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archeops (work in progress) #566


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Chapter 3: Something in the Horizon?!

Ever since the ultra-wormholes became a tourist destination, the competition started getting out of hand, to put it lightly!

Normally legendary Pokémon are banned from competitive tournaments - not because of the power difference between them and "regular" Pokémon, but due to the limited number of them found on each world (like Groudon, for example.) Pokémon like Dragonite may be somewhat rare but Dratini can be bred and raised fairly quickly with the advancement of technology; meanwhile, you might normally find 1 or 2 (at most) continent-shaping monsters slumbering deep in a dormant volcano. Access to so many different worlds has provided trainers with an indefinite amount of these legendaries, making them, well... more competition friendly.

At this point it might seem like an obvious question to ask - isn't that dangerous? Aren't these random trainers (or preschoolers for that matter) essentially harboring weapons of mass destruction? Well, technically yes, and technically no. Weapons aren't sentient - and neither are they predisposed to aiding humanity and the world in positive growth.

This is actually a bit of a complicated tangent as this delves into the realm of philosophy, poképolitics and history - but it is commonly held that the fact that the world hasn't completely fallen apart yet is indicative of some kind of restraint or balancing force (I recommend reading "Connections Between People and Pokémon: Not Quantifiable but Definitely Preventing the World from Falling Apart" by Hiroki Colress.) He notes that between earth, space, and time manipulating pocket monsters - which aren't just limited to legendaries, by the way - the world itself HAS to compensate whether via reality-distortion (if you're thinking distortion world, you're on the right track) or some other Pokémon or new energy form yet to be discovered. Z-Energy? Mega-evolution energy? Ultra worm hole energy? The energy from the connection between people and Pokémon? I'm being pedantic with that last one, but it's supposedly actually linked to the others I mentioned - even though having a high friendship or affection is not a requirement for using a Z-move or mega-evolving your Audino to get an extra powerful helping hand....

For those of you less familiar with Pokémon battles, helping hand's effectiveness won't increase even if a Pokémon's stats improve. Pokémon like Mega Audino, though they are very pretty, aren't the best at combat. There are in fact different tournaments that ban higher tiered Pokémon so that the "weaker" ones get a chance to shine in the competitive scene, but the world of Pokémon is a bit more complex (but still capitalistic) in that the usefulness of a mon isn't decided solely on their strength in battle. While Blastoise can put out fires with a powerful stream of water, Squirtle and Wartortle can fit in tighter spaces and shoot out more concentrated blasts of water. Tauros help hikers with trail maintenance to clear rocks and trees out of the way; many bird Pokémon that get outshined by the likes of Talonflame (or I guess hundreds of Lugia now) are still used to deliver packages around the region.

Some Pokémon even develop cultural significance in different regions - many shop keepers in the Kanto region consider it good fortune to keep a Meowth around - Pokémon connoisseurs in the Unova region have started recommending Eevee for nearly all younger children and beginning trainers ("because you have the potential to become anything! A very palatable choice and a cute partner, too!"). Pikachu used to be popular pretty much all over the world until the Team Rocket incident happened - in all honesty I think it was a bit overblown - but it would not surprise me at all if the deaths of Jesse, James, and Meowth were exaggerated in news reports to gain sympathy and support for the organization itself.

But anyway. Ultra wormhole tourism, and the introduction of legendaries as a common artifact in the competitive scene. Time travel was already a concern to many scientists before the legendaries were involved.... Just to list a few examples, some revived fossil Pokémon have a direct connection to the ancient past that can be harnessed as energy to widen space-time tears. Some psychic Pokémon not only "predict" the future (researchers suggest they are just really, really good at estimating simulations of the future) but there has been evidence of Baltoy used in ancient time-traveling technology. There has also been at least one reported incident of a Rotom opening a time-warp in the Kalos region [citation needed].

And now, many Dialga have been caught in pokéballs (an important distinction since Pokémon poaching is still technically illegal, though with many legal loopholes thanks to major corporations that "used" to be connected to Team Rocket before it "fell apart").... And a premium pokémon storage system that came out about 4 years ago literally handing out Celebi as a bonus to early customers.... All this led to the creation of the time traveling bureau (the email system is super confusing) and too many regulations for everyone to understand. Different parts of the organization are given the instructions for or details to specific functions of their job, while the higher ups just get vague notes and a list of people that work for them and when they are located. My current task is to inform the public [world 4yz:02018] that the world ISN'T going to fall apart despite everything going on - and that you're probably going to be fine, even when he... even when something new comes on the horizon.

People stick their tongues out when the want to be silly. It's a silly face, usually used to indicate you're saying or doing something goofy, unusual, slightly funny, or otherwise.

I think while the : P face when not displayed as the forum emoji is playful like you are suggesting, but the yellow face seems to convey a tone of "meh" or "You know, that's just how it is I guess. "

does anyone have a link to download finale 2012 please <3
EDIT: found it jk!

also thanks everyone for the warm welcomes <333 esp you dudeman

varunnining back to us? xD

I see they have a good sense of humor (but Firehouse is the best sub place, impo)

The furry community is also a good place to find subs

i missed this place

every few months I'll check to see if any of your stories have been updated, then I consider writing another chapter for it

gogliak - the sound someone makes when they're choking on a golf ball

Ulterior decorating - designing your living space in such a way as to accomplish devious scheming

I think this is a good thread to revive.

I'm learning Accumula town and the left hand gets real tough in the second half, but I've made enough progress with muscle memory that I can play it together with the right hand. The batteries on my metronome died so I've been using google's metronome from my laptop or none at all.

Lord Kass (proper noun) - a Darigan Eyrie who served under Lord Darigan.

"On a scale of Madoka Magica to Steven Universe how well do you cope with your soul being contained inside a gem and your body being just a vessel used so you can fight enemies that used to be just like you"

animals having fun in the snow are so precious

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I'm sooooo bored, there's like nobody to talk to at my school today. To make matters worse the teachers aren't assigning any work

Please feel free to do any of my two 5-page essays, three lab reports, and half dozen assignments for operating systems while I do my reading for 5 different classes

on a side note, my modern grammar teacher (working on an English minor) keeps using examples like "The dog was euthanized" because his dog was euthanized last week and I don't know how to feel

Happy pokémon day everybody!!!

Did you mainly use the free select tool, or did you use the eraser as a brush by changing color 2? Either way, I like it

I mainly used the free select tool and just deleted the selection after changing color 2!

The gap in between the legs was left unfilled so it could look as unprofessional as possible, I'm glad you like it