Bles looked over a map spread out before her, a lukewarm breakfast sandwich at her side as the group filed in, Rin and Sakura looking back at N. Their friend had been unusually quiet when they’d returned to their rooms, and that brooding silence had carried through their own breakfast. Now, in the room with the woman who’d prevented his capture, he seemed a little more animated, but the ner...
2024-07-15 21:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostRin nodded once as she looked down, the overgrown pumping station sitting beside an empty park. A few silhouettes could be glimpsed through dirty windows, and with her enhanced vision, Rin could see a few figures lurking at the edges of the pumphouse. “I think we found the Wild Men’s base,” she said. “Sakura, I’m going to start scans. Can you call the Captain, let her know what ...
2024-07-01 23:17:36 +0000 UTC View PostRin stared at the massive bridge, tipping her witch hat backwards to see it pass over the bay and reach the sprawling city beyond. “Castelia City…” she murmured, looking out over the water to the largest city on the Unovan continent. “I didn’t think the bridge would be that long. Sakura, do you just want to catch a ferry, or keep riding across?” Behind her, her hired Cyclizar chirpe...
2024-06-17 23:33:45 +0000 UTC View Post“SHIROU!” Fujimura Taiga kicked open the door, heedless to the mark her heel had left in it many times before. “Your big sister is here to check in on you!”
Taiga wasn’t actually Shirou’s older sister, mind you. She knew that, he knew that, and all the adults around them both knew that. But to Taiga, Shirou was still the quiet, almost empty little boy who’d moved into the ho...
2024-06-02 01:16:49 +0000 UTC View PostHis opponent opened the engagement by lunging at him, their fists swinging forward in horribly telegraphed punches which were only threatening by the virtue of their speed; a punctual application of reinforcement was all Kiritsugu needed to weave out of the way, firing his sidearm into his opponent as he did so. And thus did their deadly dance continue; the armored figure not able to connect a ...
2024-05-19 23:16:09 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! It's Miho here! Apologies, but the Eevee Therapy update will be delayed on account of our editor having not gotten back to us quite yet with the next update. In exchange, and in the interest of fairness and fuilfilling my promises as a content creator, Tale and I will be posting the first chapter of another fic we've been slowly plugging away at in the background. No word on if ...
2024-05-16 00:03:47 +0000 UTC View PostPandemonium descended upon the somewhat quiet street, barked orders from the Flare grunts and scientists intertwined with the screams of panic from the few civilians that were touring the relatively quiet street that Kiritsugu had found himself in. Immediately, he was faced with a choice. The old him would have found the civilian casualties regrettable but ultimately acceptable if the literal g...
2024-05-01 23:15:29 +0000 UTC View PostElle knocked on the cabin door, raising her voice to try and get the attention of the person inside. “Kiri, we’re almost to Dahara. Are you decent?” she asked.
Kiritsugu looked up from the side table, just having wiped it down after reassembling his firearms and hiding them in his suitcase once again. “I am,” he said, responding to her code-worded inquiry with a smile. The door ...
2024-04-16 01:30:05 +0000 UTC View PostAdjusting the straps on her backpack, Illya looked out over the impossibly large mountain that dominated the center of Sinnoh, marveling at just how big it was not for the first time. Mentally reminding herself that it was quite likely that a being equivalent to a God had sculpted all the land in Garde and that such sights should bring awe to her for what felt like the hundred...
2024-04-02 01:41:41 +0000 UTC View PostGardenia’s gaze narrowed as she barked out a quick command. “Roserade, use energy ball! Don’t fall yet–”
Shirou gestured. “Hit her with Aerial Ace, Fafnir,” Shirou ordered, his newest Pokemon blurring forward to slash into his opponent’s final Pokemon. With a cry, Roserade collapsed, allowing the Gabite to stand over her prone form, bellowing in triumph.
“Roserade ...
2024-03-15 23:47:35 +0000 UTC View PostN frowned, a Pokemon on each shoulder as he looked up at the stone building in front of him. “...Pokemon Gyms. I was under the impression that they were more like… colosseums.” Left unsaid was the implied cruelty therein. “But this is a museum.”
Scoffing, Rin shook her head, “No, Gyms are nothing like colosseums, nor would they ever partake in a blood sport. Gyms are more like...
2024-03-02 02:21:01 +0000 UTC View PostFrowning, Illyasviel von Einzbern looked into her reflection, taking in the outfit; she’d bought more than one copy of it, as most trainers aiming to be professional tended to, that she had started her journey with. An outfit that was characterized by contrasts; a pink and black pleated skirt and a pink t-shirt under a puffy black jacket.A pair of pink-and-black leggings had finished her look...
2024-02-16 03:22:53 +0000 UTC View PostShadows gathered, power rose, and the monster at the bottom of the warrens peered from their perch to see the approach of four souls; two strong but mundane, one touched with golden light, and the last– W̷i̵z̶a̴r̴d̶.̸.̴.̸.The being murmured, rising up. A̶t̶ ̷l̵a̴s̶t̷,̵ ̵w̴e̴ ̶w̵i̵l̵l̸ ̴b̴e̵ ̶c̴o̷m̸p̷l̷e̶t̷e̵.̶
Shirou blinked as green ligh...
2024-02-01 23:21:22 +0000 UTC View PostShirou frowned as he knelt near one of the traps in one tunnel, running his fingers over the spell circle, then glancing over to the spot on the ground where it was aimed, the rock beneath stained brown with old bloodstains. “...this is insane. Why did he lay so many traps down here?”
“It’s likely that this specific hideout was intended for a final exam of sorts from Beni. Alt...
2024-01-16 00:30:29 +0000 UTC View PostIllya looked down at her newest party member. “Okay, so you want to be… beautiful.” She arched one eyebrow. “I have no problems helping with that, though I don’t think I’m the right person to ask.” Pausing, she clarified, “I’m better at power; though I can appreciate something beautiful, it’s not my personal style.”
The Feebas looked back up at her, eyes lidded, then...
2024-01-02 13:12:31 +0000 UTC View PostMount Coronet can be considered the single, defining feature of the Sinnoh region. Its foothills stretched south to just before the floodplains and valleys near the coast, and trailed north all the way to the edge of the tundra. Many of the cities of Sinnoh rest atop or nestled between the smaller daughter mountains which surround the massive peak. And at the peak ...
2023-12-16 04:03:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe wave of noise emanate from the mess hall hit me before anything else had the opportunity to; the clamorous din temporarily sending my brain into overstimulation mode before I forcibly tore my attention away from the source of noise and refocused on the anchoring presences Owari’s hand gripping my own. Noticing a mildly concerned glance from Yamato, I caught her eyes and gave a mi...
2023-12-06 20:29:25 +0000 UTC View PostKiritsugu Emiya looked through the scope of his rifle, flicking the barrel to aim at each of the entrances to the small compound in turn. He watched, eyes narrowed as a group of figures with dyed red hair pushed a cart into one of the garages outside the supposedly abandoned factory. He frowned, keying his comm. “Elle, I am in position, and have eyes on a small group of Flare grunts.”
"This is unprecedented! Think of the possibilities that Kyoto and Owari represent! We didn't even mean to summon them! We had simply prepared the materials in a desperate attempt to call some of the ships we lost back." A voice lanced through the mire that had settled over my mind, searing brightness bringing me sharply back into the world of wakefulness.
Scowling, Rin glared at the walls of the corridor they were carefully moving down, as if expecting something to leap out and attack them at any moment.
“Nee-san, I don’t think that glaring at the walls is going to give you the reason why there’s seemingly no defenses on this floor,” Sakura sighed, giving her sister a consoling pat on the back, “Libra and Other are scouting, they...
2023-11-15 23:18:43 +0000 UTC View PostOther poked her head through a wall, her golden eyes sweeping the room. “Do you see anything from your angle?”
Libra floated through the wall above the younger ghost, looking around herself. “No, I think we’re safe to go this way. Head back and tell the others.”
Other nodded, phasing back through the wall and popping out beside Sakura. “...
2023-11-01 22:18:18 +0000 UTC View PostProfessor Juniper peered at the subject on the Pokemon Center table. “...I’ll admit, this is a new one on me.” She acknowledged as she looked at the ghost fox. “Are you our third daughter, a separate child… grandchild?”
“The first. When you adopted Sakura you adopted me, in a way. I’m ‘Other Juniper’ for all intents and purposes. Well, at least until I figure o...
2023-10-16 00:50:21 +0000 UTC View PostEmanuelle looked around the warehouse, eyebrows rising. “You know, for a man who dresses in suits, I was expecting something more Jaune Baud.” She commented as Kiri led them back to the break room in the rear. The two entered the rear room, revealing a foldable cot, a small kitchen setup, and a table covered in disassembled guns. “...where do you keep all of those?”
“It depends ...
2023-10-01 23:36:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe dragon had announced its presence with flames. The forest, almost immediately, had become engulfed in the dragon’s rage. I’d been hunting, tracking the scent of one of the various vole-like creatures that I’d never gotten a name for when the smell of ash had been carried upon the wind. Then I’d heard the screaming, the sound of panicked cries both coherent and incoherent, and the so...
2023-09-21 13:02:51 +0000 UTC View PostShirou smiled as Nurse Joy bowed to him. “Don’t worry, young man. Yagi will be fine after a little healing. He had a single cracked rib, so he’ll need a tad more iron in his diet for the next couple of days.” She gave him a smile in response.
Shirou moved to respond, before his voice was cut off as a black-and-pink missile collided with him. “Ah! Illya!” Shirou said. “What...
2023-09-16 13:35:23 +0000 UTC View PostIllya’s brow furrowed as she looked at Roark. “Wait, so… you don’t have a direct line to Lord Kleavor? I mean, he is a rock type, right?”
“Well, right now it’s Lady Kleavor, firstly. And second, well…” Roark shrugged. “Kleavor’s current den is north in Eterna Forest, closer to Eterna city rather than here. The mountains down here are home to Lord Wyrdeer, and he’s ...
2023-09-02 00:11:45 +0000 UTC View PostSakura brushed aside the curtain of vines which hid the cavern mouth from sight, emerging from her temporary prison onto a mountain plateau, the open space holding a section of seemingly wild growth that Sakura recognized as a ‘wild garden’; a place in nature tended to and cultivated by Pokemon. The entire area was covered in greenery, berry trees interspersed with soft loam, mountain...
2023-08-15 22:46:21 +0000 UTC View PostSakura stood over the beaten man, eyes flashing red as she leaned forward. “So, what have we learned, chump?”
The bulky man in a leather jacket whimpered. “You bitch! It was just three kids!”
“Don’t talk to my sister like that!” Rin snarled, even as she palmed three Pokeballs, tossing one back to the teary-eyed kid standing nearby. “Picking on children, how awful.”...
2023-08-02 23:34:49 +0000 UTC View PostAmelie stared at the fire, before looking back at Kiritsugu. As the building burned merrily, she stared at him in a deadpan. “I thought you said you could cook.”
“I said I could prepare food. Trail rations. Those easy-prep meals seemed like a reasonable offshoot,” Kiri sighed.
“At least it was in an enemy base. We can just blame it on shoddy construction,” <...
2023-07-19 00:53:57 +0000 UTC View PostOriginal Poster: VaporeonLiker3
I suppose we should start by laying out the facts. Six weeks ago, the high priest of Hoopa and the Space-Time bureau reported the arrival of no less than five fallers on the same day, at three different (undisclosed) locations. Normally, this would result in local chaos (I think we all recall the ‘54 ...
2023-07-02 21:37:47 +0000 UTC View Post