#lumiose

[chimeraprince-art]

The coffee sucks, I’m here for the view 👁️

[effiesketch]

He doesn't know how to get back up again

[wyrdzpiral]

Rank C i love you sm

[soulmatesoflight-pkmnau]

So, in Pokémon Legends Z-A I found this near Hotel Z and...

... I can't be the only one that has thought about the same, right?!

(This scene could have definitely happened in their visit to Lumiose back in Pokémon Ultimate Journeys.)

[✨☀️Soul(mate)s of Light Pokémon AU Master Post🌕✨]

Do not repost. Do not modify. Always credit me!

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Ash, Goh, Pikachu and Grookey © Nintendo/TPC

[gamingtide]

Legends Z-A Details 2.5: Nouveau Café Truck - Griselle Drink Descriptions

So I went back to the Nouveau Café Truck for some more pics and I noticed something when I was ordering drinks. If you order from the truck with Grisham & Griselle, Griselle will give you a brief description of each drink. Pretty much all of the other places, cafés & trucks alike, just say "Here you go! One [insert beverage here]." Griselle gives her opinion on each of them. She also gets irritated if you refuse to order anything.

Here's the descriptions, starting with the coffee menu:

If they're naming their roasts after the moves Charizard uses to make them, I'm surprised there'd be anything left to make coffee with after anything stronger than an Ember, but whatever. It's probably just used as a marketing technique

Here's the ones from the tea menu:

I think it's pretty obvious that these are meant to be parodies of chamomile, oolong, and rose/rosehip tea, but only the description for Roserade tea seems to match it's counterpart in our world.

Chamomile tea most certainly does not pack a punch. It's one of the mildest flavors out there, and it's usually used in Sleepytime or sleep aid blends due to it's relaxing properties. It's naturally caffeine free as well. Sweet aroma yes, and rich flavors as well if it's a blend and not pure chamomile. But not something that packs a punch, unless you mean a punch thrown to knock you out and send you to dreamland

Oolong tea is very refreshing, but I've never thought that it smelled like wet wool. Why would you even want to drink something like that anyways? I think the wet wool smell would make me gag. Not sure how to describe exactly what oolong does smell like, but it's definitely not wet wool. Refreshing is a good word for it I suppose. Always brings back good memories of the Chinese restaurant we used to go to on special occasions when I was a kid. We could never get it to taste the same when we made it at home though, even when we bought the same tea mix from them. Must have been something special in the way they brewed it

The Roserade Tea description seems pretty spot on. And it was a common option at the Pokémon Center Cafés in Gen 7

...Does anybody know if these names match what they're called in Japanese? Does anybody have a direct translation? I'm wondering if the mismatched descriptions aren't some kind of translation error or translation creative liberties. Kind of like how in Gen 7 Tapu Cocoa was originally Skitty cocoa, and Komala Coffee was originally Granbull coffee

Moving on, these are the last ones for the other miscellaneous drinks:

Can't tell if she was being sarcastic or not with that Sparkling Water description

The thing about the magnesium in the Fresh Water is intriguing though. Is that a thing in Real World France? Or in Paris specifically? It's an interesting little worldbuilding tidbit

Anyways, here's the other photos I took of the Nouveau Café Truck

Front of the truck & the license plate

Back of the truck & license plate

The back door to the kitchen area has their logo on it. Looks like there's some kind of vent there as well for when they're cooking

They've got their logo on the side and on the doors as well. How many logos did they need to splash on this thing?

This is as close as I could get the camera to the inside of the vehicle. Confirms that Kalosians drive on the right-hand side of the road, and that the driver's seat is on the left-hand side. Just like real world France

...Do you think anyone from Team Flare can drive a stick-shift? Probably not relevant to anything, but it would be interesting to know

Original Nouveau Café Truck Details here: [Link]

[hijinxx]

Did up my first commission for my newly launched pokemon + trainer comms! >w< Woohoo!

[fallout-time]

Headcanon for if the Legends ZA and Legends Arcues protagonist are the same person (I haven't finished the game yet, so it's not complete) (part 1) (part 2)

You return from Hisui after being there for maybe a year or two (depends on your personal headcanon) and are trying to adjust to your old life. You've reconnected with friends and family (including Ingo), but it's still hard.

You're losing the Hisuian accent you picked up

You go to the Lumiose Museum's Hisui exhibit and plan on staying in the city for a couple days.

The exhibit is great but also emotional because you fully realize that everyone you knew has been dead for hundreds of years. You see your old uniform next to Rei/Akari's and read the plaque that says that Laventon's notes were lost for a long time and he was almost forgotten. The work you and he did almost amounted to nothing.

Volo, of all people, might still be alive and no one manipulated you more than he did.

You pick up your baggage from a locker (because there is no way a responsible museum is letting you in with a bag that large) and sit outside the museum when a Pancham snatches it.

You are ready to crash out when a teenager (Urbain/Taunie) shows up to help. You chase the Pancham down, pick a starter, battle, and win. It's the first time you've battled since you returned because you missed your old team too much.

You tell U/T who you are and go to Hotel Z where things progress as usual. You're a couple years older than the others (later-teens depending on your headcanon) and become like an older sibling to them.

Helping the rogue mega evolved pokemon has given you a new purpose and reinvigorated you. Team MZ accepts you and makes you feel like you belong.

You get called to the Rust Syndicate about U/T's loan and Corbeau threatens you and demands you work for him. You are not about to bend to the will of a loan shark and tell him 'no.'

'Mr. Corbeau, I imagine you know who I am and where I've been. Arceus chose me as its messenger. I secured a world where human and Pokémon can coexist. I braved the wilds of Hisui. I stood before Giratina, the lord of the distortion world, fought it, and won. Believe me, I am not a person you want to threaten or make demands of. But I am also a person of honor and, in four days, I will pay back the money you are owed in full. Now, if there isn't anything else, Lida and I will go on our way.'

Tldr; you're emotionally healing and hate Corbeau

[waywardwes9]

Why’s Kabu hitting the rust syndicate pose