#appos

"Someone who is... upset with me. Dangerous to some... but they won't bother anyone else. Do not worry. Or care."

"Thanks for calling in, Appos." They continued on with:

((ID: The Host says: My favorite story..? Typically I dont reshare, but since you wanna know, Im sure I can let it slide this once.. Theres a few images fading to black and back to white, where the lower half of a Zapdos is shown with a baby Zapdos cuddled up next to it, this Zapdos being the Galar variant. End ID))

TW: Child neglect

“Theres a tale about the Zapdos found in Galar, tales that it is the child of the original Zapdos, one of the three legendary birds. It is said these three birds have unimaginable power, and that Zapdos used some of its to create itself a child.

Its said this child was the perfect child, it never fussed or fought, always kept its thoughts to itself and when bringing up things that upset it would do it in a calm and collected manner.

This child had a shadow, a shadow alone in the world. It was the only shadow that could think, that could feel. The only one that could long. It longed to feel the love of a parent, to have free will.

This shadows wish would be granted one night, when it wished on a shooting star. That morning, it was its own being, the dark, separate from the child. The Zapdos ended up accepting the dark as its own.

But things didnt go the way the dark had hoped. The dark was not treated the same as the child, it was treated much more like a servant, and was given less affection and attention then the child. Left to its own devices, not as carefully watched or fretted over as the child was.”

They stopped, collecting themself for a moment before continuing on.

“In an attempt to get Zapdos attention, the dark would rival the child, trying to do better then it. Zapdos disliked this sudden change, and punished the dark by taking away its free will again, the Zapdos from that point on could control the darks every move.

Eventually, the child grew up. It moved away to Galar. But the dark remained, ignored and used by Zapdos to do its bidding until it sent it away to distant lands to do the tasks it never felt inclined to do.”