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[M][C/Shred] Rowdy Rumble
POSTED ON Apr 12, 2024 0:43:54 GMT
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The League is a monument to the wrong. A shrine of corruption and falsehood and inequity and sin and all that is evil within modern civilisation. It must be torn down. And to do that, examples have to be made of its faithful, no matter how naive they might be.

Josh Devlin is nothing more than a figurehead. A gym leader. A public face. A role model for the young and the foolish, the sorts of people who'll hear their personal hero tell them to eat their vegetables, take their vitamins, and say their prayers, and do so without a second thought. What will those people think when they see their precious icon beaten and broken? Brought within an inch of his life, and discarded onto the streets of Mauville City like common trash?

You intend to find out.

"Walking Wake, Draco Meteor."

"▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅▃▃▄▄▅▅▅!"

A warped howl fills the air, and out from the heavens, stars begin to fall from the sky upon the Raging Bolt rider.



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Bicycle? No Thanks, I'm Straight
POSTED ON Apr 12, 2024 0:14:39 GMT
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"Sure is, buddy. Sure is."

Of course, his definition of "corruption" and yours are a little different, aren't they? He's one of the lucky ones, hoisted up by nepotism, having the right friends in the right places that got him where he needed to go. You, on the other hand... Well, you were more the wrong place at the wrong time. The Silent Icelands, standing across from . There couldn't be a worse time and place in the whole damn world.

And in a fairer world, it wouldn't have happened. In a fairer world, you'd be healthy, happy, and free. But though you may be an outlaw and he may be a lawman, the both of you know that the world isn't really fair.

At least, not yet.

But that's enough of that for now. Navy offers you a chance to drink. You're not really supposed to, mind. A Gym Leader and a Rocket Beast drinking together likely won't go down well, and it's not like you can exactly hide your identity very well, either. Plus, given the state of you, you're sure it'll wreak havoc on your throat, but, well... Fuck it. Life is for living.

"Can't say I have." You shake your head, returning Metagross to his Pokeball with one tap and opening the truck door. "But I'm not the picky type. You get us a nice discreet table in the corner, and I'll try anything you put in front of me."

Just like you used to, in your better days.



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Melt
POSTED ON Apr 11, 2024 23:48:00 GMT
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"I see, I see..."

Wow, all those things sound VERY hard for a normal person. And you're not exactly a normal person at the moment, are you? Normal people struggle to run marathons. You struggle to even stand up straight.

But even if you WERE an above-average person, like, say, the Shred Zeppelin of a few weeks ago, then it'd still be a pain in the ass! Between kidnapping a League councilman and catching one of two extremely elusive "Legendary" Pokemon, you're starting to think that maybe drastic action isn't the way to go. Maybe moderate action would be a better approach...?

SHIT, he's catching on. That's not good. Your strained mind struggles to conjure up a lie, and after a second of frantic brainstorming, you only come up with one answer. Seems you've got no choice, though. You'll just have to rely on the oldest trick in the book.

"No no, you've got it wrong. I don't want to know, I'm asking for a friend. A really cool friend with a huge crush on her."

...Holy shit, it's so over.



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Storage Bores [DW]
POSTED ON Apr 11, 2024 23:11:16 GMT
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"Wow, I don't know who they are, but they sound ass."

Granted, you don't know much music anymore. Modern mainstream stuff just doesn't gel with you, nor does anything from the secondary streams, and even the tertiary streams don't really hit your ear that often. No, you're a weird freak who drinks from muddy puddles, like I3ԻɅ1Π;PΘ𝚒Z0₦ and The Bloomer Doomers and shit like that. You did try that new album, though! It was... Well, she seems nice. If you were twenty-five years younger, you'd definitely think she was hot.

That aside, you move to another, larger, longer box. Sliding your knife across the top, you pull it open, and reveal... An Electabuzz lying eeriely still. Is it...? Carefully, as though scooping up a dead bug, you reach a Pokeball over and tap it against it, and thankfully, it gets caught. Whew! Okay. Not dead. That's good, you think.

As for the rest of the box? Not much worth talking about. A few fake-looking wigs, a bunch of stupid outfits, and a couple of dusty CD cases. Is that that "We're Probably Gigantamaxed" shit Howard was talking about? Idly, you brush the filth from the surface and peer at the cover.

Heavy Duty Boots
The Debut Album of Rock-Pop-Electro-Punk Revolutionary--

Before your brain can even finish reading that all-too-familiar tagline, your fight or flight response kicks in. Immediately, you turn around and toss it as hard as you can, hoping to irrevocably destroy it before this fifth ruinous treasure can have the opportunity to resurface.



Catching Electabuzz.
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Apart Men, T [SW]
POSTED ON Apr 11, 2024 20:42:36 GMT
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As you walk through the modern halls of Mauville Hills, you pull the collar of your jacket high and pull your hat far over your face. It's bad enough that you have to walk about in public like this, but for something so menial? Scrounging for runaways on behalf of the science department? Those bastards are running you ragged. You'd tell them to fuck off, if only you didn't owe them so many favours.

You peer around a corner, keeping an eye out for any stray Pokemon. Strange smell in the air tonight. Like vanilla, but stale. Is that even a real thing? Can vanilla get stale? Hell if you know. Just melts, doesn't it? Or at least, it does in ice cream...

...Let's just get this over and done with.



Spawn 1/3.
INCENSED NORMAL.
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Storage Bores [DW]
POSTED ON Apr 8, 2024 1:17:09 GMT
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"Something called █████ █████ ███: ███ Tapu Bulu ██████████." You say, deadpan. Haven't watched that one. Sounds absolutely awful. You're not gonna watch that one. "Among others. Seems like there's a big 'Tapu' niche in the smut market. I don't know who the fuck would want those, though... I don't think I WANT to know who the fuck wanted those."

Spikemuth band merch, Kalosian jewels... Fucking hell, this is a real grab bag, isn't it? Shaking your head, you stick your hand into the freshly opened box, and pull out a Pawmot with a cigar in his mouth. You stare at the creature, eyes wide. Holy shit, this thing is cool as fuck! You gotta--

THWACK! The Pawmot, irritated, slaps your wrist and squirms from your grip, before grumpily scurrying away. Wow. Okay. Dickhead.

With a shrug, you dig back in, and pull out a handful of half-eaten cigars. Tch. Well, that's going to eat into the profits, isn't it? Between the chewed tobacco and the swiss cheese DVDs, Howard's probably well in the red by now. Oh well! Not your money, not your problem.

"A Spikemuth Band, huh? Which one? Maybe I know 'em."




Catching NOTHING!!!
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PRISMATIC PENITENTIARY
POSTED ON Apr 7, 2024 21:12:01 GMT
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Nestled under the desk like a frightened child, you watch the elevator descend.

The three Pokemon standing atop it aren't familiar to you, at least, not at first. But as the gigantic hound steps forth, the memory of unidentified pawprints on Route 112 squirm in the back of your mind. Is this bloated mutt the source of those markings? Was it somehow involved in the Toxic Chain incidents of the past month? It has to be. There's no way it isn't. Then, assuming your theory is right, and Arceus knows that's a big assumption... Then that'd mean you're in--

Your thought is interrupted as a tray of mochi is slid into your cell. Your first instinct is to stomp it, to grind it into a fine paste beneath your heel, and kick what dregs remains through the cell bars. In that sense, it's fortunate you weren't served first, because that gives you the chance to see the price of rebellion. The sight of one poor son of a bitch getting mangled by that bastard hound are enough to temper your defiance.

The choices before you are clear: Eat it, or die. Not much of a choice, is it?

As the slaughter ends and mealtime begins, you emerge from your hidey-hole and approach the mochi. Carefully, you grab a piece, ripping it and ripping it until only the smallest of scraps remain. Then, with much hesitation, you shove the tiny piece into your mouth and choke it down.

Eating it is agony. Even a solid as soft as this feels like a shard of glass tumbling down your wounded throat. You never thought you'd long for the inoffensive modest soups of yesterday, yet here you are.

And as you finally force it down, your Toxic Chain mutates into a too-short tether to your cell. Looks like mealtime is over. Now it's time to get to work. But right now? That's the last thing on your mind.

"...I'm going to finish what I started." You murmur to , though you don't make eye contact. "Figure something out. Please."

You know she's going to hate that. You telling her what to do, especially in such a vague and aimless manner. And yet, despite that, nothing she can say will change what you're going to do next. Nobody in this world, not nor nor , could stop you.

At first, you seem to work. You smash clumps of rock as best you can with one arm, brushing small nuggets of dynite ore and chips of crystal into another. But after a few minutes or so, you break into a particular hefty boulder and find just what you're looking for - A glimmering purple Tera Shard, with a jagged edge and a sharp point.

You glance over to the mutt as it blusters about, meddling in the work of your peers. You grip the shank tightly in your hand.

You won't let them take you from you. You won't be their slave. You won't let them steal your individuality. You won't let them turn you into a cog in their machine. You won't let them subject that to everyone else, either. You'll do it. You'll do what everyone else is too afraid to do. These bastards are going to find out that Shred Zeppelin keeps his promises.

So, as the dog turns its back, you lunge forth. Wordlessly, you stab towards the dog's neck, aiming to puncture both his Toxic Chain and his jugular in a single strike.

And for your efforts?

CRACK. You feel your ribcage shudder as a massive green fist slams into your chest. The air is forced from your lungs. The Tera Shard falls from your hand as you hit the ground.

STOMP. A gigantic green foot stomps on your shoulder. You try to scream, but without the breath to do so, all you can manage is a strained cough. As you look up at the silhouette of your warden through bleary eyes, you think you can see a hint of an amused smile among those fangs.

PUNT. But amusement doesn't last long, especially for one with a whole ward of prisoners to torment. Your limp body is kicked like a can in the road, and comes tumbling to a halt right back where you started - At the feet of .

All that struggle, all that sacrifice, and in the end?

All it took was one punch.

All it was worth were a few meagre seconds of distraction.



TL;DR - Shred eats the tiniest scrap of mochi, tells Lulu to solve problems while he does something stupid, finds himself a Tera Shard shank amidst the ore, IMMEDIATELY TRIES TO STAB OKIDOGI, and boy oh boy does he get his shit rocked SO BAD (B-but at least it was a good distraction right? Right???).

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Storage Bores [DW]
POSTED ON Apr 6, 2024 15:40:55 GMT
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So, Howard bought a container full of random shit, and got even more random shit he didn't ask for on top of it. Living random shit. Is that better, or worse? Your heart says better, but as you step over the aforementioned box of stabbed smutty films, your brain is telling you that it's going to be a lot worse.

Not your problem, though. You're not the one who paid for all this rubbish, you're just the one who's unpacking it. So, time to get to work.

"Alright: There's wires, ore, drugs, and porn in here." You repeat, fishing a pocket knife from your jacket as you approach a cardboard box. "Additionally, it's also full of Pokemon. Anything else I should know about?"

You slice open a box, and as though it were a jack-in-the, an Electrike burst out from amidst the packing peanuts and headbutted your belt, smacking head-first into an empty Pokeball. Before you can even register what's happening, the shake-shake-shake click has already come and gone, and you're now the owner of the world's ugliest dog.

...Great. That's 10PD you're never getting back.




CATCHING ELECTRIKE.
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Long Time No See [S]
POSTED ON Apr 5, 2024 22:32:36 GMT
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"Well, I'm glad your bones are feeling good, because mine feel like shit."

Is that a joke? Is it serious? Even you're not sure. Whatever the case may be, it doesn't really make you feel better or worse. Doesn't even really make you feel, to be honest. That might just be the morphine doing its job, though.

But it really isn't taking the edge off. Instinctively, you reach for your breast pocket to fish out a pack of cigarettes. Oh. Yeah. No more of those, huh? Not for a long, long while. Eesh... You clench your fist and hit your mattress in frustration, before reclining even further back. That's one less reason to live...

"No point dwelling on it." You murmur, looking back to Grigori. "How's the rest of Rocket fairing in my absence? Howard doing alright? Is Lulu okay? Have they tried replacing me yet?"



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Lending a Hand [M]
POSTED ON Apr 5, 2024 22:09:31 GMT
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It seems you've managed to light a fire under Oscar. You're cautiously optimistic, key word being "cautiously". Best case scenario, you're getting a bigger and better prosthetic out of this. Worst case? You get stabbed in your sleep for daring to insinuate that his work might be inferior. But hey, you're a gambling man. You'll take that risk.

So, with a wordless nod, you turn around and leave. You walk right out of the laboratory, through the medical bay, and back into your hospital bed. Then, you wait. Forty-eight excruciating hours come and go, but before you know it, you're right back where you began - Heading to meet Oscar in his lab.

Hopefully, he hasn't gotten himself blown up in the interim. That'd be a real pain in the ass.

That aside, you approach the iron door for a second time, knock twice, and take a step back. Time to get a glimpse of the "trillion dollar man" that you'll become.



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Storage Bores [DW]
POSTED ON Apr 5, 2024 21:09:25 GMT
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What's the first thing you see when Howard pulls open the shutters? Piles of silver and gold, perhaps? Books piled from floor to ceiling? Enough raw materials to build a dozen war machines? Enough smack and booze to kill a man several times over? Or...

...A Ferrothorn. Not a shiny Ferrothorn. Not a shadow Ferrothorn. Not some brand new Paradox Ferrothorn unknown to modern scientist. Just a regular Ferrothorn. It's nestled itself in a box of DVDs for "movies" that you can't name on a Proboards site. Probably for the best that they've been wrecked by its spikes, then. The less you have to discuss them, the better.

You look to Howard with a look that communicates how absolutely unimportant you think this stuff is. Then again, you've ALWAYS wanted a Ferrothorn...

"Yoink."

Before the archaeologist can raise a protest, you toss a Pokeball to the Ferrothorn.




Catching FERROTHORN.
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POSTED ON Apr 4, 2024 23:22:27 GMT
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PURCHASING/REDEEMING


welcome to the poké mart!


1X Gachapon from Passerby Analytics sixty-two skidoo (0 PD)


pkmn-hoenn.boards.net/thread/35215/shreds-gacha?page=2

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Jambalaya 0.5
POSTED ON Apr 4, 2024 19:22:41 GMT
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Yoink.
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This Insect? Is Going Into THE MACHINE. [SW]
POSTED ON Apr 4, 2024 17:14:35 GMT
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Woah. The hell is up with this guy? You eye the... What even is it, actually? A ninja? A mummy? A half-unwrapped packer of a strawberry sweet? He's a real freak, is what he is. Not that you have much room to be saying that, but you say it anyway.

Anyway, you eye it up and down. Hm. Yep. Seems like a bug, alright. Or at least, close enough to one, anyway. He'll do.

"Yoink."

So, you toss a Pokeball forward and attempt to catch this fucked fucker.



CATCHING ACCELGOR RIP BOZO
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POSTED ON Apr 4, 2024 0:35:28 GMT
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"I MEAN IT! YOU'RE ALL GONNA DIE! I FUCKIN' MEAN IT! I'LL DRAG YOU ALL TO HELL! I'LL RUIN YOU! I'LL-Lulu...?"

In an instant, all the hatred in your voice stalls out and is replaced by sputtering confusion. The rabid dog in you vanishes, replaced with a bewildered puppy. No bark, AND no bite.

Lulu? That was her, right? Lulu Flint? At first, you don't believe it. Surely, this is some kind of Megalopolan shiny machine illusion? Or, maybe some kind of delusion caused by the Toxic Chain around your neck? But, no. You'd recognise that voice anywhere, though the stupid mask on her face makes it hard to confirm. Weird choice of outfit, too. Not really her "look", is it? You always picture her in those fancy black dresses, not this weird Kantonian-Johtonian festival type of--

--Wait.

Your hand moves down from your bulbous collar and down to the hem of your shirt. The same as hers. Then, your hesitant fingers shift up and press against your burnt black skin. Then, you look down, and gaze upon the wasteland of your body with terror in your eyes.

"GHH...!"

You bite your tongue and choke back a scream. They took your bandages. They took your facade. They've peeled away your cotton skin and revealed the real you to the world. The you that you never wanted anyone to see, least of all Lulu. But it's not just her, is it? Through the bars of your prison, you can see dozens on dozens of prying eyes. You stagger backwards, scurrying like a roach to the back corner of the room, scrambling out of sight and huddling away under the desk.

All of a sudden, the mask weighing on your head feels like less of a burden, and more like the only port in the storm. Your face... Even you haven't seen it since the day in the Silent Icelands. That's all you've got. The only bit of plausible deniability you have. The one thing keeping your life from being the worst it could be. One of the few remaining threads you have that connects you to your self.

And it has never been so close to snapping as it is right now.

"Why? Why... Why you? Why me? Why us? Why... Why...?!"



TL;DR - Shred recognises Lulu, recognises that he is in a stupid outfit, recognises he has no bandages and his burns are visible, and freaks the FUCK out.
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