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Summary:

Bede
At Opal's request to "reconcile with my fellow former rivals," I have been implored to start a group chat with you all.

Please use this chat to discuss strategies and tips, or to organise a beating at the hands of my team at the gym.

Glo
a chat you say?

ohohohoh

bedefaceplant.png

Bede
...

I am already beginning to regret my decision.

Notes:

(See the end of the work for notes.)

Chapter 1

Chapter Text

Bede

At Opal's rquest to "reconcile with my fellow former rivals," I have been implored to start a group chat with you all.

Please use this chat to discuss strategies and tips, or to organise a beating at the hands of my team at the gym. 

 

Glo

a chat you say? 

ohohohoh

<bedefaceplant.png>

 

Bede

…

I am already beginning to regret my decision. 

 

Glo

oh no this was my decision

 

Bede

Excuse me?

 

Glo

o h.  haha

may or may not have told ms. opal to uh. 

convince you? 

 

Bede

This is what I get after opening up to you.

 

Prof. Hop! 

?

Bede what's this? 

About opening up I hear?

 

Glo

shhhhh hop

dw bede! it's gonna all be good! 

you need more friends anyways!

 

marniee

or at the very least, allies.

bede. i suppose it would do us both a favor to be at least civil towards each other.

considering our new roles as the new child gym leaders.

 

Bede 

Of course, Marnie. You out of all people at least understand the purpose of the chat.

 

Prof. Hop! 

Man you guys as gym leaders

that's crazy 

 

Glo 

ah yes, hop says, as he works with one of Galar's top professors.

 

marniee 

okay, champion 




. . .




Bede

There is absolutely nothing more terrifying than Hatterene smacking me awake in the middle of the night simply because I had a bad dream.

 

Prof. Hop!

Listen here you funky fairy boy try waking up one day to your giant sword dog standing menacingly over you

cowering because Leon sleep walked into his hat stand. 

 

Glo 

haha i love when i wake up to a giant bruise on my face because zamazenta decided it wanted affection at 3 am in the morning 

 

marniee

okay but at least you guys can put your problems into pokeballs

do you know how much more sleep i would get if piers was in a capsule 24/7 

 

Bede 

Who's saying you can't capture humans in pokeballs? 

 

Glo

ngl hop maybe you should test that out. you know, for your thesis

 

Prof. Hop! 

nOo 

 

marniee 

hey, i have a worthy subject hiding in my room right now.




Chapter 2

Chapter Text

Glo

rose wants a meeting with me what should i do

 

Bede

As a citizen, you should be incredibly honored. 

As champion, I say leave him on read.

 

Prof. Hop! 

Bede no that's not how you say it

 

marniee

i agree.

 

Prof. Hop!

:DD 

 

marniee 

leave him on read.

 

Bede

Thank you, as per usual, Marnie.

 

Prof. Hop!

…

 

Glo

okay listen up i have a solution

hop take notes this could be useful 

 

marniee 

im curious as to whether this is an example of Gloria choosing to use her brain for once.

 

Prof. Hop!

Hey Glo are you gonna tell us or

 

Bede

She's been typing for at least a minute now.

 

Glo

okay. i go catch a ditto. 

i befriend said ditto and then have it transform into me. the meeting is in a week but im sure i can get it to know me well enough by then to imitate me.

 

Bede

Or, you could just go to the meeting yourself..?

 

Prof. Hop!

How is this useful to me

 

marniee

yer friend's looking out for you, hop. 

 

Glo

yeah idk why you're always having trouble coming up with your own topics to research

being professor sounds fun

 

Bede

So we're going to ignore the fact that Gloria used actual punctuation for once, huh?

 

marniee

are ya proud of your girl, bede?

 

Glo

B))

 

Prof. Hop!

Gloria I'm touched you look out for me but some people have moral issues with entrapping people in pokeballs

 

Glo

i dont

 

marniee

i don't

 

Bede

I do not, actually.

 

Prof. Hop!

…

You guys are all hopeless.




. . .




Glo

so im sure yer all curious as to how the meeting went

 

Bede

Perhaps.

 

marniee

yess

 

Prof. Hop

I am afraid

 

Glo

;))

long story short oleana needs glasses

 

Prof. Hop! 

YOU DID IT??

 

Bede 

It's good to know some things never change. 

For example, the chairman's incompetence. 

 

marniee

i bet thats why you're so quiet all the time haha 

 

Gloria 

i was watching from afar and lemme tell you all those camping sessions with my ditto must have worked

 

Prof. Hop!

I am so scared to ask how

 

Glo

my ditto nailed my impression

nods, ticks, the whole package

 

Bede

How did the chairman not notice ditto's face?

 

Glo 

i just had her wear glasses

honestly everything was fine until rose insisted on a battle 

 

marniee

broo

 

Glo 

then i had to come out and casually return my fake twin, as if nothing happened at all. 

 

Prof. Hop!

So pokemon really can transform into humans?

 

Bede

Why don't you do a little more research on that yourself, professor? 

 

marniee

bede maybe you should use ditto

 

Bede

Preposterous. My own pokemon are sufficient.

 

marniee

beet no like.

for plays

 

Glo

hmmm marnie has a point

have em transform into stage crew or sm

 

Bede

Now you're talking.

 

marniee

oh so you only listen to your girlfriend now huh

 

Glo

;))

 

Bede

She brings good ideas to the table.

 

Prof. Hop!

Bede didn't deny gloria being his girlfriend

Hmmm

 

Bede

Listen here professor, the offer to receive a kicking from my team still stands.



Chapter 3

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

marniee

guys, i just wanted to say sorry for team yell.

 

Bede

About time they apologize. 

 

marniee

they're really harmless, honest.

 

Glo

oh yeah they're chill haha

one of them wanted me to sign my name on their leather jacket so i did lol

 

marniee

humph

i'm gonna question them about that later.

 

Prof. Hop!

? Why

 

Bede

Perhaps she's jealous.

 

marniee

yeah, probably.

 

Glo

tell em i say hi!!



. . .




Glo

bede i have a confession to make

 

Bede

Spit it out.

 

Glo

the only reason i kept on rematching you was because i was broke and needed money

 

marniee

omg gLORIA

 

Prof. Hop!

Is this why you didn't care everytime I challenged you

 

marniee

lmao what did you even spend your money on

 

Glo

ingredients 

pokeballs

and c l o t h e s

 

Prof. Hop!

D:

Gloria no

 

Bede

Did my sylveon mean nothing to you?

 

Glo

bold of you to assume i didn't spend all my money for cooking curry with sylvie 

 

marniee

wait wait wait.

are we gonna ignore the fact bede gave glo a sylveon

 

Prof. Hop!

Bede wanna explain something

 

Glo

oh haha we forgot to tell you huh

 

Bede

It was given as a confession, if you will. 

Please don't make this anymore embarrassing than it already is.

 

Prof. Hop!

You confessed to my best friend and never told any of us???

 

marniee

awww im glad for you two

 

Glo 

:D

he gave it to me while we were camping 

in a love ball and everything

 

marniee

oooh bede knows what's up

 

Bede

Marnie, I really thought we had something of trust between us. 

 

Prof. Hop! 

Wait so is that why you randomly traded me a plain eevee

 

marniee

aw that's where my baby umbreon came from

it was even in a dusk ball

 

Prof. Hop!

You both got eeveelutions and i got an eevee

which bit me

 

Glo

;))

 

Prof. Hop!

Bede what are you implying

 

Bede

You're fine, go figure it out yourself.



. . .




marniee

bede

check your box gloria has a gift for you

 

Bede

Why is there a shiny espurr in my box called "Bede"? 

 

Glo

:D do you like him?

 

Prof. Hop

Oh wow he just found it

I have footage of the whole event

 

Bede

What event?

 

marniee

the process

of glo catching the shiny espurr

 

Prof. Hop!

It took her almost two weeks hah

 

Bede

Gloria.

You camped out in the Hammerlocke Hills.

To catch me a shiny espurr?

 

Glo

yup

had to thank you for sylvie somehow 

 

marniee

you sound disappointed in your girlfriend, bede.

 

Bede

No, he really is cute.

But why Bede.

I can't even change its nickname.

 

Prof. Hop!

Maybe because it looks like you haha

 

Bede

Hop this is exactly why I only gave you an eevee.




Notes:

the "hop only gets a plain eevee" was inspired by a comment thread with pyroxene haha

anyone wanna see the footage hop's talking about? it was originally the first draft of this story actually

Chapter 4: bonus draft

Notes:

so, when i started writing this piece it was originally a "what if the rivals had a youtube channel", hence this drabble was written before being scrapped.

enjoy, i guess

Chapter Text

shiny hunting an espurr for bede

 

postwickbuddies





"...Ah, the camera's on! Say hi, Marnie!"

 

Marnie looks apprehensively at the camera, but waves nevertheless, a tiny smile peeking on her face. "Er, why are we Hammerlocke Hills…?" she asks, her Morpeko chirping in curiosity next to her. 

 

Hop flashes a smile to her, but eyes crinkle in confusion. "Well, Gloria asked me to meet her here. Her text was, well, barely decipherable. " 

 

Marnie snickers as Hop hands her phone to him, showing the text. "Am at hills? Wanna visit?" she reads, smothering her laughter with a hand. 

 

"Anyways, we're looking for Gloria today. I am very concerned for her well-being now, haha." Hop giggles, and the video cuts off.

 

. . . 



The video transitions to footage seemingly taken in the post of Gloria, looking disheveled and in disarray, greeting her Rotom camera with a wide grin. It's night time.

 

"Hi there," she whispers to the camera. "I haven't slept in eighteen hours and I've battled at least three hundred Espurrs in that time. No shiny so far."

 

There is a slightly maniacal grin on her face that would concern any rational pokemon, but Gloria's team only ambles by contentedly, having apparently just finished eating curry. Gloria turns to give her Hatterene a high five before facing the camera again.

 

She giggles softly. "I can't wait for Bede to see this." 

 

The camera cuts off.



. . .



"...And I think Gloria said her camp was around here." Hop says. "Aha! There it is!"

 

The camera turns, and a brightly colored tent comes into view. A head pops out of the tent. 

 

"Hey guys!"

 

"Gloria! How's it going with you?" 

 

She shakes her head slightly. "I've seen more espurr then I've gotten minutes of sleep."

 

Next to Hop, Marnie winces. "Glo, please take a nap."

 

"Are you kidding? I just woke up from one!"

Gloria, against Marnie's protests, sprints her way back to the tall grass. 

 

The camera shakes as Hop giggles, and he turns it to face himself. "Well, that's the current update on Gloria's adventure. We —" Hop's voice is cut off with a yell of triumph from Gloria. The camera bounces, and the clip stops.



. . .



Bede pinches the bridge of his nose as Gloria presents the shiny espurr to him. 

 

"I simply cannot believe —" The rest of his speech is undecipherable as he and Gloria starts arguing, but the camera zooms in on his slowly pinkening cheeks before cutting off.

Notes:

this is just a place for me to dump all my headcanons in, that is all