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April 6
The next part of the Asper Story Quest has been unveiled, themed around exploring the new Corruption Zone in Area 2. Join Dr. Bunya's STORY QUEST 2: Heart of Darknyas!

February 14
The month of love has o-fish-ially started! Ol' Blarney's Valentine's Hookup! is wet and underway, so grab a friend, grab your tackle box, and drop a line anywhere that water Pokemon might be hiding.

January 16
The Tower of Cats has been cleared! You can now re-challenge the Cat Tower, either alone or with your friends. Meanwhile, a new Challenge Tower has begun. Join the fight against legions of Pidgey in the Tree of Worms!

December 3
Patch Notes 1.2 are out! Check out the developer update to learn more.

Also, drop by the Surge Steppes to help Professor Ash in the new side quest: Steel Yourselves!

November 13
Hot, crawling darkness gathers in the settlement, and shadows slither towards a manor on the edge of town. Signups for the Noonlight Raid are now open!

And also please welcome back C0D13, our premier bug-busting AI and diligent customer service assistant!

October 25
Did someone say Halloween Speed Dating? We know you didn't, but it's here anyway! How many so-called 'Spooky Effects' can your character accrue before October 31?

September 23
Everyone ready for Finals Week? Our Back to School event is almost over! Check out everyone's hilarious answers to our Pokemon Essay questions here.

June 6th
The corruption has been pushed back, and Professor Ash also wants your help cataloguing the ecology of the now accessible Asper Region!

Frolic in the fae woods of the Birchwild Grove, get lost in the creeping fog of the Misty Timberland, or marvel at the vast and thunderous Surge Steppes! There's dozens of new Pokemon to catch, or you could set up the coffee shop of your dreams in our new, gothic-themed settlement!

Wondering what happened on Beta Island? Check out the new Codex page here!

For further details, check out our Patch 1.1 Patch notes!

May 16th
With C0D13 and Kyogre defeated, we're ramping up to roll out the next BIG update: Asper! Check out all the balance changes and details in our 1.0 Pre-patch!

April 11th
The STORM is bearing down, so with all the prepping taking place on the island we've done some of our own. Check out the functionality changes for Spawning and Catching, as well as our updated pricing here!

April 5th
With the Beta Island Quest Line finally completed, we are moving into the penultimate arc of this season: THE STORM. Check out the details in the link!

January 17th
New spawn types, an update to the Beta Island questline, and two new forum skins! There's a ton of new goodies packed into this update. Check out the finer details here!

December 28th
Since our Beta launch we've been hard at work adding, tweaking, and fixing. Patch 0.2 is all about quality of life improvements and getting the site running as smooth as Silcoon. You can check it out here!

December 18th
Patch 0.1 is here, and with it, the opening of Beta Island! This glorious, sunlit isle is just a hop, skip and a shipwreck away from the Asper mainland, and is full of lush, untextured jungle, buggy beaches, and Pokemon that run according to their programming.

If you find any glitches or abandoned technology, bring it to Codie at the Glitch Report.

For a deeper look at all of the new features introduced in 0.1, check out our Developer Roadmap.

Looking for a challenge? Check out the team-based mechanical puzzles of the Tower of Cats!

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[ti]solo[/ti]Stuck Between Two Worlds

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Laguna • World Traveler Mythstar Posts: 514 Trainer Class: Player Name: Abigaelle Gauthier OOC Username: Magnere Arena Points: 0	Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Laguna on Oct 10, 2022 21:10:09 GMT 9 #s://i~imgur~com/pWqTCKK~png The day began, but no sunlight pierced through the cracks in the blinds of her window. Instead, only the sounds of rain pouring down around echoed throughout the small one-room apartment. A dark, gloomy atmosphere. Cold and wet, it was the precise kind of weather she dreaded. Soon, snow would be upon them and she'd practically be homebound. She used to love the snow. It was so beautiful and unique. How she missed the days when she could go out snowboarding with her friends. These days, the snow just felt so... oppressive. A reminder of times that will never come again, an obstacle to trap her inside over, and over again. The young woman finally stirred in bed, her mind running a million miles an hour even as she barely moved. Her eyes trained on the ceiling, listening to every single raindrop that poured down. Drip. Drip. Drip. The repetition was relaxing and calming at first. It helped her forget everything else, for just a moment. Just breathing slowly, in and out. Over and over again. And yet, the soothing sounds couldn't keep her fears from rising to the surface of her thoughts forever. It was unfair. That was the only phrase she could really comprehend at the moment. It wasn't fair. Life took her freedom from her, and she fought and she fought and she fought to take it back with every single ounce of her energy. She moved into her own place, got her own job, provided for herself, and didn't need anyone else. She was self-sufficient, she could do whatever she wanted and there wasn't anyone stopping her. So why wasn't it enough? Why wasn't she happy?

[ti]solo[/ti]Stuck Between Two Worlds Posted Oct 10, 2022 21:10:09 GMT 9

Laguna • World Traveler Mythstar Posts: 514 Trainer Class: Player Name: Abigaelle Gauthier OOC Username: Magnere Arena Points: 0	Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Laguna on Oct 10, 2022 21:13:35 GMT 9 #s://i~imgur~com/yxr7iZb~png Her legs felt numb. Technically, they didn't feel like anything anymore. She couldn't feel anything below her waist. And yet, they still felt numb. In UNOVR, she could run, jump, leap, twirl, dance, all the things she used to do before. But what was she doing? Living some kind of fantasy? It wasn't real. It just hurt. She had already caught herself trying to move her legs and jump out of bed before. She hadn't accidentally tried to do something with her legs in years. The game gave Abigaelle her legs back, if only in her mind. A world filled with fantastical things and the paralyzed walking once more was perhaps the least most interesting about it. These days, her closest friends were virtual Pokemon, and people she's never met in real life. What did it mean that her closest friends weren't even real? And the ones that were real people, didn't even know the real her? Was she deluding herself? It was moments like this, staring at her ceiling incredibly depressed, that she debated quitting the game entirely. It wasn't healthy for her and she knew that. And yet, she cared so god damn much about it. It was destroying her, plain and simple, but it was more addicting than anything else she had ever experience. She never went out anymore, couldn't even remember the last time she got some fresh air. Before she got UNOVR, she used to force herself to drag her sorry butt outside every now and then, if only out of pure spite. Going down to the park, or the movies, or maybe a resteraunt. She'd stare beams of death at those who stared at her because of her wheelchair, stubborn to a fault. But now... All she wanted to do was just run. To run away from her problems, almost literally. To dive deep into VR and never come back. Her headset was just a few feet away, sitting on her nightstand. She'd never have to think about her fears again.

[ti]solo[/ti]Stuck Between Two Worlds Posted Oct 10, 2022 21:13:35 GMT 9

Laguna • World Traveler Mythstar Posts: 514 Trainer Class: Player Name: Abigaelle Gauthier OOC Username: Magnere Arena Points: 0	Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Laguna on Oct 10, 2022 21:15:26 GMT 9 #s://i~imgur~com/ZmMCiQ7~png But that wasn't how the world worked. It wasn't how anything worked. She still had to eat, she still had to sleep, and she still had to take care of herself. No matter how much she wanted to spend all her time with Glacia, her Bergmite, she had responsibilities. "Alright Abigaelle, it's time to get up. We have work to do." She spoke out loud, piercing the oppressive silence. It had been so long since she even referred to herself by her own name. Laguna was just a facade. Perhaps one day, she could actually be like her. Confident, witty, energetic, everything she used to be. The young woman somehow found herself moving into her chair, lifting herself up and out of bed ever so carefully. Somehow, she found herself getting properly dressed and out of her pajamas. It was just another routine. Even as she wheeled herself over towards her kitchenette to grab a cup of coffee and get started on her latest work project... her heart clearly wasn't in it. All she could think about was her Pokemon. How much better life would be if she had her friends by her side, Marina curled beside her to cuddle in bed, or Glacia simply smiling and brightening her day. It was almost shameful. She was in so deep, and she couldn't stop herself if she tried. She picked up her tablet pen, just staring down at her computer, silent. After a few minutes, she sighed and set it back down. She just didn't have the energy. "C'mon, Abigaelle, Lâche pas la patate." She whispered to herself. Perhaps all she needed to do was a few warm-up drawings. And so she picked up her pen again and got to work doodling the only thing on her mind.

[ti]solo[/ti]Stuck Between Two Worlds Posted Oct 10, 2022 21:15:26 GMT 9

Laguna • World Traveler Mythstar Posts: 514 Trainer Class: Player Name: Abigaelle Gauthier OOC Username: Magnere Arena Points: 0	Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Laguna on Oct 10, 2022 21:19:18 GMT 9 #s://i~imgur~com/X3VBVWn~png Hours later, her computer was covered in doodle after doodle of her Pokemon, drawn by her hand. Cute little sketches of Marina bouncing on a ball, or Sheldon and Hoppy just staring at each other, with a very silly angry expression. A big circle connected the two, with a "Enemies to Friends OTP" surrounding it. Roxxanne and Glacia bonding, with the little Bergmite proudly sitting atop her head. She didn't think to stop her doodles until her stomach began to growl and she pulled back from her computer. Despite everything, despite being reasonably afraid for her mental state... she was happy. Those little dorks genuinely made her smile, maybe it wasn't so bad after all. Maybe the early morning blues had just gotten to her a little bit too strong that morning. She still had work today, she couldn't ignore that. But she could try and find some healthy balance between this life, and the other. Forcing herself to not just abandon the real world, nor the Pokemon world, her mind was running through ideas as she ordered some takeout. She cared too much about what happened to her Pokemon, to that world she had come to love, but she couldn't forget herself. It didn't take her too long to come up with a solution, but it did make her smile nervously to herself. It was a long shot of an idea, but fate owed her some positive outcomes by this point. Rolling back up to her computer, she didn't bother picking up her pen to get back to work. Instead, she began putting together her resume once more. Hydance's website said they were hiring for at least a few different positions and she was going to apply for anything she could get.

[ti]solo[/ti]Stuck Between Two Worlds Posted Oct 10, 2022 21:19:18 GMT 9