ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍ ʟᴏᴀᴅɪɴɢ.... █

so… we’ll talk later.

why won’t you stay down and die with dignity?

no. no further.

this is not over. it can’t be.

try not to have too much fun without us.

i have this blink candle. it’s formed from various animals that blink.

it’s so rare that we’re actually given the opportunity to be honest about everything. we might as well try it once and see if we like it.

you know i’m in love with you, right?

you seem… like a person. and that’s great.

those are coins! you’re not making it rain, you’re making it hail!

i’m killing someone, hold please.

your secret is safe with my indifference.

my heart is someone else’s.

do not go far from me. if we are out of earshot, you are too far from me.

um, i don’t know if it’s the food you made or the fact that we’re going to die tomorrow, but i want to kiss you.

i was all kinds of fucked up a few weeks ago.

you’re all kinds of fucked up all the time. we all are. and that’s why we’re together.

i just want to let you know… i am possibly the worst person you’ve ever met.

i think i kind of hope… not necessarily to hurt you or harm you, but i hope that one day… that you can know just how awful i can be.

you can curse, it’s okay. you killed one of us.

i think i’ve always been in love with the idea of you.

i was only gone for thirty seconds!

i encourage violence.

i can give you the means to protect them.

i do not want to die who i am. i’d like to live long enough to be someone else.

you’re on your own, fuckface.

a volcano is - is nature’s candle!

sometimes people go and they don’t come back.

do you spice?

so we’re going to kill everyone that we see in the next ten seconds.

i don’t want to be here if you’re not.

i told you before. no one kills you but me.

he traded his life!

i don’t have very many things that i care about and i don’t have anything that cares about me.

i’m great! well, not really, but i’m just going to pretend i’m happy so everybody can be okay!

i’ve been in a barrel for an hour. i fell asleep in there!

yes. i heard. it was the only thing i heard.

don’t cry. i’m just a little cold.

i bury my shame.

i should have told you. it’s yours.

forgiveness - that’s the key, isn’t it? it’s the only way to really grow.

your hair’s a mess. sit still.

you are my heart. you are me. you are my other half. you are welcome with me always.

you don’t always have to put on a brave face, dear.

we’re friends, right? are we friends?

i know we don’t always agree and i know i can be unkind, but… you know you’re family, right?

i’ve had a terrible thought. and it is sort of my business to have terrible thoughts.

take me instead.

we walk towards glory.

that’s mine! that’s mine!

did it choose me because i was broken, or did it break me?

please bring him back to me.

you think you care about me?

this was always supposed to happen, wasn’t it?

i love you. if i can find you, i will. if not, stay alive.

if he’s gone i won’t be the same.

i’d watch your moral panic all day, it’s delightful.

in many ways you are my total opposite. but you are also my best friend.

i made a choice. this is my family.

i forgive you. but i cannot let you leave.

please. please. i love him as much as you do.

fix him. fix him!

i like this family. i’d like to keep it.

i want you to know that you are like a brother to me.

talk about my sister again.

it’s been a while since we’ve had one of our depressing chats!

i can’t have you gone. i need you here.

i think we’re very broken people. but i think together we’re much greater than the sum of our parts.

don’t ever fucking do that again.

you didn’t die. but you did! but you didn’t. but you did! and then you didn’t.

i don’t want any of this! i don’t want any of this.

i’ve just had a near death experience and i’m craving some lasagna. 

you know, you’re getting weirder.

you and i are very different.

i’ve killed two of those who’ve wronged me and nothing is better. nothing feels better. nothing is avenged.

call me “child” one more goddamn time!

if you’re lucky, you die last.

some people have no sense of fucking honor!

i’ll take my clothes off if it’ll inspire us.

thank you for believing in me.

you’ve never done anything for me! never! you’ve never risked anything, you don’t know me!

everyone else believes in you. why shouldn’t you?

how many fingers am i holding up?

what’s the first letter of the alphabet? this you know.

yay! teamwork!

you fucking died!

don’t touch me right now! i’m not - don’t touch me!

i’m going to go get a sandwich.

you had us all very worried.

your reckless impulses will get you killed!

i’m done with gods. they will not help me. perhaps you will. 

this is too fucking much.

come here, you shithead.

it has been an honor.

screw you! i want my final words with you to be indignant and irritated.

you’re the face i saw when murder entered my heart.

i’m undecided about you.

never forget you’re my favorite. and i’m so sorry.

i’m not leaving him.

you’re a better man than you believe.

feel like making a home here?

you’re an idiot and i’m very proud of you. don’t do that again.

sound off if you’re alive.

Courier - Inspired by the works of Simon Stålenhag, done in 2019.

His growls gradually became agitated, a way of coping with the idea that something like this ... thing, this machine, could be considered alive, a BEAST, like himself.

What truly alive being did not seek the thrill of adrenaline? The rush of battle? The game of the hunt? Koraidon could not comprehend its motivation. Did it even have any?

MIRAIDON? WHAT IS THIS SORT OF JOKE? ARE YOU A LACKING COPY OF US? WHERE IS YOUR DISPLAY, MIRAIDON?

Koraidon's muscles flexed, making all his numerous spines and feathers stand on end, a way to make his already sizeable body appear larger. Could this be him overreacting? Could he be misreading the Iron Serpent's intentions? Was he the intruder here?

No, he couldn't be. Area Zero used to be his home- why was this thing here now?

THE signs of defense and aggression, while foreign to the Miraidon, was recognized in the futuristic Pokémon’s programming. It KNEW the other would be ready to fight, but the Miraidon remained calm even more-so when the other appeared larger. Miraidon knew it would have to help the other feel at ease, so it simply de-powered itself into its Low Power Mode.

❝ I AM NO THREAT TO YOU, ❞ it stated bluntly. ❝ WE SIMPLY COME FROM TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS. I AM SIMPLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED. ❞

Confusion seemed to come onto the screen that made up its face, its gaze looking over at the two types of paradox Pokémon intermingling. Robotic-like creatures among creatures that look like they came from a whole other era. Yet Area Zero remained the same.

❝ I FEAR WE MAY HAVE ENCOUNTERED A TRUE PARADOX SHIFT. ❞

"Why not? Is it wrong to visit home?"

An immediate question in return, the Pokémon's head tilting to the side as digital eyes glanced at the other. Miraidon meant no harm- they didn't want to do anything that would upset the other.

THEY sat and listened to the other, eyes flicking about as it did its best to read the other Miraidon’s language. It was a bit harder, but eventually Nero broke its eye contact and looked at the crystalline landscape that was Area Zero.

❝ HOME… THIS IS NOT HOME. ❞

A sound that almost sounded like an imitation of a sigh came from its form, Nero’s body relaxing into its position as the tail flicked behind it. ❝ WE WERE TAKEN FROM OUR HOME, YET… YOU ADAPTED WHILE I FAILED TO DO SO. MY DUTY LIES HERE, I MUST PROTECT. ❞

Slowly it turned its gaze back to the other Miraidon. ❝ I MUST REMAIN HERE IN AREA ZERO TO PROTECT PALDEA. I WILL KEEP THE OTHERS FROM EVER LEAVING CRATER. ❞ Its gaze looked to the other robotic-like Pokemon, the Miraidon finally lifting its head back up. ❝ IT IS MY NEW OBJECTIVE. TO PROTECT OUR NEW HOME. ❞

Posting this here on its own cuz I really like how this doodle came out~

It's just another lap around the entirety of the crater when Mirai noticed one of the two Miraidons roaming. She knew exactly which one this was; it was in her programming to identify which one was which.

NOTHING had been more relaxing to the Miraidon than settling down in the sunniest part of Area Zero to soak up rays to charge its power. It felt no threat by the other Paradoxes, clearly being left alone as a monarch among them…

Then again, most Pokémon didn’t bother it in fear of incurring its wrath with a zap of electricity, but it knew better now… somewhat.

It lifted its head at the mention of its name, the Miraidon blinking on its LED screen as it turned its gaze to the other and gave a nod of its head.

❝ IF THEY LEAVE ME ALONE, THEN I DO NOT BOTHER THEM. ❞ Slowly it rose to its feet, giving out a big stretch as it yawned. ❝ I HAVE ASSIGNED MYSELF A NEW IDENTITY. I WISH TO BE CALLED NERO FROM NOW ON. ❞