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Stuffed Toys "Mom always says good food doesn't grow on trees," Xiuxiu said through a full mouth she padded along. "This place is gonna blow her mind." "Doesn't it seem... too convenient?" I asked. "Like... maybe it's a trap or something." "Oh, please," Xiuxiu said. "Don't be paranoid...

It was a pillar of lightning like an elder sequoyah. I clung to Noivern's scruff as he tucked out of the way—barely. My labcoat's flapping was deafening. "What the fuck is this thing?" Valerie called to me from the back of her togekiss. One answer: a joltik with eyes like quadruple sapphire...

Apple picking is hard but delicious work. Not all apples are fit for picking, though. One apple I pick has a squishy bruise I hadn't seen initially. As I prepare to cast it away, it wiggles. I release it, and it tumbles onto the ground. Then it inches away. Oh, an applin! "Hey, wait!" I...

As a bagon, you jump a lot. You jump from high places, from low places, from anywhere you can, praying for flight, and instead you hit the ground hard. Eventually you become so good at failing to fly that you evolve, and your new form is built to absorb the shock of landing. Then you fall a...

You settled down in the city years ago, but it's no place for a chatot. Her voice is wheezy now, strained. Changed. You've brought her to the woods to set her free. "It's time for you to go." They say you can't take the wild out of a pokémon. Yet you sense her apprehension. "Fine. I'll...

The hoodoos of Victory Road are precipitous, but the tastiest rocks are at their peaks. You and your colony build writhing bridges with your bodies to traverse them, metal limbs locking into formation. You’ve never gotten to taste the delicious rock at the precipice; that’s reserved for the...