#dead gods plot

I tend to go by a lot of different names for personal reasons, but you can call me Laser! If we include my break, I've been battling for TWENTY-ONE YEARS THIS YEAR (wow!) but honestly I've been around trainers and battle-trained 'mon my entire life.

I'd love to connect with people here, whether for battling tips, advice for pokemon in the home, or anything else!

I have/had a LOT of pokemon (I ended up opening a preserve/ranch with my S/O with our prize money for the pokemon that didn't want to be released into the wild or become a housepet at the end of our journeys, so please rest at ease that everybody is being taken care of!) so I can answer questions about most any types.

I'm Hoenn native, and my Blaziken is my best friend. I've taken the gym challenge in: Hoenn, Sinnoh, Johto, Kanto, and Unova, so that's where my knowledge lies. I'm not very familiar with fairy types, sorry!

At home, feel free to ask about any of my 'mon! I've got a bunch, so don't feel shy about asking!

And now I have Sponge Cake the Feebas as a non battling mon (atm!) I'll see if he wants to evolve and maybe enter him in battles or contests, but it's definitely too early to force him into anything.

Newest Ranch Arrivals:

Popstar the Sneasler

Bokeh the Metagross

Amanda the Aerodactyl

Michael the Flareon

Custard the Lillipup

Sequel the Banette

((ooc stuff under the cut!))

There's two Archen left, free to a good home! I've nicknamed them 'Attacka' and 'Banded' temporarily, but you're free to rename them!

Attacka has pretty vivid cobalt and scarlet colouration- they're also probably the leader of their flock. Kind of aggressive, they've got a few scars, and their claws and teeth are a bit longer than average.

Banded is, well, banded! It's a bit hard to see in the box, but their beak, legs, and red feathers have some really unique colouring going on, too! Kind of chill, didn't really react much when I went to catch em. Might make a better house pet than a battler, but who knows!

Send me an ask or leave a comment if you're interested!

i definitely saw a flock of archen.

So. here's the skinny.

-I have a new legendary I'm going to have to train. His name is Lithtropos.

-i destroyed all the machines, and Team Exists' leader is currently in the hospital for minor stress things. he was old.

-Bentley also has a legendary now! A much chiller and friendlier legendary that I feel fine handing to a child mhm no issues.

-we are resting at posh dad's place again. after that, we're gonna finish the gym challenge and then I'll go home. finally.

-I will be keeping my eyes peeled for any extinct pokemon who have been released into the wild. That said, those Archen are still looking for homes!

-I am going to have SO MUCH explaining to do when I go home

-I am trying to give Bentley preventative therapy bc that was some scary shit but uh. He seems fine? idk what to do.

Um. greentext format for brevity

-Oceanic museum had a new exhibit on the evolution of life

-i obviously went, bc that shit rules

-the staff actually recognizes me, which is unusual but hey, it's chill

-they ask me to look at something

>book dot jpeg

>ANCIENT book written on reed paper dot jpeg

>team exist definitely found something like this bc it details some of what they're doing

>realize that ONCE AGAIN there's two opposed legendaries we could be dealing with here, and the shit Exist is up to is just as likely to summon something they are not equipped to handle

>Writing is smudged, but it definitely says Astronona is Evolution/Change itself

>ah fuck. That means...

>writing is too smudged to be legible, but my guess is the other deity must be either stagnation or extinction. only the last bit of its name is legible- 'tropos'

>Turns out a Team Exist member was eavesdropping but we found her out

>Beat Admin Edia and she tells me where the lab is and that their leader is named Geo

>THE TEAM HEAD APPARENTLY GAVE EVERYONE SHOCK COLLARS???? SO SHE GOT KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AFTER SHE TOLD ME

>well. i guess i know what I'm up to tomorrow.

*Laser is struggling to stand. The legendary it is facing seems amused. Perdita, now an Aggron, seems on the verge of collapse.*

"C'mon baby! I believe in you!"

*Laser's belief comes out a plea, knowing this won't quite be enough but is desperately hopeful anyway*

"Hey, my turn!"

*All three conscious beings turn to look. Climbing in through a massive hole in the side of the building is Bentley. 12 years old and full of fire, he is backed up by Maxie, former leader of team Magma, now in his late forties or early fifties*

"Go, Astronona!"

*As the child makes his way into the room, he throws out a pokeball and a second legendary joins the fray.*

*Astronona seems ephemeral, ever changing in ways almost incomprehensible. But amidst its shimmering form is the same clear desire that burns in Bentley.*

"Quit taking on gods by yourself. Someday it will catch up to you."

*Maxie approaches Laser as Bentley and Astronona work in sync against the threat.*

"When you told me what was going on, I did some digging of my own- my specialty. The beast you were facing is called Lithtropos, That Which Does Not Change"

"Bentley's just a kid. He doesn't need this."

*Maxie reaches into Laser's bag and begins pulling out revives and potions, and uses them on its pokemon.*

"Hm. Normally I'd say you were right. But when I told him what I was up to, and what you were up to, he insisted. And the difference between then and now is that he does not stand alone. The both of us are here."

*Laser straightens up, ready for round two.*

"You're right."

*Geo is on the ground, on his knees. Laser is also pretty winded, and many more of the machines are smoking wrecks.*

*Suddenly, there is a ripple in the air. Much of the roof of the large room is shredded and blown away like paper. A creature congeals, towering over the humans.*

*At first it seems to be only a mass of heads, of all different types, some unrecognizable in form, but when one looks they can see the body. It's hard to tell if it's covered in bones or an exoskeleton of rock. There's so much about the beast that doesn't seem real, but there it hangs. This must surely be the thing the book was talking about. That which only slumbers. That which has now awoken.*

*Laser looks at its pokeballs- it hasn't had time to heal its team from the showdown with Geo*