Agent of Change

by Cyberchao X

Chapter 6

CCX: Wow. When all of the names started randomizing, I started to get a little worried because Cynthia would inevitably be randomized as well, and I'd have to worry about reconciling her new name with what I'd already written. But then that happened! Since I'd always planned on giving Jasmine a real role in this story, having to shrug off the name change works out perfectly. Of course, as I write this, PP is on his way to Stark Mountain…

Sandgem Town

Fresh off their victory at the Pokémon League, the Voices debated what to do next. Evolving Shinx was considered a priority. A lot of them were certain that they had a Dusk Stone, but none of them were quite sure where or when they'd gotten it.

In northeastern Sinnoh, Nina Quinn had no reason to think that she didn't still have a Dusk Stone. In fact, she'd dropped it on her way to Sunyshore City.

The Voices made Pepe give an Experience Share to Shinx, and it evolved into Murkrow. Much like Nina's Lampent, Murkrow had a horrible ability and would have had them calling for its head had it been allowed to reach this stage earlier in the journey, since they hadn't found the missing Dusk Key when they'd last had Shinx in the party. They used the Dusk Key and unlocked…Blaziken.

"Wow Deku OneHand"

The voices were even more displeased than they had been when Lampeon evolved. At least Flareons had a complex place in the Lore, starting with Red's Martyr and going onwards through Napoleon's Solareon and Abe's Sam. Blaziken was just a meme because of Deku's Rule 34. (And yet they've still picked Torchic in Hoenn four times out of four, even getting a non-randomized starter in their randomizer run, the only time this ever happened.)

The PC trolls would probably be happy. They love releases, and had been clamoring especially hard for Shinx's release after its early-game favorite status. Though the fact that it was being done in democracy might make it hollow for them.

Survival Area

On the subject of Flareons, Nina had in fact been given permission, if not outright ordered, to switch back to "8-Pokémon mode". Before she brought both Jellicent over, though, she asked to be sent her Roserade.

Napoleon had sent out his team, or most of it, anyway. Queen Sunbrella was overjoyed at the sight of her son, but saddened to find out that he had no idea where his father was. Solareon and Lampeon were fast friends, though the latter looked at the former a bit strangely at the sight of the little Shinx hanging all over him. He tactfully said nothing, but it was clear what he was thinking: "Isn't she a bit young for you?" 006 also seemed happy to see another male Flareon and found herself the victim of a Dazzling Gleam for her intense interest. She retaliated with a super-effective Superpower before the two Flareon stepped in to break up the fight, Solareon telling the Bibarel off while Lampeon reassured the Glaceon that his heart wouldn't waver. The two trainers then called back their teams (minus Nina's two Eeveelutions, of course) and headed back to Stark Mountain.

CCX: I'm pretty sure that segment actually takes place before the first segment of the chapter. Unfortunately, as I said in the opening, there's only so much I can do until the stream shows me what's going to happen in Stark Mountain. I promised I wouldn't force the lore, though there were some "if this happens, I write this" ideas. Nina having trouble finding her contact (Jasmine) was planned before the stream even started, but having her cover most of Sinnoh at some point or another was something I decided to do once I learned that Shinx would evolve to Murkrow if it was ever allowed to for the express purpose of maximizing the likelihood that we'd find the Dusk Stone in a location that she'd been to. We were given two, after all, and we got it on the first try so we should've still had one.

And yes, Feereon was female. I know it's not terribly creative and they were never actually in the party at the same time during the stream, but Eeveelutions have a 7:1 male-to-female ratio so I'm not wasting the opportunity when we actually had a male and a female in the same run.