oops sorry its been over a month

the province i live in is like completely on fire and its been super busy at work because of the evacuees and also I have to figure out my courses for my next two semesters of university so yay ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

good news is that i can take programming and game design and those credits actually go towards me graduating eventually so thats rad!

have fun i have no idea where this is going anymore but at least there's plot happening


The light faded, and Moon stood, shocked, at the sight before her. Akemi appeared beside her, bent low to the ground, growling at the foes in front of them.

The Team Skull members before Moon and Gladion lowered their arms, having also been blinded by the light. Their pokemon were dazed, and were quickly recalled when they realized what was before them.

Gladion backed up closer to Moon, eyes on the floating, jellyfish-like thing before them. A rift behind it glowed an eerie blue, warping the space and time around it like a seam rip on fabric. Though it was still a bright day, the area around them darkened, as if the whole area was beginning to warp with whatever the heck was happening.

Moon bit down on her lip, hard, to force herself not to freeze in shock. She licked her lips, a hint of iron present, and watched the creature as it began to chirrup, waving its tentacles in a circular motion.

The grunts hightailed it out of the area, almost tripping over each other in a sore attempt to get away from the oddity. Gladion exhaled, a sharp hiss releasing from between his clenched teeth. "Fuck," he said, so softly Moon barely heard him. He stole a glance to her behind him, hoping she was okay.

"Gladion… what is that?" She asked, nails digging in to the palms of her hands to ground herself.

Instead of answering, his hand flew to his waist where his pokeballs sat. He gave Moon another look. "You're to tell no one about what's happening."

And with that, he tossed one of his pokeballs, releasing a pokemon Moon had never seen before. From what she could see by peeking over Gladion's shoulder, the creature before them was a quadruped, and was the very definition of chimera. Its caged head turned to look back at Gladion, awaiting patiently for orders.

He called for it to use crush claw, and the chimera leap forward toward the otherworldly creature, claws raking against its body. It released a shrill sound, like fingernails to chalkboard, before sending a psywave back in retaliation.

"Null, dodge!" Gladion called out, hands curled into tight fists. Null jumped out of the way of the psychic beam just in time, skidding to a stop through the now ruined grass. Another cry emitted from the jellyfish, this time summoning rocks, aiming them toward Gladion and Moon.

"Null –"

"Akemi, protect!" Moon called, her espeon rushing out in front of them, gem glowing a deep red. A barrier surrounded them instantly, shielding them from the rocks that pelted the translucent wall with enough force to make Moon flinch at the impact. As the rocks fell, dust and dirt was thrown into the air, creating a dense cloud that made it impossible to see.

They stood there quietly, eyes glancing around wildly for any signs of the creature through the haze.

"What type do you think it is? Does it even have a type?" Moon asked Gladion as she scooted closer to him, punting her forgotten bubble tea with the side of her foot. An instance of sadness passed her as she mourned the drink, and then her mind focused once again on the task at hand. The dust was beginning to settle, and Moon sighed as she noticed the outline of trees and shrubs once again.

A few more moments passed before Gladion uttered a reply. "It's been registered as rock and poison, though that hardly matters now since it left through the wormhole." He relaxed visibly, and Moon took note that the hole had vanished completely.

Gladion called over the chimera that aided them, and it pranced over, eyes squished happily as if it had done a good job. He squatted down to ruffle the pokemon's fur, and reached into his bag with his free hand. He pulled out a handful of pokebeans, offering them to the chimera who hovered over them excitedly, its happy barks sounding somewhat mechanical.

Moon furrowed her brows, curious about the two creatures she had witnessed – was currently witnessing. "Wormhole? Gladion, what the hell." Her hands rested on her hips as she eyed the boy. She would freak out about everything after she got some answers. Sighing, Gladion rose, giving the chimera one last pat before returning it to its pokeball. He turned to face Moon, an expression of seriousness painting his features.

Gladion crossed his arms before he began. "I'm not telling you everything," he paused, blowing his bangs out of his face, "but I can at least tell you about Null, I guess.

"Type: Null is my partner; we suffer the same fate. We saved each other, and we grow with each other – our only goal is to become strong." He turned his head to the side as he finished, a faint dusting of red visible on his cheeks. Moon stared blankly at him.

"For someone who sounds like he's made for the theatre, you told me absolutely nothing," she replied, smiling tiredly. With a shake of her head and another sigh, she recalled Akemi and turned to head back towards the Malie Garden entrance.

She began to walk, but came to a pause a few feet away. "Tell me when you're ready, I guess."

Gladion watched as she disappeared around a grouping of trees, adamant about his decision to not tell her anything.


Moon's thoughts swirled as she walked back to the hotel, buddy system be damned. She had too many questions, and none had been answered by an overly dramatic Gladion.

Honestly, what was his deal, anyway? "Suffer the same fate," puh-lease.

… Though, she would like to know about that pokemon he had. She had never seen him with it before. Was it a secret – was he hiding it? And then there was that jellyfish creature, too. Moon bit her cheek. It would be a bad idea to tell the others about it.

This was something she would have to figure out on her own.

As she followed the sidewalk, the girl noticed a district map and stopped to check it out. It labelled the current location, Malie Garden, hotels, hotspots for tourists, as well as a library. Moon hummed thoughtfully, a smile slowly forming on her face as the figurative lightbulb above her head blinked on. A library would be the perfect place to get all sorts of information.

She continued down the sidewalk, a small spring in her step.

If Gladion wouldn't tell her anything, she'd have to look herself. The last thing she'd want to do was leave him to deal with – whatever that was – alone.


Moon wasn't expecting research to be so hard, though. She sat at one of the longer tables, smack dab in the middle, books and magazines piled around her, her head in her hands. The girl let out a groan, slumping farther into her seat.

A glance at her phone confirmed she had been at the library for two hours already, with nothing to show for her work.

Okay, maybe she found, like, one thing. It wasn't important though. Her eyes scanned over the magazine – the demographic was centered around casual science lovers – and the blond lady on the front cover. She had stood out to Moon for some reason, though she couldn't place why. Lusamine, the woman on the cover, seemed to be the head of Aether Foundation – whatever that was. Moon hadn't gotten much farther before her brain had imploded.

She made a note on her phone, however, hoping to look into it more later.

Her phone vibrated just as she was about to put it down, and she sighed at the text message.

Sun: Where the hell are you?

A thought crossed her mind, and before Moon could think better of it, she replied.

Moon: I'm at soup.

Sun: Glad you're alive. Meet us at Sushi High Roller for lunch.

Moon pouted.

Moon: Only if you pay for me.


Sushi High Roller was jam-packed when Moon entered the restaurant. She looked all around, hoping to find familiar mops of hair, though there were so many people it was hard to tell. Were half of the students there, or was it that popular normally?

A hand placed on her shoulder made her jump and spin on her heel, nearly falling into Gladion. He sighed, shaking his head. "This way." He beckoned her, then started down to the right of the building, headed towards long rows of tables. Moon followed him, a small smile present once Lillie, Hau, her brother, and the others came into view.

She took her seat beside her brother, elbowing him gently. Sun rolled his eyes at her antics, elbowing her back with just as much force. "We ordered already. Good thing I know what you like," he said with a slight shake of his head.

"So where were you for the past two hours? We looked all over Malie Garden but couldn't find you," Lillie started, her pout exaggerated, arms crossed. Moon flushed, turning her head to the side.

What would she tell them?

"I was at the library," she said carefully, eyes looking everywhere but at Lillie and whoever was listening. "It looked really interesting." Gladion raised a brow at her, but Lillie's expression changed to a huge grin in a span of seconds as she slammed her hands down on the table, clearly excited.

"Why didn't you tell me that's where you were going?! I heard the Malie library had an amazing assortment of mythologies!" Her eyes were absolutely glowing, Moon noticed.

What, was she interested in the myths surrounding legendaries, or something?

"We can go back tomorrow?" Moon offered, raising her hands in mock-defeat. The blond girl settled down at this, though if you watched carefully, you could see Lillie bouncing in her seat.

"The only places we're going to for certain tomorrow," Sun interjected, placing a hand on Moon's shoulder whilst the other was held in front of him, arcing horizontally as he continued, "are the hot springs, and the mall."

"Turns out Soup is an actual store," Hau chimed in, chuckling. "He made me go in there to look for you."

Sun blushed.

"I did not! My sister can look after herself," he huffed, crossing his arms and looking away. Ilima chuckled, patting Sun's shoulder.

Hau offered Moon a wry smile, shrugging slightly before delving into a conversation about what the group would get for dessert, cheering for malasadas.

Moon sighed, turning back to Lillie. "So, what's so interesting about those mythologies?" Lillie beamed.

"Well, to begin, it's said that Alola's legendaries were once from another dimension –"

"That's enough, Lillie," Gladion interrupted, eyes narrowing at her. Both her and Moon stared at Gladion incredulously.

What was his problem?

That had nothing to do with what happened earlier, did it –

Oh.

So it did.

Moon smiled smugly towards Gladion, gears churning in her head.

"Ignore your bratty bother, Lillie," Moon chimed, waving her hand in front of her passively. "Please, go on."


In other news Moon is gonna start to take the reigns and DO STUFF and STOP BEING a PASSIVE character ive had enough

I've also been playing tales of the abyss on and off and its made me want to go work on my original stuff hoo wee mama