More questions? It's sure been a while since I got those. Well, here they are, and they're both from an anon called "A."

First off: "Was the Dark [Blessing] inspired by the Bittercold?"

Answer: Just a little bit. The actual main inspirations were Shadow Pokemon from Pokemon Colosseum and Pokemon XD – Gale of Darkness (which in turn were likely inspired by the evil Pokemon affected by Vicious's Dark Ball from the fourth Pokemon movie, who in turn were inspired by the evil Pokemon from the Trading Card Game). I also was originally going to name the tainted ones "Evil-types," but then I found out that that was the name Japan gave to the Dark type, hence why I settled on "Demon-type." As the stories go on, I wanted to make it clear that it's not an actual Pokemon type, which fits considering what Unod actually is.

Oh, and by the way, I once considered calling it the "Monster-type." Glad I didn't.

The other question: "Why Pelame and Pugno for names? Do they mean something? Or was it randomly making something that sounded name like?"

Answer: Pelame is the Italian word for "fur," and Pugno is the Italian word for "fist." I just Google Translated those words into Italian and found those to be the (probably wrong) results. In fact, Pugno was my hero character and Pelame was the partner when I replayed Explorers of Sky about a month before I began writing. I began writing just after finishing the game (and by finishing the game, I mean the post-credits story).

One more thing; isn't it funny how in either language (Italian and English), Pelame and Pugno's name are alliterative?

That's it for the questions. And now time for an announcement.

I will begin rewriting after completing Alpha Sapphire. Playing that should serve as inspiration for something.