Wip Friday For Yet Another Au Thats Possessed My Brain. How Fun :D

wip friday for yet another au that’s possessed my brain. how fun :D

( this au takes place abt 3~4 months after the events of the scarvio post game! i have a few hcs about the timeline of events so this takes place roughly in july while the main game events are in march~april )

all was quiet.

well, not quiet, but calm enough that penny didn’t mind the walk to her dorm room door, the ring for her keys looped over her finger.

…yea, keys. for a while, it had just been the key to her own dorm, but now there were at least nine.

florian, juliana, nemona, arven; giacomo, mela, atticus, ortega, and eri.

ten, counting her own key.

trading spare dorm room keys with friends was a common act among academy students. kids always crashed over each other’s rooms like it was a sleepover; mostly during the summer, for the kids who didn’t go home and stayed on campus.

she wasn’t exactly used to so many keys, now, but it wasn’t a bad thing.

nor was actually getting outside. as much as a bummer most kids would find community service for the league of all things over the summer, it gave her something to do. she got to be in her element and fix things, which was a win-win.

fiddling with the ring to find her own key once she got to the door and twisting the doorknob, penny was only mildly surprised to find juliana and nemona attempting to sprawl across the rather small rug on her floor, clearly chattering back and forth.

both attempted to crane their heads to the door, quickly chiming out greetings from their spot on the floor. penny’s response was that of an amused hum as she closed the door behind her, putting her bag and zip-over jacket on her desk chair.

“ i’m assuming your ‘paradox sweeping’ has gone well today? ”

right. paradox sweeps, as they liked to call them.

unfortunately, just because the time machine had been shut down didn’t mean all the paradox pokemon disappeared. they were still active in area zero; restless, at that.

the league didn’t seem too keen on letting the public in on what lurked in the crater in the center of the region; fortunately for them, juliana and nemona always seemed to be itching for a battle challenge, and didn’t seem to mind wrangling in any stragglers that got too close to any cities to be dangerous.

there were probably better ways to deal with passive crises like this other than dishing out teenagers to solve their problems, but hey, the league wasn’t exactly the most effective running system.

but juli and nemona were having fun, so penny found no point in trying to nip at them just yet.

nemona rolled off the rug with an exaggerated inhale, as if she had been waiting for someone to ask her that question since noon. juliana seemed to echo that thought with a quiet giggle, though the girl made no effort to cut nemona off until the point was right.

“ dios mío; penny, you should’ve seen what happened today! ”

“ well it already happened, so just tell me about it. ”

despite the almost snarky response, the two girls could tell penny’s interest was still present regardless, seeing as while she was already looking to make a quick evening snack, ( likely something microwaved, ) she still kept glancing over her shoulder, awaiting a continuation.

juliana squinted for a few moments, a smile slowly crossing the brunette’s face. turning to nemona, the two nodded with silent laughter, before turning to penny.

“ we’ll tell you if you come down to the lunch hall with us. ”

“ it’s seven at night! nobody’s out there until at least eight or nine during summer hours, it’ll be nice and quiet, just how you like it. ”

seeing as the two were both sharing that dopey, mischievous grin they constantly wore, penny eventually complied with a huff. it was like their secret little version of baby doll eyes- hell, she’d seen them get it to work on arven more than once. ..then again, arven wasn’t exactly the toughest out there, so maybe she shouldn’t have been surprised by that.

“ alright, alright. just let me get my pajamas on first. ”

waving in dismissal with a sigh in defeat, penny picked up the half folded porygon themed t-shirt and shorts, retreating to the bathroom for a few moments to switch her clothes, while nemona and juliana finally got up from their tangle of limbs and rug.

when the blue-and-red-haired girl did finally reappear, tossing her outfit from before into a hamper, nemona was quick to gently, yet enthusiastically, grab the other’s wrist, tugging her to the door with a grin.

“ c’mon! i think they have grilled cheese and soup today! ”

..grilled cheese didn’t sound awful.

Watched The Bad Guys last night and wanted to try out an artstyle similar to the movie's so. Emma

wip for the phantom hall au! having fun writing ghostly banter ^^

melli’s reaction to the twins’ approach was nothing short of a wheeze, the ghostly warden turning to his companion leaning against the base of the display case. half sprawled out across the top of the glass, he rolled flat on his stomach, peering over the top to look at nobori with a smug look.

“ never knew you got any action back then, old man. those two are practically your spitting image. ”

“ i do not have any descendants, melli, if that is what you are accusing me of. ”

“ no descendants my ass. what’s the likelihood of someone else having your little knife hair and everything, huh? they’ve even got your hat! well, one of them does at least. twins…didn’t you always talk about having a twin brother? ever remember his name? ”

“ his name was- ”

“ emmet, we do not need to redesign our uniforms. they’re fine. ”

“ but it is the same hat and coat! i will not stand for this! ”

nobori seemed to almost click to attention as the two begun to volley back and forth in conversation, earning another snort of contempt from the purple haired man lying on top of the case at his quick distraction.

nobori had been spacey in life, sure, but by almighty sinnoh he was worse in death. snapping his fingers a few times above the silver haired man’s head, melli’s expression resembled that of a grimace. ( or perhaps closer to a pout. ) at the noise, nobori seemed even less focused on what he had to say, getting up from his spot on the floor.

“ hey! i was asking you something, why bother pay attention to their gibberish you- ”

“ sh. could you do that again? ”

“ do what again? ”

“ snapping your fingers. i need to make sure i saw that correctly. ”

brows furrowed, melli responded with an emphasized sigh, rolling his eyes, before sitting up.

“ fine, fine. ”

holding one hand up, he begun snapping his fingers again, glaring over to nobori with annoyance practically plastered onto his face.

“ what exactly is the point of this? ”

“ just look at their faces. watch. ”

the two men standing in front of the case seemed to carry on with their conversation for a bit. not even paying a glance over. the smiley one; ‘emmet’, if he had heard his name right, had continued talking without a care.

the frowning one, who’s name eluded both wardens, seemed rather intent on listening, but for a few moments, his gaze seemed to just

shift as to where melli was sitting

before quickly looking away.

the two ghosts sat stunned in silence, before melli threw his hands up in the air in exasperation.

“ SO HE CAN HEAR US!? ”

“ hear us? yes. understand us? likely not. ”

“ and why is that, since you’re apparently a paranormal expert now? ”

craning his head to look at nobori, melli responded with a cross armed gesture, still lying on top of the glass display case with a scowl.

“ they’re speaking galarian, melli. whether he can hear us or not, we sound like gibberish. ”

“ oh, great. first person to acknowledge us in three centuries, and he doesn’t even UNDERSTAND us. ”

“ …you do know i speak galarian, corre-”

“ oh, so NOW you bring that up!? ”

“ i thought you knew that already. that, and the fact i would have told you had you not interrupted me. ”

brows furrowed, nobori cleared his throat, cupping one hand by his mouth.

“ hello? the young man with the black hat? can you hear us over here? ”

clearly he did; the man sharply turned himself towards their direction and away from who they presumed to be his brother, squinting at the wall before shaking his head, pinching the bridge of his nose, and beginning to trod off, seemingly to ‘emmet’s’ surprise.

the pair’s expressions seemed to hold a mild sense of triumph, before quickly melting into that of a collective franticness as the man begun to walk away. they weren’t loosing this opportunity, not now.

“ ingo? where are you going? it is not wise to become uncoupled on unfamiliar tracks- ingo! ”

‘emmet’ seemed to quickly jog after him alongside a black haired woman, leaving the space in front of the case empty once again.

melli quickly scrabbled up to a more sitting position, almost considering hopping down from the case. but that didn’t really matter. wasn’t like they could leave, anyways. they had tried that a few times over; it was like they were in their own glass case.

rather, his gaze shifted to nobori, wildly so, quickly attempting to snap the other back to attention. sauntering off the case, he shook the other warden by the shoulders, snapping his fingers again.

( while he wasn’t facing ‘ingo’ now, the man had stopped once again, staring intently at the case for the source of the noise. )

“ shit, shit, he’s leaving- call at him again! ingo- that’s what the other guy called him! yell that at him, why don’t you! ”

“ alright, alright, no need to shout at me- ingo! may i ask you return over here! we are requesting your assistance! ”

melli’s expression shifted from desperation to absolute panic and bewilderment as nobori begun stepping forward, shrugging him off and moving as if he was trying to follow the man.

they had tried that a few times since they had been stuck here for…sinnoh knows how long. always ended horribly. melli dove to drag the other back by the collar of his jacket, but his hand missed and he fell over entirely, hat falling over his face.

with an exasperated shout, he lifted the brim from over his eyes, jaw falling slack once he realized nobori had, in fact, somehow made it a few steps further from the case, still shouting out with that booming voice of his with his hands cupped by his mouth.

“ …nobori. ”

“ melli, i am attempting to concentrate here, could you please- ”

“ nobori look at where the hell you’re standing you absolute fool! ”

the man paused, tense. slowly turning around, nobori seemed to realize what he had done, silver eyes flitting between where melli was propping himself up back to a standing position, and his own shoes.

( that of which he could see the floor through; ghosts weren’t completely tangible, anyway. )

art dump for today, all aboard

was talking abt how emmet and elesa outtag some of the legends arceus characters on ao3 so. here’s this

some artists spawn onto this earth with the drive to make every not-human character out there into a human design. on the other end of the battlefield, some other artists spawn in with the drive to make every human character out there into an animal. these forces are at eternal war, but neither gains any ground, as they are constantly cancelling out each others progress