Pokémon is heading to space with ESA. 🚀⚡ For #WorldSpaceWeek2026, Pokémon and ESA are teaming up to inspire the next generation of explorers. A special Pikachu plush has even travelled to the International Space Station with ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot! (Credits: ESA/NASA S. Adenot)

Wowzers...

Sometimes, he's recognized. Other times, he's not.

Carmine and her angsty child #pokemonfanart

Carmine

Ogerpon T-shirt + hoodie... Kieran would totally wear them

ポケ擬オーガポンちゃん

( 𝘌𝘩—!? Wait a moment.. this wasn't part of my schedule..! ) Spook successful! Mimi stumbles back a bit, doing the best she can to maintain her little act. But it falters the longer she watches Kieran observe the Great Ball. No way he's 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 considering this?? —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Harmless trickery, she thinks! She doesn't wanna actually get big sis prisoner of a ball|

( the smile is met with another ) You wanna carry him..? ( no idea who this kid is, but he looks like he's having a rough day. It's the least Kieran can do. )

?Proton? (Kid Event)@dropofblood.bsky.social · 3w ago

[Gasp. He reaches out to pet the pokémon.] Just as soft as my furret! [He smiles.]

. . . ? ( holding out his furret. He's been carrying the little critter around. )

?Proton? (Kid Event)@dropofblood.bsky.social · 3w ago

I miss furret...

Keiran and Mimi give each other a quick glance once the ogre runs off. The Gardevoir even shrugs at him in confusion. Good time to try that telepathy thing. While Seina is rummaging around, big sis closes her eyes to concentrate and attempt to send out a message both her siblings can hear. —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

She smiles widely in her sunshine manner, but under that innocence, lay a layer of trickster & machinations. ... Befitting of a child though. She literally CAN'T mean harm|

Just imagine Mimi with a mega stone.. she'd pass off as a true noble with a look like that. Find a fancy suit for Kiki, cute accessories for Sei, and they'd all be a perfect fit for a real-deal fancy masquerade party! The Garde is totally pitching that to her sister later. . . . Kieran, still —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

"𝘙𝘰𝘨𝘰 𝘗𝘰𝘯-𝘺𝘰!!" (𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘔𝘪𝘮𝘪! 𝘔𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘴!!) |Her acting is key here, for she seeming as little Carmine as she can was key. Oh she's so graceful and noble... Sei is absolutely in love|

Carmine gets the final say in this, in the end. She's the older sibling. And it's her face, after all. So she's going to get as much milage with this little prank before the reveal as possible, starting with teleporting right into her brother's face. Both green hands clasp around one of his —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

can understand. Explaining is futile for, obvious reasons, so.. will she get a cool big sis of her race? Or will she get scolded for messing with Kieran's sis (if he find out)?|

Seina really got the perfect pick with Carmine's mask. Once the initial shock of changing died down, it (figuratively) fit her like a glove. Course, it's still the Kitikami gal in there. A bit of an ego in regards to her skills and looks... but that's only making Sei find her —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

|so maybe the chances of Carmine staying as a Gardevoir for an undetermined period of time are higher than expected... Lil oger runs over to her big sis and nuzzles her cheeks against Mimi's right arm like a cat| "𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩... 𝘚𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘭!"

Camping trip, huh? Could be fun... there are some camping supplies in the shed outside. If they really 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 to... (They should tell that one to Kiki ahead of time, though. If both sisters vanish on him, his little heart is exploding into a panic.) "𝘏𝘮. 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵. 𝘐 𝙖𝙢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧!" She laughs, throwing comedy at the idea despite the scary part about it. Not like lil sis would ever let that happen though. She'd tell him by the end of the day or.. later. ... Maybe they could have a girl's night out, go camping and sleep in the wild STOP. Good enough.|

Really? Hugging her leg, calling her 'big sis' and 'Mimi.' Thought that was just a side effect of being impressively cool. Kidding, she totally knows. "𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳? 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘏𝘦𝘩, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘒𝘪𝘬𝘪'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦..." —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Is it obvious she's fond of Mimi?| "𝘈𝘩!? 𝘈-𝘈𝘩! 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴! 𝘐 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘚𝘰.. 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵!" |At least her magic wasn't cursed|

"𝘖𝘩 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘩? 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵? 𝘞𝘦'𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘶 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘕𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴." Sounds like a rant, but she's snickering. A lack of any real negative experiences with her brother let Mimi breathe a sigh of —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

... That and the fact she's not human but that's secondary. Obviously. What if she roleplays pretends to not know his bro for a lil joke when he comes back? That'd be fun, Seina thought.| "𝘒𝘪𝘬𝘪, 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳! 𝘞𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴!"

"𝘛𝘤𝘩.. 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐'𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘰𝘰." Loud incorrect buzzer sound goes here. Not even Kieran understands it, yet. Mimi's quick to accept the abridged version of the story being told, though. There's enough proof all over herself. "𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

"say something else" let's call it| "𝘐'𝘮 𝘚𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘢! 𝘈𝘯 𝘖𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥! 𝘒𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵!" |She leans into the headpats and, even starts rapid tapping her foot on the ground like a rabbit.|

Hands release the ogre's face. Realization comes that yes, she can understand little sis now. Which is what Carmine— Mimi? (Ugh, that name's too cute.) Had been wanting—a way to communicate. She's still confused and a little thrown off by the 'how on earth' of this new look, but now understands —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Did she pick that name for herself?|

And Carmine is (reasonably) freaked out to find herself suddenly in an alien-like body. So close to what she's used to—but not quite. She recognizes that it's Gardevoir. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 Gardevoir. Ogerpon gets grabbed by those smiling cheeks of hers, with big sis giving her a dirty glare... ...half a —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

like she just found something nice. Not even awkward about it. She's just really happy, smiling from cheek to cheek|

It's a fair point. That initial nod is already making Carmine worry about what Kieran's been doing. A wrong turn and he might fall back into that same funk from a few years back. She becomes lost in her thoughts for a short time while brainstorming how she's gonna keep history from repeating —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

"𝗣𝗼𝗻" |She offers it to Big Sis after bringing it. It was a mask with a Gardevoir look on it. Seemed really well made too|

Trainers gave nicknames to their Pokémon all the time. So it's not exactly out of the ordinary... The specificity of her name is what Carmine's finding odd, among other things. Kieran never indicated he had a nickname in mind for Ogerpon when he caught one—something his sister of all people would —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Ogerpon was super SUPEE happy to receive these. She gets to spend time with a new friend AND she's lil sister-ing her? Heaven. How can she repay this? Maybe she can cuddle her more? The language barrier makes it hard to convey anything|

It was all a dangerous combo. This headspace Kieran's currently in is 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 healthier than if Seina arrived a few years back. Carmine couldn't have talked him out of it back then. Still, it was something to keep an eye on. Good thing the gal pals silently agreed such. But enough worrying about —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

For everyone involved really. But, with him gone, now Ogy gets to make a new friend! She'll immediately start to express her girls outing friendship hours by hugging her whole leg and nuzzling her (leafs) cheeks against it. New friends are cool! Sue her >:( |

"𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘒𝘪𝘬𝘪. 𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘎𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, '𝘬𝘢𝘺?" Too sappy. Dial it back juuust a tiny bit. "𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶." —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Carmine's hand, making them hold hands like mom and child going to school. Willing kidnapping question mark?|

Don't worry, Seina. Getting adventures with big sis Carmine wasn't forever out of the question. Every day is a chance to get 'kidnapped' for a little while. Seina's 'true identity' was just something Kieran wasn't sure whether or not he ought to break to his sister. —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

shadow clone jutsu of all time while she says "poni poni" here and there. ... Maybe this is for the best, cause claiming that happy critter is a human would be too much for big sis|

Carmine's skepticism faded as soon as she saw the ball's design. She knew all too well the importance of that specific Pokéball. If Ogerpon had it.. "𝘒𝘪𝘬𝘪, 𝘺𝘰𝘶.." She pulls her little bro over, giving him an old fashioned noogie. Cheeks puffed up to catch herself from getting a little too sappy. —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Big chance Juliana caught Ogerpon on a different ball than the one assigned to this one, yes? As such, she ran over to Kieran's bag, took out the friendship ball from within, ran over to Carmine again, and held it up with her two teeny hands up to her face| "𝗣𝗼𝗻-𝗣𝗼!"

A little seed of fear sprouted at the sight. Part of Kieran nearly made him reach and pull Ogerpon back to him. It's his Pokémon! No one can take her away this time—! No... no, breathe. Don't fall back into old habits. You wanted them to meet. Carmine raised a brow and scanned the room. She —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

She's all in for it. Let em all come. Heck she's even getting up from the Kotatsu and cuddling up to the newcomer just because this new hand is something she wants to experience more of. Lost in the sauce. Or mask, in this case|

//: hey wait is there a SV manga and does Kieran show up in it

"Huh. Thought she'd drop by at least once.. I hope she's okay." Still, it's a bit of a relief. Kieran doesn't quite have an airtight explanation to the sudden appearance of a second Ogerpon in Kitikami yet. But the powers that be of the story's narrative have a sense of humor. While Kieran's —

𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖@alchemistofwishes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Seina could come and meet up with Carmine whenever but... they just never encountered|