[ residents of the island might have noticed that Dawn has been curiously absent from things for a while. the island, in its infinite wisdom, had sent her home to catch up on things, and having done that, it saw fit to bring her back. two years, spent traveling and training and taking challengers ( Read more... )

[You'd think that to celebrate one year of being on Awesome Island, the island'd be nice and give you something cool, like, you know, cake. Or video games or something.

But no.
Today what happened is that Gold, on his morning early afternoon run, suddenly found himself in clothes that would have fit him when he arrived ( Read more... )

[There's an Ash just walking down the beach with his Pikachu on his shoulder.

He's trying to change, really. It's just he's so very used to being at least partially nocturnal, he can't help but be up at these ridiculous hours.

But hey, at least he isn't using this time to train. There's plenty of time for that in the sunlight hours of the day. Now he ( Read more... )

[ SUDDENLY HUGE ORNATE PIRATE SHIP IN THE LAKE

WHAT THE FUCK (get it)

If you look closer, there's a strangely dressed sailsthe7seas and fliesthe7skies on deck. Their clothes are fancy and a bit old-fashioned, with swords and guns quite visible. Oh dear.

They seem confused, and also rather... abandoned. Where on earth did their crews go? One look at a map confirms that they're ( Read more... )

[ The winds seemed completely stopped. The lingering smell of sea was very heavy for a moment, but then the scent changes from a forest to a graveyard to a garden. Soon the scent leaves and then a mist slowly forms. Sight becomes almost nothing in this fog, but after a silence...it lifts and the wind blows back in. The ground is sprinkled with ( Read more... )

Wild DITTO has appeared!

>Fight
>Pokemon
>Item
>Run
>...Other?

[So Red's out training again. Unsurprising. It's the usual ferocious affair, with his crazy dangerous stunts and reckless tactics. All in a day's training, no big deal ( Read more... )

[This was the second winter Wes was going to end up spending on the island. Just like last time, he's broken out the heavy coat, even though the weather really isn't all that cold yet. Today, he's down by the beach, seated at the end of a pier with a fishing pole in hand. He hasn't caught anything yet, but he's mainly out here to relax anyway. Not ( Read more... )

[Now Oak's finally returning to the island with his lab. A lab that, by now, has been entirely transformed into a training and research facility for Pokemon fighting in the war.

So basically, there's a Poke!bootcamp popping up in place of the old Oak lab. Complete with training fields and a barb wire fence.

The fence being there mostly to keep things ( Read more... )

[ In the CMA you might notice two boys fighting with an ornery Rapidash! While still on it!
The taller one with black hair is pulling on the horse pokemon's reigns in an attempt to calm it down. ]

Woah! Easy now!

[ Behind the black haired boy is a smaller youth with fine red hair. He's trying to hold on to the bucking pokemon, but they are both ( Read more... )