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Hero of Another Story: I awaken as a small thing bathed in absolute darkness. I am surrounded by bone. This is not what I was promised. Someone should have come to awaken me shortly after my body went cold. There was to be ceremony for me and those others who became deathless knights. But here...

The Dead and The Undying: We do not get to see Akari confront the broken man at the Temple of Sinnoh. Cynthia considers this wise. We do not disagree. That does not change the amusement we would have derived from witnessing it. We have yet to see history truly repeat itself, but tonight it...

Blood Runs Thick: A pair of humans is straying dangerously close to the den on the clifftop. A zoroark cannot allow them to come any closer. Humans are callous creatures with no regard for children, she knows. And so she cannot allow them near hers. She approaches without concealing her form...

Litwik Hisuian Zoroark Banette Greavard Spiritomb Mismagius Frillish Yamask Annihilape Three minifics (700-1100 words each) about the postmortem lives of ghosts, written for Drabble Bingo 2025. The only content warning of note is that we are, of course, dealing with death. The three...

I'd love some ghost-types! I'm in the mood to write undeath, some oddballs that are hard to make work as ghost ghosts are welcome and I'll get creative with them, but if they skew friendly towards being dead then that'd be helpful.

Hello, I'm here for Blitz again! Gonna hit the Poison arc, there's a lot going on in there so far! It's interesting to see how Plumeria and Guzma bounce off each other here. Not surprising, I suppose, it's been very well established by now that Plumeria's... dedicated to the cause. And it makes...

I think I took last blitz off (as well as not really doing much writing in general this year) but I'm looking forward to coming back this year once the holidays are sorted out! The primary thing I've done since last blitz as far as published work goes is Only Human. It's a oneshot, written for...

Codex’s eyes scanned over the crowd one last time. “Generally, I’d find the idea of losing memories quite worrisome. In this case, I think I’ll readily accept it. The alternative seems damaging in its own way…” They hadn’t really been here long enough for any of the people here to hold any...

"Like a black hole," Codex mused. They weren't as familiar with the cosmos as Whispers at Nightfall, but they'd picked up a fair bit through osmosis over the years. "Once enough weight has collected, it collapses and becomes very difficult to pull away from. Until tearing yourself away feels...

Codex met Keldeo's gaze when he locked onto them. Their no longer held any fire. Keldeo's battle was with his own corruption now. "Codes, rules, honour... They may not scribed in the stars or encoded in our blood, but the world was a darker, worse place when I didn't believe I could live within...

Kind words from a stranger, the will of Flygon’s song preserving their convictions, and and the sight of their opponent falling converged on Codex of Truth. They took a deep breath and… stabilized. The last of their borrowed corruption dissipated. Keldeo’s toxic emotional state still simmered...

Codex's eyes widened as Breve called Keldeo's next shot. They just knew where it would be aimed. They readied their tendril to try to deflect it. Their telekinesis shattered shattered into a flash of light beneath his attack, and his momentum carried him forward. Their poisoned horn slashed...

Codex sensed Keldeo's attack coming before they saw it, and that was fortunate. His attacks hurt well enough braced for the impact, a psychic shell protecting their soft flesh. The attacks came out so quickly that advanced warning of their intents was essential, given they doubted Keldeo would...

“Funny. I don’t think I’ve ever been called honourable before. Really more common of a concept in martial cultures. My types tend to operate more under rationale and rules…” Codex picked themself up telepathically and moved near Winged King. His radiant warmth wasn’t ideal for keeping their...

Codex rolled their eyes. “There’s something broken festering in your heart. That’s really not a matter of opinion. It’s an observation based on the most accurate sense I have. You’d just as well try to convince me of the subjectivity of the sun’s warmth, or that the salinity of a sea breeze is...