#flowerliker

[touya-san]

you have been having a lot of weird conversations on here!! but you don't have to tell me anything ok? i am really grateful for you and your big dragon friend being in slateport this weekend!!! we could not have done what we did to stay ok and keep spirits up without you. i just want to let you know that if you are ever in need of a change of scenery there is always room for you in slateport city!!! i have a guest room and make some really mean berry-based dishes hehe 😋

Oh!!! Im glad to have helped!!! Its aight im just tired and cold but its already a lot warmer than yesterday so i dont mind staying for a bit!!! I gotta go back home to receive the new pokemon and egg but i'll def come back???

Berry food 👀

[rotom-catalogue]

// im on my phone and can't copy the little leaf thing. it's the meme

bryony my best friend bryony!! sunshine girl who deserves the world

[unovan-businesswoman-angie]

❤️🌸✨ please!!

What's your favorite memory of your pokémon?

When I finally decided to retire from the business world proper, I took all my pokémon out for a picnic in the park. It was beautiful that day, and everything just... Turned out perfectly.

What kind of flowers do you like? What about berries?

In terms of flowers, I'm partial to wisteria! It's just such a big, beautiful plant, and I am eternally furious that I can't grow it because of the required work to be put in. As for berries... Aspear are my favorite.

Do you like shiny things?

Oh dear, you've got no idea. My whole office is full of trinkets and baubles. My friends used to compare me to a murkrow because I would hoard any shiny rocks I could find. Shiny is life.

[blacephalonmarathon]

hardy and lax please! 🌻

lax - what do you do in your free time?

Oh dude all SORTS of stuff! I like to keep myself busy. Going on walks around Culcastle (where I live!) is nice, and there's lots of things to do in Bannerblow City, which is nearby. I've actually been trying to take up sewing, so I can repair my team's costumes. It's pretty hard, but I'm not giving up yet.

I also used to travel, but not as much these days. I would like to, though. Maybe visit Galar again.

hardy - what's a pretty tough situation that you and/or your pokemon managed to get out of?

So. This is a tough story, but I think its something that I've come to terms with.

When I became Osthu's champion at 11, I was, of course, determined to stay champion for as long as I could. Very very determined. For 6 years of my life, more than half of my childhood, I trained. And pushed. And battled. I lost sleep, and skipped meals, and overworked my Pokémon.

I lost sight of the love I had for Pokémon and became so obsessed with being successful. In those years, I developed a complex-- If I wasn't champion, I was nobody. I became awful.

It was around when I was 17 that I began to realize the toll this had taken on not only me and my Pokémon, but the relationships we had with the rest of the world. My team and I had become so aggressive towards anything. I pushed my friends and family away. I did a lot of things I wasn't proud of. I looked in the mirror and hated who I saw. So I realized that I needed to end it.

I wanted to publicly step down, but was told, unfortunately, that's not how things work. I knew what I had to do. And. This isn't the first time I acknowledged this. It became public soon after. But I threw the battle. I cheated. Lost on purpose. To a really good kid.

I think that was the best thing I ever did. Losing was like a weight being lifted off my shoulders. It did hurt, too. I lost everything I had known in an hour.

But when I got home that night, my moms were there waiting for me. They hugged me for the first time in a long, long time.

I began to better myself. I went to therapy, and began to bond with my Pokémon team again. I had a lot of bad days-- like when my Beelzebulb, Baddle, passed. It was the first Pokémon that was my own. I am glad that I got to grow close with it again before its passing, but at the time it destroyed me.

But now, the good days really outshine the bad. I am still healing. But I have my Pokémon, my friends, my family, and the support of the kids who look up to me to back me up.

I am. Very sorry that this ask got that long kshddjjdhdj here take this

[calice-malice]

[a package arrives in the mail today!! it's wrapped in recycled brown paper and there's an envelope inside made of similar material. the package contains a handmade teal crochet scarf wrapped around a few well-padded packages of seeds labeled lavender, rosemary, marigold, and petunias. the envelope contains detailed, handwritten instructions for care of each plant, and a handmade card which reads, "Hi Cal!! Here's the scarf I made you! There are seeds in here too like we talked about and I have written out care instructions. All I ask for in return is that you take pictures of your beautiful flowers and herbs and that you let me know if you need any help with them!! ♡ Bryony (P.S. The packaging is all biodegradable so feel free to compost it!)"]

[Image: a picture of Cassie. she is wearing the handmade scarf. Cirra is trying to paw at the end of the scarf.]

thank u so much for this bryony!!!!! its really nice!!!!

also i will do my best to grow the seeds!!

[eartheats]

answer all the multiples of 5 and also number 2!!! 🌹

gladly!! ☺️

2. Do you tend to keep your pokémon in- or out-of-ball? Are there any exceptions to this?

i usually like to keep lulu out! he's really comforting to have around and makes me feel super safe, but i'll put him back in his poke ball if he's not quite awake yet or if he tuckers himself out. he's actually got a lot of energy, though, so that doesn't happen a lot!

i'll usually put him away if we're going in a building too, though! it's just polite to do so.

5. Are there any pokémon that live in your area that you see around all the time?

gosh, there's a lot actually! depends on which direction you go too; i usually work the east pokemart because it's closer to the house, so you see a lot of rolycoly and carkol around going about their business. lots of hariyama and makuhita too! and lotsa other orthworm, but they usually burrow in so i can only see their heads.

i usually work 3rd shift, though, so i mostly have to see...the murkrow and squwakabilly... 💢💢💢

but i like everything else we see around here!! sometimes when i work the west end, i'll see a bunch of spoink, grumpig, mudbray, and mudsdale! they're cool too!!

10. First pokémon you ever evolved yourself?

uh...i actually don't have any other pokemon other than lulu, actually! i mean, i used to, but...

...well, i surrendered her to a shelter after i dropped out of uva. it's not a big deal, though, she's probably happier elsewhere.

15. Do you catch a lot of pokémon, battle them, or just leave them be?

battle!! there's not a lot that can actually challenge lulu, so sometimes i gotta take him into those weird crystal caves that pop up to get his energy out, but the pokemon here are pretty scrappy and like to fight! it's so much fun!!

20. How did you meet/obtain your partner pokémon?

oh! i actually went into that over here!! but me and lulu have known each other since i was small, and we just kinda kept playing together until mom and dad bought me a poke ball and told me i could keep him! a lil bit of food goes a long way in a friendship, i've found, yep!

thanks so much for the questions!!