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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There was no point in stalling anymore. It was time to get this over and done with.
Deryn had been on this ship before, but never as a challenger. She remembered one time, not long before the scourge outbreak, when she had watched a battle with some friends she didn’t really like. At that time, she had made fun of the challenger and wouldn’t be surprised if karma decided to bite her in the ass for it today.
She knew where to go and strode onto the foredeck. “Atalanta,” she called out. “I’m here for your badge.”
atalanta didn't believe in karma. some were born queens, and some were born as the filth underneath the grooves of her sandal soles. those who believed in karma were all the people in between. atalanta didn't like those sorts of people, the kind who couldn't decide what their lives actually were.
she knows exactly who she is and why she's here. atalanta is the queen of the liner.
"you and the rest of every fuckin' twat from eos. can't you be going off killing scourge or something? make our regional tax dollars worth it?" she lowers her gossip magazine.
Well wasn’t Atalanta as friendly as she remembered. A little crankier than she remembered, but maybe her memory had been playing nice. “I’m sorry,” Deryn retorted. “Do you want me to come back next week when you’re done with your PMS?”
Yeah. As if Deryn would put this challenge off another week. Deryn wanted her money.
More seriously, she said, “Stop reading about yourself – trust me, I’ve read it and it’s not that interesting – and battle me.” She took out a Pokeball and examined it in her hand. “What are your rules, oh mighty queen?”
"maybe you should come back when you can actually beat me." she sneers. "or don't come back at all. that works too."
if atalanta had any say in it, she would have had her gym leave sol city a long time ago. alas, that would be against her contract. and she liked the status that came with being a gym leader.
she puts down the magazine, if only because it only contained nothing but their usual praises for their gym queen. "three on three, singles." she really couldn't be bothered with anything longer.
one of the butlers brings her a platter of pokeballs. dizzy
“Oh get over yourself. You’ll only get wrinkles making that kind of face.”
There’s no doubt that this gym leader comes off as, to use a nice word, unpleasant, but Deryn doesn’t mind. It’s refreshing to talk to someone who wasn’t nice or polite or humble. And the girl had taste, even if a platter is a bit too much.
“Fine. Let’s do it.” Eager to get this over with, Deryn sent out her first Pokemon. The Drifblim floats beside her, scanning for the reason it was called out.
The only response Deryn graces the queen with is a grin and a flip of her hair.
(She makes a mental note to buy some skin cream after this, just in case).
Focus badge emulates X-Attack Drifblim dodged Confuse Ray Drifblim hit by Hydro Pump Drifblim used Shadow Ball (Atk) z6W571JQ <20 Milotic’s SpDef is reduced Drifblim used Phantom Force Drifblim vanished
...welp, nothing else to do. atalanta passes the time by giving the milotic a super potion. the milotic also attempts to steal a fish kabob. atalanta lets her.
Doesn’t matter if it makes her happy since her Pokemon’s defeat overrides any happiness.
The Drifblim goes down, hard and fast. Embarrassingly so. It didn’t even get a chance to take itself out with an Explosion. Deryn forces herself to keep a blank face. Atalanta doesn’t need to know that she’s pissed.
Time to take advantage of that Rain Dance.
Drifblim fainted and returned. Luxray sent out. Focus badge emulates X-Accuracy Luxray used Electric Terrain Luxray used Thunder (acc) Rain Dance makes Thunder’s accuracy 100%
atalanta sneers because she only has like...one pokemon that can use sleep. really, you'd think that trainers would study every fact about her fabulous self in every magazine possible before they ever set foot in her gym. amateurs.
(she probably became a gym leader for this very purpose)
milotic uses hp boost milotic uses confuse ray milotic uses hydro pump dizzy
Atalanta, please. Knowing every intimate detail about your fabulous self has nothing to do with the fact that Electric Terrain powers up electric attacks.
Luxray dodged Hydro Pump Luxray hit by Confuse Ray Confused Luxray used Charge/Hurt itself in confusion/Uh, recovers from confusion? hzYhuooa