Conversation Between Misheard Whisper and Lashh
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  1. Misheard Whisper
    July 10th, 2011 8:51 PM
    Misheard Whisper
    I think it was pretty bad . . . the theme was just 'write a 3 v 3 Pokemon battle', but I could've done so much more with it. Since then . . . hmm. A handful of one-shots - maybe six? - and several incomplete chapterfics, each one sliiiightly longer than the last: Faith (based off the one shot, lasted maybe three chapters), Lost and Alone (PMD fic, lasted about four), Edge of Destiny (darkfic, maybe seven), Bang Head Here (Emerald parody, still on hiatus after six - biggish - chapters), Shattered (lasted nine chapters), and now Champion Game (thirteen and counting). Oh, and at some point there was Digital Demons, a kind of parody horror fic where a hypothetical alternate evolution of Porygon-2 goes berserk and kills people. One-shots, I've written (in no particular order) Torn (eventually the base for Shattered), Something Will Be Born (fluffy friendship emo!Cynthia thing), Faith (you saw), Broken, Crushed, New Game, another I'm working on at the moment (horror, will probs end up as a two- or three-shot) . . . Oh! I forgot Fractured, a short-lived chapterfic about Clair in an AU Johto where everybody's at war.

    Jeez. I start far too many things. And this is all on top of a full novel and a half (two years' worth of NaNoWriMo), as well as an independent novella of about 18,000 words called Artificial (my magnum opus imo) and a crack 40,000-word Pokemon fanfic I did when I ran out of novel last NaNo. Most of it never got posted. orz
  2. Lashh
    July 10th, 2011 12:01 PM
    Lashh
    That was a pretty enjoyable battle, league matches are hella fun. How many fanfics do you think you've written since then?

    Oh, I managed to finish reading Broken last night before passing out, and even though Mightyena is one of my favorite Pokemon, I enjoyed it.
  3. Misheard Whisper
    July 10th, 2011 11:20 AM
    Misheard Whisper
    I play mine everywhere - even at school. :P

    OH LOOK I FOUND IT. oh god the badnessssss
    Spoiler:
    FAITH



    The sun beat down upon me harshly as I stood at one end of the sandy arena, waiting.

    The noise of the crowd, roaring in anticipation, was loud in my ears as I stood, waiting.

    “Ladies and gentlemen, boys, girls and Pokémon!” boomed the announcer over the speakers. “It’s the one you’ve all been waiting for! The Grand Final of the Kanto League Championship!”

    I felt my breathing intensify and my heart pounding in my chest. This was It. Capital I, It. After months and months of terrifically hard training, I had made it to the Grand Final.

    I admit I was surprised to be here. I wasn’t sure my Pokémon and I could pull through, but I knew I had to have
    faith. In my Pokémon and in myself.
    “Our first contender!” The announcer’s voice jarred me sharply out of my reverie. “From Saffron City, it’s Kenji!” I waved and smiled weakly at the crowd as my name was called. I was feeling decidedly nauseous.

    “Aaaand, from Olivine City in Johto! Fresh from winning last year’s Silver Conference – ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for Cassie!” The crowd cheered again, a lot louder than they had for me.

    I squinted through the dust haze at my opponent. I couldn’t see much, but she looked about seventeen, her hair whipping around her face in the wind. She was confident. That much I could see.

    With a start, I realised that the referee was calling for the match to begin. Cassie called out her Tyranitar.

    “Right, then,” I said quietly, and then shouted “Let’s go, Jolteon!” My faithful Jolteon, my first ever Pokémon, burst from her PokéBall eagerly, obviously raring for a fight. I was feeling fairly good. This wasn’t really a fair fight, but at least I didn’t have a type disadvantage.
    I sure hoped Jolteon could pull through.

    “Tyranitar, start things off with an Earthquake!” ordered Cassie. I blanched. I had completely forgotten about that move! The shock wave smashed into Jolteon, dealing heavy damage. I winced. Jolteon couldn’t take another one of those. I tried to counter.

    “Quick, Jolteon!” I cried desperately, “Use your Thunderbolt!” Jolteon charged up for a moment, glowing and sparking, and then poured 10,000 volts of electrical energy through Tyranitar. The big Rock type took a fair chunk of damage, but nothing like what Jolteon had.

    “Come on, Tyranitar! One more Earthquake to finish it off!” came the order. I knew I had to think fast. If that attack made contact, Jolteon was toast! As Tyranitar prepared to launch its second Earthquake, it hit me.
    “Jolteon! Get on top of Tyranitar!” It was our only chance. Jolteon understood. Using its speed and powerful hind legs, it raced towards Tyranitar, leapt into the air, and landed on the big Pokémon’s head. Tyranitar’s Earthquake couldn’t touch it! I celebrated inwardly.

    Once the Earthquake was over, I cried, “Now jump down, Jolteon, and use Double Kick!” Jolteon did so with blinding speed, slamming both of its hind legs into Tyranitar’s body. Tyranitar stumbled and fell to one knee. I heard its Trainer shout something, but didn’t hear what. All of a sudden, I saw bright white light starting to gather in Tyranitar’s mouth. Uh-oh. The Hyper Beam. The all-or-nothing.

    “Agility, Jolteon!” I commanded. I was starting to panic now. “Use your Agility to dodge it when it comes!”

    Tyranitar fired. Jolteon leapt to the side with blinding speed. Yes! We had evaded it! I took advantage of the exhausted Tyranitar to order a Pin Missile attack. The glowing needles shot through the air, drilling into Tyranitar. The behemoth fell crashing to the ground.

    We had done it! I heard the referee shouting something, but I couldn’t hear him because the blood was pounding so loudly in my ears. Jolteon was tired, but I let her stay in. She was obviously having as much fun as I was, though she had taken quite a hammering. But I was learning my lesson. I had to have
    faith.

    My opponent’s next Pokémon was a Donphan, which I wasn’t familiar with. I called a Quick Attack, but it didn’t seem to do much.

    “Donphan, Rollout!” she called. Donphan rolled into a ball, tusks whirling, and ploughed into Jolteon with the force of a bullet train. Jolteon just couldn’t take it. I recalled her regretfully.

    “Well done, my friend,” I whispered. “You were amazing!” Because of Rollout being a Rock-type move, and Quick Attack not having much of an effect, I guessed this was a Rock-type Pokémon. (I only found out later that it was a Ground-type) For that reason, I chose my next Pokémon.

    “Golduck! I choose you!” Golduck, the second Pokémon I ever caught. Another faithful friend. Again, it comes down to
    faith. I decided to take the initiative. “Golduck! Use your Confusion attack!” Golduck telekinetically lifted Donphan, and sent it flying, but not without effort.

    Donphan recovered fast, and upon command, used Earthquake. Golduck took the hit well, digging its webbed feet into the ground.

    “Confusion! One more time!” Again, Donphan was sent soaring, but this time, it staggered to its feet, and started firing off attacks in random directions, with no regard for its Trainer’s instructions. “It’s confused, Golduck!” I shouted excitedly. “Get in there with a Hydro Pump!”

    A torrent of water shot from Golduck’s beak, engulfing Donphan. When the flood ceased, Donphan was down for the count.

    “Well done, Donphan!” I exclaimed. I had
    faith in you, I added silently. I now had two Pokémon left, while Cassie only had one. Slowly, she removed a PokéBall from her belt, kissed it, and hurled it onto the field.

    “Win this for me, Mamoswine!” I gaped. Donphan I was unfamiliar with and everyone had heard of the near-legendary Tyranitar, but this? I was at a total loss. I had never seen one before, even in a book or on TV. I had no clue how to tackle it. But then I remembered.
    Faith. Coming into this battle, I told myself that I would have faith in the skills of my Pokémon, and my own. I had to stick to that, or all was lost.

    “Golduck! Use Fury Swipes!” Golduck sprinted in, webbed feet pounding the ground. Not for the first time, I wondered how a swimming Pokémon like Golduck managed to be so graceful and athletic on land.

    “Mamoswine! Take Down!” Uh-oh. If a Take Down from a thing that size made contact with my Golduck...

    “Golduck! Pull up!” I yelled in desperation. Golduck realised what was happening, and tried to swing off to one side of the charging Mamoswine. But the two Pokémon had been going too fast to completely avoid a collision. Mamoswine clipped Golduck with a tusk and sent it flying.

    “Golduck!” I cried, “Are you OK?”

    “Duuck...” it croaked feebly, but nodded. I felt a strong surge of affection for my Golduck. Even though it had taken an absolute hammering, first from the Earthquake, and then the Take Down, it still had
    faith that I would pull through for it. I only hoped that I could.

    “Use Earthquake, Mamoswine!” Oh, no! Not again! Golduck had nowhere to go. It couldn’t jump like Jolteon, and there was no water to hide in like there was in our semi-final battle. Golduck was pulverized by the shockwave.

    “Golduck, return,” I said dejectedly. In one fell swoop, this Mamoswine had taken out one of my strongest Pokémon. How could I counter it? It seemed to be a Ground-type, but that wasn’t all, I was sure of it. I had to come at this strategically. Earthquake seemed to be Cassie’s favourite move, so I had to use something that would nullify that. I had just the thing. I only hoped I was making the right choice.

    “I’m counting on you, my friend,” I said softly, pressing the PokéBall to my heart. “If we work together, we can pull through.” It may have been my imagination, but I thought I felt a faint pulse of positive energy coming from the PokéBall in my hand.
    Faith. Yes. I had to have faith.
    I threw the PokéBall into the arena, and as I did, I thought of when I first encountered this Pokémon, one fateful evening in the Safari Zone. It was my strongest Pokémon, and I had been training it especially for competitive battling like this. It was my Dragonite.

    She threw back her head and roared. She was ready. Was I?

    “Let’s do this!” You bet I was!

    The two massive Pokémon faced off, Dragonite about seven feet high, Mamoswine a little over eight feet. Dragonite took off and hovered over Mamoswine.

    “Try and Earthquake me now!” I crowed triumphantly. But Cassie wasn’t fazed in the slightest. In fact, she now looked as though she had me on the back foot. But why? If Mamoswine was a Ground-type as I thought, I essentially had the advantage.

    She lifted her hand to the sky to point at Dragonite, and with the air of a poker player showing her hand to reveal a royal flush, she proclaimed,
    “Mamoswine! Use Blizzard!” Oh, no! Dragonite is toast! It’s a freaking Ice-type! I should have seen this coming! The Blizzard rushed toward my Dragonite, who looked at me helplessly. I had to try and stop this, for Dragonite’s sake.

    “Counter it with Hyper Beam!” I almost screamed. Once again, I was getting desperate. Dragonite’s Hyper Beam punched through the Blizzard, diverting it slightly, but it still took some heavy damage.

    Dragonite was still going, but pretty heavily damaged. I needed to think. Mamoswine appeared to be an Ice/Ground type. Thunder wouldn’t do much, but – of course!

    “Dragonite! Swing around and use Fire Blast!” Dragonite swooped in gracefully, an orange ball of flame coalescing in its wide open mouth. Seconds later, the fireball was launched at the Pokémon on the ground below. Mamoswine was too slow to avoid it. The fireball hit Mamoswine directly, giving off great clouds of smoke.

    “Yes!” I punched my fist into my palm. That should do it! But when the smoke cleared, Mamoswine was still standing. Charred and burned, but standing. “Unbelievable!”

    “Ha! We’re not giving up yet, kid! This battle’s only just begun!” Cassie taunted me from the other end of the field.

    “Again, Dragonite!”

    “Mamoswine, Light Screen!” Dragonite dived in again, sending another fireball towards Mamoswine, but Mamoswine put up a silvery-blue shield around itself, which absorbed most of the attack.

    “You can’t win, kid!” crowed Cassie. “My Light Screen renders your Fire Blast all but useless, and Hyper Beam too. Admit it, you’re beat!”
    But you don’t know what else my Dragonite knows, do you, I thought to myself.

    “Dragonite! Fly high!” Dragonite shot upward like an arrow. All eyes in the stadium were on Dragonite now. The announcer had stopped talking. The crowd was silent. Cassie was looking worried, as was Mamoswine. In that moment, I felt a strange sense of absolute power. It was as if I held the entire stadium in my hands.

    Dragonite reached the apex of its climb.

    “Now, Dragonite!” I called, “Use Dragon Rush!” Time seemed to slow down. I saw Dragonite perform a loop-the-loop in the air, and begin to spin as it came down vertically. It span faster and faster, and a cone of swirling energy surrounded it. It came down, and down, and down, and down.

    Impact.

    Dragonite collided with Mamoswine with a BOOM that shook the stadium to its foundations.

    The dust cleared. The referee peered toward the combatants, Dragonite standing shakily, Mamoswine on the ground.

    “Mamoswine is unable to battle!” he announced, and the crowd exploded with cheers and the announcer began recounting the battle over the loudspeaker, but I couldn’t hear them. I had won. I recalled my Dragonite, and held my three PokéBalls in my hands.

    “Thanks, guys,” I said, “You were all wonderful! I had
    faith in you, and you all had faith in me, and that’s how we won!” We won-with faith.
    hurk
  4. Lashh
    July 10th, 2011 10:35 AM
    Lashh
    It was loved, but I just played it wayy too much XD Pretty much the only place I didn't play it was school.

    That's pretty cool that you still remember the date, haha. The only thing bringing my writing down a bit right now is my grammatical errors- I miss certain ('s) and what not. But I have noticed an improvement myself from my beginning days as a fanfic writer. If I can find some of my old first ones, I'll link ya too.
  5. Misheard Whisper
    July 10th, 2011 2:51 AM
    Misheard Whisper
    Oh, well, it was well loved, I guess? D=

    My first fic (a one-shot for a contest) was posted on the . . . twelfth? of December, 2008. I've been writing pretty steadily since then and the improvement is noticeable, even to me. I'll link you sometime - if I can find it, that is.
  6. Lashh
    July 10th, 2011 2:10 AM
    Lashh
    I honestly think that DS hated me though, because the top part of it didn't hold up by itself anymore, cartridges wouldn't pop out normally... I think all my hours of Pokemon on SoulSilver and Platinum mainly just made it sick, haha.

    This was the first Pokemon community site I joined, and honestly you're right, communities are actually pretty fun and entertaining, specially this one. I remember I started off as a roleplayer, but then I eventually got into fanfiction. So how long have you been doing fanfiction for?
  7. Misheard Whisper
    July 9th, 2011 7:58 PM
    Misheard Whisper
    Ow, a dead DS? I don't know how I'd manage if mine decided to crap out. Yeah, I was never a massive gamer, but the Pokemon communities online are just fantastic. I actually joined up back in 2008 (at Bulbagarden) because Bulbanews (which showed up on Bulbapedia, which I frequented) was running an article about a Christmas fanfic challenge. I joined up and never looked back. :D
  8. Lashh
    July 9th, 2011 7:27 PM
    Lashh
    lol, I don't have a DS anymore, it like straight up died, won't even charge. So then it was GBC/A games for awhile, but then I just grew tired of gaming completely. Probably because I was so physically inactive while playing, I got sick, haha.

    Audio books are a good idea though, I do see how they would be of help.
  9. Misheard Whisper
    July 9th, 2011 5:36 PM
    Misheard Whisper
    I just ran off the recordings of Crushed and Broken to make them more accessible to people who simply didn't have the time to sit down and read. Some people like listening to them on the bus or whatever.

    Well, I see your point. Generation V is . . . I dunno how I feel about it, to be entirely honest. It's different, very different, and I don't really find anything wrong with it, but at the same time, it's no FireRed. I spent a disproportionate amount of time on Pokemon forums considering the fact that I've picked up my DS maybe once in the last two months.
  10. Lashh
    July 9th, 2011 4:41 PM
    Lashh
    Thanks for the offer, but I honestly don't think I could sit through an audiobook for anything, I tire quickly if I'm hearing audio that's not music, haha XD; and no problem, I look forward to any more one shots you might have planned.

    I know right? I mean, that would make Pokemon so much more interesting if they actually added more real world concepts. I mean, I know Pokemon is supposed to be fantasy, but it just seems to have gone to far, it seems like they've forgotten about the original fans. That's honestly why the only Pokemon-related activity I do now is write, because the games became trite and I don't like Gen V.
  11. Misheard Whisper
    July 9th, 2011 4:14 PM
    Misheard Whisper
    If you're interested, I recorded audiobook versions of both those one-shots. XD And thanks for the compliment.

    Yeah, a 'dark' Pokemon anime would be great, but it's just too well established as a kids' anime for that to ever happen, unfortunately. :/
  12. Lashh
    July 9th, 2011 3:59 PM
    Lashh
    I just got done reading Crushed, and I must say, you are a good writer! Pretty sad with Poochyena's fate, but all and all it was a good one shot, and I look forward to reading Broken.

    lol, darkfics ftw. It would be cool if they made the anime as dark as the fics, make it seem like a real anime. That would be cool, even though I don't even watch anime XD
    I honestly haven't watched anime in years.
  13. Misheard Whisper
    July 9th, 2011 3:52 PM
    Misheard Whisper
    That's the idea. BD

    Oh, it ought to be. I have huge things planned for Champion Game, and it's just a matter of getting the chapters down.

    Yeah, because there aren't enough darkfics in the fandom as it is XD
  14. Lashh
    July 9th, 2011 10:41 AM
    Lashh
    Just don't let anything blind your path to greatness and your goals.

    And I'm looking forward to seeing whatever crazy twists and turns the story could take- I'd imagine it'll be very intense by stories end.

    I actually like that mentality in one shots. While it can be pretty sad, it shows a whole new creative side to Pokemon that's hella cool to see.
  15. Misheard Whisper
    July 9th, 2011 1:01 AM
    Misheard Whisper
    Yeah, I guess you're right, but it would likely be far too late to get started now. Besides, I've already got my path sorted and I don't intend to deviate from that, though I'm pretty sure music will always be a part of my life.

    Yeah, it could pretty much go anywhere. I know pretty much exactly where I'm going with it and where we're taking pit stops along the way, but the exact route from point to point could be any number of ways. I might even find myself taking a scenic detour from time to time, and that'll be fine. :3

    Yeah, most of my one-shots are a bit like that too. I had to PM Broken to a mod for approval before I posted it at Serebii under an R rating, and Crushed, while not so vicious, is probably no less depressing.
    Spoiler:
    Both end in death.