✰ champion time! ✰

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👤 kabu

“Kabu’s one of those people that you can’t help but respect. You can tell that he’s worked so hard to get to where he is now, and honestly, being as strong as he is but holding back to challenge fledgling trainers is tough! He has to hold back but still give them a good enough challenge, not like me who can just go all out.”

“He’s a master strategist, and honestly? Just a really cool guy. He’s got stories like you wouldn’t believe, and I hope that when I’m older I’m as cool as he is. Also uh, as buff and in shape. His discipline is absolute goals.”

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👤 + Piers?

“Piers is so, so cool. Cooler than I am honestly, I think he’s an unappreciated gem of Galar. His music is incredible, his stage presence is something else, and the fact that he battles without dynamaxing is really impressive. It’s something that I don’t think I could do, and he’s so deadset on never doing it. I admire that a lot. He doesn’t need any fancy gimmicks to be an incredible trainer.”

“He’s a really down to earth guy who cares a lot for his little sister, and I’ve been able to talk to him when I’ve got problems with Hop and vice versa. I’m really glad to have him as a friend. I just wish he liked hanging out more outside of Spikemuth!”

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👤+hop!!

“No one’s as cool as my little bro, Hop! He’s such a determined little guy, and he’s really becoming an excellent trainer. He impresses me with the things he comes up with sometimes, things that I would’ve never even thought of. I just wish…he was a bit more confident in himself, y’know?”

“I think that’s definitely…partly my fault. Being the champion’s brother, people have expectations for you, and I know he holds himself to some really high expectations too. But he doesn’t need to be the next champion, the next me. He just needs to be Hop and that’s good enough. I hope he realizes that someday.”

“I wish I could do more to help him get there but… he has to do it himself. I’m sure he can. I believe in him more than anything.”

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👤+ raihan B)

“Rai’s really special to me. He’s one of my best friends, one of the people that knows me best in this world. It’s almost hard to really say how much he means to me, heh. I know I can trust him with anything, talk to him about anything, and he’s always there with an encouraging word. I don’t know where I’d be without him, really. It’s our rivalry, his constant challenging that brought me where I am today.”

“I always wanted to make everyone proud, but more than anything I wanted to make Hop and Raihan proud. Our friendship kinda…suffered a bit the more he lost, the more I won, and sometimes I wonder if it’s too much. Rivalry’s always good when it’s healthy, but when I see the way people talk about Raihan online sometimes, telling him to give up, telling him he sucks and that he’ll never beat me…”

“It just…it pisses me off, they don’t know what a hard worker he is. They don’t know how determined he is and how much he trains. All they know is what they see on his social media but…they just don’t know. He’s one of the most incredible people I’ve ever met and I wish more people saw that, and saw him as more than my rival. It’s what he deserves - he’s an amazing trainer in his own right.”

“I know he’ll beat me one day, and I await that day with baited breath.”

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halfaknight replied to your post: ��+ raihan B)

IM CRYIN IN THE CLUB RN )

 i got...emotional

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this week is hella busy for me but i’ll try to write those starters sometime...

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👤+ raihan B)

“Rai’s really special to me. He’s one of my best friends, one of the people that knows me best in this world. It’s almost hard to really say how much he means to me, heh. I know I can trust him with anything, talk to him about anything, and he’s always there with an encouraging word. I don’t know where I’d be without him, really. It’s our rivalry, his constant challenging that brought me where I am today.”

“I always wanted to make everyone proud, but more than anything I wanted to make Hop and Raihan proud. Our friendship kinda…suffered a bit the more he lost, the more I won, and sometimes I wonder if it’s too much. Rivalry’s always good when it’s healthy, but when I see the way people talk about Raihan online sometimes, telling him to give up, telling him he sucks and that he’ll never beat me…”

“It just…it pisses me off, they don’t know what a hard worker he is. They don’t know how determined he is and how much he trains. All they know is what they see on his social media but…they just don’t know. He’s one of the most incredible people I’ve ever met and I wish more people saw that, and saw him as more than my rival. It’s what he deserves - he’s an amazing trainer in his own right.”

“I know he’ll beat me one day, and I await that day with baited breath.”

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👤+hop!!

“No one’s as cool as my little bro, Hop! He’s such a determined little guy, and he’s really becoming an excellent trainer. He impresses me with the things he comes up with sometimes, things that I would’ve never even thought of. I just wish…he was a bit more confident in himself, y’know?”

“I think that’s definitely…partly my fault. Being the champion’s brother, people have expectations for you, and I know he holds himself to some really high expectations too. But he doesn’t need to be the next champion, the next me. He just needs to be Hop and that’s good enough. I hope he realizes that someday.”

“I wish I could do more to help him get there but… he has to do it himself. I’m sure he can. I believe in him more than anything.”

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👤 + Piers?

“Piers is so, so cool. Cooler than I am honestly, I think he’s an unappreciated gem of Galar. His music is incredible, his stage presence is something else, and the fact that he battles without dynamaxing is really impressive. It’s something that I don’t think I could do, and he’s so deadset on never doing it. I admire that a lot. He doesn’t need any fancy gimmicks to be an incredible trainer.”

“He’s a really down to earth guy who cares a lot for his little sister, and I’ve been able to talk to him when I’ve got problems with Hop and vice versa. I’m really glad to have him as a friend. I just wish he liked hanging out more outside of Spikemuth!”

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👤 kabu

“Kabu’s one of those people that you can’t help but respect. You can tell that he’s worked so hard to get to where he is now, and honestly, being as strong as he is but holding back to challenge fledgling trainers is tough! He has to hold back but still give them a good enough challenge, not like me who can just go all out.”

“He’s a master strategist, and honestly? Just a really cool guy. He’s got stories like you wouldn’t believe, and I hope that when I’m older I’m as cool as he is. Also uh, as buff and in shape. His discipline is absolute goals.”

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👤+ Charizard

“Oh man, Charizard’s my best friend! No one’s been through everything with me like Charizard has, and just like I’ve taught Charizard a lot, I’ve learned a lot from Charizard as well. We’ve been through so much together that I really think…he knows me better than anyone.”

“I bet if he could talk we’d have some wild conversations!”

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lucianshield‌:

Gladio was in desperate need of some answers. He’d only just arrived in this city – hell, he didn’t even know the name of this place – and he was already feeling lost. Give the man a purpose, a mission, and he’d be able to go through with it and do a damn good job, but right now he was feeling a little directionless. It didn’t help that he didn’t know anyone here and there seemed to be people from countries and worlds he’d never heard of before.

What could this all mean?

Gladio wasn’t stupid, not even a little – he just generally left the scheming, plotting, and problem solving up to Ignis, so he was at a loss. He was more the ‘hit them with a sword until they stop being a problem’ sort of guy.

Lost in his thoughts, he almost didn’t hear when he was addressed. “Huh..?” he frowned, then gave the other man a smile. “Oh, yeah. I actually don’t have any idea where we are. I…” he trailed off, putting his finger to his lips in thought before continuing. “You’re new here, too?”

Though it hadn’t quite hit him yet, Leon would soon be in the same boat. Not the champion, no Galar, no Battle Tower for him to lead, what would he do here? He’d have no purpose, no direction. For now, he was just trying to figure out where he was and how to get to this apartment they said he had. Maybe find the Pokemon that had brought him here. 

This guy seemed reliable enough. The energy he radiated reminded him sort of of Kabu, someone probably older than him who had to have more of an idea of what going on than he did. However, when he gets the answer, his shoulders slump.

“Oh, so you don’t know either. Hah, I guess we’re both really lost then.”

“Yeah, I just kinda woke up here, and my Pokemon had devolved into a Charmander, and this doesn’t look like Galar, at least I’m pretty sure it’s not...”

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lxfemmerouge‌:

“She might just like laying around– no judgement, though, I guess I sort of spoil her.”

Carmen actually isn’t sure what a ‘pokemon’ is, but there are lots of things in this city she’s never heard of. She pulls up a picture on her phone, offering it to the guy.

“Have you ever trained a cat before? She’s a siamese– her name’s Carmine.”

“Yeah, spoiling will do that to ‘em, but it’s not always a bad thing if they know when it’s okay to act that way and when it’s not.”

Leon takes the phone gently, noting that there was no Rotom attached to it. That wasn’t that odd, not everyone had a Rotomphone like Raihan did. Leon preferred not to, in fact. But the image on the phone confuses him. He was expecting something like a Meowth or a Skitty, not...this.

“Huh, I’ve never...seen a Pokemon like this before, not even a little bit similar.”

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2ndpika‌:

“pi?”     black eyes are staring straight at the trainer, who had a charmander in his arms. who was staring right back at him with a smile. how odd. that smile was like the original’s trainer. maybe? he had a charizard, the evolution of charmander as part of his team so maybe that was the reason why. in any case, a trainer coming towards him, has him tensing - but not running off just yet. the trainer didn’t reach for a poke-ball.

Leon tilts his head to the side a bit, quirking a brow. The Pikachu wasn’t approaching him at all, just staring at him, but he supposed to couldn’t blame it. They were both in an odd place, likely with no idea why they were there. He couldn’t even catch it if he wanted to, he had no pokeballs. So this was the best he could do.

“Besides you, the only other Pokemon I’ve seen here is my Charmander. Wonder why that is.”

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ashenwuss‌:

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“Is that a charmander with you? How did you get a charmander here? I haven’t seen really any Pokemon.”

“Oh, yeah! He used to be a Charizard but when we came here he...turned into a Charmander again...”

“...honestly, I’m not sure? I just...showed up here, and Charmander was with me.”

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gempathic‌:

“Heck yeah! You can achieve anything if you set your mind to it!”

Steven was now looking up at this stranger with huge admiring eyes.

“That’s right, that’s the right attitude to have, about anything really!” 

Leon grins, looking down at the kid before he offers a hand. 

“I’m Leon, you?”

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landsharkbite‌:

Oh, you’ve seen this before. You’ve been here before too. Not a lot of Pokemon are spared from that reversion back to their first stage, if any— even Bradley had been devolved to a Growlithe when he showed up on your doorstep.

“Hey, now, buck up. He’ll be full sized and back to fighting form if you give it enough time, trust me.”

Leon wasn’t much of a pouter, but damn if he wasn’t pouting now. It felt almost insulting, to have all of his and Charizard’s hard work taken from them, but at the same time, he figured it was a welcome challenge. Just...start over. He looks over to the stranger, noting her odd features, like the horns and the eyes...

Seemed familiar, but he couldn’t quit place it.

“Yeah, I figure so...just gotta train him back up. That was....years and years of training though, and I don’t think I’m going to be here that long.”

“At least uh, I hope not?”