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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...

Per a bonus entry poll on my discord... Indeedee Lares miltonii Overview Indeedee have long worked alongside humans as household or personal servants. They are true psychics that feed in part off of gratitude and other positive emotions. This leads to them helping an intelligent creature...

LOL okay best payoff of the code names ever. The chapter was scheduled for Saturday but I figured, hey, why not? Going to be on vacation then, anyway.

A response before the chapter; Fun fact: I once read the first chapter of a web serial, then skipped to its most recent and read every other chapter in reverse order, then read the remaining updates as they were posted. It was definitely not meant to be read that way but it was very fun. Maybe...

Archeops (Archen) Archeops primafuga Overview Archeops played a major role in establishing a scientific consensus in favor of macroevolution. Early theorists could suggest that life radiated outwards from common ancestors in favor of more specialized forms and provide anecdotal evidence in...

Fairy 6.21: Peer Review Sina 2016 “Sina, Dexio, have a seat.” Dr. Platane always looked young, even for his age. The last three years changed that. Bags droop where there were none before. His hair and attire are haphazard more often than not. His eyes often bore into nothing with a...

Bastiodon (Shieldon) Ambulanscutum montaneises Overview As the predators of the Mesozoic reached record sizes and strengths, their prey were forced to adapt or die out. Some opted for the speed to outrun larger predators or camouflage to avoid confrontations altogether. Others decided to...

Rampardos (Cranidos) Lacertacarpa fractiligno Overview Of all the pokémon species lost to time, the dinosaurs have always commanded the most attention. The first fossils to be revived were invertebrates with modern counterparts. After that research shifted to the reptiles of the Mesozoic...

Armaldo (Anorith) Octoalis armatis Overview Anorith were some of the first apex predators to evolve. Their powerful eyes, strange wings, and sharp claws made them perceptive, mobile, and strong. This was all relative to the Cambrian. By the time of the Devonian anorith were solidly outclassed...

Cradily (Lileep) Quattuor vulgaris Overview Lileep evolved in the Ordovician. Most species were wiped out by the end of the Permian. Those that survived evolved a mobile adult form, cradily. As the dinosaurs ruled the land during the Jurassic, the cradily came to dominate the seas. Cradily...

Fairy 6.20: Hammers and Scalpels Kekoa July 11, 2020 Hatterene greets you when you get back. Odd. You were expecting Golbat or Machoke. Or maybe Cranidos. He keeps weird hours. Not the worst roommate you could’ve been stuck with but it feels like he’s always coming or going at 3 a.m. for no...

Kabutops (Kabuto) Kabutops maximus Overview Kabuto are an ancient lineage dating back to the Cambrian. They were believed to have gone extinct in the late Permian or early Triassic when kabutops tracts disappeared from the fossil record. Kalosian natural historians had written treatises on the...

Omastar (Omanyte) Lapispolypus gastaldi Overview Upwards of a dozen long-extinct species now roam the Earth once more thanks to fossil revival technology. Trainers with the opportunity to train a fossil pokémon should do so with caution. Omastar are similar to modern cephalopods, just with a...

Fairy 6.19: The Royal Pixie Skysong wants you to talk to a tree. Not even a tree on her team. On her mate’s. You barely interact with her pokémon, except when the eevee harasses you. Someday they might leave forever with no warning. You would have no way to stop it. Best not to get attached...

Palossand (Sandygast) Osmonstrum albaharenae Overview Palossand, the nightmare of the beach, are some of the most widely feared ghosts in Alola. They are also some of the most well-mannered ghosts in captivity and a potential starting point for aminovore care. Most true ghosts are passive or...

Fairy 6.18: Island Time Genesis July 16, 2020 It’s almost over. Cuicatl and Lyra completed their eighth trials. Just waiting on the grand trial and then maybe the elite four. Then… you don’t know. Cuicatl doesn’t know. Lyra probably does but isn’t telling. Now there’s a small break before the...

Starmie (Staryu) Quinquennium astrologus Overview There are many pokémon that are widely known to come to Earth from elsewhere, whether that be the moon, the rest of the solar system, the vast outer reaches of space, or another dimension entirely. For millennia, natural philosophers have...