clef!” Her starter Clefairy chimed happily as she played around in the ranch with the rest of her grandfather’s Pokémon. Clefairy had been in a particularly excited mood ever since she had told her of her int...
2024-12-18 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostHi all,
Thanks to Zabios Latrei for bringing this to my attention, but I have been notified that there might be a few of you that have had their payments fail/declined when you wished to continue with your subscription to my Patreon 2024-12-17 02:17:18 +0000 UTC View Post
The New Normal – 13-4 – Opening Up
The Regional Union opening ceremony was here at last, and thus I took the opportunity to rest early for the night as I prepared for the flight to Sevii Islands.
Before I went to bed though, I did try to do some research on what S...
2024-12-16 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-3 – A Weird Discovery
I stared blankly at the Dudunsparce, who hadn’t even noticed my attention on it as it continued to spin in uncle’s farm.
It looked really similar to a Dunsparce, but I double checked to make sure that it ...
2024-12-13 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – OMAKE – Pokémon : The Animation – Cerulean Arc
Ash and Gary had just arrived at Cerulean City, having just beaten Brock to obtain their first Gym Badge. They had chosen to make their way there immediately, hopefully trying to get ahead of the crowd s...
2024-12-11 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-2 – Business Changes
“We’re not kicking you out.” My dad reassured me, “Nor do we think that you’re a bother, but we’ve been talking about the future, and we thought that it might be good for you to get your own place or two.”
“...
2024-12-09 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 13-1 – Preparations
The news about the burning down of the Galactic building spread quickly, and there were many worried comments from the newscasters about whether this was the sign that things were about to get worse. A lot of speculation was stirred ...
2024-12-06 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 12-18 – Interlude – Legendary Discussions
Professor Carolina stepped into the classroom, seeing it filled with fresh-faced and eager young students who were excited to learn more about the Legendaries of Sinnoh. She had been invited here to give an in...
2024-12-04 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post