
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
IT so big. And tall. And BIG. And buildings everywhere! And people and shops and houses and roads and cityness!!! Why didn’t anyone say this is where we were going?! :D
Ilyana.exe has stopped working.
Okay, calm down Ilyana. Deep breaths. Keep it together.
So just after arriving Yune was greeted by a weird clown. But then he gave her a Bicycle, which was like, what? Those things are expeeensive. And fast! We went to sooo many places. And found a lot more clowns. Didn’t think there’d be this many clowns, but its a big city so. Have I mention how BIG this city is? <3

Those Ginger haired kidnappers were here. Yune’s frenemy had been chasing them, apparently to the sewers. Yuck, no way was I going down there.
Or so I wished I could say. Alas, the hyperactive
Mareep Flaaffy and overly heroic Tepig forced me down with them. Plus, the black suited wannabe ninjas deserve punishing, so much as it pains me I followed into the sewers.
So the Tepig and
Mareep Flaaffy lead the way, alongside the guy’s pokemon. I picked up his name from Yune’s conversations to be Ashera. Well anyway, he had a Dewott, who helped lead the way. I think that might have been the one that
Mareep Flaaffy toasted before. They seem to get along pretty well now at least. The Tepig kept glaring at Ashera and standing between him and Yune.
And since it was low tide, obviously the best path to take was along the sewer bed.
I don’t think my fur will ever feel clean again.

A blade of water slashed through the air. My partner fell in a single blow. I readied myself to fight, though I knew I could not defeat such a foe.
However, as I steeled myself for defeat, the world was snatched away. I found myself trapped inside this strange two-coloured sphere.
Eventually, the walls fell away, and I was back in the world I knew. There were several unfamiliar pokemon, including one that had fought alongside the Dewott from before.
I readied myself for combat, but the woolen creature didn’t seem to be aggressive. After questioning them, I found that the Dewott from before was a rival to these people. They all worked for a human girl, who was currently occupied talking to a another taller human, with outlandish green colouring.
The woolen creature has even claimed to have defeated the Dewott in single combat. I am dubious of this claim, but have decided to go along with these strange pokemon, at least until I am strong enough to exact revenge for my friends defeat at the hands of their nemesis.

I still don’t trust Yune’s friend. Him and his pokemon kept picking fights with the inhabitants of this place, but when humans attacked us, he stood back and left it for Yune to handle alone.
So we found the black suit bad guys. They had stolen pokemon and forced them to fight us. I felt really bad fighting them, they didn’t want to fight us, but neither of us had a choice.
Then the guys ran away before we could free their pokemon. I tried to go after them, and Scary guy ran off after them too, but in all the confusion we lost track of where they went.
After that some strangers approached Yune, one of them looked kinda metal with super strange hair. He seemed pretty nice. And there was a tall stringy guy who either is or knows another Jim. Not clear on which exactly just yet.
While Yune talked, we met with our newest teammate, who was a Rattata who seemed worried at first, but is actually very chill. (I think Yune named her Marcia)
She wasn’t sure about joining us at first, but a friend of hers came up and talked to her for a bit, and Marcia seemed fired up. Saying she wanted to avenge her friends defeat. She was so cool, like a Samurai in an action cartoon!

And we got lost. Great. Not only do we have to walk along the dried up banks of the sewers, but no-one thought to remember the way out! Typical.
When we eventually found a way out, it wasn’t even the right one! We found ourselves in a small park completely cut off from everything else. Obviously there were no humans here, as the place was overgrown, and the only way in or out was via the sewer entrance, which no-one in their right mind would go along just for gardening. But there were some pokemon here at least. Maybe one of those could be of help?

I hid straight away. I wasn’t sure what pokemon these were, but they looked scary.
But then the tallest one started rummaging through the foliage. I couldn’t get away fast enough, and they exposed my hiding place.
I felt the leaves on my head quaking as I tried to get away, but a blue light surrounded me. I felt it tugging at me, and briefly experienced an extreme feeling of claustrophobia, before returning to the familiar leaves and plants I knew.
The tall pokemon spoke, she said she was Yune, and ask me to come along with her, even giving me the name Elincia. But she didn’t seem to be able to understand me. At first I though it was just my quiet stammer, but it turns out that Yune can’t actually understand what other pokemon are saying.
I was introduced to the other pokemon traveling with Yune. The pink thing was scary. They moved around a lot and was very loud. The red/black one was friendly,but a bit too forceful. The slender purple one seemed to understand though, subtly trying to calm down the others and get them to stay away and take it slower.
They said there was a world outside my garden. I wasn’t sure I believed them, but if it was true then I wanted to see it. And traveling with these pokemon would be safer than going alone…

And then while we were meeting the new pokemon, the sewers flooded and filled with water again. So now we’re even more lost than before.
And then it turns out the Rattata knew where we were going the whole time, and never thought to help us until now. Just perfect. At least we’re out of the sewer once and for all now.

My new trainer Yune lead us through the upper city. I had rarely been there before, preferring to stay out of the bright lights, but thankfully we didn’t stay long. The Flaaffy, Ilyana, had to be physically dragged away from some of the glass walls along the way. And the Tepig, Edward, was disappointed that they weren’t going to fight the Gym straight away. But we made a beeline straight for the northern exit.

This was so strange. There were so many more metal boxes, like the one I used to live inside. The world really was unimaginably big. And more than a bit scary…
But Marcia and Lethe made me feel better about it. This was as new to Marcia as it was to me, and Lethe seemed very understanding. Edward and Ilyana were friendly too, but Edward radiated heat and I felt like I might burn up if I got too close to him, and Ilyana was just too energetic! I was alway on edge near them, in case I need to jump out of the way at any moment…
Yune took us out of the metal boxes, and along a dirt path. I couldn’t see very far, though come to think of it, that was as far as my world went a few hours ago. The air was covered by swirling dry-soil, making it hard to photosynthesize. The others had trouble breathing too, frequently coughing.
While we were there Lethe helped teach me how to protect myself. The plants I helped grow are apparently very useful if I am ever attacked.

It was finally finished! My masterpiece, a three story full-size sandcastle with windows and turrets. It was beautiful. And then the sandstorm came and blew down the east wing, causing a chain reaction that ended with my palace left as just a pile of sand.
Welp, project 27 was a failure. Time to start on project 28; a sand sculpture of a pine tree. I’d seen the trees in the leaflets and magazines that the builders sometimes left behind. They looked spikey and grew strange coloured spherical fruits that sometimes glowed. And the needed brightly coloured boxes as nutrients for their roots.
I had just started on the base of the trunk, when a small green thing crashed through and flattened it.
It got up and looked nervous, apologising profusely for the destruction. I tried to explain that it was all right, and this happened frequently anyway, but as I opened my mouth, I spotted an object moving out of the corner of my eye.
It was perfectly spherical, exactly half red and half white. I had never seen such smooth flawlessness as this, with a perfectly centrical ridge being the only mark on the object. However, as I was admiring it’s beauty, it hit me on the snout, after which I seemed to be sucked inside it.
Once I figure out how to get out of this predicament, I know exactly what my next sculpture will be.

First sewers, now a freaking sandstorm?! What next, a swamp? Or maybe a jam factory, just for that extra level of never-getting-it-out-of-my-fur?
So, I was helping the Petilil get stronger. She’s lived her whole life in a tiny garden with no idea there was anything more, and now she’s in the real world, she needs to know how to survive.
It turns out, she didn’t need much help. She can literally drain the energy of her opponents and heal any injury. I though I was a good thief, but this is a whole other level. I’m just glad she’s on our side.
Then came an attack from a Darumaka. The Petilil was preparing to fight it, but I shoved her out of the way. Good as she was, she’d never stand a chance against a fire type yet.
Turns out, neither could I. I got hit square with a blast of flame that floored me, and burned a large swathe of fur off my back. Then the sandstorm got into the wound.
Two words: Not. Pleasant. And right as my paws had recovered from the last burn…
The
Mareep Flaaffy leaped in to help again, quickly scaring off the rouge daruma doll. However she took a lot of damage too, which was alarming, as she was meant to be the strongest. Yune seemed to agree, as after that we found a new spot to train, back in the city.
It was called the Battle Company? Fitting name. There were lots of workers that challenged Yune to battles, and gave actual prizes for it, which was a nice change. The Petilil tore through them like they were paper. Pretty soon she’ll be giving the Flaaffy and Tepig a run for their money. All that’s left now is to challenge the head of the building.

I, they… I can’t. I’m sorry. I can’t do this.

The others are all too upset right now, so it falls to me to explain what has transpired.
We made our way to the top of the building, and was challenged by a child, who was in charge of the company. He had an Eevee, and the battle was going well. He was caught in Elincia’s vines, and had only a few drops of energy left. Yune didn’t even take any chances, using a spay of some kind that healed her pokemon to ensure they would survive.
But the Eevee, with its last ounce of strength, dealt a blow more deadly than anyone could have foreseen.
Elincia is no longer in this world.
Everyone is distraught by this. I am the only one able to stay calm. I have lost many friends down in the sewers, and am accustomed to death. But to the rest of the group, it is new and taxing for them, losing a comrade like this.
Yune is preparing to return to the garden to lay Elincia’s body to rest. After that, well, we shall see what happens and take things as they come. That is all anyone can do.

I was finally out of the circular prison, but found myself in a different place to where I entered. It was dark and constricting. Not much room to move without hitting a metal railing. And was that the sound of water?
But worst of all, there was no sand here! How was I supposed to make my sculptures without the basic building blocks?
Meanwhile these bats kept swooping down and trying to suck my blood. A few quick bites help scare them off, but another one would always take its place.
There was a cat out here too, fighting the rodents, of both the winged and un-winged variety. They looked familiar… Ah yes, they had been with the Petilil from before!
I approached them, trying to strike up conversation. I discovered that I was in the Castelia sewers, and that much to my dismay, the Petilil from before had perished. I had so wanted her to see the finished pine tree too…
It seems I had been recruited into a quest to travel across the land in collection of some badges. A strange silent Sunkern was holding two already. They were nice, but hardly as impressive as the glowing pine fruit. Still, imagine what other amazing inspiration I could get traveling with them? I might even see one of these trees with my own eyes!

After Elincia’s funeral, we all decided that we should keep going, at least for now.
We left the Sewers and explored the rest of the city. Ilyana was really down, hardly noticing anything around us anymore. I need to find a way to cheer everyone up, but how can I do that when I’m just as sad?
Anyway, We met a scientist who gave us a weird rock, which Yune gave to me. It made me feel as if I was made of steel! And then all that was left was to fight the green Jim from before.
Because Ilyana was still so down, I offered to take the lead this time. We fought a few clowns in the Jim building, which was kinda weird. Why was everyone a clown? They couldn’t cheer up the rest of the group though. And I don’t blame them. Clowns aren’t funny at the best of times.
Anyway, we made to through the strange silk and to the leader. He was an artist, like Stefan. Only he used paint and not sand for his art. And it kinda didn’t look like what he said it was supposed to be.
So I fought him. He said he had a Dwebble, which was worrying, since I can’t fight them well, but Yune had a good plan for me.
I curled up and strengthened my defence before the Dwebble showed up, and with the strange rock to help, I could barely feel a thing from their attacks. Then my Firey-tackle-attack took out all of Jim’s pokemon with ease.
This should have felt better. We won, so why hasn’t it eased the sadness?
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