The New Normal – 16-12 – Intermission
A.N. Sorry about the delay, again. I’ll probably remain quite busy for some time, so I do apologise in advance for any further delays. I’ll try to not make the delays be ...
2025-06-23 14:41:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 16-11 – Toughing out the cold
Eventually, after all the other battles had concluded, the final teams that represented the Top 8 had been finalised. They were:
Me and Elesa, Karen and Iris, Lorelei ...
2025-06-20 11:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 16-10 – Interlude – Looker
As expected, the moment he arrived back in Unova, he was immediately summoned for a meeting with the Sages of PLASMA – likely to explain to them just what had happened back...
2025-06-18 11:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 16-10 – Developments
A.N. For those who didn’t see my discord message – sorry for the delay. I have been dealing with some personal issues recently which has taken up a lot of my usual free t...
2025-06-16 16:49:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 16-9 – The Elimination Stage
Although I was told by Cynthia to put the matters regarding PLASMA aside and focus on the Tournament, that wasn’t completely possible.
Naturally, the news was filled ...
2025-06-13 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 16-8 – Interlude – N
He was so glad that Hilbert had joined PLASMA. He couldn’t deny that he had recently begun to feel a little lonely. He knew why he wasn’t allowed outside, but that meant that h...
2025-06-11 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 16-8 – Consequences
(Several minutes earlier…) (Looker POV)
Zinzolin had tried to be subtle about what he had planned to do. He had not told anyone about his decision to drug their own P...
2025-06-09 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 16-7 – Exposed
Looker’s plan of personally infiltrating PLASMA’s ranks was turning out to be a better decision for each day that passed.
The very fact that we knew exactly what PLASMA planned t...
2025-06-06 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 16-6 – Interlude – Pokenet Reactions
[The World Tournament’s preliminary stage is over! Who moved on to the next round, and who were eliminated? Did your favourite teams make it through?] By Battleca...
2025-06-04 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 16-6 – Mega Research
My parents had gotten back to me regarding my business arrangements with Clay, and they were happy with what we had agreed to. So, once the Tournament was over, that was another aven...
2025-06-02 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 16-5 – Finishing the Preliminaries
Drayden was the only Unova Elite Four member that I hadn’t really had an opportunity to talk to or see in action. But his strength was at least somewhat known to me, ...
2025-05-30 11:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 16-4 – Interlude – Other Participants
(Giovanni POV)
After winning their first battle against Bryon and Chuck, they decided to take a small break together since their next battle wasn’...
2025-05-28 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 16-4 – The First Opponent
Fortunately for my own patience, it turns out that we were among the first people to fight. So we were quickly shuffled away to one side of the arena as several layers of enormo...
2025-05-26 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 16-3 – The Tournament Begins
Just as I hoped, the public reception from my confrontation with PLASMA had been favourable. PLASMA had been made to look foolish, and better yet, they were made to be liars....
2025-05-23 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 16-2 – Interlude – Steven
Setting in as a new Champion was a tiring and exhausting process. There were so many things to be read in on, and so many meetings and ceremonies that you had to attend to. Th...
2025-05-21 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 16-2 – Confrontation
Steven’s victory and subsequent ascension to become the new Champion caused many waves, as was to be expected. For one thing, I had asked Lance if it was necessary for us to head o...
2025-05-19 11:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 16-1 – A Battle of Champions
The upcoming battle between Steven and Wallace was probably the most anticipated event in the last few months – even if you take into account all of the political changes t...
2025-05-16 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-18 – Interlude – The Professors
(Blaine POV)
For those who didn’t know Samuel, they would have thought that the ex-Champion was as spry and as energetic as he used to be in his yout...
2025-05-14 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-18 – INTERLUDE – POKENET REACTIONS
[THE PAIRINGS FOR THE WORLD TOURNAMENT HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED! WHO ARE YOUR FAVOURITE TEAMS?! WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN?] By Battlecast
[Picture of the symbol o...
2025-05-12 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-17 – Hanging Out
“…If I had known I would be meeting with the Champion of Sinnoh, I would have dressed up in better clothing.” Elesa muttered to me as we sat down at a restaurant together in Sun...
2025-05-09 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-16 – Interlude – Other Participants
(Brock POV)
Truthfully, when he found out that he was to be paired with Bertha, he didn’t know all that much about the Sinnoh Elite Four outside ...
2025-05-07 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-16 – Getting Along
I picked up the phone, “Hello, this is John. Am I speaking to Elesa?”
“Yes it is.” Elesa replied, “I got your number from Iris, so I hope you don’t mind me contact...
2025-05-05 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-15 – New Partners
I ended up watching Steven’s battle against Drake with Karen, Lorelei, and Lucian. My girlfriend had other things to attend to, and Koga had apparently gone to speak to Maylene, si...
2025-05-02 11:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-14 – Interlude – Archer
Today at the Battle Castle had been a particularly long day for him. There were many more challengers than he had expected, and many of them had earned the required number of...
2025-04-30 11:01:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-14 – An Electric Atmosphere
Our dream home planning went well into the evening, and had our stomachs not growled to inform us that we were hungry, I was pretty sure we could have gone on until midnigh...
2025-04-28 11:00:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-13 – Planning the Future
The next few days flew past quickly.
Normally, the Leagues were known to be rather slow when it came to pushing anything through. However, with all of the excitement tha...
2025-04-25 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-12 – Interlude – Looker
It had been a long journey by ship to Unova, but for once, he was grateful for the downtime. It allowed him to brush up on his crafted backstory, not only for the sake of his...
2025-04-23 11:00:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-12 – Looking into Plasma
With so many different things in the works, there hadn’t been much of a chance for me to relax and unwind. But on one particular morning, when I was spending some free time ...
2025-04-21 11:00:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-11 – A New Tournament
Time was quick to pass, and things developed with equal haste. With Unova opening up their borders to business investments, larger businesses such as Silph Co and Devon Corp were...
2025-04-18 11:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Normal – 15-10 – Interlude – Drake
He threw open the door to Wallace’s office, not even bothering to knock. Wallace had tried to tell him off at first, but now he was just resigned to it.
“Oh? Didn’...
2025-04-16 11:00:31 +0000 UTC View Post