playthough From Everland to Reborn ~ A fairytale themed run [Last defeated: Adrienn]

[Candy 1688]

1 hour ago, Angelkitsune said:

I guess Aya is still salty about Vanilla's lecture ouch, I was wondering why her character rates didn't change...guess refusing her help didn't earn her a negative point *shrug*

 

The whole reason Vanilla lectured Aya last time was because she didn't fight back at Fern's very obvious disrespect (“If you don’t fight for respect, you’ll never earn it ... And if you don’t earn respect, then you’re as pathetic as Fern.” from Episode 24 holy, it's really been a long time since Aya showed up lol) and Aya refusing Vanilla's help showed she respected herself enough to refuse someone who had - in a mistaken light - teased her (by taunting her to slap Vanilla). But I didn't think this warranted a +1 point, given that Aya's attitude doesn't seem to have changed much (“I see. Yes, I’m a gym leader too. Not that I volunteered to do the job, or anything like it.”)

 

1 hour ago, Angelkitsune said:

and poor Ringmaster for getting a bad rating because she looks like Radomus

Vanilla can't get over Radomus (and Archer for that matter) always having the upper hand xD

On a related note, I hope we get to see more from the Ringmaster in E19~

[Q-Jei 800]

Helloooo~

That was a nice episode you had there! I really like this pairing. It reminds me a bit of Dawn siding with a more stoic version of Cynthia. This is really cute  Also, it seems like Vanilla is not out of trouble with Terra. Hope she’ll get better with the whole circus area in general!

 

Keep up the good work 

[Candy 1688]

From Everland to Reborn ~ Episode 45

Route 2 had a lot of hills, wild Pokémon… and still some clowns that insisted on battling me. Great.

Otherwise, the way around was alright, even though some parts, particularly those in between small hills, were difficult to traverse due to the ground receding or being unstable in general. The area was quite large though, so I wondered how I could find a single human in all this space. At least I encouraged myself by seeing this in a positive light: if I took long to find Hardy, I won't need to return to clownland for a while.

On the parts where footing was most unstable, Pikachu offered me a hand. Now that he was a mimikyu, he could extend his arms a long distance to provide me support as I navigated the route. It had been those dark long arms that once saved Shelly's life in Iolia tunnels, so I took a moment to thank him for the gesture. Pikachu turned sideways on the spot, and I imagined he was shy for being thanked out of the blue. We carried on with the teamwork like this until a large gap on the path completely prevented us from checking the west side of the route.

“Maybe we can find another way around,” I suggested, and went to the east, to find such other way. Unfortunately, we didn't manage to find neither Hardy nor another way to the west, but found ourselves one level below the gap. If we had a way to rock climb, I could've reached the other side of the broken path, but I didn't and neither did my Pokémon.

Pikachu then pulled on the hem of my skirt, and I turned to see what he needed. I saw him pointing to a nest of… giant crabs?

I thought he was warning me about them, so I took on my defensive stance, but Pikachu approached the crabs like it was the most natural thing to do. Indeed, the crabs, which my pokedex called crustle, had no intention of having us for dinner. Pikachu and the crustle had a small conversation which I, of course, could not understand. Alas, the crustle seemed displeased and left Pikachu to do its thing, and Pikachu came back to me.

“Well? What did you talk about?” I asked, knowing it was foolish to ask a question to someone who speaks in a different language to mine.

Instead of a reply, Pikachu squeaked and jumped on my bag only to press one of my poke balls and release Q of Hearts, my tsareena.

Q of hearts passed a hand through her leafy hair, and looked at Pikachu as he squeaked to her. After another conversation where I had nothing to do, Q of Hearts approached the disinterested crustle, and produced a small leaf which she rolled up in the shape of a flute. She started blowing a pleasant melody on the flute, which made the crustle drowsy and eventually fall asleep in a few minutes. Until then, I had no idea what Pikachu’s scheme was, but once he crawled up my bag again to release all my other pokemon - who invariably pushed me over and licked my face before listening to Pikachu’s commands and surrounding the crustle - I understood that we were about to push the giant crab, which must weigh some 200 kg, to the gap that prevented us from walking in the western direction. The pokemon started pushing and pulling the crustle, and I joined in to help.

(not pictured: Tsareena blowing the grass whistle, since I don't have an OW sprite for that rip)

After wrestling with the sleeping pokemon for a while, we finally achieved our goal. All my team seemed exceedingly proud of their work, hopping around and giving head bumps to one another.

“Thanks,” I said and scratched my nose. “Now let’s go.”

 

We found a river flowing down a cascade on the west. I looked down from the edge, and found out that we were directly above North Obsidia Ward, but a little too high up to climb down. Again, what a shame I didn’t have tools for rock climbing… or wall climbing for that matter, since halfway down seemed to be filled with bricks.

Instead, I went up some stairs since it was the only other way left that I hadn’t explored. There was a house up there, resting on the side of a mountain. A lonely place to live, I imagined, but I also guessed it would be nice to live and not be bothered by annoying neighbors.

I turned around since the house was a dead-end. Hardy couldn’t have fallen into a house, could he? However, on further thought, I concluded that if he wasn’t anywhere on Route 2, perhaps the inhabitants of this house may have found him and taken him in, so I knocked on the door.

Half a minute passed but no one opened the door, so I knocked again.

This time, a tall red-headed girl opened the door.

“We aren’t interested,” she said, and almost closed the door on me, but I stuck my foot so she couldn’t.

“I’m looking for a boy, redhead and tan skin. Do you happen to have seen him?”

The girl looked straight down at my face (for she was about one whole head taller than me), and I couldn’t help but wonder whether I’d seen her somewhere before. Her snake-like red eyes made her look angry even though her intentions weren’t clear at this point.

“Come in,” she said, leaving the entrance. “I’m guessing you’re looking for my brother. He’s sleeping upstairs.”

“You’re Hardy’s sister?” I asked, and she nodded without looking back at me.

I concluded that it hadn’t been the case that I’d seen her somewhere, but that I was confused by the sibling resemblance between Hardy and her.

I went inside, where I was greeted by a bunch of papers and clothes scattered everywhere. Other than that, there in the living room I found a blue girl I was blanking on the name of. I believed she was Florinia’s friend and the same girl whom I assisted to get rid of PULSE Muk.

She was watching TV, but her face brightened upon seeing me.

“Vanilla! Oh, it’s been so long. How have you been?” she said, standing up but soon being encouraged to sit back down by redhead’s touch on her shoulder. “Do you remember me? I’m Amaria. I’m happy that now you can meet my love, Titania.”

“Excuse the mess. We weren’t expecting visitors,” Titania said, picking up one piece of clothing from the couch.

I told them not to bother cleaning up, because I had only come to bring Hardy to Agate Circus and would be gone before they knew it. Titania followed me up the stairs, and I found Hardy sleeping on the couch. His hair had some dirt particles on it, but if he’d been sleeping on the ground, his face had been thoroughly wiped.

“I found him sleeping in a puddle of mud face down. I knew he was a heavy sleeper, but this was a new low,” Titania said. “Let me through.”

She passed in front of me, and started using wake-up slaps on Hardy. Took him more than a couple of slaps for him to wake up, however.

“Ow ow, I’m awake now. Stop it,” Hardy said, using his arms as shields. “Huh? It’s you sis. I shoulda guessed. Oh and Vanilla, was it? Hello.”

“Are you able to walk? Aya and the others are waiting for you in Agate Circus,” I told him.

“Aya?” Titania asked, but she was directing the question to her brother instead of me.

“Aya is the new poison gym leader. Last thing I remember is that I was in Agate City to show her my gym,” he explained. “But… I don’t know what happened after that. My memory is blank.”

“You certainly know how to treat a lady,” Titania sneered.

“Shove off, sis. Now, Vanilla. Let’s head to the circus then.”

Hardy stood up from the couch with some pain as expected, and headed down the stairs with haste. I followed him, but not with as much speed, and Titania followed behind me.

 

Just as I was going down the stairs, what was appearing on the TV caught Hardy and my attention. It was the voice of Gossip Gardevoir, telling us some breaking news, which provided a clean follow up to what the Ringmaster had told Shelly and me earlier.

“Hello, Reborn! I’m here in Calcenon City with Dragon Leader Saphira, where a sudden showdown has just taken form!” Gardevoir’s tone was perhaps too excited for a negative news report. “In a sudden uprising, the evil organization known as Team Meteor has completely seized control of Labradorra City. However, resistance is taking shape in Calcenon City on the part of some of Reborn’s strongest trainers!”

Saphira was asked to comment on the situation, and the camera zoomed on her face. Her expression was stern as per the usual.

“I’m not interested in negotiating with them,” she said. “We’ll find a way around the barrier and take back the hostages.”

“All the while you keep your sisters in safety, and encourage everyone else to risk their lives, is that not so, Saphira?” I mumbled. Titania heard me, but she made no comment.

Gardevoir talked further on the barrier Team Meteor had set up in between Labradorra and Calcenon, which appeared to be the doing of another PULSE.

“Can anything break the forcefield around Labradorra? What will happen to the resistance in Calcenon? Stay tuned to find out!” was Gardevoir’s closure to the topic.

“The PULSE… It’s just like with that muk,” Amaria commented.

“We oughta join the resistance and lend a helping hand,” Hardy said, all worked up. 

“Don’t,” said Titania, who was standing next to me.

“Whaddya mean ‘don’t’? We can’t just let Team Meteor do whatever they want,” her brother snapped back.

“Don’t force unwilling people to go, Hardy,” I said. “It’s better for you if you don’t have people half-assing the resistance.”

Titania raised an eyebrow at my comment, but chose to ignore it.

“Don’t get involved. Nothing good will come out from it,” she said to Hardy, but he shrugged in his turn.

“Whatever ya say, sis. Vanilla, let’s go,” he said and stormed out of the house.

I was about to follow him, when Amaria stopped me.

“If you’re planning to join the resistance as well, you’ll need the HM for Surf to cross the river and get to Ametrine mountain. Calcenon is close to the north exit of the mountain,” she informed me. “The HM is under my possession, but you won’t be able to wield it unless you obtain a gym badge from one of the Agate Circus leaders.”

“I believe we got a promotional Battle Pass to fight one of them earlier this week,” Titania noted, and started looking through the many scraps of paper that were lying on the floor and pretty much everywhere else. She finally found what she was looking for, and shoved the paper onto my hand.

“It’s a ticket to fight Samson,” she yawned. “As you can see, they’re dumb enough to send a Battle Pass to two Gym leaders, so I’m sure beating him won’t be an issue.”

“Don’t be so harsh, Tania. They’re probably hurting for business what with Agate City shutting down, and everyone being so bored,” Amaria said.

“The man doesn’t seem to have anything more than his physical strength going, as far as I saw,” I shrugged. “A little strategy will easily trump him over.”

Titania smirked briefly.

“Anyway, come back once you’ve beaten Samson, and we’ll give you the HM for Surf.”

“Good luck Vanilla~”

I nodded once and headed out of the house, where Hardy was waiting for me.

“What took you so long? Let’s go, let’s go,” he said, practically jumping down the rocky stairs.

For most of the way back, Hardy went ahead of me by far, and sometimes I found him waiting for me with impatience written on his forehead. Yet, I had no interest in hurrying up to return, even if I was looking forward to my gym battle.

 

VANILLA RATES: REBORN CHARACTERS

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• Amaria (+1): 5/10 Was understanding even though I intruded in her home.
• Titania: 3/10 Too early to judge her, but overall she doesn't seem to be the type of person I don't hate. Still, she found me a battle pass.
• Hardy (+/-0): 3/10

 

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[Angelkitsune 267]

Wow I never thought that you can use other methods to put crustle to sleep and Pikachu is kawaai as usual (´▽`ʃ❤ƪ),and I guess Vanilla don't have enough strength to pick up a pickle jar if she needs all of her pokemon to push the crustle ( ´･･)ﾉ(._.`)pat pat .Anywayzz,First meeting of Titania...so far so good only a 3/10.But everyone knows what is gonna happen when Vanilla comes to get the Surf TM.

Vanilla is reluctant to go back to the circus, while Hardy want to go back to meet his girlfriend, and I can't wait to see my purple(and Lilac)haired children again.

next ep is a gym battle with Samson how hard is it for Vanilla to beat him ( •̀ ω •́ )y STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT!!! wait why am I talking like a tv commercial ?

[GenEric 315]

wow vanilla gt her sass back

good chapter as always candy

u always manage to bring out steamy hot chapters even tho ur busy  

[Candy 1688]

8 hours ago, Angelkitsune said:

Wow I never thought that you can use other methods to put crustle to sleep and Pikachu is kawaai as usual (´▽`ʃ❤ƪ),and I guess Vanilla don't have enough strength to pick up a pickle jar if she needs all of her pokemon to push the crustle ( ´･･)ﾉ(._.`)pat pat .Anywayzz,First meeting of Titania...so far so good only a 3/10.But everyone knows what is gonna happen when Vanilla comes to get the Surf TM.

Vanilla is reluctant to go back to the circus, while Hardy want to go back to meet his girlfriend, and I can't wait to see my purple(and Lilac)haired children again.

next ep is a gym battle with Samson how hard is it for Vanilla to beat him ( •̀ ω •́ )y STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT!!! wait why am I talking like a tv commercial ?

For a fan game puzzle, the crustle puzzle makes sense, but since Route 2 must be transited by people who aren't precisely the MC (at least at some point in the past) I felt it weird that all the gaps are the size of a crustle and also that if that were the case, no one before the MC had bothered to use crustle for that purpose (people could totally do it if there are convenient sleep powder trees). So I changed that part to give Pikachu the spotlight for a moment hehe I think he's kawaii trying to help Vanilla x3

And yes, there you see the blatant limit of my imagination: i can't predict how heavy a 200 kg crustle would feel. I'm weak af (actually have trouble opening pickle jars rip) so I'd need to estimate how strong Vanilla is and how difficult it should be to push a 200kg crab over rough dry ground. Can't do- I can barely estimate how far away 5 meters is from me lol

And also... Gossip Gardevoir, is that you?

 

7 hours ago, Archeric said:

wow vanilla gt her sass back

good chapter as always candy

u always manage to bring out steamy hot chapters even tho ur busy  

Vanilla is always sassy, just more sassy with some people over others. So far, Fern, Aya and Tania seem to have gotten the extra sassy treatment lol

Youd expect my procrastination levels to go down when I'm busy, but honestly it's the opposite and then I regret my poor life choices while I stay up all night to study for an exam the next day oof

Also... Terra is that you?

[SilverAngelus 926]

Pikachu is a berry good boi errr....gurl Pokemon!

I like how innovative you are with this episode! Pikachu was the brains behind getting Vanilla across route 2, such a smart Pokemon they are!

I wish I had Pikachu help me when I first came across route 2.

 

I remember that earlier in the story, Vanilla respected the way Charlotte and her Ninetails were in sync with each other and wanted to be that kind of strong. So I can't wait to see Vanilla's epic showdown with Charlotte coming soon! I believe that fight will demonstrate Vanilla's growth since the orphan hostage situation. I'm also interested in seeing Vanilla's showdown with Tania and Amaria. 

[Candy 1688]

2 minutes ago, SilverHelio said:

Pikachu is a berry good boi errr....gurl Pokemon!

I like how innovative you are with this episode! Pikachu was the brains behind getting Vanilla across route 2, such a smart Pokemon they are!

I wish I had Pikachu help me when I first came across route 2.

 

I remember that earlier in the story, Vanilla respected the way Charlotte and her Ninetails were in sync with each other and wanted to be that kind of strong. So I can't wait to see Vanilla's epic showdown with Charlotte coming soon! I believe that fight will demonstrate Vanilla's growth since the orphan hostage situation. I'm also interested in seeing Vanilla's showdown with Tania and Amaria. 

Hehe me too- if it had just been one crustle, I might not have forfeited my first ever Reborn run. Funny enough, once I knew how to solve it, it's become one of my favorite puzzles.

 

Wow your memory is astonishing! In fact, I was also looking forward to the match with Charlotte - what will be said and done. How to outmatch someone with the force of burning fire!

Tania and Amaria matches will be on the year of the blue moon from how fast my writing pace is, but we'll get there. For the time being, I'm more concerned about what kind of relationship Vanilla will form with Tania. I think what Tania did to Amaria, even if her intentions were benign+toxic, echoes what treatment Vanilla received just before she fled Everland, so it'll be "interesting" to say the least (probably, hopefully?) xD

[SilverAngelus 926]

1 hour ago, Candy said:

For the time being, I'm more concerned about what kind of relationship Vanilla will form with Tania. I think what Tania did to Amaria, even if her intentions were benign+toxic, echoes what treatment Vanilla received just before she fled Everland, so it'll be "interesting" to say the least (probably, hopefully?) xD

Well, we'll just have to see if Vanilla decides to fight a certain someone in the Water Treatment Center  

[Candy 1688]

From Everland to Reborn ~ Episode 46

Hardy and I entered the waiting room and heard Ciel asking Terra about the source of a signal over Agate City.

“Oh, Vanilla,” Ciel said upon seeing us. “I see you managed to find the boy.”

Cain, Shelly and Aya all turned their faces toward us at the same time. Hardy wasted no time in joining Aya on the far side of the room, while Shelly moved my way.

“It took long because Hardy’s sister found him in Route 2 ahead of me, and brought him to her home,” I explained. “What were you saying about a signal over Agate?”

“Oh, we found out that there is a certain signal over Agate City, which we believe to be involved with making people fall asleep in that area,” she informed me. “No one has ever guessed, but Terra here is quite dexterous with computers, and has been helping us track down the source of that signal so we can destroy it.”

“Computerzzz isnt all im d3xter0us with ifuknowhatimean,” Terra smirked at Ciel, who coughed and made an attempt to keep the conversation pertain to the topic at hand.

“Have you found the source of the signal yet?” she asked.

“Nawwh but calm yo tits. T3RR4 is SUP3R 1337 hackar. Nothin ezzcape my b00ty.”

“It has taken so long already, though. You started just after Vanilla left, and she was out for hours.”

“Did I or did I nawt tell u to calm yo tits bitch,” Terra shrieked. “Undo the calamity that is yo mammaries! Hakuna your tatas, exclamation point!”

“Can we not keep it PG for the young ones,” I suggested, for I’d noticed Terra had a knack for stressing my nerves whenever Shelly and she were less than 10 metres from each other.

“PG? PG, u say? Yez I’ll do sum PornoGraphy with Ciel anytime bby.”

I pitied Shelly, but there was nothing more I could do. If Terra was indeed so crucial to finding the wretched signal, I couldn’t just knock her daylights out of her. Not that she didn’t give me enough encouragement to.

“Just stop. I can feel my brain cells dying off one by one,” Samson joined our conversation.

“Indeed, you are cruel to rob Samson of his few remaining ones,” Ciel smiled.

It appeared that I wasn’t wrong about Samson. Perhaps he has a reputation for being a musclebrain after all.

“Woah, no need to put your cat fight on me. I’m innocent here.”

“You werent so innocent last night,” Terra said with a wide grin on her face.

“How would you know?” Samson asked back.

I caught Shelly shifting her gaze from Terra to Samson and to Terra again, which I took as a cue to cough and catch Samson's attention.

“I received this ticket,” I said, taking the battle pass out and placing it in his view. “I assume it's a pass to battle you. I didn't know you were a gym leader, but the ticket does state your name.”

“Yeah, I'm the new fighting type gym leader. Finally Ciel, Terra and I can be known as the Agate Triumvirate and also the three gym leaders of Agate Circus. The previous leader was very kind to step down.”

“It wasn't a true voluntary step-down,” I commented. “But that's beside the point. Will you battle me then?”

“Neither gym leader nor strongman’d refuse to fight a challenger. Come on, let's go to the arena!”

I followed Samson, but the one who took most pleasure in my challenge wasn't neither of us, but the ringmaster.

“Ah, you have no idea how glad I'm right now,” she said, taking my hand in both of hers for a moment before I retrieved it from her grasp. “I increased the amount of battle passes distributed, but it's been 3 days and no one had challenged any of our gym leaders yet. But if I eliminated the battle pass system, I bet we'd have gym battles every hour! Who understands these people!”

 

The arena had three roaming donphan, who were encouraged to move to the sides on Ciel’s orders. Many of the spectators weren't really spectators, but they'd found the tent a cozy sleeping place, especially given that it'd started to snow outside. Whether or not they were happy to be awoken by Samson’s loud voice, I couldn't tell, but at least most of them stayed in their seats when they found out a gym battle was about to take place.

I took my place opposite to Samson on the field, which was when I noticed it was unlike any other field I'd fought in. The floor was made up of tiles that depressed upon walking over them. I had no idea what their function was, but judging from the field notes of the Big Top Arena, and the high striker on one corner of the field, I was braced for a lot of random damage based on Pokémon strength. Luckily, though, I noticed trapezes hanging on the ceiling, which Pokémon could take advantage of to attack Samson’s fighting types from above.

“Ready?” asked the ringmaster, who stood as the referee of the match.

I nodded.

“Then, without further ado, let's introduce this show, shall we?”

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Ignore the fact that the last part looks like a dumbass playing Pokemon. Vanilla would've been smarter, I swear ;_;

 

The audience was silent for a few moments after my Gretel dealt the final blow to Samson’s conkeldurr, but soon one after the other started clapping until the tent was filled with sounds of applause. I wasn't used to so much applause being directed at me, so I was torn between the part of me that wanted it to stop, and the other which happily received it.

“Good work, Vanilla. You showed me a battle of wits- watching my team's pattern and choosing the best moves, even if they weren't the strongest,” Samson smirked. “I guess this badge belongs to you.”

He walked over to where I stood, and handed me the badge along with a ™ for Brick Break.

“Congrats, Vanilla,” Cain said as the four of them rushed toward me. “You really know how to dominate a battle.”

“Yah, Vanillla seems quite a tough one,” Hardy agreed.

“See Aya? Now you can stop stressing knowing that you aren't the first or the last gym leader she will beat.”

“Cain. Shut. Up. I wasn't stressed at all,” Aya said, looked at me, and added as an afterthought, “Congrats.”

“Um, um, congra-” Shelly was saying when she got cut short by a sudden repetitive noise.

“Raaaaawwrrrr! Raraaaaawwrrrr!” Terra’s voice combined with her hammering the arena’s tiles made for quite a deafening explosion.

“Stop that, Terra. I know you're a ground type user, but stop shaking the arena like an earthquake,” Ciel said, and Terra at least stopped the hammering.

“Flying types are immune to ground moves, but u aint immune to me bby,” Terra said and sent a flying kiss in Ciel’s direction. “Anyhow, M3G4T3RR4 aka SUP3R L33T H4CK4R haz found very important stuffz about the source of tiiiny sleeping signal.”

“Wow that's great Terra,” Ciel said with honest admiration. “Let's head to the waiting room so we can discuss what to do.”

 

Hence we - except the Ringmaster, who stayed at the arena to get other shows going - relocated to the waiting room, out of sight of the nosy spectators. Terra quickly walked up to one of her three PCs, and pointed at a flashing point on the display.

“This is timmy. His hobbies include cross-stitching, motorbiking, and planting lizards in the knicker drawers of old ladies,” she said.

All of us looked at it closely, but other than getting an idea that it was a point on the top of what looked like a pixelated white mountain, we couldn’t extract any information.

“Timmy? But what does that tell us?” Ciel ventured to ask.

“What he tellz us? WHAT HE TELLZ US?” Terra took a pause, and then finished her speech. “He tellz us… Ciel’s wearing a thong!!”

A couple of heads turned toward Ciel, and the rest, including Ciel’s, moved in closer to the display. Still some others - or maybe just Shelly - asked what a “thong” was in a barely audible voice, but no one attempted answering the question.

“What? But like, there’s nothing there that says that at all,” she said. “What do you mean, Terra?”

“Ya didnt deny it bb,” Terra smirked triumphantly.

“I-- Look, let’s just focus on this. What does timmy really tell us?”

“Apart from it telling us your wearing a thong? Rawr.”

“YES, apart from whatever or that or whatever!”

“I dunno. I just haccku’d it from the broadcaster but I ain’t no statistician,” Terra shrugged. “BUUT if I had to take a guess, I’d say the signal’s RAWRRRRing out from somewhere in Ametrine City.”

So it was determined that the snowy mountain the data point flashed on was Ametrine City.

“In other words,” Samson said. “You’re saying someone in Ametrine City is broadcasting the sleeping signal over Agate City?”

“That’s RAWWWR!”

“Alright then, someone needs to go there and stop that signal pronto.”

The issue about crossing the many rapid current rivers inside Ametrine mountain came up. Given that the TM for Surf was only authorized for use to Reborn League challengers with 10 badges, only I out of all this bunch of gym leaders and Cain could have a shot at making the way to Ametrine. Hence, it was quickly decided that we would split into two groups: one group would go to Calcenon City directly in order to provide extra support to Saphira and the rest, while the other group - my group - would head to Ametrine and stop the signal first, and then join the Calcenon team.

“Um, I’d like to go to Ametrine,” Shelly said. “Heather is there, and I’d like to make sure she’s, um, doing okay.”

“Sounds good. So Shelly and Vanilla’ll go to Ametrine, and Cain, Aya and I’ll go to Calcenon,” Hardy summarized.

“In order to get the TM for Surf, you’ll need to visit Amaria and Titania’s house near Celestine cascade,” Ciel reminded me.

“Yes, they told me so,” I nodded, and looked at Shelly. “If that’s all settled, let’s go.”

“Good luck in Ametrine, mate,” Hardy said. “We’ll stay here a little bit longer, at least until I can make sure Aya is in good shape to make the hike.”

I quickly healed my team, and Shelly, Pikachu and I left the waiting room.

 

VANILLA RATES: REBORN CHARACTERS

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• Terra (-1): -2/10 Really, our personalities are incompatible
• Ciel (+1): 5/10 Even though she gets joked (or maybe not a joke) on by Terra, she seems intelligent and not wholly affected by her

 

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Ugg I wanted to include Titania-Amaria scene here too but it got way too long (and I'm not even done) so had to cut it so I can go sleepo

Well, that must mean the next episode will be uploaded soon, right? ... right? ... 

And also~ Thx for the continued support! 19,000 views and counting  which means there must be a good number of anonymous viewers, which means say hi  this smol candy don't bite but is usually bitten cause candy... jk

 

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[J-Awesome_One 1328]

Loved it! You know, seeing this is making me miss my Written run... I really need to get back to that and try to shoot out a couple of episodes. Anyways, yay! Inappropriate moments with a 12 year old because of Terra! (That sounded a lot better in my head but I'm not changing that) Loving how she's getting underneath Vanilla's skin though. Btw, I just realized that in a lot of your episodes, Shelly has been like the main traveling companion for Vanilla and I find that cute and interesting.

[GenEric 315]

Whenever theres a new episode I in fact cannot hakuna my tatas

Great as always candy uwu, always appreciate the extra dialouge

[Angelkitsune 267]

Ah yes the battle with samson....I still remember getting wreaked by his mienshao and unburded Hawlucha not my proudest moment *blep*. Anyway next ep is where we accidentally end a lesbian relationship,not expecting Shelly to follow us though wonder how will Titania react with a 12 year old in the room q(≧▽≦q)

 

Also TERRA PLASE no moar u r ruinin poor Shelly's mind o(￣┰￣*)ゞ and Vanilla looks like she is about to bang her head against the wall if she sticks with Terra any longer ψ(｀∇´)ψ

Edited November 3, 2018 by Angelkitsune

[Candy 1688]

8 hours ago, J-Awesome_One said:

Loved it! You know, seeing this is making me miss my Written run... I really need to get back to that and try to shoot out a couple of episodes. Anyways, yay! Inappropriate moments with a 12 year old because of Terra! (That sounded a lot better in my head but I'm not changing that) Loving how she's getting underneath Vanilla's skin though. Btw, I just realized that in a lot of your episodes, Shelly has been like the main traveling companion for Vanilla and I find that cute and interesting.

Lol luckily Shelly will be out of Terra's reach for a while now The thing is in writing, having just the protagonist doing stuff by themselves is mighty boring because there's not much conversation going on other than maybe inner reflection. So I've tried to minimize the time Vanilla spends truly alone by giving her a traveling companion (S1 pachirisu, S2 illumise, S3 mimikyu) and sometimes a human companion who can actually talk (most of the time this is Shelly). I chose Shelly because her timid and not confident character is foil to Vanilla, and hence both would have something to learn from each other, compared to, say, if I paired Saphira and Vanilla who are quite alike each other.

 

8 hours ago, Archeric said:

Whenever theres a new episode I in fact cannot hakuna my tatas

Great as always candy uwu, always appreciate the extra dialouge

Eric, dear, you have no tatas

But thx I try to bring fresh but in-character dialogue lol

 

6 hours ago, Angelkitsune said:

Ah yes the battle with samson....I still remember getting wreaked by his mienshao and unburded Hawlucha not my proudest moment *blep*. Anyway next ep is where we accidentally end a lesbian relationship,not expecting Shelly to follow us though wonder how will Titania react with a 12 year old in the room q(≧▽≦q)

 

Also TERRA PLASE no moar u r ruinin poor Shelly's mind o(￣┰￣*)ゞ and Vanilla looks like is is about to bang her head against the wall if she sticks with Terra any longer ψ(｀∇´)ψ

Oh yes, everyone says Samson is easy but friggin that hawlucha alone could sweep my team Doesn't help that klefki ("Golden Key") missed Play Rough first round...

Poor Shelly might have a mental breakdown, witnessing one suicide and an "attempted" one oof

[J-Awesome_One 1328]

42 minutes ago, Candy said:

Lol luckily Shelly will be out of Terra's reach for a while now The thing is in writing, having just the protagonist doing stuff by themselves is mighty boring because there's not much conversation going on other than maybe inner reflection. So I've tried to minimize the time Vanilla spends truly alone by giving her a traveling companion (S1 pachirisu, S2 illumise, S3 mimikyu) and sometimes a human companion who can actually talk (most of the time this is Shelly). I chose Shelly because her timid and not confident character is foil to Vanilla, and hence both would have something to learn from each other, compared to, say, if I paired Saphira and Vanilla who are quite alike each other.

Ohh no. I totally get what you mean. I just liked the fact that you chose Shelly. Just like how in my story, it's with Laura and somewhat with Cain. But yea. Can't wait for the next episode!

[Candy 1688]

From Everland to Reborn ~ Episode 47

I helped Shelly through the difficult steps of the path, and though she did scratch her knees and palms a little, she did not complain. Even then, I knew she was tired from the trek, since she was probably not used to all this physical exertion, so I told her to sit on a large rock and wait for me while I climbed up the stairs to retrieve the TM from Amaria. I left her with Pikachu, so that she would have some company while I was away.

 

Entering the house, I only found Titania in the living room, which they hadn’t bothered to clean up even though they did expect visitors this time around. She had been reading some book, or perhaps scribbling on it, but when she saw me she stood up quickly.

“So you’ve beaten Samson, I guess? Amaria’s out for a walk, so I’ll fetch the machine,” she said, and went upstairs.

I waited for five, then ten minutes, but Titania seemed to have quite some trouble finding the TM. Judging from how their entire house was a mess, I had no difficulty imagining it, though it did irritate me slightly since I had Shelly and Pikachu waiting for me.

I looked around the place, which was mostly made of wood. I sat down on the couch where I’d found Amaria sitting last time, but stood right back up when I found some R-rated magazines between the cushions. I returned to the desk Titania was at, and sat down on the chair which she’d left open. A simple glance to the book, though, marked the tragedy.

“I still cannot foresee any happily ever after to this fake fairytale romance,” I read, because the word “fairytale” made me assume this might be a book about Everland. However, the tone was very different from what you would expect from a guidebook, and I confirmed what it was when I found the words “Dear Diary,” on the header.

I stood up from the desk, but the damage had been done. Titania found me almost knocking the chair over due to my swift movement backward.

“Here, catch,” she threw the TM at me, and I caught it with one hand. “Don’t tell me… were you reading my diary?”

I did the most sensible thing to do: I admitted I had.

“Have you no regard for personal privacy?” she shouted.

“Had I known it was your diary, I’d not have-”

“Excuses! Who doesn’t love excuses when your guilt was witnessed?”

“If you don’t care to know why I read it, then my job here is done,” I waved the TM and turned my back to her. She was right: I needed not make excuses, for I didn’t care for her opinion.

“Wait,” she stopped me midway. “About what you read… if you have even a single shred of decency, you will not breathe a word of it to anyone.”

I faced her once more as she went on talking.

“I’m aware it was a wretched choice, but she is my closest friend, and when she threw herself at me, I reacted poorly,” Titania said, lowering her voice and pacing. “She already struggles with depression and suicide. I will not be the reason she goes over the edge.”

“Now you’re the one making excuses, aren’t you?” I sneered. “Nothing changes the fact that you’re currently lying to her, making her believe a fantasy that isn’t true.”

The redhead was about to interrupt me, but I carried on. For some reason, I felt personally invested, now that I saw more of the story.

“She will find out, you know. Perhaps not by me, since I’m an unrelated third party, but by some means because the truth can never be concealed to perfection. Sooner or later, she’ll find out, and then she’ll turn into your worst nightmare.”

I blurted out that last part on impulse, but I realized I was no longer talking about Amaria. I was talking about me, the current me, after the whole ordeal at Everland’s Underworld.

Titania was silent, and perhaps it was just the lighting, but she looked a little pale. When she spoke, her voice wasn’t as firm as it had been when she was shouting.

“Fine. She will find out eventually, but let it not be today,” she almost sounded as though she was pleading. “Let her find out another day.”

Before she finished her speaking, though, the door opened and Amaria entered the house.

“Were you talking about me?” she asked, and noticing us staring at her, added, “What’s with the grim faces?”

I softened my facial muscles after she pointed them out.

“Perfect timing. Couldn’t be better,” Titania said, and placed a hand over the handrail for support.

“What don’t you want me to find out, Tania?” Amaria insisted, and walked closer to her.

I saw Tania tense up even more, since Amaria was now standing right next to the desk with the diary still open to the same page. Her eyes glanced to the book and back at Amaria, but she was silent.

Since her lover didn’t seem willing to explain, Amaria looked at me for an answer instead. Amaria’s inquisitive blue eyes and Titania’s sharp but desperate gaze landed on me, and for a moment I debated whether to tell her or not. I asked myself to whom I owed loyalty, but the conclusion was that it was to neither. Hence, I kept silent, to Titania’s relief. I’d stated the truth wouldn’t come apparent by my interference, and I remained true to my resolve.

“So that’s how it is,” Amaria lowered her eyes, and I could tell she was disappointed in me for apparently taking Titania’s side. “Then, I’ll just…”

Amaria grabbed Titania’s diary, and started reading.

“Don’t do that,” the redhead blurted, but it was all too late.

Amaria dropped the book, and the dull thud sound it made seemed to resonate in the absolute silence. Titania didn’t speak up, and I wished I could just leave, but I didn’t feel it to be appropriate.

“... Fake fairytale romance,” Amaria finally said. “Tania, what’s the meaning of this?”

“I warned you,” she replied without looking at Amaria.

Amaria was silent again, and when she spoke up again, I could hear she was crying even though I could only see her back.

“You… don’t love me, do you?”

“Amy, you’re my best friend. I would choose you over anyone else,” Titania explained. “But that’s not the same as having romantic feelings.”

Amaria was silent, so Titania took it as a cue to explain herself further.

“I feared if you knew, you’d hurt yourself. I know I acted foolishly, and I’m deeply regretful.”

“Being with you, it felt as though someone was picking up the pieces of my shattered glass heart and fitting them back together bit by bit,” Amaria sniffled. “But now, the glass has all been shattered once again.”

The cyan-haired girl swayed a little and I thought she might pass out, but instead she turned her back on Titania and started running past me toward the door.

“Amaria,” Titania called. “Amy, wait!”

She also ran past me, almost tripping over the stairs.

When they were gone, I was left wondering how I’d gotten into this mess. Had I not accidentally read what was Titania’s diary, I might’ve evaded this all together, yet fate seemed to always be luring me to more and more misfortune, like a small insect is drawn to the burning flames.

 

When I exited the house and jogged down the hill, Shelly was standing, waiting for me.

“Vanilla, um, I just saw two girls run past here and, they’re... there.”

Shelly pointed her shaking finger to a patch of land that hadn’t yet been consumed by the rapid currents of the river. I slightly regretted not having a water type on hand to teach Surf to, for as I approached the two women, I saw that Amaria was on the edge of falling down the cascade.

“Amy, enough of this. Let’s go home,” I heard Titania speaking as I approached them.

Shelly and Pikachu followed me, but I told them to stay where they were. I had a bad feeling about this, and Shelly had already been through this type of stress.

“Shelly, don’t come. Pikachu, keep her away,” I ordered. “I don’t want you to see this, in case something happens.”

However, Shelly insisted on coming; every time I turned my back on her, she moved closer and closer, until we were both on the edge of the river. Once I was there, though, I didn’t know what to do. What could I say, and when, to prevent any misfortune for Shelly’s sake? To my dismay, a third party could do nothing, and thus the only thing left for me to do was watch and hope that Titania may somehow dissuade Amaria from going over the edge.

“I only wanted to help you, even if that meant ignoring my own needs,” Titania said.

“So you lied to me? About everything? How does that help?” Amaria retorted, and when the redhead attempted to speak, she cut her short. “How long have you felt this way… how long have you been lying to me?”

Titania hesitated and looked away, but answered in a low voice.

“Since the beginning,” she said. “I have only treasured you as a friend.”

Amaria looked down, then up to hold back her tears, but they seemed to overflow her eyes nonetheless. She clenched her fists and seemed to be in pain, but that only lasted a couple of minutes, before her shoulders relaxed.

“You were my whole world, you know,” she said with a surprisingly calm voice. “With you, my heart was set free from the daily darkness that engulfed me… but I was just your prison.”

“It’s not like that.”

“It won’t be, anymore,” Amaria took one step closer to the edge of the waterfall. “With this, I set you free.”

“Amy, don’t be stupid,” Titania said and took two steps forward.

“P-please, stop! Please,” Shelly also joined in and screamed, but it was for nothing.

Amaria plunged into the abyss, leaving the words, “Goodbye, my love” hanging in the air.

“No, n-no, Vanilla. This can't be... Why? Why?” Shelly said with a trembling voice.

I couldn’t explain it, though there must be a reason I am not aware of, but I said nothing and lightly embraced Shelly as she sobbed for the probable death of a person she didn’t personally know.

Titania looked at Shelly and me, but made no comments about the crying child.

“I’m going after her,” she told me with a stern expression, and was bold enough to use my words against me. “But I don’t have a way back up. Figure it out, or I will become your worst nightmare.”

So she plunged down the waterfall, knowing whether or not it was a survivable distance way down. Likes attract, and so must fools attract too. Such were my thoughts as I watched the rushing water fall off the cliff, while trying to calm a child with waterfalls on her eyes.

 

VANILLA RATES: REBORN CHARACTERS

Spoiler

• Amaria (-1): 4/10 Shouldn't have made the decision to commit suicide even if the revelation that her lover didn't love her was shocking- I don't have a good opinion of those who rely on others for their happiness
• Titania (-1): 2/10 She didn't handle things properly years ago, and she didn't handle things properly this time around either, it would seem
• Bonus Shelly (+/- 0): 7/10 I'm puzzled by why she sheds tears for one she has no attachment to- when it'd been Corey, he was her friend's father so it was understandable, but this time she doesn't know Amaria other than perhaps by name

 

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[J-Awesome_One 1328]

Another exciting (but sad) episode! I liked how you made Shelly watch the 2nd suicide... Is it morbid for me to say that. o.O Ohh well. I like how you made Titania more... I wanna say humble with the whole "reading the diary" thing. Well can't wait for the next 1.

[Candy 1688]

1 minute ago, J-Awesome_One said:

Another exciting (but sad) episode! I liked how you made Shelly watch the 2nd suicide... Is it morbid for me to say that. o.O Ohh well. I like how you made Titania more... I wanna say humble with the whole "reading the diary" thing. Well can't wait for the next 1.

I didn't want her to watch it, but since she's right there I couldn't not have her lol poor Shelly will be traumatized until they get Waterfall and find out Amaria ain't dead.

I don't think I made Titania more humble (90% of what she says is copy pasted from the game) but having someone equally sharp (Vanilla) instead of the usual silent protagonist might've made her seem more vulnerable. She already has guilt in her, but doesn't show weakness in the game because the MC doesn't go like "Titania how could you do this shit to Amaria?? *angery*" while Vanilla's like "she'll turn into your worst nightmare" xD

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I wonder what Shelly and Pikachu did while Vanilla went inside the mansion

[Candy 1688]

1 minute ago, SilverHelio said:

I wonder what Shelly and Pikachu did while Vanilla went inside the mansion

*nincadas singing in the background*

Shelly: ...

Pikachu: ...

*croagunks and froakies croaking in the background*

Shelly: ...

Pikachu: ...

*river flowing in the background*

Shelly: ...

Pikachu: ...

Shelly: Um, may I, um, pet you?

Pikachu: *squeaks and gets closer to Shelly*

Shelly: *pat pat*

Pikachu: *blissful*

Shelly: *blissful*

 

jk I don't know, I leave it to thy imagination xD

[Corso 165]

2 hours ago, Candy said:

I found some R-rated magazines between the cushions.

Best Reborn run (or is this particular in the game?)

 

I really liked the episode, the dialogues felt natural. However I wonder which path Vanilla will choose at the end of WTC: she said she wants to grind experience several times but her "git gud" attitude may make her choose the wrong path and refuse fighting Taka, or maybe her heart will change befoore that moment...

14 minutes ago, Candy said:

froakies croaking in the background

Ok who would pet anything when you can catch Froakie in the wild?!?!?
Nincada is a cool pokemon too (Shelly make Shedinja great again!)

But I totally see Shelly asking to pet Pachirisu 

Btw Pachirisu should have forced her to stay away from that scene

[Candy 1688]

2 hours ago, Corso said:

the wrong path

I see sumone is biased >.> jk I've been thinking but I'm going to cheat it and force Reshiram-path it lol You'll see what I mean when we get there. The reason is simple: on my main save somehow I ended up fighting him and thus playing Zekrom path. I wanna play Reshiram path too, even if I've gotten massively spoilered already xD

But I might make it a poll decision if there's enough interest in determining Vanilla's fate~

 

2 hours ago, Corso said:

when you can catch Froakie in the wild

Probably you can catch froakie in the wild... except it's a 0.00001% rare encounter 

 

Also, that mini scene was something I pulled out of mah b00ty in one minute (hence the random froakies), but it's based on this old scene in Ep 13 back in Season 1 lol It's the scene just before Vanilla and Shelly have their gym match, but Shelly is still uncomfortable around Vanilla due to her explosiveness being reminiscent of Cal.

Spoiler

“What is it,” I asked.

“I-I’m fine, don’t worry about me.”

Clearly she wasn’t fine. I could see the fear in her eyes. Why? Don’t ask me questions.

I scratched my cheek and watched her silently for a short moment, before thinking of something to ease the atmosphere. I took Pikachu off my shoulder and lifted him up in front of her face.

“Do you like squirrels?” I asked.

“Your pachirisu is very cute,” Shelly said, showing Pikachu a warm smile. “C-Can I pet it?”

“Sure.”

Shelly slowly raised her hand and started petting Pikachu on the head. Her trembling gradually subsided, and Pikachu let out a comfortable squeak.

“I-I think… I can tell you have taken care of him very well.”

“He doesn’t battle, but has been with me almost immediately since I started the Reborn League.”

When I judged Shelly was less nervous around me, I asked her whether she’d like to start the battle.

“L-Let’s do it.”

 

[GenEric 315]

oh no im late

damn poor shelly, had to see another person plunge to their death

also damn vanilla being an unemphathetic savage again 

hopefully seeing dead bodies can make vanilla like tania

[Candy 1688]

5 hours ago, Archeric said:

oh no im late

damn poor shelly, had to see another person plunge to their death

also damn vanilla being an unemphathetic savage again 

hopefully seeing dead bodies can make vanilla like tania

Imo though, out of all the episodes, I think Vanilla was less of an un empathetic savage in this one (criticizing Tania by thinking of what'd happened to herself, hugging Shelly which I think is almost uncharacteristic of her lol), though if you emphasize with Tania... then yep she has zero mercy for her

[Corso 165]

15 hours ago, Candy said:

Reshiram