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Cherry Blossoms-A Team Galactic Fanfic-By Saturn Artist: Rated PG (second thread)

Saturn Artist

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I know this thread already exists, but that is because I cannot view my old thread because someone has either posted a bad word, an inappropriate word, or strongly suggesting that someone is attractive. So please don't post those words on this thread.
Chapter Three is coming today. So yay!

EDIT: OK, I have chapter three completed. So, here we go!


Chapter Three- The Clefairy



A pair of Team Galactic Grunts encircled a man in Eterna City, tranquilizer guns in hand. The man was balding, with a tall forehead, and he wore a sweaty, greased up T-shirt and torn jeans. He was the Bicycle shop owner, Mr. Rydel.
Beside the man was a Clefairy, clutched to his leg and whimpering in terror.
“Clefairy came from space! So hand it over!” The leader of the two Agents growled, pointing the tranquilizer at Mr. Rydel’s nose, pressing it up against his nostrils.
“N-no! I won’t!”
“You’ll be sorry, Mr. R, when you wake up in absolute torture. Our commander doesn’t take refugees lightly, you know,” the other one added, grappling the man under the armpits so he couldn’t move. Mr. Rydel still refused to hand over Clefairy willingly.
BZZZZT!!!!

~.~.~.~.~.

Days had gone by, and I had proved to myself that I was indeed, not dreaming. The life of a commander was mind-splittingly frustrating, what with all the paperwork and designing blueprints and mapping classes I was supposed to take. There was Grunts to take care of and jobs to complete, and UGH! It was just frustrating.
But it was cool too, getting to hang with the other commanders. Sometimes we’d mess around in the movie room during our free time, and watch movies like Lord of the Rings and X-men and The Last Samurai. We’d have loads of popcorn and drinks, for me, I usually had soda or tea, while Saturn and Jupiter were old enough for alchohol. Turns out Mars is only twenty, and twenty year olds can’t drink. They have to be twenty-one. Eh, tea tastes better to me.
Sometimes we’d play pranks on the gruntiest of the grunts, like once we filled their toilet with rags and towels and it overflowed when they flushed. Another time we mixed up the teleportation tiles and they ended up in the Boss’s office. They got in huge trouble, and one even got fired!
Once me and Jupiter and Saturn went to some cheap fast food resteraunt and ordered so much food that they thought we were pranking them, and they only let us buy the actual three meals for the three of us. It was so funny when we were ordering it at the menu, because the person who took our order kept asking things like: “Will that be all?” “Is that all of your order?” and eventually: “Are you done YET!?”
But other times it was just me and Saturn, discussing how our plan was going to go out. I had already decided to go to the Valley Windworks and get the energy, and I’d done that. He was harnessing that energy to begin cunstructing the Galactic Bomb.
I didn’t need to pay much attention, because in the games, I had played all the way through, even to completing my National Pokédex, so I knew the whole layout of ‘our’ plan. So instead I payed attention to Saturn. I rarely commented, just stared at him and drooled until he figured out I wasn’t listening.
Today was one of those meetings.
He lay out a huge blueprint, almost as big as the table. “Hey, Marzipan, can you hold this end?” Marzipan. That was my nickname.
“Sure, Saturn,” I replied, stretching out my arm to hold the left side of the blueprint he was indicating so it wouldn’t roll back up again.
“Okay,” he began. “The fuse box will be here,” he said, pointing at a small, squarish drawing depicting a device that was close to the center. I chewed my melon flavoured gum and blew it up and popped it. Saturn twitched in slight annoyance from the smacking of my gum. “Spit that out, please,” he said, pointing to the garbage bin next to his desk, not once taking his eyes off of his blueprint.
I knew my place in this organization. A commander, but still the lowliest of the three. Saturn was second in line whole team, lieutenant. That meant I listened to him.
I spat the gum in the pin, after wrapping it back up in its wrapper.
“As I was saying,” he continued. “The fuse box will be here.” I placed my fist under my chin and stared boredly at the blueprints. I nodded. “The wires and coordinates that are placed inside to detonate the bomb are connected to the fuse box and outer wall.” He drew a circular motion with his finger around the whole of the bomb sketch. I honestly could care less.
“Question.”
“Fire away,” he said, kicking back in his swivel chair and placing his silver and off-white shoes on the lip of his desk. He placed his hands behind his head and relaxed himself.
“Where is Jupiter? I didn’t see her in the mess hall today.” Saturn growled, squeezing his eyes shut. He mumbled angrily to himself.
“Stay aboard the boat here, Marsi. We’re not talking about Jupiter. But just so you can PAY ATTENTION I will tell you. She’s in Eterna City, at the base there. Collecting Pokémon from the locals.”
“Ah.” I remember now. Just like in the games, Jupiter was in Eterna City. I see. Our plan didn’t change at all. Wait......It wasn’t just like the games.....In the games, the hero or heroinne would have interrupted me at the Valley Windworks. That didn’t happen.....
“Now......”

~.~.~.~.~.

Jupiter held Mr. Rydel’s Clefairy in her arms, smirking at the helpless lump he was now. Her grunts had done their job. Tranquilize him so they could steal his Clefairy. Apparently, it was against his volition.
Everything was going as planned. Dozens of Pokémon had been hoarded from the people of Eterna, including a few new Pokémon Team Galactic didn’t normally get. Such as a few Gible, several Chingling, a couple of Pokémon from the Roselia family, and a Cacturne for the boss. It was part dark-type.
This was all part of Jupiter’s plan. Suck up to the boss. Lure him towards her. Saturn, that fool, shouldn’t be higher ranking than her. SHE of all people should be lieutenant commander. Disposal of Saturn was now in play. Her mauve lipstick was drawn into a sneer. “Hmmmmmm......I’m sure that Saturn won’t mind. He’s so empty headed anyway.......”
“Commander Jupiter!” Jupiter turned to see one of her grunts waiting at the door of the highest room of the Eterna City base.
“Ah, Edward. What is it?”
“Erm....Our plan has gone flawlessly! Hoarding is now complete! We can head back to Veilstone now.” Jupiter let her hair bangs cover her face so no one could see her devilish expression.
“Good.....When we get back to the HQ, give the Cacturne we hoarded to the boss. Tell him it’s a gift from me.”
 
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I think the word you're looking for is "constricting".

Also seriously, have a talk with your mom. There's no reason she should be this restrictive. "Strongly suggesting someone is attractive?" They do that in DISNEY CARTOONS.
 
Thing is, is I try to. But she threatens to go back to blocking bulbapedia if I keep asking for better offers. Not that she's mean, but she finds that it's hard to keep me away from words like that that can be used in other situations. More graphic situations, if you know what I mean.
Yeah, probably more like constricting instead of holding. :D
 
Oh wait, I got the part wrong. I meant "constructing" where you said "He was harnessing that energy to begin cunstructing the Galactic Bomb."

And pretty much any word can be used that way. There's the old example of adding "...if you know what I mean" onto sentences to make them sound suggestive.

Seriously, your mom sounds like a major pain. How does she expect you to function in the world? And what *does* she find so offensive anyway?
 
My mom isn't a pain. Please DO NOT talk about her or any members of my family that way. She's just trying to keep me safe from all those bad things out in the world. Why does it bother you so much anyway? It's not your problem. I just wish you wouldn't comment on it so much. It makes me feel uncomfortable talking to you.

Anyway, alright, I see now. I was trying to make that sentence sound as suggestive as possible. But I didn't wanna overdo it.
 
Censorship bothers me. It's not right to force that on people, and "shielding" you from such things won't do anyone a lick of good.

No no, I mean it was misspelled.
 
I agree with Blackjack on this one. It is one thing to shield a child from everything bad in this world, but unfortunately this would cause a parent to not allow a child to go to a gas station (where books and magazines are sold that are considered offensive to many people), or not allowing them to look at billboards while driving down the highway because there might be a picture that is somewhat suggestive on it.

But to censor a person's internet because there might be a single profane word, or someone who makes shipping suggestions is a completely different thing... this would be the equivalent to forcing a child to wear earplugs in school and in the school locker room (boy's or girl's, offensive things are discussed in each). This is also like covering a child's ears whenever a car drives by and you can hear the radio, just because there could be something playing on that radio that might "damage their precious child's mind."

It is even moreso unfortunate that in many cases, shielding a child from many things that are "offensive" to the parent can cause the child to be clueless toward them at a later age, and find themselves in a lot of real life trouble because they never were taught that these things exist in this world, and that these things can cause harm to a person if certain protection and precautions are not followed.

I have chosen my words very carefully in this post and hope that if you do see this, you understand what I am saying, and I hope that while being vague, my meaning has come across.

p.s. Sometimes to keep a person safe from all the bad things in the world is more of a disservice than a service. It's kinda like keeping someone in a germ free environment for many years, and then once they leave home, they have no immune system and are facing a lot of germs for the first time. A person needs to be prepared for the real world.
 
And to be honest, if you don't want people to badtalk your mother it might be better not to talk about the insane things she does.

In addition, I just went to read the other thread and there were no inappropriate words, and nobody expressing interest in attractive people. I think your net-nanny program is a little overzealous.
 
There aren't? I'll have to go check and see which banned words they are. Hey, the word 'facial' was on the list, and my mother didn't know. So she took it off.
I know what you're trying to say, Satoshi-kun, but that's not what my parents are doing. Actually, I can go to almost any website I want to go to as long as there aren't any banned words on them. And I'd prefer if your comments on this subject were either PM'd to me or emailed to me instead of on my fanfic thread where you're supposed to be reviewing my story, not basically telling me and my parents how to live our lives. You guys have to understand that I'm only just now twelve years old, and there's pretty much no other way to filter the internet that my mom could find. The internet has already somewhat poisoned my brain.
 
You seem to be doing all right to me. If you find something objectionable, you leave it--it's not for someone else to dictate, since that means they're blocking what *they* find objectionable, not what *you* find.

Anyway, more related to the story, where did the other part go? Why is the first post all chapter 3? Where are the other chapters?
 
On the other thread, doh..... I just didn't feel it was necessary to re-post them, that's all.
 
Wow. Great chap. And HOW old are you? I swear, the things parents do makes you to LOSE YOUR MIND! (insane laughter). But let's be serious here. You are probably in high school(making a complete guess here). You need to tell her to back off a little.
 
"The internet has already somewhat poisoned my brain."

I question how that is possible considering some of the other things that you have mentioned in this same thread.

I like your story so far though I think it could be picked up in places. Nothing major though.

"and a Cacturne for the boss. It was part dark-type."

Sounds kinda blunt. Maybe alter it slightly so it flows more. Say:

"and a Cacturne for the boss. He/Cyrus always did have a preference for dark pokemon."
 
Okay guys. Saturn posted this thread to share her fanfic, not so you guys could come and rag on her parents. So kindly cut it out (directed not so much at Blackjack and Sato as it is the other posters.)

That said... Saturn, this fic is very good for someone who's just starting out, and I think with a little work you could become very good at writing fanfiction. I agree with Iteru's advice- in fact, you could compact it more by saying

"and a Cacturne for the boss, who always liked Dark Pokemon."

Aside from that, good fic, and I can't wait to see the next chapter. ^_^
 
OK, I'm not in high school. Do I really sound that sophisticated? Jee, I'm only just now twelve.
Oh, and thankyou. Yes, I know it was a bit blunt. Chapter Four is coming. Some slightly major ConjunctionShipping ahead.....
 
......I dunno, I read it in someone else's fic. Plus, it's cool. Her other one is Marsi.
Saturn's is Satty, which everyone should know by now, and Jupiter is Jupi.
Cyrus .... Sometimes I call him Cy or Sire.
 
Oh, thankyou.... Everyone seems to think that. Are you new? If so, I welcome you! Welcome to the bulbagarden forums, and have a WONDERFUL time!
 
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