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Hey Rotomblr! Totally normal question that just came into my head for no particular reason

Is it normal to not date or not want to date while you're on your pokemon journey?

Or... um, hypothetically speaking, become so very very engrossed in your work, say as, I dunno, hypothetically, your duties as a Champion Rank ambassador, that you just don't bother with it? At all?

Just curious what everyone's experiences have been with this, lol

~Aelita

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so then the digging of the path?

Looks like it's storytime hours on the blog today! : D

I ain't complaining.

Alright, you asked for it, here for your reading pleasure is~

The Digging of the Path

There were once two friends who lived on either side of the mountain. Each time one wanted to visit the other they had to climb up and up and over and down, over stone, over hill, to reach the other side.

"I'm tired of this," said the one friend as he entered the other's house for a visit. "Up and over and down for days, oh that we could just walk through the mountain!"

"Through the mountain," the other shook his head, "what a thought, but only pokemon, the burrowing sorts, know how to do that."

"Well can we not enlist them?!" cried the first, "surely they could help us ."

"We can ask," the other agreed.

And so the two friends found an group of Diglett and Dugtrio.

"Oh little moles," they said, "would you help us dig a path through the mountain so my friend and I can visit more easily?"

But the diglett and the dugtrio shook their heads.

"We are too too too too busy busy busy!" they exclaimed, "digging tunnels for ourselves and our big big families. We do not have time to dig for you."

So hearing they found a group of drilbur and excadrill.

"Oh little moles!" they cried, "would you help us dig a path through the mountain?

But the drilbur and the excadrill laughed.

"We are busy busy busy! We are digging holes for our own friends, we are digging for worms and bugs. We have no time to dig for you!."

The friends, hearing this thought to despair, but then a small, low voice piped up.

"I can dig for you."

The friends looked down to see a small dunsparce lying nearby.

"You!" they exclaimed, but we have seen you, and we know that you are slow and lazy besides!"

"I take my time," said the dunsparce, calmly, "and it serves me well. I am not busy and I can help you dig."

"But... you are so small!"

"But I know the ways of the mountain better than any, for I am older than the moles and have seen much more. If you will have me... I will help you dig."

Having no better recourse than this at any rate, the two friends led the dunsparce to space of the mountain through which they wished it to dig. "It will take... some time," said the dunsparce. "You will not see me for a while."

The two friends bid the dunsparce goodbye, and were quite surprised to see it quickly burrow into the earth.

"Well that's that," said one friend, "I doubt we shall see him again."

"Perhaps next spring we can ask the diglett again," sighed the other.

They went their separate ways, planning to meet again the following spring.

Time passed and neither friend thought much of the little dunsparce, and when he did he would chuckle to himself. Surely it had gotten itself lost or given up for matters more meaningful to a dunsparce.

The next spring, however, as the second friend prepared to visit the first, he was surprised to reach the mountain pass and find a large cave. No, a large tunnel, wide enough for three tauros to walk down sideways!

Disbelieving, he took a step inside and looked around. A pair of large white eyes shone out at him. After letting his own eyes adjust to the dark he could it was an enormous dudunsparce looking back at him.

"I have made this passage for you," it said in a familiar, slow voice, "I will make other passages yet. Let you and your kind never forget the perseverance of mine."

The friend promised he would not and thanked the dudunsparce heartily. When the pokemon had retreated he made his way to the other side of the passage where he met his friend, and after relating his adventure, both agreed never to forget the kindness and fortitude of the dunsparce.

It's not as good as the other imo, but it's a nice little story anyway.

I hope you all have enjoyed storytime with Aelita! lol

~Aelita

[ikoni-dweebs]

Which of your Pokemon….

👽 has the weirdest origin story?

(i'm being late to the party i know. Also sorry if this was asked before, i don't feel like going through the backlog to check :3)

@koffing-time

No big @koffing-time! You're actually the first, lol!

Sorry for the late reply. Anyway, I'd have to say Maximon, my Gengar. I met him as a Haunter in Clymene City, which isn't exactly the kind of place you usually find wild ghost pokemon around here.

Basically it went like this and... man, the first part of this story is actually kind of embarrassing. It was in the middle of my pokemon journey and I'd been pulling some all-nighters trying to get from one city to another (remember kids, your journey isn't a race, make camp and SLEEP!) I got to Clymene and, instead of finding a place to rest, I decided to go to the big mall they have there. I know, I know, really stupid. Well, if you can believe it, not only did I wind up falling asleep in a camping store while checking out a display tent, NOBODY NOTICED!!! Cue me waking up at like, 1am, store completely empty.

Thankfully there was a door instead of a gate and I was able to get out of the camping store. Next thing I know though, things around me are floating, I'm hearing noises, seeing things out of the corner of my eye. I'm telling myself I'm just imagining things, but it just keeps getting crazier and crazier, I'm getting more and more terrified, until finally it's nearly dawn and here's this Haunter just floating in front of me... laughing at me.

Honestly, if I hadn't been so relieved, I probably would've been pissed. As it was, I was so relieved, I started laughing too.

Catching him wasn't hard after that. Honestly, I think he was just lonely. I did make a point of finding a good place for a nice long sleep before even trying the Clymene gym though, lol.

~Aelita

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what's the foolish farmer, if you don't mind my asking?

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hoping someone would ask, lol.

Alright, here's the story of The Foolish Farmer

The Foolish Farmer

Once there was a farmer who had fallen on hard times. His crops were lean, his miltank leaner. He had barely enough to feed himself, let alone to sell.

One day, as he was preparing to go work his land he caught sight of a little morgrem sitting on his fence.

"Hello little wanderling," he greeted.

"Hello good farmer!" the morgrem replied. The farmer was taken aback, not having heard any sort of pokemon speak his own language before, but not wanting to be rude, said nothing of it.

"What do ye here little wanderling?" the farmer asked, failing to hide his amazement.

"Oh, I travel here and there," replied the morgrem, grinning wide enough to show his fangs, "I seek gold."

"What does a morgrem do with gold?" demanded the bemused farmer.

"Why trade it for cream and sugar!" the morgrem shrugged and cocked his head to one side, "I have no need myself, but you humans seem to like it, so if one is so inclined, I find it for them, and they tradest me something sweet."

"Art thou truly so skilled in finding gold?" scoffed the farmer.

"Thou doubtest me?"

"Tis quite a great claim to make."

"Very well," snickered the morgrem, "if thou wouldst have proof, then dig thou a hole next to thine house, about a meter deep and thou wilt see the truth of it!"

While the farmer knew his efforts were probably best served tilling his fields and tending his miltank, his curiosity had gotten the better of him, and so he took a shovel and did as the morgrem had bade.

About a meter down he was astonished to find several gold coins lying just where the morgrem had said.

"Thou seest." the morgrem declared, folding its arms triumphantly, "now thou wilt be so kind as to reward my efforts for thee."

"Ah! I am not so easily fooled," chided the farmer, "for t'was I who built this house and would surely have found this gold upon building the foundation. No doubt these are merely coins I had mislaid during the digging thereof, and thus were mine to begin with!"

"If thou requirest more gold for my sup," replied the morgrem, "then dig down a bit deeper and thou wilt have it."

The farmer, still yet curious, did as the morgrem bade. Digging a bit deeper he found a small gold nugget. No longer able to deny the truth of the morgrem's power, he yet thought he might do better if he continued the game.

"Thou thinkest this enough?" he demanded of the morgrem, "an easy coincidence! Thou art merely playing on luck!."

"Thou art testing me farmer," grumbled the morgrem, "but if thou must, then dig a little deeper and thou wilt find yet more."

And so the farmer dug deeper and, indeed, this time he found a much larger golden nugget than before.

"Surely thou wilt be content," the morgrem sighed, "this gold shall easily carry thee through this lean year. Surely now thou wilt repay my services?"

"On Arceus surely not!" the farmer cried, "for it is I who hath done all the work while thou hast merely sat and watched! Thinkest thou that such is worthy of a reward?"

"Very well farmer," the morgrem snarled, "dig a little deeper and thou shalt have yet more riches."

And so the farmer dug, even deeper than before, and discovered this time a nugget even larger than the last!

But alas the farmer had not considered too strongly where it was he had been digging and had dug so deep now that the foundation of his little house had grown so unstable that the structure collapsed entire within minutes.

The farmer let out a cry of despair.

"Little demon, thou has tricked me!" he exclaimed.

"Nay farmer," the morgrem snickered, dancing a bit around the farmer's newly dug hole, "thou hast gained all thou hadst been promised. Tis not my fault thou didst not look where thou wert digging! Perhaps in the future thou wilt pay thy debts and learn where the line of thy house is!"

Thus with a cackle the morgrem departed and the farmer was left with much riches, and no house to store it in.

Like I said, this one's my favorite. I'm always a sucker for a little comeuppance. ^_^

~Aelita

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(@wingsofachampion) Hiya! Who's Bill, and why are they bad? -Tropius

Wait... you're an... actual Tropius? Like big wings and everything? OH MY ARCEUS THAT IS SO COOL!!!!!!!! <3

TW: Pokemon abandoment, PC Abuse

As for Bill, (ugh) he's the inventor of the modern day Pokemon Storage system. This system, while it certainly has its uses (My professor-in-training friend, Dave, uses it with the lab he works with to quickly and safely send pokemon collected for research) it has encouraged a lot of irresponsible behavior, especially with so called "collectors"

Basically thanks to the, usually over 900 SLOTS, available to PC users, there are many trainers out there who become "collectors". They catch 100's of pokemon just so they can have "a full set". Some even go as far as to include any unusual colorings or markings in their "collection"

These pokemon are then trapped in a digital world, never to see the real one again, and all because some dumb kid wanted a series of "trophies"

There are other issues, but this is the biggest one as I see it. Bill fanboys will try to tell me this "wasn't the intent" when Bill himself is a "collector!"

The only exception I know of is a series of islands in Alola a man by the name of Mohn has set up that pokemon in the Alolan PC system are able to visit and take a break from their prison. Even then Mohn (whom I have the utmost respect for) is just one man.

Basically I believe PC usage should be much more highly regulated and that trainers should NOT be allowed to keep hundreds of LIVING BEINGS in a digital prison. The entire system needs re-evaluated and overhauled. When Lusamine freezes her pokemon into statues it's "A travesty" and "Monstrous!" but when trainers imprison pokemon in a digital world for YEARS it's "normal" and "not a big deal"

Sorry, I guess that went on for a bit. It's something I'm pretty passionate about. I've actually boycotted the PC system entirely over it. Thanks for asking Tropius! I hope your own journey is going well!

[ikoni-dweebs]

Poor @disabled-necrozma got to witness the joys of having a Zweilous that thinks its a lap-dragon last night.

Trying to put away Christmas decorations and Janus is just nonstop crying at me? Why? Well, I can only assume their thought process was this.

"Mother is on couch. Couch is for cuddles. Why is mother playing with chewy spike string and round hanging things instead of cuddling?!"

Meanwhile poor Belle is just trying to make a sandwich in the kitchen. I hope they weren't too much of a bother!

~Aelita

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(@fire-type-problems ) re: contests, Lady has a great moveset for contests... it's just as a butch lesbian I've never really thought of doing them?

if there's a way to compete and stay true to myself we could try it? what do you think lol

I decided to ask my rival, Honey, on this one. I'll copy-paste her answer here.

"Hm? Oh of course. I don't know what her style is exactly of course but I'll bet she would look divine in a suit! I'm seeing ringmaster with vibrant reds and oranges! Or perhaps a lovely button-up with flare pants! Oh, there are so many options! And of course she must dress up her darling little Typhlosion. Probably just a cute necklace, and/or maybe a masquerade mask. Not too much, you don't want to detract from those gorgeous flames!

Presenting more masculine hardly means one can't show off the bond and synergy they have with their pokemon! I do hope your friend decides to try out contests. I'm sure she and her lovely Lady will love them!"

~Aelita... well... Honey actually, but Aelita is posting? You know what I mean!

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Hi! I thought I'd take a moment to share the Ikoni League logo with you all in case you were interested!

~Aelita

OOC: This took all of ten minutes to design and two hours of tweaking to get where I wanted it. If you're wondering why I haven't drawn Dave yet, that's why, lol.