Every so often I forget that there are battlers who aren't vibes-based like me, picking up all the neat details along the way, and that these other types of battlers have so much down to a SCIENCE....

They have spreadsheets of EVERY MOVE THEIR POKEMON HAVE BEEN SEEN USING. And they have familiarity rankings of each move. And synergy notes. AND THAT'S BEFORE YOU GET INTO THE DOUBLE BATTLING SHEETS. It makes my head spin!!

((It doesn't matter that I feel like dogwater, I spent over a month making smilesunday art for Kotone, I'm gonna post it even if I'm not in a position I can reply on her yet!!!))

#SmileSunday from the #Pokeathlon Dome!! Just beat Whitney in the speed course again, so the after-event smoothies are on her!

"War is such a waste of time. Can't we all just not fight and not be mean? I-I'll give you a cookie if you don't wage war! Even a-an entire PLATE of cookies!"

"Greetings and sa-lu-tations!" "I want to reach out in peace and kindness to someone who desires it! Do you want a cookie? Pizza fresh out of the oven? Help with personal problems (if I can actually help in any meaningful way)?"

((I'll get to other replies later. Goldie gets preference because it's easy to think of replies to her even when I'm faultering. ))

Oh not a CLUE! She left last night, giving me a kiss on the cheek, which is what she does when she's going to be gone a day or two. She's probably being a little gremlin somewhere in time!

Oh I am a BIG fan of trains! Like, I'm no otaku, but they're really convenient and efficient! It's faster to use the bullet train to get to Kanto than it is to fly there. Teleporting would be faster, but... Well I just never caught a porter! We're pretty balanced globally.+

Ooooh! I need to invite you out for crepes when Celebi is back! I feel like even though she's not a fairy *type* you two will have SUCH a fun chat! ... I have crepes on the mind right now. It doesn't have to be crepes, for the record! It can totally be other sweets.

Anyway! Anyway! What's your favourite food? Does eating it make you get bigger by default? It seems like you start to grow when you get happier!

((If you'd told me a year ago I'd be watching all the episodes of Skibidi Toilet as a means to pass the time while waiting for a lull in the migraine nausea, I'd have been "Wait, I still have migraines? It took me that long to find the start point of the series? What?" but you know!))

((NO ONE TOLD ME SKIBIDI TOILET WAS A HORROR SERIES. (/positive)))

Thank you! Where was I...? Oh right! What if the you of the second universe also did it at the same time, and you are all like, leapfrogging into universes where a different you was? Maybe she has no idea either! ... Though that's probably not the case, thankfully!

Oh it's a challenge here, too! One of the reasons why Celebi needs my protection is because there's only so much she can do? There's a lot of push to make Johto high industry, like Kanto is. But one of the down sides of how high industry Kanto is, is that pokemon like Grimer thrive and overtake+

What if the you of the second universe did the same thing and is in another universe the- OH! I never asked! What's your pronouns? It'd be rude of me to assume when you can tell me!

Does that worry you any? Do you think maybe you got so big you ended up being in another almost identical universe???

Isn't she adorable??? I'd so be down to let you meet her when she comes back from her most recent mysterious doings! She *is* a fairy, so it's probably a littttle chaotic! Oh the guy totally did it on purpose! Expected his money to shield him from repercussions, but he did NOT pay attention!

For real?? What happened then??

I'm the guardian, actually! Despite being a time traveler, Celebi isn't very strong. She's like, also a guardian of Ilex Forest, but that's like... Sometimes she'll send strong people forward or back into time, or when that one asshole tried to clearcut the forest she sent all the heavy machines++

Oh I just don't think about it too much. There's like, games in other worlds of my adventure? And the adventure of other kids in various regions? I just figure that something is real somewhere, not that like, Mr. Miyamoto created him as a character and he became real elsewhere.

Hehehe! What's the biggest you've ever been? Could you touch the moon with one of your ribbons?

Omg! The ability to not hurt anyone in the process is the REAL super power! I mean having cool powers is no fun if you hurt people by accident, right?!

OH! I have something to announce! My amazing, wonderful, gorgeous, delightful sweet girlfriend has proven the allegations that I am a disaster chef FALSE! It turns out that everyone I fed just has lactose intolerance, and I am a fan of dairy!

Literally the only reason I've not gotten on one knee for Goldie is I promised I wouldn't get engaged before I'd been living with someone happily at least a year. Also like, I think we should like, talk it out first so it's not blindsiding her???

Oh and they're doing much the same for me! Honestly moving in with them made me nervous at first, because I can be a little Too Much, but our Little Things - those small, annoying habits people have - all work well, and I just. I feel like we instantly clicked!

Oh gosh!! How tall can you get?? They're all nice pokemon! Okay Salazzle can be a liiiittle grumpy, but my girl has a heart of gold once you see her after breakfast! I do! She mostly chills. She doesn't like to battle, and is a little annoyed I won't let her do contests cause she'd totally cheat!

I wonder what it's like 20 years from now... Surely things will be better for trans people then, right? I know I'll at least be doing my best to keep my girlfriend's life as bright as I can! And Silver's too!

Mario is like, this character from a video game, but like because it's the multiverse he's also like a real person too??? Anyway, in my world, a pokemon world, he's like SUPER popular as a character and icon? Here he is on the left and me at 10 on the right. I didn't even REALISE the similarity 😭

I'm like, not very good at understanding all the gender stuff, 'cause I'm pretty sure I'm cis - none of the problems I have with my body are gender related, and are all like, having a baby face! - but I can tell there's like, this whole spectrum of stuff? I hope society can understand it soon!

OMG, I have a TON. My original Hall of Fame roster was Typhlosion, Arcanine, Ninetales, Magcargo, Houndoom, and my little guy Furret! At the time I also had Lapras, Noctowl, and Azumarill! Since then I've gotten a bunch but common team members are incineroar, A. Marowak, Talonflame, and Salazzle!

The Mario jokes really get to me sometimes, to the point I make them too!! That said, I do still do this thing where I wear something either red or pink with something blue, but like, much less bright colours!! So I still have some of my fashion!

Oh it happens SOOOO much, 'cause like we all ended up in like this big nexus timeline? So like, this timeline is used to alternates, but would you believe we don't really have many people who leave our world much? Also omg, I wonder if an evil me would have been in fuchsia over-alls and a yellow++

I'm so happy for her! I wish that sort of thing was available in every world, to be honest! Like that and the typical HRT both available, because there are a lot of women who want to keep some of the anatomy they were born with, and both should be able to thrive??

Omggg, I do admit I still think the fit is cute, in like a "learning what I like" way, but I got so many "Did you know Super Mario started HRT three years ago? This is her today" jokes sent at me the last time I DARED to wear even over-all shorts. I mostly dress in Girly Kei and Dark Girly Kei now!

Ohhh! Goldie is my amazing, beautiful girlfriend, and we're from different timelines of the same world. So I basically grew up after 10 with a boy named Silver, so he's my Silver. She also grew up with a Silver, they're not a boy though, so that's her Silver! They're @silversakaki.bsky.social

Omg! That's an amazing potion! I imagine that's probably SO good for dysphoria! Oh, uh, my girlfriend and my housemate are both trans, so I'm familiar with the lingo! Anyway, that sounds like, basically the most hardcore type of hormone therapy! Was it instant or did it take time like HRT?

It's so nice to meet you, Ribbon! Honestly I don't think I've seen any pokemon quite like you, with your powers and all I mean! I'm Kotone, by the way! I'm a fire type specialist, but honestly I love basically all pokemon at least a little!

S-sapient singing toilets?! Were.. Were they created as toilets to be used and then gained sentience? Did they just... Spawn in the form of toilets? Or maybe evolve into that form...? Are they maybe a virus rather than a typically living organism?! They're no pokerus, that's for sure....

I'm so glad! What was the potion for? Also, I always think people who go to other worlds are so cool! Like I've been in other timelines, but like, that's not the same as a totally different WORLD you know??

Bottles?? To me it looks like a big, goofy water baloon of a pokemon!

Omigosh! I don't think I've ever seen that happen before! Are you from Galar? Is this Dynamaxing?

OHHHH That's a hard one, because like, this is my first paper I'm talking about? And most of the interesting stuff outside of it is still stuff I'm trying to confirm? But if it can be anything related.. I'd say I'd want people to understand that fire types are perfectly safe if you let a specialist+

I see you and her have the same name (me and her are chatting right now, too!) so are you sisters??? Anyway I think it's so awesome that you took the leap to help her! I mean if you're not a world-hopper it's gotta be scary the first time, right?

Oooh! Those are both good genres. Is there any poem that's particularly stand out among them?

Red you have NO idea the sass people gave me about my hat online!!! Like it was sooooo mean 😭 People today still call me "puffy-hat" even though I've not worn it in almost a decade!!

Cuter than it has any right to be, that's what!!!

We disrespected-hat girlies gotta stick together!

OMG! You're the science equivalent of an adventurer! That's so cool! I'm like, the equivalent of a zoo keeper who only keeps canines, only it's fire types. Zoos these days are a LOT different than they used to be, because of the scientists who learned that enrichment is important!