The New Normal – 15-10 – Gyms and Dojos
The ‘controversy’ involving Bruno was very quick to die down as his critics swiftly realised that they weren’t about to win over the public, which was to be expected since St...
2025-04-14 11:00:30 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 15-9 – Controversies
As we hoped, the opening of the Battle Frontier was a great success, with trainers from all three regions flocking to the newly opened Battle Area to check out the new facilities and...
2025-04-11 11:00:24 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 15-8 – Interlude – N
“SO ARE YOU MY ENEMY, N?”
Ever since their fateful conversation, those final parting words from John’s Slaking continued to ...
2025-04-09 11:00:08 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 15-8 – The Battle Frontier
Things had gone by quickly ever since our return from Unova, though not to my surprise. The first thing between our regions that was rushed through was the construction of the ...
2025-04-07 11:00:11 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 15-7 – INTERLUDE – Pokenet Reactions
[THE FIGHT BETWEEN BRUNO AND STEVEN ENDS UP WITH A HUGE SURPRISE?! THE NEW EVOLUTION OF PRIMEAPE!?] By Battlecast
[Pictures of Annihilape]
Ever since th...
2025-04-04 11:00:11 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – OMAKE – Pokémon: The Animation – Public Reactions
[Review of the Pokémon: The Animation – a much desired remake of the original anime?!] By Earlier Access
After many years of waiting and publ...
2025-04-02 11:00:11 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – OMAKE – April Fools : Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
He had no idea why, but he had always wanted to climb Mt. Coronet. To reach the very top, and see the world from above.
But he knew he was no brave Po...
2025-04-01 12:16:24 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 15-6 – The Rise of a Stone
After our ‘conversation’ with Ghetsis, the rest of our explorations around Unova just wasn’t as interesting in comparison. That wasn’t to say that the sights were borin...
2025-03-31 11:00:11 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 15-5 – Exploring with Drake
After the battle was over, the mood of the Unovans noticeably dropped as they suffered through two back-to-back defeats. We tried to bring up the mood again, but they clearly ...
2025-03-28 12:00:17 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 15-4 – Interlude – Grimsley
A frown slowly formed on his face as he saw a look of grim determination settle on John’s.
He admitted that his performance in the first fight against Karen and Drak...
2025-03-26 12:00:16 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 15-4 – Clash of Elites
I wasn’t entirely sure what my Pokémon were saying to him, but I could feel the love and affection that they had for me radiating through our bond. That was enough...
2025-03-24 12:00:12 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 15-3 – A Fateful Meeting
The next two days in Unova passed by relatively uneventfully. Karen and I spent most of the time hanging about with Iris or engaging with meetings with the Unova Elite Four. I co...
2025-03-21 12:00:16 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 15-2 – Interlude – Steven
The Hoenn Conference had begun, and as planned, he and Bruno both entered into it. It was inevitable that they would battle against each other; he had planned it that way. Aft...
2025-03-19 12:00:13 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 15-2 – Unova Explorations
Thankfully, Iris was pretty quick to accept our request to meet, and so Karen and I quickly headed to meet up with her at her Gym at Opelucid City. We had already been given pro...
2025-03-17 12:00:19 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 15-1 – Interlude – Alder & Iris
(Alder POV)
He let out a content sigh as he reclined on the luxurious armchair that had been generously provided to him in his new accommodations in H...
2025-03-14 12:00:15 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 15-1 – Journey to Unova
A.N. As a little bonus, and because the Interlude fits better the other way round, you’re getting this full chapter today instead of on Friday. Friday’s chapter will i...
2025-03-12 12:00:14 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 14-10 – INTERLUDE – Pokenet Reactions
[THE INDIGO ELITE FOUR’S GAUNTLET RUN! A SHOW OF STRENGTH FROM THE INDIGO LEAGUE! WERE YOU THERE?!] by Battlecast
[Snapshots of the gauntlet run containing...
2025-03-10 12:00:15 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 14-9 – Champion Alder
Though I wasn’t there personally, the rest of the Indigo Elite Four and I were still kept in the loop about what was happening over in Sinnoh thanks to Lance. According to him, bo...
2025-03-07 12:00:12 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 14-8 – Interlude – Archer
For most of his adult life, he never would have thought that he’d be doing anything with his life that he hadn’t been explicitly ordered to by Giovanni. After everything h...
2025-03-05 12:00:14 +0000 UTC
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A.N. I forgot to mention this last chapter, but because the 1st of March marked the second anniversary of TNN, and because I had the free time, I will be uploading a bonus chapter to Questionable Questing later in the day – taking place ...
2025-03-03 12:00:14 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 14-7 – Newcomers
Unsurprisingly, discussions on topics as radical as increasing the number of Gym Leaders beyond the traditional eight Gyms took a long time to reach a consensus. Even after a few weeks h...
2025-02-28 12:00:11 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 14-6 – Interlude – Cynthia
Taking a step into the meeting room, she felt all four pairs of eyes quickly dart towards her – curiosity present in each and every single one of them.
She could unde...
2025-02-26 12:00:11 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 14-6 – Changes
I could almost hear the collective sigh of relief being released from the spectating crowd as Tyrant finally went down. He had been an unstoppable monster, knocking down opponent ...
2025-02-24 12:00:16 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 14-5 – The Gauntlet
So many things had happened in the last few months after Team Galactic was taken care of.
Like I had hoped, there was a return to normalcy, which was the perfect opportunity for...
2025-02-21 12:00:18 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 14-4 – Interlude – Whitney
She had nearly spent a whole year at the Saffron Gym, and she could say that she very much enjoyed her time here.
There was much that she had learned, and was still lea...
2025-02-19 12:00:13 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 14-4 – Professorships and Stones
(Blaine POV)
The process of being a Professor was an arduous one, as befits such a prestigious title, and was not something that most could be able to real...
2025-02-17 12:00:11 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 14-3 – Perspectives on the Future
(Civilian POV)
As a Sinnohnian, he had always wanted to visit Indigo – ever since the region had been newly ‘discovered’ alongside Hoenn. But it had...
2025-02-14 12:00:14 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – OMAKE – Ingame Snippets – Legendaries Awaken DLC
[NEW POKÉMON DLC OUT NOW: LEGENDARIES AWAKEN! LEGENDARIES FINALLY MADE AVAILABLE!] by Earlier Access
[DLC trailer attached]
The long awaite...
2025-02-12 12:00:15 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 14-2 – Recovery and Plans
With the awards ceremony done, that basically wrapped up everything that we really had to do in Sinnoh. Despite wanting to obviously spend more time with my girlfriend, I realis...
2025-02-10 12:00:14 +0000 UTC
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The New Normal – 14-1 – Reaping the rewards
There was a lot to do after the events at Spear Pillar had concluded. Cyrus might be gone, but the chaos that he caused still lingered. Even after getting a good night’s slee...
2025-02-07 12:00:15 +0000 UTC
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