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"Nice." Nate folded his arms. "I meant more like, wasn't there somebody supposed to be watching you and making sure you didn't fucking stab no other people?" Oh, right, one of the cops had gone missing. But surely they would have reassigned the other guy to... Oh, yeah. Probably they would have...

And what was coming up the path, what was setting Mightyena off, turned out to be... Wes. Nate relaxed immediately. Well, not a marauding pokémon by any means. Nate ruffled Mightyena's ears. "Hey, come on, it's just--" Mightyena let out a loud bark, and Nate flinched. "Seriously, cool it," he...

All the discussion, all the looking for clues, it all got exhausting. Not to mention the whole badly-injured-energy-drained-half-dead thing, that was also the tiniest bit tiring. Maybe Nate would have been feeling all gung-ho to track down some murderous bastard under ordinary circumstances, but...

Didn’t realize you’d posted this. Glad to see it up! I think this makes for a fun glimpse into Nip’s pre-story life. It feels like a sequence with a lot of little tidbits that might become important later. There’s the ominous little mention of Umbra, for example. I wonder if we’ll end up hearing...

I totally missed the start of this, but I’m hoping to keep up going forward! I’m enjoying this spin on Mystery Dungeon guild life, where we’re looking more at the admin than the exploring. Weird thing to say! But the worldbuilding and the little dramas between the various guild members makes...

Once the results have been put out, we can certainly do a collection for any stories that end up getting published on AO3!

Okay, I'm done collecting all the entries, and the judges are ready to begin their work! At this point, if you have not received a response to your entry, let me know ASAP, because that means I missed it! We had an outstanding amount of participation this year, with a total of twenty-one contest...

Whoops, missed this. You are free to talk about your work with the other participants, just not the judges! So feel free to post your questionnaire, just either put it in the current contest discussion thread or in a new thread that's clearly related to the contest so the judges know to stay out...

All right, that is time! No further entries will be accepted after this point. I'll be going through everything we've received over the next couple of hours and will update with more information once I've got the full set of entries in hand!

This is your twenty-four hour warning! There is officially one day left to get your one-shot submission in if you haven't already. Good luck, everyone! Also note that I always send a reply to any submission I receive to let you know I've gotten it! If you've sent your story and not heard back...

Original teams are entirely welcome! The villain doesn’t even need to be a member of an “evil team” or criminal organization at all if you don’t want!

Hello, everyone! I hope your writing's been going well and you're enjoying work on your contest one-shots. This is a quick reminder that the submission deadline is approximately sixty-eight hours from now, or just a little under three days! We've received several lovely entries already, but we'd...

Happy birthday! Hope you've been having a great day.

The story should center the villain's perspective, but the villain doesn't need to literally be the POV character. The villain viewed through a perspective that understands them to some extent and can give some insight into what makes them tick would work better for this contest rather than a...

One-Shot Contest: Mischief and Malice The Pokémon World is a world of heroes, whether they be new trainers setting out to upend the status quo, trusty partners driving back the tide of darkness, or wise mentors helping the next generation along its path. But wherever there are heroes, there...

It was neck-and-neck right up to the end, but when all's said and done, Villain POV is the clear winner of the theme poll! I'd also like to thank bluesidra, SparklingEspeon, and windskull for volunteering to judge this year's contest. Thank you so much for your help--we literally couldn't do it...

Thanks to everyone who's voted on a theme thus far! As predicted, the frontrunners are very close... if you haven't cast your vote already, be sure to do so soon! Also, we are still looking for judges! Please send me a DM or post in this thread if you'd be interested in judging this year!

Ah, gotcha! I usually don't consider that sort of situation to be OOC. Like, it's not in line with the character's typical behavior, but everyone behaves a bit differently when pushed to their limits. To me that isn't a character acting counter to their nature (OOC), but just an example of them...