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POSTED ON Mar 26, 2021 1:33:13 GMT

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He’d done enough waiting.

Not twelve years of it, but the point’s there—

He didn’t get a straight answer from Razz Kingsman about what to do with the frozen vegetable, and so he decided to see what would happen for himself.

Now there were several other factors in play here. Asides from the fact that this was in Shoal Cave, and that he also happened to be the representative of a deity with command over ice and snow—

Lars actually wondered how this was going to work.

Much as he wanted to come here shirtless, he decided not to; however he was already holding the frozen, inedible-looking carrot in his ungloved hand. It… felt like a carrot. No, he didn’t lick the thing! That was dumb!

“Okay, now what?” he said to the frozen air, looking around and wondering if he wasn’t going crazy or something.

…maybe he already did and he was denying it…

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POSTED ON Mar 26, 2021 22:59:11 GMT

SHOAL CAVE

TAMING THE HORSE

UPON RETURNING TO SHOAL CAVE, the same unnerving feeling of being watched returns. in this frigid underground, your hard footsteps clack against ice and echo across valleys of frozen blue. however, you instinctively hush yourself. a horse-like pokemon neighs in the distance. a mask of ice surround pupilless eyes. from its hooves, intense cold air wafts.

♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡

however, the horse seems to notice you. it advances closer. the clopping of hooves echo too, orchestrating an endless percussion of icy beats. suddenly, the earth freezes even more so. an additional layer of ice grows outward and higher with immense speed. before you can blink, an icy ramp forms right before you— and the horse slides across the ice in a flash to greet you from their elevated stations.

GLASTRIER ASKS FOR:

OFFER THE WILD HORSE WHAT THEY SEEK

write a post that has your trainer offering the carrot to the glastrier and then post in MODERATION REQUESTS. after they have been given the carrot, the horse will promptly flash away.

should your trainer come the next day, they will find the glastrier in shoal cave once more. shiv will post a new prompt, detailing what the glastrier wants (hopefully, once per day). each request fulfilled by your trainer will steadily tame the glastrier.

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POSTED ON Mar 27, 2021 1:36:22 GMT

The place was unnaturally silent.

Lars didn’t know why, but for some inexplicable reason the air felt harsher than it did earlier. Like there was something waiting to cleave it in two and just come eat him alive.

He wondered if this was going to be a bad place to die—no, wait a second, what was going on?! Looking around wildly, he was pretty sure he didn’t summon the deity he ‘served’, but holy shit where was all this ice coming from?

He was pretty sure he didn’t have this much control over his own—bleeding damned frost that he concealed behind gloves! Looking down at his feet, he hissed as his boots were almost frozen to the spot had he not jumped out of the way at the very last second.

Still, he hung onto the carrot in his other hand.

The clip-clopping of hooves alerted him to another presence, before watching something—a shadow, a quick flash—make its way across the ice and come to a stop before him. He was supposed to be immune to the cold but he couldn’t help wonder—

“I was not expecting that,” he muttered to himself as a decidedly equine-shaped body made out of ice—it was definitely alive—approached him and sniffed his hand.

“Okay, uh… take it, I guess?” he said to the creature, wondering if it could hear his thoughts. In the blink of an eye, the weight of the carrot resting on his hand was gone—and so was the horse.

At least, his mind thought it looked like a horse.

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POSTED ON Mar 27, 2021 19:16:07 GMT

SHOAL CAVE

TAMING THE HORSE

THE NEXT DAY, you see the horse again. they stroke the ice solid ground with their hooves, seemingly hungry.

♥ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡

when they spot you, the horse seems hesitant. without the iceroot carrots— you do not possess the same gravity you once did; however, it approaches still, sensing your benevolent motives.

GLASTRIER ASKS FOR:

OFFER THE WILD HORSE WHAT THEY SEEK

write a post that has your trainer offering any two week berry to the glastrier and then post in MODERATION REQUESTS. after they have been given the berry, the horse will promptly flash away.

you do not need to have the berry grow in your garden. you can simply purchase it from the SITE SHOP.

should your trainer come the next day, they will find the glastrier in shoal cave once more. shiv will post a new prompt, detailing what the glastrier wants (hopefully, once per day). each request fulfilled by your trainer will steadily tame the glastrier.

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POSTED ON Mar 29, 2021 11:16:30 GMT

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He may have gotten a bit sidetracked.

But only because he didn’t know what else he could give the strange equine creature down in Shoal Cave!

After busting his brain and trying to rack up ideas on what to feed the danged thing, he finally settled on looking for a Tamato berry. While it didn’t look like the inedible, frozen carrot he had before—it was certainly something.

He also wondered if the strange creature had anything else to eat…? Or maybe it was a picky eater?! He really had no idea!

Much as he wanted to bring skyler dross or angelo vestri along with this revelation, he knew better than to be a third wheel between the two, the way their body language screamed at each other.

Snorting, he then wound his way deep into Shoal Cave once more, holding the large-ish Tamato berry in his other hand this time. Now, where would the equine beast be—

The clip-clopping of hooves from somewhere behind him made him turn around; and this time, he noticed that the creature was acting more…skittish. Uncertain. But the smell of the Tamato berry was strong.

“Here you go. I know it’s not the same as the carrot as before, but I hope you like it,” he said as he held his right hand out, waiting for the strange Pokémon (was it a Pokémon? He wasn’t sure) to take the Berry and then leave him again.

The weight vanished as soon as he’d offered it—and so did the creature.

Just where was it hiding, anyway?

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POSTED ON Mar 29, 2021 22:56:24 GMT

SHOAL CAVE

TAMING THE HORSE

THE NEXT DAY, you see the horse again. it strokes the ice solid ground with its hooves. the ice on its body seems to have grown thicker. more severe like unruly hair.

♥ ♥ ♡ ♡ ♡

when the glastrier sees you again, it seems hesitant. without the iceroot carrots— you do not possess the same gravity you once did; however, the horse approaches still, sensing your benevolent motives.

GLASTRIER ASKS FOR:

OFFER THE WILD HORSE WHAT THEY SEEK

write a post that has your trainer's pokemon using the move, CHIP AWAY, to help groom (or sculpt) the glastrier's icy protrusions and then post in MODERATION REQUESTS. after they have been given the berry, the horse will promptly flash away.

should your trainer come the next day, they will find the glastrier in shoal cave once more. shiv will post a new prompt, detailing what the glastrier wants (hopefully, once per day). each request fulfilled by your trainer will steadily tame the glastrier.

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POSTED ON Mar 30, 2021 13:24:30 GMT

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At least the Tamato berry was received by the strange—creature! It was decidedly an equine beast of some sort; yet this time, today—Lars was going to attempt to see if the Pokédex had sufficient data regarding this particular creature he’d seen for the past—what, two, three days now?

So here he was again, back before his usual weekly sojourn to continue looking for Ice-types at the behest of the deity he ‘served’ when the clip-clopping of hooves announced its presence.

“Alright, here goes,” he said, quickly raising his PokéGear and pointing it at the strange equine being. Unsurprisingly, there was next to no data available no matter how many times he’d scan the creature’s information over and over…

“Well, yikes. What if you’re one of those new types,” he muttered as he lowered the PokéGear and kept it. He then noticed that the equine’s mane was looking rather… spiky.

Wait, spiky?

Resisting the urge to laugh, he then slapped a hand to his face before seemingly speaking to nobody in particular.

“Okay, I know that most Pokémon start looking a bit like their owner after an extended period of time, but this is nuts,” he muttered, before looking up again and looking at the equine creature.

“Weighing you down, I take?” he inquired, and not getting an answer.

Much as he was tempted to touch the mane and snap off the icicle growth himself (he did have cold hands after all, bonus side-effect of being Articuno’s chosen) he wondered if there was another way to do this…

“Arthur, you’re up,” he said as he threw a Dive Ball forward and watched his Feraligatr unfold from the beam of red light. There was an aggressive glint in his eye before he was about to let out a Screeching noise when Lars gave him the best rendition of a stink eye he could muster.

“No, Art. Not today. You’ll get your scrap soon. I… can you trim that?” he asked, gesturing at the icicle growths and wondering how short he would have to go.

“Give it a crack with Chip Away; but if you hurt it and it leaves abruptly you’re not getting the end of this shit from me,” he said with a hint of a threat in his voice.

Grumbling, the Feraligatr set to work, moving around and chopping off the excess lengths of ‘growing’ icicles and shortening the wild creature’s mane—or the rough approximation of it.

Once the Water-type was done, he took a step back and waited for the verdict—

But as always, the equine had left them hanging.

“Wow.”

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POSTED ON Mar 30, 2021 23:06:55 GMT

SHOAL CAVE

TAMING THE HORSE

THE NEXT DAY, you see the horse— but it seems different in appearance from afar. getting close, you see that the glastrier has become quite dirty. perhaps, it's all that flashing back and forth in the cave that has caused its beautiful equine form to be marred by mud.

♥ ♥ ♥ ♡ ♡

when the glastrier sees you again, they seem hesitant. without the iceroot carrots— you do not possess the same gravity you once did; however, the horse approaches still, sensing your benevolent motives. the glastrier must be cleaned. perhaps, there is a pokemon that is an expert at tidying things (and pokemon) up...

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write a post that uses ONE MINCCINO OR CINCCINO and a Pokemon using the move, SOAK, to help clean the dirty glastrier. of course, the water may freeze, so work fast! after, post in MODERATION REQUESTS. after they have been cleaned, the horse will promptly flash away.

should your trainer come the next day, they will find the glastrier in shoal cave once more. shiv will post a new prompt, detailing what the glastrier wants (hopefully, once per day). each request fulfilled by your trainer will steadily tame the glastrier.

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POSTED ON Apr 10, 2021 16:27:32 GMT

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Some time had passed, but eventually, Lars had managed to return again to where he was meeting the decidedly equine Pokémon.

His PokéGear kept turning up “no data available” no matter how many times he would attempt to scan it, however—this time, there was something decidedly… off about it.

“What happened to you?” he asked the thin air, wondering if the strange equine could hear him. Since there was nobody around…

He then took off his gloves, and shoved them in his jacket pocket. Seeing as how he was pretty much immune to cold temperatures now, he could… try to touch the equine’s body this time.

“Whoa, there, I’m not going to hurt you,” he said as the skittish creature backed away initially, before he held up his palms to show he meant no harm. “Let me just look… at you. You’re dirty, did you know that?” he said, calmly laying his hands on the equine’s frozen body and not even fucking flinching at all!

“There, there… easy…” he continued, running his bare hands over the smooth, crystalline body—until he was met with the splatter and gross feeling of wet mud.

“Kinda big dirty patch there…” he went on, backing away to show the creature his now-stained hands that were brown with filth. Normally, any sane human would have their hands turning blue or even beginning to suffer frostbite, but Lars had an advantage here.

And he was going to make the most of it as much as he could.

“Wait here. I know what to do.”

With that, he made several more gestures, before popping a Gallade into existence. “Wait for me. I’ll be back, okay? I swear.”

It didn’t take too long for him to warp away with a Teleport and then drop by the nearest Pokémon Center which was out at Mossdeep, to retrieve two companions he needed for this task. Hoping he was quick enough, he then warped back with another Teleport courtesy of Gareth, his Gallade.

The equine—was still there, where he’d left it.

“See?” he began once he’d rematerialized and recalled the Gallade. “I told you I’d be back. Now stand still…”

He then summoned forth two more Pokémon—one of them a loan from a certain pink-haired lady, the other his own. The Cinccino and the Sobble hit the ground, confused, before the fluffy Pokémon began making a fuss and starting a beeline towards the dirt!

“Guess I was right after all,” he said with a chuckle as the Cincinno then got busy, scrubbing and cleaning up the mud as best as she could. There were angry, tittering noises coming from the Cincinno, while the equine stood still.

Eventually, he picked up the Sobble and then pointed at the muddy spots.

“Use Soak, but move quickly! Water turns to ice!” he continued as the Sobble took aim, alternating with the scrubbing and the fussing that the Cincinno was doing on the stubborn, muddy spots.

It took some time as the two took turns Soaking the frozen body and scrubbing, but eventually, the equine was restored back to its unnatural—ethereal—whiteness.

“Good job, you two,” he said as the Cincinno finally walked over, satisfied that the other Pokémon (was it a Pokémon?) was clean—

But as always, the equine had disappeared.

“Really…”

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POSTED ON Apr 11, 2021 2:55:13 GMT

SHOAL CAVE

TAMING THE HORSE

THE NEXT DAY, you see the horse. they do not seem hesitant at all this time. instead, the horse appears to be waiting for you closer to the entrance this time, as if the glastrier was in tune with your rhythms. your schedule. in its mouth, a narrow strap of ice dangles and emanates chilly air.

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♡

should you take the reins, they are immensely cold to the touch. one wonders if frostbite would crawl up their palms— for the chill is painful against human skin. even worse, it penetrates past any fabric. the glastrier beckons you to mount its back, pristine and well-groomed thanks to both of your effort. with a snort, the horse brings you two to a different shoal chamber. here, a vast field filled with fences of ice, bridges and more appears before you: an equine agility course.

the glastrier raises their front legs and neigh. cold air rushes from its hooves. quickly, the horse dashes into the course, and you must hang on for dear life, even if the icy reins cut into your trembling hands.

TAME THE HORSE

REIN THEM IN!

WITH EVERY POST, make a ROLL. you must hit or surpass a total of 100 to successfully hang on to the glastrier; furthermore, the horse is examining your ability to ride them!

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POSTED ON Apr 11, 2021 14:44:57 GMT

He wondered what harebrained scenario would be awaiting him the next time he returned there—

Oh, but this time, he didn’t have to go too far in. This time it was waiting for him pretty close to the entrance.

“That’s a surprise. Never see you this close to the cave entrance,” he remarked, looking around and wondering if its presence had cowed or shied the other Pokémon away from where it stood, seemingly waiting for him. It’s this time he noticed something in its mouth—a bit? Or something?

Like what people from Alola used when they rode Mudsdale or something like that…

“Okay, where are we—“ he trailed off, grabbing the ‘reins’ before being literally dragged along to another portion of the cave he hadn’t noticed before.

So high up, and so close to the—wait, how was this possible?

“A riding course,” he mused as he looked around the entire place. Solid ice, as far as the eye could see. If the ‘deity’ were here he was sure they would love it, too…

Another nagging pull before the reins seemingly whipped around, forcing him closer like— “What the hell!” he exclaimed as he was almost tossed off.

“Gimme like, five minutes!” he yelped. What the equine didn’t know was that…

He could take the freezing cold. Well, this was going to be like an acid test for him.

He then heard a snarky voice in his head.

‘Pft. Amuse me,’ was all he heard it say, before it vanished with a sarcastic chuckle.

“Really funny,” he said to nobody in particular, before the same snarky voice returned, unbidden.

‘What are you waiting for? Get on its back and show me what you’re capable of!’

“Gee, no need to be so bossy,” he said with a huff as he resisted the urge to roll his eyes. He was pretty sure that Articuno was the one goading him inside his mind.

With a clumsy swinging motion, he clambered on the slippery back—and right before he could settle in properly off the equine went.

“WHOA!” he yelped as the two shot forward. Normally, the ice would feel tingly and sear through flesh, but well, it didn’t seem to affect him as much?

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POSTED ON Apr 12, 2021 9:24:05 GMT

Maybe it was a good idea he didn’t strip down and tackle this challenge topless.

For starters he would look incredibly stupid; for another that would be so embarrassing he was very sure the snarky voice in the back of his head was going to laugh at him for being such an idiot.

Either way, he hung onto the reins for dear life. He didn’t know what the equine was doing, only that he needed to hold on as tightly as possible because holy shit it was going so, so fast!

“WHOA!” he yelped, very nearly hitting his head on a low-hanging obstacle as he barely ducked out of the way and the equine leapt over something that looked like a high fence.

Was this—was this an agility course or a test of endurance?!

He’d wound his hands around the reins as tightly as he could, fearing for his life because it was very much possible he was going to get knocked the hell off the equine’s back should it suddenly rear up and try to toss him off.

“Steady—steady there!” he said through gritted teeth, trying to rein the equine in.

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POSTED ON Apr 12, 2021 17:28:29 GMT

The way the equine was galloping through the cavern was really starting to set him on edge.

Lars didn’t know why, but he found it really crazy that somehow, he had managed to hang on despite the equine trying to unseat him several times. Hell, he didn’t feel too cold—thanks to that blessing of his.

Oh, shut up, I’m helping you because that’s obviously an Ice-type! What have you been doing, haven’t you been finishing the task I set out to you?! The same snarky voice rose again to bother him while he was hanging on for dear fucking life.

“Oh shut it! I’m getting there but it’s very slow going!” he hissed back, very narrowly missing another sudden stalactite that was jutting out ready to catch him and knock him off the equine’s back.

How much longer did he have to hold onto the icy strip in his hands? While he wasn’t bothered too much about it, fact of the matter was the equine was trying its hardest to throw him off.

Lars, however, hung on like a fucking leech.

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POSTED ON Apr 13, 2021 5:35:35 GMT

SHOAL CAVE

TAMING THE HORSE

THE CAVE ECHOES WITH THE CLOPPING OF HOOVES. the horse continues its jaunt around the course. you have not fallen off your horse, nor have you succumbed to the pain of holding their reins. however, the strap ceases to gnaw at your skin with biting cold. even the equine pokemon's body becomes more comfortable to ride. there is no more pain now. just unity.

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

the glastrier finally halts their romp. its whinny declares their approval. finally, after nearly a week of animal handling, the glacial horse is now yours.

CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU TAMED THE HORSE!

THE GLASTRIER is now able to be caught with your pokeball. you may decide their moveset like a gachapon pokemon (e.g. 6 learnset moves) and add the glastrier to your PC.

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