Recent content by Persephone

It has been a long, torturous wait since the last Pixie Sixthborn book. Put simply, the Pixie Sixthborn series caught up with this much more boring one you are reading. The producers wanted to barge ahead with no source material. I objected out of a sense of artistic integrity. Rest assured, no...

Zacian - Galar “Now that we have established that history was mis-recorded, we must come to the question of why. Was the truth simply lost in the chaos of collapse or invasion? Or was it simply more palatable to imagine this land’s heroes in our image, to establish a mythos for the fledgling...

Poison 7.6: Ecohazard Pixie Sitrus never felt threatening before. None of her kind ever had. Now? She feels powerful. Like she could and would break you in half if you crossed her. Her movements are quicker and anger flows off of her like cold flows off of you. Once you’re far enough away from...

Xatu (Natu) Vidensavis chilensis Overview Xatu are among the most well-known precognitive pokémon. They are less well known for retrocognition, their other major ability. Xatu have also managed to avoid the stigma around absol, despite being far less inclined to help humans. It was only in...

Poison 7.5: In The Heart Kekoa July 24, 2020 The ghost looks straight at you as her army rips through the cops. For a minute or five or fifty you were huddled up with Machoke behind his gigalith. You noticed at some point that he was bleeding from his stomach but seems to be ignoring it. Did...

Trevenant (Phantump) Dominisilvarum putrida Overview Even by the standards of ghost-types, trevenant have gained a bad reputation. It is often said that they intentionally target children and those who would help them, leading them into the forest to die of starvation or decay. Many cultures...

Holy crap it's that time of year where the fic comes to life. @Negrek stop making replies while I'm typing out responses :([/SPOILER]

Poison 7.4: Bloodstains Genesis July 26, 2020 “We can’t stay here,” Lyra says. You’re still hunkered down in a guest room at the Battle Tower. The first night was chaos as no one knew what was going on and Cuicatl was a wreck. You could barely follow a thing she was saying. You’re not judging...

Tyranitar (Larvitar, Pupitar) Edaxmontibus silicea Overview Most mineral pokémon are chemosynthetic or photosynthetic. They eat rocks as fuel but usually see other mineral pokémon as being too much effort to bother with when their usual diet is abundant, completely sedentary, and doesn’t fight...

Poison 7.3: Apotheosis Nocitlālin July 24, 2020 I’m being told Cuicatl Ichtaca didn’t get her Class V. Vote was unusually heated. @justinofalola lol did anyone think the Aztec was gonna get it @commodus14 She had @drkarashina backing her. It seemed possible. @justinofalola...

Aurorus (Amaura) Chorislux regina Overview One moment the world was normal. The next, a meteor struck off the coast of Anahuac. There were tsunamis, earthquakes, and a firestorm hot enough to ignite flesh on fire across the globe. Almost anything that couldn’t swim or burrow would have been...

Poison 7.2: Catalyst Cuicatl July 24, 2020 You feel weak. Like your muscles all went on strike at once. Like you haven’t eaten in days. Your heart hammers in your chest like it wants to tear itself out as a second offering. Air enters your lungs but refuses to stay. You almost drop the dagger...

Tyrantrum (Tyrunt) Tyrantrum rex Overview Tyrantrum. The rampaging tyrant king. The most famous dinosaur, and perhaps the most extinct creature, of them all. It was inevitable that scientists would attempt to revive them, no matter how many warnings they received from science fiction. Reality...

Arc Seven: Poison "If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?” -William Shakespeare Poison 7.1: Corrosion Plumeria 2016 “You can’t do that.” Your voice is calmer than expected. If you...

Carracosta (Tirtouga) Testudinesrex coriumtesta Overview Carracosta is an ancient sea turtle that was once the king of the North American Interior Seaway. Their status as one of, if not the, largest turtles to ever live made them a top priority for scientists to revive. Unfortunately...