A trainer doing rent-to-own in Littleroot. [OC ORAS protagonist blog, currently going through the main campaign. Currently on Route 120. Pelipper Mail and M!As open. Follows from @ladyarjuna.]
I'm Kerry Natar, initially from Sinnoh. After a series of events I'm not particularly interested in recounting, I spent nearly a year in Snowpoint Gym, training under Candice, and ranked as a challenge to someone with three badges (four stamps). After that tenure, I arrived in Slateport, hitched a ride on someone else's cargo truck, and started a new life in Hoenn.
I'm currently a member of the Hoenn Youth Perpetual Survey Team, based out of Littleroot, and have collected the Stone and Knuckle badges. Honestly, I can't wait to cover up the last stamp on my trainer card.
UPDATE: After a fateful encounter on Mt. Chimney and a few more badges, I'm sitting at five badges and have learned the cost of charging forward so hard.
UPDATE UPDATE: hopital. Turns out super ancient Pokémon are inimical to human life!
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE: I'm in Losers' Bracket at the Pokemon League. Just lost to my rival for the first time ever. Knew he had it in him.
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE: Junior Champ by right of winners' bracket! Gonna be glad to see all I couldn't...
Current location: Lilycove. Come get some if you want an asskicking.
My current team are just as much general misfits as myself, but that's a tale for if you wanna battle me, not for Rotomblr.
A newly-hatched Skarmory had to come in to be weighed and I just can't this is genuinely what they look like as babies 😭
This little girl is only a couple days old. By week 2, she'll have her full feathers grown in, and she'll look more like the skarmory that we're used to seeing. At around 4 weeks, her mom will start taking her for flying lessons ^^
With Apricorn season comes... Apricorns! They're a common fruit found in nearly any biome in the Japanese regions where trees grow, and are one of the first materials used to make Apricorn Balls. I got the supplies and made a few to demonstrate c^^
Materials you'll need: at least one Apricorn, something to cut it in half (i used a pull-saw), very tiny hinges, latches, and screws, a very small screwdriver, linseed oil, sandpaper, and a rag.
The full step by step is found below the cut!
Gather your supplies! I'm working outside on a folding table. Apologies for the angle.
The first step is to split the Apricorn in half neatly, with the step-side being centered on one of the halves. That will be your top shell!
There will be a fruit inside; many Pokemon enjoy eating it, like Niniku, who immediately hijacked my table to steal the halves and clean them out for me.
You'll want to thoroughly clean out every shell, wiping out any junk, fruit, or other biological material aside from the shell, which has the feel of a hard wood. Remove the stem entirely- there will be a small hole on the top where the stem once was.
Sand down the two halves- you need to make a 'dip' on one half and slightly widen the other, so the two can sit slightly within each other and form a complete seal.
Some people like to sand down the outer shell of the lower ball entirely to reveal the wood-grain pattern, but this is solely for aesthetics. I don't want to put all that work in.
This stage in the process is where the two haves start to function as a Pokeball, but you have to have a very tight grip- or the two halves will fall apart and forcibly eject the Pokemon inside.
Realize you forgot to get a rag and run to grab a rag to rub in the linseed oil. This will preserve the wood and make sure the apriball doesn't rot out. I like to do this prior to the metalwork to make sure the entire thing is coated. Make sure you give it time for the linseed to soak! With something small like an Apricorn, I only had to wait a half hour.
Realize you forgot your screwdriver and go get that. In older times, they would fashion these hinges and latches out of the unique material Tumblestone, but I don't have that and this serves the purpose of keeping the two halves together perfectly well. Many people also add a metal trimming around the edges of the ball, but I don't have that right now.
I once knew a guy who would waste his time carving the two halves to screw into each other...
And you've made yourself a basic Apriball! This one has no upgrades or increased catching power, but it has baseline function, takes more time and effort, is more expensive, and is much easier to fuck up. Happy crafting!
imagine being the engineer or whatever who designed this. Imagine being in an evil organization trying to drain the oceans and your job is to spray paint a vending machine red
#172-#025-#026. The Pikachu line is known for their rubber cheeks, conductive tails and love for chewing wires, ruining plugs and stealing batteries. At least they're cute doing it.....................
