Chapter 75.5: Classically Framed
Bourne Wood, Surrey UK. August 2012.
“When I did Silence of the Lambs, despite my best efforts, nobody ever spoke a word to me. Left to my lonely devices by ...
2025-08-29 11:43:14 +0000 UTC View Post29th Move: Pedigrees of Separation
Route 37, Johto.
STAB stands for ‘same type ability bonus’; that phenomenon where the power of a move is boosted based on its aura coinciding with a Pokémon’s ...
2025-08-07 06:05:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 75: Case of the Disappearing Bas
Bourne Wood, Surrey UK. July 2012.
[“Could we get some wine, please?”
“Sure, I’d love some!”
“Sorry, Richard! This...
2025-08-04 08:09:24 +0000 UTC View Post28th Move: Stanting on Business
Route 37, Johto.
My heavy pack laden with the ranger’s collected goodies from the apricorn grove made taking shallow breaths difficult. But Naoko and I kept the huffin...
2025-07-25 07:40:15 +0000 UTC View PostDOUBLE FEATURE! Been a while since I’ve done one of these, but as I finished the first chap and got on the second, I thought they thematically fit really well. So after multiple rewrites of the two chaps, I mushed them into one. Sorry fo...
2025-07-23 05:40:01 +0000 UTC View Post27th Move: Out of Range
Route 37 Apricorn Grove, Johto.
Fake Out was for pranksters. I meant that in every twist and turn of the phrase—including the move and the correspond...
2025-07-13 03:52:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 74: Up Down Funk
Seoul Broadcasting System Prism Tower, Korea. June 2012.
I fucked a lot.
No sky-shattering revelation, I’m sure. Call it the lifestyle or the territory, it wasn’t onl...
2025-07-08 05:40:14 +0000 UTC View Post26th Move: Snout & About
Kurt’s Workshop, Johto.
Down on my knees with balls in my hand, I was surrounded by a ring of people. It wasn’t what it sounded like.
“Alright, last order of bu...
2025-07-04 15:25:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 73.5: Two Many Dimensions
Trigger Sound Studio, Tokyo. May 2012.
Crisis? Phooey! Dread? Patooey! My sense of existentialism had been grounded since my very first interdimensio...
2025-06-30 13:26:37 +0000 UTC View Post25th Move: New Coat, New Coast
Azalea Town, Johto.
Bugsy got exterminated.
The most popular form of pesticide publicly available hailed from Hoenn. Bagon brand bug repellant. A gra...
2025-06-26 12:11:57 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 73: Teasers & Tweezers
Disney Studio Offices, LA. April 2012.
“Gotta admit, this scene certainly is a sight for sore eyes.”
“Sore follicles, more like.” I resisted every itchi...
2025-06-24 09:20:27 +0000 UTC View Post24th Move: Hive
Ilex Forest Shrine, Johto.
Confused, confounded, and not a little concerned by our hostile response to his abrupt arrival, Bugsy almost skittered back into the bushes.
The o...
2025-06-14 03:46:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 72.5: Gyopo Style
Gym Won Taekwondo, Koreatown LA. March 2012.
The stereotypical busking breakdancer conjured specific imagery in one’s mind. A bowl begging for spare change, a crackly boombo...
2025-06-11 09:51:50 +0000 UTC View Post23rd Move: Celebi Celebration
Ilex Shrine, Johto.
The GS Ball wobbled.
Once. Twice. Again—each time gaining strength and reducing the interval between each belligerent sway.
Inside the di...
2025-06-07 12:56:35 +0000 UTC View PostNo more rough patch, enjoy the next batch!
May's been a return to form and June's gonna continue the trend.
The next 7 chapters of IoTV! from 69-72 are available to read at your discretion - probably even more discreetly given the X...
Chapter 72: Bas & Bodyworks
AnaboLIFT Gym, LA. February 2012.
“Fetch the kettles!” Any self-respecting citizen of the United Kingdom would cherish that command. Harkening to the aromas of burbl...
2025-06-04 01:02:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 71.5: The Devils Wear Prada
Anita’s Hacienda, LA. January 2012.
“Your other foot please, Mr Rhys.” Swapping my freshly pedicured hoof for the other one, my usual beautician from Win-N...
2025-06-02 05:42:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 71: Read Lines & Redlines
Disney Motion Picture Studios, LA. January 2012.
HOOONK! Fun fact: did you know that the average car horn blares out in the key of F? Tone deaf as I was, ...
2025-05-21 18:12:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 70.5: Billionairfare
Forty-Thousand Feet Above Sea Level, Pacific Ocean. January 2012.
Money makes the world go round. Common refrain that at present was driving me dizzy.
Two tweety bird...
2025-05-16 07:03:16 +0000 UTC View Post22nd Move: Monarch Flutterby
Slowpoke Well, Johto.
Naoko’s prediction proved prophetic.
Our crew, including April and Kurt, retread the spiral path down towards the well’s entrance.&nbs...
2025-05-16 07:02:37 +0000 UTC View Post21st Move: Sacrificial Offering
Slowpoke Well Outskirts, Johto.
Call me James Bonsly.
Because, the way I was blending in with the bushes and bark, my enemies couldn’t see the forest for t...
2025-05-16 07:01:57 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 70: (I’m On) TV Island!
Labasa Airport Vanua Levu, Fiji. December 2011.
Ben hated sand. It was coarse, and rough, and irritating, and it got everywhere.
There was no valid justifi...
2025-05-03 14:05:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 69.5: Shellfish Buffet
Uniqlo HQ Yamaguchi City, Japan. December 2011.
Upward mobility in Japanese corporate society wasn’t a climb, it was an uphill battle.
Nothing was guaranteed exce...
2025-04-30 19:31:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 69: Kissing Reflections
Mandarin Oriental, New York. November 2011.
Mere-exposure effect. It’s the name of that phenomenon where you’ve glimpsed yourself in the bathroom mirror so often tha...
2025-04-14 13:37:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello all!
Wish this was a belated April fool's joke, but I'm serious for once.
I don't know if anyone keeps up with international news but I currently reside in Bangkok Thailand where the earthquake hit a few days ago. Luckily ev...
20th Move: Slowpoke Tale
Ilex Forest, Johto.
“Gotta admit, when we first followed you out into the woods, I was super sceptical. I almost can’t believe it, but you really held up your end of the wo...
2025-04-04 10:58:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 68.5: Sissy’s Fucking Fuss
WB Studio Offices, LA. October 2011.
“What a shitshow. What a fucking shitshow…” How—how could this have happened!? Jeff Robinov’s chest was...
2025-04-04 10:56:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 68: Beta Alpha Sigma
College Hill, Rhode Island. September 2011.
Travel isn’t synonymous with tourism, which meant there was absolutely no valid reason my face needed to be buried in a brochu...
2025-03-26 05:52:06 +0000 UTC View PostIlex Forest, Johto.
Ever get that sinking realisation that you might’ve left the stove on back home while being miles away? Not the cliched, petty excuse you might toss ...
2025-03-23 12:50:24 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a reupload of Bas' body of work around the time Deathly Hallows had started filming. Pre-Limitless and his GoT stint. Patreon for some reason poofed it out of existence, which I only just noticed while doing some clean up. I'm sorry I lost...
2025-03-23 12:33:50 +0000 UTC View Post