Whumptober 2023
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Roark the Roark Gets Stoned, but Not in the Religious Way by Black_Blizzard (VerifyLowDeath)
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types
01 Oct 2023
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Whilst paying a visit to Volkner, Roark finds himself alone in the apartment and a little bit hungry. Unfortunately, Volkner doesn't specify enough when Roark asks if he can have a brownie. Shenanigans ensue.
Rated W for Worst financial decisions ever made
And also weed.
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- Part 1 of Whumptober 2023
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Woe, Incomprehensible Horrors Be Upon Ye by Black_Blizzard (VerifyLowDeath)
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions
02 Oct 2023
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Roark discovers an injured pokemon he's never seen before in the Grand Underground. Unfortunately, his attempt to save it from its assumed doom goes horribly wrong, leaving him in a state of peril he could've never predicted would— much less could— happen.
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- Part 2 of Whumptober 2023
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Therapiss by Black_Blizzard (VerifyLowDeath)
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions
03 Oct 2023
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So, Roark hasn't been feeling well lately. Times are difficult, the department of energy is harassing the mines for their low output, and he's been feeling a little demotivated. But hey, he's fine! It's just a little bit of stress, after all; its nothing he can't handle.
Right?
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- Part 3 of Whumptober 2023
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This is the Plot to Bungou Stray Dogs... I Think? by Black_Blizzard (VerifyLowDeath)
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions
05 Oct 2023
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Roark is minding his own business when, suddenly Giovanni fucking Sakaki, former leader of Team Rocket, shows up at his front door. Instead of shooting him point blank in the face for something-something probably mafia-related, he wants... to see his son? His son is Silver, because of fucking course it is. Before Roark gives the okay, he asks that they talk about this more. This leads to him having, essentially, a coffee date with the leader of the Rocket mafia and having complicated conversations with Silver without mentioning the horrific bloodshed during Team Rocket's prime.
Set as a sort of sequel to the CPS fic from Whumptober 2022.
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- Part 4 of Whumptober 2023
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Geologist Horror by Black_Blizzard (VerifyLowDeath)
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions
06 Oct 2023
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There were two things in the entire world that could scare Geologists, if Roark recalled correctly. One was super eruptions, where an eruption was so violent it caused mass destruction of ecosystems in its surrounding area, spanning up to thousands of miles. The other were hidden faults, which could remain hidden for thousands of years, only to suddenly wake up when you least expect it.
Both of which Roark never really had to worry about, seeing that Mt. Coronet wasn't displaying any signs of activity and Oreburgh was far away from any discovered hidden faults.
Until today.
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- Part 5 of Whumptober 2023
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In Which Ghetsis Thinks He's Gordan Freeman and Roark's a Vent by Black_Blizzard (VerifyLowDeath)
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions
08 Oct 2023
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Roark gets kidnapped by Ghetsis, leader of the disgraced Team Plasma. The latter wants something from the Sinnoh league and is willing to do whatever it takes to make them hand it over. Unfortunately, Roark is the one to witness first hand how deep his desire for this one thing goes.
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- Part 6 of Whumptober 2023
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What in the TellTale Poker Night at the Inventory is This? by Black_Blizzard (VerifyLowDeath)
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions
10 Oct 2023
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Roark accidentally stumbles across a secret entrance in an alleyway due to the overcrowding of children on Halloween night. Unfortunately, this secret entrance leads to an underground casino/Halloween party filled with the most horrible of villains, ranging from vigilantes to world ending sociopaths. Just as he accepts his terrible fate, he finds that... they accept him with open arms? He then learns that, since it's Halloween night, they believe him to be the Groudon summoning mad geologist Maxie Geodeson, who decided to surprise them with an "extremely accurate costume of Roark".
Oh brother, this is going to be a loooong night.
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- Part 7 of Whumptober 2023
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Woe, Comprehensible Horrors Be Upon Ye by Black_Blizzard (VerifyLowDeath)
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions
11 Oct 2023
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The other P.O.V of Woe, Incomprehensible Horrors be Upon Ye.
After multiple failed attempts to reach Roark at his S.O.S signal location, Byron, Gardenia, and Volkner take the matter into their own hands. However, what they find while preparing for the battle of their lives is nothing like anything they've ever seen before. While this does in turn solidify the battle as the battle of their lives, it also solidifies it as one of— if not the most traumatizing battle/experience of their lives.
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- Part 8 of Whumptober 2023
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I'm About to Get Phasmophobic Up In This Bitch by Black_Blizzard (VerifyLowDeath)
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions
13 Oct 2023
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One day, Roark wakes up in the Grand Underground dazed and confused. He can't remember what happened before he woke up and, for some reason, people are pretending like he doesn't exist. On a whim, he decides to travel to Gardenia's place. When even she doesn't acknowledge his existence, Roark makes a decision.
He's going to stay here and annoy her until she finally admits to seeing him.
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- Part 9 of Whumptober 2023
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If I Had a Nickel For Everytime Roark Got Impaled in the Grand Underground, I Would Have Two Nickels. Which Isn't a Lot, but It's Weird That It's Happened Twice by Black_Blizzard (VerifyLowDeath)
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions
15 Oct 2023
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Roark discovers a new cavern inside of the Grand Underground and decides to take a "quick peek" inside, which ends up leading to his untimely doom. Or at least, it would've if Roark hadn't prayed to a god he didn't even know existed.
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- Part 10 of Whumptober 2023
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EL MIMO?!?!?!?!?! by Black_Blizzard (VerifyLowDeath)
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions
17 Oct 2023
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After getting the weekend off due to less than pleasant reasons, Roark decides to try his hand at camping in Iron Island, where he gets incredibly distracted. Upon coming across an abandoned part of the mine, he discovers something that tears open old scars that never truly healed. And also his skin.
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- Part 11 of Whumptober 2023
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The Velocavator by Black_Blizzard (VerifyLowDeath)
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions
29 Oct 2023
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After experiencing the loss of his mother, Roark takes Flint's advice and goes into the Grand Underground to cope. However, after getting his hand sliced open by an unknown fossil, strange things begin happening to him.
A darker parody of The Velocipastor with a heavily altered ending
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- Part 12 of Whumptober 2023
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Apopalypse from BTD 5?!?!?!?!?! by Black_Blizzard (VerifyLowDeath), VerifyLowDeath
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions
10 Oct 2025
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After a nuclear disaster strikes Sinnoh, setting off a chain of events that forever alters the future of the region, Roark finds himself stuck in the middle of a horror movie scenario. There's zombies flooding the streets, volcanic ash is blocking out the sky, and communications are all but working. Armed with nothing but his trusty pickaxe and whatever he had left in the pantry, Roark abandons the safety of his apartment and wanders into the hostile unknown in search of supplies.
What he doesn't know, is that there's a lot more waiting for him out there than what he expects.
(Updates TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS at UNSPECIFIED TIMES because I LACK TIME AWARENESS)
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- Part 13 of Whumptober 2023
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Oh my Arceus They Were Roommates by Black_Blizzard (VerifyLowDeath)
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions
31 Mar 2024
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In his second year of college, Aaron finds himself saddled with a new roommate who has more than a few problems. However, over the months, they progressively open up to each other, in more ways than one.
This is the story of how Aaron met Roark.
This is also the story of how Aaron nearly lost Roark too.
And maybe also the story of how he crawled his way back into Roark's life several years later.
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- Part 14 of Whumptober 2023