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Welcome to the forge!

This blog is run by four members. Each of us train at the Four Sword smithery and steel gym in Unova, and have only just begun our pokemon journeys! A bit later then most as we're all in our 20's...

Feel free to send in asks or just say hello! We also accept pelipper mail.

Red - He/She/They

Hello hello! My name is Red, and I'm from Hoenn! I love fire types and pokemon pageants and performers. Oh oh and cooking and baking and crafts!!

My partner pokemon is charcadet!

Green - He/Him

Hi, I'm Green. I'm from Kanto, and I like various kinds of sword fighting.

My partner pokemon is eevee, bonker of heads.

Vio - He/They

Hello, I am Vio and I hail from Galar. It's short for Violet, to go with the color theme. I enjoy goth culture, and I read just about everything I get my hands on.

My partner pokemon is gothita.

Blue - He/Him

Hi. I'm Blue. I'm from Sinnoh. I like working out and hand to hand combat like wrestling. Oh and guns. I like all kinds of guns.

My partner is honedge.

Our blog is also managed by our rotom, DD. Everyone say thank you DD!

[DD WILL ACCEPT PRAISE AND. VIDEO GAME ROMS. AS COMPENSATION.]

#pkmn irl #pokeblr #pokemon rp #pokemon irl #rotomblr #pokemon blog #real pokemon

pokemonshelterstories

picked up an orphaned teddiursa today. somehow they always look like theyve just gotten off a 12 hour shift at a soul-sucking job

non-elite-four

I'd probably look like that too if I'd been recently orphaned.

#vio reblogs

pokemonshelterstories

so I have a pawniard, have had the little lady for years. they take forever to evolve so I’ve been trying to train her up slowly and carefully, mostly by letting her fight rock type pokemon to keep her blades sharp. We have a lot of boldore and roggenrola around here, so I figured it wouldn’t be an issue. but recently she came back and the axe blade on her head had been BROKEN. The top part is missing. The rest is still intact but I think she maybe tried to headbutt a pokemon using iron defense. she seem ok, she hasn’t fainted or anything and I’ve been giving her Oran berries to keep her healthy, but she’s super distressed by this and doesn’t want to go out and train anymore. I don’t know if their blades regrow naturally, I’ve never seen this happen before with a pawniard, do I need to take her in to get looked at?

unfortunately a broken blade for a pawniard is about the worst thing that can happen to them from a battling perspective. in the wild, it's effectively a death sentence; a bisharp won't take a pawniard with a broken blade into its troop, and bisharp that break their blades can't maintain a troop. you need to get her to a specialist veterinarian immediately. they might be able to work with a blacksmith to file the blade down to usability, but depending on the break, you may have to retire her from battling entirely. even if she still can battle, you're going to need to go back to the basics of building confidence and focusing on form as she learns how to use the shortened blade.

this is why it's your responsibility to supervise your pokemon's training. by turning her out to train on her own, you endangered the local ecosystem by letting a battle-trained pokemon do as she pleases. you also endangered her by leaving her safety up to her ability to handle whatever wild pokemon she came across. pawniard naturally fight as a group and can easily get overwhelmed if they don't have a troop leader to look to. she may well have broken her blade because she panicked. the fact that you weren't there to see what happened also means that there's a gap in your understanding of how bad her injuries might actually be.

take your pokemon to a vet, and don't let her out to battle on her own again. in the meantime, i'd also recommend you brush up on the care needs for pawniard so you can better understand what to do in the case of injury. steel type pokemon often required specialized veterinary care after sustaining injuries, and it's your duty to know when she needs veterinary intervention.

pokemonshelterstories

do racing rhyhorn differ that much from wild-caught rhyhorn?? i thought it was primarily nature-based, but my aunt (she was a racer when she was younger) said its a lot more complicated and she doesnt understand it much either.

rhyhorn racing really fascinates me because like...wow, what an odd choice for a pokemon to ride on! they aren't particularly comfortable to sit on, and to be honest, they aren't super easy to train. their default is "run until i hit something" which is fine for them with their thick, shock-absorbing plates, but it's not very fine for a much squishier human. it's a sport with a pretty high rate of injury and not one i can really get behind.

getting off of my soapbox, though...rhyhorn is far from a domesticated species, mostly because humans couldn't figure out a job for them outside of battling for a long time. their large and shifting territory (nearly 10 km and frequently moving as the rhyhorn travels), aggressive nature, and poor long-term memory made them generally unsuitable for practical work. that being said, there is a sort of racing "breed" of rhyhorn in kalos, where racers have selectively bred for certain physical and personality traits. the ideal race rhyhorn is relatively docile compared to its wild counterpart, with shorter ridges on its back to more comfortably accommodate a rider. its legs are slightly longer to give it more flexibility in side-to-side movement, and its less aggressive temperament makes it easier to steer and- more importantly- stop at the end of a race. trying to ride a wild-caught rhyhorn is like asking to get your bones shattered, while riding a specially-bred rhyhorn is more like...gently suggesting that you'd like your bones to remain intact.

i don't think it's a smart idea to race them at all, but the racing breed is definitely different from the wild-type, which you'll only see in battling.

non-elite-four

I met a race-bred rhyhorn a while back, it was a pretty cool experience. She and her partner won a few races but ended up having to retire early because he got thrown off during a race and fucked up his back bad. Like surgery and months of physical therapy, not sure if you'll get full movement back bad.

It was an accident and she didn't even buck him off or anything, but if he'd been riding a wild-caught rhyhorn? Or even if she had a worse temper, or he hadn't basically hand raised her? Yeah.

Anyways, they're living together on a big ranch that serves a lot of riding/sport pokemon as boarders and she's living it up as the most pampered ryhorn you ever saw. Beating the shit out of giant rubber balls, flinging hay everywhere, and getting all the scritches from her trainer.

- Blue

#blue reblogs #blue speaks

pokemonshelterstories

I'm an amateur pokemon watcher and recently a milotic moved into the lake where the local gyrados that's under observation lives. We were expecting GR-5739 to react with his usual territorial aggression, but he has instead spent the last fortnight desperately trying to get her attention with displays of strength, bellowing, etc. Totally head over heels while she quietly ignores him. Recently he's begun leaving her kills and she seems to be letting him get closer. If he does manage to sweet talk her into being his mate, will the feebas hatchlings look different or will they just look like regular feebas?

oh my arc. i'm rooting for him. and also my sympathies to anyone who lives in a 5km radius of that lake and has to deal with the mating calls.

magikarp/feebas crosses are actually fairly well-studied, because they're both extremely hardy fish pokemon capable of living in a wide range of water salinity. although they were ignored for a long time as boring pokemon, there's been a lot of research lately into what makes them so successful at survival. what you generally see with feebas crossed with magikarp is that they'll be a bit bulkier than your typical feebas with especially strong muscles in the back, near the caudal fin. magikarp-crossed feebas are also known to sometimes jump out of the water like magikarp, while uncrossed feebas typically cluster at the bottom of their habitat.

there's some evidence that magikarp-crossed feebas are more prone to fin nipping and general aggression, but in a large body of water, you may not see that happening.

#red reblogs #good luck dude!!!

pokemonshelterstories

Speaking of the safari zones are there ever problems with random kids throwing rocks at the pokemon?

((For extra context this is relating to how in older titles like red and blue you have the option to throw rocks at the pokemon seen in the safari zone))

as anyone who works with pokemon wildlife will tell you, there will always be people who do dangerously idiotic things with wild pokemon, and that's not restricted to kids. i have read several case studies on incidents where people tried to goad pokemon in safari zones in the hopes that it would make them easier to catch. they don't tend to end well, as one might imagine would happen after someone throws a rock at a tauros or a kangaskhan with a joey.

nowadays, a lot of those safari zones are closed or have seen major updates to prevent issues with visitors harassing the wild pokemon. the hoenn safari zone in particular underwent a huge overhaul about ten years ago, removing the catching game aspect of the park as well as the pokeblock feeders they used to have for visitors to try and coax pokemon out. overall it's been a great improvement, and i hope other safari zones do the same! it's best for the safety of both visitors and pokemon not to encourage getting too close or interacting so directly.

so, most safari zones these days do at least forbid throwing things at the wild pokemon, and increased ranger presence in these areas helps deter people from doing anything that could get them in hot water.

non-elite-four

I went to a pokemon safari once while on a field trip as a kid, and I distinctly remember the ranger going over the rules and saying:

"If you decide to throw something at a pokemon and piss them off, what happens next is between you, that pokemon, and god."

Of course a kid still tried it and got carted off by his mom. Why he decided to misbehave with his mom chaperoning I have no clue, but I do know he was stuck inside the safari center for the rest of the day.

- Green

#shoutout to miss shirley #you took no shit that day and I appreciate it

pokemonshelterstories

People on chattok are saying that wearing everstones makes you age slower. It’s a new hack now. Chat are we cooked?

people in many regions have been using everstones erroneously to prevent aging for thousands of years. it comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of how everstones work by blocking specific types of energy that humans simply don't have, but it's not a new concept. i recently purchased a book on pokemon in high society during the kalos regency era which showed off everstone accessories worn by the elite; i've also read anti-aging remedies in pliny the elder that involve consuming the blood of young pokemon with an everstone boiled in it.

people will always come up with ways to attempt to prevent the inevitable. these bogus techniques can reach a wider audience now, but people also have wider access to information. it's better to put our efforts towards countering misinformation than to simply assume we're all doomed to succumb to it.

non-elite-four

It's at least one of the less hazardous anti-aging tricks out there. There are worse things people could be doing then wearing a rather dull looking stone.

I imagine the impact on the everstone market will be annoying though...

-Vio

#vio speaks #vio reblogs #it will probably bring some interestng scams though

pokemonshelterstories

So uhhh, hypothetically, if a pokemon, let's say a Tinkaton, hypothetically ripped the catalytic converter out of my work truck, how would I hypothetically get it back if i hypothetically couldn't afford a new one? Hypothetically of course

you're not getting that back. it's hammer parts by now. call your auto insurance provider and hope for the best.

#lmaooo #blue reblogs

teamequilibrium

so...

who's the one running the blog?

Team Equilibrium is not your average group. We act as a single united being. There is not just a single worker in control of this blog as we are all the same in the eyes of the original dragon.

non-elite-four

My bets on a hivemind - Blue

#or a cult

ohevoyev

having a crush as an adult is so embarrassing i’m literally too old for this. i should be busy with my blacksmith apprenticeship or something

#vio reblogs

pokemonshelterstories

hello! i've been looking into adopting an audino as they are my favorite mon, but unfortunately there doesn't seem to be much information on them excluding medical stuff due to the fact that they are mainly (though rather uncommonly) used as nurse joy pokemon. i was wondering if you had any important information or first-hand accounts to give me?

i've actually had the pleasure of meeting an audino! my therapist has an audino named hansel and he's the sweetest lil gentleman you could ever meet

i think the biggest thing to consider if you're looking into an audino is that, while they're generally an extremely gentle, easygoing pokemon, they're also very sensitive to both sounds and emotions. if you live in a loud area, you'll need to consider soundproofing so that your audino doesn't get overwhelmed. i've read tales from vets with clients who claim that their audino are "lazy" or "just like to lie around all day" when really the problem is that they're overstimulated and too exhausted because of it to want to do anything. taking care of your own mental health with an audino is important, too, because they have a tendency to get stressed out when their trainer is stressed.

they thrive off of positive interactions with both humans and pokemon, so lots of socialization for an audino is super important too! they form pretty strong social bonds with individuals that they like, so it might be a good idea to see if there's anyone in your area who would be okay with arranging some regular playdates.

#I too lay down and do nothing when overstimulated #vio reblogs

parasect-center

I need to follow more Rotomblrs. Spice up my dash with some more variety. RB THIS POST IF IT REACHES YOU and i'll send some asks and traction etc your way, investigate your blorbos.

derangedbones-deactivated201908

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#red reblogs