It's the season of GIFTS GIFTS GIFTS

[indigo_league]

With Christmas scooting ever closer, it's time to start thinking about the real reason for the season and that is gifts. Yes, yes, joy to all, peace on earth etc etc, but deep down what we all want to do is tear some wrapping paper off boxes and be dazzled by the contents.

In order to keep things a bit organised, we'll be putting this up as a central gift-giving post, and it will feature three things.

★★ Arceus' gift As many of you long term players might already know, Arceus tends to drop a few gifts on the people he has brought here on Christmas day. And this year is no different! These gifts will be revealed on December the 25th, so please check back then to see what your character will be receiving. And yes, these gifts will go out to all. Arceus doesn't judge. Maybe he should, but he doesn't. ★★ Secret Santa Though these gifts won't officially be delivered until the 25th, this post will also feature a thread where you can post up the gifts your character has gotten their Secret Santa recipient. Feel free to start posting these up as soon as this post goes up (we are not going to make you wait) ★★ Your gifts And finally, your gifts! If your character is the kind to get their friends a bunch of things, feel free to use this post to distribute the offerings. Much easier than hitting up a bunch of inboxes! If you would rather distribute your characters' gifts individually in various inboxes, feel free to do so! This post is merely an option for people who'd like to keep things in one central location.

Now with that all out of the way, let us take a moment to wish you all a very Merry Christmas (or, at the very least, a nicely adequate Thursday if you don't celebrate). 2020 has been Quite the year, and I don't think any of us could've predicted it turning out this way. (Turns out none of us had 20-20 vision). But we've made it through and while the times are still somewhat uncertain and unforeseen, we nevertheless hope it will all be looking up from here on out for all of us.

We want to thank you all for being such lovely players and for having contributed to the game as you did! Thank you for ruining baseball, for coming to Sinnoh with us, for Prom being Prom yet again, for submitting so many badge requests and for slipping in every app that you did.

And onwards to 2021, another year for pokemon shenanigans and nonsense!

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cw: gory fantasy story by an alien child

[hurricane_clown]

Armed with a lot of friends, an art kit, and nothing but time, Karako did what any resourceful young clown would do: he made Soldier Purrbeast OCs for everyone, complete with reference art! Also, due to cultural biases, he has.... a unique idea of how everyone's names are spelled.


Dmitri - Dmitri's Soldier Purrbeasts OC is Commander Cloudthroat: a short-legged, four-eared, lantern-jawed, saber-toothed, heavily-built purrbeast with broad paws and battlescars blinding him. He's Blue-coded and is depicted pinning some kind of alien bat under one of those big paws. (Guess that Gligar made an impression on Karako.)

Klaudd - Klaudd's Soldier Purrbeasts OC is Thornshriek: a long-bodied, long-limbed, four-tailed, short-furred purrbeast, with solid-coloured eyes, tall ears, and the ability to spit venom! He's Gold-coded, and Karako made sure to include the little braid in Klaudd's hair, making it into a few braids around the purrbeast's tall ears.

Sylvyn - Sylvyn's Soldier Purrbeasts OC is Brightseeker: a web-toed, densely-coated, soft-furred purrbeast with a partially amputated tail, vestigial webbing on his arms, and huge, all-seeing eyes. He's Maroon-coded, and despite his lowly status, he's made a name for himself by his fearlessness and loyal service. He lost most of his tail in a heroic defence of a highblood!

Grannt - Grannt made his own OC, so Karako just drew that.

Chippe - Chippe's new OC is not a purrbeast, but a BARKbeast named Bravemaws. With an oversized head, two pairs of jaws (set side by side instead of stacked vertically), and a bristly mane. Because this conflicts with usual lore, and because Chippe is Karako's only friend that's his age, he drew Chip a six page comic illustrating how a bunch of Soldier Purrbeasts vanquished an army of Invader Barkbeasts... but then, in the gutted remains of one of the Barkbeasts, [Grannt's OC] finds a single, still-living squirmy Barkbeast grub(?!) Instead of leaving them to die, or mercifully killing them, [Grannt's OC] lifts the sprog out of the remains of their slaughtered littermates to raise them himself, and they become a powerful ally, mascot, and protector in service of their platoon. The comic includes a montage of 'meaningful moments' in being raised by Grannt's OC, like first kill and first... uh, witness to a culling... and first massacre, and.... okay it's all REALLY gory, wow!

Spdwgn - Spdwgn's Soldier Purrbeasts OC is General Littlefang: a buff, eight-legged, long-clawed, long-furred purrbeast with cunning eyes that glitter like mucous in the twilight. His name is ironic because he has many small, sharp teeth in his mouth instead of the usual feline set, and also you'd THINK the focus would be on his super long anime claws. Karako has even designed custom scarification for General Littlefang. Based on the picture of General Littlefang and his apprentice Gigglesnarl, this appears to be the Soldier Purrbeast equivalent of facepaint.

Fylixx - Karako didn't know Fylixx existed until he came back to the Femblem party, and he was appropriately horrified to discover he'd left someone out. After disappearing with his art kit for about an hour, he returned to bestow upon Fylixx a Soldier Purrbeast of his very own: Bladeyowl! Obviously teal-coded, Bladeyowl is a dark-eyed, two-jawed, bristle-tailed, immaculately-groomed purrbeast. He is the only survivor of his platoon, which was culled for their failures. Only Bladeyowl was spared, reassigned to Commander Cloudthroat's unit to replace their recent losses in battle. The reason for the culling is still a mystery... mostly because Karako thought Fylixx's OC needed a 'realistic' backstory, but didn't want to insult him.