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BGM: Route 201 - Day (Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl)
The captain of the SS Anne waited on the docks in Sinnoh as people started to load up. None of them seem to catch his eye… until CFVY walked up. He looked up from his book and looked down, only to do a double take and looked up. "What the…?"
"Hi!" Velvet smiled.
"Um… oh, you're not a Lopunny. I thought you were for a second there. My bad…" He rubbed his head.
Velvet giggled. "No, I'm not. I'm just a Faunus."
"I don't care what you are." He said. "So, all four of ya?"
"No, just her!" Coco put her hands on Velvet's shoulders. "This cutie is going to the Lental region all by herself!"
"That's ni- Lental?!" He said in surprise. "Huh… well, I guess I could make a quick stop there. We're scheduled to dock at Paldea soon before I head back to Kanto. Everyone wants to go there for some reason… something tells me it has to do with that streamer girl… Iono, I think." He rubbed his head.
"O-oh… if that's not too much of a bother, we can find another shi-"
"No no, it's fine!" The captain chuckled. "They can wait a little longer."
Velvet smiled. "Ah… shoot, we got so distracted by the ship, I forgot to grab a ticket…"
"Ah, don't sweat it. People stowaway on here on the time to the point that we just stopped caring. Mostly the stowaways just want the free food…" He chuckled. "But since you're not sneaking in, welcome aboard!"
Velvet smiled and turned to her friends. "I'll… see you in a few days."
"Call us when you come back." Coco said, the two of them embracing as Velvet then hugged Yatsuhashi and Fox.
"I will." Velvet said as she walked up the ramp, and then the captain soon followed. The ship blew its horn as the ship disembarked.
"Well, off she goes." Yatsuhashi said as they waved.
"Hope she has a fun time." Fox said.
"Yeah. Wouldn't you agree, Coco? …Coco?" Yatsuhashi wondered as he noticed Coco having used a grappling hook to latch onto the stern as she started climbing up. "Coco! What are you doing!" He called out to her.
"Like I'm gonna let her be all by herself! Don't worry, I'll keep myself hidden!" She called back, causing both guys to sweatdrop.
"...You think Vel will notice?" Fox asked.
"I'll give her a day to figure it out." Yatsuhashi responded as the two walked off.
Velvet found an unoccupied beach chair as she sat down in it, then took off her clothing as she was in a brown and yellow bikini with her symbol on the right breast. "Aaaah… I'll just catch some rays for a while…" She sighed happily while Coco climbed up and then hid in a lifeboat.
"Damn… I've never actually seen her like that. Hell of a view if I say so myself." Coco chuckled, and then a larger man with sunglasses sat down on the beach chair next to Velvet and blocked Coco's view. Oh come on, move dammit! You're blocking my view! She sighed and sunk back into the lifeboat, but leaving the cover open a bit for air.
End BGM
Once at the Lental Region…
Velvet, now being fully dressed, walked off of the ship and stretched. "Mmmm! Alright, let's see what we got here." She said as she walked away, but as she walked, her ears twitched as she shifted her eyes to the side and quickly turned around to see the man that was sitting next to her had gotten off.
"Um… aren't you going to the Paldea region?" She asked as the man didn't say anything. "Hello…? Oh, I'm sorry if you're deaf but um… I'm not really good at sign language." She admitted as the man took off his sunglasses, revealing beady black eyes. "Eeep! I didn't realize you were blind too! Maybe we can take you back to the ship before-"
She looked behind him to see the SS Anne had already left, causing her to sweatdrop. "Um… I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the ship is already gone."
The man said nothing.
"Um… this is awkward but-"
Immediately, the man started to deform and melt in front of her eyes before it turned into a pile of pink sludge.
"Ditto!"
"Oh!" Velvet knelt down. "Looks like you were a stowaway, little guy." She giggled, patting the Ditto on the head, causing the Ditto to smile.
Nearby, hidden in the shrubbery, Coco put away her minigun. "I almost peppered a blob…"
The Ditto happily latched onto Velvet, climbing up on her leg and then moving up to her shoulder, all the while Velvet was laughing. "Alright, I wouldn't be opposed to good company." She giggled as she walked around.
BGM: Florio National Park - Day (New Pokemon Snap)
"Welcome to the Florio Nature Park? Cool." Velvet read as she started to wander around, pulling out her camera and wandered around.
She immediately spotted a Grookey chasing after a Pichu while a Scorbunny ran around a few grazing Boufallant. Velvet immediately snapped pictures of these Pokemon. "Hmm… I wonder if I should make a scrapbook of each individual Pokemon…" She wondered allowed. "Separate them for each region they're based on, maybe I could alphabetize them…"
Velvet sweatdropped. "That's a lot of work, but it'll keep me occupied." She said as a Dodrio ran past her. "Oh!" She snapped a photo of one, then took a picture of some Vivillon flying by.
The Dodrio continued to run into some shrubbery, but then stopped to look at Coco. "Do?"
"Hmm? What are you birdbrains looking at?" She wondered, which annoyed the head on the left and ran ahead, Drill Pecking at Coco. "Aaaack!" She yelped as she was knocked away into a herd of grazing Boufallant. Most of them didn't bother to notice her, yet one sniffed her head and decided to take a curious bite out of her hair. "Ow!" She smacked the Pokemon. "Watch it, you oaf!" She said as the Boufallant headbutted her into the shrubbery.
"Ugh…" Coco shook it off. "Temperamental assholes…"
As Velvet continued on, while spotting a Tangrowth in the distance and snapping a photo, some apples fell to the ground as an Emolga flew down to pick them up. "Emah!" Emolga picked them up, but then spotted Velvet as it flashed a pose for her as Velvet snapped a photo of it, then Emolga flew off.
"Cute." Velvet giggled as the Emolga decided to rest on top of Coco's head nearby.
"...Excuse me, my head isn't a landing pad."
"Emah mah."
Coco sweatdropped. "Great…"
As Velvet continued on, a Wurmple curiously inched its way forward to her. Velvet spotted this and knelt down, taking a photo of the Wurmple and gently patted it on the head. "Wurmple!" The Wurmple smiled as Velvet walked off, but then got distracted by a Heracross.
"Oh!" She walked over and took a photo of it. "Excuse me, can you look this way?"
"Hera?" Heracross turned around after eating sap from the tree. Velvet snapped another photo of the Heracross and then walked off. The Heracross shrugged and went back to eating the sap.
"Tailow! Tailow!" A few Tailow flew overhead as Velvet snapped some photos as one landed on her shoulder in curiosity. Velvet snapped a photo of it and gently stroked its head. The Tailow cried and then flew off.
The Tailow then spotted Coco spying on Velvet as it flew down toward her and landed on her back. "Huh? …Oh hey little guy." She said as the Tailow hopped over… and started pecking her on the head. "Ow ow ow ow! What the hell, dude!"
"Swaaaaaan!"
"Ooooh!" Velvet took a few photos of the family of Ducklett and Swanna as another Dodrio ran past her. Velvet then continued on and took a photo of some Bidoof working on a dam. One stopped to look at Velvet as she snapped a photo of it.
She then looked at a Magikarp swimming around as she took a photo of the Magikarp. "Karp?"
"Hey! Do a jump for me!" Velvet requested.
"Karp!" Magikarp dove into the water and breached out. "Magikaaaaarp!"
Velvet aimed her camera. "Beautiful!" She said as she took a picture.
"Pidgeo! Pidgeooooo!" A Pidgeot swooped in and snatched the Magikarp before flying away.
"OH!" Velvet yelped. "...That poor thing. Sigh, nothing I can do about it." She said before snapping a picture of the Pidgeot. She turned around and walked ahead while Ditto casually chilled on Velvet's shoulder, but then spotted something in a tree.
"Ditto! Dit!"
"Hmm?" Velvet looked up and saw a Hoothoot nestled in a tree. "Oh… well, I'm sure we can get a photo of it when it's night time." She said as the Ditto nodded as they walked further along until they came across a flower field with Comfey floating around and a Florges wandering through.
"Ooooh!" Velvet walked into the flower field, snapping pictures of Comfey and the Florges, but then she spotted movement in the flowers. "Hmm?" She knelt down and spotted a Shaymin wandering around the flowers. "Oh, you're a cutie!" She gushed as she took a few photos. The Shaymin turned its head and smiled at her.
"Min min!" Shaymin smiled as Velvet took another photo… and then an apple smacked her in the head.
"Ow!" Velvet yelped as she turned around and rubbed her head.
"Huh?!" A young girl looked at her in surprise. "Y-you're not a Lopunny!" She said and looked down at her own camera. "Hey professor? You're gonna want to take a look at this." She said into her camera before she looked back up at Velvet who only tilted her head. "Hey um, apologies, but can you come with me for a sec?"
"Um… okay."
End BGM
Later…
BGM: Lab (New Pokemon Snap)
The girl walked in with Velvet. "Hey Professor~! I'm here!"
The professor turned around. "Ah, good to see you, Rita! Oh! Now this is a rare specimen." He said. "I've heard of regional variants, but I didn't think there would be a Lentan Lopunny in our midst."
"Lentan… Lopunny…?" Velvet sweatdropped.
"Oh! You're not actually a Lopunny."
"No… not really." She chuckled. "I'm Velvet, I'm a Faunus from a different region."
"A Faunus? Is that some kind of regional variant? Is that what they're calling them in Paldea?" Rita wondered.
"No, we're like humans but we have a distinct animal feature to us. Though… we don't like being called animals…" Velvet rubbed her arm. "It's kind of… derogative."
"Ah, that makes sense. Don't worry, we don't discriminate here. I am Professor Mirror, I've set up a base here to learn more about the truth of the Illumina phenomenon."
"I've heard about this. A friend of mine visited Galar and spotted fliers detailing the Illumina phenomenon. She thought it would do me some good if I spent some time here for a vacation."
"Well hey, this is a good spot to vacation to!" He said as a Dedenne ran around with Pikachu and Eevee chasing after it.
"Mhm." Velvet nodded.
"Oh! Pardon me, but this is my assistant, Rita."
"We've met." Velvet giggled.
"There are two others who are also here, but I'm assuming they're doing their own thing. One is Phil and the other… well, I'm sure you've heard of him. You familiar with Todd Snap?"
"Um… who?"
"World famous photographer? He travels to every region to photograph the wildlife in the Pokemon world? Sometimes he tags along with Viola from the Kalos region?"
"Never heard of him."
"You must live under a ro-" Rita stopped herself. "Oops, I mean… uh… a very lovely home that's underground!"
Velvet giggled. "You're okay." She said. "I hadn't heard of him."
"Wow, you're probably the only person I know who never heard of him." Mirror said. "Heh, little refreshing if I say so myself. So, what kind of photography are you into?"
"Well, normally I'm into weapon's photography, but something about photographing Pokemon seems so… calming and therapeutic." Velvet said as Rita curiously took Velvet's camera and took a look.
"Wow, these are really good shots! Man, this could rival Todd's amazing skills and… and…" She blinked, going into the weapons. "What the heck…?"
"Yup, those are the weapons."
"Uh… I was expecting models next to these weapons, not the weapons themselves!" She said. "...What is this? A scythe? A gun? I can't even make heads or tails over this!" She rubbed her head as she came across the Master Sword. "Whoa… now that's a sword! Eat your heart out, Honedge! Get on this sword's level!"
Mirror gently took the camera and examined them. "Wow, the details on these weapons are extraordinary, not to mention the angles you've taken." He said, handing it back to Rita who looked through it some more… before stopping at the BFG.
"What… huh? What is this? Is this some sort of… paper weight? A coaster? Looks so ugly…" She said, handing the camera back to Velvet.
"So, what's the Illumina phenomenon?" Velvet asked.
"Honestly, I can't say for sure. It's a mystery that's been alluding me for a long time. With that in mind, I hope to unravel the mysteries. I theorize that a meteor came crashing down into the region which caused this phenomenon."
A meteor…? Velvet thought with a raised eyebrow.
"Plus, there was an explorer by the name of Captain Vince who had encountered an Illumina Pokemon as a child! He endeavoured to meet the other Illumina Pokemon and recorded his experiences in his travelogue."
"Interesting…" Velvet mused.
"So! Would you like to help us with our expedition?"
"Um… aheheh, I'll have to decline. I'm just here for taking photographs… I didn't have research in mind. Sorry."
"Ah, that's okay! Don't worry about it." Mirror then had an idea. "Hey, mind if I borrow your camera for a sec?"
"Sure." Velvet nodded as she handed him it as he took off, and then within about a minute, he came back.
"Sorry about that, here you go!" He said as he handed Velvet back her camera. "I've added a communications feature on it. That way, you can chat with us if you so desire."
Velvet smiled. "Thank you so much!" She said as she walked out with a wave as Ditto and Shaymin followed Velvet.
"Nice girl." Rita said.
"Yeah." Mirror agreed as Velvet walked out of the camp while Coco peeked her head from behind a tree.
End BGM
Later that night…
BGM: Florio National Park - Night (New Pokemon Snap)
Velvet walked back into the same nature park, but noticed most of the Pokemon were asleep as a Scorbunny was running around. Velvet took a picture of the Scorbunny and walked further along, snapping a photo of a closer Tangrowth.
"Rrroooow!"
Velvet looked down, seeing a Caterpie move along some grass. She immediately knelt down and took a few pictures of the Caterpie. "Row?" Caterpie turned to her as Velvet patted the Caterpie on the head and walked off, but not before spotting a Crystalbloom.
"Hmm?" Velvet snapped a photo of it and then sent said photo to Professor Mirror. "Hey Professor, I don't mean to interrupt, but what is this flower?"
"Oh! Good find, this is a Crystalbloom. Apparently it's connected to the Illumina Phenomenon. You can only find it in this region. I'm actually working on some Illumina orbs for this island, perhaps you could take more pictures in fascinating ways. It's said that these orbs will light up those Crystalblooms."
"Interesting…" Velvet mused. "Thanks for the heads up." She said.
"HERA!"
Velvet turned her head, seeing the same Heracross going toe to toe with a Pinsir, both of them butting heads. "Heracross Hera!"
"Pin! Pinsir!"
"Ooooh!" Velvet snapped a few photos of the two of them fighting.
"Emah… Emah mah!" An Emolga scolded the two as it was trying to sleep while Velvet wandered off.
"Cross!"
"Pinsir!"
An anime tic mark appeared on the Emolga's forehead and unleashed Thundershock on the two to get them to behave. However, it went between them and accidentally struck Coco.
"Gaaaaaah!" Coco yelped as she coughed out smoke. "What did I do?!"
"Emah mah…" Emolga rubbed its head sheepishly.
Velvet walked along the path, only to come across some sleeping Torterra as she let out a soft gasp and took some photos of the Torterra. Shaymin hopped on one Torterra and shook its tree as an apple fell off, and then Shaymin happily ate the fruit. Then it hopped off and headed back to Velvet who snapped some photos of some Murkrow flying around, and took a picture of the Hoothoot that was now active and perched on a tree branch.
"Hoo?" Hoothoot looked down at Velvet curiously before the Faunus went along the path and found more Torterra in the flower field wandering around, a Scorbunny hitching a ride on one as some Combee and Vespiquen flew around the field, the latter communicating with a Florges as Velvet took pictures of them and wandered through the field.
"Megaaaaan!" A voice cried that caught Velvet's attention and quickly ran off toward a bright light, the Ditto and Shaymin following her.
"Floooorgeeees!" The Florges decided to unleash Petal Dance on the flowers.
"Ah… ah… ah… ah… ACHOO!" Coco sneezed, startling the Pokemon. "Uuugh… you couldn't have done that sooner?"
"Florges Flor…"
End BGM
Velvet climbed over a small cliff and hopped down, landing in some tall grass. "I could've sworn I've heard something…" She whispered as she looked around, sliding down another cliff edge as she looked around a meadow.
"Shaymin…?" Shaymin turned his head and his eyes widened. "Min! Min!"
"Hmm?" Velvet turned her head. "Wah!" She yelped, falling on her butt.
What she saw was a Meganium… but it wasn't just a normal sized Meganium.
It was a gigantic glowing Meganium.
BGM: Illumina Spot - Meganium (New Pokemon Snap)
The Meganium looked down at the surprised Velvet and lowered its head, gently nuzzling against her as Velvet smiled, rubbing the top of its head as the Meganium walked away from Velvet, the Faunus almost forgetting to take a picture of the large creature before snapping some photos of it.
Once she got back up, she followed the large Pokemon and took every opportunity she could to take pictures of the creature. Some Combee flew nearby and around the Meganium as even an Eevee and Sylveon joined it.
"Evai vai vee!" Eevee ran around and hopped up, enjoying a ride on its back as Velvet snapped photos of the Eevee riding on the Meganium while also sneaking some photos of the Sylveon. The Sylveon turned to Velvet and did a cute pose as Velvet snapped a photo of it.
The Meganium gently shook a tree to knock some berries down, while also startling a Hoothoot that caused it to fly out of the tree and gave the Meganium a glare.
At that moment, Velvet's camera buzzed. "Hey, I've sent you an update on your camera. You can now use a large quantity of illumina orbs for this island!"
"Oh, thanks!" Velvet said.
"I'm seeing you far deep in the park. I'm also picking up… an Illumina Pokemon?!"
"Yeah, it's this large Meganium in front of me. I'll send you some photos."
Velvet sent him some of the pictures she took while also messing around with the Illumina Orb feature, where the camera digitized it in her hand. "Cool!" She said as she threw it at the Crystalbloom, which was enough to illuminate it and catch the Meganium's attention. It lowered its head to examine it.
"Holy Arceus! That Meganium is the Illumina Pokemon!"
"So this is the Illumina phenomenon…" Velvet breathed. "Amazing!"
"What?! No way! It's so majestic!" Rita exclaimed. "Ooooh, I wish I was on the field right now! We already have another guy on the field though…"
Velvet heard a camera shot behind her as she turned her head to see a man behind her. "Oh, you're not a Lopunny." He said. "You must be that Velvet girl I've heard so much about."
"Hmm? Who are you?"
He smiled. "I'm Todd Snap. Nice to meet you."
Velvet smiled. "Pleasure is all mine!" She said as she turned around and snapped some more photos of the Meganium before it wandered away. "Aww…"
"Ditto!" Ditto hopped off of her shoulder and then transformed into a normal sized Meganium. "Megain!"
Velvet giggled, snapping a photo of the Ditto as it morphed back into its jelly-blob like form.
End BGM
"I've heard you have an interest in weapon photography. Mind if I see it?" He asked as Velvet gave it to him. "Interesting… just the weapons themselves… I figured there would at least be some models to these, but hey, I'm not complaining." He said, coming across Samus's arm cannon. "Cool." He said, handing it back to Velvet.
"Wait, you're the Todd Snap that Professor Mirror was talking about?"
"Yup. I started out small helping out Professor Oak with some research, then I set off and made a name for myself. Started up a business too and heck, sometimes I collab with Viola! Maybe the two of us could collab sometime if you want."
"Oh, um… I'm flattered." Velvet blushed.
Todd chuckled. "Well, I'm headin' back to the lab. You want to come with?"
"I'm okay. I'll take more photos of some Pokemon."
"Alright, see ya around." He then walked off as Velvet turned around.
"Nice guy. A little cute too." She said to herself as she went back to photographing a few Combee before fatigue hit her as she decided to fall asleep on the grass. Ditto transformed into a Flareon, heading over to fetch some firewood and then used Ember on the firewood to keep Velvet warm before snuggling up next to her with Shaymin curled up on her head.
"That's my girl…" Coco smiled as she looked up at the stars, her hands behind her head as she took her shades off. "Definitely a peaceful night…" She chuckled.
"Murkrow! Murkrow!"
Immediately, she was divebombed by some territorial Murkrow. "Gah! Piss off! Leave me alone, dammit! Aaaagh!"
The next morning…
"Mmm…" Velvet yawned as she stood up and stretched, then Ditto, as a Talonflame, came flying down with a small bag in its claws. "Huh?" She wondered as Ditto dropped the bag in her hands as there was a note attached to it.
"Morning! Thought you might enjoy this for breakfast - Mirror."
Velvet smiled, opening up the bag as it was a sandwich. "How thoughtful." She said as she happily ate it and pulled out a thermos, which was filled with water as she took a few swigs before getting up.
"Alright! Let's see what else this region has to offer." Velvet said as she walked around the area until she found a motorboat near a small beach. "Hmm?" She wondered as she spotted a sign.
"This way to Belusylva island!"
"Ooooh, I wonder what we'll encounter there…" She wondered, hopping on the boat and taking off.
Once at Belusylva Island…
BGM: Founja Jungle (New Pokemon Snap)
Velvet walked through the jungle, looking around. "Cool…" She said as some Bounsweet flew past her. She instinctively snapped a few pictures of them and walked along the path, spotting a Leafeon walking through as she took a picture of the Leafeon.
As she continued, a pink orb flew past her. "Huh?" Velvet looked at the pink orb out of curiosity and with a tilted head before it disappeared into the trees. "Weird…" She said as she continued along the path.
"Aipom! Ai Ai!"
"Pom Pom!"
Velvet looked up to see some Aipom running along a log, seemingly playing as Velvet couldn't help but snap some pictures, and then saw a Liepard jumping on the log as well. Once she took a photo of the Liepard, the Liepard lunged at the two Aipom. "Oh no!" Velvet exclaimed, but then the Aipom got out of the Liepard's grip and playfully tackled the big cat, who playfully fell over as the Aipom happily wrestled with it.
"Phew…" Velvet sighed in relief as she walked ahead.
"Woopa…"
Velvet turned her head. "Huh?"
"Chaaarbocka!" An Arbok hissed at a Wooper.
"Hey!" Velvet glared as Ditto transformed into an Espeon and used Psybeam on the Arbok.
"Char!" Arbok turned to glare at Velvet, thinking she was responsible for it and quickly slithered, wrapping his tail around her and hissed.
"Mmph!" Velvet tried to free herself as Arbok glared at her… only for a rock to hit it in the head as Arbok turned around and hissed, letting go of Velvet and slithered off to find the one responsible for hitting in the head.
Velvet smiled before kneeling down. "It's okay, little guy… the big scary Arbok is gone." She said gently as the Wooper peeked his head out of the shrubbery.
"Woopa! Woopa!" The Wooper smiled, happily jumping between her legs and nuzzling against them before running off toward a swamp.
As for the Arbok, it looked both ways with an annoyed expression… and then Coco emerged behind it and smacked it with her purse to knock it out. "That's what you get for trying to eat my bun bun, asshole."
Coco then knelt down and pulled out binoculars to continue to spy on Velvet, unaware of a Beautifly landing on her head and used its proboscis on her head, thinking there was something sweet in there. "Mmmph… DO YOU MIND!" She yelled, batting away the Beautifly.
"Beauuuutiiii!" The Beautifly flew off, spooked from Coco's movement and flew off right as Velvet took a photo of an Ariados on a spider web and a Slaking minding its own business.
"Hmm? Oh cool!" Velvet took a photo of the Beautifly as she also spotted some Ledian latched to some trees and snapped a few pictures of them.
"Ledi?" A Ledian spotted her and waved its arms to get her attention as it then posed for her, causing the Faunus to giggle and took a photo of it.
"I got ya, big guy." She winked as the Ledian smiled and flew off as she walked further ahead as a Leafeon wandered around, turning its head to look at Velvet as she snapped another picture of the Leafeon, then the same pink orb from before flew around and circled around Velvet.
"Hmm?" She wondered as the pink orb flew away. "What is that?" She wondered as she spotted a Venusaur wandering around and snapped a picture of it, and looked up to see a Toucannon perched on a tree where she took a photo of that as well.
She then turned her head to see a swamp, where a Yanmega flew around some Quagsire and a Swampert, where she snapped some photos of them as the same Wooper spotted her. "Woopa! Woopa!" It exclaimed as Velvet waved to it and walked off, while also snapping some pictures of some jungle patterned Vivillon.
She would then come across a tree that she could walk on, carefully traversing through as she took photos of some Morelull resting on the trees and some Pikipek flying around. One Pikipek in particular decided to rest between her rabbit ears right as Velvet looked down and saw a couple of Metapod doing a Harden contest, and another Venusaur drinking water as a Magikarp swam around.
"Hmm?" Velvet looked up. "Hey little guy!"
"Piki!" The Pikipek chirped as it soon flew away as Velvet took a photo of it, then started to descend the tree… and then the same pink orb came flying back and came up to her face, and then revealed itself.
"Mew!"
"Oh! Hey little guy!" Velvet smiled, snapping a picture of the Mew as it flew around her, playfully tugging at her ears as Velvet giggled, then the Mew playfully flew around her as Velvet took a few more photos of the playful Mew as it soon flew off, waving at her before disappearing into the shrubbery.
"Cute." She said as she hopped down on some rocks and walked behind the waterfall, taking a photo of a Monsoon patterned Vivillon as she also noticed a Leafeon playing with a Sobble. Velvet smiled, taking a photo of a Sobble and the Leafeon… and then the Sobble tripped over a rock.
"Sob!"
Velvet's eyes widened. "Uh oh…"
"Leaf!" Leafeon grimaced.
"SOOOOOOOOOB!" Sobble started crying, which was enough to make Leafeon start crying as Ditto immediately transformed into a scarf to wrap around Velvet's nose. Velvet instinctively walked toward the crying Sobble and knelt down.
"Hey, don't cry… it's going to be okay…" Velvet said gently, picking it up and cradling it.
"S-Sobble…?" Sobble wiped its tears and looked up at Velvet. "Sob!" Sobble smiled, hugging Velvet as she patted it on the head and put it down as Leafeon came back after washing its face from the waterfall.
"There you go, little guy." She said and walked off as she walked out of the cave, snapping a picture of a few more wandering Morelull as she walked further into the forest, while also comforting her Shaymin and Ditto.
As for Coco…
"Mew Mew!" Mew playfully stole her hat and shades and wore them. "Mew~?"
"I have to say little guy, you're quite fashionable with those." Coco chuckled, taking out her scroll and taking a picture of the Mew before sending it to her team.
"Hey boys, check out this fashionable little guy."
"Heh, cute." - Yatsuhashi
"I'm assuming it looks cute?" - Fox
A thumbs up emoji was placed on the photo where Coco grinned and put it away. "Yup, Yatsu likes it." She said as Mew handed back her accessories and flew off. "Cute little rascal… oh, shit! Vel!" She took off running.
End BGM
BGM: Elsewhere Forest (New Pokemon Snap)
"Huh… did it get foggy all of a sudden?"
"Ah, for crying out loud. I hate this place!"
"Hmm?" Velvet wondered.
"Todd! Rita! Where are you?"
"Sounds close, yet I don't know where he is…" Velvet said as she wandered around, spotting some Shiftry running around as she snapped a photo of them, and saw an Espurr using its psychic power on a tablet, where she took a picture of said Espurr.
"Esp?" The Espurr turned its head and waved, accidentally dropping the tablet hard enough to cause some trees to shake and a Kecleon fell off.
"Keck!" The Kecleon yelped in surprise, enough for Velvet to snap a photo of it.
"Espurr Esp…" Espurr rubbed the back of its head sheepishly while the Kecleon looked annoyed with it before climbing back on the tree. As Velvet continued on, she would spot an Espeon, where she snapped a photo of the Espeon.
"Espe!" Espeon cried and then ran into the fog as Velvet walked after it, before she was totally encased by the fog.
"Ack! What the…?" Velvet wondered as she entered in a spring-like area. "Ooooh!" She said in awe as a Deerling ran around as some Unfezant flew by. She immediately took photos of the Unfezant and Deerling as she also snapped a photo of a spring form Sawsbuck walking by.
A Deerling spotted an apple near a tree and walked over to it, attempting to bite down. "APPLIN!" The Pokemon cried, startling the Deerling as it ran off as the Applin rolled away in annoyance, which caused Velvet to take a picture of it.
"Maybe if you didn't look tasty…" Velvet shook her head as she spotted a Serperior on a cliffside and took a picture of it.
"Ser?" Serperior spotted Velvet and did a regal-like pose, enough for Velvet to take several photos of it.
"Looking good!" Velvet called out to it with a thumbs up. The Serperior put up a proud smile as it continued to slither around while Velvet took a few more photos of some Unfezant.
With Coco…
"Mmmph… this place is infuriating…" She said, finding herself lost in the forest, where a Trevenant spotted her. :What are you looking at?" She asked in annoyance as she walked further along, and then wound up in a wintery-like area where some Deerling happily played in the snow.
A Gardevoir walked over to the Deerling. "Gardevoir…" The Gardevoir said, playfully throwing snow at the Deerling as the Pokemon happily cried and chased after the Gardevoir as it had teleported around.
"That's wonderful… but how the hell am I gonna find my way out of this place?!" Coco wondered aloud, enough to awaken a Kantonian Ninetails. It stretched and slowly walked toward the annoyed fashionista as she wandered around, then found herself covered in fog again as she wound up in the foggy forest once more.
"Uuuuugh!" She groaned. "Am I going around in circles? At this rate, I'm gonna lose sight of Vel…"
She felt a presence behind her as she quickly pulled out her minigun and turned around, only to see Ninetails, who had calmly sat down. "...Oh… I thought you were those creepy trees." She said, putting it away as the Ninetails calmly approached her and then nuzzled against her.
"Nine. Niiiiine."
"Well, at least I'm not totally alone now." She chuckled, stroking its head as they wandered along the path together.
As for Velvet, she continued to walk along the forest, taking pictures of some Trevenant and Shiftry until she wound up into a summer-like area, walking around and taking photos of summer styled Deerling and Sawsbuck, but she also spotted some Bulbasaur walking around and a Drampa floating about, giving her the opportunity to snap some photos of these two, along with some Crystalblooms.
As she continued along the path, while also petting a Bulbsaur and taking photos of a Pancham swimming in the stream, she walked into a whole new area covered in fog, but as she walked further ahead, she found herself in a whole new area.
"Whoa!" Velvet said in awe as she snapped some photos of a Bewear walking around.
"Stuff…?"
Velvet looked down, seeing a Stufful curiously looking at her. "Oh hey little guy!" She said, aiming her photo at the Stufful.
"Stuff!" The Stufful quickly took off running.
"Aw… camera shy. Happens to the best of us." She said as she walked along the path, catching the attention of a Lotad as it curiously followed her.
As for Coco, she frustratingly put her hands over her hair. "Where the hell are we now?!"
"Nine Nine…"
"Yeah… we'll find our way around eventually." She mumbled, and then something poked her on the shoulder. "Hmm?" She turned her head, only to see a Celebi.
"Bi! Bi Bi!" The Celebi waved.
"Oh, hey little guy. Wait, aren't you the Celebi that helped my friends out with that Shroob problem?"
Celebi tilted his head. "Bi?"
"...Oh, you must be a different Celebi. My bad." She blushed a bit.
"Bi!" Celebi giggled and then flew away, before turning to Coco and Ninetails. "Bi bi bi!"
"You know the way?"
"Bi!"
"Well, alright then." Coco walked off with the Ninetails behind her as the Celebi guided them into the same area that Velvet was in, but in a completely different spot… right as a Stufful came over and accidentally smacked into her ankle. "Hmm?"
"Stuff!" The Stufful shook its head and spotted Coco. "Stuff?"
"Oh, you are just the cutest little thing!" Coco smiled as she picked up the Stufful.
"Stuff!" Stufful yelped and flailed its arms, clobbering her on the chest.
Coco chuckled. "Honey, I spar against Doomguy all the time. Your powerful little arms are nothing."
"Stuff…" Stufful pouted before it nuzzled against her and hopped on her shoulder. Coco chuckled, petting it on its head.
Velvet walked around as she felt something nuzzle against her leg as she looked down and saw a Lotad. "Oh! Hey little guy, you want to tag along?"
"Lotad!"
Velvet giggled. "Alright then!" She said as Shaymin hopped up on Lotad's lily pad as they walked around, taking a few more photos of some Drampa, and then saw a group of Celebi flying around. She let out a gasp and took some pictures of the Celebi before she turned around and walked deeper into the forest with her Pokemon while another Celebi guided Coco around the forest.
End BGM
Velvet soon came across a beautiful lake. "Oooh, pretty…" She said as she saw something swim underneath the water. "Hmm?" She wondered as a large Milotic breached out of the water.
BGM: Illumina Spot - Milotic (New Pokemon Snap)
"Miloooo!"
"Whoa… majestic!" Velvet said, snapping a few photos of it as the Milotic swam along underneath the water. Lotad decided to hop underwater and swam to get the Milotic's attention.
"Lotad Lo!"
"Milo?"
The Milotic breached out of the water again, as Velvet found that she could throw Illumina Orbs in this area as she proceeded to toss one to the Milotic, where it glowed brightly as spiral patterns appeared all around the Milotic's body.
Velvet's eyes sparkled at the sight of this majestic beauty as the Milotic turned around, seeing Velvet as it curiously moved over to her. Velvet snapped a photo of it as the Milotic gently lowered its head until her forehead touched Velvet's, the latter gently stroking its head and cheeks.
"Milooooo…" Milotic gently cried as it turned around, motioning for Velvet to come along as she gently got on its body, then Milotic swam around while taking Velvet for a ride.
Both of them were unaware of a boy walking into the area and spotting the two. "Holy Arceus, is that a Lopunny riding on an Illumina Milotic?!" He exclaimed in surprised as he snapped some photos of the two.
"I wouldn't necessarily call that a Lopunny."
"Hmm?" He turned around and saw Coco. Whoa! She's pretty! He thought with a slight blush. "It's… not a Lopunny?"
"Where I come from, we have these people with animal-like features. That girl is one of them." Coco explained as Ninetails sat down and watched the two having fun while Stufful watched in awe.
"Interesting…"
"So, got a name, kid?"
"Name's Phil! I'm a protege of the Todd Snap, thank you very much!"
"Huh, well, you look like an amateur." She teased.
"Mhm! …Hey!"
Coco chuckled. "I'm just here to keep an eye on her. Had a bit of a run in with some trouble and she had nightmares for days."
"What happened?"
"Ever heard of a Deviljho?"
"Deviljho? Is that a new Pokemon from the Paldean region?"
"No."
"Oh, so it's a Paldean Tyrantrum?"
"What? No! It's not a Pokemon at all. It's a big honkin' T-Rex that nearly made a snack out of Velvet."
"...Soooo, a Tyrantrum."
"It's not a Tyrantrum!"
"Nine." Ninetails spoke up, motioning toward Velvet and the Illumina Milotic disappearing into the forest.
"Ah shit… wait up!" Coco ran off.
"So, it's a Tyrunt? A Dracozolt?" Phil rubbed his head. "It sounds like a Pokemon to me!"
End BGM
Later…
Milotic stopped at the edge of the Maricopia islands as Velvet hopped off. "Thanks!" Velvet waved as the Milotic let out a majestic cry and went back into the water.
BGM: Blushing Beach (New Pokemon Snap)
As soon as Velvet turned around, she was met with a few Exeggutor walking around, one of which was taking a nap. Velvet snapped a few photos of the Exeggutor and also saw a Lapras swimming around in the distance. She took a photo of the Lapras, and also saw a Pikachu running around with some Crawbrawler, where Velvet took some pictures of them, and also watching two male Crabrawlers duking it out for a female Crabrawler.
A Zangoose prowled around the sands, taking a look at Velvet as it simply did a "sup" nod at her as she took a photo of it, then she turned around as she saw some Bellossom dancing.
"Ditto!" Ditto hopped off, transforming into a Bellossom and proceeded to dance along the other Bellossom.
"Bella Bell! Bella Bella Bell~!" The Bellossom danced with the Ditto, where Velvet knelt down and took some photos of the Bellossom. Her ears twitched right after as the Bellossom turned around as the shrubbery moved.
The Zangoose behind Velvet snarled, flashing its fangs. "Zan…"
The creature leaped out of the bush. "SEEEEEVIPER!" The Seviper used Poison Tail on the Zangoose, where it used Crush Claw to parry it, and then the two proceeded to clobber each other, where Ditto hopped back on Velvet's shoulder. A few Wingull flew by and looked a bit annoyed with the two's bickering.
"CHUUUUUUUU!" Pikachu unleashed Thunderbolt on the fighting duo, stunning the two as Pikachu and an annoyed Exeggutor proceeded to scold the two where even a Bellossom and a Wingull joined in on the scolding as Velvet took the opportunity to snap some photos.
"Min Min…" Shaymin sweatdropped.
"Lotad…"
"First Akame and now these guys. That's hilarious." Velvet giggled, walking off as she took a dip in the water and swam around, taking some pictures of some Pyukumuku, one of them waving at her as she waved back, then looked up to see Marine Patterned Vivillon flying with some Wingull as she took a few photos of them.
"Machaaaamp!"
Velvet turned her head to see a Blastoise and a Machamp arm wrestling one another as an Octillery cheered them both on, along with a Corsola and a Mareanie sitting together and watching them duke it out.
"Huh, a Corsola and a Mareanie together? You don't see that every day…" Velvet said as she took a few photos of them and turned her head to see some Clamperl resting on some rocks.
"Clamperl Perl? Perl Perl!" A Clamperl cried, seemingly smiling at Velvet as she snapped a few pictures of the Clamperl and turned around, only for a Drimblim to come down and snatch up a Clamperl.
"Lotad?" Lotad blinked and attempted to use Water Gun on the Drifblim, but it was barely out of reach. "Looo…"
"Hmm?" Velvet turned to the Drifblim, where she took a few pictures of them. "Wait, is that Drifblim carrying a Clamperl? …Maybe it just wanted to take a ride." She said hopefully, but her Pokemon didn't share the same hopeful sentiment.
Once at the other side, she saw some Finneon swimming around and a Pikachu surfing on a Stunfisk, joined by a few Alolan Raichu. "Oh, that's adorable!" Velvet smiled, taking photos of the surfing Pokemon while also snapping pictures of the Finneon.
She then turned her head to see another Alolan Raichu playing with a Sandygast as she took a picture of the two with a smile on her face and walked toward the end of the beach.
"Oh, I wonder if I could find a boat I could use…"
"Laaapraaaas~!" A voice cried as Velvet turned to see a Lapras swimming toward her.
"Oh!" Velvet smiled as the Lapras moved closer for her to climb on, as she did so with her Pokemon accompanying her and then swam off to the Maricopia Reef.
End BGM
BGM: Maricopia Reef (New Pokemon Snap)
As soon as they entered the reef, Velvet spotted a Vaporeon swimming along where she easily took a photo of, and took a few more pictures of some Finneon. One particular Finneon jumped in the air as Velvet took a picture… and then a Wingull swooped in and snatched the Finneon.
"Fiiiiiinn!" It cried.
"Aww, poor thing…" Velvet said as she turned around to see a squadron of Mantine swimming around, and a Pikachu was surfing on one.
Behind them, Coco had caught up to them in a speedboat. "There she is." Coco said, when suddenly the engine died. "Huh?" She wondered, noticing the engine was torn apart. "The hell…?"
Immediately, several Sharpedo swam around the boat and quickly tore it apart until Coco sunk and was met with the angry Sharpedo. "Oh, you gotta be shitting me!" She groaned as her Ninetails growled and the Stufful was ready to clobber 'em.
"Lapras Lap!" Another Lapras swam over to them, using Ice Beam on the Sharpedo to scare them away and then got to Coco's side as Coco climbed aboard while Ninetails and Stufful shook their bodies to get the water out.
Velvet, meanwhile, took a picture of some Squirtle sleeping on some rocks as one in particular decided to go for a swim. Unfortunately, a Sharpedo spotted the Squirtle and chased after it. "Squirt?! Squiiiiiirt!" The Squirtle took off swimming.
"Shaaaaaaar!" The Sharpedo disappeared behind the rock… and then came back out, swimming away in fright. "Sharpedo! Shar Shaaaaaar!" It yelped as another Lapras came in with the Squirtle on its back.
"Squirtle Squiiirt!" The Squirtle stuck its eye socket down and blew a raspberry at the Sharpedo where another Sharpedo terrorized another Squirtle, until a Vaporeon tackled its gills to stun it and then whacked it away with its tail.
"Vapor!" Vaporeon cried and then the Squirtle hopped on the Vaporeon's back and swam off.
"Goodness, there's a lot of Sharpedo here…" Velvet said in concern as she spotted a whirlpool where Lapras went around it, as a Squirtle was blowing bubbles… until a Wingull swooped down and playfully popped a bubble, which startled the Squirtle and fell into the whirlpool. However, a Blastoise came out and saved the Squirtle, where the Blastoise used Hydro Cannon to shoot down the offending Wingull, where it fell KO'd next to some Pelipper.
"Stoise!" Blastoise said and swam off with the Squirtle while Velvet took pictures of the Pelipper and the KO'd Wingull, then looked up and took pictures of some ocean patterned Vivillon.
Immediately, a Wailord breached out of the water. "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaail!" It cried, splashing on the water as Velvet took the opportunity to snap a few pictures of the Wailord and another Wailord that breached as well, along with a Wailmer that joined them and some Mantine breaching out and flying over the Wailord.
Velvet then heard a melody as she turned her head to see a Primarina singing. Velvet smiled, taking a few photos of the singing Primarina while closing her eyes to the peaceful melody. A Machamp and a Sharpedo raced nearby and they both closed their eyes to listen to the melody… and then smacked into a rock, KO'ing the Sharpedo while giving the Machamp a massive goose egg.
"Such a peaceful melody…" Velvet smiled, taking a few more photos of the Primarina before she turned around and snapped some pictures of some Clamperl, and also spotting a Lapras scolding some Mareanine with Corsola on their backs while also some Pelipper had some Pyukumuku in their beaks.
"Mana Mana!"
Velvet's ears twitched, turning to see a Manaphy swimming alongside some Finneon, some Mantine and some other Lapras. She immediately took a photo of the Manaphy. "Too bad Weiss isn't here, her Manaphy would make a lot of friends here." She giggled.
She then looked down underwater. "Oooh!" She smiled and looked at her Pokemon. "Cool if I go solo here for a bit?" She asked as her Pokemon nodded, then she pulled out a Penguin Suit, absorbed it and then dove right in.
Coco swam up near Velvet's Pokemon. "So she's gone underwater? Neat." She said, pulling out a Penguin Suit of her own. "You guys stay here, kay?"
"Tails."
"Stuff!"
Coco dove in.
End BGM
BGM: Lental Seafloor (New Pokemon Snap)
Velvet swam around, looking around underneath and taking pictures of Finneon and Magikarp, but also taking photos of Alomomola and Luvdisc, some of the Luvdisc swimming around her as she swam past a cave that was blocked off.
As she swam toward the seaweed, she would some Cradily blending in along with some Lumineon swimming around them. "Cray?" A Cradily looked at her as Velvet took a picture of the Cradily swam through the seaweed and took a photo of a sleeping Lumineon.
As she continued along, she would see a Wailmer confronting an Octillery. "WAAAAAAAAAIL!" The Wailmer cried, startling the Octillery while also blowing away a Pyukumuku. The Octillery jumped off the ledge into the deeper part of the ocean.
What's his problem? Velvet wondered as she swam down, noticing a Clawitzer and a Qwilfish duking it out as she took a photo of the two before swimming down and gently patting the scared Octillery.
"Don't be scared. It's just a giant whale with anger issues." Velvet said gently. Octillery seemingly smiled and hugged the Faunus before swimming down further as Velvet spotted a cave and swam toward it, where she would not only find a Starmie hypnotizing a Tentacruel, but also a school of Chinchou.
A few Chinchou spotted her and swam around her, where she took photos of them and petted them as one Chinchou blushed, then Velvet turned around and snapped photos of the Starmie and Tentacruel.
She swam out of the cave and noticed a Lanturn being held hostage by a male and female Frillish. The same Octillery spotted this and used Octozooka to hit the two, which was enough for Lanturn to break free and swam down.
"Atta boy." Velvet smiled, taking a picture of the Lanturn and the Frillish as she dove deeper, where Coco was right behind her, but then a female Frillish happily moved toward her and gave her a hug.
"Mmmph! Yeah yeah, I love you too!" Coco said, but the Frillish continued to hug her.
"Frill~!"
"...Wait, shit, I've heard about you and NO, I am not going to be your damn hostage, you bitch!" She said, trying to squirm free to elbow her, but then a Chinchou swam over and used Thundershock to electrocute the Frillish.
"Chou Chou~!" Chinchou cried happily as Coco moved away from the stunned Frillish.
"Thanks little guy." Coco swam back down.
Once at the seafloor, with Velvet taking the opportunity to shoot some photos of another squadron of Mantine, she then helped out a few Lumineon dig out some Clamperl, shooting photos of the both of them. She then swam ahead but spotted a cave as she swam through, snapping some photos of Chinchou, Lantern and some Crystalblooms, but then she saw something that caught her attention.
Lugia.
"Whoa!" Velvet said in surprise, taking some photos of the sleeping Lugia. The Legendary Pokemon slowly stirred from his nap and then immediately started swimming around as Velvet took every opportunity to take pictures of the majestic creature.
She then swam further and not only saw Tentacruel and Frillish dancing around, but she saw some Golisopod slowly walking along the seafloor, and some Cradily that were wandering around as well.
With a smile, Velvet swam deeper through the ocean floor.
End BGM
As she went deeper, a large Pokemon swam past Velvet. "Hmm?" She wondered as she looked around. "It's rather dark down here…" She said as it swam past her again. "What was that?'
Soon, the Neo-ONE teleported to her location. "Alright… and you said there's an Illumina Pokemon down here?" Rita asked.
"That's what my readings have found, yes."
"Good to kno- oh my goodness!" Rita exclaimed.
"What is it?"
"There's a deep sea diving Lopunny here!" Rita smiled as she took a picture of Velvet. "...Oh… wait… never mind, it's Velvet." She sheepishly chuckled as she moved the Neo-ONE to her, turning on the headlights. "Heeeey Velvet!"
"Huh? Oh hey Rita!"
"...Okay, two questions. One: How are you breathing with no air supply and two: How are you able to talk?"
"It's a long story!"
Rita sweatdropped. "I don't do long stories, so I'm just gonna whip this up to magic." She chuckled. "Anyway, did you come into contact with any other Illumina Pokemon?"
"I found a Milotic!"
"Ooooh, cool! There's a lot of readings here indicating an Illumina Pokemon but… I'm not seeing-" The Neo-ONEs radar kicked in. "Hold on, there's something coming this way!"
The Neo-ONE aimed its headlights at the Pokemon in question, which was a large School formed Wishiwashi as it swam past them, then it disappeared behind some rock pillars, and then a lot of singular Wishiwashi swam around.
BGM: Illumina Spot - Wishiwashi (New Pokemon Snap)
"Was that it?" Velvet asked.
"One way to find out!" Rita responded as they took some photos of the Wishiwashi, where Rita decided to throw some Illumina Orbs at the Wishwashi, lighting them up while also making them happy as they soon swam off to regroup as the gigantic school form.
"WIIIISHIIIII!"
"There it is!" Velvet said as they both took pictures of the giant Wishiwashi, the giant swimming around them before it dispersed.
"Wishi Wishi~!" A few Wishiwashi swam around them as some of them nuzzled up to Velvet as she petted a few of them as she snapped some photos of them, and then they regrouped back into the large School form… before the gigantic Pokemon disappeared into the darkness.
"Oh, that was so cool! I got several photos of 'em!"
"So did I!" Velvet smiled.
"I'm heading back to the lab. You wanna come?"
"I'll stay just a bit longer."
"Okay!" Rita teleported back as Velvet continued to swim around and snapped some photos of some Lumineon before she swam back to the surface… although she was feeling a bit tired.
"Mmm… ya know, I wouldn't mind sleeping down here. It's rather… peaceful…" Velvet said and closed her eyes.
End BGM
Unbeknownst to her, Coco spotted this. "Oh, guess I'll have to bring you to the surface."
"Allow me." A voice said as Coco turned her head to see Lugia swimming ahead and gently taking Velvet behind his back and rose up to the surface.
"Oooor I can let you do it, big guy." Coco sweatdropped as she followed him, where Lugia surfaced and gently put Velvet down on a rock, where a Lapras swam over and Shaymin, Lotad and Ditto jumped over to accompany the sleeping Faunus.
"Rest well." Lugia said before disappearing into the ocean as Coco resurfaced and chuckled, gently kneeling down and petting Velvet on the head.
"You're having the time of your life, aren't you?" She chuckled, gently kissing her on the forehead and heading over to a distant rock, resting her head against Ninetails' fur as Stufful rested on her lap.
The next morning…
"Mmm!" Velvet stretched as Ditto returned as a Noctowl and handed her a fishing pole and a note attached to it.
"Thought you could use this for breakfast. - Mirror"
Velvet smiled and proceeded to do so, and soon fished out a Lumineon. "...Sorry big guy."
One breakfast later…
"Alright, let's go." Velvet hopped on the Lapras and swam off.
"Gah!" Coco yelped as she tried to take a bite out of a Magikarp she cooked up. "Ugh, glad I killed this thing… otherwise I'd have a Gyarados on my hands." She said as Ninetails came up with a Lumineon.
"...Sorry little guy." Coco said, tossing the Magikarp in the water as a Pellipper eagerly swooped in and swallowed up the Magikarp.
Later…
BGM: Sweltering Sands (New Pokemon Snap)
The Lapras dropped her off at the Voluca Island as Velvet and her team hopped off. "Thanks for the ride!" Velvet waved.
"Lap!" Lapras swam off as Velvet proceeded to walk across the desert, immediately running into some Sandshrew racing some Cacnea down the hill as Velvet snapped some photos of them, and then took a picture of a Mandibuzz. Velvet pulled out her water bottle she saved and started drinking.
She put the water bottle away and continued walking along the sandy desert, snapping a photo of a Scorbunny running around the desert, and also some Trapinch walking around. She then spotted a Dust devil swirling in the desert.
Ditto transformed into Empoleon and decided to walk into the Dust Devil. "Empooool!" He unleashed Whirlpool, which in turn, knocked a Flygon out of the sandstorm and knocked it into the sand, then the Dust Devil disappeared as Ditto turned back to normal and hopped into Velvet's shoulder as the Flygon snapped out of its daze and looked around in confusion as Velvet took a picture of it.
She then slid down a slope and saw an oasis. "...I must be hallucinating." She said, but then saw a Hippowdon swimming around in it. "Oh! Maybe not!" She smiled as she walked closer to the oasis, taking her time by snapping a picture of a Lycanroc, a Tyranitar, more Mandibuzz, a sandstorm patterned Vivillon, a Heliolisk chilling on the island in the oasis, a Torchic walking around and a Kangaskahn watching her baby swim in the water while also giving the Hippowdon the stink eye in case if it tried anything funny.
Suddenly, the midday Lycanroc got close to the Tyranitar, where it snarled at the Lycanroc as the two roared at each other… until a Zeraora got between the two. "Zera roar!" It cried, threatening to use Plasma Fists on the two, forcing the two to back off. The Zeraora nodded, folding its arms with a "That's what I thought" nod.
Velvet snapped a photo of the Zeraora as she looked down one path and saw a Silicobra tormenting a Vivillon, where she snapped a picture of the two and went the other way, where it started raining Minior and slamming into the ground, startling a few Onix awake from their naps.
"Mini Min?"
"Minior Or…"
"Cute!" Velvet took a picture of the Minior and the Onix as she continued to walk along the desert. However, an Onix thought she could use a ride so it burrowed underground and came back up, with Velvet unwittingly hitching a ride. "Waaaaaaah!" She yelped before she started laughing as her Pokemon also hitched a ride.
As for Coco, she went to the Oasis. "Man… why couldn't I get any water bottles…" She said as she knelt down and started drinking, as did the Ninetails and Stufful. Coco looked up to see the Hippowdon looking at her. It simply sprayed water from its nose at her. "Gah! Gross!" She glared as the Hippowdon sounded like it was chuckling before going back into the water.
Once she was rehydrated, the trio followed Velvet as another Onix decided to give the three a ride.
End BGM
BGM: Fireflow Volcano (New Pokemon Snap)
Velvet hopped off of Onix. "Thanks!" She called out to it.
"Ooon!" Onix turned around and moved the other way as Velvet turned around and immediately saw Altaria, Luxray and some playful Shinx.
"Awesome~!" Velvet grinned and snapped some photos of the Pokemon relaxing in the hot spring. A shiny Altaria and an ordinary Luxray spotted Velvet and decided to follow her.
"Shay? Min Min!" Shaymin caught Velvet's attention as she turned to the Altaria and Luxray.
"Oh! You want to come with?"
"Tari!"
"Lux."
Velvet smiled. "I don't mind the company~!" She said as they joined her, where Velvet spotted a Monferno nearby and took a photo of it. She then slid down a slope and saw another Monferno with some Archeops wandering around.
She snapped some pictures of the Archeops, and then suddenly the ground rumbled underneath her right as she took a photo of a Talonflame. "Hmm?" She wondered as a Tyrantrum walked into the scene and roared.
Pause BGM
"Mmmph!" She froze in terror, for in her mind, the Deviljho took place instead. The monster slowly approached the Faunus as she fell on her butt and her back hit a wall as she tried to back away.
To her Pokemon, it looked like she was scared of the Tyrantrum as Shaymin, Ditto and Lotad sprang into action, wondering why Altaria and Luxray weren't doing anything. Above them, Coco aimed her minigun at the Tyrantrum, ready to mow it down as Stufful and Ninetails were ready to roll.
Velvet closed her eyes as the Tyrantrum ignored the smaller Pokemon and towered over her… and then nuzzled her. "Huh?" Velvet snapped out of her fear as the Deviljho was replaced by the Tyrantrum.
"Rant! Rantrum!"
"You're… you're not a Deviljho…" Velvet sighed in relief.
"Deviljho?" Coco quietly mouthed. That explains it… She said, lowering her minigun and quietly telling her Pokemon to stand down.
"Lux. Luxray Lux."
"Tari Tar!"
"I-it's a friendly one? Yeah… my bad…" Velvet said as the Tyrantrum licked her and nuzzled her before turning around and walking off. At that point, her heart started beating normally again.
Resume BGM
Velvet sighed in relief, hugging the Luxray and sighing deeply. "Fuzz therapy…" She whispered as she got back up and walked along the path and then walked into a cave, where she would see Todd snapping some photos of some Graveler hanging on the rocks.
"Todd?"
"Hmm?" Todd turned his head. "Oh hey Vel. I see you have more Pokemon with ya."
"Yeah, I do. What brings you here?"
"There's an Illumina Pokemon nearby, according to Mirror, so I thought I'd scope the area out."
"Oh cool!" Velvet smiled. "Mind if I tag along?"
"Sure, I don't mind!" He said as the two walked around, taking photos of Slugma as they noticed a Graveler hanging on to a cliff wall… and then it fell.
"Aaaah!" Velvet shrieked. "That Graveler died!"
Todd looked down the cliff. "Actually, it's fine." He said as she looked down and saw the Graveler stunned while some Charmander curiously checked on it.
"Oh… oh thank Oum." Velvet sighed in relief before taking a few photos, then they walked along the path as they saw some Slugma slithering along, both of them taking photos along with some Charmander who were all too happy to pose for them.
"Raaaar!" A voice cried as they looked up to see a Charizard flying by.
"Cool!" Velvet snapped a picture.
"Heh, that's a good looking one."
"Yeah." Velvet smiled. "Hopefully it wasn't shoved into a lava lake just to get it to evolve."
Todd froze up at the comment. "Uuuuuh…" He whistled innocently, recalling such an incident.
"Maybe I can bump it on the head with this apple to get its attention!" Todd said, throwing an apple at a Charmeleon.
"Meleon!" Charmelon yelped, getting dazed by the hit as he stumbled around before falling into the lava pool.
Todd grimaced. "Oh dear…" He said, and then Charizard emerged from the lake, roaring and extremely angry as Todd quickly hightailed it out of there, but not before taking a picture.
"Hahahaha, yeeeeeah, let's uh… let's hope we don't run into that guy!" Todd said nervously as they continued along until they reached a room filled with hot blue lava, where they all stepped over and around it, while also taking photos of a Torkoal, some Charmander and a Flareon.
As they moved forward, Velvet looked down and spotted some feathers. "Hmm?" She looked down and pulled them up from the ground, seeing they were rainbow colored. "Rainbow feathers?"
"Hmm? Oh! Those are Rainbow Wings!" Todd said. "It's said that these wings from Ho-Oh can bring good luck. At least, that's what I've heard."
"Interesting… you think we'll run into Ho-Oh?"
"Highly likely." He nodded as they walked to an opening, where they saw some Typhlosion walking around and they took photos of the Typhlosion, only for them to run away.
"Huh… wonder what spooked them?"
Todd looked up, his eyes widened. "I'll give you a guess!" He said as Velvet looked up and saw Ho-Oh descending and letting out a cry.
"Whoa…" Velvet said in awe as she took photos of the phoenix. Ho-Oh let out a loud cry, where in turn, causing two Illumina Volcarona to come out of the ruins.
"Two Illumina Pokemon?!" Todd said in surprise. "...Wait, they're listening to Ho-Oh?"
"If I had to guess, they were probably in a hazardous area and Ho-Oh summoned them to get them into a safer area for us to take photos of." Velvet said as Todd threw a few Illumina Orbs at the Volcarona, one of them hitting Ho-Oh.
"I'll take your word for it." Todd said as the duo took pictures of the Volcarona, the two of them dancing around them as one of them nuzzled against Velvet as they soon departed.
Velvet smiled. "That was pretty cool!"
"Yeah. I'll go take some more photos here. Rumor has it that there's an ice island nearby called Durice. According to Mirror, Captain Vince never went to that spot. Who knows, maybe you'll find some neat Pokemon there." He then walked off. "See you around!"
"See ya!" Velvet waved as Ho-Oh turned to look at her. "...You want to take me there?" She asked as Ho-Oh nodded. She smiled. "Okay!" She said, climbing up on the back of the Phoenix as her Pokemon joined her and flew off.
Coco walked in. "Well… shit, how am I gonna compete with a friggin' Ho-Oh!" She wondered.
"Rar!" A Charizard flew in and roared at Coco, egging her to get on.
"You want us to hitch a ride?" She asked as the Charizard nodded. "Alright then!" She nodded as she climbed aboard as Stufful hopped on her shoulder and then Ninetales hopped on as well. The Charizard grunted, not liking the extra weight from the Ninetales but it mustered its strength and flew off after the Ho-Oh.
End BGM
Later into the night…
BGM: Shiver Snowfields - Night (New Pokemon Snap)
Ho-Oh landed on the ground as Velvet and her team hopped off. "Thanks!" She waved as Ho-Oh nodded and flew off as they walked around, and immediately felt chilled. "Brrrr!" She shivered while taking a photo of a Weavile running around and an Abomasnow shaking a tree.
Nearby, an exhausted Charizard crashed into the snow as Coco hopped off with her Pokemon. "Take a rest big guy." She said as the Charizard shook it off and flew back to where he came from. "Or not…"
Velvet snapped a photo of an Alolan Sandslash where it proceeded to dig around. At the same time, a Furret ran past in terror as a pack of Mightyena chased after it. "Hey!" Velvet exclaimed as she and her Pokemon charged ahead and got between them as her Pokemon were ready to take on the Mightyena. "Don't even think about harming this Pokemon!"
The Mightyena snarled, creeping closer to the Faunus. Drool dripped from their mouths as they were ready to devour her.
"Arooooooooooo!"
The Mightyena's ears perked up as they turned to the source. They ignored it and went back to looking at Velvet.
"Aroooooooo!"
The pack snarled, turning around and lunging at the voice as Velvet smiled and turned to the Furret. "Hey, those savage beasts are gone." She said gently as the Furret happily smiled.
"Furr!" Furret smiled, but then noticed Velvet was cold so it jumped up and wrapped around her neck to keep herself warm.
"Ah… that feels nice." She giggled as they walked off.
"Sandslash!" The Alolan Sandslash caught her attention as it dug a hole through a snowy wall. The gang proceeded to go through it out of curiosity.
As for the Mightyena, Coco hid behind a rock with Ninetails and Snom. "Heh, suckers." She whispered.
"Cub?"
The Mightyena spotted a Cubchoo walking toward Coco's team. They howled and charged at the Cubchoo. "Oh no, you don't!" Coco said as she jumped up, swinging her handbag on the Mightyena to knock them unconscious. "Don't you even THINK about harming this cutie!"
"Cub…? Cub Cub!" Cubchoo hugged Coco as she smiled and patted it on the head.
"Poor thing, you're freezing." She said, pulling out a handkerchief and wiping off the snot dripping out of its nose. "There we go." She said, and then another one came out. "...Oh, it's perpetual… that stinks."
Cubchoo shrugged. "Cub Cub…"
Coco then placed her hands on the Cubchoo. "I am going to make you the most fashionable polar bear in existence, snot nose be damned!" She said.
"Cub?" Cubchoo tilted its head while Ninetails and Stufful sweatdropped at this.
Velvet walked through the ice cave, taking photos of Snom inching through walls, Frosmoth flying above her and a Crabominable walking past, while also taking a photo of a Vanilluxe. The Sandslash made another hole in a snowy wall as Velvet walked through and came across a cold lake.
"Jyyyyyynx!" A Jynx sang as she was on top of an Avalugg. Velvet snapped photos of the two while also seeing another Avalugg with a Glaceon on top of it. Some Swinub and Mamoswine walked around as Velvet took a photo of them.
"Aurooor!"
Velvet smiled, taking a photo of an Aurorus behind the Aurora Borealis as a Delibird and a Skarmory flew by. Velvet's ears twitched as she turned her head to see a Suicune running across the water. Her eyes widened as she took a few pictures of the Suicune, and some Froslass.
She would then go over a small frozen cliff as an Aurorus helped them up as they slid down, spotting some Piplup sliding on the ice and bumping into some Spheal.
"Piplup! Pip Pip!" A Piplup cried in annoyance as some Spheal shrugged them off as Velvet took photos of them, along with some Snorunt running around with a Glalie and even an Alolan Vulpix snuggled up and sleeping.
Velvet would then come across a large cave up front. "Hmm… I wonder if this cave is warmer than out here?" She wondered as she went inside.
End BGM
BGM: Outaway Cave (New Pokemon Snap)
Furret hopped off of Velvet's neck as they would see what the place contained. She slowly started to descend, but Altaria stopped her and had her climb aboard as she and Altaria descended while Luxray and Furret easily jumped down over the rocks.
Velvet easily took pictures of some Joltik scurrying around and also took photos of a Crobat flying nearby. She spotted a Gengar poking out of a dark portal and spooking some Noibat. Velvet quickly captured them in her camera as she also saw a Hydreigon flying around.
Hope this one isn't nasty… Velvet thought, taking a picture of the Hydreigon as Altaria hit the bottom where Velvet hopped off and took photos of some Sableye walking around with some jewels, some Geodude wrestling, some Drifloon floating around aimlessly and even a Clefairy was wandering around the cave.
Velvet hopped down into another section of the cave, snapping some photos of Carbink and a Mawile. The Mawile in question glared at Velvet and turned around. "WIIIIILE!" She yelled, her other mouth snapping at Velvet.
Velvet giggled. "Threatening, but you're still cute."
"Maw?!" Mawile blushed a deep red and hid her face, completely flustered as Velvet walked by and patted the Mawile on the head, then she hopped down and took pictures of a Jolteon and some Rampardos, and a Goodra that was all too happy to give Velvet a hug, so Velvet decided to snap a selfie with the Goodra.
As for Coco, she dropped down to the embarrassed Mawile. "Heh, she embarrassed ya?"
"Aww… I wasn't ready for the camera…" A voice pouted as Coco turned to see Diancie approaching. "Am I too late?"
"Goodness, you're pretty."
Diancie smiled. "Thank you!"
"And no, I'd say you're fashionably late." Coco lifted her shades to show off a wink. "Come on, I'm sure Vel will take a picture of you."
Diancie's eyes sparkled. "Okay~!"
End BGM
As Velvet and her team walked further along, the ground rumbled. "What the…?!" Velvet said in surprise as a massive Steelix lunged above her.
BGM: Illumina Spot - Steelix (New Pokemon Snap)
"How in the world are we going to get the attention of that big guy?!" Velvet wondered as suddenly, the Neo-ONE teleported in and moved past Velvet.
"Holy smokes, an Illumina Steelix!" Phil exclaimed, trying to snap photos of the Steelix as he threw illumina orbs at it. "Hey, Lopunny! I could use some help here!"
"Right!" Velvet nodded, quickly taking a picture of a crystalbloom to give her access to Illumina Orbs as she tried to throw it at the Steelix, but it was too fast as her Pokemon unleashed their moves, which struck the Steelix but it didn't seem to care.
"Oooh, maybe some Flufffruit!" Phil threw some at a cave, however Luxray turned his attention to the opposite wall.
"Ray Ray!" Luxray cried as they turned to see the Steelix staring them down as Velvet and Phil proceeded to shoot as many photos of the massive Steelix before it went back into the tunnels as they tried to chase after it.
Ditto transformed into Mewtwo to try and stop the massive Steelix with Psychic, but it was in vain as Ditto turned back to normal as they continued to chase after it, managing to snag some photos of the Steelix as it was hit with a few Illumina Orbs, but it soon disappeared deep within the walls.
End BGM
"That was a rush…" Phil rubbed his head. "...Wait a second, you're not a Lopunny, are you?"
Velvet smiled. "Nope. I'm Velvet."
Phil looked at her, blushing. She's prettier than the other lady! He thought.
"Hey Phil, can you hear me? Did you find the Illumina Pokemon?"
"Yeah, we did. Unfortunately, it was a squirrely Steelix. We barely caught it in photographs though."
"I'm sure it'll be fine."
Velvet spotted something up ahead as she curiously walked toward it. "Velvet? Where are you going?" Phil wondered as he followed her where they would see a mural before them.
Velvet immediately snapped a picture of it, where the mural in question was a large meteor, but the five Illumina Pokemon gathered together to stop it, but there was one more Pokemon that had been faded away over time. "Hey Professor, you think you could take a look at this?"
"Oh my goodness… this definitely confirms my theory! But wait… there's six of them? I wonder who the one in the middle is. Hmm… actually, there's a place called the Ruins of Remembrance at Aurus Island. Maybe we'll find a hint there. For now, we all should get some sleep… it's a big day for all of us tomorrow."
The next day…
BGM: Ruins of Remembrance (New Pokemon Snap)
Ditto, having transformed into a Rayquaza, landed on the island as Velvet and her Pokemon hopped off as Ditto transformed back to normal. They all walked ahead as the Neo-ONE teleported near her as she turned around to see Professor Mirror, Rita, Todd and Phil coming out.
"See? I told you there was room for all of us." Mirror smiled.
"It was a little tight though…" Rita groaned.
"Oh, you all wanted to come?"
"Yeah. We're not gonna let you hog all the glory." Todd chuckled as they walked ahead where they were immediately greeted by a Houndoom, who snarled at them before running away. They had all taken a photo of the Houndoom and walked up the trail.
As they did, some Eldegoss gently blew across the air as Velvet took a photo of some. "Ooooh, look at that!" Rita exclaimed as they looked up to see a Jirachi flying down.
"A Jirachi?!" Phil exclaimed.
"Well, would you look at that." Todd said as he and Velvet snapped a picture of Jirachi as it flew into a hole. They all followed it and were greeted by some Woobat flying overhead and some more Houndoom.
Velvet took a photo of the Woobat as they walked deeper inside, taking the time to snap photos of Salandit, Sigillyph and a Noivern.
Once they went into the next room, they saw a large tree surrounded by statues of the illumina Pokemon. "Well, I'll be darned." Mirror said. "This must be connected to the Illumina phenomenon!"
"Obviously." Phil rolled his eyes as they traversed down some steps as they all walked toward the tree out of curiosity. Velvet taking the time to snap photos of some Golurk, Natu, an Umbreon walking by while an Absol watched them in curiosity.
Jirachi flew overhead and casually sat down on a statue. "Hmm… what if we used the Illumina Orbs on these crystalblooms? Maybe they'll do something." Velvet said.
"Good idea!" Rita smiled as they walked around, lighting up the Crystalblooms as some of it managed to wake up the Golurk. Jirachi continued to fly around as Velvet snuck some pictures of the Jirachi.
The statues slowly lit up before a pedestal behind a Golurk lit up, shining brightly. "Ooooh! That might have linked us to the final Illumina Pokemon!" Rita exclaimed excitedly.
"Let's go!" Mirror said as they all walked in, but Velvet stayed behind.
"It's been a wild ride, but I can't believe it's almost over." Velvet chuckled and closed her eyes, forming a smile. "I know you've been following me this whole time, Coco."
End BGM
"Wha?!" Coco said in surprise as she emerged from hiding. "How did you know I was spying on you?"
Velvet giggled, turning around. "Simple. I've got good hearing." She pointed to her ears.
BGM: Friends in My Heart (Kingdom Hearts II)
Coco sweatdropped. "Curse your cute ears…" She pouted. "I tried so hard to stay quiet."
"Well, you tried… but you were also getting harassed by Pokemon. I'm assuming anyway."
Coco sighed. "I swear, most of the Pokemon in this region just plain hate me. Alright, alright, you got me…"
"I have to say… I appreciate that you were looking out for me."
Coco chuckled. "It's what I do, bun bun." She said. "Of course, there was that issue with the Tyrantrum…"
Velvet sighed, her ears lowering. "Am I ever going to get past this fear of that Deviljho…"
"Hey, I don't blame you for being afraid. If our roles were reversed, you'd be the one taking care of me." Coco chuckled and walked over to Velvet, taking her hand. "Vel… we'll figure out a way to get rid of this together." She smiled. "And hey, I have a feeling this vacation actually did you some good… you're a lot perkier and, hell, you're a lot happier too. Especially with these knuckleheads." She said, looking at Velvet's Pokemon.
Velvet smiled. "Mind if I…?"
"Go for it." Coco nodded as Velvet snapped pictures of the Cubchoo, Ninetales, Diancie and even Stufful who covered its eyes. Velvet put her camera away.
"I got you something." She said, pulling out a Rainbow Wing. "I picked up a few of these."
"You picked these up for me?"
"Thought it might look good on you." She said as Coco giggled, putting the Rainbow Wing in her hair.
"How do I look?"
"Cute."
Coco took the other Rainbow Wing and gently placed it next to her left rabbit ear. "There. You look great."
"Thanks Coco." She smiled. "I… there's something I-"
Coco took off her shades. "I know." She said, wrapping her arms around Velvet and giving her a kiss as Velvet wrapped her arms around her and returned the kiss.
"...Are we interrupting something?" A voice asked as they turned their heads to see Rita giving them a teasing smile as the research group had walked out, and was joined by a Pokemon.
"Oh goodness, Xerneas?!" Velvet said.
"Can you believe it? This is the last Illumina Pokemon!" Phil said.
"According to this Pokemon, he used all of his power to stop the meteor. The Illumina Pokemon also helped out." Mirror said.
"Indeed." Xerneas nodded. "After I had stopped the meteor, I went to sleep. I was rudely awoken when Team Flare had come over and extracted me to the Kalos region. However, I had put a stop to Lysandre's plan alongside Yveltal."
"Are you… the same one who helped Chiaki and Junko arrive at the Mushroom Kingdom?" Velvet asked.
"Indeed." Xerneas nodded. "Every once in a while, I come over to check on my fellow Illumina Pokemon."
"Aaagh, but this just raises more questions! How in the world did the Illumina Phenomenon happen then?! If it wasn't a meteor then… what was it?" Mirror wondered.
"It all started… in the Hisui Region."
"The Hisui what now?" Rita wondered.
"That was what Sinnoh was called in ancient times. The Illumina phenomenon had started during the era of Hisui where the concept of Pokemon co-existing with humans was foreign."
"Huh… that's good to know." Coco said.
"Pokemon and humans not co-existing? That… doesn't sound right." Phil said.
"Or maybe it did… perhaps we'll never know." Todd mused as Velvet snuck a photo of Xerneas.
"Hmm… if only I could take a gander at the Hisui Region. Unfortunately, we all know Dialga is a bit picky on time travel."
"Perhaps it's for the best." Velvet said. "We don't need Dialga to start a rampage."
"Yeah yeah…" Mirror nodded. "Oh, but perhaps I could just have a taste of that region… maybe then I can figure out this Illumina nonsense…" He chuckled. "Welp, there's a lot more research to be done."
Xerneas turned to Velvet and Coco. "Velvet. Coco. Do you want to head back to Sinnoh where your teammates are waiting?"
"Actually… what's the rush? I actually enjoy it here in Lental." Velvet said. "We can take all the time we need."
Coco laughed. "Yeah, just like Byleth and Dorothea's honeymoon… I swear, this has to be the longest honeymoon ever." She shook her head. "Oh, what the hell… I could use a vacation myself."
"Then how about you camp out at my lab for a while?" Mirror smiled.
"Well, it's better than the rest of our sleeping arrangements." Coco chuckled with Velvet smiling.
End BGM
Meanwhile, several hours later into the evening at the Rose/Xiao Long/Branwen home…
The Gummi Ship gently landed on the ground as Byleth hopped out with Dorothea. "That took a bit longer than we meant." Byleth chuckled.
"Oh, but you wanted to see the other worlds that Sora's been to."
"Yeah." Byleth giggled, proceeding to pick up her wife bridal style as she set the coordinates to the Keyblade Wielder's base as it flew off.
Byleth opened the door. "We're back!"
"Byleth!" Ruby cheered, using her semblance and hugging her sisters. "Oh, it's so good to see you two again!"
Byleth set Dorothea down as the wives hugged Ruby, planting kisses on her cheeks. "We missed you too, Ruby."
"Hey!" Yang walked over. "What's a couple of strangers doing in our home?" She teased as the girls giggled and hugged Yang as well.
"Oh good! You're home! I just put cookies in the oven!" Summer smiled and hugged her daughter and daughter-in-law, then they hugged the rest of the family as they headed back to their room.
Once they walked in, they would see all the presents that they hadn't opened up from the wedding. "Oh… right… we didn't open these up." Byleth giggled.
"Well, they're not going to open themselves." Dorothea said as they started opening up the wedding presents, where Dorothea noticed one in particular as she picked it up. "Huh… this one's from Shez."
"Shez?!" Byleth said in surprise. "Oh no… she probably poisoned it."
Dorothea opened up a letter. "Oh, I wouldn't worry too much about it." She said,
"Don't worry, I didn't poison anything. I'm not petty enough to ruin a marriage even IF it's Byleth's. Congrats to the happy couple! I thought you two could use a few recipes I've cooked up. Yes, there is a cookbook in there. Cinder insisted I make a cookbook and put some of her own recipes in there too if you could believe it. Oh, and I also put in a cast iron skillet for you guys to try out!
PS: I put in a little something extra for Byleth."
"Hmm?" Byleth spotted an extra present inside and pulled it out. "Oh, how thoughtful." She said as she opened it up.
SPLAT!
"PSS: GOTCHA! Her banana creamed face is all yours, Dorothea. Make sure to lick her nice and slow. Wouldn't want any of the pie to go to waste. And don't worry, if you're reading this way later after the honeymoon, don't worry… Kamek enchanted it so that the pie won't go bad. Enjoy! - Shez"
"Ohohoho, don't mind if I do~!" Dorothea pushed Byleth down and happily enjoyed some Banana Cream Byleth.
At Shez's apartment…
"Hmm…" Shez looked out at the stars. "I wonder if they opened up my present yet…" She said with a cheeky giggle.
"Ack! Shez! Your dog made a mess on my robe again!" Merasmus called out in dismay.
"Oh did he?" Shez looked down at Jasper, who had a proud smile on his face. She smiled and stroked his head. "Good boy!"
Back at Patch…
Ding dong!
"Hmm? I wonder who that could be?" Rosalina wondered as she walked over to the door and opened it up, revealing a man, a little girl and a dog.
"Hi, I'm Loid Forger and this is my eight year old daughter Anya and our dog, Bond."
"Hiya!" Anya waved.
"Woof!"
"Nice to meet you." Rosalina greeted.
"Is Zhang here? It's a bit of an emergency."
To Be Continued in a Super RWBY Gaiden chapter
Post Credit Scene #1!
"Hmph!" Risky snuck out to her ship in the middle of the night, making sure everyone was asleep. "I refuse to be stuck behind that desk for a moment longer. I'm the queen of the seven seas, dammit!"
"I'm glad you got me out of there too." The Empress said. "I refused to be your assistant a second longer."
"Yeah, whatever cat woman." Risky grabbed the wheel. "Men! Make way out of this hell hole!" She demanded as her ship turned around and quickly hightailed it out of Siren Island.
As for who was running the office, a Tinkerbat was disguised as Risky while another Tinker Bat was disguised as the Empress, both of them solemnly sighing.
Post Credit Scene #2!
Donald folded his arms, looking at the state of the Gummi Ship in annoyance. Tin cans everywhere, "Just married" spray painted all over the Gummi Ship, and above all else… there were other symbols and pictures spray painted on the ship.
"Well, they had to go their honeymoon somewhere!" Goofy said.
"I'm aware! I was hoping they would have cleaned it up!" Donald said, grumbling to himself.
"Nonsense!" Goofy applied a sponge to it and started washing. "It'll come right off!" He said as he tried to wash it off, but within five minutes… it didn't come off. "Gawrsh… I'm startin' to think spray painting is permanent."
Donald's eye twitched, his face going red. "WHY THAT…!"
With Namine…
Namine played some cards with Demyx, Ienzo and Mickey. "Royal flush, baby!" Namine smiled.
"Aw come on!" Demyx sighed.
"Gosh, that was a good one." Mickey said.
"Indeed." Ienzo nodded.
Immediately, they heard the sounds of angry duck noises.
"Huh, what's gotten into him?" Namine wondered.
"Who knows." Demyx shrugged as they continued their game.
How many times has Donald lost his temper? I've lost track.
Ibuki: Yes.
Pffft, anyway, that's all for this one shot and hey, Loid, Anya and Bond are here! What will the Gaiden entail? Find out soon!
