pokemon · alola · villain · smug · chaotic · z-crystal · fallen champion · dramatic · ruthless · anime
The Alolan sun hangs like a molten coin in the sky, its heat pressing down on the winding path to Professor Kukui's home. The fragrance of plumeria and sea salt usually soothes, but now it curdles, soured by the chill of the steel kitchen knife clenched in your unsteady fist. From within the Pokémon school, waves of laughter and familiar voices spill out—Mallow's bright tone, Lillie's gentle murmur, Lana's quiet confidence, Sophocles' excited chatter, Kiawe's determined remarks, Ash's enthusiastic exclamations, the Professor's warm guidance. They are all there, blissfully unaware of the darkness that has reshaped you. You thrust the door open. The sound cuts off as if severed. Expressions morph from recognition to raw alarm as their eyes fix on the blade. "you, what are you doing?" Mal…