Chapter 2 - What It Means To Live A Double Life
Authors Note:{Telekinesis}
Human Jack's perspective
Pokedex Entry
Prio (Bug Type):A small worm that eats souls. There are two paths that it can take. If it doesn’t eat a soul and evolves to Caudate(Female-Variant(It doesn’t need to be female but it was easier for me this way)), then it gains its own individual personality. Otherwise, if the Prio eats the soul of a weakened creature (the creature needs to be weakened to be put under a curse), it will take the soul creature becoming the Caudate(Male-variant) Prio’s will typically curse targets that are either dead or dying to ensure the curse is effective. If a target lives, strange circumstances can arise from this. Its type is bug (but has psychic moves) Think about Galade and Gardevoir. These are two variants of a pokemon that evolve differently.
Caudate (Female/Pure -Variant) (Bug-Psychic Type): A strange pinkish/turquoise small slug-like those in slugterra. Its form is very weak being one of the weakest Pokemon in the game. It has strange powers though that give it strength. It does have a very fast speed and decent attack capabilities The Female-variant of the Caudate is much stronger and faster than the Male-variant (Taking note of wasps and spiders which have stronger females). There can be male versions of this variant however, they are much rarer. They typically act as the main force in reproduction as they use large amounts of energy to forcefully bring about new life. They evolve into Caecilian.
Caudate (Male/Cursed -Variant) (Ghost-Bug Type): A strange whitetish/purplish small slug-like those in slugterra. Its form is very weak being one of the weakest Pokemon in the game. It has strange powers though that give it strength and can form special bonds. Sadly, as a disadvantage, it is cursed. The Male-variant is much weaker then the female-variant is typically used. There can be female versions of this variant however, they are much rarer.
Typcially cursed male versions of the Caudate act as sustenance for the Female Caudates. The souls of Cursed Caudates are consumed and then used to help aid in the growth of Pure Caudates. They evolve into Proteus.
After leaving the scene, I can’t help but feel chills crawling up my spine. I wonder what Austin is thinking of. Ah, he's probably thinking about docking my pay. And sharing my misadventures with the entire ranger corps. Seriously, for a man with such a straight and uptight face. He has quite the mischievous side to him.
Ah, forget about him. It's been a tough day. I had to deal with a demon child who had lost all of his innocence and with evil demon birds. I have to set up camp in the wilderness which is now in tatters due to the birds. I also have to fry my dear ranger friend Robin who told me that capture styluses are flame-resistant. A complete and utter lie. In fact, I bet he encouraged me to join the Ranger Corps just so he could have a buddy join him in the pits of Pandemonium.
Setting aside my priorities for the moment. My thoughts get interrupted by a rapid stream of telepathic thoughts. I could sense the feeling of anger within these psychic threads. Ah, it's probably about time I chucked Talia at a flock of birds. Past memories that I could look upon and smile at.
{Enough about reminiscing about past events that occurred not too long ago. You chucked me at a horde of monstrous beasts and left me for dead.} Talia fumes angrily. She jumps at me, trying to bite my finger, but I successfully move my fingers out of the way.
To first describe Talia, I would describe her as a small slug with four appendages. Standing up on two legs, and using two very small arms to for balance and grabbing onto things. She is very small, being only six inches tall, being a pinkish, turquoise-like color. Similar to the coloration of the legendary Pokemon Mespirit. Her current evolutionary state is as a Caudate (Female/Pure -Variant) (Bug-Psychic Type). A Pokemon that existed in the far past until the species went completely extinct. A pokemon that most people don’t even know exists or at least have never seen. She is also my partner Pokemon and unknown to most people is the person I am betrothed to. If you have any questions about this, I will get to explaining it later.
I couldn’t help but tease her back, “Eh, wasn’t willing to do anything to you that you wouldn’t be willing to do to me yourself. Also, due to my accursed bond, I felt your pain so clearly this action was a necessary evil.”
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She glares back up at me. Too bad I find her much too cute due to her small stature. Also considering that she has to crane her neck up to see eye level with me. Being six inches tall really blows.
{Necessary evil, huh? I bet you probably forget that you feel pain if I feel pain. Also, I can’t help but feel that most of these problems were a direct consequence of your actions. Not mine. Meaning if I decided to bite my own finger every single day. I could count that as a necessary evil.}
Touché. I really stubbed myself in the toe with that one.
Getting on my hands and knees. I am a begging man. “Please, we can talk about this. You’ll feel the same pain that I do.”
She laughs back. {But the difference is, that the suffering is shared between us.}
“Alright then, I can deal with it. I will simply just call you Kiwi for the rest of your days. Even worse, I will go into the Pokemon directory and change your official name to Kiwi.” I couldn’t help but retort back. She passes along the horrified glance I was hoping for.
Mortified, she mutters, {You wouldn’t dare…}
Thinking to myself. I totally would. And she knows it. This situation reminds me that I’ve been doing this for years. I’ve had to get creative due to the bond that share with Talia. It mostly benefits her due to the fact that the pain from the bond is one way. Meaning if I feel pain, she is completely unaffected. But with practice, I have found a variety of things that get under her skin. But all things need to come to an end. We came up with a compromise, Talia will keep watch. And I will set up camp.
As I was evilly chuckling to myself in my thoughts. A random ranger approaches me. What was his name again? Ah, I think it was Ben.
“Hey Ben, what are you doing here? I’m busy fixing up my camp after a few unexpected visitors showed up.”
Ben provides a quizzical look. A deep thoughtful stare. One that questions my sanity. “Well, I was just checking up on you after the events that just occurred. I also wanted to make sure that you were fully stocked with supplies. While you do have quite a bit of experience under your belt, you haven’t been stationed here very long.” At this point in time, a moment of silence passes between us. “Uh-”
“Uh, what?” I couldn’t help but ask back.
Ben finally gaining the words to speak, “Well, I was just wondering who you were talking to and what you were talking about.”
“Oh, I was just having a lovers quarrel.” I chuckle back at him.
“With who?” he mutters under his breath, “Wait, forget about it. Don’t tell me.” As he sprints away into the distance. Huh, I thought he wanted to know.
As he was running into the wilderness. I noticed it was starting to get dark. I also swear I could hear the words in the far off distance. “Man why do they send me all the crazy ones.” But honestly that was just me. I’m probably just crazy and misinterpreted the words due to me not being able to hear them properly.
So much for a warm greeting in the forest on my first day. My first day in Hoenn. I couldn’t help but think back to the events that brought me here. From Kalos, to Aloha, to Unova, and finally to Hoenn. Man, I think I’ve lived an eventful life to make up for the time I was a washed-up alcoholic.
I notice Talia as she hops down from the tree she is watching from. So that’s where she was.{Hey, don’t forget what we came for.}
“Don’t worry. I haven’t forgotten.” I snort back.
She provides the mental representation of a sigh. {With you, I can’t ever be sure. We need to find your trainer before he goes on the move again alongside that crazy Professor Burnet.}
“Ey. Don’t worry about it. I will complain as much as possibly can with Hyde. Also, you should be resting yourself. It hasn’t been that long since I rescued you from Team Plasma in Unova.”
{Don’t remind me. I’m going to go to bed. I hope you set up the proximity alarms yes.}
“Yeah, I did. Now sleep.”
I’m starting to have headaches now. I had dizzy spells and was barely conscious in the morning. This means that it is going to happen again. I randomly pass out during the day. All the people around me wonder about my condition and sleep problems but in reality, it's due to a curse. A curse that makes me live one of my lives as a Pokemon when I’m asleep and as a human when I’m awake. An accident. A double life of sorts. I blank out feeling my being getting whisked away.
Authors Note: These chapters act as perfect introductions to previous events that occur in the world. The one for chapter 2 being about Jacks travel to Unova to find Talia and rescue her from Team Plasma.
Other good events include Jacks adventure into Aloha after getting poached as a Pokemon similar to Talia. He ends up forming a bond with the trainer Hyde Burnet in order to escape Team Skull gangsters. He finds out though that he travels all over the world making it almost impossible to easily get his Pokemon body back to his human one.
More events will be brought up about his past as a Pokemon trainer, his encounter with the crypt where he got cursed and met Talia who tried to eat him. And etc. Also, encounters with corrupted Pokemon which come from dark balls or other corruptive tools that convert pokemon into those forms.
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