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Some quick housekeeping announcements: I have one more chapter planned and then I will go on my fall/finals hiatus. During that break, I'll release one more bonus chapter of either The Alola Pokedex or World Myth Encyclopedia. The options are Zacian, Vespiquen, Amoongus, and Dracozolt. Link in...

Fighting 3.6: Birthright Kekoa [12:10:30] You’re woken up by an insistent chittering, punctuated by an occasional spark of electricity. What? You groggily open your eyes to see, well, nothing. There’s a weight on your chest and the angry clacking of mandibles in front of your face. Another...

Machamp (Machop, Machoke) Fortissimus quiest Overview Machamp are the fighting-type that all other fighting-types are measured against. Only the toughest of dragons can match them in raw strength. An equally small number of pokémon have a comparable drive to train. The two traits combine to...

Dewgong (Seel) Stellari tropicorum tropicorum Overview Dewgong is one of the few ice-types in Alola, and one of even fewer that does not primarily live in the area around Mt. Lanakila. They are still less desirable than other ice-types on the island challenges. To start with, the Alolan...

Whiscash (Barboach) Piscisdeluto sp. Overview Whiscash are one of the most prolific pokémon worldwide, boasting scores of species on six continents. They are an important food fish in some parts of the world. Several species are valued in the aquarium trade. But, like most wholly aquatic fish...

Fighting 3.5: Ancestor Stories Pixie [9:23:51] Much has happened the last few days. First: The Moon was eaten by a monster. You have taken up a quest to scream at the monster, this ‘Necerezma,’ until it gives the moon back. Some of the moon’s light shines through jagged lines in the sky like...

Readers with a soft stomach may want to skip the illness section on this one. Nature can be viscerally upsetting. Magikarp (Gyarados) Overview Magikarp barely qualifies as a pokémon. It boasts one of the lowest energy potentials of any known pokémon and survives mostly on the basis of its...

Jynx (Smoochum) Pupasglaciales imitantes Overview Even by the standards of true psychics, jynx are strange creatures. They possess a limited ability to temporarily discard or entirely reform their body from moisture in the air. Rather than feeding on emotions, jynx feed on general brain...

Might want to hope on over to The Alola Pokedex to read the Oricorio and Hawlucha entries. Fighting 3.4: Cognitive Test Meredith [09:18:40] It’s not even the afternoon and you’re already tired. You’re always tired. Doesn’t help that you spent the last week at the edge of Route 2 in ad hoc...

You're right on all counts. Especially the content notice. I'll add a warning to the start of the chapter.

Content Notice: This chapter is loosely themed after ducks and both types of Kappa. There are references to sexual assault and eating disorders. Golduck (Psyduck) Kappa kappa Overview Female golduck are relatively well adjusted and nurturing pokémon, albeit ones with an understandable...

Fighting 3.3: Lies and Lyra Genesis “Excuse me, Genesis.” Your eyes flick away from Reshiram—Reshiram!—to see the man behind you. There’s a human-like pokémon with yellow stripes beside him. Wait. You think you recognize him? From dad’s security team? The one he uses abroad. “You work for my...

Whimsicott (Cottonee) Bombacio whitney Overview Whimsicott have been tied to many of the greatest triumphs and tragedies of the modern era. The first factories were made to process their fluff. The cottonee industry led to the mass produced pokéball, but also serious human and pokémon rights...

Lilligant (Petilil) Tulp montium Overview Most pokémon, and especially most popular pokémon, are essentially just animals with slightly odd biology and the ability to harness elemental powers. Many of the exceptions lack any carbon-based biology. Then there are pokémon that are essentially...

“Code Gray in Wing 2C!” Mrs. Abigail Northton stowed her radio and drew her weapon. The flashlight ignited in one fluid motion, earning a shriek before her nemesis ducked around the corner. With a swear muttered under her uneven breaths she rounded after the creature just to watch its filthy...

Florges (Flabébé, Floette) Weialala eliot Overview Around 1000 BCE, the florges say, a superweapon was fired in Kalos. A long, bloody war came to an end with the annihilation of both sides. In the end no party won, save perhaps the desperate king who resurrected his beloved companion only to...

Fighting 3.2: The Truth Cuicatl [00:00:00] [HUNGER] The Voice crashes into your skull like a cannonball. Everything else, all those tiny little thoughts and feelings and dreams, gets compressed and pressed out, bleeding through every square inch of skin. You hug your legs and arms to your...

This week’s entry of The Alola Pokedex was commissioned by Surskitty. Check out my Tumblr, VulturineQueen, for more information on getting your favorite pokémon into this encyclopedia. Downloading from The Alola Pokédex Online Appendix . . . Dragapult (Dreepy, Drakloak) Overview Fossil...

Mission Three: Fighting “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else- that means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” -e. e. cummings Fighting 3.1: Blacklight Selene [-00:00:21]...

Handfuls of Dust by @kintsugi - A woman feeds her pet, inspiring a nearby man to talk to a plant. Envy of Eden by @kintsugi - A cat marks a rock her owner brought into the home. Salvage by @Negrek - An imitation enthusiast looks for their mother. Decoherence by @Negrek - A man decides to cut...