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redolentgrove · 10 months

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Cascade observed Hope's arrival with her own respectful curiosity, making note of the Blaziken's anatomy and her statements. She wondered if maybe Hope had been from Kanto, given that the Dragonair line ssentially made up the only dragon Pokemon in that region. But she didn't make the assumption, instead nodding at the fire-type's statement.

"Yeah, I can't disagree with you there," she trilled, stretching her arms out and shifting her serpentine coils with a yawn. "Excuse me. Anyway… yeah, I'm basically living amongst centuries of history and creation, and it's hard to feel anything short of pure admiration for what's been built here in White Forest. I'm glad I get to be part of it."

Cascade regarded the arriving Meowscarada with a warm smile, her eyes perking slightly at the mention of Loki. Ah, I know who this is, she thought, the back half of her tail craning upward, coils shifting while she continued to get comfortable.

"You know about Loki? the Dragonair asked, offering her right hand for the feline to shake. "Then that must mean you're Charade. I'm telling you, there are days that girl won't stop talking about how pretty you are and how much she looks forward to seeing you again." She let out a little chuckle. "If I didn't know better, I'd say she's crushing on you harder than a Snorlax using a Body Slam, eh?"

Cascade shook her head, her face straightening back from the playfulness of her previous statement toward Charade. "Anyway… uh… yeah, you know, it's funny that both of you ask about what brought me here. I didn't exactly mean to make White Forest my home. It was a case of 'right region, wrong place,' so to speak."

"I actually wanted to live by Dragonspiral Tower and Icirrus City. As a dragon Pokemon, I was hoping to study it and learn more about the Tao trio of Unova, as well as Kyurem's origin formes. I got directions at a forest just outside of Castelia City, telling me to go west from Nimbasa City. Funnily enough, that place called itself Redolent Forest, just like this grove is named. Anyway… I got turned around in Nimbasa and somehow ended up taking the east exit by accident, and instead of ending up in Driftveil after the bridge, I arrived here. I asked some of the locals how much further I needed to go before I reached Driftveil, and they laughed at me saying I was clear on the other side of the region from that."

"I got a little embarrassed from that, but as I kept going around the forest, I kept liking what was here. The lake water was clear and beautiful, there were trees as far as I could see, and just when I didn't think I needed any more convincing… boom, here I was, in this giant grove of flowers." She gently plucked a blue iris from one of the outer beds near the lakeside, sure to be careful with its petals. "And then I met Loki."

"She and I immediately hit it off well enough, so I figured that I would go to Dragonspiral Tower and try to remember this place once I was finished. Then I started doubting my sense of direction because, well, if I couldn't remember east from west, how was I supposed to make it back here from Dragonspiral, let alone make it to that tower in the first place? Not to mention, I was getting kind of tired and frustrated from the journey up to that point, and I asked Loki if she had a place I could stay for a night and get my bearings."

"She did me one better and noted that one of the caves by the lakeside was vacant, and said she wanted me to stay for as long as I needed. I thanked her, unpacked some of my supplies, and got comfortable in there before I knew it. Then… I don't know. It started feeling right in there. Loki checked on me the next morning and offered me some tea and breakfast. She had made it all herself, and I couldn't just say no. It was wonderful… she was one of those neighbours you dream about having but never meet."

She looked over toward Hope, with a shrug of her shoulders. "Then before you know it, I'm sitting there, talking with Loki, listening to stories about her flowers, the local dogwood tree, and without any intentions, now I'm invested in this grove of White Forest. I start helping with some of the flower beds, making friends in the lake, feeling really cosy in that cave she offered… and then weeks start passing. Stupidly, I find myself asking Loki if I can make that cave my home, and shockingly, she said yes. And I've called this place home ever since."

She looked at Charade with a smile. "So, yeah, Loki's a neighbour, a friend… and unfortunately for her, she was also interested in me romantically. I felt bad letting her down and telling her that I'm straight. I was scared she might get mad and not let me stay here anymore, but she was incredibly accepting of that, and I could almost sense some sort of relief in her face. I haven't dared ask her why she seemed glad about it. Maybe she had someone else in mind; I don't know."

"It doesn't matter; she's become quite close with me regardless. I guess in a sense, we're like sisters. I help her, she helps me, and we tease each other at times and share secrets and history. She always seemed so trusting of me… it feels like the least I can do, is to trust her with some of my own more difficult-to-share things. I really admire her; she's the living embodiment of kindness and caring. It's an absolute enigma as to why and how she's single… I'm almost sensing some self-sabotage on that front. Like there's some reason she thinks she doesn't deserve to stay happy, despite how much she does to earn the kindness she's been shown."

Cascade blushed once she realised what she'd said at that point. "…but you didn't hear it from me." She looked at Charade's eyes. "I wonder…"

You get the sense that her staring at the Meowscarada's purple eyes has given her an idea about Loki. Perhaps by combining Loki's love of the colour purple and the Dragonair's subtle statements…

((Ask hints have been updated!))

(( @ask-the-royal-absol / @ask-meowscarada ))

#cascade dragonair #hope blaziken #charade meowscarada #cascade's opening up a lot of wurmple cans

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truthaspired · 4 years

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Tao Trio Split Aftermath Headcanons

Blaming @luckynatured‘s post here for giving me some random inspiration here.

The split happened in the Unova’s sky, likely over Entree Forest or current day Nimbasa; a spectacular and tragic flash of light formed to fill up the entire region’s sky, as the original dragon tore themselves essentially in half.

Reversal Mountain was a dormant volcano.... Until the Light Stone crash landed in there from the split. The extreme heat of Reshiram awakening in there right afterwards forced the volcano to become active again. Ever since then, the volcano has gone through many cycles of eruptions and dormancy, though scientists have not been able to determine a pattern as of yet.

Meanwhile, Chargestone cave was not charged until the awakening of Zekrom from the Dark Stone, which crash landed in the caves around there. The caves were and still are rich with various metals and minerals, a perfect storm of long-sustained electromagnetic activity. Despite this, scientists have had a challenge determining why the cave has been electrically active for so long.

Of course, the discarded husk of the original dragon, Kyurem, crash landed into the earth where the Giant Chasm is now, although only the people of Lacunosa Town remember that this event happened. Kyurem’s Cold immediately started taking effect, to the point that the surrounding area is always much colder than the rest of the region.

The main battleground of the war between the princes and their respective legendary dragons was the stretch of desert that encompasses Route 4 and the Desert Resort. The carnage was absolute and devastating, with Relic Castle being and surrounding city being ruined, and many of the beautiful life once there burned to the ground and turned to dust.

Surprisingly, both people and pokemon have managed to survive the carnage and adapt, and the native people who claim this area as their home continue to pass down the story of this dark war via oral tradition.

An unknown time after the war, both dragons fell into slumber and returned to their Light/Dark Stone forms. These days, the Light Stone and Dark Stone have been rumored to have various resting plces, including but not limited to Dragonspiral Tower and Relic Castle.

#I think I have some old HC's on this either here or on Nate but might as well just update it or something idk #muse;headcanon #muse;worldbuilding

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