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Chapter 20: Showtime, In More Ways Than One (So, when did you start properly learning to speak the human tongue?) Actually, we made progress on it not long after the first week ended. That was around the time we learned to fight as well, and learn other things such as how to tell the time and...

Chapter 19. First Fight or Flight (So, I’m going to start asking some questions, just to structure this interview a little. Is that fine?) Yeah, Tony, knock yourself out. (Alright. When you started your schedule, what were the first few lessons like? Did you find an early interest in learning...

So... it's been a while since I last came back to TCATS, almost a year. It's been a bit of a rocky journey, since I expected to transition smoothly into original writing, only for it to be a lot harder than I expected. So I branched out with different kinds of writing, including shorter fics in...

Announcement Thank you for reading through the Thousand Roads iteration of The Curious and the Shiny so far! This is Revision 3 of the story, and while I would like to continue revising chapters 18-38, A. I don't have enough information to properly revise everything from those sections and B. I...

Thanks for joining, @OldschoolJohto, and for the review! Huh, I had never thought of him that way, but I guess it fits. They're both blue. Hmm, I'm kind of torn on this one and might need some more clarification. The intent with that scene is that Shine is having a bit of an episode there...

Chapter 16. Interlude - Ambrette's Climbers The next day started on an odd note. Shine greeted Tony as he was about to head out of the apartment for work. As the front door closed, however, something splashed outside, much to Shine’s amazement. Then, the door opened again to reveal his trainer...

Finally, I can post this! I wrote this a while ago, but since I've reached a point on this site where it's the most relevant, here's a bonus chapter/crossover with @Persephone's Broken Things! Think of this as an omake that's strictly non-canon, although I've tried my best to stick to the canon...

Chapter 14. Not The Last Goodbyes, For The Most Part That hurt like a bitch when I woke up. Sure, I had almost drowned the day before and survived that, but you don’t just bounce back right away after being used as a Riolu-sized soccer ball. I don’t know how much time had passed since it...

Chapter 13. The Reason We're Here, I Guess My family waited with bated breath for me to arrive on the shore. To sum it up, Dad got his blue panties in a bunch about the pair on the boat, but when Azzy explained himself, he only nodded and thanked them before telling them to leave. I waved back...

Chapter 12. That Sinking Feeling Soon enough, I made my own maps with the paper Mom gave me, so I walked through and started marking any island I saw. I flexed my paws to measure it as I explained before, and moved onto the next one, marking each one as a 2D object on a flat surface without...

Chapter 11. Bottoms Up, Bro After that bit of excitement, everything fell into a routine as we hunted Magikarp as normal, played as normal, told stories as normal, slept as normal, repeat and repeat. Although I was satisfied with the answers I got and faced every day as it came, over time, a...

Chapter 10. My First Weird Encounter I guess the other big reason my interest in humans grew was Trunks, my big brother, though that might not become apparent just yet. If Mom wore the blue pants in the family, then he was the butt that held those pants in place, if that makes sense. He was...

The Island Arc Chapter 9. Oh Wait, We're Recording? I owe a lot to Mom for leading me to this path. Of course, said path was formed with my blood, sweat and tears, but if it wasn’t for her or my brother, I probably wouldn’t have had any interest in human life at all. She had her own baggage...

Chapter 8. Interlude: Ambrette's Subjects With food in their bellies and a half-day of work behind them, the two headed back to Tony’s apartment. Although Shine wasn’t entirely sure how to retrace his steps in the night sky, his golden vision helped guide him back to civilization. Once he got...

Chapter 7: Interlude – Ambrette’s Teachers The time eventually came for Shine and Curio to leave Dendemille on dragonback, with Adele and Accendare. When they finally touched Ambrette’s soil, however, Shine had to rest. Although he didn’t vomit like last time, the nausea still caught up with...

Chapter 6. Dendemille’s Riders It was a lively scene at The Vine. Both locals and touring trainers alike crowded around the bar, chatting and smiling with beers and sodas in hand. Much to Shine’s chagrin, as he walked through it all, the carpeted floor was sticky with its spilled contents, not...

Chapter 5. Dendemille's Brawlers, Part 2 Shine stayed in that alleyway, unsure of what to do. How much time had passed? A few minutes. Maybe ten. The clock was ticking for him to prepare and face off Curio. But it had been so long since he had his last fight, not counting that close call...

Chapter 4. Dendemille's Brawlers, Part 1 “Hey, Shine.” “Y-yes?” “I’ve kinda been thinking about Mama again. It’s hard, y’know. I’m just wonderin’ if you can read more of her book to me.” “O-oh, yes, absolutely. I’m not too busy. You enjoyed the last story, didn’t you?” “Kinda, but I also...

Chapter 3. Dendemille's Dealer Shine sat beneath the awning of The Vine, breathing in the air of the rain-slick pavement. Since his stay at the Pokestop, the atmosphere of the town had completely changed. The sky was coal-black, and unlike before, there were barely any humans or Pokemon roaming...

Chapter 2. Dendemille’s Pests The first thing Shine did when Accendare landed was topple to the ground and throw up. His head swam, his face felt like it was melting, and his body generally felt unpleasant. At that time, he didn’t want to think about Tony back home, about Curio, or anything...