Hovering in that strange halfwaypoint between awake and asleep, Amelia tries to keep herself firmly on the asleep side of the continuum until something happens that warrants her full conscious attention.
She’s not awake enough to ...
2025-11-21 06:48:22 +0000 UTC View PostStanding in the shade of a large rocky hill, Amelia has never felt more glad that she’d studied ahead with nursing.
“Alright Magnemite, I’m just going to shine this light at you. I want you to follow it with your eye.” She s...
2025-11-14 02:23:56 +0000 UTC View PostTrotting down the hill as fast as possible without turning the decent into a tumble, Tanya’s more rounded shape is forcing her to keep near total focus on the task while listening to Amelia get details from Taillow with half an ear.
“So ...
2025-11-07 00:45:59 +0000 UTC View PostFrom that wellspring of energy burning within, a tiny thread of power is drawn from the mass and pulled in a direction that does not exist in three dimensions, closer to Tanya as she begins running through the set of equations she’d found to hav...
2025-10-30 23:25:52 +0000 UTC View PostEllie Joy stretches her arms above her head as she exits the lecture hall and looks around at the sea of pink to find faces she recognizes, adjusting her glasses as they start to droop on her nose.
She doesn't actually need glasses,...
2025-10-24 01:14:43 +0000 UTC View PostThey make good time to the waterfall they’d stopped at the last time they’d walked this trail, despite walking uphill most of the way they passed the turn off in two days instead of the expected three, and by the afternoon of the third they’...
2025-10-18 02:37:04 +0000 UTC View PostCommission? I think?
Well I wrote two chapters and I did it for some reason.
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“Alright, increasing my own reaction time and rate of speech is a must. But I still think we need to press more information into my calls...
A/N: Did I... not post this chapter? I swear I did.
I feel like I'm losing my mind. I have clear memories of doing my normal last minute check stuff then clicking publish. I even noted how weird it was that people weren't int...
A/N: ALRIGHT! TIME MARCHES ON! BUT I (IN SPITE OF CHRONOS'S SANDY GRIP) HAVE MANAGED TO GET A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF OF MY COMISSIONS DONE! THE REST WILL BE DONE TOMORROW OR THE DAY AFTER, ALONGSIDE THE NORMAL CHAPTER TOMORROW!
I AM...
As cliche as she knows it is, Amelia can't help but feel the weight of history every time she stands behind the pokecenter counter. She’d never admit it out loud, but Great Grandma Mimi’s stories of her family's history always fascinated her w...
2025-10-03 01:59:47 +0000 UTC View PostCombusken takes a deep breath in just like his friend taught him, holds it, then releases in a slow exhale.
He’s calm.
The extremely relaxed chicken carefully picks up a metal cube, a different symbol carved on each side, an...
2025-09-25 22:11:58 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Ok. So. I added a Wattson interlude to chapter 37. I'm adding it here, and it works pretty much exactly as well. But if it seems like I'm going back in time here, it's because I am.
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“Now! I’ve got other challengers and
(EDIT) A/N: whoops. Forgot the rest of chapter 38. Here you go! It's also at the end of 38 if you wanna read it like that. Sorry!
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Amelia squints at the examination room countertop, still slightly damp from the cleaning product she...
2025-09-11 22:16:42 +0000 UTC View PostLooking at the human across from him, Taillow is –in a word– confused.
“Ooh! What about this one?” His trainer asks, shoving two nearly identical… metal poles with wood on the end in his face. “This one uses the same kind of wood...
2025-09-04 23:57:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s dark again, and the gentle pressure on her mind has finally succeeded in quieting Tanya’s whirlwind thoughts.
In here, her injuries are… less real, as if the damage exists outside herself somehow, film layered atop her and just as...
2025-09-01 00:29:45 +0000 UTC View PostThank you to Apostle_of_Tea and Giants Craft for the commission! A/N: SO, I decided that this first bit is going at the end of 35 to make th
Thank you to Apostle_of_Tea and Giants Craft for the commission! 2025-08-25 07:49:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Tanya quickly drains the last of her coffee to chase the overwhelmingly sweet aftertaste of her pokechow as their early breakfast wraps up.
There was a moment in the seconds after the coffee grounds were released that there was resistance to...
2025-08-21 21:03:51 +0000 UTC View PostThank you VERY much to the ever kind Apostle_of_Tea for the commission!
On with the show!
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“And this,” Chansey says, holding open a door into a small doctors office and gesturing inside. “...
2025-08-16 06:21:27 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia stifles a giggle as she watches her partner look down at her bulk, then up to the door of the waiting tram car as she seems confused by what she’s seeing.
Because she wont fit.
Perhaps a few days ago she would have, b...
2025-08-14 04:15:15 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia furrows her brow and lips as she struggles to make the knot in her hands cooperate.
This will be the third time the target weight flies comes loose and she swears there will not be a fourth.
Finishing her knot,...
2025-08-07 22:47:14 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia slowly runs a finger down route 111 as it appears on their map, without a pair of callipers eyeballing their distance can only give an estimate, but.
“I think we’ll get there by this evening.” The trainer hums. “Right?”
<... 2025-08-02 19:38:19 +0000 UTC View PostThank you Giants Craft for the commission!
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The duo emerge from the forest back to the route and, after a glance at a compass, walk back the way they came in silence. Tanya continues her regul...
2025-07-30 18:23:58 +0000 UTC View PostThank you Giants Craft for the commission!
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Pulling yet another egg from her pouch, the ‘mon carefully holds it up to eye level and draws from the endless geyser o...
2025-07-28 17:14:06 +0000 UTC View PostLars sighs as he exits the lead developer exclusive lunch room, walking down the hallway back toward his office.
From behind, the unmistakably loud footfalls of the only other lead software developer approach along with a self aggrandizing c...
2025-07-25 20:51:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun is on its way down by the time the duo step into the clearing that surrounds the small lake the falling water feeds.
Amelia crows in triumph as she steps into the clearing first, pointing at the falls.
“I knew it! To...
2025-07-24 00:03:35 +0000 UTC View PostPutting the finishing touches on the email, Aria takes a moment to scan it over to ensure there’s nothing in it that would be obvious to someone scanning over ADMIN’s emails, but at the same time obvious to the intended recipient.
... 2025-07-20 19:21:47 +0000 UTC View PostTossing back a large mouthful of pokechow as her eyes glow a steady purple, Tanya telepathically shakes out her blanket as the larger ground pad is folded, rolled, and repacked into her bag.
Their first night on the trail went as well as exp...
2025-07-17 00:15:32 +0000 UTC View PostInitializing her consciousness once more, Aria comes to awareness in pieces as her mind initializes in larger and larger chunks.
After the bare amount of time needed to get her bearings and be ready for any surprises, the AI pulls herself ac...
2025-07-11 19:00:57 +0000 UTC View Post“And so I went downstairs, told my mom, then, after a few days to register with the league, I picked up Chansey this morning and here I am.” Amelia says with a shrug as she concludes an abbreviated description of everything that had happened i...
2025-07-09 22:12:18 +0000 UTC View PostTanya picks a fleck of pokechow from a paper cup reminiscent of a medicine cup and pops it in her mouth.
Immediately the innocuous looking chip of vaguely orange food explodes with flavor on her tongue, a barrage of sweet and savory...
2025-07-03 07:13:32 +0000 UTC View Post