Tired All The Time

Ryland primarily has Psychic types with some outliers thrown in.

Apollo: Grace’s Espeon and his first Pokemon. Grace and Colt were both given Eevees as their first Pokemon . Grace’s Eevee evolved after he graduated high school. Apollo is very protective of Grace and he is never not by his trainers side.

Kit: Grace’s Vulpix. Kit was actually a gift for Colt from his and Rylands parents when they were kids. Colt primarily has fire types so they thought a Vulpix would be perfect for him. However, Kit was incredibly shy and timid and so she didn’t really get along with Colt much. She would sneak off to cuddle up next to Ryland while he read or studied. Eventually, Colt realized that Kit was happier with his brother, so he gave Kit to Ryland. Kit is a total snuggle baby and she sleeps beside Grace every night and whines until he goes to bed.

Ripley: Grace’s Elgyem. Grace found Elgyem abandoned by its owner and immediately took her home. Ripley took a while to warm up to Grace and was incredibly shy, often hiding from Grace. Eventually, she warmed up to Grace and will now often hold onto his leg for security. She also enjoys hovering around while Grace studies or teaches.

Mito (Mitochondria): Grace’s Reuniclus. Mito is Graces teaching buddy. He helps Grace in the classroom and enjoys playing with Grace’s students. He is very energetic and will often bring life to Grace’s class whenever they look bored. He is Rylands unofficial TA.

Zip: Grace’s Joltik. Zip is Grace’s bratty attitude personified. He is a spicy little shit who is fiercely protective of Grace. However, that doesn’t mean Grace is immune to his “electric” attitude. Zip will often shock Grace whenever he is annoyed or whenever Grace tells him no. Zip often likes hiding in Grace’s hair.

Polaris: Grace’s Solrock. Polaris is Grace’s most mellow Pokemon. She is a steady presence in Grace’s life and often hovers around him whenever he gets in his own head. She doesn’t do much, but her warmth and steadfastness makes her important to Grace’s own mental health.

Grace: Espeon, Reuniclus, Solrock, Elgyem, Cradily, joltick

I chose mainly psychic types for Grace due to his intelligence. I felt he needed a grass type so I gave him cradily because it’s a grass and rock type. And the only reason I gave him joltick is cuz Grace reminds me of joltick for some reason lol.

Simon: Umbreon or Leafeon, seedot, Phantump, Male Basculegion, Shiny Decidueye, Gogoat

Fox Ryland Grace ref sheet (plus a lil doodle)

He was super fun to draw! I’m really happy with his colors!

One thing I chose with his design is giving him a very big tail. Animals have tails to help regulate their balance and we all know that Grace is anything but graceful. So to play into this, I gave him a larger then average tail that really messes with his center of gravity. His tail is more of a hindrance then a useful limb. It’s frequently stepped on/rolled over by Rocky.

So au where everything is the same, however…instead of a giant blood eel being the monster in the blood ocean…it’s a giant blood DRAGON.

It lives in the blood ocean and occasionally goes to the surface. It uses its wings more like fins and has a long neck and body. Instead of breathing fire, it instead expels scalding hot liquid (blood) at its victims.

So all this means that instead of Simon having rep like mutations from the radiation and the blood ocean, he instead has dragon like mutations. Patches of scales, horns, claws, and eventually large wings that burst out of his back. He also does eventually get the scalding hot liquid spray as well.

Along with the physical mutations, he’ll also experience behavioral changes as well. A constant need for heat and warmth, hoarding tendencies (Grace’s shirts keep mysteriously disappearing).