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  1. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession
    Threadmarks: Obsession 26

    Autumn had settled in, draping the coast in a veil of fog and chill. The sea below churned in grey fury, making the view from my window an experiment in monochrome. Though my adventure with Veronica had been only at the start of the month, the cold, threatened for some time, had settled in...
  2. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession

    I based the depiction of Seafoam in this fic on a town called Seaside by me, and yeah it really dries up in the off season. Asaph's role in the fic is about to take some very strange turns so I hope you stay tuned!
  3. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession

    To be fair, Jiri prizes inanimate objects more than he does people, so being seen as a "thing" probably is a compliment to him. And the wag in me is tempted to point out that, since we have matter and exist in time and space, we really are objects. I don't understand your question at the end...
  4. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession
    Threadmarks: Obsession 25

    The streets of Seafoam were briefly coated in an artificial sense of festivity, as though it were carried on the ocean breeze. Storefronts trumpeted all summer long of vacation joy--always vacation, as though life here was transient for everyone--with nothing behind the facade, then quickly...
  5. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession
    Threadmarks: Obsession 24

    I realised, as time went by, that my perception of my surroundings changed with experience. The familiar small town of Seafoam was dull and listless, but passing through a small town where I had never been brought my mind alive, and I wondered about all the people milling about, what filled...
  6. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession
    Threadmarks: Obsession 23

    Veronica couldn't stop giggling, with a skip in her step as she paid our fares and headed to a seat in the back of the bus. I followed, sitting across the aisle from her. The bus was nearly deserted, with only a few locals about. The area she lived in was just north of the predominantly farm...
  7. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession

    Oh goodness thank you so much haha! I've been working on this for so long that for someone to sit down and take note of how my style has changed is always interesting to see. "New" chapter every month on the first! And next month I'm going to be writing an actually new chapter as well!
  8. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession

    It's funny that you point out the lack of pokemon in this Pokemon fic. But no, this is set in the animeverse. He just doesn't interact with a whole bunch of them directly. Thank you for reading!
  9. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession
    Threadmarks: Obsession 22

    And then it was summer's end. Veronica and I had prospered off the information and had made quite tidy sums from it, investing and re-investing and overcoming small losses, always staying ahead of where we had been after that fateful morning. By the months passed, we had far, far surpassed that...
  10. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession
    Threadmarks: Obsession 21

    "Don't you think you need to talk to him today?" "It's in my head, Helen. I have to get it out somehow. It's...I can't even describe it, but it'll be wonderful!" He didn't look up as he spoke, just kept scrawling something across the paper. Helen looked startled for a moment, but ultimately...
  11. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession
    Threadmarks: Obsession 20

    The year ended and the year began, and soon after it was time for the Tonio exhibit. The night before, my father took me to Asaph's place. The drive was horribly boring and terribly embarrassing, as he elected to do so in his pickup truck. Having to take the way there while hearing him blather...
  12. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession
    Threadmarks: Obsession 19

    Chapter 4 is kind of his messed up mental state at the time, but it's more or less him zoning out and retreating in his own world. We know more or less how he ends up, so getting him there is a very odd process. I hope you continue to read more! And what do you know, it's time for another...
  13. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession
    Threadmarks: Obsession 18

    My father and I hardly spoke at all over the next few days, which suited me just fine. He tried to project his facade of doting parent, but I would never let him get to me. Every time he looked at me, it was with that downcast expression meant to inspire pity. What a fool. He replaced the book...
  14. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession
    Threadmarks: Obsession 17

    (This chapter is so old that the mentions of Tonio predate the character of that name from the Darkrai movie! Aye-yay-yay you'd think I'd be further than I am) The opulence of the mansion was a wonder to behold, but yet the feel of the place escaped me as I tried not to think about the...
  15. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession
    Threadmarks: Obsession 16

    I was dreaming... Only bits and pieces do I remember, but what remains could have just as easily been lost had I not heard Asaph's voice cutting through the veil. I started, jolted awake with a gasp, but he steadied me. He was sitting next to me, pulled up entirely onto the bed, and he put his...
  16. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession
    Threadmarks: Obsession 15

    Yeah I should...I should keep updating this. I have a lot of chapters... We drove on for a while, coming to the main stretch of the city before he said anything. I was afraid that he was going to ask me things I was not ready to discuss, but he simply asked the driver to turn on the radio...
  17. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession
    Threadmarks: Obsession 14

    I'm back! In this chapter, Jiri overhears an uncomfortable conversation. This was originally slated to be much longer but I ended up chopping it into a few chapters on its own. Asaph had told me over the past few weeks that soon he would make a new acquisition, so when he called me one evening...
  18. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession

    Remember how in the movie his ceiling was decorated with dozens of angels? I had to lean in hard, haha. The backstory for the Mew card is a Blackjack original! Glad you liked it! I figured it had to be more than cardstock, right? Especially to survive the events of the movie (though gold is...
  19. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession

    Actually a lot of the issues you bring up are addressed later! His accounts of things may not be the most...accurate. Even as a kid he has a bit of a disconnect from reality, though it's not nearly as pronounced as it is by the events of the movie. You'll see~~
  20. Blackjack Gabbiani

    Pokémon Obsession

    I certainly hope you *do* pick it up again later because I'm very glad you like it! Haha his fate in the movie is he gets his collection vaporized and he's left standing on the shore in the wreckage like a dumbass who has no one to blame but himself.
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