To the second reviewer: I'm aware of movies like those with arbitrarily-strong powersets, and the Jump Docs that have been made for them. I probably won't bother with that one right away, but it might get a one-shot much further down the line.

My big justification for my SI avoiding fighting where he can, is that I'm not a very combative person in real life, despite having a lot of strong opinions on various local political screw-ups and the like. They're not against, say, crapping on a particularly-heinous fictional or real-world regime if they can do so safely, but their first port of call is to focus on just 'doing stuff', due to the perpetual (and relatively-low, but they don't know that) threat of 'The SponsorTM' getting bored of them, and that means trying out new and interesting things that aren't just 'constant sensory-overloading action'. Likewise, they can't afford to be a hermit (as will be openly explained in a fairly-close Chapter), and wiping out all of a settings' 'worthy opponents' means no-one left to challenge them and keep the boss interested. But I'm not sure they're really the 'conquer people dissatisfied with their overlords, and rewrite all of their ass-backwards laws'-type either. As mentioned, they expect to accrue a certain amount of political power due to inevitably becoming insanely-powerful, but when they inevitably do get morally-compelled to intervene, it'll probably be mostly in the sense of 'fix your mess, or I'll find someone else who will'.

Frankly, they'll probably end up as the 'travelling hero' archetype: they'll still get involved in important things, but other than seeing the world and becoming 'powerful enough', they won't have much motivation other than fulfilling their 'duty', and drowning themselves in childish hedonism during their vacation Jumps.

To the third reviewer: Thank you for mentioning that! I actually deleted it and re-uploaded it after an hour of leaving it blank, specifically to avoid that potential problem, but I'm glad to know that it won't be one going forward.

In regards to Minimise, they'll probably go with the 'more sensible' (simpler) option of a ground-level pagoda. Even though that line of dialogue explains the tiny size of Pokemon that follow you in other games, I doubt they'd put it together this deep into their journey. Besides which, I as the author can't see how to do that without it being a cop-out (even though it's not really that big of a deal), and I want to emphasize something I mentioned in the summary: that in the earlier stages of a JumpChain, things aren't so easy to 'just do' yet.

That being said, I forgot before publishing that chapter that Lugia are, according to the Pokedex, only 5.2m tall and ~216kg on average, so I'll edit that last bit real quick…

To the fourth reviewer: Yes, things are overly descriptive. These first twenty chapters are (mostly) 'Slice of Life' pissing-about in a mid-fantasy world, which doesn't have an explicit frame of reference so I need to build it up a little bit, since there's no single Game/Anime/Fanfic for the readers to reference for world-building shortcuts. Not that I want it to end up like Third Fang's works, where there's so much writing that it's difficult to follow along without spending hours just to get through one Chapter, but immersion is the most important aspect of any fictional story. If you don't have enough detail for the reader to get lost in it, then you miss out on the most important element of a story: escapism.

To the fifth reviewer: Thank you for the understanding. I used to whine internally about other Fanfics taking too long to update, but when it's your story that's just sitting there, it helps you appreciate the real-life drama that other writers might be dealing with, and reminds you not to be too vocal about it.

To the sixth reviewer: I, can't deny that you have a point, but I am using JumpChain mechanics already (Perks, Drawbacks, Choice Points, etc) though admittedly they're pretty generic without the Crossover elements, and the reason for my being bogged down is (mostly) that I'm busy finishing my IRL Certificate 4 in Accountancy and Bookkeeping.

And to the first (many-times-over) reviewer, in rough order of your questions: No, I'm not using the Centurion Challenge. That's something I came up with on a whim, and this is my first-ever published story, I'm not going to get that complicated to start off.

Yes, they later develop their Psionics to have a much-greater level of versatility, same for Aura. The reason I've limited those Perks early-on is in the spirit of QuickSilver's original vision: that the Jumper can, at least theoretically, be taken down by a moderately-sized group of trained soldiers with AK-47's. Obviously, that's not going to be the case once they're done with the few Pokemon Jumps they have lined up, and even by now they've used Champ In The Making to make a lot of leaps and bounds (and even some fancy tricks like their light-opacity/focussing), but you also have to take into account their metaknowledge: they know all of the 'big' threats the 'Generic world of Pokemon' faces in the near future, and none of them are really pushing them to build on their powers at the start. Besides which, I'm not going to give my Jumper 'micro-singularities' like a Gardevoir this early. They're just waiting for one of their near-future Jumps where they can experiment with a much more robust powerset than the relatively-weak feats that human Psychics and Aura Adepts show across the series' (and in their case, Gardevoir and Lucario feats too. See Death Battle's Lucario vs Renamon for a rough idea of their early-game Aura limitations, and don't forget to separate physical feats from being a Pokemon from Aura-based feats: that's the level of complexity you have to keep in mind when 'power-scaling' like this).

It's also worth mentioning that there are plenty of places where you can go and get insanely-strong abilities off the bat, which vastly outclass these. The Arrowverse and Dragon Ball Super Jumps come to mind (again, Goku Black vs Reverse-Flash. They get stuff wrong, but they're not that far off), the latter of which gives you universe-busting base-power as a freebie on entry just to make sure you can keep up with Goku as of the start of the series. They're not too upset about Aura being 'weak' in comparison when that awaits them, and frankly, they prefer starting off with a 'small-ish' amount of supernatural power, rather than being thrown in the deep end and immediately getting jaded to those levels of power. It wouldn't be a very interesting story if they had zero threats or meaningful conflicts (in the 'dangerous' sense, not the 'dramatic' sense like with N and Zekrom), there has to be at least a little bit of calm before the storm. Besides, they have almost four times the 'normal' amount of CP-per-Jump, they're not exactly struggling out there!

And yes, the breeding part was supposed to be uncomfortable. Pokemon aren't exactly picky about their partners or external factors (like weather and time-of-the-year) in the games because, well, they're not-Human. They're sapient animals/monsters/genderless objects with a fundamentally-different way of looking at things, which the SI is trying to adjust themselves too while making sure their Starter isn't missing out on something she 'might' be interested in (but hopefully not too much, for the sake of his sanity), without pushing her into something she might be uncomfortable with. And hey, if you suddenly had an 'alien' for a younger sister, you'd probably want them to at least understand the basics of 'breeding' before exposing them to human society: there's a lot of advantage-taking 'unsavoury types' out in the JumpChain-compatible settings…

Pokemon: Hoenn; City Life50 (Fortree); Actual Starter: Eevee (Shiny50); Freerunning; Swarmed+100 (100)

Priority: Physical Fitness100; Survival Training100; Master Ball*3100; HM Collection50; Rebreather50; Psionics300; Savant600; Blend In300; Egg Move4 (Flail, Wish, Stored Power, Synchronoise)200; Combat Training100; Aura600; Champ In The Making300; Technician150; Mechanic300; Ranger300; Echorecorder100 (3250)

-Day 2951-

[Alright,] Lugia admitted as her gazebo came together. [I'm coming around to it now that I can see it.]

"Yes, I thought you would." I absently commented, saving most of my wryness in favor of slotting the rest of the roof together in one of our brief moments of sunshine on Route 119.

See, she wanted somewhere that would be fairly close to the rest of us, and gave her plenty of freedom of movement while still blocking the worst of the overhead rain. Given that the wind could influence the direction of the rain, combined with the need to keep the grass around the tree alive and ingrained to help prevent uprooting, she needed what was essentially a very large overhang at the base of the tree that could handle the weight of the water and comfortably block out the wind when she needed it. While I could have tried an upscaled Satsuma-esque pavilion just next to it, it was a bit simpler to just anchor the frame of a gazebo around and to the tree itself, using it for support without blocking out the water from reaching the roots, and adding some windows from the lovely folks on Route 113. Gave the Glass Workshop a hell of a shock when I strolled up and asked how much they wanted to get me some fairly-large and very-small panels custom-made, but when I showed off Lugia and how quickly she could pull ash from the air, the answer became 'about two weeks of gathering material and we'll do it free for the excess ash'.

"I still find the mere idea of sleeping on the bare grass to be a bit uncomfortable, but if that's how you want it then that's how it's going to be." I continued, thinking of adding a platform of some kind above and below the Base's entrance, to form an enclosed patio that she could sleep on and I could decorate, but that could always wait for later. She was only a little over five meters tall and two-hundred kilo's after all, having Poxedex-accurate measurements rather than those of the Movies, and this was a good starting point.

[Not all of us were raised in houses like you, human.] She chuckled. [I've spent my whole life until meeting you on the floor of a cave, and no matter how comfortable the 'pillow fort' is, sometimes I just want to go back to basics.]

Wonder if I could expand the size of the Secret Base itself somehow? The back-right room I use for the bedroom is probably big enough for ten humans, but not ideal for multiple Pokemon of Lugia's size. "Can't say I've ever been a big fan of camping, but there's nothing wrong with staying in touch with your roots, I suppose."

[Quite literally, in this case.] She hummed as she went back to quietly watching next to an interested and slightly-awed Marshadow and a sunbathing Evan who was only vaguely watching as I finished up the tiling. Now for the somewhat-pointless windows, since the slats at the bottom had enough room for thin panels to be 'slid' around behind them, and a Psychic-type like Lugia could do that with minimal time and effort.

The bigger windows were quite a bit quicker to place, and soon enough Lugia had her ground-level bedroom. "There, give this a look-over." I wasn't tired since I'd paced myself and wasn't exactly a lightweight to begin with, but I still welcomed the opportunity to lay back from my sitting position and take a breather. "Think I'll have to make up some training based around constantly keeping my Psionics active. I'm good for longer periods than this, but it still takes too much effort for my liking. Anything you two have thought of?"

[I'm busy trying to get Aura Sphere down. One thing at a time.] Evan laconically mumbled, lying on her back in prime tickling position. But she'd never forgive me if I tried to take advantage of that more than maybe once a year, so I turned to Marshadow and made a vague gesture in his direction for his input.

"No, I think I'm fine where I am right now." Marshadow calmly answered, only a hint of smugness in his tone.

"One-fifth of the way to Evan's level?" I smirked, getting a huff out of him. "If the Kalosian League even counts-"

"Just because their Elite Four only had four Pokemon each, doesn't mean they 'don't count'." He argued. "And if they don't, then the Unovan Elite Four you fought while they were preparing their new teams shouldn't count either, which would mean I'm still only four wins behind her."

"Seems like that's Evan's point to argue, and I doubt she cares-"

[Nope.]

"-so fair enough, I suppose." I nodded. "But you don't want to work on your 'phasing speed', or…?"

"I'd say I did well enough against Mewtwo." He shook his head. "There's a few things that come to mind, like ranged combat and more of those TM's, but that's general stuff."

'Well enough' indeed. He'd even impressed her enough to, after a conversation I couldn't understand in Pokemon, teach him how that Aura trick worked that let Legendaries speak in a 'universal' tongue. Turns out it's related to 'Infinity Energy', something all Pokemon produce as a generic 'life energy' or 'physical energy' compared to Aura's 'spiritual' basis, which would explain why he'd been struggling with it so much. Personally, his translated explanation didn't make much sense to me, because I'd previously assumed that Pokeglot's, which were a real sub-type of people in this world (though admittedly almost as rare as Aura adepts in this day and age, and only kept from setting their own prices due to psychics and Psychic-types who could somewhat translate as well), had nothing to do with Pokemon biology. Then again, people around here can be like Chuck from Johto and throw boulders dozens of feet, so I guess it makes a bit of sense…-and humans and Pokemon used to intermarry in ancient times, I keep forgetting that.

Ah, why bother dwelling on it. It's like the instance I showed up to take Marshadow back home for the night, and promptly had to find an excuse to wait and come back later after about fifteen minutes, because neither Evan nor I could tell whether those psychic 'noises' we could hear were worth interrupting, it's probably not worth thinking too hard about the implications. I certainly wasn't going to tease or grill him over it, he was an adult by all standards and we could have 'misheard' or misinterpreted the sounds. Possibly. "Then we'll leave that for later, it's not like we have a lack of free time anymore."

On the other hand, while the Mewtwo being able to self-Mega Evolve was already quite impressive, I was a bit more focused on the fact that she went Mega Mewtwo Y. That rather implies that, while AZ might have used Xerneas to revive his Floette, he'd obviously used Yveltal the second time to wipe out both of the warring factions of that period, and in turn, Lysandre would do the same. Not that I was desperate for Xerneas-granted agelessness, mind you, I had plenty of other options. But, if Lysandre got the opportunity…

I wonder if I can come straight back 'here'? Another ten years, just to fill out my party nice and early… and if I didn't, then we'd have two or three sets of Pokemon with different levels of 'JumpChain-seniority'. I'd rather not go through that. Besides which, if that 'the cops will handle the criminals without you' rule ceased to apply once the decade was up, I'd still feel a little incomplete to not handle the issues I knew about, and I'd rather not have to rush back here post-Spark just to fix any shitshows that immediately transpire.

Hm. If I wanted to stay in this particular world, I'd have to take a Jump related to the local settings I haven't visited. I think that's just the Pokemon Ranger Jump, though I haven't specifically looked at any other options yet, and I might have missed a few. Pokken Tournament comes to mind…

[I hope so!] Lugia chimed in, finishing her circle-walking and sticking her head out one of the slid-open windows. [This is kinda nice! I might sleep down here for a couple of days just to make sure, but thank you, Jason.]

"You're welcome, Lugia." I answered distractedly, already pondering something else.

"Something on your mind?" Marshadow verbally poked at me.

"You remember when I told you about Perks, and how I get more of them as time goes on?"

[Oh, are you going to get a new one?]/"Is that why you bought all those broken computers?" They both inquired at the same time.

"Sort of. There's a point-system that's mostly arbitrary, but the bottom line is that there are only two things I can 'Discover' that I still want from this Jump: a Perk that gives knowledge of mechanical systems, and one that gives knowledge of electronic systems. The latter is half-price for a somewhat-convoluted reason, so I'm going to take that one first and see if it gives me the knowledge to repair those. I think it's only for programming, and physical faults are the former's area of expertise, but that's another five months away, so I may as well make it ten and have the other one earlier."

[Jason, we know fuck-all about computers. 'Instant proficiency with electronics' is cool and all, but we're not Electric- or Steel-types.] Evan chuckled from where she'd rolled herself over and picked some Berries to grind into more smoothies later. [What does 'that' mean for us?]

"Not a whole lot." I shrugged. Lugia looked a bit scandalised by her casual dismissal, but Marshadow also looked mildly disappointed. "If I used the PC System, I could probably hook one up in each of my Bases to the network the public uses, but it's not necessary unless we do lots of fighting, or if we need it for an emergency which is unlikely now."

[Then what's the point?]

"Other than recreation? If we end up in a Pokemon setting without PC's and Pokeballs, or a setting that Pokemon will be introduced to, Technician will give me the know-how to program them from scratch. Mechanic is more useful on a day-to-day purpose, but it can serve a similar purpose when they're combined."

[...huh. Still not used to thinking of other 'settings' as having less-advanced technology than ours. Not that the local humans really need most of it with us around, but you'd think that without us to run your power plants and grow your crops, you'd be less primitive.] She rolled her eyes.

"Depends on the situation. Remember, some fictions put humans on worlds that are harder to work with, or create societal and cultural divides that make it difficult to cooperate. Besides, most innovation comes from conflict and most recreational technology comes from public access to resources and inspiration." I think. Might not be a hundred percent accurate there, but it sounds sensible. "You might not have as much war as my world did or does, but people fight all the time, and it's not usually life-threatening, but it's close in terms of the cultural purpose it serves. Look at all the Held Items and Moves that Humans have created and discovered in the last decade, things are always being shaken up. Like that hologram-scientist!" Who was only in the Anime, specifically an OVA, but this was a Generic setting, so I wasn't going to complain about that being available.

"What, the Smogon guy?" Marshadow sought clarification. And wasn't I amused for a difficult-to-summarise reason when I learnt what the Anime scientist's first name was.

"Doctor Smogon Yung, has invented not just hard-light holograms, but technologically-replicated the Infinity Energy that Pokemon use to perform Moves! ...or at least a method of storing that of others and releasing it in the form of moves, I haven't looked into it too deeply, but if I were inclined to use technology as the basis of my Outside-Context-Powers, that would be an excellent start. As it is, I'm planning on whipping something up to see if I can copy the blueprints from a distance. I'm not too fussed about it, but at minimum, it would serve as a very useful training tool." Granted, if I could add the Arena to my Warehouse, it wouldn't matter too much, but who knows what the future holds.

"…I suppose I'll have to wait and see." He quickly glanced at Lugia's new gazebo as she flitted around inside it. "Speaking of which, do you have anything planned other than training for the next two years?"

"A few ideas come to mind. I'd like to follow up on a few small leads, make sure that everyone I can reach who was involved in criminal activities has set themselves straight. Maybe we could give the Battle Frontier's in Hoenn and Sinnoh a go. And if all else fails, in Johto, there's one last Trainer worth fighting on Mount Silver…"

-Day 3281-

Turns out, having a Lugia as a Pokemon opens some interesting possibilities.

For starters, my Rebreather (and a few months of training to maintain a psychic bubble/propulsion underwater just-in-case) made it trivial to join her in scouting out her 'old' home in Orre's relatively-shallow Lake Havasu. Not vastly different than Meteor Falls, but I had the opportunity to take it easy, so that's exactly what I was doing, and we'd been passing by on actual business anyway so why not.

I'd also had the chance to experience flight on her back, paragliding, and skydiving, so my bucket list was just-about complete anyway. At that point, I was jetskiing off the coast of one of Alola's islands while Marshadow did some patrolling, Lugia was deep-diving around some nearby trenches, and Evan sunbathed as usual. I'd picked up Mechanic300 a few weeks ago on schedule, and I'd already restored all of the computers I'd bought (or cannibalised them for spare parts to repair the others), and had nothing on my schedule except visiting my family for the New Year.

That didn't mean I hadn't been active over the last year: all I had left to do had been actually learning French so we could go back to Kalos and have a proper tour of the place (made significantly easier by Savant, I'm assuming), and checking on the people I'd met (or arrested) and see how they were doing:

Silver had been one of them. Most of the Rivals in the main series were just normal kids, but he was a thief and son of Team Rocket's leader. Fortunately, he had a decent rapport with his starter and the other five Pokemon he'd caught, and he was apparently ten years old (for once). So with a recommendation from Lance, and a security camera recording a rather vicious rant when he noticed his father fleeing the scene, he'd been given a slap-on-the-wrist and ordered to assist Professor Elm with some community service.

Another had been Lovrina, the repulsive scientist who'd experimented on Lugia. Apparently, the current American administration felt that her Shadow Pokemon were so powerful they could even be a threat to them, so she'd only just finished her heavily-reduced sentence in medium-security prison, and was now being quietly employed in a monitored capacity since she'd been blacklisted from all other research institutions, and was under a no-fly restriction. Clearly angry at the world for 'denying' her, and we were fine with that. The rest of Cipher appeared to be keeping their noses clean, other than Ardos who was in maximum security prison and arbitrarily-difficult for me to check on.

Amusingly, on the cruise ship we'd taken, Marshadow and I had stumbled on two people who I was fairly certain were Wes and Rui from the Colosseum games, having a whispered conversation about 'trying to return' to see her grandparents, alluding to an imposter 'with Togekiss' damaging his reputation and forcing them to flee on-and-off for 'a few months', and then making out when they thought no-one else was going to catch them on their way back to their room. Only barely avoided that awkwardness.

I'd also looked in on Hiori and Lily briefly, who were doing fine in their bakery (and occasional secret crime-fighting together at night). Not much else to report on that end, though the local statistics suggested that they were going to run out of criminals to fight at their rate of success. Comes with being too good at their job, I suppose.

There were some people that I'd been worryingly unable to find, even with a few calls and meetings with the IPF. Maxie, Archie, Cyrus and their immediate subordinates were nowhere to be found, same with Ghetsis who'd expectedly 'disappeared' mid-transit to maximum-security lock-up (god damn Shadow Triad). Giovanni should probably be included with them, but eh, at least he wasn't trying to end the world. Maybe the RainbowRocket!Giovanni would, but that was something to worry about if he ever showed up.

Lysandre was seemingly absent, and Malva had shown no signs of being involved with Team Flare when we'd done the Kalosian Elite Four challenge. The Aether Foundation was publicly-clean and Lusamine, while a bit cold towards her kids during my brief oversight of her, showed no suspicious activity. Not that I bought that they were 'clean', I just wasn't stupid enough to try arresting them with no proof of wrongdoing. And Team Skull was barely a blip on my radar at this point, easily handled by the local police.

And absent any other known parties who could be a problem in the near-future, I'd promptly picked out an archipelago vacation for the last two weeks, since we'd already been on-point with Alola and the Orange and Decolore Islands. The Isle of Armor, on the other hand…

Well, while Lugia and I quite enjoyed the rainy weather and Marshadow didn't really care, Evan was thoroughly against it, but a visit to Pinkan Island cheered her up a bit. Probably should have told Lugia about the effects of the Pinkan Berries before she started chowing down, but it wore off in two days and she wasn't too embarrassed. She just didn't have the same idea of 'freshening up' as Evan did, since she ended up looking mostly like a non-Shiny Espeon, and Lugia… did not.

Definitely snuck some salmon-pink photos to tease her with, one day.

-Day 3651-

As I laid down for my last night in this world, Evan curled up on my chest, Lugia enjoying her cozy pillow fort next to me, and Marshadow having nicked one or two for himself nearby, I spent a good hour unable to sleep from the anxiety of wondering what came next, and reminisced about the decade I'd just lived.

Granted, the last two years had been somewhat 'boring', but it's not like we hadn't had things to do. Fighting Red had been one of them a few weeks ago, and the victory had been both slim and, admittedly, in part because I had two centuries-old Legendaries. Weirdly anti-climatic, honestly, but I think that's just from my expectations of 'why aren't the credits rolling' clashing with the reality of this being my life now.

I'd also ended up putting off my last two planned Discoveries, Ranger and Echorecorder, because neither of them was particularly important or 'inaccessible' in later Jumps, and I was curious if I'd get to keep the excess Points for my Body Mod or Cosmic Warehouse Supplements… assuming they became accessible as I'd previously planned for, but dwelling on that wasn't going to magically change anything, so I cast my thoughts elsewhere. Briefly on the fact that I'd lied to my parents about not being able to make it to our annual fortnightly get-together this year, but I'd shown up two weeks earlier and still spent Christmas Day with them, so I'm still counting that as a success.

In this case, they landed on what I was going to do if things didn't progress. Make it to the Galar region one way or another I suppose, the plot of Sword & Shield wasn't likely to be a big deal, but if the option is there, I may as well take it. Beyond that… hard to say. Did I want to go all-in, seek out Dialga and Palkia or the Ultra Beasts, and try to go universe-hopping? That didn't seem like a fantastic idea, but the plot of Sun & Moon was bound to happen sooner or later…

And of course, I'd have to see the rest of the world. During my brief check-in with the IPF a few months ago, I'd heard that some things were going on in the 'Paldea' region, the Pokemon equivalent of the Iberian Peninsula (mostly Spain by landmass, but also Portugal and Andorra), and there were the Pokemon Ranger regions and the Ferrum region from Pokken Tournament, the Holon region from the TCG, that little volcanic island that serves as the setting for Pokemon Snap and the Lental region for that New Pokemon Snap game that hadn't come out before I left, a couple of 'Anime-exclusive' locations I hadn't already stumbled over... the Pasio region from Pokemon Masters EX, I guess? Not really that big of a fan of Pokemon battles, but it is an option. Same for that 'Aeos Island' competition I keep seeing on the local YouTube-equivalent: some kind of weird 'DotA-jungling' knockoff, where small teams of trainers each take a single Pokemon and work together to knock out the local Wild Pokémon, then after a set period of time they all compete in a chaotic five-versus-five melee, to see which side built the stronger bonds/grew the most/had the best teamwork (or the smarter Trainers, I suppose). That sounded kind of interesting, especially the competitive circuit where they set the whole thing in a giant arena, used Pokemon loaned from high-ranking Trainers in place of 'Wilds', and went for a more DotA-styled 'three lane/tower attack' system to see who could knock out their opponent's powerful-but-Truant Slaking first after getting through their 'towers' (any 'slow' Pokemon with good Defenses and Special Attack like Slowbro, Slowking, Musharna, Reuniclus, Hatterene, and the occasional Magcargo, Cofagrigus or Pincurchin).

…thinking about it like that, there were easily enough things to keep me occupied for the foreseeable future. Not to mention the very real possibility of doing as AZ did, and tricking Lysandre into making me 'ageless' if the plot of X & Y still happened, but that was probably quite dangerous, I mused as I finally drifted off to dreams of phenomenal cosmic power…

AN: I will give my sixth reviewer some credit: I've also been struggling with the last few Chapters of this story (and writing for others that I haven't published yet as a result), but the majority of the problem is that I'm finishing my Cert 4, and have two-to-four more weeks of studying assuming everything goes well. And then I have Christmas, but I'm already halfway through my next Chapter as well. Another problem is that, to keep track of basic things (like trying to remember whether or not I'd 'already' visited the Orange Islands), I have to go back to the first Chapter and write myself a summary of 'important' events (like locations travelled, 'big' enemies defeated, etc), and seeing my writing of two years ago and having to review it for individual details is painful, even knowing that I'm still 'okay' with its quality in the here and now.

Especially since I have a bunch of slight spelling mistakes and corrections that I'm going to have to come back to one day. On a related note, the 'centered' text above was going to be in bullet points, but apparently that's not an option here. Christ, they need to update this website!

Gazebo inspiration taken from 'gazebo,com/gazebos/wood-gazebos/large-wood-gazebos', specifically the 30' and 32' Dodecagon Gazebo's (but mostly the latter, being that it's flat to the ground). Just assume they're built around a great big tree in their middles, and you have a good idea of what I've vaguely headcanon'd thus far.

Date of Chapter 18 Upload/Final Edit: 2022, 22nd October.