Borne of Caution (Pokemon Isekai)

[Retigh]

The dragon tamer plants her hands on her hips and gives him a smile. "I thought that after giving Aster back her cloak, I was due for a change. What do you think?"

Zinnia's open-back shirt is no more, replaced with a normal red tank-top with a black jacket bearing claw-designs on the sleeves. Her rope belt was also surrendered, replaced with something more standard. Her shorts and sandals look to be unchanged, however.

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Alright, lets see if this is a workaround...

Nope.

Spoiler: Works?

Okay, here we go. @Fuggmann You can copy the image link from this for the story.

 

[GeekGod_of_Speed]

Giratina, antithesis of Arceus, stares down at them with eyes the color of fresh blood

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I thought Giratina was just "distortion" or "mirrors" or "something something multiverse" to Dialga's "god of time" and Palkia's "god of space" and him being "the devil" was just human superstition.

Kinda like Lucifer in some depictions (the tv show? Maybe dc comics?) where he's actually just doing his job, it's just his job is being "leader of hell" and he got stuck being in charge of the evil herd of cats that are demons so everything they do is his fault

 

[LithiumWar]

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Image is borked in post but visible in reply.

 

[Storylover213]

So I'm kinda hoping we get Lee as Giratina's chosen and him maybe even catching Giratina as that would be awesome.

 

[FTR2017]

The glorious murder-ghost danger noodle made his appearance!

I am quite hyped as to what they want with Henson--perhaps inquire if he is in need of a traveling partner? Just so he can see the world and totally not grow strong enough to smack around his brothers for not letting him visit in person!

 

[ZacSunTiBidea]

Wasn't one of Satanoodle's purviews 'Destruction'?

My money's on academic interest in the bomb that sent Lee here and non-academic interest in what of Lee's soul allowed him to transfer bodily through the destruction it wrought.

As well as being intrigued at the nonsense that those material-rulers in Hoenn are about to pull once they all wake up.

 

[Baxybilyones]

"I have been awaiting this moment, Lee Henson,"

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Giratina has been trying to reach you about your life's extended warrenty.

 

[Baxybilyones]

Wasn't one of Satanoodle's purviews 'Destruction'?

My money's on academic interest in the bomb that sent Lee here and non-academic interest in what of Lee's soul allowed him to transfer bodily through the destruction it wrought.

As well as being intrigued at the nonsense that those material-rulers in Hoenn are about to pull once they all wake up.

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With dragon being about pride and ghosts about death, im pretty sure the global genocide tier M.A.D so you can go down swinging would function as a massive personalized ghost/dragon beacon. From my understanding radioactive decay is also an important component in creating anti matter, which would make global nuking a personal @giratina message.

 

[LordMentat]

Sala sends a glance towards Sceptile, who just shakes his head. "Don't fight it, you won't win," the Grass-type's amused growl seems to say

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Kinda hope Sala sticks around. Does not even need to be part of the main poke team, just be the old man of the group, "back in my day!"…

 

[aokway]

I thought Giratina was just "distortion" or "mirrors" or "something something multiverse" to Dialga's "god of time" and Palkia's "god of space" and him being "the devil" was just human superstition.

Kinda like Lucifer in some depictions (the tv show? Maybe dc comics?) where he's actually just doing his job, it's just his job is being "leader of hell" and he got stuck being in charge of the evil herd of cats that are demons so everything they do is his fault

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He is in charge of nothing, THE nothing
He rules all that isn't time and space, which is nothing, so he decides to take some of the something for himself got told "no" and decided the reasonable response was to murder his dad, not that crazy really, if I was told I was in charge of the void and then told I must stand guard for all eternity I'd be pretty pissed too
Basically he and hades from horizon zero dawn have a similar purpose "if the world/universe is a fucked up mess then his job is to reset it all to zero" his entire dimension is basically the multiverses trash can
He's literally the trash man of the multiverse, and just as valued as a real trash man

 

[aokway]

With dragon being about pride and ghosts about death, im pretty sure the global genocide tier M.A.D so you can go down swinging would function as a massive personalized ghost/dragon beacon. From my understanding radioactive decay is also an important component in creating anti matter, which would make global nuking a personal @giratina message.

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this is what I'm imagining playing as Lee describes why giratina wanted to meet him (if you're right)

Roll out the Fallout! (feat. Black Gryph0n & Beny Benack III)

War never changes… good thing that we do. Lyrics: What a time, oh, what a season To be among the human race We are conquering diseases Sending Teslas off to space We won’t set the world on fire No

on.soundcloud.com

 

[Fuggmann]

A quick little thing to help everyone keep track of what the team can do so far. We're probably overdue for this, actually.

The included game stats aren't a 1:1 reflection of what they do in the story and are more for fun than anything.

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Lee's team as of: Act 2 Finale​

Ninetales

Ability: Drought

Moves:
Ember
Roar
Baby-Doll Eyes
Quick Attack
Confuse Ray
Fire Spin
Payback
Will-O-Wisp
Double Team
Feint Attack
Hex
Imprison
Flame Burst
Extrasensory
Psychic
Safeguard
Flamethrower
Energy Ball
Solar Beam
Iron Tail
Dig
Protect
Hyper Beam
(Various half-finished, unnamed Fire moves)

Custom Moves:
Convergence - Fire Type - Spawns fireballs all around the target, and after charging, converges on the target before exploding, striking from all sides.
[5 PP - 120 Power - 100 Accuracy - Special]
[2-turn move - Ignores foe's positive stat changes - Strikes adjacent pokemon for 50% of damage]

Forbidden Sun - Fire Type - An explosion is contained in a telekinetic shell and thrown at the foe at great speed. Explodes on contact.
[10 PP - 90 Power - 95 Accuracy - Special]
[High Priority - Chance to cause Burn]

Fox Fire - Fire Type - Spawns fox-shaped clones made of fire. The clones can move and use basic melee attacks as well as basic fire attacks, but require concentration from the caster. Clones can Self-Destruct at will or upon being destroyed.
[5 PP - 100 Power - N/A Accuracy - Special]
[Creates a clone with 1/4th the user's HP that absorbs attacks - Each turn the clone is active, it independently attacks a random foe using 1/4th the users Sp Atk stat with a chance to cause Burns - Upon being defeated, the clone uses Self Destruct, causing damage to all foes with a chance to Burn. Lowers the user's Sp Atk three stages after clone is defeated]

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Sceptile

Ability: Overgrow

Moves:
Pound
Leer
Absorb
Quick Attack
Detect
Protect
Focus Energy
Swords Dance
Bullet Seed
Feint Attack
Extremespeed
False Swipe
Slash
Leaf Blade
X-Scissor
Night Slash
Energy Ball
Solar Beam
Rock Tomb

Custom Moves:
Siphon Blade - Grass Type - Strikes with a leafy, nutrient-sapping blade. Drains energy from the foe with each cut.
[10 PP - 90 Power - 100 Accuracy - Physical]
[Heals HP for 50% of damage dealt - High crit rate]

Seed Sniper - Grass Type - Fires a pin-point accurate seed with a hard shell at super-sonic speeds.
[15 PP - 80 Power - 100 Accuracy - Physical]
[High crit rate - Physical, but does not make bodily contact]

Seed Blast - Grass Type - Fires a wide cone of hard-shelled seeds.
[20 PP - 60 Power - 100 Accuracy - Physical]
[Strikes adjacent pokemon - Physical, but does not make bodily contact]

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Corviknight

Ability: Mirror Armor

Moves:
Pluck
Drill Peck
Roost
Fury Attack
Extremespeed
Metal Sound
Swift
Hone Claws
Power Trip
Scary Face
Taunt
Steel Wing
Iron Defense
Light Screen
Protect

Custom Moves:
Pursuers - Dark Type - Launches homing balls of Dark TE. The balls move slowly, but have aggressive tracking. Bursts on impact into caustic clouds of Dark TE.
[20 PP - 80 Power - N/A Accuracy - Special]
[Ignores accuracy checks - Lowers foe's Def and Sp Def one stage]

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Shinx

Ability: Intimidate

Moves:
Tackle
Leer
Baby-Doll Eyes
Thunder Shock
Shock Wave
Spark
Roar
Charge
Thunder Wave
Protect

Custom Moves:
N/A

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Octillery

Ability: Sniper

Moves:
Wrap
Headbutt
Water Gun
Octazooka
Psybeam
Gunk Shot
Rock Blast
Charge Beam
Aurora Beam
Signal Beam
Ice Beam
Bullet Seed
Lock-On
Focus Energy
Psychic
Thunder Wave
Payback
Protect

Custom Moves:
Ink Spear - Water Type - Fires a salty bolt of ink at super-sonic speeds that can be guided by the user's thoughts. With enough control, Ink Spear can pull harsh turns unfeasible for other homing projectiles.
[5 PP - 100 Power - N/A Accuracy - Special]
[High crit rate - Ignores accuracy checks - Ignores Detect - Ignores most semi-invulnerability (Fly, Dig, etc)]

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Sylveon

Ability: Pixilate

Moves:
Bite
Wrap
Covet
Sand Attack
Baby-Doll Eyes
Quick Attack
Baton Pass
Charm
Wish
Helping Hand
Disarming Voice
Swift
Draining Kiss
Light Screen
Hyper Voice
Protect

Custom Moves:
N/A

 

[Dradel]

Fox Fire - Fire Type - Spawns fox-shaped clones made of fire. The clones can move and use basic melee attacks as well as basic fire attacks, but require concentration from the caster. Clones can Self-Destruct at will or upon being destroyed.
[5 PP - 100 Power - N/A Accuracy - Special]
[Creates a clone with 1/4th the user's HP that absorbs attacks - Each turn the clone is active, it independently attacks a random foe using 1/4th the users Sp Atk stat with a chance to cause Burns - Upon being defeated, the clone uses Self Destruct, causing damage to all foes with a chance to Burn. Lowers the user's Sp Atk three stages after clone is defeated]

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The custom moves are all strong, but imagining them in-game this one is completely broken. I can already smell the banhammer.

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

A powerful lineup with some awesome custom moves.

I can already smell the banhammer.

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We absolutely need an omake of Lee popping up in the various games and the anime and peoples reaction to to both him, his shenanigans, and his moves. Maybe a spinoff anime based on this story? The outcry of him taking Ashs Sceptile would be amazing to see. And the theories about him and Ninetales will be hilarious

 

[JKD_666]

A powerful lineup with some awesome custom moves.


We absolutely need an omake of Lee popping up in the various games and the anime and peoples reaction to to both him, his shenanigans, and his moves. Maybe a spinoff anime based on this story? The outcry of him taking Ashs Sceptile would be amazing to see. And the theories about him and Ninetales will be hilarious

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As I said on Spacebattles, Lee isn't beating the hidden postgame superboss allegations.

 

[veekie]

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Alright, lets see if this is a workaround...

Nope.

Spoiler: Works?

Okay, here we go. @Fuggmann You can copy the image link from this for the story.

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The issue was that Imgur had been replacing the image they serve up with a shitty blog page containing that image instead.

So hotlinking imgur from anywhere all fails unless its in your cache. QQ runs all pics through a proxy first so it all fails entirely

 

[NewWillinium]

I have spent the past two days just devouring this story and I have finally caught up to now.

What a amazing journey so far, perhaps the best of these Pokemon stories I have read in many a year.

Simply phenomenal and I am happy to wait for more.

 

[TheLastTalcBender]

I have returned!

...Wait, no one cares because I'm not the author. Sigh...

I really enjoy the story. And apparently so does the best ghost snek. That ought to be interesting.

I do wonder if Lee's link with Ninetales, or some other talent or artifact (Aura?) could make him immortal too? I am hoping that one day, perhaps after they get stronger and more mature, they eventually give into thr fluffy tails, but I am willing to wait.

Someone is really looking forward to their long overdue checkup.

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Ha, that would be amazing! And his sponsor's reaction to that report even better!