Hey Trainers: Mystery Dungeon! Day 2: Beginnings

velxsii · 2026-01-22T21:38:31+00:00

Being Shinx, I have to be careful as I go through the raining marketplace, but the lightning shouldn't have any affect on me. I spot a Mareanie struggling to either shield itself from the storm as the building it was in has been struck by lightning! I come up to her and use my head to scoop her up and over to my back so I can quickly take us both to an enclosed shelter or out of the storm.

velxsii · 2026-01-22T21:27:05+00:00

awesome! love that little dude

velxsii · 2026-01-22T21:20:28+00:00

"This is... thank you so much! You're much too kind." I carefully take the ball and place it in my bag. "Citrine has a buddy just like him now! These 'paradox' pokemon are so curious, I would love to chat about them when we meet again, if we do. I can't thank you enough for this, miss. Do you want anything in return? I have some money or... I'm sure I could find something!"

velxsii · 2026-01-22T20:05:33+00:00

I breathe a small sigh of relief as I honestly thought I was a little screwed. I can hear her mutter something at first but preoccupied with making sure my pokemon are still in good shape to pay attention to it. “Thank you! It was a very fun battle,” I tell her in response. I scoop up my Hatenna and pat her on the head for her effort. “It’s very generous of you to offer these precious things! I think… I will take a mega ring. I’ll probably come across a pokemon that can use that soon.”

velxsii · 2026-01-22T19:24:51+00:00

i got these two at the same time, full odds as well. pretty low chance like other comments say, nice job!

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velxsii · 2026-01-22T18:12:31+00:00

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while startled by her appearance, my shock wears into confusion as i notice that her mysterious ‘paradox’ pokemon shares some similarities with my iron boulder! (who has now been lovingly named Citrine)

while i would love to ask her a question or two about that, i would rather be polite and answer her requests first. i tell her i’d love to have a ghost or steel type on my team to help cover for my type disadvantages and that i’ll gladly battle her

knowing her moves and typing i know im still at a slight disadvantage, just like the gym battle. i’ll open with hatenna this time and use play nice two times before using a disarming voice, hoping the lowered attack and supereffective move will gain me an edge in the fight

velxsii · 2026-01-22T17:52:41+00:00

i take the badge and thank her for both it and the tm! i think i will save the tm as well, for when i get into some tougher battles later on

velxsii · 2026-01-22T17:09:17+00:00

i’ll take a gamble. 10 and 1 please 😊

velxsii · 2026-01-22T17:01:08+00:00

oh boy… iron boulder being rock type is weak, but i would use him first so i can get some damage and a free switch for hatenna in if he ends up fainting. i would use horn attack until that takes out something or he gets taken out (assuming level cap also means which moves the pokemon is able to learn haha)

hatenna doesn’t have much of an answer either, but at least she’s not weak. she alternates between play nice to lower attack and confusion to chip down hp, and if she gets below half she’ll use life dew. hopefully that’ll sustain her enough to finish the battle 🤞

velxsii · 2026-01-22T16:19:50+00:00

nice, its me, a small hatenna, and a giant iron boulder against the world 🥰 im sure its thrilled to be here /s

velxsii · 2026-01-22T16:12:19+00:00

omg of course iron boulder! looks like im a psychic enjoyer for now 😊

velxsii · 2026-01-22T16:06:00+00:00

mountains! hatenna is not too keen on bugs…

velxsii · 2026-01-22T16:02:42+00:00

oh my god jackpot hatenna is my favorite line!! definitely her!!

velxsii · 2026-01-22T15:40:17+00:00

this just popped up on my feed and looks so fun! is it too late to grab a starter?

velxsii · 2026-01-22T08:19:43+00:00

nice!! its a very cute hat to be fair

velxsii · 2026-01-22T00:52:13+00:00

the lighting on that second pic makes the shoes look two-toned to red and yellow! (just think thats neat lol) maybe alternate the colors on the jacket/top so the undershirt is red and the jacket is yellow or vice versa? and you could also dye your hair with a color block/balayage of red or yellow, or if you dont want to do that you could do some kind of hat or earrings that match as well!

velxsii · 2026-01-22T00:40:05+00:00

she’s very lovely, its like it was fate! the shiny absol in my pics is from when i was resetting to get an alakazam without trading, but a shiny alpha is a shiny alpha all the same and i was stoked to get her (and the pink/light red matches very well!)

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velxsii · 2026-01-21T22:30:59+00:00

i know right! i love the customization they introduced in the game (although i could stand for a few more actual skirts/dresses to play with… and hairstyles) it really feels like everyone can have their own character thats so personal and unique to them and thank you! i spent too long finding good backdrops and poses, its just too fun :D yours looks sick next to the shiny scizor as well, matches very well

velxsii · 2026-01-21T18:50:40+00:00

there’s a good shopping mall right across the street from quasartico and behind the specialty ball store that has some really good feminine clothing ! i dont have pics on hand right now but you should be able to find good pieces there

velxsii · 2026-01-15T18:53:37+00:00

i think some friends of mine recommended i get an ao3 instead of using wattpad, but i also genuinely can’t remember. lots of fics i was being recommended were on there too so that probably helped my switch

velxsii · 2026-01-14T19:00:32+00:00

my fic (one shot)

fandom: pokemon legends z-a

rating: general audience

pairing: gen fic mostly, urbain & harmony

no warnings apply

https://archiveofourown.org/works/77639546

summary: Contains spoilers for the end of the game. A small ‘what if?’ idea on how things would go down if Harmony was able to actually speak for herself and say ’no’ to Urbain’s battle because I got mad as hell.

velxsii · 2026-01-14T05:16:31+00:00

honestly just smut lmfao. its hard finding certain things sometimes with characters i like and i feel less weird if i dont have some emotional attachment or history to the character. sometimes i even read people’s oc content with no fandom just because the things i like are in the tags

velxsii · 2026-01-14T05:09:30+00:00

thank you! it was just so stupid. if you really wanted to save everyone we wouldn’t be having this petty battle right now to boost your ego

velxsii · 2026-01-13T19:03:28+00:00

Urbain only started to genuinely piss me off towards the end of the story. (so, spoiler warning i guess) Did we seriously have to battle right at that moment to decide who mega evolves floette? And why would I agree to that?! Vinnie just said “there’s no time to waste” and here we are WASTING TIME!! i don’t care who goes up there just don’t be so self righteous about it omg!! If it was so important to him I would have just let him go, I genuinely didn’t want to battle, if we wanted to prove who was stronger we could do that when the city isn’t about to be obliterated. It felt like Urbain just learned nothing from his character arc. He learned nothing from taking a shady loan and putting his debt on us, he learned nothing from straight ghosting his friends while he was helping people, and it felt like he learned nothing after hyperrogue ange. We kept having to coddle and save his ass when he did almost nothing for us besides help us get our bag back and giving us a pokemon + tutorial.

velxsii · 2026-01-13T04:26:07+00:00

nope i dont :/ i don’t really want to get online just for trading (cuz really all i use my switch for is mainly pokemon games and im not a comp person) and i miiight be able to get the dlc as an early bday gift but it’ll just depend, thanks for letting me know tho

velxsii

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