Hello again. We’ve been on a train to Hammerlocke. There was a yamper in someone’s backpack. I did take a picture to show … them. I still don’t know what to call them o_O. Anyway, other photos to save.

[ID: a photo of Wisp running into a battle café as a stranger battles the Café Master. Edm follows her. /End ID]

[ID: a photo of the Café Master’s Slurpuff staring down Wisp from across the room. The top of Tubsy’s head can be seen. /End ID]

[ID: a photo of Pollut’s signature pattern pained onto some stone. Pollut smiles at the camera, proudly displaying his piece. Off to the side No Name is running toward them both, pursued by a Jenny. /End ID]

I think I’m being lead to Wyndon next.

+⏰ let them have something good plz

DIIIIIING duh du dun. duh du dun. duh du dun. dun

No Name sat bolt upright at the first note, whereas Pollut had jumped awake and was hissing at the laptop. Even after No Name — humming along to the song — had turned it off he continued to chitter and snarl unhappily.

“D’y wan me ta stop too?” (Do you want me to stop too?)

Pollut gave a chirp then curled up even tighter. No Name had put a tarpaulin on the floor for the grafaiai to sleep on; supposedly sleeping in the same room helped pokémon get acclimated to their new trainer more than if they slept in the ball. No Name had gotten an old pal to make his heal ball “free roam”, along with the rest of their gang’s to give them all the option of where they sleep.

No Name nodded and got back to getting ready for the day. There was so much to do before they could properly open their studio to the masses, the main one being synergy detection. They’d set up the process back in Galar, four days ago now when they were meant to be setting up for the Wednestern Swing lunch at Jam Out. They really wanted to get it done on the Monday, just have it out the way. Wait. Wednesday, four days…

They went back the laptop and checked the screen for information. Pollut was upset again, starting to chitter until he was spoken over. Well, growled over. Nails digging into the back of their neck and slowly dragging down and around to their collar, No Name’s frustration was palpable. The growl turned into a defeated sigh. Then a weak chuckle.

They reverted their morning changes back into sleepwear as quietly as they had made them, easing themself onto bed when ready for a bit more rest. Then Pollut squeaked.

“Y proper wae nuw, aincha?” (You’re proper awake now, aren’t you?)

This seemed all but confirmed when the tarp loudly crinkled. Pollut must be moving about or trying to get his own back for being woken up. That was until the black plastic hit No Name’s leg. They sat up in time to watch the pokémon jump onto the tarp, now on the bed. They locked eyes in the relative dark as Pollut settled himself. No Name laughed quietly and laid back down. As they closed their eyes, something warm pressed against the side of their leg.

got a client i can talk about, full day client, an espthara. first time meeting one in the flesh, prolly the fourth time i’ve seen one in any context, first time having to spell it so please give me mercy. funky looking things ain’t they? and i get to say his name which i am so happy to know: Psiapatra. Psia for short. the person has good taste in names

so i did some research beforehand and his species can emit boatloads of psychic energy. like — pardon my kalosian here — metric fucktons. and it’s specifically to hinder parts of the brain that keep organs doing what they do. in most cases not so they fail completely, but to weaken targets’ response to further non-physical attacks. and, in a lot of species, the liver has a huge role in said responses. i’ll spare you my Hidden Power rant about it now. still never know how to put it concisely.

back to the point, i got an idea to try out with Psia. usually i wait until the base technique is down before introducing synergy energy but i needed to see how his psychic energy reacts with the synergy energy and the park was empty thanks to the recent storms an hour before so who would i be if i didn’t take advantage of that, now, hey? client was fine with it, person was fine with it, Pollut needs to run from Krullers, so outside we go! get everything set up, build up synergy, and burst — the psychic energy is now visible, like a pink fire billowing out the gaps in his feathers. scared Psia a bit so spent some time getting him used to it, waving his wings around so the energy made a little trail. gorgeous, i have to say

went back in to fetch Edm as an opponent at this point but finally tried out a vague idea. started building up the synergy again since it had worn off but this time told Psia to try send the fiery energy at Edm with a wing flap when he bursts. i was hoping he’d be able to surround her with it. failed the first four times but number five got it! practiced doing that until it was consistent then break for lunch. i’ll say here that, as always, Edm was thoroughly compensated for being a test dummy with extra food and check-ins. she does still like battling so this ain’t torture for her, she just can’t as much as she used to. just wanted to be clear and yeah. Pollut was also compensated for not painting the public trees.

lunch done! back to attacking Edm (i do love her). Psia proved he could still do the base technique so time to add the next step: adding to that energy continually. like stoking a fire, Psia gives a big flap and the psychic energy around Edm grows — as does the energy around Psia, now flying in the air above where he stood. he’s using more energy so why wouldn’t it! another flap and both’s pseudo-auras grow larger and brighter in tandem. and another flap. bear in mind here the energy being used against Edm lowers her resistance to non-physical attacks and is a non-physical attack in itself

flap

flap

Flap.

the energy around Edm curls in on itself and herself in a migraine-inducing display. i don’t even see Edm before she’s recalled into her heal ball. Psia lands where he started.

i mentioned before that the energy screws with the liver functioning so professional health check up is obviously next course of action. Edm’s fine, no lasting damage visible yet if there is any, will check every time after Psia has another slot. still going to limit the number of times he can stoke the energy just for extra safety. i am avoiding saying the onomatopoeic term for it because it looks weird now. i also regret that decision ‘cause i had to ask how to spell that ono- word and get confirmation multiple times. not a nice word, that

Hiw do you “fall into” being a poison type specialist?

i’m not really a specialist. i just have three poison types. that’s just the same to a lot of people. on how i “became” a poison specialist:

got Ramohm as an egg because toxtricity was my favourite pokémon as a twerp. prolly still is, to be fair

got Tubsy when i lived in spikemuth. there was a trubbish problem a lot of the time i was there and the alley outside where i worked was a little refuge for them. Tubsy is shiny and so the other trubbish thought she was a normal bin bag and tried to eat her. after some months of saving her multiple times a day i just took her home.

got Pollut a week or so before moving to ferrum. a friend in paldea caught a shroodle and it evolved soon after. they didn’t know shroodle evolve and had no clue how to look after a grafaiai. called me all “you have two poison ones already you know what you’re doing” and that was that

A pale white sprigatito waddles into your ask box and leaves after setting down a blanket and a greavard plushie

they’re gonna be alright, right?

Wisp’s got a friend! she is a lot taller than it. don’t know who’s gonna claim the blanket though. my bet’s on a joltik. maybe Party

actually, seems Pollut likes it. this thing’ll be a hazard within the day.

sleep time and Ferris’ headed home now. got me to move clients and join him in his shop so he could keep an eye on me. i still have no idea how he does the mods but they look cool as. Edm helped out more than i did. i appreciate Ferris so damn much

Tubsy and Pollut’ve decided they want to sleep in my room tonight, Tubsy dragged her bed in and Pollut brought his tarp to put on my bed. ‘m sorry i scared ‘m so much

a week in with Wisp and i think the others are chill with her. she relaxes most around Ramohm, still plays but it’s more low-key (:D). is greavard energy draining proportional to how much energy they use up?

she doesn’t mind Tubsy but doesn’t like being near what she’s near or any closer. prolly ‘cause of smell

her and Pollut get along like a house on fire for as long as he can stand her. he can have some fun with her but still prefers being by himself, Wisp drains his social battery quicker than a 30 person party

she absolutely loves Edm! they’re so sweet together. Edm’s generally quite reserved when it comes to the others and me so her being openly affectionate is amazing to see

Wisp likes me too, thankfully. i do leave her with a mate while i work sometimes, if it’s a long session and she should have some time out her pokéball. that hasn’t had a negative impact on her or our relationship though. i might get another chin scar at this rate with all the times i get snagged by whatever is sharp by her mouth when she ‘kisses’ me

do you have any pokemon?

yep

Ramohm, low-key toxtricity

Tubsy, shiny trubbish

Pollut, grafaiai

also started looking after an empoleon a week back now. old trainer abandoned her and she didn’t take too well to the shelter so a buddy pulled a favour from me. i look after her, the shelter keeps advertising her, they contact me if anyone’s interested. not sure if i should be giving her a nick at all but i feel bad not