Pokѐmon Journey III: Jezabel's Voyage

by Halloween Witch

It was a quiet and dull moving experience for Jezebel Emery-Twin who moved from one side of the Hoenn region to another to be closer to her father and start her pokemon journey. Instead of going to her father for a first pokemon like was planned, she ended up receiving one of Professor Birch's pokemon when he's attacked. Full summery inside!

38. Q's & A's

Pokѐmon Journey IV: Jezebel's Voyage

Chapter 38: Questions & Answers

Hey Everyone! I'm so happy we managed to make it through story three! I can't even believe that we actually got here! We're halfway through the entire story series! I can't believe I've been working on this for nearly the past three years! It's incredible! But along the way, I have LOTS of questions that you guys sent my way and I'm more then happy, and so are the characters that got asked questions! Trust me, they're ready to go and give you the best answers they can give!

So why don't we get started?

These questions are from Defender 31415:

Q: Question for Jezebel: Where and how did you learn how to fight?

Jezebel: Hell yeah! I got the first question! (She cheers for a moment before calming down) Sorry about that, but its pretty cool to get that first question from you and/or anyone. Anyway, I learned how to fight as I grew up in the many different cities. I was alone most days, so besides working with music and taking lessons, I used to sneak out, but of course you know that I already. There's no specific someone behind me fighting, I just trained and learned on my own, let out my frustration by attacking inanimate objects instead of people, but when evil organizations appeared against me, I of course had to use my skills against them. (Winks)

Q: Also, I'm psyched because Jez is gonna get a Flygon! Heck yeah! Those are awesome. Though I don't understand what makes female Trapinch so distinctive...

A: I know this might not quite be a question, but I figured I'd add it in anyway. It's not the female that made it distinctive, but it was the fact that it was shiny that made it stand out compared to the other trapinch. A normal trapinch is tan in color while a shiny one is actually a bluish- dark green.

Q: For Mattie: Do you think you might like being a coordinator?

Mattie: I-I-I got a q-question? (Mattie nearly faints if it isn't for Jezebel)

Jezebel: Mattie! Its only question number three! You can't faint just yet!

Mattie: R-right… sorry about that… (He stands up with her help) I love b-being a coordinator… at the time when I was thinking about it… I really w-wanted to do it… but I was nervous without Jezebel at m-my side, so I competed with her… and that made it so much easier… so much m-more fun… My pokemon love it… and being cute looking in general to the public… it earns us a lot of points in contests…

Q: For Gwyn: What did you think of Serena and Smith's arrangement in which he pays her every time he swears? Could you see yourself implementing that around Violet and Jez?

Gywn: Oh you have no idea how many times I've actually TRIED to do that! (She pouts and looks at the other two champions that laugh at her) Those two just won't listen to me! Honestly, I've tried! Especially with Levy around since I thought I could get away with it, but it didn't work! Honestly! You horrible women! I'll get you one day!

Q: Question is for Violet and Alex. Was it really necessary for you guys to grow STINKING LEGENDARY BIRD WINGS in order for you to apprehend those two criminal coordinators? I mean, now everybody that was there knows you have some kind of abnormal powers. Wouldn't you want to be a little more secretive?

Violet: (Grinning) You know, I was hoping someone would ask us this question!

Alex: (Snorts a laugh) And I actually agree. This book that Halloween wrote was a lot different then the other novels. So I was hoping someone would pick up or ask about this subject.

Violet: Anyway! To answer you question! You are totally in the right for asking about that, especially since we were all quiet and secretive in the last book, right? Well, the reason for it in this chapter was because we wanted our location to be known!

Alex: I'm sure this confuses you a bit, but it's all really simple. You see, when it came to this new region, we didn't have just Rose to think about, or her brother Razi, we had two entirely large criminal organizations that were attacking the entire region, so by letting our location be known, we were able to fool them and lure them into a trap.

Violet: Of course, Rose and Razi were just as important, which is why we had our other members off and in hiding and searching out other locations while we were in the spot light back in Lilycove. It worked out well, didn't it?

Q: What is the thing never confirmed between family members?

A: Jezebel's mother, her condition and if she was actually sane. It was a topic that no one dared to bring up while the woman was alive because they feared her wrath if she lashed out.

Q: For Jezebel: How can you understand pokemon so well?

Jezebel: (Shrugs) I understand them well enough since they were my only friends growing up, it was actually a lot harder to be friends with people then with pokemon. I learned their quirks, the way they did things around their homes, and to frankly honest, I preferred the company of pokemon rather then other humans until my journey started. It was only thanks to those good friends I had that made me see that there were good people and bad, no different then good pokemon or bad ones.

Q: Question (for Rose of all people): What did you mean when you were thinking about Jezebel becoming "one of them"?

Rose: (Spits at us and uses her abilities to talk to us through her mind.) A changeling you useless excuse for a child. Was that not obvious when I was speaking of that putrid Violet and her group of changeling at her side? I should kill you for asking such a ridiculous question! (Rose tries to jump at us, but a magical wall prevents her from reaching us)

Me: Nothing to see here people! She can't hurt you! Promise!

Q: Question for Brittany: Why? Why be a jerk until you die, rather than treat your family kindly and leave them with good memories? That's all they'd have left anyway after you die. Why not grant them that solace?

Brittany (as an angle since she's dead): As I'm sure you've realized as you came close to the end of the story, I was sadly under the influence of Rose and by her orders I was made to hurt my family and push them away from me, so that in the end, when I breathed my last breath, I would be alone. That was my punishment for nearly eight years for trying to stop her from hurting my family. It was not my choice to act that way, it was not my choice to think that way, but my brain was warped by the order she left there.

Q: And question for you, Halloween Witch: Why did you make Brittany like this? She could have simply been overprotective, instead of being someone who rejected her family and their love.

Me: Because it made a more interesting story! If I honestly just made her overprotective like I did back in Violet's story with her mother, would it be interesting? Not as much as this is because it kept you guessing! It made you feel the suffering and relate to certain characters and always kept you on your toes with the family members that were hypnotized!

Q: Given the way ghost types are associated with Rose, why did you decide to give one to a heroine?

A: Oh I was wondering if someone would ask! And as for that, the first reason is because I thought it would be cool to actually give that type to the main character for once when its been viewed before in the last two stories that ghost pokemon were bad or evil. The second is because Jezebel had a different experience with ghost types then Violet and Gwyn did. Violet and Gwyn suffered from ghost type attacks from Rose throughout their journeys and took physical damage upon their bodies or their minds because of it. Due to that, they're not against ghost types as you can see, but as evident, there's a sort of scaring that prevents them from getting super closer to them. Jezebel on the other hand grew up where she strived to make bonds with others from the many severed ones she had. Darkness was one of those pokemon who showed her that ghost pokemon weren't evil, not all of them anyway, just playful.

Q: Question for Violet: You were pretty much "Violet Vilmos: Ace Attorney" during the trial. Do you think you would want to be a lawyer someday?

Violet: (Groans) Oh hell no! I did that for Jezebel and her family because they were so worn, angry and trying to move past the death of their beloved family member. Although… I will say that I enjoyed kicking that lawyer's ass in court… but never would I want to do that for a living, I have something else in mind. (Wink)

Q: Question for Jezebel: Do you have any idea why you felt pleasure when Razi cut your hand open? 'Cause that's really disturbing.

Jezebel: Okay, I was kinda hoping this question actually wouldn't come up from how creepy it is… But a questions a question, and we wanted this, and we got it. (sigh) Anyway… I honestly can tell you I have no idea why I felt that way. It was the creepiest moment of my life when I felt that feeling coursing through my nerves, especially in such a horrible situation… I mean… Maybe because I had such a horrible up brining and I was use to pain that I felt that way? I'm not really sure how else to answer…

Q: Question for Professor Birch: So these "expansion pokeblocks" were created for snorlaxs, who need 880 meals a month. Assuming a month is 30 days, that's 29 meals a day, or 1.2 meals an hour. Why do they need to eat that frequently if they're so lazy? You'd think such a lazy creature would have a low metabolism!

Professor Birch: Incredible! I have to say that you are the very first reader to ask any of us professors a question in any of Halloween's novels! (clears his throat) Anyway, as you have show above in your question, you have provided much information about the snorlaxs, however, what happens in the snorlaxs' body is the exact opposite of what you're thinking! Yes, due to their large size they need many meals a day, and yes, they are lazy in nature and tend to not often fight of affiliate with other pokemon unless they are apart of a trainer's team. However, snorlaxs' bodies are entirely made up of muscles beneath the squishy exterior of their stomach, which is why they have such incredible endurance in battle. The cushion of the fat protects the body while a strong layer of muscle is underneath that as well should the force be too strong for the outer layer of body mass to handle. The only way for a snorlax to keep up this sort of physical shape is to eat as much food in the day as it does, but that also ties into the entire species having a fast metabolism. If a snorlax does not have this condition, it causes great worry for the pokemon's life as it is in fact dangerous if their body does not receive the wide range of nutrition that it craves constantly. I actually have a colleague that takes care of a snorlax of this build, and it's a terrifying sight to see the poor pokemon constantly eating millions of tiny pokebocks that give the nutrition needed to survive, but it is nothing like them stuffing their faces with millions of types of food at a time.

These questions are from Pokemon cinder:

Q: I'm just wondering why you've chosen fire type starters so far? Is it just that those are your favorite starters so far or are you doing all fire starters?

A: I honestly chose those pokemon not because I liked the fire type so much, but because that I loved that pokemon so much. And not all the starters are fire in fact. In case you didn't notice, Aria got Sceptile for her starter pokemon (or of the starter three) and in case you think that doesn't count, wait until the next story! We'll have a new pokemon type to work with as a starter!

Q: What's the age difference to Mattie and Jez? I have no idea how old he is and I keep imagining him at some super little kid while I imagine Jez as maybe 13-16. Please let me know because I feel like this might be somewhat important.

A: To be honest, Mattie and Jez are actually only a few months or so apart. No one actually experiences their birthday in this story unlike the other two, we don't exactly know when Jezebel's birthday is, but we have to assume that she's been well past it for a at least a few months or so, because in the first chapter she states that she's turned thirteen, so the day already appeared. And in actuality, Mattie is just a bit younger then Jez, so this makes him one of the first male partners to be younger then his female partner. We don't know when Mattie's birthday was as well, but when he first came to get his first pokemon, he wasn't looking to become a trainer, just have a pokemon with him. But that dream changed over time when he met Jez, so in conclusion, Mattie and Jez are only a few months apart form each other with Mattie being younger, but I can see where you were coming from with the way the two of them acted.

Q: But also what is the time difference between the second story and the third story? Like a few months or a few years? Idk what it is.

A: It's more like a few months between the stories since the actual story takes place over most of the year or over that. If there's a larger time gap, normally I try to make note of that like I did in the first story. Since there was a three year gap between Violet's Trial and Gwyn's Passage.

This question is from Hello 12:

Q: Where there any ideas that you scrapped when writing JV (Jezebel's Passage)?

A: Oh my God… I don't know if you guys would believe me, but in the beginning, when I was first working on the outline to the story, I didn't have the whole family drama plan going on. I was just going to do her region and make Archie and Maxie the bad guys like normal. They wouldn't have been related to her! But once I thought it over for a while, I realized that it was going to be too weak of a plot, so I combed my brain for what I could do. And family is one of the major characteristics I try to work with in these stories, so I decided to do that! I think in the beginning I did have the pairs for that story (Jez x Mattie; Casey x Aria) either mixed up or non-existent. I loved Wally in the games, so I was going to use his counter part in my stories (Mattie) somehow and someway, but Casey and Aria were hard in the beginning stages…

I know… that's not exactly scrapped ideas… but truth to be told, I make an outline of what happens throughout the story line, a very basic story line, and then add in parts as I got. When I get a brain blast of ideas, I write them down and see if they would work well in the story, sometimes it takes me a while to get used to the idea, but if it makes you guys happy, I use it. I would write in notes while I was in class or something and add it in at certain chapters where it would be revealed.

Oh! And that reminds me! For those of you who hated/loved Brittany, her character actually was supposed to be nothing like what I made her out to be! At first, I just wanted her to be an over-bearing mother to Jezebel, but then I had been hit with my own personal life with a family member with cancer, and I realized just how much of an emotional impact that it could make on family, so I involved that as well. There's the scrapped idea! I found it!

These Questions are from Guests: (This is a compiled section of any questions sent to me by people who do not have a profile and will be all in this category)

Q: Why do the heroines all have fire type starters?

A: Like I said before, it's because I liked these pokemon best, not because of their type. In the next story we will actually be seeing a new starting type for the main character.

Q: Will the third character be Levy?

A: No, the third and fourth character of this story, as I'm sure you saw, was Mattie and Aria.

Q: Will Levy get her own story or will she always just be the tag-along on all the others?

A: You know, I thought about that for the longest of time and to be honest? I don't think I'd give her-her own story per say, but maybe more of a one-shot thing, or a series of one shots for her. I'm still playing around with the idea, but I can see where you're coming from. Levy is mostly in the background, but she has more points as she moves on and isn't a minor in the trainer world anymore. Right now, she has to listen to Violet's commands with the deal she made with Levy's family, and she's under special permission in order to be able to leave home early. So long story short, I'm not sure yet.

These Questions are from crazywriter9:

Q: Is there gonna be mega evolution?

A: Actually, yes, there will be, but it won't be until story six, since I feel it just lines up better with the plot.

Q: Will one of the main characters in the future stories be evil?

A: Well… I have a bit of a plot twist going on in my brain… and I kinda want to say yes, but at the same time, no… yeah, I'm leaving this question up for debate. No answer!

Q: What region are you stopping at?

A: Number six, Kalos, I got it all planned out on how I plan to end this story and how I plan to tie up all loose ends.

Q: Also is one of the main characters gonna get a roselia? Because that would be awesome.

A: Mattie got it!

Q: If this is the third book and Rose is already this crazy (and I'm assuming that she doesn't get captured or killed) then what will she be like in the future?

A: …..Let's not go there…. (Secret…)

Q: Why is Rose so freakishly lucky?

A: She's the main villain! If she didn't get away with stuff and got captured all the time there wouldn't be a good story line, would there?

Q: Dang. What does it take to kill Rose? I'm starting to think she has sl syndrome. It causes you to have vast amounts of luckiness.

Rose: It is not luck that got me this far you fool. I will not stop until I have won it all! And when I get my husband back at my side and rule the world, I'll come for yours next! (She leaps again, but the wall stops her.)

Me: Damn it Rose! How many time do I have to tell you that you can't hurt the readers! Get a hold of yourself! Haven't you killed enough?

Rose: (Glaring at me) No amount of death is enough to match what I've suffered. (She pounds the wall, hoping that it would break, but it does not.)

These Questions are from QuestForMyOwnMagic:

Q: I am confused as to why she (Jezebel) got Blade instead of Guardian? I haven't played the original version so I don't know how Wally did in that one compared to the 3DS remake.

A: I didn't actually get to see the base line of the newer 3DS game versions of this game at all until I had actually gotten through typing most of it (since I pre-write all the chapters months to years in advance so I can keep up with my posting dates) and because of that, I decided to give Jezebel-Blade and give Mattie-Guardian because the two of went better with those personalities. A shy younger boy would need more of a protector rather then an offensive fighter, and I'm not saying that to be rude, but I always envisioned Mattie getting a female gardevior rather then a gallade. Jezebel, being the more outspoken or wild of the two, would be better with a more offensive pokemon, with Mattie getting more of the defensive.

Q: Now I know that is not normal for three evolutions to happen to one trainer in one technical battle. Wonder what it means exactly?

A: Nothing really… I just felt that the two of them were strong enough to evolve then and Silky had had enough time in her cocoon. It's about how it leads up to in the games for me, so that's how I set it up for the story.

These Questions are from me: Halloween Witch, to you my dear readers!:

Q: What is the next story going to be called and what should we expect from it?

A: So the forth story that I plan to post for you guys is going to be a story at a different pace then what we're used to. We'll be in the mind of young Eira Helaine who lives with her single mother and is a very shy and quiet girl. Eira is a girl who tends to shy back from new people and prefers to be in the company of herself and her pokemon, or her mother, mother's pokemon or her best friend Parker. And Eira will be a break to the cycle we all have with starter types, she will have a different one then fire! I won't tell you which one until we get to the next story though! Eira Helaine will also be paired up with two other main characters from this story including her best friend Parker Demeet and the lab assistant to Professor Rowan, Cameron Cody. Below is the full summery of this story!

Pokѐmon Journey IV: Eira's Adventure: Everyday a new trainer starts their journey and tries to fight there way to the top and earn the title of 'Pokѐmon Champion'. Eira Helaine is no different, quietly pushing through her fears and problems to make it to the top. But when things start to get a little out of hand and an evil organization starts stealing pokemon and information across the Sinnoh region, does Eira stand her ground and fight through, or hide behind her pokemon and wait for the damage to be done?

Q: How long will it be until you start posting story four?

A: Just like always, I'll be taking a two month break just to catch up on work and to keep ahead of you guys and get you anticipating the next story! I plan to put out the first chapter of Eira's Adventure on January 2, 2016. Be sure to keep an eye out for it people! There's still so much going on that you have no idea what's going to hit you in the next three stories!

Alright; and now comes the time I love and hate all the time, to call this story complete and to move onto the next project… I love you all so much you guys, you have no idea how much I love to hear from you and to answer all these questions with the characters… its so much fun! Thank you all for such an amazing experience and I'll be back soon with the next installment of this series!

Oh, and that reminds me. I also just wanted to let you guys know that once this story is called complete, their still may be a few changes to it. Some grammar, spelling and wording didn't get fixed in time due to my busy life and that of my beta's: so during my time off, we'll be working on that too. So if you see an update, it's just fixing the chapters. No new material will be updated until Eira's Adventure comes out in January.

And give a huge round of applause and praise to my beta: Defender31415! You have no idea how much I've appreciated all the help you've given me with this story and I know it wasn't easy, thank you for everything!

Halloween Witch