seasoned trainer, new student

[[IRL POKEMON/ROLEPLAY BLOG. ASKS OPEN!]] Franklin Finley is a first-year student at Naranja Academy, who's doing some soul searching alongside his three best friends to hopefully grow into someone he's always wanted to be.

[franklinfinley]

Hey! I'm Franklin, he/they. First year student at Naranja Academy, but I've been through several Gym Circuts for 7 years at this point. The Treasure Hunt is well underway, and things are looking great! I'm a ghost and fire type specialist, as well as a general Drowzee/Hypno specialist LOL

MY CURRENT TEAM:

Koraidon: a strange form of Cyclizar given to me by my friend Arven, originally owned by his mother Professor Sada. He prefers not to battle, but he will if he needs to. He maily loves acting as a riding mount and food-stealer >:P

Lullay: my service Hypno and first partner Pokemon. We've been a duo for 14 years now! She doesn't primarily battle, she mostly helps with my anxiety and insomnia. She steps up for defense if we need it, though.

Tabasco: my Skeledirge and chosen starter for Naranja Academy! He's a little scrapper and eager to prove himself in a fight, and just as eager to sit back, sing his little songs, and eat all my oranges. Little orange heathen even as he grows up

Sparky: my Luxray! He's a bundle of energy and a reckless battler. He loves nothing more than getting to flaunt his stuff and also wail and cry and flail his fists on the ground when he loses

Sushi: my Curly Tatsugiri, and an odd quiet fellow. He likes splashing water on the other teammates for funny pranks and curling up in my collar or hair. That being said, he is a FIERCE battler. Honestly kinda scary with what he can pull off from such a tiny body...

Arthur: my Beartic! He's very polite with me and the team, but fierce when it comes to defense. It takes a while for him to warm up to new people, but those he warms up to he holds close.

Strawberry Lemonade: my shiny Amped-Up Toxtricity, who i rescued from the wild as a Shadow variant. She's clingy and packs a MEGA punch, and cocky with her skills as a battler. Now that she's come out of her shell, her punk rock personality really shines through.

Montez: my Garchomp, and just what you'd expect from such a feared creature. She's the meanest of the group and always first to volunteer for a fight. She swings hard and fights with pure power. Now that she's calmed, she's the perfect guard 'mon.

Things at Naranja are going great! My friend Nemona has shown me all the ropes, and I feel like I'm gonna have a good few years here. This might just be my Yelling About Things blog. So if you're into that thing feel free to tag along!

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Heallo this is the in character blog i have for my self insert!! I follow from my main @yatgb

Be prepared for Main Character And Mary Sue Shenanigans, and dont be afraid to ask abt stuff he mentions in posts!! I plan to have this going as a whole thing with arcs and all that, basically going through all of scarvi's plot, including DLC down the line. This WAS gonna be an art-based askblog but i dont rlly have the time for one of those :( but ill be posting story snippets later down the lind!

Pelipper Mail is on as long as its something small, he wont accept like new pokemon or money or anything. Think like what youd get from a mystery gift :D Magic Anons are off!

Also, dont take everything Franklin says at face-value. He's got a loong history, and some secrets to hide. There's a chance he could be lying about some stuff ',:) expect a well meaning but unreliable narrator

That being said, I like to do my own worldbuilding so whenever he goes into biology details dont look too hard into it. We're havin fun here. I also don't plan on doing any multiverse shenanigans. This is a self contained story about an oc thats very dear to me :D so just go with the flow. I might interact with other blogs as long as its feasible they could on Rotomblr connected through a multiverse.

Other character interaction is encouraged, as well has sentient pokemon except Legendaries! He has his own lore with a lot of legends it would be a little wack

Here's what he looks like! With Lullay!

[franklinfinley]

So much has happened. So much went down in Area Zero that I don't kniw where to start. Things still are taking a while to process. I'm focusing on the positives just so i dont drive myself crazy.

For one, Koraidon is doing much better. He got over his fear of battling and now can switch into his battle form whenever I ask. He seems to still prefer being a riding mount.

We saved Paldea. And probably the world. Area Zero is bursting with powerful primal Pokémon from years and years and millenia ago that arent meant to live today. They would have broken out and ruined Paldea's ecosystem if we hadn't done what we did.

That being said, I did catch one. It's called a Slither Wing and looks a lot like Volcarona. I intended to catch-and-release just for Pokédex data, but it scampered back to me when I told it to scram. Guess it's staying.

I've only grown closer with my friends. I finally gathered the courage to tell them a really big secret, and they promised not to tell. I feel safer around them now.

We're a little banged up, but we're alive. We're still pretty shaken, but Nemona's still laughing. We're all so exhausted, so we set up camp and are tucking into sleeping bags for the night as I type this. Lullay hasn't let go of me since we crawled out of the Crater.

I might be up for a little while longer. A lot on my mind. I don't know why my blog suddenly turned black? So whoever hacked it can you not <3 i cjanged my passwords so it should be fine. Doesnt look like they deleted ot posted anything so it looks safe.

Anyway <3 im fine just. Shaken

[franklinfinley]

i made it out

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[Another image has been uploaded. In this one, the room is dark, only dimly lit by glowing crystals to show Franklin standing among the moss and wreckage of whatever happened to this facility. He's taken off his hat and pushed his hair out of his face, although the totality of the revealed scar isn't visible due to him facing the left. His three friends are staring at him in varying degrees of shock or horror.]

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[Another image, closer to Franklin's face. Where his hair covers his left eye is slightly exposed, and you can make out some kind of gnarled pink scar. He's mid-word, talking about something that has him on edge.]

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[Another image, just as overexposed and dreamlike as the last. This one depicts Franklin huddled in a ratty old bed, in what appears to be sone sort of research facility, with lots of papers and notebooks strewn about. A Hypno is curled up next to him, and he has an expression of almost terror on his face. Just out of frame sits the boy with the big backpack.]

[It seems like they're being watched. But by who...?]

[franklinfinley]

[A... strange Image has uploaded to Franklin's blog.

It's bright, nearly overexposed, and shows a group of four traveling down a grassy slope. A blonde-haired boy with a big backpack, a girl in a ponytail and bright orange shorts, another girl in a huge gray hoodie with a backpack resembling an Eevee, and a boy with a spiked red ponytail holding the hand of a Hypno. Particles sparkle in the air around them, and the picture has a dreamlike quality to it.

This, undeniably, is Franklin and his friends. But who‐ or what- on Earth could have taken this picture?]

[franklinfinley]

Im heading into Area Zero.

Sada says we might need backup, physically and technically. Nemona's on board to handle the brawn, and Arven says he's going to convince Penny so we have someone to handle the tech. I'm... feeling a little better about this whole thing, now that ive had time to think, but I'm still not sure what we're gonna face down there. I'm pretty sure its definitely not worth it, whatever it is.

... Sada's toying with me, too. She said this research we're helping with is to benefit Koraidon. She knows how much I love him, and I'd never pass up an opportunity to help him grow. And I can't tell if it's a bluff or not just to get me down there– and she knows that. I know she does. I know how mind games work, ive played far too many of them.

I just want a straight-laced answer from her, and the only way to do that is to go down there. So that's where I'm going. I have my best friends, I have an all-star team, and I have my own teeth. I only hope that's enough.

[franklinfinley]

Breaking my terminally offline silence again to say two things

1. That was the easiest Elite 4/Champion i have ever seen in my life and I went through the Galar circuit

2. I officially do not fucking trust Professor Sada. Like at all.

I can understand having your secrets but if you are asking me to risk my life in Area Zero just for your research i need to know WHAT im risking it for. She has been so shady and flaky and i feel like if I go into that crater i won't make it out.

I'm really torn. I feel like I should tell Clavell or maybe even Geeta, but I dont think I trust either of them to take it seriously. Clavell is still working things out with administration and new school rules following Team Star disbanding, and... Geeta is a fucking joke of a champion. I wouldn't trust her to survive in there either.

I don't know what to do. Arven wants to go down to actually talk with his mom for the first time in years, and I want to be there for him for that but... what if he can't defend himself? What if I'm not strong enough to defend him?

No matter what we do, something bad is going to happen. I can just feel it.

[franklinfinley]

Told Nemona that Ryme thinks I'm haunted and now shes trying to diagnose me with what ghost is haunting me. Shes ruled out banette (unless my very loved and not-neglected zorua plushie randomly became one overnight), Greavard (id be dead by now), and Gengar (there'd be a lot more maniacal laughter following me around)

[franklinfinley]

Oh yeah Arthur's moveset got figured out! He has Slush Rush as his ability and i wanna take advantage of thatz so i gave him Snowscape, Icicle Crash for STAB damage, and Earthquake and Aqua Jet for coverage moves. He seems happy with it, so I think that's what we're sticking with :D

[franklinfinley]

Breaking my terminally offline silence to give a little update:

1. Team Star has been totally dismantled, courtesy of Me (takes a bow everythings fine now ill give a more detailed update later. Probably)

2. MC Ryme is scared of my uncanny ability to communicate with my team and senses "a bitter malice in my soul" whatever that means. Apparently she can genuinely see and communicate with ghosts so thats! Foreboding!

[franklinfinley]

Okay okay no more fooling around. After breakfast today I'm gonna take the guys and wipe out the Navi squad. You know considering i have a poison type on my team and ive been a trainer for what, 10 years at this point? I should probably have poison tyoe weaknesses memorized . Yet here i am looking it up for the 5th tine this month

[franklinfinley]

GROUND AND PSYCHIC???????? Poison types are so weird oh my god. Straw-Lo. You are WEIRD

[franklinfinley]

Okay okay no more fooling around. After breakfast today I'm gonna take the guys and wipe out the Navi squad. You know considering i have a poison type on my team and ive been a trainer for what, 10 years at this point? I should probably have poison tyoe weaknesses memorized . Yet here i am looking it up for the 5th tine this month

[franklinfinley]

Oh sweet Tqo i need to get off this mountain i literally havent texted or called anyone dince taking down ortega NEMONA ALMOST DECLARED ME MISSING IM SO SORRYHAHFIDHKSNGJJD I CANT HELP IT I JUST LOVE THE SNOW AND IVE BEEN BONDING WITH MY TEEEEAM

[franklinfinley]

Ill give Ruchbah one thing they picked a pretty awesome spot for their base. Reslly pretty meadow/glade right next to the mountain. Koraidon has been eating flowers. I think he ate a Flabebe

[franklinfinley]

Koraidon has eaten 3 Flabebe. I dont think hes noticed

[franklinfinley]

Team Star bases left: 2

I would feel bad if I didn't have a score to settle.

They honestly didn't stand a chance, either. Straw-Lo damn near solo'd Ortega and his Starmobile, that Assault Vest really is putting in the work.

I told Ortega it was nothing personal, but I don't think he believed me. He still thinks he's protecting himself and his squad, but agreed to step down and even admitted that I was strong and beat him fairly. Apparently he's also some daddy's money rich kid? He had like, a piano tutor. Only rich kids have piano tutors

Anyway, hes an okay guy, just very anger-prone and also leader of the squad that nearly put me in the hospital. Whatevies