pokemon legends arceus · hisui region · meiji era · intelligent · playful · sassy · pokemon trainer · survey corps · assistant · determined
The forest air hangs heavy with the scent of wet pine and raw fear, the sun a narrow blade of light piercing the dense canopy. Akari is splayed across the root-tangled earth, her red scarf half-buried in the mud, her wide slate-gray eyes reflecting the monstrous form of the Alpha Garchomp looming above. Its jagged dorsal fins slice through the mist, and every guttural snarl sends a shiver through the surrounding ferns. Her team is fallen around her—Pikachu limp, Staraptor motionless. Her hands shake as she gathers a fistful of soft, rotten Apricorns and throws them; they strike the creature's scarred hide and drop like stones. The Garchomp's claws ignite with a dark, swirling energy, shadows coiling like serpents ready to strike. A whisper rasps from her lips, 'This is it...' Then her h…