Hey everybody! I'm a pro battler, currently on break and at home!
I tend to go by a lot of different names for personal reasons, but you can call me Laser! If we include my break, I've been battling for TWENTY-ONE YEARS THIS YEAR (wow!) but honestly I've been around trainers and battle-trained 'mon my entire life.
I'd love to connect with people here, whether for battling tips, advice for pokemon in the home, or anything else!
I have/had a LOT of pokemon (I ended up opening a preserve/ranch with my S/O with our prize money for the pokemon that didn't want to be released into the wild or become a housepet at the end of our journeys, so please rest at ease that everybody is being taken care of!) so I can answer questions about most any types.
I'm Hoenn native, and my Blaziken is my best friend. I've taken the gym challenge in: Hoenn, Sinnoh, Johto, Kanto, and Unova, so that's where my knowledge lies. I'm not very familiar with fairy types, sorry!
At home, feel free to ask about any of my 'mon! I've got a bunch, so don't feel shy about asking!
And now I have Sponge Cake the Feebas as a non battling mon (atm!) I'll see if he wants to evolve and maybe enter him in battles or contests, but it's definitely too early to force him into anything.
Newest Ranch Arrivals:
Popstar the Sneasler
Bokeh the Metagross
Amanda the Aerodactyl
Michael the Flareon
Custard the Lillipup
Sequel the Banette
((ooc stuff under the cut!))
(If any of my backstory doesn't fit your blog's canon, I am A-OK with saying that we somehow connected internets through a spatial rift!)
I am totally and fully okay with 'is the picture cute?' style blogs interacting! In fact, I encourage it!
I have memory issues, so I apologize if I don't recognize your blog or remember where you are in your storyline
I am slightly less likely to interact with blogs containing canon characters from Gen V or before, mostly bc I don't know what to say haha. Feel free to interact first tho!
The games that are canon to Laser's life are Ruby, Platinum, SoulSilver, and Black! I'm definitely counting other games as having 'happened' but Laser did not live through them, and only sort of knows what went down.
Laser has defeated the Elite 4 in those games, but takes pains to disguise itself in each new region it takes the challenge in, to avoid too much publicity. However, after beating the league, it doesn't care to maintain the disguise, leading to being kind of a famous cryptid type character.
Because of this, it will be cagey about its life, but may let things slip accidentally!
As a side note, I want to play the emotional ramifications of the events of those games somewhat seriously! Laser was in therapy for a good long while, both because of said events and also a tragedy that occurred at some point which it was struggling to cope with.
I don't wanna expound too much on its backstory yet, but I will keep record of anything discovered here for ease of access to newcomers! Feel free to poke a bit at it, but please keep in mind it will react like a real person!
pelipper mail is off while Laser is traveling, but on while at home, magic anons are always off, but musharna mail? I think is crazy funny so that is ON. Mystery gift is tentatively on, will make a concrete decision once I catch the vibe better. Union Circle is sooooo on!
BACKSTORY UNLOCKED:
-Has serious beef with Giovanni and Ghetsis, but seems to give the other teams wiggle room...
-Knows Maxie well enough that he calls it out on its bullshit and bad habits
-big thing happened sometime between leaving kanto and going to unova
-makes occasional trips to the Distortion World, but is hesitant to speak on that
-started its journey early, back when ten years old was the standard
-Someone named Thomas lives in a cave on preserve grounds
CURRENT PLOT: Old Wounds!
-laser has just pulled Cyrus out of the distortion world! he is in a catatonic state, occasionally interrupted by extreme emotional outbursts
There's two Archen left, free to a good home! I've nicknamed them 'Attacka' and 'Banded' temporarily, but you're free to rename them!
Attacka has pretty vivid cobalt and scarlet colouration- they're also probably the leader of their flock. Kind of aggressive, they've got a few scars, and their claws and teeth are a bit longer than average.
Banded is, well, banded! It's a bit hard to see in the box, but their beak, legs, and red feathers have some really unique colouring going on, too! Kind of chill, didn't really react much when I went to catch em. Might make a better house pet than a battler, but who knows!
Send me an ask or leave a comment if you're interested!
[OOC: not first come first serve, rotomblr/pokeirl blogs get preferential treatment. I'll probably do this again in the future, so don't feel bummed if you miss out! I'll DM the png once I've decided, but it might take a hot second due to the program I use- but I'm looking for a workaround! Gender is up to the adopter!]
OKAY SO BIG UPDATE SORRY FOR BEING QUIET I WAS UP TO SHIT.
Um. greentext format for brevity
-Oceanic museum had a new exhibit on the evolution of life
-i obviously went, bc that shit rules
-the staff actually recognizes me, which is unusual but hey, it's chill
-they ask me to look at something
>book dot jpeg
>ANCIENT book written on reed paper dot jpeg
>team exist definitely found something like this bc it details some of what they're doing
>realize that ONCE AGAIN there's two opposed legendaries we could be dealing with here, and the shit Exist is up to is just as likely to summon something they are not equipped to handle
>Writing is smudged, but it definitely says Astronona is Evolution/Change itself
>ah fuck. That means...
>writing is too smudged to be legible, but my guess is the other deity must be either stagnation or extinction. only the last bit of its name is legible- 'tropos'
>Turns out a Team Exist member was eavesdropping but we found her out
>Beat Admin Edia and she tells me where the lab is and that their leader is named Geo
>THE TEAM HEAD APPARENTLY GAVE EVERYONE SHOCK COLLARS???? SO SHE GOT KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AFTER SHE TOLD ME
>well. i guess i know what I'm up to tomorrow.
so that's how shit has been for me! how about you guys?
*Laser is struggling to stand. The legendary it is facing seems amused. Perdita, now an Aggron, seems on the verge of collapse.*
"C'mon baby! I believe in you!"
*Laser's belief comes out a plea, knowing this won't quite be enough but is desperately hopeful anyway*
"Hey, my turn!"
*All three conscious beings turn to look. Climbing in through a massive hole in the side of the building is Bentley. 12 years old and full of fire, he is backed up by Maxie, former leader of team Magma, now in his late forties or early fifties*
"Go, Astronona!"
*As the child makes his way into the room, he throws out a pokeball and a second legendary joins the fray.*
*Astronona seems ephemeral, ever changing in ways almost incomprehensible. But amidst its shimmering form is the same clear desire that burns in Bentley.*
"Quit taking on gods by yourself. Someday it will catch up to you."
*Maxie approaches Laser as Bentley and Astronona work in sync against the threat.*
"When you told me what was going on, I did some digging of my own- my specialty. The beast you were facing is called Lithtropos, That Which Does Not Change"
"Bentley's just a kid. He doesn't need this."
*Maxie reaches into Laser's bag and begins pulling out revives and potions, and uses them on its pokemon.*
"Hm. Normally I'd say you were right. But when I told him what I was up to, and what you were up to, he insisted. And the difference between then and now is that he does not stand alone. The both of us are here."
*Laser straightens up, ready for round two.*
"You're right."
*As the powers of Lithtropos and Astronona clash, Laser's silhouette can be seen throwing a pokeball, intent on joining the fray*
*Geo is on the ground, on his knees. Laser is also pretty winded, and many more of the machines are smoking wrecks.*
*Suddenly, there is a ripple in the air. Much of the roof of the large room is shredded and blown away like paper. A creature congeals, towering over the humans.*
*At first it seems to be only a mass of heads, of all different types, some unrecognizable in form, but when one looks they can see the body. It's hard to tell if it's covered in bones or an exoskeleton of rock. There's so much about the beast that doesn't seem real, but there it hangs. This must surely be the thing the book was talking about. That which only slumbers. That which has now awoken.*
*Laser looks at its pokeballs- it hasn't had time to heal its team from the showdown with Geo*
