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1, 15 and 45 for Celeste?

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01. What does your character’s name mean? Did you pick it for the symbolism, or did you just like the way it sounded?
Celeste’s name was chosen to match Lyra’s! A celeste, or celesta, is a kind of musical instrument that resembles a small piano. As a word, it means ‘heavenly.’ Since Lyra has a musical instrument name, and lyres are often considered a ‘heavenly’ instrument, Celeste’s name matches her mother’s. Lyra is also a Flying Type Gym Leader in L&L, so Celeste having a ‘sky’ theme fits in that sense as well. Additionally, Celeste and her brother, Renato, both have Italian names as that’s what Silver’s ancestry is.

15. Is there a certain person in this world that they cannot stand? The very mention of this person’s name makes them tremble with anger or fear.
Celeste doesn’t have anyone like that. She tends to be the type of person who gets along with everyone (or at least tries to.) There are people who annoy her, like Draco or Shiki, but she doesn’t truly hate anyone. That’s not to say that Celeste is overly trusting though, she just doesn’t see the point in not being amiable with everyone, whether they like her or not. She can be extra annoying to others who don’t like her as a result of this, however, since she won’t be bothered by taunting or teasing, staying as friendly as always.

45. Is your character the kind to hide their true emotions or do they wear their heart on their sleeve?
Celeste generally wears her heart on her sleeve, seeing no reason to hide her feelings. She has a very carefree attitude, doing what she wants without worrying what others think. As an artist, Celeste also thinks it’s important to always express herself freely since that’s what helps her creativity flow. If she stifles her emotions then she’ll be stifling her creativity as well. That’s not to say Celeste isn’t capable of hiding her feelings though. She’s a good actress when she wants to be, she just doesn’t like being anyone but herself. There are other people in the reformed Team Rocket who can be deceptive and sneaky, she’ll be the honest and straightforward one.

7, 8 and 21 for Hymnia!

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07. Is there a catchphrase or sound that they tend to make a lot (likely without being aware of it)?

Not really a catchphrase but Hymnia tends to comment on how ‘obvious’ or ‘easy’ things are in a fairly smug way. She likes to flaunt her intelligence then play innocent when she’s called out on being stuck up. “I thought I was merely pointing out the obvious. Don’t fault me for being right.” As for sounds, she tends to scoff a lot at things she finds tiresome or irritating. She’ll also make derisive noises when people do something ‘unintelligent or uninspired.’ She sort of tries to hide it when she laughs at others’ expense but… not too hard.

08. What is, perhaps, their biggest flaw? Are they aware of this or oblivious to it?
Hymnia is… not a good person. She has many flaws and very few morals, but her biggest flaw is probably her ego. She sees herself as above others and generally superior and usually right. She’ll acknowledge that she’s wrong if sufficient evidence is provided, but generally she assumes her opinion and perception is the correct one. She also can overestimate herself and end up in over her head. Hymnia is very aware of this flaw, but rather than try and correct what she considers an integral of her personality she simply works around it, preparing for bad situations. It’s not like she cares much what other people think of her anyways.

21. What is one of your character’s biggest fears? How would they react when dealing with this fear?
While Hymnia doesn’t care about what others think of her in general, she does care about her reputation because it’s so useful for her. As a detective, people assume she’s a helpful and trustworthy person and she’s able to have so many wonderful opportunities as a result. She also values her family’s view of her. She’s close with them and wouldn’t like it at all if something happened to them or her relationship with them. As such, one of her biggest fears is being ‘exposed’ and losing her carefully built reputation. Hymnia knows she’s done bad things and is what would be considered a ‘bad guy’, but she’s determined to keep that side of her separate from her family and work reputation. As such, she’s very susceptible to threats about exposing any of her criminal activity. She covers her tracks meticulously and won’t tolerate anyone interfering with her family or even some of her less criminally-inclined friends (as much as Hymnia has non-criminal friends.) 

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What’s the status of Emmet and Ingo in your au?

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Cryptid.

No, I’m serious – the subway twins are actual cryptid-like beings in L&L. They just showed up one day and decided to build the Battle Subway and don’t really age and are Most Definitely Not Human but they keep Nimbasa’s subways safe and their battle challenge is a huge hit so most everyone loves them anyways. By the fankid era… they’re doing the exact same thing they’ve always been doing and probably will be doing for the foreseeable future. They’re secretive, quite odd, definitely have a cult following, but are overall Cool Guys.  

How do Bertram, Poppy, and Cyril go missing?

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Bertram, Poppy and Cyril all go missing in February of 3633, the year the Plot sort of officially starts. Bertram and Poppy were together when it happened (the two were acquaintances) and so it’s assumed that they went missing for the same reason. Evidence points to kidnapping as they found the two’s pokemon left in the side street the two had been talking in in Lumiose. Cyril goes missing about a day later, while travelling in Lumiose with Anise, but his disappearance is not linked to the other two for a while. 

As for what happened to these three, as mentioned (in the tags I think) on a previous post, there is a danger in this world of people with supernatural abilities being captured and sold on the black market for a variety of horrifying ends. As Bertie, Poppy, and Cyril are all mages (and Bertie and Poppy are also dragonbloods to boot), they were targeted by a group that kidnaps people to sell underground (known as ‘mage traffickers’.) The trio end up on auction and are all bought by the same man, a foreigner (probably Galarian or something) named Harrod Levesque who keeps them as his ‘pets’ in his fancy manor house. He covers his tracks well, and it takes a little over two years for their families to track them down and rescue them (despite one of them being the son of Champion Iris, this stuff runs deep), along with the twins Bertie had in the first year of captivity, Aurel and Ophir. Bertie and his boyfriend, Lunen, raise the twins with help from their families, while Harrod is sent to jail. Ultimately all three of them are obviously traumatized, but they all do their best to move forward and are able to lead fulfilling lives.

This subplot ties into the ‘main plot’ as, while searching for what happened to these three, multiple characters end up discovering the threads that lead to uncovering the existence of the ‘main threat/villain’ of this AU, which kickstarts the lead up to the final battle, etc. (I’m still working on this plotline though.) This plotline also leads to more awareness of the threats mages and supernatural beings face when they are treated as commodities and leads to reforms across many regions, though starting in Unova thanks to Iris.

How did Petrel end up raise Atlas?

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Following the defeat of Team Rocket, Proton stays on with the group, but his cruel actions and general animosity towards the remaining members put him at odds with the rest of the team. However, because he was a good agent, he was allowed to remain. In this time period between when Giovanni left and Silver took the reins, the sort of de-facto leader was Petrel – Archer having left the team to find a new path in Sinnoh and Ariana having been arrested. As such, Petrel saw himself responsible for ensuring Proton didn’t do anything too reckless or awful that would reflect poorly on the team or cause trouble.

During this time period, Proton was in a sort of fling/hook-up/rivals-with-benefits relationship with Domino. Proton had previously been dating Will, but after Team Rocket’s first defeat, Will, along with Karen and a number of other members defected from the team. Proton was angry and upset that his boyfriend had ‘betrayed him’ like that and was taking out his frustration with numerous ‘rebound’ relationships that were purely physical and generally ended quickly and explosively. (In truth, Proton and Will’s relationship was very unhealthy and Will realized this with Karen’s help, choosing to leave Team Rocket not just because he no longer agreed with the Team’s actions, but also to protect his and Proton’s unborn child, Perry, who Proton didn’t want.)

During his relationship with Domino, Proton discovers he accidentally became pregnant. While he initially doesn’t plan on keeping the baby, having no interest in being a father, he eventually realizes he could use the kid as leverage against his rival and decides to keep them. After Atlas is born, however, Domino shows no interest in the kid and tells Proton he was silly for thinking she would care, brushing him off and essentially breaking up with him. Furious, Proton now saw Atlas as nothing but a burden and a waste of space, not even able to serve his supposed purpose. When Petrel heard rumors that Proton had had a son, he was immediately concerned for the child’s well-being, with good reason, as when he visits Proton’s apartment to check in, he finds Proton nowhere to be found and Atlas very ill and almost dying of neglect, not having been properly fed or taken care of by his father.

Petrel takes Atlas into his care, luckily able to get him the medical treatment he needs and saving his life, and officially exiles Proton from Team Rocket for his actions, as this had gone way too far. Proton is pissed, but he leaves without looking back, figuring that the Team was holding him back anyways. Following this, Petrel takes it upon himself to raise Atlas as best he can, feeling responsible for what happened since he didn’t think to investigate Proton sooner. When Atlas is still a baby, Silver returns and decides to take over and reform Team Rocket and Petrel is happy to hand the leadership to his old boss’ son. After this, Atlas is raised mostly by Petrel, but other Team Rocket agents along with Silver help raise him as well, so Atlas is essentially raised by the new Team Rocket as a whole. For legal purposes, though, Petrel is his guardian and adoptive father.

What’s the story behind Hua and Lillie’s revived(?) child, and the other adopted one?

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Hau and Lillie have a pretty complicated storyline in mine regarding their children, so I’ll explain it as best and simply as I can. 

After they get married, Lillie’s dream is to have a child with Hau. Specifically, she wants to be the one to get pregnant with said child. However, the two end up having many difficulties with this. Lillie struggles to carry a child to term, suffering multiple miscarriages. Despite going to multiple doctors, they can’t seem to find anything that might be the underlying cause behind Lillie’s fertility issues, so she keeps trying in the hopes of being able to have the child she’s dreamed of. It’s difficult for both her and Hau, but her husband is nothing but supportive during this rough time period. Eventually, Lillie is able to carry a child past 6 months and she and Hau are tentatively hoping that this will be the one. Sadly, their son, who Lillie names Echter, is born very prematurely and only survives for 5 days after his birth. After losing Echter, Lillie comes to the conclusion that, for whatever reason, she just can’t have a healthy child and she and Hau decide to take a break before deciding how they want to move forward (be it adoption or Hau being the one to get pregnant, as they do still want children.)

About four months following Echter’s death, Selene, Gladion, Hau, and Lillie, along with some other members of the new Alola League, hear about an underground lab run by rogue former Aether scientists and make it their mission to apprehend them. When they raid the lab, they discover that these scientists had been conducting experiments on Ultra Wormholes using a young boy they had as a test subject. This boy has the amazing ability to open and close Ultra Wormholes with just his mind, hence why the scientists had adopted him when they heard rumors of his abilities from his foster family. In lieu of his real name, and in order to not simply call him by a subject number, many of the scientists in charge of raising him and studying his abilities started calling him Weiss, due to his pale coloring. With nowhere to go now that his only home had been dismantled, Hau and Lillie realized this might be a sign. Here was a child in need of a good home and loving parents, and here they were wanting a child so desperately. Thus, Hau and Lillie end up adopting their half-alien psychic son, Weiss.

About five years after they adopt Weiss, Hau and Lillie decide to have another child, but knowing Lillie’s previous fertility issues, this time Hau is the one trying to get pregnant. They are able to have a daughter, Hina, together and they adore her dearly (as does her big brother Weiss.) Then, another five years after Hina’s birth, and unbeknownst to Hau and Lillie, a malevolent dark wizard who has plans to use magic to control Ultra Beasts to take over Alola decides to conjure himself an assistant/familiar. As a necromancer, this evil mage decides to find a useful soul to revive. It just so happens he decides that the lingering spirit of a baby mage (note that Lillie is a light mage) he discovers is the best option for him. Using his magic, the evil wizard (who… doesn’t have a name yet), creates a sort of homunculus that resembles what the spirit would have looked like had he grown up. As Echter would have been 10, he is first revived with the appearance of a ten year old, though his artificial body does age. Using magic, the evil wizard implants his new servant with the knowledge he needs and sets him to work as his assistant. Revived!Echter has no memories from before his revival, of course, and though the evil wizard is often cruel and neglectful towards him, he knows no other life…. that is until three years later when he meets Primrose and her friends. Thus begins the little ‘side-plot’ that many of my Alola fankids are involved in.

Volkner and Elesa are siblings?! Cool! I want to know more about their relationship, if that’s okay with you…

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Sure thing!

Volkner and Elesa were both born in Sinnoh and Volkner is the elder brother by three years. Their father is a electrical engineer from Sunyshore and their mother is a retired actress. They were fairly close growing up, though didn’t have much in common. Volkner takes after their father and was interested in studying electronics, while Elesa was always captivated by their mother’s glamour while watching her films. One thing they had in common was a love for pokémon battles. Neither of their parents are particularly competitive trainers, so neither is sure where their children got it from, but both encouraged the two to become trainers if that was their dream. 

Eventually, as they grow up, the siblings go their separate ways – Volkner remaining in Sunyshore to study engineering and eventually becoming the Gym Leader, while Elesa moved to Unova to pursue her modelling career (and eventually becoming a Gym Leader herself.) They remain in touch, however, and still have a good relationship. They try to organize regular visits between their families, though this is difficult since they all have busy schedules. As for their children… Ronan doesn’t get along very well with Elesa and Skyla’s twins, but then again Ronan tends to be very aloof in general. He and Jerrie are rivals of a sort, usually challenging each other to a battle when they meet at family reunions or vacations. 

Aaaaand Wattson is Brendan’s grandfather… interesting as well!

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Wattson is Professor Toby Birch’s father and Brendan’s grandfather! He tried to get his son interested in engineering like himself, but Toby always preferred getting out and studying nature instead – not that Wattson minds! He’s happy when his family’s happy after all. He and Brendan get along really well. Wattson always liked to show Brendan all his latest projects as he worked on them, which fascinated the boy, even if he didn’t really get any of it (and still doesn’t as an adult. He takes more after his father in interests.)

Wait… Blaine is Red’s grandfather?! That’s interesting…

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Blaine is Red and Leaf’s grandfather, you’re right! He has one child, a daughter named Scarlett, who left her home on Cinnabar Island to go on her pokémon journey to challenge the Kanto Gyms in the year 3584. During her journey she runs into Professor Samuel Oak’s son, Charlie, and his best friend, Aiden, who are travelling together. While Charlie was undertaking a junior research program during his journey, Aiden was a competitive trainer like Scarlett, so the two naturally became rivals. Aiden and Scarlett both had ambitions to become the Champion one day and while they competed, they also end up becoming friends, especially after Aiden unexpectedly helps save Scarlett’s life (which is also when her crush on him fully blooms – though it takes a while for Aiden to notice both that and his own feelings for her.)

The two end up dating and later get married. Scarlett moves to Pallet to be with her husband and the two have two children together – Red and Leaf. While both still had aspirations to become Champion, they both found that that goal was harder then they had thought when they were young. Scarlett ends up with health problems following Red’s difficult birth, which result in her needing to stay closer to home. She gets a job as a teacher for aspiring trainers at the local school. Aiden, meanwhile, gets a job as a trainer at the Viridian Gym, however when Red is 8 and Leaf is 6, he goes missing following his discovery of Team Rocket activity there. During these struggles, Blaine does his best to support his daughter and her family, though he can’t often leave Cinnabar due to his job as Gym Leader. He also, of course, ends up facing his grandchildren years later when they both go on their own journeys and is very proud of what strong trainers they’ve become. While Blaine was somewhat distant for them growing up, he is able to establish a better relationship with his grandchildren once they’re teens.