Hiya!!! I'm Mari Pijotto, or Pijotto Mari, if you want. I'm from a small island off of Johto called "Kotō," but most outsiders refer to it as "TCG Island." Kotō has little to no native Pokémon, and we didn't even have Pokéballs until the 2000s! I'm not only the first native to attend Naranja-Uva Academy, but the first one to become a Pokémon Trainer! I have a lot to learn with my new partner, so I hope you can all show me along my journey! Maybe I can even teach you about the TCG in return!
BLOG TWEEEELVE!!!! GIVE IT UP FOR BLOG NUMBER TWEEEEELVEEEE!!!!!!!!!! cassini did it again, folks! i wanted a casual, low-drama stakes blog where i could practice longform, and i also wanted to explore the existence of tcg island from the tcg gbc games, which is actually its canonical name. seriously. "kotō" basically just means "lonely island." i just needed something else to call the place that wasnt fucking tcg island. as always, interaction comes from @plasmaapologist
character info:
- sapient pokemon interaction is okay! mari will be greatly confused and probably not believe you, but she WILL be nice about it!
- mari is 18 years old and currently uses she/her pronouns. wink wink. her mother is a native to kotō, but her father is a unovan immigrant.
- "pijotto" is just the japanese name for pidgeotto. i like to imagine thats how the surnames work on kotō, as all pokemon were somewhat mystical, so naming your family after one would embark a degree of the pokemons power. plus, a pidgeotto is something they might reasonably see flying overhead
- mari will be gradually building her team, and as such, will have her trainer card slowly but steadily updated
- i want interaction from other students and faculty!!! mari is in the naranja school, and is primarily studying pokemon biology, but uva students are free to interact too! i consider them one academy with two separate schools or houses, if that makes sense.
- im cool with higher stakes blogs interacting and chatting, mari just won't be getting involved beyond that
- mari can speak paldean but struggles with reading/writing it
heres some picrews untill i get around to drawing her
Mari! I super duper promise you’re not in trouble, and you didn’t do anything wrong, but could you swing on by the Director’s Office? He just likes to check in with all the new arrivals.
@swagtastic-bougie-pompadour
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Agh. But he's so scary...
If you think it'll be fine, Clive... And maybe I don't have a choice
Well. That was a wonderfully confusing experience!
That Fuecoco's owner was borderline inconsolable! From what Miriam said, I guess she didn't grow up with Pokémon. No wonder the poor sweetie was really shaken up... I told her she should swing by the gym sometime, but who knows if she actually will!
As for the Slither Wing...
(IMAGE: The young Slither Wing is curled up on some sort of bed probably intended for dog Pokémon. It's tail has a cute little bandage on it. Katy's Ursaring is standing in the background, presumably keeping guard.)
I thought this would be more difficult, to be honest. But it turns out I do get to have my cake and eat it too! Clavell bssically BEGGED me to take the thing. I think his exact words were something like;
"PLEASE Katy, just TAKE it. I will PERSONALLY ask Geeta to allow you. PLEASE. I AM SO TIRED KATY. THERE'S SO MANY."
...I should make him a pie or something. Poor guy.
MR CLIVE PLEASE HELP SHE WONT ELT GO I DONTKNOW WHAT T O DO PLEAS
(IMAGE: A young Slither Wing standing in a dorm kitchen with a very peeved Fuecoco firmly biting on its tail. Thankfully, the Slither Wing looks more annoyed than angry...)
@marifromkoto
O-oh… might I ask what preceded this…? At least, nobody looks majorly hurt…
Maybe if you could, ah… shuffle these guys over to Nurse Miriam? Or I could call her for ya! She’s great at separating bitey little creatures.
I JUST EANTED TO GUVE HUM A TREAT BUT HE ACCIDENT ALLY BIT ME ABLITTLE AND IM OKAY BUTTT FUJI GOT REALL.Y MADBAND I LOOKED AWAY AND I HEARTD A SQUESAK AND THEN FUJI WAS ON HIS TAIL PLEASE HELP I DONT WANT TO HURT HIM IM SORRY I DIDNT WANT THIS
( IMAGE: A Pokémon that is very clearly a small Slither Wing is tentatively sniffing a bowl of Pokékibble. Theres cardboard boxes sitting around the dorm... )
I'm not sure why everyone is so upset... He's very polite... I don't wanna hurt him...
By the treasures, how many of these are the Great Crater going to spawn...
Ahem! Mari! I'm glad you've got a new pal! Mind telling me how that little bug got into your dorm? I'm not gonna snitch or anything, but that's a pretty strong Pokémon. Wouldn't wanna spring a Slither Wing on someone by accident...
Uhm... He was sitting outside my door... I thought someone's Volcarona got lost, so I let him in to have some food, since he looked skinny... Did I do something wrong...?
( IMAGE: A Pokémon that is very clearly a small Slither Wing is tentatively sniffing a bowl of Pokékibble. Theres cardboard boxes sitting around the dorm... )
I'm not sure why everyone is so upset... He's very polite... I don't wanna hurt him...
Wassup, Mari! How’d you feel about a little hang-out with you, me, and your friend Fuecoco? Just a little friendly function to catch up and get to know each other! You don’t have to if you don’t wanna, though!
@swagtastic-bougie-pompadour
Please don't be concerned with me, Mr. Clive. You have much bigger things to worry about.
No native Pokémon, huh… that does sound like a really unique childhood!
Considering that, I think you and Fuji are doing a bang-up job, Mari! Sure, Fuji’s a bit of a… spitfire? But that’s just how some Pokémon are! And he seems to like you plenty, even if he’s a bit of a ‘bad boy’.
...You'd think I'd remember that, all things considered... Ahem.
Y'know, I meant that as a bit more of a... "little rebel" sense? It sounds like you make one heckuva good student, but not every Pokémon's gonna play by the books! Sometimes you just gotta roll with the behavior as it is, and find a starting point for change.
But I understand it can be a real struggle! First time I tried to battle with my Pokémon, it laughed me off the field... that was real embarrassing.
Oh, Mari... what makes you think you're hurting her? If it's the biting, I'll have you know quite a few Fuecoco treat biting as their primary way of interacting with the world.
Not all Pokémon are gonna be friendly at first. It took me years of working with Senior Director Gyarados for her to become as friendly as she is… and even then, that’s not much!
Could we at least have a little Pokémon playdate? Megaera’d love to meet Fuji, I’m sure.
Wassup, Mari! How’d you feel about a little hang-out with you, me, and your friend Fuecoco? Just a little friendly function to catch up and get to know each other! You don’t have to if you don’t wanna, though!
@swagtastic-bougie-pompadour
Please don't be concerned with me, Mr. Clive. You have much bigger things to worry about.
No native Pokémon, huh… that does sound like a really unique childhood!
Considering that, I think you and Fuji are doing a bang-up job, Mari! Sure, Fuji’s a bit of a… spitfire? But that’s just how some Pokémon are! And he seems to like you plenty, even if he’s a bit of a ‘bad boy’.
...You'd think I'd remember that, all things considered... Ahem.
Y'know, I meant that as a bit more of a... "little rebel" sense? It sounds like you make one heckuva good student, but not every Pokémon's gonna play by the books! Sometimes you just gotta roll with the behavior as it is, and find a starting point for change.
But I understand it can be a real struggle! First time I tried to battle with my Pokémon, it laughed me off the field... that was real embarrassing.
Wassup, Mari! How’d you feel about a little hang-out with you, me, and your friend Fuecoco? Just a little friendly function to catch up and get to know each other! You don’t have to if you don’t wanna, though!
@swagtastic-bougie-pompadour
Please don't be concerned with me, Mr. Clive. You have much bigger things to worry about.
No native Pokémon, huh… that does sound like a really unique childhood!
Considering that, I think you and Fuji are doing a bang-up job, Mari! Sure, Fuji’s a bit of a… spitfire? But that’s just how some Pokémon are! And he seems to like you plenty, even if he’s a bit of a ‘bad boy’.
Wassup, Mari! How’d you feel about a little hang-out with you, me, and your friend Fuecoco? Just a little friendly function to catch up and get to know each other! You don’t have to if you don’t wanna, though!
@swagtastic-bougie-pompadour
Please don't be concerned with me, Mr. Clive. You have much bigger things to worry about.
Wassup, Mari! How’d you feel about a little hang-out with you, me, and your friend Fuecoco? Just a little friendly function to catch up and get to know each other! You don’t have to if you don’t wanna, though!
@swagtastic-bougie-pompadour
Please don't be concerned with me, Mr. Clive. You have much bigger things to worry about.
Wassup, Mari! How’d you feel about a little hang-out with you, me, and your friend Fuecoco? Just a little friendly function to catch up and get to know each other! You don’t have to if you don’t wanna, though!
@swagtastic-bougie-pompadour
Please don't be concerned with me, Mr. Clive. You have much bigger things to worry about.
