55 Crying

As I crawl out of my fishes mouth only one thought going through my head ....yuck.... As I stand in front of him trying to flick away the saliva all over my body as me looks at me with an apologetic look on his face.

It's not the first time he has shut hit mouth as I pulled out a tooth, he never closes his actual jaw it's more just closing his lips in pain, I will admit when it first happened it scared the shit out of me and I didn't do it again for quiet awhile but eventually I had to, and I just got used to it.

I spend 20 second reeling from being covered in leviathan spit as I put the special made pliers for gyarados tooth extraction down with it still hanging on to the offending tooth, I grab some oran berry save I made up with some herbs, there's even a little hemp oil in there, and start applying it to the still bleeding gum.

And as it's being applied I notice gyarados almost immediately sigh in relief, it's fast acting and great for soothing pain, while Pokémon don't recover lost limbs, teeth are a different story, it's different for each species but the mons who use a lot of bite attacks lose teeth fairly often , houndoom is another victim of this so his dental check up end up more of less the same as gyarados, just less me having to be inside his mouth.

Gyarados was my last mon for the days grooming and maintenance, houndoom has been brushed, checked for ticks and other nasty little buggers, which are a thing here, had 2 mid section teeth pulled and salve applied, and a massage to his more used muscle groups.

There was a special sort of reverse sunscreen that I made up for grass type Pokémon that bell has take to over the last few years aswell as a general nutrient spray that helped her stay healthy and bright.

Gengar and azumarill both actually have fur that doesn't require "much" maintenance but still requires attention every now and then, aswell as a general look over after a good shampooing with some plants that contain their natural elements, mostly for azumarill, her fur can get kinda dirty, so a shampoo and a good brush with a massage to her major muscle groups really takes the edge out of her stresses.

Gengar, while he is a ghost type is actually tangible, you would think he's just a spirit being able to do half the shit that he does, but it's just Pokémon fuckery at play, he just needs a quick poison/ghost type shampooing into a special made fine tooth brush, and only his legs and arms require any sort of rub down to easy his tensions, not his body which I found odd, but hey it is what it is.

Metagross isn't really the touchy feeling type, while he can feel touch, massage doesn't effect him as his "muscle" is under inches or Pokémon steel…so he gets a buff with a nifty little contraption I rigged up over the years, it's just like what you would use to buff a car back in my old world but i power it through my aura....

Some people would be like why don't you invent a lot more modern day stuff that's powered by aura, and the answer is I don't want to just be a battery to power everything, when I get my new territory I plan on making a primitive "power plant" with a electric types….not like a sweat shop or anything, it will more or less be a giant battery that I can have Pokémon hit with some voltage to keep the thing topped up.

Anyways with a special compound "polish" i made for metagross it keeps him nice and shiny while at the same time strengthens his steel and prevents any brittleness from forming which can actually happen if not looked after properly, so after I buff it into him he's hard to look at in the sun, so dam shiny

And for Rhyperior, since his made of rock and armour plates it's harder to do much for him, I can't "massage" his stresses out but I did come up with something for him, it's kinda of like a mineral dust with muscle relaxant mixed in that I have to brush into his hide with a hard Bristle brush, he just like metagross can feel it, and it's a great help for his stress and helps strengthen his hide and armour plating.

Shuckle doesn't really need much, just a good rub down on his extended limbs and neck and he's good to go, if he was working like the rest I could do more, but shuckle is still young and doesn't have to work to hard at the moment, plus he's with me all the time so I take care of him on the spot if I need to.

And with my fish already sorted with his own lotion and loose scales removed I look around at my chilling crew who are just lazing about with content expressions I can't help but think how dumb the people of this world are…

And I know it's the Middle Ages and all, but they haven't even tried to figure out the "best" methods of caring for Pokémon, I'm sure some do care about their mons and try their best.

But from my experience only nobles have access to the resources needed to keep Pokémon on tip top conditioning and keep them content and happy, but most of them treat Pokémon as slaves and mindless beasts that are only on this planet to enact their wills.

They keep them balled most of the time, provide only the most basic foods, and only give enough "care" to make sure their mons don't look mangy, Pokémon are better off outside the ball, helps them grow and also helps growing closer to them, balls should just be for easier transport in my opinion ..

Pokémon grow more powerful over time, but they need to train and battle as well and the general consensus on how to raise strong Pokémon is to feed them plenty of meat and wait for them to grow while throwing them into the occasional battle, or the real pieces of shit just throw them into death match after death match which turns them into bloodthirsty monsters.

Most "commoners" Pokémon I've seen are red potential that look a little underfed sometimes, but seem happy to be with their masters all the same.

But the nobles Pokémon besides my pops who started taking better care of his Pokémon after I helped him out, but he wasn't doing a horrible job before....but most nobles Pokémon have generally one of two common factors about them.

One is they are far and undertrained and kinda fat with a bit of a gloomy aura, but also an aura you could tell they were happy to be out of their ball, which I found quite sad

Two, is they are just angry and borderline hateful, I don't know how they got to that stage, I could take a couple of guesses but it may not be right.

I have yet to see a nobles Pokémon that pops doesn't own, besides Leo's teddiursa who's still very young, but he does treat him pretty well especially after I have him some advice, being generally content and happy with their lot on life, and nobles just consider them beasts that serve them and act as if they are top of the food chain.

But Pokémon are much smarter than the people give them credit for, and for some reason they seem to tolerate humanity, though I don't know why, a single guardian strength Pokémon could probably wipe a kingdom out, but they don't even after all the shit humans put Pokémon through, and I'd say it has something to do with the legendaries.

But I'm off topic, all this rants comes down to is humans are stupid for treating these magics animals that even as early as a month old could take down a full grown man.

Anyway after my little gloomy session of reflection I feed my mons and start heading back to the mansion after gengar hopped into my shadow and bellossom hopped onto my shoulder, the rest were happy to chill by the lake, to check up on Cynthia and her attendant and see how they're doing.

On my way I see a groundskeeper and his scyther taking care of a garden hedge and can't help but think how strange that is. Scyther are not friendly Pokémon even under the best circumstances normally, but about 3 years ago metagross brought home a small pack of scraggly looking scyther.

They were apparently kicked out of their group due to not wanting to fight for the top spot, scyther are weird like that with everything about fighting and "honour" in their society, but there are always oddballs wherever you go, these 8 just wanted to chill in the clan and not fight.

The others didn't like that so attacked them and kicked them out, they wandered for a bit until metagross found them and brought them home…. They were a bit closed off at first but they came around and the lot of them really enjoyed trimming hedges and just ground keeping in general, so that's what they do now.

So I make it back inside just to run into Logan who was waiting for me behind the door... how does this guy just show up everywhere at the perfect time, it's kinda creepy in a way….

Gideon " hey Logan, weren't you back in the capital, how'd you get here?"

Logan " I had Leah's musharna teleport me back about an hour ago after I took care of a few things my lord, I am your personal butler so it wouldn't do well for me to be so far away from you should you require my services"

Gideon " fair enough mate, I came back to check in on Cynthia and to take a shower, getting a little peckish too, might have some lunch I think"

Logan " lady blaine is just fine my lord, she woke up previously and had a maid escort her to you but unfortunately she saw you being devoured by your gyarados and it seemed to much for her maiden heart as she passed out once more"

Haha what timing, she has to come at the exact perfect time to see that, funny stuff

Gideon " good stuff, we'll in gonna smoke a blunt and take a shower….. what do I want to eat though?….. hmmm, yeah that sounds good I'll have some…"

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-Cynthia pov-

I suddenly wake up covered in sweat again thinking about what I seen before I seemed to pass out....Gideon gone just like that.... I know I've only spent a day with him but it was one of the most fun I've ever had...but now he's gone... and I feel a lot more melancholy than I really should have for the amount of time I've known him.

He as a fool to think he could control that thing, and even went as far as to hop into its mouth so it could eat him with less difficulty…..

I'm brought out of my musings as I hear the door opening and the same maid that escorted me to see Gideons demise comes in as If nothing is wrong... could they have secretly hated serving Gideon?

Maid " oh you're up lady blaine, would you like to come down stairs for lunch? You have had a rather emotional day and I find a good meal goes a long way to help soothe a troubled heart"

Cynthia " how can you be so calm!?!? When the man you served has been devoured by that monstrosity in the lake!?"

The maid just giggles at my words like it's some sort of joke, she must have some sort of sick personality…

Maid " I'm sure your troubles will be abated if you come downstairs for lunch my lady "

She said with a small smile... how could they hate Gideon so much as to not care for his demise?, was he really that bad to them? He didn't seem like the sort…..

But there isn't much I can do right now so I swallow my feelings on the matter and reluctantly follow the maid down stairs when suddenly I hear someone singing…..

Singing voice " my miiiindsssss tellin me noooo…but my body….my body's telling me yeeeesssss!!!"

What a lovely singing voice... no Cynthia don't be distracte, young lord storm has just passed I don't have time to be listening to that angelic voice…..

As I walk into the room I see.....Gideon!!?!?

He's shoveling something creamy orange coloured into his mouth and singing in between mouthfuls…. Could that be another amazing food I haven't tasted?

No that's not important!!! Gideon is alive!!!!

Cynthia " Gideon!? You're alive!! I watched you being eaten by that monster!!"

Gideon turns to me…. And his eyes are red….. he must have been crying and I don't blame him after nearly perishing to that thing...what is that food thought it's smell is off putting yet somehow appetising….

Gideon " yeah I'm good, the maid told me what you saw, I've been doing that with him for years, he didn't actually close his jaw just his lips due to the pain of having a tooth pulled. But I can see how you would freak out, but alls well so just chill, would you like to try some of this?"

Cynthia " I'm glad you're ok…..you still have you end of the deal to uphold…..and what is that you're eating there?"

Gideon " when a man spends his day tending to giant magical monsters and nearly gets devoured by a giant cannibal sea leviathan he needs 2 things...a shower... and some Mac and cheese.... It's not good for you really but it's my soul food...…oh and I already evolved your duck faced lava lizard while you were passed out…"

Mac and cheese hmmmm….wait…..WHAT!?!?

Cynthia " you evolved him while I was sleeping!?!?"

He replied with his mouth full and spat out some "mac and cheese"

Gideon " yep, but don't release him in here though, he might ruin the floors…..I wonder if he's still unconscious?….."

I didn't even listen to the last part and hurriedly checked my dress for his ball and found it, then ran outside as fast as I could..