MARCH UPDATE

1423 height

חקל דמא

awards

5,045 posts

DOLLARS

part of

TAG WITH @alexei

SILPH CUP 2023 AT FORTREE GYM

POSTED ON Apr 15, 2023 19:28:10 GMT

gabriel / male / intimidate / dragon claw, scary face, flamethrower, protect, thunder fang, rock slide

After the crazy, intense battle for air supremacy—he was still behind the surprise dark horse Kyle and unsurprisingly, little Josh.

He was surprised to find out that he’d made up for some lost time, so there was that too.

(How loud was the home crowd yelling for him? He had no idea. However he could wager a guess that Ethan and Claire had called up pretty much everyone at the Sanctuary and they were most likely having a time in the stands.)

Now that there was a wide straightway for everyone to rest, he rubbed the back of his Salamence’s neck with both hands, and gave him this reassuring whistle.

“Rest while you can, I have a feeling the next part of the course is going to go crazy. We’re going to need all the power we can get when we get to the home stretch,” he reassured the draconid, who grunted and continued to coast along on the air currents.

8674jml3

Speed: B
Endurance: C
Reaction: B

time to ride and DIE

@tag

close tab

played by

Ven

Alex / Lexy

he / him / his

thirty

december 22

Mistralton, Unova

homosexual demiromantic

fortree gym leader

gym leader

1423 height

חקל דמא

awards

5,045 posts

DOLLARS

part of

TAG WITH @alexei

how the turn tables [cc]

POSTED ON Apr 10, 2023 22:39:35 GMT

“You are most certainly not fine,” he continued in that same quiet little voice he took on when he was being dead serious.

He then approached his boyfriend (more like, life partner at this point but who’s asking) and then touched the back of his hand against the other man’s forehead, before—

“You’re hot. Hotter than usual,” he quickly followed up. And no, that did not mean physical sexiness, but the fact of the matter was that he was running—

“When was the last time you got a proper night’s worth of sleep?” he asked him next.

how the turn tables indeedy

Guillermo Marceliño

close tab

played by

Ven

Alex / Lexy

he / him / his

thirty

december 22

Mistralton, Unova

homosexual demiromantic

fortree gym leader

gym leader

1423 height

חקל דמא

awards

5,045 posts

DOLLARS

part of

TAG WITH @alexei

the assembly line [ee]

POSTED ON Apr 10, 2023 22:35:51 GMT

carina / female / shield dust / moonblast, sweet scent, bug buzz, aromatherapy, pollen puff, quiver dance

“Well, miss Elinor Anderson asked, and… out of everyone up there in that little faraway Evergrande outpost, she’s the nicest one of the lot.”

That was saying something, of course.

“You think I’d readily agree to this if it was them, or her?” he continued with a pointed eyebrow wiggle. Of course he wouldn’t.

Just for shit and giggles, he took the latest macaron and literally inhaled it in one go.

“Mm. I should really work on a new flavor…” he said around the mouthful of macaron. “Frog, what kind’a new flavors do you wanna see with my macarons?”

time to see a Bird in their natural habitat

close tab

played by

Ven

Alex / Lexy

he / him / his

thirty

december 22

Mistralton, Unova

homosexual demiromantic

fortree gym leader

gym leader

1423 height

חקל דמא

awards

5,045 posts

DOLLARS

part of

TAG WITH @alexei

carnival capers [ee]

POSTED ON Apr 10, 2023 22:31:30 GMT

“Oh, come on!”

Then again, the one in Nimbasa was a permanent fixture of the city, so… he didn’t have a counter-argument for that.

“Not even the silly love tunnel?” he wheedled, a teeny bit of begging in his voice. Maybe? Slightly. Hopefully.

Anyway!

“Those games? You know most of, if not all them are rigged, right?”

Look, Memo, your boyfriend’s luck and skill with carnival games was pretty much… zero. Terrible. Absolutely terrible. Wasn’t that sad?

Birdfrog day at the faire

Guillermo Marceliño

close tab

played by

Ven

Alex / Lexy

he / him / his

thirty

december 22

Mistralton, Unova

homosexual demiromantic

fortree gym leader

gym leader

1423 height

חקל דמא

awards

5,045 posts

DOLLARS

part of

TAG WITH @alexei

saint slumber [qq, c]

POSTED ON Apr 10, 2023 22:27:46 GMT

Right now, he was at the desk, finishing up some paperwork that Claire had left behind for him to review when he thought… wait a second, when did the edges of his vision start blurring like that? What was… what was going on?

There was a prickly feeling of apprehension as he stood up, collected the papers and placed it in the envelope before sliding it back into the desk. The hairs on the back of his neck were standing up, alerting him that there was something… there was something coming, most likely.

He wasn’t wrong, the moment he heard his boyfriend yelling for him.

“Memo?” he shouted back, running in the direction of his voice, apprehension heavy around him as he did so.

What… what was going on?!

“Are—are you okay?!”

close tab

played by

Ven

Alex / Lexy

he / him / his

thirty

december 22

Mistralton, Unova

homosexual demiromantic

fortree gym leader

gym leader

1423 height

חקל דמא

awards

5,045 posts

DOLLARS

part of

TAG WITH @alexei

bright in the right light [cc]

POSTED ON Apr 10, 2023 22:22:03 GMT

He was about to say something about the hot springs, but then bit his tongue because it involved one of his exes… and he knew that Memo had a particular jealous streak when it came to him talking about all the other guys that came before him.

“Oh, god, that was absolutely corny,” he chuckled, reaching down and giving him an affectionate noogie once he was done with the terrible attempt at a pick-up line.

“I just need to… get used to the heat, I guess. You know.”

He then felt his face turn fucking red, betraying him because. Well, there was a different kind of heat on his mind right now!

close tab

played by

Ven

Alex / Lexy

he / him / his

thirty

december 22

Mistralton, Unova

homosexual demiromantic

fortree gym leader

gym leader

1423 height

חקל דמא

awards

5,045 posts

DOLLARS

part of

TAG WITH @alexei

no fear when i'm with you [cc]

POSTED ON Apr 10, 2023 22:18:02 GMT

vincent / male / steadfast / brick break, counter, swords dance, meteor mash, aura sphere, extreme speed, life dew

His Lucario continued to stare at his female counterpart, wondering if she was really more than what she let on—the way that she wanted to literally butt heads and have a full-on fight with… well…

“Wait, I have a question,” he continued, shifting his balance ever so slightly and raising his right arm halfway, like a student hesitant on volunteering information in class.

“What if they just charge right at you without all the niceties? What then?”

He did have a point.

(Or maybe he watched too many action movies, who knew?)

He was also hoping to get a few self-defense lessons out of this, too. At least, that’s what he wanted to learn.

close tab

played by

Ven

Alex / Lexy

he / him / his

thirty

december 22

Mistralton, Unova

homosexual demiromantic

fortree gym leader

gym leader

1423 height

חקל דמא

awards

5,045 posts

DOLLARS

part of

TAG WITH @alexei

magic off this feeling [cc]

POSTED ON Apr 10, 2023 22:14:17 GMT

“And sometimes you wonder how I survived on mostly sugar for the time I’ve been in Hoenn—simple: I’m a sugar fairy. Or… whatever the male equivalent of faeries are,” he teased back with a grin as he tore off a large piece of the Cufant ear and continued chewing on it.

At the mention of all the food, he cackled quietly.

“…you know if I brought my macarons out here they’d sell pretty quickly,” he quipped. He then wondered…

“…you think they have a ramen stall here?”

Yes, Memo, your boyfriend has the appetite of a Snorlax, and you can’t stop him from eating at least one of everything!

close tab

played by

Ven

Alex / Lexy

he / him / his

thirty

december 22

Mistralton, Unova

homosexual demiromantic

fortree gym leader

gym leader

1423 height

חקל דמא

awards

5,045 posts

DOLLARS

part of

TAG WITH @alexei

widow jane, 10-year

POSTED ON Apr 10, 2023 22:10:23 GMT

☆ kyouya / male / sheer force / sky drop, hone claws, bulk up, tailwind, aerial ace, rock slide

“You know what I mean,” he teased back, squeezing his boyfriend’s hands in response to the gentle pressure.

“More than pretty sure. I’m positively, absolutely sure. That this. This, us, is the best decision I’ve ever made. And I’m eternally thankful for it.”

He then finished the rest of the sentence in his head, And I’m sorry if I made you wait, because that part was better left unsaid.

close tab

played by

Ven

Alex / Lexy

he / him / his

thirty

december 22

Mistralton, Unova

homosexual demiromantic

fortree gym leader

gym leader

1423 height

חקל דמא

awards

5,045 posts

DOLLARS

part of

TAG WITH @alexei

all ye faithful [m, c]

POSTED ON Apr 10, 2023 22:07:00 GMT

He watched quietly as his boyfriend marched off to his room before returning with a paper bag, before filling it with—with—

“Oh, my god. Frog,” he began quietly watching as the manic happening just literally unfurled in front of him. He was tempted to ask if this was going to work, but knew better than to provoke a slightly manic amphibian.

(Because yes, provoking a manic partner was bad. He just knew.)

Just in case, he then accessed his PokéGear and began sifting through the Sanctuary-wide storage system; in particular his side of the storage and making sure to locate if he had a Pokémon that knew both Imprison and Teleport so they could catch the little sneak thief red-handed.

“Shouldn’t… shouldn’t we like, hide or something?” he suggested a few moments later.

close tab

played by

Ven

Alex / Lexy

he / him / his

thirty

december 22

Mistralton, Unova

homosexual demiromantic

fortree gym leader

gym leader

1423 height

חקל דמא

awards

5,045 posts

DOLLARS

part of

TAG WITH @alexei

christmas eve and other stories [m, c]

POSTED ON Apr 10, 2023 22:02:50 GMT

Of course he would side with William.

Of fucking course he would!

“Love, I don’t know if Wooloo like spicy things, because they’re mostly herbivorous, and—” he trailed off as the Wooloo took a few sips of the soup, before letting out a ‘baa?!’ of surprise and his cute face started to steam.

“Uh-oh!” he couldn’t resist saying, unable to stop the break into another fit of laughter.

“I told you!”

close tab

played by

Ven

Alex / Lexy

he / him / his

thirty

december 22

Mistralton, Unova

homosexual demiromantic

fortree gym leader

gym leader

1423 height

חקל דמא

awards

5,045 posts

DOLLARS

part of

TAG WITH @alexei

this madness [s][c]

POSTED ON Apr 10, 2023 21:59:29 GMT

“In the end… I think you’ll have better luck than me talking to her, anyway.”

He sighed; this tiny, infinitesimal little thing that his partner wouldn’t notice before he looked down at him.

“Maybe another perspective would sway her. I’onno. But yeah…” he went on as he felt his arms wrap around the other man once more, afraid to let go.

Because if he let go, what would happen? Would the hackles come out again?

“Let me know how it goes… for better or for worse… whatever happens, happens. Should shit hit the fan… we gotta just. Roll with it.”

this happens sometime after Anna’s visit. Good luck calming him down, Frog.

close tab

played by

Ven

Alex / Lexy

he / him / his

thirty

december 22

Mistralton, Unova

homosexual demiromantic

fortree gym leader

gym leader

1423 height

חקל דמא

awards

5,045 posts

DOLLARS

part of

TAG WITH @alexei

faith noel (social)

POSTED ON Apr 10, 2023 21:52:55 GMT

? (apparently defaulted to ‘the cranky dedushka’) / male / prankster / rain dance, hurricane, extrasensory, agility, tailwind, bleakwind storm, ༄ Stormbringer’s Celerity

“That’s because it is, look at this!” he exclaimed, reaching up to his partner’s eyes and wiping off some of the black, ichor-like substance on his fingertips and showing it to him.

“What do you call this, then? If it’s not killing you, it’s turning your veins and blood black, or something along those lines!” he continued, his voice going toward the hysterical.

The Wandering Stormbringer stopped circling them, and turned to stare at the blonde, who was just about batshit ready to lose it.

“You… you’re the one who told me I’m not allowed to die! What about you, then? Are you going to risk everything just for more power? At the expense of me losing you? Possibly forever?!”

He could feel something throbbing in the back of his head.

“I’m scared, Memo! That’s what I’m feeling right now! I’m scared, that whatever this—this thing you and Shivani have—what if it kills you should you overuse it? What if you just suddenly, I don’t know, drop dead one day, out of the blue? Who knows what that… that strange black stuff is! What if… what if this is your life, dripping away?!”

The throbbing in the back of his head was slowly building up.

“Are you really… are you really going to throw everything into that? Just… just to…” he trailed off, taking a deep breath as he turned away, biting his lower lip.

close tab

played by

Ven

Alex / Lexy

he / him / his

thirty

december 22

Mistralton, Unova

homosexual demiromantic

fortree gym leader

gym leader

1423 height

חקל דמא

awards

5,045 posts

DOLLARS

part of

TAG WITH @alexei

you’ll [be] safe here [s][c]

POSTED ON Apr 10, 2023 21:38:37 GMT

“That… the other voice. My doppelganger’s voice, I think it is. Literally taunted me for so many things. Ab-about how I didn’t want to just shrivel up and… and be eaten by the void, how I didn’t want to let him be the one to live as m-me, instead… about how ‘normal’ he was. How he wasn’t… you know, me.”

With the way he emphasized ‘normal’, it wouldn’t take three guesses what he was trying to say.

“He—whatever kind of m-monster he was. B-blamed me for his death. E-even after I met him, in-in that other world, you remember, where I got the drum? Even… even if I already made my peace with that version of Mattie, and I nearly scared the fuck out of him.”

He took a tiny little breath, and sighed.

“He… I th-think he’s still in here,” he continued quietly, taking one of his boyfriend’s hands and placing it over his chest, right above where his heart frantically beat, a thousand miles an hour, desperate to keep surviving.

“Shit… got messy, and then this light exploded around… and then, I was there. On the beach. And then I heard Kaida Adachi’s voice, then Gabriel roared? I think… then I heard you. You… you were there.”

timeline: close to present day. Happens several weeks after by the dawn & fly me over yesterday; definitely after Frog’s birthday so yes they’re already boyfriends by this time

close tab

played by

Ven

Alex / Lexy

he / him / his

thirty

december 22

Mistralton, Unova

homosexual demiromantic

fortree gym leader

gym leader

1423 height

חקל דמא

awards

5,045 posts

DOLLARS

part of

TAG WITH @alexei

quiet evening [s][c]

POSTED ON Apr 10, 2023 21:27:31 GMT

Hopefully, the next time this happened—as Alexei was absolutely certain that there was going to be a ‘next time’, he hoped Memo wouldn’t freeze up.

Even if it was just for a few hours at a time. There was a good start, at least!

“Oh no, but I love you even more.”

And then the nose boop afterward.

“I love you, as long as the skies above exist. As much as the air we breathe. Truly, madly, deeply…”

He yawned after that.

“Let’s get some rest, hm? We have to save the world in a few hours or so…”