This world is inhabited by creatures that we call pokemon. People and pokemon live together by supporting each other, but now the scourge threatens the safety of the entire region. Kohaku has become a dangerous place, where children stay at home and only brave souls go adventuring.
Welcome to KOHAKU. Come for the nightmares. Stay for the tea and crumpets.
The season is SUMMER. It is easy for survivors to forage for food from the land, as there are entire abandoned farms ready for harvest. On the downside, you can smell the corpses.
swarms
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Hello diary! Or well, journal maybe? I’ve decided to start one, in any case. Mom always said a good researcher kept a log of everything. Since I’m following in her footsteps, it seems like a good idea, yeah? So! To start! I was accepted into the EOS program, which I guess isn’t a surprise considering my parents, but it’s a relief all the same. I met professor Cypress for the first time. Mom mentioned he had a weak personality, but that he was quite smart. I think she was pretty spot on, but it was really adorable! His stutter is cute, and he was pretty confused about my gender, haha. I guess I shouldn’t tease him, but the look on his face was pretty priceless. And well, no harm done, right? Oh and I got my starter - a horsea! HE IS SO CUTE. SO CUTE. MOST ADORABLE THING I’VE EVER SEEN. Ok I know, I should definitely be picking pokemon based on ability but…well…he was just TOO CUTE to pass up. And it’s not just Zooka the horsea…I’ve scooped up a few more pokemon in swarms and as extras from the prof and they are all lovely, elegant, cute little things. Who knows? Maybe once things are right again, I really can become a Coordinator and use this team. Now then, it’s time to go earn my pokedex entries!
~Nima Faraday NOTES Mother: still MIA, Father: still MIA
Sorry for being so MIA! Life is hectic, and I'm moving. I should be good to go after about a week!
Hello Diary! Well I’ve been busy looking for pokemon to research. Today I met a really nice trainer though! Her name is Delilah. She let me scan her pokemon, and they were a fun group. Oh and then we actually went swimming in the ocean! Zooka really likes her, probably because she played with him so much hehe. Mmm but it wasn’t all fun and games. It seems that she lost her family in Bacchus Town…it makes me sad to hear that, and I really know how she feels. But I guess if she managed to escape, there’s hope for my father too? Anyway I think she has a lot of heaviness to carry around. She also got hurt really bad, and she can’t use her left hand, like me. But hers is even more severe…I could tell it still bothered her a lot. I showed her my scars too, but they happened when I was little, and I’m to terms with them now. I hope Delilah can do the same. She is too amazing a person not to! I hope we meet again. I hope she stays safe and gets strong. And then we can both go kick the Scourge’s butt, like we said we would! Good luck Delilah!
~Nima Faraday NOTES Mother: Still MIA, Father: Still MIA
Hello diary! I’m making progress on my pokedex. I don’t know if it’s fast or slow progress, but I guess that doesn’t matter right now! No use trying to compare myself to others, right? I’ll do what I can the best I can! Hmm, oh! I met another person! …I guess I shouldn’t make it sound like that doesn’t happen a lot, haha. But anyway, his name is Isaac and he’s a Ranger! It was really neat to talk to one, since I’ve yet to meet any Rangers. They’re pretty new in Kohaku, though I’ve heard they’re a lot more common in some other regions. They started showing up after the Scourge for the most part. Anyway, he was a real sweetie! His partner was an axew named Clavier. I’ve never met a pokemon with such good manners before! He even shook my hand, hehe. I was very impressed! Isaac seemed a little uncertain, but that’s probably because he was brand new to EOS. I don’t know if I managed to help him feel better or not, but I really did try. I know how scary it can be. I mean, honestly, it STILL scares me sometimes. Oh yeah, Isaac seemed worried too that pokemon weren’t going to like him. Apparently he has a history of that. I just told him all pokemon have personalities, you know? You can’t get along with all of them! At least Raijin and Phoenix seemed to like him…well, then again, Phoenix is really friendly and Raijin usually does whatever Phoenix does hehe. Mm, I also kind of think I felt what it was like to have a little brother? Isaac said he had siblings, but I don’t know if that’s why. Oh and I had him pinky promise me that he’d be safe! I think I should do that with more people. I don’t want anyone to do anything reckless and get themselves killed…that’s happened enough already!
Things are going pretty good you know? I’ve been meeting a lot of neat people. I didn’t think of it at the time, but being a Researcher means I have to talk to a lot of people. How else can I look at so many pokemon at once? I’m glad I’m the friendly sort, haha!
Oh yeah so I met this really interesting guy! His name is Grayson! Violette actually seemed to really like him by the end of it - he actually rubbed on Grayson’s hair! I’ve never seen him do that, haha. I think he was trying to play? Or maybe tease him? It was so goofy. OH and Grayson has THE CUTEST little eevee named Nana! She was adorableeee aaaaah! I just cuddled her the whole time! And she started the poke-camo! You see Grayson seems the type who doesn’t like having conversations. Like he was super gruff at first! But he seemed to stop once pokemon were involved. You could tell then that he was actually a really nice, gentle sort of person. I think how a person treats pokemon can tell you a lot about them, you know? But anyway, I just held Nana up in front of my face when I talked to him. I don’t know if it helped, but it was fun! And then all our pokemon got to play around together. Well except for Grayson’s nidorino, it was misbehaving. Hm and we just sort of sat with each other. It was nice actually. I took a risk and left him my cgear number…I don’t know that he would actually try and contact me, but it’d be nice if he did. He was a lot of fun, even if he probably didn’t think so haha.
So today I met kind of a strange guy who asked me to help him find someone. I guess this person ran off looking for the Scourge? I don’t think I really got the full story, the guy I ran into wasn’t very talkative. But if I can help keep somebody out of unnecessary danger, I’ll definitely keep my eyes peeled! He gave me his cgear number, which would normally be pretty cool. But he wouldn’t give me his name! It was kind of strange overall…I think he likes people even less than Grayson? That’s ok, I’ll still help him. Besides, I got to put in my own name for him. He is now Mr Cabbage Head! Pretty good right? He had awesome green hair so it seemed fitting! And that way I definitely won’t be forgetting who he is if I have to call about the person he’s looking for. Maybe one day he’ll tell me his name? It’ll be like a challenge!
Today was really kind of bad! I mean it ended well? I think? But it started bad! I was kind of in a frazzle. I don’t know why, I just started my day that way. It happens sometimes? Like you’re all in a tizzy for no reason. And so I was walking toward the docks and trying to get my notes organized, since they like to come out of the binding. And the wind totally grabbed them and sent them flying! I had to send out Zooka and the others to get them and I ended up running and limping and it was terrible. But it was even worse because somebody saw it all! And he was really quiet (not the same like Grayson or even Mr Cabbage Head) so I wasn’t sure what he was thinking. I have never blushed that much ever! It was mortifying!! He helped me with my notes though, so that was really nice of him. He even braided my hair! OH cuz that was the other bad thing! I forgot to pin it or something, so the wind was doing craziness with my hair too! I think I even hit him with it??? It was so embarrassing! But yeah he knew how to do fancy braids! He was really gentle, it was kind of strange. I don’t think most guys know how to do hair, let alone be gentle with it? I mean I guess I’m an exception since I have to do it all the time! Oh and then we went and got hot chocolate while my notes dried out (they flew into the ocean!! Ah it was so bad!) I think he was maybe looking down on me a little, but I guess I didn’t have the best rep after being so clumsy. His name was J by the way! Very mysterious yeah? I really kinda like him though. He gave me his cgear number…I assume so I could find out when he got more pokemon. But he seemed a little hesitant to call me when he did so…hm, maybe I was wrong? Oh well, it was an interesting day at least!
Hi diary! I’m in kind of a mood today. No like moody. Just…I don’t know how to describe it. I met another researcher today, but she was a bit…much to handle? We ended up battling, even though I totally didn’t intend to. And she THREW my pokedex! I mean I guess she didn’t know I couldn’t use one hand well and so couldn’t really catch stuff, but man…what researcher would ever think throwing a pokedex is a good idea!? And she definitely looked down on me. I didn’t stand for it though. I’m keeping my word to myself, I won’t let people just say whatever they want to me and take it. I still have both legs. I’ll stand up for myself. In the end it was a bit better. I mean my pokemon got some experience, but the battle was…really weird? I’m not sure if it was really all that normal, since it was my first one and all. Oh and she was able to give me a bit of info about my parents. Kind of.
She went through Pax but it was too long after the initial attack for there to be much to see. If mom survived, she’d have known to move away from the epicenter of the first wave. I’ve still not been able to calculate the most likely place for her to have ended up had she survived, but I’ll explore all the options. In this case, the best information was about dad. It wasn’t good news, however. The researcher confirmed what I have heard - Bacchus was attacked and just about overrun. On the positive side, there is some kind of pocket of survivors. What’s more, it seems that those who escaped went to Nerio, including the gym leader Irene. From this point, I can only conclude that exploring Nerio and questioning Irene are my best courses of action. Eventually I will make my way back home, but hopefully dad will be in Nerio. If not, then Bacchus is really the only other option. Until I have irrefutable proof to the contrary, I will maintain my hope that they are alive.
NOTES Mother: Still MIA, Father: Must look into Nerio, still MIA
Hi Diary! Heehee, I met another cutie today. Well you know, just somebody who was adorable! His name is Belphegor, but I just call him Bel. He’s young, and a breeder! He gave Zooka some poke food he made himself. The little guy liked it, and I was pretty impressed you know? I mean, I wish I could make poke food like that! I hear its pretty complicated cuz you have to know what sort of pokemon it is or like what nutrients they most need and all that. It can get pretty technical, who knew? Everyone’s pretty incredible when you really start to look at it~! Oh but best of all he gets to play with baby pokemon! AAAAH SO CUTE! He even invited me to play with his next batch of babies!! I’m so excited!! I took him out for pastries as thanks - I’m really glad we had similar tastes haha! I hope I run into him again. He seems really like a sweet person, so I hope he’s successful. And that he stays out of trouble! Next time I run into him, I’ll have to see what new pokemon he has!
