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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'it's a reflection of who you are! it mirrors your heart, that's why it called the heart sign!'
S4V5t82u <50 iker gets taught the sign
'maybe they were just hiding a violent side to them that they didn't know! isaac's is close combat, whoa! that's kind of tricky to use, but he does it! it's really cool!'
"that's a shame." he remarks noncommittally. "seems to be doing well enough for himself, though."
isaac looked pretty young for a ranger who goes around teaching special signs. maybe iker's own age? he doesn't know, but he's not too bothered. if he kept comparing himself to other rangers, then he'd never get anywhere. vertigo
dark circles marked iker's lower eyelids. staying up for the whole night really did a number on him.
"...it was eventful?" the emolga is still sleeping on his lap. iker yawns and stretches in his seat. the forest didn't burn down last night, at any rate.
he wonders if he should give the trick that he learned last night a shot. then he remembers sonata's story about the karate chop ranger.
...iker hopes that he doesn't end up becoming the first explosion heart sign ranger. well. he doesn't think that his personality is necessarily explosive. maybe he'd end up with something like grassy terrain or mud sport.
the emolge continued to nap. it hadn't felt as safe in a very long time, so it took its chance to get a good night's rest.
isaac glanced from iker to sonata. the blissey beamed, as it always did. no good trying to read her expression, thought the ranger. "well," he began, "since you survived the night, i'll demonstrate the heart sign.
"keep in mind that it's a manifestation of your inner heart. it's not really your deepest desire -- but more like the foundation of what makes you uniquely yourself. okay, here goes."
isaac drew the heart sign. it manifested as close combat, and isaac promptly destroyed a fallen tree trunk soon after.
"well," said isaac, panting from the exertion, "that's the gist of it. now you try."