The New Normal – 5-18 – Following Up
I dragged myself out of bed early the next morning because I wanted to spend a bit more time with Euphie before I had to drop her off at Professor Oak’s. After hastily putting toget...
2023-10-16 06:19:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-17 - Fairy Odd Discoveries
After a moment to think things through, I decided to stick to my previous plan and take the initiative to publish and announce the Fairy typing on my own terms. However, even w...
2023-10-13 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-16 – Interlude – Proton
The facility was filled with a sense of anticipation as the final preparations were being made for their raid against Devon Corp that was going to be launched very soon. And t...
2023-10-11 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-16 – INTERLUDE – Whitney
Whitney slowly stirred awake after a good night’s rest, feeling refreshed and relieved from yesterday’s journey towards Saffron City from Celadon. Ever since Janine had j...
2023-10-09 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-15 – Strategies and Schemes
Surprisingly, my parents weren’t home when I got back from my match against Bruno. Though they did send me a text saying that they watched my final duel between our starte...
2023-10-06 06:27:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-14 – Interlude – Pokenet Reactions
[A NEW CHALLENGER APPROACHES! ELITE JOHN ISSUED OFFICIAL CHALLENGE BY CHALLENGER BRUNO! WHO WILL WIN?!] by The Indigo Post
We got some exciting news today tha...
2023-10-04 06:25:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-14 – Fighting Back
“WHAT AN AMAZING FIGHT EVERYONE! DESPITE BEING DOWN BY ONE POKEMON, CHALLENGER BRUNO HAS REALLY SHOWN THE WORLD HIS STRENGTH! I SUSPECT THAT THIS BATTLE HAS BEEN CLOSER THAN WHAT M...
2023-10-02 06:21:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-13 – Fighting Power
I hesitated for a moment before sending out my next Pokémon, which I had planned to be Zephyr. Originally, I had hoped to send out Zephyr to finish off whatever weakened Pokémon t...
2023-09-29 06:26:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-12 – A Fighting Fight
I arrived at the Indigo Plateau where my fight against Bruno would be hosted in less than an hour. The previous week had flown by quickly, yet fruitfully, as I continued pushing m...
2023-09-25 06:26:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-11 – Gym Troubles
As exciting as Tyranitar’s evolution was, it didn’t change the fact that I still had to train up for my match against Bruno. We spent the next few days continuing to train togethe...
2023-09-22 06:28:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-10 – Interlude – Brock
They were abandoned. Again.
He had just woken up one morning to find an empty bed with a note on it. There was no explanation written on it, other than a simple “I’m ...
2023-09-20 06:29:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-10 – A Practice Duel
I continued working on training my Pokémon for my upcoming battle the next day. Naturally, I had also texted everyone to not look for me unless my presence was absolutely necessar...
2023-09-18 06:27:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-9 – Concerns and Preparations
“Are things going to be alright for you, dear?” My mom’s worried voice snapped me out of my thoughts, “Do you think you can win?”
I fiddled with the letter...
2023-09-15 06:32:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-8 – Interlude – Bruno
Bruno rested near his newly built campfire and tent as he watched the sun slowly setting in the distance, a fitting reward for another hard day of training. He had taken the tim...
2023-09-13 06:26:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-8 – Inspector Smith
The next day proved to be a busy one as I pulled myself awake early in the morning, hardly having any time to scarf down my breakfast, before I made my way to Pewter City to meet up...
2023-09-11 06:25:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-7 – INTERLUDE - Whitney
Whitney and Sabrina, fully rested from their long trek from Celadon City, made their way to the Fuschia Gym. They had arrived at Fuschia City the evening before and had managed ...
2023-09-08 06:24:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-6 – Interlude – Flint
The TV remote clattered to the ground as Flint listened with growing horror to the announcement being broadcasted by the news.
“In light of my recent ascension as Ch...
2023-09-06 06:24:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-6 – A Frosty Transition
The sound of polite applause reverberated throughout the VIP room as we all clapped for Lorelei’s victory.
“It looks like Walker’s finally on his way out.” Agatha ...
2023-09-04 06:25:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-5 – INTERLUDE – Lorelei
‘Three down, three to go. Halfway there.’ She thought to herself as her eyes remained locked onto Walker’s figure in the distance.
Everything else didn’...
2023-09-01 06:22:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-4 – A Battle for their Futures
Once again in under a month, the next day I found myself sitting within the VIP section of the spectator stands for the upcoming match between Lorelei and Walker. Obvious...
2023-08-28 09:46:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-3 – A New Generation Arrives
I was joined by all the other members of the Elite Four, and Lance, as we waited at the Vermillion Ports for the Sinnoh delegation to arrive, since it was the closest port ...
2023-08-25 06:26:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-2 – Interlude – Devon Scientist
His frustration grew. Why was it so difficult for his colleagues to understand the potential of the evolution device that he created for Porygon? Science was all about...
2023-08-23 06:24:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-2 – Political Sparring
Unfortunately, politics rests for no one. And the day after my meeting with the Waterflower sisters I found myself at the Indigo Plateau sitting in and listening to one of the co...
2023-08-21 05:27:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 5-1 – The Calm before the Storm
A few days later, with the ceremony come and gone, Karen and I resettled into our normal relationship. While on the surface not much seems to have changed, but I felt that...
2023-08-18 08:57:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 4-20 – Interlude – Proton
This ‘meeting between the bosses’ was quickly devolving into a shit show. He didn’t even know how two people could hate each other that much, but looking at the barely r...
2023-08-16 06:30:35 +0000 UTC View PostA.N. I made some small edits to the final conversation near the end of 4-19 with the ‘I’ll wait you’ dialogue. Feel free to read through it; I hope it makes it John less ‘creepy’ and more lighthearted.
The ...
2023-08-14 06:05:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 4-19 – Déjà vu
I was dressed to the nines the following evening, wearing a proper suit and tie as was expected for any grand ceremony like this. I had spent the entire day training with my Pokémon, so...
2023-08-11 11:01:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 4-18 – Interlude – Will
Will stared down at the official letter from the League with a bright smile on his face as he stood in the middle of his decorated living room in his expensive apartment. Finall...
2023-08-09 12:53:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 4-18 – The Waterflower Sisters
Early the next morning, I rushed off to Cerulean City to meet the famed Waterflower sisters. I honestly didn’t know what to expect going into the meeting, as they were ba...
2023-08-07 13:22:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 4-17 – Local Developments
The four of us made our way to the yard. I was very happy to see that Whitney had made a friend, even if that friend was the future Gym Leader of Saffron. Sabrina was far from t...
2023-08-04 12:44:30 +0000 UTC View Post