This is not a crossover. Let's make sure that's clear from the get-go. This is, first and foremost, a Fate/ roleplay in a world bound to the rules of TYPE-MOON's "Nasuverse" setting, even if the nature of this roleplay is heavily, heavily influenced by a different setting on the conceptual level.
Words to explain how an absurd timeline like this happened could be thrown around. Phenomena designated for pruning. Tethering of the alien god’s tree. Lostbelt Depth. Simulation born by the bottomless Klein Cube. We will not bother with those justifications, however. They will not affect this story, so there's no point in dragging over them.
Let's just get to the explanation, instead.
In the Age of Gods, under the rule of the Hero-King Gilgamesh, the greatest Divine Beast descended to plague the lands. It ruined crops, it devastated cities, it devoured lives.
In the Panhuman History of the Human Order, the Divine Beast was slain through the coordinated efforts of the Hero-King and his one true friend.
In this world, however…
...the Hero-King and his friend, instead of slaying the greatest Divine Beast, wielded the chains of heaven to ‘capture’ it, for no other reason than to anger that temptress who had unleashed it. That grand monster was made tame, and the Hero-King developed a taste for such things. As he collected the treasures of man during his reign, then, he also sought out this feeling further. He traveled the world over, and captured all members of the Phantasmal Species that caught his eye. The hydras of Greece, the naga of India, the oni of Japan, all such beings were brought under his yoke.
In the modern day, he is known by many names. The King of Heroes. Gilgamesh. “Goldie”. But, different from the Panhuman History, there is one addition to this list which does not exist in any other timeline.
“The First Pokémon Master”.
It is our pleasure to welcome you to the fifth official Japanese National Tournament for the Pokémon League, hosted by Fuyuki City. Whether by skill, guile, or dumb luck, you’ve managed to make it to this stage, so congratulations! The winner will get the opportunity to challenge our League’s very own Elite Four!
The rules are very similar to the Regionals. You and the other competitors are permitted to bring one Pokémon to the tournament with you, registering this choice in advance. During the tournament, you are free to roam the city as you see fit, and are to battle the other Trainers. Battles may occur either officially through announcing a challenge, or unofficially through such things as a ‘sneak attack’. You have all signed the appropriate waivers, so neither the Pokémon League, Fuyuki City, or your competitors are liable for damages that occur to you, your Pokémon, or your property during the tournament, including death.
The tournament will occur within Fuyuki City. We have released some Phantasmal Species within the city limits that you may attack or capture as you see fit. However, any trainer who has captured or contracted more than two Pokémon at any given time will be removed from the competition, due to safety concerns of brain stress from ESP overuse. In other words, you can capture one wild Phantasmal Species, but if you want to capture a second, you’ll need to release one of the two you already have.
Use of magecraft is permitted. Concealment of the tournament is encouraged so as to not disrupt the daily lives of Fuyuki residents, but is not mandated.
Property damage that you incur will be billed to your estate or removed from your prize winnings. A significant number of Fuyuki residents have chosen to disregard the evacuation notice, but damage to them is still to be avoided; excessive injury to Fuyuki residents is cause for termination from the tournament.
The tournament duration is 7+1 days. After seven days have passed in the standard manner, if more than one participant remains, remaining participants will be placed into a single-elimination series of tournament-style battles until one remains.
Good luck to all competitors!
Words to explain how an absurd timeline like this happened could be thrown around. Phenomena designated for pruning. Tethering of the alien god’s tree. Lostbelt Depth. Simulation born by the bottomless Klein Cube. We will not bother with those justifications, however. They will not affect this story, so there's no point in dragging over them.
Let's just get to the explanation, instead.
In the Age of Gods, under the rule of the Hero-King Gilgamesh, the greatest Divine Beast descended to plague the lands. It ruined crops, it devastated cities, it devoured lives.
In the Panhuman History of the Human Order, the Divine Beast was slain through the coordinated efforts of the Hero-King and his one true friend.
In this world, however…
“Capture successful! We’ve got it, Gil!”
“...hm. How interesting. This feeling...I would like to see the ends that it reaches.”
...the Hero-King and his friend, instead of slaying the greatest Divine Beast, wielded the chains of heaven to ‘capture’ it, for no other reason than to anger that temptress who had unleashed it. That grand monster was made tame, and the Hero-King developed a taste for such things. As he collected the treasures of man during his reign, then, he also sought out this feeling further. He traveled the world over, and captured all members of the Phantasmal Species that caught his eye. The hydras of Greece, the naga of India, the oni of Japan, all such beings were brought under his yoke.
In the modern day, he is known by many names. The King of Heroes. Gilgamesh. “Goldie”. But, different from the Panhuman History, there is one addition to this list which does not exist in any other timeline.
“The First Pokémon Master”.
It is our pleasure to welcome you to the fifth official Japanese National Tournament for the Pokémon League, hosted by Fuyuki City. Whether by skill, guile, or dumb luck, you’ve managed to make it to this stage, so congratulations! The winner will get the opportunity to challenge our League’s very own Elite Four!
The rules are very similar to the Regionals. You and the other competitors are permitted to bring one Pokémon to the tournament with you, registering this choice in advance. During the tournament, you are free to roam the city as you see fit, and are to battle the other Trainers. Battles may occur either officially through announcing a challenge, or unofficially through such things as a ‘sneak attack’. You have all signed the appropriate waivers, so neither the Pokémon League, Fuyuki City, or your competitors are liable for damages that occur to you, your Pokémon, or your property during the tournament, including death.
The tournament will occur within Fuyuki City. We have released some Phantasmal Species within the city limits that you may attack or capture as you see fit. However, any trainer who has captured or contracted more than two Pokémon at any given time will be removed from the competition, due to safety concerns of brain stress from ESP overuse. In other words, you can capture one wild Phantasmal Species, but if you want to capture a second, you’ll need to release one of the two you already have.
Use of magecraft is permitted. Concealment of the tournament is encouraged so as to not disrupt the daily lives of Fuyuki residents, but is not mandated.
Property damage that you incur will be billed to your estate or removed from your prize winnings. A significant number of Fuyuki residents have chosen to disregard the evacuation notice, but damage to them is still to be avoided; excessive injury to Fuyuki residents is cause for termination from the tournament.
The tournament duration is 7+1 days. After seven days have passed in the standard manner, if more than one participant remains, remaining participants will be placed into a single-elimination series of tournament-style battles until one remains.
Good luck to all competitors!
