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.
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the tellumo ruins had been a subject of discussion by many recently. people had come to inspect the stone tablet, only to find that they found nothing more than plain rock. J was determined to find something worthwhile. a fossil would be nice.
a mega stone for his mawile would be even better. he shifted in his parka, pulling it closer around him as the chill in the ruins intensified.
There were many who had trudged their way away from the ruins disappointed and empty-handed, having found nothing for their efforts. J would not be one of them; provided, of course, that he proved himself worthy.
A mega mawile waited in his path, her red eyes slit and fixed on him.
There is much you have, she said. And much you still desire. You are here for that which you think you seek, are you not?
a voice quite unlike a human's rang out in the area, and the speaker was (unsurprisingly) standing before him. J watched it; it seemed like an evolved form of a mawile. perhaps it held the key as to what he was seeking.
the rumors and myths held some sort of truth to them, it seemed.
"and you seem to be a key to finding that."
he didn't attempt to hide his intentions. the pokémon was likely a mind reader.
There are those among us who would suggest battling you to test your worthiness. I am not in agreement with such methods. Any brute can prove his strength. I wish to know that you can wield it. There will be a series of three riddles. Should you answer reach riddle successfully, you will be rewarded with what you desired.
The mawile waddled ahead a bit down the path, and perched herself on a large smooth rock.
My first riddle is this: From love I grow, till love I slay. As venomous as any, I strangle those I hold dearest. Of what do I speak?
The mawile had spent years beyond the count of a man's lifespan in the ruins, honing her intellect and her wisdom to a razor's edge. She had been waiting for the one who would come and prove their worthiness to her, the one who would inherit the mantle. She was so beyond done.
Are you kidding me? We're going to fight. Choose my opponent wisely. If you can.
J glanced at the mawile. was she serious? she was like, three feet tall. J was almost six feet. this was like bringing edward elric to the nba and telling him to play against kobe.
