the dusk-veiled darling!

Mock-up of HOUNDUSK, envisioned through the Fusion Generator.

HOUNDUSK, The Hellhound Pokemon

Houndour evolve into this Dark/Ghost Tyaranese Regional Variant when the following conditions are met:

Maxed friendship.

Knows the move Shadow Ball.

Is currently a New Moon Phase.

Tyara revolves around a unique moon cycle mechanism that builds off prior games’ day/night cycles. Many particular Pokemon are only available during certain Moon Phases; certain evolutions and forme changes occur in response to these Phases, as well.

𝕋𝕪𝕒𝕣𝕒 𝔻𝕖𝕩 𝔼𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕪: H̶̲̟̯̲̙̟͉̘̙̾̊̍̓̇ͅo̸̼̹̮͈̦̲̯͂̿̐͌͛̎̒͒͜u̴̢͖̟͓̲̮͆̑̽͘n̴̪̜̹͚͚̕͜d̵̨̲̪̟͇̖͓͍͆͑́́̚͜͜͠u̷͇͙̜͖̙͈̲͈̯̤̽͆̄͂́̊̕̚̕͘ş̵͙͔̤̦̇̉̚k̷̈́́̿͜ ̴̡̰̹͈̳͕̭̣̈̂́̽̔̐͜ţ̴̧̼̯̳̱̳̘͚̬͋͒̿̏͝͠ĕ̸̛̲̝̜̖̭͈̫̫͉̮̀̈ń̴̢͇̘͕̟d̶̛̥͋̏̎̃ ̷̧̜͙̰̺̲̟͎̰͐͋́̿͠ͅt̵̟̋̈͒͒̽̃͐̚ơ̴͈̯̥̮͙̰̰̩͇͒͝ ̸̨̧̟̰̞̽̀̚g̷̹̐̈́͛̈́̄͗̚͘͝ä̸̩̮͚̲͖́̐̐͐̇t̸̡͉̻̫̣̯͚̯͈̒̾̂̽͐͊̌͆͠ͅh̴̡̨͔̪͔͉̪̜͙̭̆̿́̽̀ẻ̷̬̣̱̳͉̍͛̃͂̈́̇̃͗̈r̵̢̨͈̗̣̎̆́́̈̒͋̐ ̸̦̻̝͈͍͙̈́͊̈́͑̄̅̔̾̍͜͝a̷̞̽͆̍̄̈́́͝r̴̪̗̯͓̥̔o̶̻͍̭͛̅̋̄̌ư̸̼̪̍̐̏̆n̶̢̡͙̩̟̉̑ḋ̶̡̛̪͇̬̮̗̯̼̻̻̍̾͆͆͗͝ ̷̛̣̃͑͑̑̎̏͋͘p̶̮̯͌̈́̌́l̸͎͎͎̱̩̩̏͐́̿́̀̎͆͝a̶̦̼̍̏͐́̄ͅͅc̸̛̬̤͙̬̈͌̉̅̐̈́́͘͜ͅę̴͕̬̠̠͔̓̅̽̋̊̄ş̸̪̩͔͍̿̏̋́̉ ̵̡̛̪͓͈͎̻̂̌͂̆͊t̴̡͉̫͎̖̜͉̘͊̓̄ͅr̴͙͎̗̣͕̠̦̐̈́͂͊̕a̵̰͕̹͉̻̽̀͜͜g̶̯̮͓͙͔͖̪͂́̀̏̾͑̐̂̚͠e̷̮̭̍́̕͘d̷͉͈͔̋̐i̴̢̡͓̫̜̻̻̎e̸̟̯͑s̴̩̩̓̏͐̉̑͊̿ ̶̩̘͋́̏͘͝h̸̞̯͉̬̣̣̓̏̏̇͒͂͊̂̎̚a̴̛͇̹̥̞̾̅̓̆̄͐̔͗ͅv̵͖͖̖̪̻̣̟̜̾̊̉͜e̸͍̍̾́̃͒̂͝ ̷̩͈̘͐̏̂h̴̛͕̺̰̫̮̼͉̩͓á̵̞͕͊̈̎͒͌̚p̷͍̼̭̗͖͖̬͉̄̈́̈́͐̃͊͛̓̚͠p̴̨̭͚̣̭͙̟̻̐͌͑̿͠͠͝ẹ̸͕̼͕̜̰͔͓͙̌̍̄n̵͈̝͔̻̔̽͠e̶̩͖͍̥̟̓͐͆́͜d̵̗̰͙̣̮́̋͑́.̸̨̰̟͇̗̪͓̲̱͎̓ ̴̥͊̎R̴̟͊̌̏͛ư̵̗͉̜̺̖̻͇̹̘̯̒̋̅̐̃̈̑̽͠m̵̢̳͈̲͈̥̿̂ǫ̴̱̰̳̯̭̲͊̔̏͜ȓ̸̭̭̞̣̋̇̈̈͋́͠ ̸̪̼͇͉̈́͂ỉ̸͈͙͌s̴̝̘̣̼̹͎̙̖̾̈́̇̕͠ ̴̰̱̦̜̈́̂̔͠s̴͍̳̓͜ę̶̛͓͔̤̤̫͇͕͍̓̃͐̿̊̌͘͠e̸̙͔͇̱͍͕̺̙̭̥̽̋̏̅͊͋͝ǐ̴̛̩̩̩͉͍͇̜̒̌͋̈́n̴̜̘̺̊̀̓̔̓̏͘͝͝ǧ̴̟͑̃ ̸̢̨̛̦̞͚̲̝͂̈́͐͌̄́͝ȏ̵̗͔̯̘̜̪̞̺̻̑͜ṉ̵̗̝͓̯̐̔͘͝e̵͙̹̫̦͋̈́ ̴̏̐͋͜d̶̡͚̱͚̳̞̺̙͗̌̊u̵̧̮͉̯͈̣̇̆́̊r̴̡̭͈̤͉͓̫̹͆͂͑̅̆̚͝i̵̢̟͇͔̜̋̀́͑̊͒̃͝n̸̤̯̻̄g̸̤͔̒͒̑̆̈͠ ̸̞̩̙̇̌a̸̢̧̘̼̔͆͜ ̵̲̤̪̓̈̿̔̈͗́͆N̴͎̈̾́̏͠ȇ̴̘̫̱̘͖̈́̓͆́̄́̕͝ẁ̶̙̪̪͂̏͐͊ ̸̨̘̲̫̀̅̉͊̍M̶̤͙̄̒̿̔̇̇͠ō̷͕̬̬ơ̷̜̣̓͒͛̚͠ṅ̴̢͉̭̝̞͔͓̹̪̲̅͊̅̒̃̀̚ ̶̢͇̖̜͉͉͙̈́̽̐w̴̭̒͌̀̽̇̚̚͜ī̸̘͎̩̘̭̣̰͔͙̒̒̉̉̈́̈͒͘l̴͓̻̙̹͉͙̲̣͍͒̈́̏͐̿͋͐͜l̷̡͓̰̯͉̮̹͓̙̀̒̀̽̂͆̑͝ ̸̰̬̝̉̏͒̐̿̈́̑̑͝͝i̶̫̣̻̝̳̽̈́̆̑̽n̴̟͚̥̗̺̗͉͈̰̑̾̄ͅf̵͇͂̍͗͑͌̅̓̚̕l̵̨̢̼̠̲̣̀͂͛ͅi̴͙̒̈́̈́͂͠c̶̳͓̣̠͛ẗ̸̢̻̯͎̙͉̳͓̥̣́̄͋͘͘ ̵̖͖͊̓́̆͋̄̇͘͜ͅa̶̡̮͈͙̖̎̓̀̌̈̽͜ ̶̗̦̘͇̖̪̥̫̆̍̔̄͆̀̈́s̷̨̨̙͓̥̗͛ḛ̶̼̘̣͎̹͎͖̃̏ͅv̷͚̻̠͙̜̅͗̿͌̓̇͗̕͝͝e̶̛͚͎̭̯͇̓̉̂̓̈́̐̂̚͜͠ǹ̵͈̩̯̥͂̎̔͌ ̴͕́͊̉ȳ̷̫̟͌̎̿̾͋̕e̸͙̤̙͌̏͜͜ǎ̷̘͈̦͍̙̈́͠r̴̩̓͋͌ ̴̮̹͕̔͆͌́͒͜c̷̢̯̥̲̹͖̠̻͇͆ͅű̵̮͈͓̟̣̝͍̩̬̻̑̽r̷̼̃̓̐̈̾͠s̵̯̰̣͍̼͌͌̍̽e̸̛̝͉͙͈̹͛̅͋̀͛̔͘ ̶̧̡̢̙̰̹̝̯̠͇̍̓̓͝͝ǔ̴̫͉͉͉͔̞͕̻͈p̶̨̽͋̎̀ȏ̶̝͕͉͎͚̿̃̐n̷̛̜͓̓͆̓̀̋̄̚ ̸̱̼͊̎̒̔̊̕i̵̡̧̞͉̼̯͚̯̊̾̀ṭ̶͔͚͈͍̥͂̑̌̊͗̔s̴̢͉̊͛͊̐̉͘̚͝ ̵̡̯̜̓v̵̛̼̙͔̗̰͛̇͛̈́͋̊į̷̠̪͝ć̷̡̡̛͉̳̭͔̪̲̺̥͑̒́̈́́̚͝t̵͓̹̤̒̎͊̓̀̄ͅi̸̜̙̙̱͖͚̳̻̽̈̀ḿ̷̧͖̯̟̞̭̭̻̍͌̉͊͋̉͝.̴̨̰͗́

For whatever unknown reason, Houndusk Dex entries always appear obscured.

✨I see a very playful relationship between these two, sort of as these neighboring kids who went their separate ways, with fate somehow reuniting them in the very same city. One growing up in (and never leaving) said city, the other finding themselves in experiences beyond the Primrose city limits.

Ava hasn’t kept many of her memories from years ago; but what she can remember is the comforting feeling of Bobert’s company, his easy-going personality in comparison to her more rash sensibilities, and that lingering, distant look of his, that had her always wondering what was on his mind. 

Their age gap had placed them in separate friend groups as kids, and yet Ava still wanted to hang with the older kids, often trying to prove how tough she was in order to fit in. Although she’s surpassed even her own expectations of strength, Ava perhaps still feels like she has a lot to prove to the ‘ghosts of her past’.

As the audio cuts out, a smug grin crawls onto Yuki’s face she had faced more daunting gyms in her past. A dark maze felt like nothing at this point. Her hand holds the pokéball for her Garchomp, an understanding nod coming from the creature who she now faced.

“You may be good at tracking things, but I don’t think the darkness will help you. Let’s keep you safe in the ball for now.” On cue, Chomps is absorbed into the ball. Yuki’s hand carefully places it in its slot on her belt. She quickly jogs down into the dark maze, her hand grabbing the ball with her Espeon in it next.

As she lands in the maze, her determination practically explodes. If it were her Lucario she was sending out, her aura would have knocked the poor Pokémon off his feet. But it wasn’t, and she lets out Espeon instead.

“Alright, Espy! It’s time for you to help the team. I need you to lead me through this maze. Stay close and let your power flow!” Her little pep talk is responded to by a small but happy growl from Espeon as the psychic fox starts leading her through to their battle. Nothing in the rules said she couldn’t rely on her Pokémon to help her after all.

Espeon, herself, was an excellent aid. Every turn she made was accompanied by he staying close to Yuki’s legs so the woman could follow her. She even swapped legs to give a warning as to what way she was about to turn.

And all Yuki could do was trust that her Espeon was right.

“Yuki, is it?” Ava asks the screen chat of Gym Leaders, several of them relaying to her information on the newest challenger. The dark-type leader, typically busy with both her part-time job at the department store and as leader of her girl gang, often isn’t as in-the-know as the others when it comes to the new crop of strong trainers appearing around the Agron region.

The screen cuts black at the end of the video chat, leaving Ava back to relax in her swathe of darkness. The surveillance screens still show Yuki traversing the maze, with the help of her Espeon. "Interesting,” she comments to herself, her own Umbreon raising from the shadows to watch alongside its trainer. 

She cuts on the intercom again, her voice booming throughout the factory.

“Good choice using a Psychic-type,” Ava cooes over the sound-system, eyes still trained on the duo moving through her labyrinth. “Most don’t even dare bringing them into a Dark-type Gym! You got guts.”

She watches as Yuki makes progress towards the exit, the Espeon guiding her with diligence. “Trust me though,” Ava’s voice echoes through the ceiling rafters, making a menacing acoustic out of her taunt. “Once you get through, there’s no goin’ easy on ya!” The mic cuts out again, Ava’s Umbreon nudging her leg in anticipation.

✨there’s a very sun/moon contrast between these two that acts as a cool foil, what with Ava’s natural defiance, and Lacey’s pure earnestness. Even still, they’re both incredibly prone to antics and seeking thrills, both impulsive to a fault. Ava humors Lacey in a way, not only because she’s entertaining, but because she’s refreshing to be around. At first glance, there’s very little in common, but beneath the surface, they’ve more similarities than differences. Lowkey, Lacey’s segments are Ava’s favorite parts of the news; it was where she first came to recognize the foreigner, and proceeded their first meeting at the League. Although Ava wasn’t sure she’d take to the energetic Galarian who was now a neighbor Gym Leader, she quickly warmed up to the fighting spirit behind Lacey’s ambitions, and developed a protective sense she has for all her girls. 

Starter for @duskveileddarling

A Battle of Dark and Darker

Yuki didn’t quite care about much more than winning this next gym battle. Her team being well rounded had helped her with two gyms already, now it was time for a third. Walking up to the Primrose gym was the easy part. Beside her stood her most trusted partner in Chomps the Garchomp and five other pokéballs sat on her waist.

She was ready. She was unafraid. At least until that side came out of her in battle. Her own psyche had always scared her, but right now wasn’t the time to worry about it.

Her right hand finds it way to rub the lower back of Chomps as the gym doors open.

There’s something innocent and unassuming about the girl as she enters. Her typical bubbly personality coming out as she speaks to... well anyone who would listen.

“Hey! I’m looking for the gym leader. I’m here to challenge ‘em! Isn’t that right, Chomps?” As if on cue, the Garchomp lets out a roar of support. Yuki follows up with a laugh of confidence as she walks further into the gym, not knowing what to expect from the dark type leader.

Her figurative bells sounded, upon hearing of a new challenger in Primrose. Word in the streets is that the newest opponent for the Umbra Badge had already vanquished two other Gyms, and done so with flying colors. Taking such knowledge with a certain level of dignity, Ava awaits within her Gym’s darkest recesses, alerted the moment the newcomer steps forth.

“Ey there, trainer,” Ava calls over the booming intercom system. “Seems like ya made it all the way here, huh. Congrats on that.”

“Lucky day for you: my Gym challengers are all away, doin’ their own things.”

Even with the Gym being empty but for it’s leader, the ‘doll of dusk’ knew that the challenge was all still there: her arena, situated far beneath the ground, is at the end of a daunting maze, filled with turns and twists and more shadows than there is light. Not just anyone could navigate her dungeon, not without a certain level of tenacity.

“Looks like you’ll just have to consider the dark your first challenge,” her voice echoes throughout the abandoned factory, her eyes still trained via television screen on the opponent awaiting above ground. “Make it down the stairwells and find me, if you can...heh.”