The New Normal – 11-18 – A Pre-Emptive Talk
Even though Karen’s match was for the day after tomorrow, that didn’t mean I had nothing to do when I woke up the next morning. In fact, practically as soon as I woke up, I had received a call from Daisy.
“Good mor...
2024-09-23 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-17 – Discussions
The uproar and panic after the eruption gradually calmed down as the days passed. With most if not all of the evacuees relocated to proper housing into various Pokémon Centers and similar housing facilities around Indigo, their disc...
2024-09-20 10:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-16 – Interlude – Karen
“You look like you just won the lottery. What’s gone into you?” She asked the old hag as the latter returned home with an unmistakable smile on her face. She looked tired, as most people did after handling the eruption,...
2024-09-18 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-16 – Aftermath
I held Oak’s words to heart on the next day, and I deeply reflected on his wisdom as I slept. He was certainly right that a great leader needed to be more than just someone who could lead and be strong, but they also had to be empath...
2024-09-16 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-15 – The Eruption
I arrived to a scene of barely controlled chaos.
The erupting lava had already reached the edge of the city, and had already swallowed up dozens of building into its fiery maw, spreading fire and destruction in its wake. There...
2024-09-13 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-14 – Interlude – Blaine
“…Shelly, how am I supposed to find the time to help you with training a new Water type? You know I’m busy with my own projects.” Blaine muttered into the phone.
“Well Kabuto are partially Rock and Water, so ...
2024-09-11 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-14 – A New Cave
Koga’s unexpected challenges sent ripples throughout Indigo, as any challenge to the Elite Four always did. However, I noticed that the reactions of the public lacked the surprise that I had expected, since they likely thought that ...
2024-09-09 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-13 – A New Challenger Approaches
Right after my proposal was officially passed, I received many congratulatory messages from my friends such as from Steven, Wallace, and Lucian.
Obviously Cynthia was included in that list, but she also had more...
2024-09-06 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-12 – Interlude – Steven
He sat down opposite his friend with a plate full of food. Except, it wasn’t exactly the food he was hoping to eat.
“Are you happy now?” He spat frustratedly.
Unperturbed by his anger, Bruno s...
2024-09-04 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostA.N. Hi all, sorry for the double posting, but thanks to a comment (thanks Deathknight134) I realised that I should have included a section regarding the Farigiraf evolution. So I have now included that in, and I also cut down on the section about the Gym Leader proposal among a few other...
2024-09-02 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-11 – Politics in Action
With all of the preparations in place, Lance and I worked together to organise and have everything in place and ready in time for the next Committee meeting. There was no need to delay things any further; better to strike whil...
2024-08-30 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-10 – Interlude – Koga
Pride and glory were normally concepts that he cared little for. He did not disdain or abhor them; they simply did not take up much of his own thoughts during his day-to-day life. He had taken up his duties as a Gym Leader bec...
2024-08-28 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-10 – Collecting Gym Leaders
Despite whatever feelings we had for each other, Pryce and I kept up the façade of being friends in front of the cameras for long enough to achieve our political objectives. After my conversation and ‘photoshoot’ with...
2024-08-26 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-9 – Triumphant Return
Since Indigo was closer than Hoenn, our group were first to get off the boat after about a day’s trip back. Drake would stay on for the remainder of the trip back to Hoenn.
“It’s been fun, John. I can see why you wer...
2024-08-23 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – OMAKE – Ingame Snippets – Mystery Dungeon
[NEWEST POKÉMON TITLE: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon – The Legendary Delve! A companion piece to the latest mainline Pokémon game!] by Earlier Access
The Pokémon company has been on a roll recently, and ...
2024-08-21 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-8 – A War of Opinion
As planned, the Sinnoh League ended up releasing their findings to the public early in the morning on the following day. They were careful to not make any wild accusations, making sure that all their claims and statements were ri...
2024-08-19 11:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-7 – The Lake Guardians
The scientists at Celestic Town had told me that the discovery of the Icicle Plate would be a very big deal. But even then, I had still underestimated just how important these Plates were to the traditional Sinnoh...
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2024-08-14 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-6 – Interlude – Cynthia
As a Champion, she was expected to stay calm and composed at all times. To give off an air of authority and competence that would ensure that she was instinctively listened to. This was especially true when she was a meeting...
2024-08-14 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-6 – An Icy Discovery
The battle started off with a bang as our Pokémon rained down from above, with us joining them.
“Tyrant, show no mercy! Drive them out!”
“Salamence, obliterate them! Make them FEAR you!”
“SLAKINGGG!!...
2024-08-12 10:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-5 – Big Steps
To my surprise, things were moving much faster than I had expected over the next few days with our progress in uncovering the public shield that Team Galactic were hiding behind.
Lorelei had told me that thanks to her one of her s...
2024-08-09 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-4 – Interlude – Lorelei
At first, she was a little nervous about what she was doing here – in a room filled with investigators an professional analysts. She was none of these things, and her only skillset that set her apart from the men and women...
2024-08-07 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-4 – A Rematch
It was already the evening when the two of us arrived in Celestic Town, so Drake made the executive decision to rest for the remainder of the day because of how tired he was. So finding myself alone, I spent the evening catching up with...
2024-08-05 11:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-3 – Back to Sinnoh
My stay in Hoenn ended up being wrapped up pretty quickly. I barely had half a day to reorganise my things before Lance told me that a ship would be waiting for us at Ever Grande City to set off for Sinnoh early in the morning.
... 2024-08-02 11:00:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-2 – Interlude – Whitney
Even though Whitney would have liked to spend more time with her parents and brother, she knew that they had their own things to do and wouldn’t have time to play around with her.
A few years ago, she would have been...
2024-07-31 11:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-2 – Grand Opening
“You seem to be chatting up a storm, I hope I’m not being left out.” Cynthia joked as she approached us, having finally managed to temporarily extract herself from my family’s questions.
“Not at all.” Karen replied...
2024-07-29 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 10-18 – Interlude – Archer
The plan was set.
Following his discussions with his boss, Archer had gotten everything ready. His team had been briefed, as far as possible while keeping the grand scheme of things still confidential, and preparations...
2024-07-26 09:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 11-1 – INTERLUDE – POKENET REACTIONS
[The Top 3 pairs have finally been decided! The next battle for them will be against the Champions! Who will win?! Will the Champions live up to their title?!] By Battlecast
Us battle lovers are eating good t...
2024-07-24 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 10-18 – Meeting the Family
I stood up with the rest of my family as we clapped for the Champions’ victory. The rest of the crowd were doing the same as they cheered and applauded for the fantastic fight that we had just witnessed.
Wallace surpri...
2024-07-22 11:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 10-17 – The Dual Champions
Lance and I walked off the battle arena together, though we both stayed silent. Not out of awkwardness or because we were uncomfortable, but because we both were thinking carefully about the battle that just happened.
Or...
2024-07-19 10:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post