Walter Waterflower has arrived at the only possible answer to the riddle that is Periwinkle.
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I'd been quite happy when Walter Waterflower had agreed to take me with him to hunt some thieves. Yeah, my last encounter with their ilk hadn't exactly been my best performance, yet there was nothing for it but to get back on the horse.
And surely, someone of Walter's experience would have loads o...
2025-09-29 15:00:21 +0000 UTC
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Aftermath of the whole 'Gyarados debacle' and some fleshing out of the Sensetional Sisters, and the Waterflower Clan in general. Never sat well with me in canon how Daisy, Violet, and Lily were, like, puddle deep.
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“Hey.”
“We’re so sorry-”
“-are you okay?”
I shouldn't have been surprised that the three oldest Waterflower sisters f...
2025-09-22 15:00:22 +0000 UTC
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Siren’s tail fin beat furiously side-to-side, eyes narrowed in concentration as she rounded another corner, the water churning in her wake and washing over the tiled floors. Her weak muscles strained at the continued effort, yet she persevered.
She had to.
The years since getting to the Safe Place and leaving the sands and blood behind had been… kind to Siren. She knew that. Brother said so often, and even if she knew he was just being kind, her mentor had said the same ...
2025-09-15 15:00:19 +0000 UTC
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In which we meet the other Waterflower sisters, leaders of Cerulean Gym and heads of the Waterflower Clan. Very serious positions, for equally serious and dutiful women.
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In contrast to the sprint, Misty, with Ash hot on her heels, set I preferred a more sedated pace, hands in my pockets as I perambulated down the streets of Cerulean while quietly fuming. Not only...
2025-09-08 15:00:23 +0000 UTC
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Still a shit title, but I do wanna try and put out at least a chapter a month of this.
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His mind spun furiously as he stared at the screen in front of him.
Objective: Escape Lordaeron City!
Bullshit. It was fucking bullshit. Sure, he picked the hard start, but come on! He didn't even get the fucking reward yet!
...
2025-09-04 14:59:08 +0000 UTC
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Misty POV, and getting to Cerulean.
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Misty sighed contentedly and leaned back on her palms, letting the warm Cerulean sun wash over her, the scent of fresh water and pollen tickling her nostrils. She'd never admit it, at least not to anyone from the Clan, but she did miss it. Just hanging out by the lakes she grew up with, a rod in the water and her Pokémon to keep her...
2025-09-01 08:53:24 +0000 UTC
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Been a couple of chapters since we got a Pokémon. Let's fix that.
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It was not great.
In fact, it sucked pretty hard.
"Where the fuck am I!?" The tree leaves shook furiously as a small flock of Pidgey got startled by my sudden outburst. I didn't care. Full-blown branches and twigs were sticking out of my knotted, near afro-like hair, my ski...
2025-08-25 15:00:21 +0000 UTC
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This is primarily a transitional chapter to prepare for the next one, but there's a bit of training, and we get a better look at Misty.
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Inhaling deeply through my nose, I imagined the air swirling around in my chest, using the sensation to try and focus my Aura. Giving it a second as the warmth spread throughout my body, the evermore familiar wrath and focus following in its wa...
2025-08-18 15:00:34 +0000 UTC
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Hey. This is also concerning A Winkle in Reality, when the story gets there, but mostly Natural Nature (such a bad title).
Where do you guys stand on smut? Should I try to write it, or just fade to black? This isn't about romance in general, just explicit sex.
2025-08-14 20:24:29 +0000 UTC
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The least edgy character in this story.
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Chapter 3 - Emric I.
Light's Chapel.
4618 - 1st spring, 21.
Breathe. In and out. Calm. Steady the heartbeat and control the appearance. Feelings did not matter; only appearance did. Only how you conducted yourself mattered in court, before the powerful and influential.
That less...
2025-08-14 15:51:03 +0000 UTC
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Look at that, there's named characters in this. Also, be careful. You'll cut yourself on this chapter.
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Chapter 2 - Elon I.
Sophoril
4618 - 1st spring, 21.
THUMP!
THUMP!
THUMP!
The sound was deafening. The hard leather soles of the boots hammering against the stone. The clinking metal of shiftin...
2025-08-14 15:47:16 +0000 UTC
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I'd almost forgotten I had this story lying around. Absolutely fair warning: I wrote this when I was around 17-18, so if you think my normal stuff is edgy, you've seen nothing yet.
Anyway, the smart thing to do is to edit these until I'm happy with them, but eh. I've changed, both as a person and as a writer, so I figured I'd judge interest before I commit to a full rewrite. So have the first three chapters.
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2025-08-14 15:44:10 +0000 UTC
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Terrible title, will change. Anyway. I make no promises regarding an upload schedule for this. Might be in a month, might be next year. You've been warned.
This is another plot worm I've had kicking around in my head. It's another semi-SI, but a Gamer one this time. Because that's original. I've wanted to write one for a while, so fuck it. It'll properly be a wider multi-verse story as well, but that's for the future.
Also, Patreon doesn't...
2025-08-12 18:39:56 +0000 UTC
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A little bit of dealing with the government and then we're of to Cerulean, with some new friends.
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“Walk me through it again, from the beginning. You entered the mountain, and then?”
“I've already told you twice!”
“And now you're telling me for a third time.”
I sighed dramatically, but there was no give in the light brown, almost amber-colored eyes that st...
2025-08-11 15:00:16 +0000 UTC
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Peri's in a bit of a bind, but I'm sure he can figure it out. He's been shit talking Team Rocket for years, surely he's properly prepared.
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One of the Rockets, a man, stepped forward and gave me a crooked, smug grin, revealing his chipped and yellowed teeth. The man idly brushed some dust off the mining uniform he was wearing, just like all the rest of...
2025-08-04 15:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Last chapter in Pewter, for now at least. Who knows, I will probably be back to see Grant at some point. But we're off for Cerulean, after a last bit of training. Can't think of anything interesting that happens on the way there.
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Punchy nimbly stutter-stepped to the left to feint Sol out, letting the Growlithe sail past him with a whi...
2025-07-28 15:00:19 +0000 UTC
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Back at it with chapter 19, and our first Gym battle! The opponent, Rock-Hard Brock! Wait...
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It was finally time.
I bounced on my toes as Trainer after Trainer was called, disappearing into the darkness that laid behind the door. I'd gotten up early, even by my standards, nerves making me unable to sleep. I was lucky Siren was such a sweetheart. Neither Betty nor Sol would have put up with my unending ranting about various strategies, most of which we...
2025-07-21 15:00:15 +0000 UTC
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And we're in Pewter. For all the shit I talk about the pacing of this story, we've been making good time since leaving Pallet. Though to be
And we're in Pewter. For all the shit I talk about the pacing of this story, we've been making good time since leaving Pallet. Though to be
And we're in Pewter. For all the shit I talk about the pacing of this story, we've been making good time since leaving Pallet. Though to be
And we're in Pewter. For all the shit I talk about ...
2025-07-14 15:00:14 +0000 UTC
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I REALLY like this chapter. It's the first one I'm actually proud of. We start of with a quick visit to Gary, and then, we meet a couple of legends.
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“Pippy, Tackle!”
“Spin.”
Gary yawned as the dumbass little girl pointed dramatically at Squirty, her shitty Pidgey letting out a pathetic attempt at a war cry as it dove headfirst at h...
2025-07-07 15:00:17 +0000 UTC
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Surely, a little bit of bad weather isn't enough to trouble our intrepid hero. How could it, with such nice, calm, and friendly companions?
Surely, a little bit of bad weather isn't enough to trouble our intrepid hero. How could it, with such nice, calm, and friendly companions?
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Weather was a truly unpredictable thing. One moment it was dry, if ...
2025-06-30 15:00:18 +0000 UTC
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The journey officially begins. Fucking finally. I'm gonna be 80 before this shit wraps up.
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The surroundings blurred by as the car sped along the dirt path, small rocks crunching under the tires. None of us paid much attention to it. It was far from the first time we’d visited the Pallet outskirts. The Professor had multiple times ta...
2025-06-23 13:00:19 +0000 UTC
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Thank you for reading.
Fucking finally we're an offical Trainer and getting out of Pallet. This is gonna be a 5 million words story at this rate. This shit was supposed to be prologue!
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Finally, the day had come. I tapped my foot impatiently while looking at the clock.
10 minutes left.
“Will you calm down!? You're b...
2025-06-16 15:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Last chapter of the time skip.
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“Do you think I can have one!?”
“No way, Gramps would never allow a dumbass like you to have one.”
“SCREW YOU GARY! I'M NOT STUPID, YOU'RE STUPID!”
“THE HELL YOU CALL ME, LOSER!?”
“STUPID!”
“LOSER!”
“Boys, please, shut up.”
I did my best to tune them out as I kept up m...
2025-06-09 15:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Still speedrunning the passage of time. Also, a look into a complicated man.
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The office was dark, a single sharp fluorescent lamp on the large wooden desk facing the door. It was an old tactic. Limit the visibility of the other party, shroud yourself in darkness and mystery, and establish the balance of power. It had been used to great effect during t...
2025-06-02 15:00:09 +0000 UTC
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So we're gonna be being a bit of timeskipping over the next couple of chapters while at Oak's Lab. I'm sure Peri would appreciate the break.
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Rays of light broke the dark, the cold shadows banished by the arrival of dawn. Beings of the night scurried into cover, shying from the coming sun that heralded the ending of their part and the time to concede i...
2025-05-26 15:00:13 +0000 UTC
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Finally made to Kanto! Whooooo... only took 10 chapters...
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The bark dug into my back through the thin t-shirt, dirt and leaves clinging to my blood soaked pants legs and shoes. It was morning by the time we finally emerged from the hideout, the sun reflecting off the morning dew covered flowers like a plane of crystal, baking the viscera into my skin....
2025-05-19 15:00:13 +0000 UTC
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If chapter 6 was the chapter I was the most exited about, then this is the chapter I'm most nervous about.
WARNING: Graphic depictions of violence and gore.
This is the roughly the darkest the story is gonna get and it won't be all the time or even most of the time. This is a big moment for Peri as a character and will influence the story going forward. And this dichotomy was what really interested me about the Pokémon world, how moving it to a different, arguably more...
2025-05-12 15:00:14 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 8.
Surely nothing is afoot in the tropical paradise of the Sevii islands, right?
Right?
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Siren knew she wasn't the… smartest of creatures. It took her longer to understand things than it did others. Some things she didn't understand at all.
"Okay, same thing. A short blast rather than a sust...
2025-05-05 15:00:14 +0000 UTC
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I hope the last chapter didn't scare off too many people. One of the main things that interested me from the start about writing a Pokémon fic, was balancing the goofy, kids anime vibes with the brutal, theoretical reality of the universe they had created. I'm not going full George R. R. Martin and slaughtering every character, but darker themes will show up occasionally. I promise to give fair warning though, and if I go too far, I hope you'll tell me.
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2025-04-21 15:09:05 +0000 UTC
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This is the chapter I'm most excited about and where the story starts taking a darker turn (though not too dark, yet. Still trying to balance it with more light hearted moments).
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Chapter 6.
Salt water shot up in front of us as a particularly large wave hit the side of the ship. Rat's joyful giggling turned into sputtering as he ...
2025-04-14 15:28:15 +0000 UTC
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