Another chapter! enjoy :D
|Weedle POV|
This Riolu is... something...
"RIIII! RIOLU RIO!!!"
Why is he so excited over a berry? Is it that good?I bite into one of the berries he accidentally threw my way.Nope, still the same old Wiki Berries I'm used to.
And what's a System?? Is it tasty? Is that why he's jumping around?I look up from my spot on the floor after he stops bouncing, and he's... stuffing his face with berries.I think he gets it...
Or not.Why is he crying now...?I'll just waddle my way away before I... catch whatever he has.
|Riolu POV|
My stats...My unlimited stats...
[You have eaten the maximum amount of berries of this type. +0 Attack, +0 Speed.]
[Name:][Race:] Riolu[Nature:] Adamant[Abilities:] Inner Focus (prevents flinching), Prankster (priority to status moves), Anticipation (senses foe's move)[Level:] 1[Move Set:] Endure, Quick Attack, Cross Chop, Detect[Stats:]HP: 40Attack: 73Defense: 40Sp. Atk: 35Sp. Def: 40Speed: 66[Items:] None
Why must God be so cruel?So generous, yet so unforgiving...Is my pain your highest pleasure, huh?!Is it funny seeing me wallow in despair?!
Rustle...
Huh?I hear the flapping of feathers above me.A shadow briefly blocks the sunlight.
[Wild Pidgey Appeared!]
Oh. A Pidgey.Hello there, friend! Can I interest you in a berry during these troubling times?
Pidgey uses Quick Attack.Well... fuck.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH—!!"
My tiny Riolu body gets yeeted two meters backwards, bouncing once like a sad, yellow football.
[New Quest Unlocked: First (Second) Contact (And Maybe First Death)]
Objective:
Survive an encounter with the wild Pidgey.
Optional:
Look cool while doing it. (Not happening.)
Rewards:
+50 EXP
A crumb of dignity
Unlock new title: "Professional Screamer"
"Gasp I have quests?! HELL YEAH!!"I jump to my feet, an excited grin plastered across my face.I really need to study this system later — what if I have something crazy like an inner realm?Aren't I supposed to be an 'aura Pokémon' or something?Imagine: a Pokémon embarking on the road to cultivation...Not an image I thought I needed... but now? Now I crave it.
Woosh—THUNK!
"OUCH! HEY, that hurt, you goddamn pigeon!"I cry out as the Pidgey charges at me again with the force of an angry bread loaf and whacks me on the head with its wing.
"Alright, you feathery fiend! I ain't scared of you!"I growl, lowering myself into what I think looks like a battle stance.
"RIOLU!!"(Translation: "Square up, breadstick!")
I dash forward with a Quick Attack—and immediately get slapped sideways like a misbehaving cat.
THUNK.
"Owowowowow..."I peel myself off a tree trunk, stars spinning around my head.
Pidgey uses Sand Attack!
POOF!
"AAAGH, MY EYES!"I'm now half-blind, probably concussed, stumbling around like a drunk toddler.
The Pidgey swoops down again, beak-first.
"WAITWAITWAIT, TIMEOUT! I CALL TIMEOUT!!"
[No such move exists.]
[Objective Updated: Survive (barely).]
[Optional: Cry harder.]
|Weedle POV|
Halfway back to the hive, I stop.Is he going to be okay?Sigh...Maybe I shouldn't have left that newly hatched Riolu alone... what if he meets a human or something?
I turn around and make my way back to where I originally left him.
Well, he seemed a bit competent — if not a little bit crazy — so he should be fi—
Oh Arceus, he's getting absolutely bodied.Why is he challenging a Pidgey that's like, ten levels higher than him?!
I glance left.I glance right.Yeah no, I'm not built for this.
Weedle used Tactical Retreat!
I scuttle off faster than a Rattata in a thunderstorm.
|Riolu POV|
"AAAAAAAHHH—!!"I do my best to dodge with Detect, barely avoiding getting pecked into a Riolu-flavored pancake.
Is this it?Is this how I go out?Beaten up by the first flying breadstick I meet?!
A stray gust knocks me off my feet as I start off my inner monologue:
"Ugh, can't even let a Riolu have his cool main character moment in peace, huh?"I wheeze.Man, who thought a small bird could generate the equivalent of a plane thruster's draft with its wings?People who think a billion lions could beat one of every Pokémon must be delusional.
I take another hit — a well-timed Tackle just as I manage to get to my feet —Endure and Prankster being the only things keeping me from becoming bird feed.
Maybe I wasn't the protagonist after all...Is this how I go out? Reduced to a beginner-level mob's snack—
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGH!!!
A deafening buzz fills the air.
I blink through the sand in my eyes and see it:A squad of angry Beedrill descending from the heavens like furious angels of death.
Leading the charge?My tiny Weedle buddy, riding a Beedrill like some kind of budget cavalry general.
Pidgey uses "OH SHIT" and flees for its life!It flies away faster than I thought physically possible.
|Weedle POV|
Yeah, that's right.Get lost, you birdbrain.Nobody messes with my weird, berry-obsessed Riolu!
|Riolu POV|
I slump to the ground, exhausted.
"My saviors..."I croak weakly, tears leaking from my eyes.
[Quest Complete: First (Second) Contact (And Maybe First Death)]
Rewards:
+50 EXP
A crumb of dignity (you dropped it)
New Title: Professional Screamer
[Level Up! Lv. 1 ➔ Lv. 4]
[New Moves Learned: Feint, Bullet punch]
I sit up, blinking at the glowing screen hovering in my vision.Wait.Did I just...?
"I leveled up!"I shout, my tail wagging wildly behind me.
The Beedrills hovering above exchange awkward glances.Weedle, still perched on his Beedrill ride like some kind of tiny general, mumbles something to them ''Wee... dle...''.Probably translating my madness: "Yeah... he's weird..."
Meanwhile, I start pacing in fast, tight circles, grinning like a lunatic."New moves... So I can learn them just by leveling?"My paws clench into tiny fists of excitement. "So I'm definitely following the game's mechanics, right? Are IVs and EVs a thing?"
[IVs:]
HP: 1
Attack: 1
Defense: 1
Sp. Atk: 1
Sp. Def: 1
Speed: 1
... Great, absolutely fantastic, best thing I could have found out, actually.
The Beedrills just... watch.Hovering in a rough formation like an extremely confused honor guard.
One of them buzzes something that sounds suspiciously like "Is he okay?"Weedle gives a slow, resigned nod.
But honestly? I couldn't care less.
I'm basically the untalented young master from those cultivation novels — pretty face, no talent — except I don't have a million-year-old ancestor backing me up...
[New Quest Unlocked: Stop beeing a loser (get it? beeing, beedrill?)]
Objective:
Get your head straight
Optional:
Find a home (or become a hobo)
Rewards:
+1 EXP
+1 iv point
I can get IV points?? Well this changes everything... For the first time since getting my ass handed to me by the sovereign of the skies *ahem*Pidgey*ahem*, I feel like I can actually do something.Like maybe... just maybe... I won't get bullied by every flying breadstick I meet.
I stop pacing, puffing out my chest proudly."Watch out world! The future Aura Master is officially on the board!"I shout into the empty clearing.
The only reply is a confused "bzzzt" from one of the Beedrills.
Nice little 1200 words chapter, I feel like the story is shaping up good, what do you think?