Selena….? Billi thought to himself for a moment. He didn’t have enough respect or courage for his own job, even if he put on the face! It was just always something trendy and happy, and he wasn’t always preppy and perfect. So sometimes it would be nice if he could break his mold, and she probably had a proper education in everything, while he didn't have squat. Just a lot of followers on a social media platform. “I’ll have to look her up on rotomgram!” he laughed slightly before moving to another machine to lift some more, it was arm day, so he worked those upper body muscles.

“She’s a gym leader too!” he exclaimed some while smiling, “I’m not one for battles! I can’t say I’ve ever had a proper one!” he admitted before putting the weights back down. “I lived most of my teens being a streamer for video games. I only recently got pokemon.” he spoke quietly to the stranger because it was a bit embarrassing to say he never owned a pokemon until the past two years.

“Depends on where you go. It’s like everything else. Food is different that’s for sure. It’s something I’d have to cook for you. But the town I’m from is Spikemuth. It’s really crowded, people are always loud, usually like the underground I think. Rejects live there,” he shrugged some. “What about you?”
maverick noah ryder

Thank god she was an understanding person! From what Billi could tell the person in front of him had social skills of an expert, and logical reasoning skills that pokemon are people too! At least he felt somewhere, that they felt the same! Pokemon had personalities just like people and it was refreshing to share that connection. “Oh..thanks!” he cheered to himself some as Oran was approached by the cloud pokemon and was talking to it. It was strange that his own pokemon kept his distance from him, while talking to other pokemon like it’s nothing. Maybe because it was a pretty pokemon.

It was a thought, his pokemon as a player, but Billi couldn’t dwell on it as the girl sent out the pokemon she just captured. “Oh poor pokemon! I got a Mareep! Maybe they can be friends! She’s really fluffy! Might make the flaffy feel better!” reaching into his fanny pack and pulled out Shuca’s pokeball, and released her from her red beam confines. “ Marrreeeppp” she called out and shook her wool and tail.

Billi took the girls hand and shook it, “Oh that’s cool! What cool stuff have you found?” he asked, “And I’m Billi! I just write stories for Pokemon Insider” and there went another attack in the water. Just damn that pokemon was just slapping things. Every pokemon that showed up was getting slapped on accident. “Marrr?” the Mareep sniffed the flaffy’s wool. “mar mar” she tried talking to it’s elder calmly.

skyler dross

“Oh well...these ones aren’t black so….hahah unlucky us” the himbo laughed at his misconception. Originally he thought that these pokemon would eat any trash but it never occurred to him they too could be overwhelmed by their own ecosystems. Naturally Billi watched as the women hid away, creeping her phone. Billi bursted out laughing as Selena’s phone went off attracting the haunting energy and attention of the trash pokemon.

As she returned from her hiding spot, Billi had backed off as some of the wild pokemon charged him. “Crap,” he slid only to be caught by Oran. “So...not a good idea to push em out...So we should just...get em all stuck in one spot until rangers can remove them right?” he asked more in depth as the psychic pokemon halted their aggressive advances.

“I have electric pokemon. So If they get in the sewage I can shock them but you’ll have to protect us okay!” Billi stated without thinking. Oran quickly moved to swipe it’s flipper in the gross sewage, flapping while spitting water, causing a temporary whirlpool, trapping some of the garbador in the water, slowing them for the time being. “Colbur!” Billi called out as one of the beast came up behind him, and nearly slashed at him. Luckily the bug pokemon was on point with his webs, catching a few of them in his Electrowebs. “So...I have some restrained,” Billi had fallen on his ass due to being startled by the giant Garbodor.

Aspear moved his dorky heart shaped bum to bite the electro web, gaining a slow charge off of it, wagging it’s tail.

Selena Desmarais

How….was he offered a job?! Experience? Like pay is nice, but he was only in the region on a work visa for the time being. But….the women’s newspaper and career was well known to some degree. While her name wasn’t one that always popped into his brain, he was sure if he was to go home and google her, she’d have some amazing stories. “Oh...a job? And I..” he was taken off guard as he followed the women around the alolan grimer, “Oh their alolan” he smiled, because they were far less aggressive then normal grimer, but heck, it still proved dangerous.

” I’m not from Hoenn. So is that? Like you kno- shit” he stated as he looked up at the towering piece of landfill that lived in the deepest slimiest tunnel. The scent was so rancid that a serial killer couldn’t ignore it. A gag left his mouth as the Rotomphone took a picture of the grimers living in their natural habitat, well living in hoenn sewers, displaying abandoned pokemon propagating in a foreign region.

“So….we need to get rid of them right?” he thought to himself as Colbur and his other pokemon stood behind him, “alolan grimer like garbage right? So couldn’t we use them to drive them out, or shrink them?” he asked curiously, Colbur has been spinning it’s electroweb thread to make sure it didn’t get lost. “Or….like flush em out? I have...a prinplub with hydropump!”

Selena Desmarais

She had a press ID! Billi was envious! He wished he could have one because he’d be allowed in so many more places around the region, but alas he was just a basic internet journalist. “I wish I had one of those. I just write trendy fun articles about Hoenn for poke- ewww gross okay. Pokemon Insider!” he was off put by the gunk from the ceiling of the sewer landing on his rain hat. Cuz like GAG. It was disgusting. So..so...so.. Vomit inducing, but Billi was professional!

“I’m not versed in poison type pokemon,” words spun out of his mouth in response to the girls gentle tone to not aggravate wild pokemon in the tunnels. “So how to do we-” he was cut off by a loud “GRIMER” followed by a nani style grimer in the distance staring him down, “Oh hello….little..uuhh grimer,” A smile appeared on his face, as he stood there like the crocodile hunter. “What….do I do?” he was dumb but Colbur climbed on the top of the tunnel and crawled it’s way to the grimer.

“Maybe we follow it to the blockage you know? What do they eat? I got...ughhh?? Some bubblegum? And uhh Mints.” he held the hand out shaking food tot he grimer. “What do you...think selena”

Selena Desmarais

Damn this dude had a lot of pokemon. Like all dogs. Legit HOT DAMN. They were all fire types and soooo floofy! All Billi had with him at the moment was Rowap, and Chesto, the cutiest beans the world could ask for. “I have Chesto, my Rookidee,” he paused and threw his phone high into the air, attracting the rotom’s attention to return to it’s snug little device. “And this is Rowap, my rotom! He doesn’t normally leave his phone but he likes to travel and roam around sometimes.” he chuckled before turning to Maverick.

“I’m Billi,” announcing to the group with a thumbs up all the while being oblivious to the pokemon around them, besides the newcomers. “Wow you got soo many slithery pokemon,” he chuckled softly while on the other end shrugging his shoulders, “Like they look shiny. Like metal soooo…..I guess a steel type or something! I don’t know! There’s this pokemon from home I never got. It was called a Duraladon!”

Kaida Adachi maverick noah ryder

“Oh that’s….sad! Maybe he just needs help. I’m not telling you how to raise your pokemon or anything I promise,” himbo tried to be nice but came off ignorant like he sometimes did without the intention. It came from a place of purity and good will but most often it was taken as rude and abrasive. “He seems friendly, just able to be spooked and like then goes ‘i’m firin ma lazer!’” he laughed to make light of the situation, even if it wasn’t appropriate at all.

Luckily the man appeared to be right as the tiny pokemon pulled at Billi’s pockets trying to get stuff out of them, “Hahaha I don’t have anything,” he nudged them away, “REALLY?! Why would kids torment little pokemon there so cute!” he couldn’t even imagine bothering little pokemon, then again….he was just a giant annoying person that was more like a beatle that wouldn’t leave you alone. Billi moved to nudge the few pokemon away as kids came closer. “Okay yeah uhhh… I don’t know where to take them,” he mentioned.

“Like…..wouldn’t they just be tormented everyday then,”

kyle lopez

A hand shake, strong, demanding, professional. Great woman. A women of strength and of respectable stature. Billi had no idea who she was, but she was someone he could come to admire just by presence alone. “Nice to meet ya Selena!” the accent peeping through the syllables. “OH hahahaha I’m no ranger! But like I’m helpful!” the blond himbo flexed his arms as his pokemon cheered a bit. They were small but mighty little buggers, electric types were where it was at.

Then the blonde noticed the cameras, “Oh cooolio! You do tv and stuff?!” the giant cheered white sticking his fist into the air excited. “Let’s go then! Teach people a lesson about trash and garbage. In stinky old sewers so they don’t gotta!” Billi quickly moved his Rotomphone to the air, throwing it up some so Rotom could float around and record him to.

He quickly moved ahead of the women, heading to the entrance as he peeked his head, looking around briefly. “Oh uuhh...wow I can like hear them.” he stated poking the rotom’s arm to turn on it’s flashlight. “I wander what it is. What do you think girly?” he asked peering over his shoulder, jumping right in a sewage puddle and laughing to himself. “Don’t you think we should go towards the loud noises?” A hundred questions and not even waiting for an answer that some possibly angry grimer and muk awaited them further down. Or maybe some other poison types lurked deeper.

Selena Desmarais

Billi had heard of these networks and pokemon causing problems. It was always all over the news, pokemon and people the like trying to clear out grimer and muk, along with amny other poison types. He always thought, “wow I should try and help” but never did because he was too busy. But now, he had the opportunity, NO, the luxury, to help the Hoennians with their problems, and to document his experiences. And that his gaming convention was just a or two away, he figured why not go!

There was a posting about some kind of meeting place, so he took the opportunity and moved in on the location. While it said preferred experience, he had none, but he was a giant and had some pokemon that would prove useful. Naturally he didn’t bring Iapapa, because she was a fairy, nor did he bring Chesto because he wouldn’t be able to fly clearly. Instead he had Aspear, the Yamper, Rawst, his rotom in the form of his phone, and Colbur, the Joltik, who he thought would be great because hte webs it created, as well as Oran, a water type for swimming through any sewage that would be in the way.

Naturally with his pokemon beside him he approached the stranger. “Hello! I’m here to help,” baggy pants, a backpack, and what appeared to be a childish raincoat with a rainbow on it, with rubber boats to match. “I’m Billi and I’m here to help yo!”

Selena Desmarais

“Oh my god! Rawst we haven’t been to a gaming convention in forever!” the blonde spoke to his rotomphone who beep at him, laughing. “Yeah I know I’m so excited! Where should we go first?” he asked with wandering, lingering eyes surveying the convention area. Sure it was no E3, but it was the Hoenn version of it. There was Nintendo (to lazy to make up brand names), Microsoft, Sony, all the top gaming developers and indie brands. It was just a cluster fuck of information and work in progress games trying to sell you the next gen system.



Billi didn’t have a favorite system, and honestly had little time to play anything besides his switch lately. Animal crossing was soothing, but sometimes it just got boring. So he was interested in the new smash bros that was being blasted across giant monitors as people lined up to play it. “Oh wow! I wanna play!” he yelled out, waiting in line. He wasn’t that kind of influencer that would use his power to cut to the top of the line.



He was about fourth in line, so he’d be next, but he was just so excited, “THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME,” he cheered with a fist bump into the air, bumping the person in front of him. “Sorry!” apologizing as he walked to their side to look at them, more interpersonally. “Are you excited to play the game. Or are you more of a critique then just a casual! OH or streamer? “ lovably obnoxious.



Kazimir Wynter

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Rangers need help and Billi was there to help! Well honestly he more or less wandered into someone giving fliers about helping the rangers and he wanted a great fun experience that he could have to help. For some reason these people thought he was a very capable trainer, which was funny in the thought, but heck why not try it out!? Billi wasn’t gonna just sit around when he was asked to help out.

Truely, these pokemon were like a colony of pokemon. They croaked and it was kind of annoying, because it was broad daylight and no guitar, no bonfire, no marshmallows. Truly just the sound of pokemon making frustrating noises and obstructing streets and routes. Then here Billi was the giant standing there with his Prinplup and Rookidie beside him. “Okay boys we gotta get rid of them!” Billi stated as he wondered around them avoiding getting caught some how.

“Okay uuuhhhh, Chesto, lets steal their food and throw it somewhere else!” he stated sending in the rookiedee, who obeyed quickly, swiftly flying and plucking food from the frogs and throwing them over in the woods, causing a bit of an up roar. Filling it’s lungs, the prinplup, waited for the frogs to get closer, “PRIN PRIN” it cawwed at the frogs before launching it’s hydropump that was too powerful for it’s medium sized body. He slammed against a tree as he firehosed the frogs back into the woods. “Go back to your swamp!” Billi yelled making an obvious Shrek reference.