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[Noblejanobii]

Lychee
GCEA Version: Platinum
Trainer Name: Briar Clark
Link to stats: here
Word Count: 603
Entry: ((A word on shadow pokemon, for the first themed week of the 7 year event!))

Spoiler:

Journal. Late Summer. Midday, sunshine with no clouds at all.
Abundance of flying types.
The moon is ¼ full, waxing. Wind coming from the west. Athemiometer is reading red. Mood ring, yellow.
Daily supplies like sunscreen, waterbottle and repel on hand. Theres a sticky piece of icecream wood in my pocket from having a treat earlier on.

Today has been a day of contemplation, as we make our way back from a trip to the beach. The beach in question is quite a long way from our town- I don’t know why we don’t just swim in the lake next to the city. People say it has something to do with a dragons den, but I’ve hardly ever seen dragon pokemon close to town, so I believe that is a myth. Maybe before the town was established, more dragon types would swim about in the lake on the mountain, so people have thought it dangerous ever since? I’m not sure. All I know is that if dragon types ever do emerge, they’re extremely popular to catch and train, so people come and snap them up instantly.
I’m not such a big fan.
Maybe it’s a little cliché, to dream of yourself as a successful pokemon trainer with a big dragon pokemon roaring behind you- it’s something I certainly see on posters a lot. Maybe I’m just sick of dragons because that Blackthornes whole theme and it’s on every flag, and souvenir, and in every shop window, and on every sign. Dragons dragons dragons, and not a wild dragon in sight.

Anyway! I didn’t start up this entry to talk about that. I wanted to make an entry about a phenomenon called “Shadow Pokemon”. Now, everyone knows shadow pokemon hate the beach, because there is usually so much sunshine and joy and freedom there. It is well documented that most shadow pokemon encounters occur in forests, on rocky outcrops, and in altercations with Team Rocket (or some subsidiary thereof). These are all things quite common to Blackthorne city, and yet these “Shadow Pokemon” are even rarer than the dragons!
There is a theory circulating online that the shadow itself is actually a pokemon, which is hungry for power and possesses pokemon, filling them with a madness and pain. In some ways, it is like a parasite- but not like a paras! More similar to the fungus that gradually takes over a paras. This possession takes a great strain on the body of a pokemon, even though it occurs slowly over time. The pokemon adjusts, which explains why “Purified” pokemon become stronger when their parasite is removed. Much like a shedninja, it is possible that once killed, this parasite actually becomes a kind of cross between scar tissue and ghost type, leaving behind some buffs for the pokemon remaining. In this way, perhaps spreading the shadowy corruption somehow and then cleansing pokemon of it might make all pokemon stronger. This explains why shadow pokemon are so often found with team rocket, as they would be trying to power up their pokemon using any means possible... even if that means infecting your pokemon with what I will call is the “Corruption Ghost-type”, which causes pain.

In any case, if I ever find a shadow pokemon, I’ll certainly keep a close eye on it and try to hold onto the extracted corruption if the purification process is required. Maybe it won’t be well-formed enough to undergo the matter-energy transmission that being captured by a pokeball requires, but we already know of pokemon who cannot be captured into pokeballs. The Corruption Ghost-Type would be no different to those.

Alright let's get rolling!!

Spoiler:

Daily supplies like sunscreen, waterbottle and repel on hand.

Water bottle is two words, not one.

Theres a sticky piece of icecream wood in my pocket from having a treat earlier on.

You need an apostrophe here or change it to "there is".

Maybe I’m just sick of dragons because that Blackthornes whole theme and it’s on every flag

So I think this needs to be "that's Blackthorne's whole theme". So you'd need an apostrophe s after "that" and an apostrophe in Blackthrone's.

filling them with a madness and pain

Don't need an "a" here.

The Corruption Ghost-Type would be no different to those.

And this should be from not to.

2/2 for story

11/13 for effort

Love this little introspection and analysis of shadow pokemon! It's cool to see the comparison to both ghosts as well as "parasitic" pokemon like Parasect or even the existence of Shedninja. Cool stuff! Can't wait to see what else you do for this event!

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