I have quite a few in my inbox already so I will be saying that I will close requests at noon pst! that is about 4 hours from when this is being posted for those in other time zones
am heading to bed but feel free to send in more guys, just cause I opened them so late today perhaps I will still leave requests open tomorrow but idk! we shall see how I’m feeling
“Hmm… I admittedly have my own misgivings, I suppose appointing a leader would be beneficial to keep us all in line. As for Mercy herself, I do find her willingness to step up admirable. So she’s fine by me.” Whisper says.
“We think Mercy seems kind. She’s far more elegant than our Koraidon friend, Buddy, too. She will probably be a good leader.” Mentos say.
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“Ummm… I don’t think I have any objections? Mercy seems fine to me. Legendaries are supposed to keep things in order, so honestly I’m kinda glad she’s here.” Aubade rubs one her front legs with her other.
“I think Mercy is fine… She has a nice aura…” Styx says.
“Well, you already know my opinion. Frankly speaking, I’m sure I’d be a far better leader.” Meteor says.
“mi pilin e ni: jan Mercy li jan lawa pona!” Mewi meows.
“I think it’s good Mercy took charge. I’d much rather have her than someone else, at least,” Biscuit makes a pointed look at Meteor.
“Mercy’s a Legendary! She must know what she’s doing. I know Rayquaza usually have to deal with Groudon and Kyogre, so I think she can probably handle us! I’d think so anyway. Actually I dunno, aren’t Mewtwo stronger than those two…? Hmmm. Point still stands! If we’re voting, I’m team Mercy!” Cammy chatters.
“…” Yu gives no response.
“Rayquaza’s really big and she seems pretty old. She’s also a legendary! So, it’s only right to respect her! Of course she should be the temporary pack leader.” Ruse barks.
“I frankly do not care either way.” Two says.
“Well, I obviously vote for myself as well. Which means 8 voted for me, 1 vote for Meteor, and 3 undetermined or unknown votes. Apologies Meteor, but it seems you are outvoted.”
“Ugh, fine, whatever you say.” Meteor grumbles for a bit, before freezing. They look up at Mercy with a sudden smile. “Actually, wait… Our wonderful leader, may I make a suggestion…?”
Do you speak toki pona, or do you use a translator for Mewi?
I am learning toki pona! When I want to write Mewi’s dialogue I open up the dictionary and some of the guides I have to figure out how to say what I want. I do sometimes double check with a translator to make sure I’m not too far off though.
So I do apologize in advance that I will probably get some of it a bit wrong, so bare with me. Part of my decision to have Mewi speak in toki pona is because I wanted to learn it and this is a good excuse to make myself actually work on it. I know I already have made some inaccuracies, such as the belated realization that I completely forgot that toki pona should be all lowercase lmao
As can probably be gathered I’ve been kinda drifting in and out of pokeask and desire to make updates/blogs/etc for it for a while, and I was back in the “I want to do pokeask stuff” mood. But I also I find myself not really ever being in the mood to continue my pre-existing blogs like ask-glorious-guild or ask-imaginary-dreamers, unfortunately. During this time I also was going on a trip and on that trip there were screens to watch provided tv shows on the plane and it was a kinda long flight.
Anyway! I decided to watch a competition reality show (a cooking one, since those are the ones I like) and it kinda struck me how even though the plane only had three episodes I was already so quickly invested. And I also am someone who likes media with large casts of characters that dwindle as time goes on (Danganronpa, YTTD, Milgram, killing games in general). So I thought that would be fun! I did want something more lighthearted though so uh. No death here!
As for characters, I really didn’t want to use many pre-existing characters because there would introduce some inherent bias there. Like if I included my pre-existing characters like APP and Ruins for example, would APP be more likely to win because people know more about APP and like him more, regardless of any actions she does on the blog itself?
So I made up new characters based on various Pokeask blog concepts. Or just basic Pokemon story concepts. Some use designs I already had for stories I scrapped.
The only pre-existing ones are Mewi and Mewtwo, with Mewi just being a cute kitty that speaks in Toki Pona being a pre-existing concept and Mewtwo being added because I did feel like if I was doing a blog with characters based on common pokemon story trends, then it felt like it’d be wrong not to include Mewtwo or Mew due to the large subcommunity around them. Though I do think adding him does of course kinda reintroduce that previous pre-existing bias question though, lmao. I think it’s fine since it’s just one guy though.
I could talk more about the rest of the characters and why I chose their premises but this is already long and rambly so I’ll leave it here :p
Mercy clears her throat, causing the rest of the pokemon to stop and look at her.
“I understand we are all confused right now, but due to that I believe it is best for us all to work together for now. From what I’ve gathered, we are all here with no prior knowledge of Host or their game? Am I correct?”
“Yuppity yuppers! I know I haven’t at least! And I’ve been listening and haven’t heard anyone say otherwise! So from what I know, 100%, none of know anything else! Unless they’re like a spy or really good at hiding things or - “
“Thank you for the enthusiasm… Cammy, was it?” Mercy raises a claw up to prevent Cammy from another lengthy confirmation. “Anyway, I have noticed I am currently unable to teleport or create any sort of portals. I am also unable to contact any of the members of my Universe. I assume this is also true for all of you?” She glances particularly at Two and Aubade.
“I assure you, if I was capable of teleportation I would not be here. I have no real interest in participating in this ‘game’.”
“I, uh, haven’t been able to contact the Foundation so… yeah… But my reception kinda varies anyway…”
“If that’s the case, then I think we must accept that we are stuck here for the foreseeable future. Even if we are technically ‘competing’ amongst ourselves, I think we should all work to live together. First, we should make a base camp by splitting up and -“
“And why the fuck should we be listening to you? I don’t know who died and made you leader! And I certainly don’t remember voting either! I guess your Universe has never heard of democracy, huh?”
“I simply assumed one of us should take charge. I figured I may as well, but if there are any objections, I would gladly stand down. Are there any?”
[This is Part 1 - Part 2 will be posted and linked soon!]
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