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Cicely

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@sydchan is a horrible, horrible influence on me so now I have a new fankid. We were discussing Cress in our AUs back in his Plasma days as a member of the Shadow Triad and I decided to solidify an idea I’ve had for a while that he had been dating a fellow Plasma member at this time. After working on this character (an Admin named Seamus), I realized that I had gotten kind of invested in the relationship between Cress and his OC ex-boyfriend and wanted to find some way to have them interact even after Cress moves to Johto and marries Jasmine. Of course, me being the way I am, my mind jumped to ‘fankid’. This was not helped by Sydney also recently adding an older Cress kid to her AU. I also realized that I wanted to develop the criminal sect of my Unovan fankids (namely, Renato, Euphie, and Jules) so having a fankid with a criminal background would help me do that. Thus, the foundations for Cicely.

In-universe, the story is that, while he worked for Team Plasma, Cress was dating an admin named Seamus Sullivan. However, when the schism in the team formed after their failed plan to take over the League, Seamus decided to leave the team, while Cress was still loyal to Ghetsis. Obviously, this caused them to break up. It ended on a pretty sour note with the two of them arguing, but the animosity didn’t linger for either of them. After defecting from Plasma, Seamus returns to his roots in the organized crime world of Castelia City and about a month after he finds out he’s pregnant with Cress’ child. He chooses not to tell his ex (he’s not even sure how to contact Cress at this point) and raises his daughter, Cicely, on his own. About two years later, after Neo Team Plasma is defeated, Cress and Seamus run into each other again by chance in Castelia (this is before the triplets move to Kalos), which is when Cress finds out about Cicely. While the two exes are able to establish a friendly rapport after they parted on harsh terms, Cress knows he can’t stay in Unova and both of them know a relationship isn’t going to work out again between them. They make an agreement to keep in touch, since Cress is interested in knowing how his daughter is doing, but they don’t end up meeting again until a few years later when it’s more convenient for Seamus to travel to Kalos, and later Johto or vice-versa. 

Cicely, on her part, doesn’t really see Cress like a parent, more of a distant uncle or family friend. She knows he’s her father, but since he wasn’t part of her life growing up she doesn’t think of him as such. She ends up following in her father’s footsteps and becomes involved in organized crime as a freelancer, eventually spending a good amount of time with the ‘Café Crew’ as Renato and Jules’ group are known (since their center of operations is the café run by Giovanni and Angelo.) Since Euphie also spends time with them, she ends up befriending him as well. As it stands now, I also plan on her being the love interest of one of Elesa and Skyla’s twins, Joan, since she and Cicely both have a 1920s/1930s aesthetic and a perky freelance journalist/detective/investigator like Joan and a ‘femme fatale’ freelance criminal with ties to the mob like Cicely as a couple is Good Stuff.

I don’t have a ship name for Cicely/Joan yet, but the ship name for Cress/Seamus is ChancellorShipping, named after the fairy chess piece also known as the Empress or Marshal. The piece is a combination of a rook and a knight, which in this case represents Cress (the Rook, defending the King/Ghetsis as a bodyguard) and Seamus (the Knight, leading the Pawns/grunts in battle and acting as the first line of defense to the royals.)  

Gingerbreadshipping!! :D (I <3 the ship name)

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How they first met: They first met when Jasmine was on a trip to Kalos to visit a botany convention. At the time she was studying herbal medicine, so she was interested in learning more about plants there. She was quite overwhelmed by both the crowds and being in a foreign country. Cress was at the same convention to learn more about cooking ingredients (at this point he and his brothers were living in Kalos) and was also feeling a bit overwhelmed by the crowds, so when he saw Jasmine looking lost he suggested they team up so that the event was less intimidating for the both of them. They became quite good friends over that weekend and exchanged numbers when it was over and Jasmine had to return back to Johto.
Where their first date was: A few years after they first met, Jasmine came to further her study of medicine in Kalos for a few months, a decision in no small part influenced by her continued correspondence with Cress. The two, at this point, had had quite a bit of romantic tension in their messages and the last time they had met up when Cress visited Johto. However, this trip to Kalos by Jasmine was their first time going on a proper date. Chili and Cilan both made plans to be out of the apartment for the evening and Cress invited Jasmine over for a home cooked meal. It was very romantic and both had a really good time just talking to each other and enjoying some good food.
When they had their first kiss: They had their first kiss on the first date. Jasmine insisted on helping Cress clean up after the meal and as they did the dishes together, she realized how domestic the whole scene felt and just how right it felt as well. Without really thinking, she shuffled over to Cress and leaned against him, when he leaned back, she stood on her tiptoes and they kissed. 
Who cooks: Cress, obviously, since he’s the professional chef of the couple. He likes to experiment with flavors and techniques and often tries out new recipes on his family, which can lead to hit-or-miss meals sometimes. For the most part though, all his new dishes are well-received and Jasmine and their kids are always excited to see what Cress can come up with.
Who proposed: Cress proposed to Jasmine! The two had been dating for a while and Cress had moved to Johto to live with Jasmine about a year earlier. He felt like his life and hers were in the place where marriage seemed right. He had found a job at a restaurant in Olivine and had plans to open up his own place eventually and Jasmine had started a herbal medicine clinic on the side of being Gym Leader. The proposal was nothing public or showy; Cress made an extra nice meal for him and his girlfriend, then brought out dessert, a small orange sponge cake (Jasmine’s favorite) with ‘Will you marry me?’ written in icing across the top. Jasmine was so touched that she didn’t even want to eat the cake at first and spoil the message. After a bit of happy tears they did end up eating the cake, and to this day eating orange sponge cake makes Jasmine extra happy.
The dominate one: Cress. In public, both he and Jasmine seem quite mild-mannered and quiet, though while that’s fairly close to Jasmine’s true personality, behind closed doors, Cress can be very dominant and bold. Probably thanks to his past as a member of the Shadow Triad, he’s not afraid to take control and Jasmine quite likes that side of her husband, even if admitting so makes her blush.
Their favorite pastime together: One of their favorite family activities for the weekend or holidays is going to the beach. It doesn’t matter what season it is, they’ll go at least once a month. Cress enjoys swimming when the weather permits, otherwise he likes to explore tidepools and the like. Jasmine isn’t as much of a swimmer, but she enjoys relaxing by the water with a good book or watching her husband and kids play in the water. She also likes to walk along the beach and find shells, sea glass, and other pretty things washed up by the waves. She keeps them all in glass jars around the house and sometimes will craft with them. An amusing incident (or incidents as it happened more than once) is the time Cress found a Clauncher in a tidepool, very lost and far from home. Cress wanted to cook it, since Clauncher is a delicacy while Jasmine was horrified he would even think of doing such a thing and insisted they take in to her clinic until they could find a way to get back to its natural habitat. 
Who kissed who first: Jasmine kissed Cress!
Who is the flirt: Cress, though usually not in public. When in private, however, he loves to fluster Jasmine with flirty comments.
Who is the romantic: Both of them are about equally romantic, but in different ways. Cress’ idea of romance is usually food-related, while Jasmine prefers the type of thing found in her favorite romance-novels – rose petals everywhere, candles, hot tubs, etc. 
Who wakes up first: Old habits die hard and Cress is still a very early riser since it was drilled into him during his Plasma days. All the same, he has to get up early for work anyway, so he doesn’t mind all that much. Jasmine prefers to sleep in a little bit, though still gets up pretty early. Of course, their kids did not all inherit that ‘morning person’ trait, so when the triplets are at home Jasmine and Cress try to keep quiet in the mornings so as not to disturb them until it’s time for their wakeup call. 
Who comforts who the most: Jasmine is somewhat prone to anxiety, so Cress does his best to make sure she’s never too nervous about something and helps her calm down if she gets overwhelmed with nerves. However, Cress still has lasting issues from his old life in Team Plasma and before that, which can manifest in nightmares or panic attacks. Whenever he’s upset, Jasmine does her best to make sure he knows he’s safe and that she’s there for him, using the tips she learned specifically to make her husband feel most at ease and comfortable whenever his past comes back to haunt him. The two really do end up comforting each other quite often.
The cuddler: Somewhat related to the above answer, both Cress and Jasmine are quite the cuddlers. They enjoy physical contact with each other and it helps them feel calm. They’re not very publicly affectionate, but they will often hold hands or Jasmine will be on Cress’ arm when they’re out and about. At home, they are often found cuddling – Jasmine especially likes to sit in Cress’ lap so they can hold each other.
The big spoon: Cress is quite a bit taller than Jasmine, so he typically fills this role. Often, Jasmine will also sleep facing him, so that she can hold him as well.

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…. Well it only took me a couple days to get annoyed with my self imposed schedule, so now rather than have set topics per day, I’ll just ramble about whatever, haha. My friend Sydney at @pkmnomegaverse is sharing her Striation Triplets/Shadow Triad hcs, so I though it might be fun for me to do the same! 

The three brothers are not originally from Unova, though they ended up there at some point during their childhood. They also started out with different names than the ones the go by as adults. Cress was known as Lir, Chili was known as Aodh, and Cilan was known as Nuada, though they were never attached to those names. They were orphaned for as long as they could remember and initially lived on the streets before getting involved with some bad people and being taken to Unova. Part of the reason they were endangered is due to the fact that all three are dark mages, which are quite rare (mages in general are rare, but dark mages are rare even among mages). This trait is also what drew Ghetsis to them. He was looking for a team of undercover operatives to act as spies/bodyguards for him, and a trio of dark mage brothers who already had a very close bond was perfect. As a bonus to him, they were young (around 9 years old) and in a very bad situation, which was something he could use to his advantage. Acting as a savior, he managed to get the brothers under his care and used his ‘savior’ status to ensure their loyalty. He also encouraged their codependency, as it meant less of a chance of one of them trying to escape without his brothers. They were trained in martial arts, infiltration, and espionage, as well as honing their magic talents to the point they essentially became one with the shadows.

The three worked as one well-oiled, loyal machine to Ghetsis, but they weren’t entirely devoid of a sense of self. When not on duty, the three enjoyed spending time honing their skills, teasing each other, competing, and pursuing some minor hobbies – in particular cooking, something they had learned early in life and stuck with even up through, both as a practicality (better to know where your meals are coming from) and as a useful skill (food is a good place to hide poison after all). As soon as they were old enough at age 19, Ghetsis assigned them their first (and last) long term deep cover mission. They were to pose as rookie Gym Leaders, with new names and identities, in order to gather information on the League. They had the battling skills and came on good recommendation as Ghetsis was still in decent standing with his former government coworkers. The triplets also had a ‘gimmick’, a secondary occupation or hobby that would help provide draw to the gym and the town they would be leading – cooking, with ingredient-themed names to match. The Restaurant Gym of Striation had been born.

They had a degree of freedom in customizing their presentation at the Gym, and they had the idea to go for a ‘Three Elements’ style rather than focus on training just one type. While the brothers’ hair is naturally white, Cress, Chili, and Cilan’s eyes are naturally blue, red, and green, so Cress proposed they follow a water, fire, and grass theme to match their own looks and new names. It was Chili’s idea to add in the wigs – colored and styled to match their type specialization and working as an extra bit of disguise as a bonus. The even got a blue wig that covered Cress’ missing eye in a way that didn’t draw attention to it like an eye-patch would. In the end, they got way into running the Gym and restaurant, coordinating events, and even helping out at the local trainer school. For a time, they could almost pretend this was their real life and not just an undercover mission Eventually all good things must come to an end, however, and when it came time for Plasma’s grand plan to unfold, the three had to give up their charade and return to their old jobs full time. However, after the death of Ghetsis two years later, they found themselves without a place to go, and their experience living ‘normal lives’ proved invaluable. They headed to Kalos to try and start something new, eventually finding their own paths and settling down and starting families of their own, something they had never even dreamed of before. As a way of saying goodbye to their Plasma days, the brothers took on their Gym Leader names permanently, leaving behind ‘Lir, Aodh, and Nuada’ in their pasts.

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It’s Shipping Saturday! Today I’ll share a bit on how the Striation Triplets met their significant others, since I have all of them in rarepairs. 
Note: In this universe, the triplets were also the Shadow Triad, so that has a big impact on their characterization. 

First up, Cress and Jasmine. 

He had met her while she was visiting Kalos for a convention on botany (she was studying herbal medicine at the time, and Cress was there for cooking reasons) and they ended up befriending each other. They stayed in touch after Jasmine returned home, and Cress decided to visit her after a while. While in Johto, he ended up just sort of falling in love with the region and this was around the time he started to fall for Jasmine, not that he realized it at the time. While there, he also became aware of a culinary school in Johto that looked like it would really cater to his own interests in cooking. Cress is the brother who probably loves cooking the most and this just seemed like the perfect opportunity to pursue the professional chef career he had been dreaming of for a while. His brothers convinced him to go to culinary school in Kalos rather than Johto, but Jasmine surprised him by doing a sort of ‘semester abroad’ in Kalos to spend time with him, which was when they started dating. After he finished culinary school was when Cress started seriously considering moving to Johto. Jasmine had her Gym to attend to and he was still interested in the cuisine of Johto and learning more there. It took a lot of convincing and compromising, but he did eventually make the move and was married to Jasmine a few years later. Currently, he’s known as the ‘Ninja Sushi Chef’ of Olivine.

Next, Cilan and Clemont. 

For them it was a situation of just running into each other a lot! The brothers were living in Lumiose while trying to settle down and find a way to integrate into society better, and were all working at the same restaurant at this time. Clemont tended to go there pretty often for lunch since it was close to his Gym, which is how he and Cilan started to get to know each other. Being the ‘information specialist’ of the trio, Cilan had a number of shared interests as Clemont in electronics and the like, so they had that as a starting point for their conversations. Clemont was interested how someone with obvious skill in programming and electronics (and who spoke Kalosian with a Unovan accent) ended up working in a cafe and Cilan sort of …. danced around the question. Clemont offered to give Cilan access to his labs and maybe work on some projects together since he needed a fresh pair of eyes to go over some of his more difficult projects. Cilan was actually really surprised that Clemont was willing to trust him with his work so easily which definitely endeared him to him. After that well, the rest is history. They end up dating after so much time spent together.

Finally, Chili and Korrina. While his brothers pursued their cooking skills, Chili focused on being a trainer. He really missed being a Gym Leader and wanted to find a job where he could battle and train with his team. His search led him to Shalour, where he decided to study a bit about Mega Evolution, something that greatly interested him. In particular, he wanted to try and see if he could achieve Mega Evolution with his Absol, his first pokémon who he hadn’t had a chance to use much at all in his Gym Leader days. It was during his time training in Shalour that he first met Korrina and the two at first clashed pretty frequently. Korrina didn’t like Chili’s motivations for training in Mega Evolution, that is, in her words ‘just to see if he could’ and Chili didn’t like how Korrina didn’t understand how important Mega Evolution would be for his bond with Absol. It took a lot of time, but eventually the two of them began to see eye-to-eye and from there their friendship developed into romantic feelings. Chili began working in Korrina’s Gym, eventually taking it over when his (by that point) wife became and Elite Four member.