The Reborn Reader - News, Updates and Teasers!

[Lord Chespin]

I hope Dexter and Gallade can be friends again. I like the Reuniclus, though. It reminds me of a dream I had where I met a gummy bear with a top hat and cane on a train, and I was participating in a science experiment. The gummy bear said they'd need the big toe on my left foot, and his assistant came out with a container of water. He wrapped bandages around the toe, pulled it off of my foot easily, and put it in the water where it turned into a giant isopod.

Also Dexter's style of clothing reminds me of Juan from Emerald.

Between this and the Rejuvenation Jynx dream, you sure have weird dreams. For the record, I would have taken any day-care reject if Pokemon were real life.

[DW~]

Gallade is G.Gardevoir's kid??? and Radomus abandoning her to a day care??? My mind has been blown~

[Honchy]

I wish I could sprite this well T~T

[Simon]

Pretty sad backstory. Everyone should try to win vs Dexter in honor of G. Gallade.

Kinda not looking forward to the final Gym Leader interview since we already have an idea on who it is :X I guess once he is interviewed, we'll get the schedule for Bracket 6.

[Grapevine Gallade]

The Redemption League - The final stretch!

Good day loyal readers, Grapevine Gallade coming at you live with some exciting news! I've managed to track down that final Redemption League leader! He was... Somewhat annoying. And I think I've seen that smug face somewhere before...

Keep on reading for the goodies I've discovered about him!

G. Gallade: "Could've sworn Dash said this guy's shop was around here somewhere." ("Take a left and walk down two blocks after exiting the HQ, you should be able to find him there.")

???: "Welcome to- Heeeeeeeey, haven't I bumped into you before? Weren't you the little Gallade from back then who almost turned red with anger after getting styled on?"

G. Gallade: "...That voice. YOU! You were the rude punk who almost flew me over a few weeks ago! I demand an apology for that!"

???: "Apology? Ha, you're funny! You were in the way of my job, kiddo. I had to deliver something at top-speed, and only a few of my Pokémon can fly that fast. Not my fault that Pokémon of your type don't happen to like the Pokémon I own."

G. Gallade: "Why you... (Calm down, act cool.) -sigh- I was sent in this direction by Da-"

???: "Right, right. Mister boss-man mentioned you'd be dropping by for an interview or something. Whaddya want to know?"

G. Gallade: "How about we start with your name?" (Punk.)

???: "Look above you, what does the sign say?"

G. Gallade: "Oliver's Rising Aviation Service...? Doesn't sound so enticing to me. Assuming your name is Oliver, then?"

Oliver: "Smart. And I'm assuming you're just another fan trying to get my autograph, huh?"

G. Gallade: "In your dreams." -grumbles-

Oliver: "Wuzzat? I didn't hear your grumbling. Speak up."

G. Gallade: "Oh, nothing. You sound exactly like the figure someone's mentioned before. Arrogant and annoying."

Oliver: "Guess you've spoken to my baby sister, Olivia. She was never able to get on my level anyways. Just proves that Flying-type Pokémon are more superior to the weeds she trains."

G. Gallade: "Oh man, you actually think you're all that, don't you?"

Oliver: "I do, and I have the talk to back myself up. You're looking at the Redemption League's strongest and top-ranked Leader! They call me the king of all #swag, the deity of the skies, Mega Rayquaza is nothing compared to my #swag."

G. Gallade: "Strongest and top-ranked? You're joking. I've met the strongest person the Redemption League has to offer, and it's certainly not you."

Oliver: "Oh. Her. Nah, she lucked out. I can stand my own against her, no prob."

G. Gallade: "What's that emblem you have on your sign and jacket?"

Oliver: "That, little man, is the Fujita symbol, and the name of the badge challengers can win if they can ever outswag me in battle."

G. Gallade: "Man, I really don't like the way you talk in general. Can we jus..- Owowowow, what the- Who did that?!"

Oliver: "Meet Swagraptor. One of my fastest Flying Pokémon, and not too keen on Fighting-types like you. Don't like it? Deal with it, lol."

G. Gallade: "And... This interview is over. Getting attacked by Pokémon is not particularly something I like, even though I'm a Pokémon myself. Thank you for your time."

Oliver: "Boo-hoo, take the hits like a man- Oh wait, never mind. You're a Pokémon. Later, loser!"

I think that's actually everyone I had to track down for the public... What am I going to do next?

Celeste: "I'm expecting to get a private one-on-one conversation with you soon, Gallade."

G. Gallade: -gasp- "I almost forgot! Apologies ma'am!"

Celeste: "Not to worry, I can wait for a little bit longer."

I think that's all we have time for today, loyal readers! I will be updating the first page when I have everything ready, because a reporter's duty never rests!

This has been Grapevine Gallade, signing out for today!

[Odybld]

G. Gallade: "What's that emblem you have on your sign and jacket?"

Oliver: "That, little man, is the Fujita symbol, and the name of the badge challengers can win if they can ever outswag me in battle."

[Red_Chaos]

man o man this is gonna be good,

is Cel the champ?

[Juniper]

hype?

Edited February 26, 2016 by Juuzou

[Shad_]

I'd like to see a Leo vs Dexter with Gallade fighting on Leo's side, that'd be cool imo

Well Swagraptor is...amazing, that's all i can say lol

[Red_Chaos]

:< we need an update of all the leader bios, and a mug group shot

[Monochrome_Complex]

Yeah Grapevine Gallade is kind of slacking huh? No wonder he got abandoned.

[Grapevine Gallade]

The Reborn Reader - Tiny tidbits and intriguing information!

Good day loyal readers, Grapevine Gallade reporting to you once again!

Excuse my absence for the past few days, but I had matters to attend to that could simply not wait! I have also managed to get an interview with miss Celeste herself, but I'll be saving that interview for my next report!

After a little get-together with Dash, I have decided that the interview with Celeste will be my final report for this season. Why, you may ask? It's because my job as a reporter for you all, as community, has also come to an end. Yes, yes, tears may be shed if necessary... But alas. Dash respects my decision and has requested if I could do two more reports, not counting the one I'm currently writing here. I had to decline on writing two more, as I see no further need to keep doing reports when they're not needed! Plus, I don't exactly get paid for all of this aside from a tiny tidbit from Dash every now and then, I'd rather save my journalistic skills for other things, if I may.

But enough about that, you're all here for the standings from the past weekends, correct?!

I'll be making this a short re-cap, because it would be way too much for me to handle if I had to go by this individually, so let's get right to it!

Counting up for each bracket, we'll start with the first bracket;

Nick has had a negative streak, losing 8 of his 12 total battles spread across the past two weeks. Very unfortunate, but it also seems like the first bracket isn't exactly that busy anymore.. Because Olivia has only had a total of four challengers and went neutral, winning and losing two battles each!

But here's the real kicker... Haley had an impressive streak spread across four days, winning an astounding 21 of her 27 battles! I guess the "Ice Queen" has even more tricks up her sleeve to keep her streak going!

The second bracket has had a very positive streak as well, all of them going in positive numbers!

Alicia is slowly warming up again, it seems... Is she trying to prove herself to re-claim that higher bracket spot?! She had a solid 7 wins, and only two losses total! Lucifer has also been doing extremely well, I think that both Alicia and Lucifer dropping in brackets has sparked something to do better in battle? Lucifer had an amazing 16 wins and only one loss, which is absolutely astonishing! And then we have Ariel, whom had not been getting too many requests to battle as of late, but still managed to win five out of xyr six battles!

Good job to the second bracket for getting positive numbers all-round!

The third bracket had its ups and downs most notably Helen's ups. I'm not sure whether she deafened all her opponents and made them faint and thus timing out or not, but she managed to get a solid ten wins and four losses to her name! Surprisingly enough, both Elliot and Erwin actually went in negative numbers combined throughout the past weekends, both winning three and losing four battles! Very peculiar, but maybe they couldn't handle the increasing skill levels of the challengers?

The fourth bracket has had positive numbers all-round as well! These numbers don't lie, Gaia has gotten a good win streak going, losing only four of her 12 battles total! And hoo-boy, Lilly won ten of her 13 battles, leaving almost everyone in the dust...

I guess I have to make special note of the fact that Venus has proven to be absolutely demonic with her win streak, getting a perfect streak and not losing any of her 13 battles! How does she do this?! I'd like some pointers for myself, even with my limited moveset... Who knows, I might be able to learn a thing or two, right?

The fifth bracket had mostly ups, with one real down.

Axel followed up the positive numbers from the fourth bracket, winning two and losing one battle in total. Leo also stood strong, but eventually fell to one of his opponents, yet still kept his positive record of three wins and one loss.

Ninia however, she needs to get it together and prove that the fifth bracket is no joke, she's only gone negative numbers ever since the fifth bracket had been unlocked, which should not be possible for a leader this high up!

And finally, the sixth bracket!

Dexter fell to the now-leading competitor, DerpySimon! Festus had a perfect streak and went three to nothing... I'm still not certain on whether he/it can be trusted, though. Oliver won and lost one battle each, which is rather surprising.

As of right now, DerpySimon is currently in the running to become the first Redemption League Champion! All he has left to face is the Champion, Celeste... Who knows what she'll bring to the table to oppose DerpySimon in battle?

Dear readers, as I have mentioned earlier, my next report will be my final report. As such, there will be no weekend update after this upcoming League weekend, but my final post will be the interview with none other than Champion Celeste.

Until then! As always, thank you for reading!

Grapevine Gallade, signing out for today!

Edited March 17, 2016 by Grapevine Gallade

[Red_Chaos]

about time you posted something :S

[Tringus]

Dang, seems that a LOT of gym leaders are going strong. (Especially Lucifer and Venus... DAYUM! No wonder they seem to be a power couple!) I wonder if anyone will catch up to Simon before the final battle... All I have to say is, good luck, Simon!

[Guzam]

about time you posted something :S

About time someone posted something like this >>

[Shing]

That's something news that i should read yesterday but whatever.

Hope to see the interview soon.

[Monochrome_Complex]

Sad to hear your reporting is coming to an end, sorry about bashing you on the top of the page Gallade. Appreciate the work you put into this, but you're kind of harsh on Ninia lol.

[Rosesong]

I guess we won't be seeing that interview with Celeste anytime soon :x

[dead account]

Man, even in the end, that Gallade is lazy...

[Ice Cream Sand Witch]

We need to use Trick Room.

[Ironbound]

That's one lazy gallade. It's really galling to see how much he alacks off!

[Grapevine Gallade]

The Redemption League - The Grande Finale!

Good day loyal readers! Grapevine Gallade, reporting for what is going to be the last time, for the Redemption League and the Reborn Reader!

Wipe away your tears, I will be gone, but I will definitely not be gone forever!

It has been quite some time since my last report and interview had been published, and I have a simple explanation for that. For this to be my last, I'd have to make sure everything would be as perfect as it could be. Naturally, I'm still not content, but beggars can't be choosers, can they?

Before we move on to the interview with Miss Celeste, I'd like to thank each and every person who has taken their time to read these reports and news updates as I published them for your entertainment! It had been an absolute pleasure to have been a part of this, even though we part ways after this final report. (Mon up, Gallade! Sheesh, no time to get all emotional here.) This also means that I will unfortunately no longer do those old weekly updates for League weekends, but I do want to congratulate none other than Jiniri for becoming the first Redemption League Champion! (I had to fit this in when I heard about it!)

So without further ado, another big thank you to the community as a whole for accepting me (even though I randomly appeared and disappeared for unknown amounts of time due to research and writing up these reports, which took quite some time for each individual report), and hopefully I'll run into you, a loyal reader of the Reborn Reader, sometime in the future!

Until we meet again, loyal readers!

Grapevine Gallade

Now seriously, let's get on to the interview with Miss Celeste!

G. Gallade: "What to do, what to do... Miss Celeste is nowhere to be found and Dash has no idea how to contact her for some reason."

Oliver: "Hmph. Ya lookin' for her, are ya? She ain't 'round town today. Try the outskirts. Y'know, the forest just outside of town?"

G. Gallade: -shudders- "D-did you just say the forest? I-I'll try there, I guess... Thanks Oli-"

Oliver: "Yeah, whatever scrub reporter. Don't thank me. I've biz' to get to, see ya later, scrub."

- A few moments later -

G. Gallade: "Alright, here's to hoping I won't run into -gulps- Helen."

HELEN: "HEY MISTER GAL, WHATCHU DOIN' HERE?"

G. Galade: "H-hi Helen, O-o-oliver said I might find Miss Celeste h-here...?"

HELEN: "OH, IS THAT SO? TOUGH LUCK 'CAUSE SHE'S NOT HERE! YOU WANNA GO LOOK FOR HER WITH TYRANTRUM AND ME?"

G. Gallade: "I t-think I'll p-paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssssssssssssssss-"

HELEN: "GIDDY UP TYRANTRUM, WE'RE GOING ON AN ADVENTURE WITH MISTER GAL!"

G. Gallade: "Helennnnnnnnnnnn!!! Stoooooooooooooooooooppppp!!!"

HELEN: "WHAT WAS THAT? FASTER? OKAY! YOU HEARD MISTER GAL, TYRANTRUM! USE DRAGON DANCE AND BLAST OFF!"

G. Gallade: (Red dress...? Isn't that her?) "Helen!!!! I see her! Stop here!"

HELEN: "CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP! DRAGON DANCE AGAIN, TYRANTRUM!"

G. Gallade: (Guess I'll have to jump off somehow... On three... One, two... Three!)

HELEN: "YEEEEEHAAAAWWW! FASTER TYRANTRUM! FASTER! DRAGON DANCE ONCE MOREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!"

G. Gallade: "Phew. Glad to actually get off unharmed somehow. I could've sworn I saw Miss Celeste's dress..."

Venus: "Oh, you mean this dress? Dearest Gallade, you're late to the show! This is the ladies' spa area! I would suggest you wait- Hey-hey, eyes UP, mister. Just because I'm walking around in a short robe does not mean I'm having other thoughts." -pinches cheek-

G. Gallade: "L-ladies' spa area? This lake is part of a spa area? Wait, why are you even holding Miss Celeste's dress?! Did you just say ladies' spa area!? Okay, I think I should not be here... I'll just wait over the- Urk!"

Venus: "Honey, please. You've come such a long way, why don't you relax a bit? I've heard your time with us is coming to an end soon. Just relax with all of us for a little bit? I'll go and get Celeste for you, now go get changed, grab a robe and hop into the sauna. It'll do you good, I promise. Why do you think I have to keep all the men away from me?"

G. Gallade: "I u-uh... Are you sure that's okay with everyone else...?"

Ariel: "Eek! What's this creep doing here, Venus?! Pervert! Get out of here! Sylveon, use Hyper Voi-"

Celeste: "Now, now Ariel, that is no way to treat a guest, is it? Despite him not being a human being, that's not a reason to simply charge in and attack head-on, is it?"

G. Gallade: "Miss Celeste! Can I please have a word with you? Preferably somewhere outside the spa area...?"

Venus: "Ohh, I get it. You two kids enjoy yourselves." -wink-

- Somewhere just outside the spa area -

G. Gallade: "Phew, I'm glad I managed to get away from all that unharmed." (Finally, a chance to interview Miss Celeste! Calm down, Gallade. Calm..- Down.)

Celeste: "I do believe we were fated to meet way back when I first spoke to you. It's a pleasure to finally get to talk to you one-on-one, Grapevine Gallade."

G. Gallade: "T-t-the p-p-pleasure is a-all m-mine..." (Wow, she looks beautiful! Get it together, mon!)

Celeste: "My, oh my. Is that a blush I see on your cheeks? How cute! Say, do you like ice cream? It's quite a nice day out and I could really go for an ice cream cone, maybe a slushie... Care to join me while we do this interview on the way back to town?"

G. Gallade: "T-that would b-be very kind o-of y-you to d-do..." (Snap OUT of it, mon!)

Celeste: "It's a little while before we get back to town, so do your thing while we're heading there, and relax! I don't bite or anything, haha!"

G. Gallade: "O-okay. -gulp- First thing's first, how did you manage to get to the very top of the Redemption League?"

Celeste: "As you may know, Oliver once stood tall on top. He still claims he's the best battler the Redemption League has to offer, but he has no chance against me. I simply bested him in battle, and that is when Dash decided that I should be the final opponent challengers should face before allowing them to be known as Champion."

G. Gallade: "What kind of team did you use against him?"

Celeste: "Things he doesn't like. Ice-types, Electric-types and Rock-types. It was quite humorous to see him struggle, after talking high and mighty about how good he was, only to fall quite easily."

G. Gallade: "What's your current goal, as Champion of the Redemption League?"

Celeste: "My, my. Such direct questions.. I would say that becoming better at what I'm doing and striving to not lose once would be a nice thing."

G. Gallade: "Even better? Is that possible?"

Celeste: "Time will tell, dearest Gallade. All I can do right now, is battle to the best of my abilities and pose a final challenge for those who make it to the very top."

G. Gallade: "Can I ask you one more question?"

Celeste: "Sure, anything."

G. Gallade: "Will you be my new Trainer, Miss Celeste?"

(...)

Edited April 17, 2016 by Grapevine Gallade

[K_H]

Looks like somemon has a crush. Good thing you were able to finish up that interview before breaking down. I guess we'll see how your relationship progresses in the time to come.

[InnocentSerenity]

It was nice hearing your interviews and reports, Gallade. May we see you again in the future, maybe even in the field of battle.

[Simon]

Wow, the font actually looks nice and consistent now. What is this.

But cya next Season G. Gallade.