Fanfiction (Purple) Lightning Doesn't Strike Twice

(For some clarification, OrnaPulse is another one of my online handles, one I use primarily for fanfiction writing. I am re-posting my OWN work here to share it with others. Originally, they were posted as their own fics in a series, but in here I will be posting them under one thread as separate 'chapters'. Chapters will be posted as is from Archive of Our Own.)

(Other comments are allowed and appreciated in this thread!)

MYSTERIOUS Pokémon DROWNING RESCUE! (IONO ZONE STREAM HIGHLIGHTS!)

(The Iono Zone gets interrupted when a mysterious purple streak quite literally crashes into the stream.)

‘WOOO-HOOOO!” Iono cheered as she flew across the sky. Atop her Killowattrel, the Supercharged Streamer was showing off her bird’s amazing acrobatic ability. A complicated maneuver that had them going high and then diving down, all while fitting in some loops and twirls in the routine.

“Careful. You’re going to fall.” Came the soft, almost inaudible voice of Larry. He was riding on top of his own bird, Staraptor, far enough to let Iono and Killowattrel show off, but still somewhat visible in the camera's feed.

“Aw, come on Old Man!” Iono called as she stopped to check on her stream’s chat. “Don’t you wanna show off what your super cool sky-high flying Pokémon can do?” At this, she turned her Rotom Phone’s camera unto him.

“No thanks.” He said, looking as tired as ever. “They’re better for battling than doing flying tricks.”

Iono stuck out her tongue at her fellow Gym Leader. She then turned the camera back to herself. “Sorry friendos. Looks like our special guest doesn't wanna join in on the fun. What a bummer!” The chat buzzed with activity. Some were disappointed that the everyman didn’t want to join in on the fun. Others just wanted Iono to continue showing off on her own and ignore him. Either way, the chat was acting pretty negatively. That won’t do.

Then she grins widely. “Maaaayyybe, if you’re all cheering for him to join, good ol’ Larry here will show off his moves! How’s THAT for a super special stream?!” The chat exploded with activity, now with more people cheering Larry on and wanting to see him do tricks. Larry’s weak protests could barely be heard over the winds of the sky.

One comment noticed a purple dot in the sky, seemingly headed closer to Levincia city. It went buried in the comments of both Iono and Larry thirst when the dot suddenly made its appearance known.

Out of nowhere, a big purple blur appeared on stream, nearly crashing into Iono!” “WhAAAAAGGGGHHH!!!” She yelped as the sudden swoosh of air sent her and her floating Rotom Phone off course. The viewers got a dizzying and frightening scene as both Iono and her phone started falling back to Earth. Luckily, Killowattrel acted quickly, flying under Iono to catch his trainer and grabbing the phone with his talons.

“OOF!” Iono landed roughly on her bird, looking frazzled but safe.

“Iono!” Larry came flying into view, Pokeballs out ready to send someone out. “Are you okay?”

“Just dandy!” She replied. “Oh, thankee Thor,” Iono took the phone back in her hands, giving the Rotom inside enough time to recover and resume its floating. The chat was flooded with panicked messages from her followers. “Don’t worry my lovely fans, your Favorite Streamer is A-okay!” Relieved messages followed, including some donations from some worried supporters.

“It looks like it went to Levincia,” Larry commented looking at the city.

“WHAT?!” Iono screeched. “Well, we can't let that no-gooder, noisy, Noivern crash into the stream like that! And the city too.” She slammed a fist into her palm. “Looks like we’ve got a Pokémon to catch! Let’s go, Thor!”

The Rotom Phone moved from its place, settling somewhere outside of Iono’s collar, giving the stream a first-person perspective of the hunt about to begin. A cry from both Thor the Killowattrel and Staraptor was heard before the camera began moving in its descent down to Levincia City. The buildings blur by quickly, a testament to the electric birds' speed. As they flew past the inner city docks, underneath the city’s battle center, the same shade of purple was seen again.

“There!” Iono pointed. “That’s where our mischievous misfit went! Let’s go get em’!” Now with a destination, the two aimed for the gaps in between.

As they got closer, the image of the mystery Pokémon got clearer. And it was no Noivern. It didn’t look like a Noivern at all. The Pokémon’s whole body was a shiny almost metallic purple color, with sections colored in silver instead. It had a tall black crest on its head and matching back eyes.

But all of that was overshadowed by the fact it was in the water, splashing desperately in an attempt to get out.

“OH NO! IT’S GOING TO DROWN!” Iono’s scream spelled it out for the viewers, causing the stream to panic. The residents of the city who stopped to watch the action also went into an array as the situation dawned on them.

Iono jumped from Thor’s back, and unto the lower decks of the city. The Rotom phone followed smoothly behind her, propping itself up at a new angle. Larry could also be seen disembarking from his own Staraptor as the two gym leaders took the situation at hand.

“Oh noes oh noes…. Larry, can your Birds pull that thing out of there?” Iono asked, uncharacteristically serious.

“Maybe,” Larry responded, sending out two more of his birds, Altaria and Braviary. “But they won't be able to grab it if it keeps trashing about like that.” Despite his tiredness, it was clear there was a bit more urgency to his voice now.

“And I dun’ think we can drive a boat,” Iono muttered worried, looking about the pier for any way to help the sinking Pokémon. “AHA!” Iono went running off. The camera followed her, showing she grabbed a thick coil of rope meant for anchoring boats to the dock. “Will this work?”

“Yes, but we need to either get it to hold on, or wrap the rope around it somehow.”

“Leave that to me!” The streamer grinned. She then sent out two of her own Pokémon. Her Mismagious and her Bellibolt. “Citrine, Buzzbutton,” She held up the rope and pointed to the Pokémon. “Can you get this around that? We need to help it out!”

Her Pokémon nodded determinedly, seeing the danger, and grabbed both ends of the rope. The two then jumped into the water, swimming as fast as they can to reach the purple Pokémon... It panicked on seeing the two gym Pokémon come at it and began to trash even more.

“HEY! ITS OKAY! WE’RE HERE TO RESCUE YOU!” Iono shouted at the beast. “WE’LL GET YOU OUTTA THERE LICKETY SPLIT! JUST TRUST USSS!!!”

It looked conflicted for a moment before realizing it had no better options. Citrine and Buzzbutton took that opportunity to wrap the rope around its torso and belly, without restricting the dragon's limbs.

“NOW!” “Now!” Both Gym Leaders called. All four birds rushed from the piers to the drowning Pokémon. Citrine rose up to give the ropes to the birds, and together, all four of them began heaving the heavy beast to the docks.

“Make way! Make way!” Iono guided the birds to an empty spot, where they deposited the creature. The camera briefly captured Larry taking out his phone, presumably to call the Pokecenter. It also caught the 6 Pokémon involved in its rescue, giving it some space but watching it carefully in case it tried to do something else. Then it focused on the creature itself.

Now that it was out of the water, it was easier to make out more of its details. It looked almost mechanical in nature, with its shiny metal body and plate grooves on its sides. It had an enlarged chest and a long skinny tail and what seemed to be jet boosters on its thighs. Its cyan pixelated eyes looked weary from its crash as it looked up at Iono nervously.

“Hey, hey. It’s okay friendo, I’m not gonna bite cha,” Iono cooed gently as she patted the creature's body gently. This gentle reaction seemed to get a rise from the viewers of the stream, though for once, she wasn’t paying attention to commentate on it. It thrilled a weak growl but didn’t shy away from the streamer's touch.

Footsteps and voices could be heard approaching the camera as Iono turned to see who it was. But before the camera could turn to see who it is, the clip of the stream ended there.

 

IONO VS LARRY, CUSTODY BATTLE! (IONO ZONE STREAM HIGHLIGHTS!)

(The mysterious Pokémon was brought to the Pokecenter, but who gets to keep it?)

The clip starts in front of a white and sterile wall. Only a few simple decorations were seen in the background, with Iono dead center in the frame. With how colorful she was to the rest of her surroundings, it almost looked like she sucked all of the colors here herself.

“Heeey viewer fans!” She greeted the camera. Though she looked as cheery as ever, there was a bit of tiredness and worry heard in her voice.“Sorry for leaving y’all hanging, but you know how it is. When it's emergency time, it's game time. And not in the fun way I’m afraid,” She explained herself, pouting at the last bit.

“Anywho.” She seemed to bounce back from her sadness. “Some of you non-Paldean fans, (Hello, ‘ello!) might not recognize where we are right now. In fact, some of you Pal-natives might not realize it too! But we’re in fact, in a Pokémon Center!”

At those last words, the camera spun around. The rest of the room was shown, looking like a less colorful and less busy version of the typical Pokecenter most often seen in the combined Kanto-Johto-Sinnoh area. The only other person or Pokémon seen in the shot was Larry, who had taken a different seat in the lobby area and seemed to be on the phone with someone, but the camera was too far to pick up what he was saying.

“Thats right!” The camera snapped back to Iono. “Even though we use those cutesy little kiosks outside the cities, we do actually have our own buildings here.” She explained to the audience. “Most boo-boos can be fixed lickety-split with our cool Pokéball Healing machines, but for tricky cases and wild Pokémon, THIS is where they do all the healing stuff.”

“Hehe, and thaaats history with Iono! Don’t get too excited though. I actually suuuuck at history,” Iono shrugged.

“Ooh! It looks like we got a new priority message from our one dear QuaraLecki! Been a while since I’ve seen you on the stream friendo! QL here says ‘is there any update on the weird purple Pokémon yet?’” At this Iono sighs. “No, our Nurse Joy took it in AGES ago, and we still have no updates about them yet!” She sagged dramatically. “I know it's weird and all, but they could go a little faster!”

“Complaining won’t make it go any faster Iono.” In the emptiness of the room, Larry’s voice could be heard clearly, even with all its softness. They turned to him as he got up, seemingly done with whatever call he was making prior. At this, Iono rushed up to the other leader so they could both be in frame.

“Still! My viewers and I are DYING to get a new update on the thing.” Iono insisted. “And I can’t just leave things on a cliffhanger like that!”

Almost as if the universe had heard her, a new voice could be heard off-screen. “Gym Leader Iono and Gym Leader Larry?”

“Yeeeeessss?” Iono answered for the two of them.

“The Pokémon is stable now.”

“Can we see it?” Larry asked, seemingly ignoring the smug face Iono was pointing at him.

“Of course,”

“Can I stream it?” Iono asked, cause it never hurt to be sure.

At this point the camera panned to the other voice, showing that it was indeed a Nurse Joy like most people in the chat had suspected. She looked a little conflicted at first before nodding to them. “As long as you don’t disturb the Pokémon too much.”

“Yes!” Iono did a little fist pump. “Lead the way!”

The camera followed the three of them as they walked through the corridors of the empty Pokecenter. It was a short walk with only a few twists and turns until they ended up in front of a room meant for the larger wild patients the center would have. It looked even newer than most of the center so it was probably never used before.

The nurse opened the room and lead the two in. Inside the room was the mysterious purple Pokémon lying on the massive cot provided. Another Nurse Joy was circling the cot, checking over the Pokémon. When the door opened, both occupants turned to see who it was, and the light in the Pokémon’s eyes seemed to shine just a bit.

“What's the status on the Pokémon?” Iono asked surprisingly softly.

“Well, it seems to be doing fine, but there are a couple issues…” The Nurse by the Pokémon said. “We’ve never seen any Pokémon like this before.”

“Could it be something from the outer regions?” Larry asked, referring to the Pokémon not native and not allowed to come into Paldean soil.

“I don’t think so,” The nurse shook her head. “I studied nursing in Alola and Joy over there studied in Sinnoh. Nothing there resembles this Pokémon either.”

“That's concerning,” He mumbles, but Iono wasn’t paying much attention to that. “But aside from that, is it okay?”

“That we’re also not sure…” The nurse tried to pet the Pokémon, but it seemed to shy away from her touch. She withdrew her hand at that. “Our scanners show that there’s something wrong with the Pokémon, but with no knowledge on what it is, we cant be certain on any diagnosis."

With that the room felt silent. The only noise from the video came from the clock ticking in the background, and the only entertaining visual is the livestreams chat of concerns and questions of the mystery Pokémon.

“I’ll have to report this to my boss,” Larry sighed heavily, breaking the silence first. “She’d want to know about this, and likely want this to be moved to the Pokémon League base…”

“What?!” Iono whirled around to him. “No way are you taking it away from here!” The Joys shushed her at the outburst.

“It’s a possible concern to the region.” He explained tiredly. “I don’t like it too but-”

“Then let it stay here!” She insisted “If the league and La Primera wants to keep an eye on it, then she can come here! I’m league associated too!”

“Well, we do want to keep it under wraps-”

“A little late for that chief,” She butt in pointing to her Rotom Phone, which was still streaming. “‘Sides, even if I didn’t film in the hospital, they still would have seen the crash n’ dive!”

Larry held up a finger to retort. But after a moment he put it back down.

“It would be best to keep them in one place.” One of the Joys spoke up. “It seems to have had a rough life prior to coming here, moving it so soon may cause it more undue stress and worsen it’s health.”

“Then again, one move won't be enough to seriously endanger its health right?” The other Joy asked moving closer to where the rest of them were.

While this was happening, Iono inched closer to the unknown Pokémon, with her Rotom Phone dutifully following behind her to capture the whole thing. The whole chat was ablaze, some encouraging the streamer to get closer, while others telling her to back away. But with her back towards the phone, she didn’t see any of those messages.

“Hey there,” She greeted the dragon, keeping her voice low like the Joy’s requested. “You musta done a big whoopsie to end up like this huh?” The dragon eyed her warily but didn’t react more than that.

“But that’s okay! These Joys are the best of the best! They’ll patch you up in no time. And I, Iono, already forgive you for nearly knocking me outta the sky.” She declared proudly. At what seemed to be an impromptu decision, she held her hand out to the creature to see what it’d do.

It looked at the arm, but didn’t shink away from it the same way it did with the Joy’s hand. It stared at Iono, then seemingly at the camera before giving a light thrill-like growl. It softly nudged Iono’s sleeve, before leaning into it more.

The stream chat was filled with ‘awws’ from the viewers, as well as a few memes about taming dragons.

“Well, would you look at that,” One of the Joy’s voices could be heard. “It actually let her touch ‘im.”

“It’s certainly more than what it let me do…”

Iono turned to the others with a cheeky grin. “Does that mean it's staying in Levincia?” The camera whirled once again to the others.

“Seems like it. If we want it to get any more procedures done at any rate.” Nurse Joy nodded.

Larry sighed and sagged, but the emotion behind them was unclear. “Well, if Geeta asks, the stream will be my witness…”

And with that last comment, the camera panned back to Iono and the clip ended.

 

(Quick Author's Note: This is the part where I changed the format of the story to include the streams chat more. Future chapters will follow this format)

WELCOME HOME! (IONO ZONE STREAM HIGHLIGHTS!)

(Iono welcomes her new pet- I mean charge, home!)

The clip starts out in front of the Levincia Gym Building, with Iono front and center. To her left and right, her Pokémon Buzzbutton the Bellibolt and Citrine the Mismagius are flanking her

"Ladies aaand gentlemens! It’s time for the Iono Zone!" Iono began her intro. "Hey, hey, heyyy! Your eyeballs are MINE—caught in my Electroweb! Whosawhatsit? Iono! ’Ello, ’ello, hola! Ciao and bonjour!" By her side, her Pokémon also chime in and wave to the camera.



Cation (MOD): And were live!

Iodeino: YESSS LETS GOOO

Newbie_Trainer_1: HI INTERNET!!!!!



Iono grinned at the chat that was beginning to flood with messages. “I love the energy here today! It’s almost like a Jolteon on a sugar-high! Nyahahahahaha!”

She began walking away from the gym building, followed by her Pokémon almost acting like bodyguards for her. “If you’ve all been following me on my social media - @ IonoZoneOfficial on all sites! - you all know what we’re doing today! Buuuuuuut if you don’t…” She turns to the camera with a glint in her eyes. “We’re bringing home that super cool awesome dragon thing home!!! Or to the gym if you wanna be Tech-ni-cal about it.”



Gyrates_2: I want to see my little boy~

QuaraLeki: He’s coming home!

Pawmi-is-Life<3 Superchatted: does it even have a name yet? (P 1000)



“Thank’s for the dono’s Pawmi is Life!” She then put a sleeve to her chin. “Hmmm. Not yet actually! We’ve just been calling ‘em Cyclizar cuz it kinda maybe sorta looks like it!” She suddenly clapped her hands together. “OOH! Idea! We should have a submission contest!”



Not_a_trainer:


“Send in your best nickname suggestions for our wonderful little purple Cyclizar over on Chat.ot at @ IonoZoneOfficial! My mods will make a post where you can send ALLL your best names! The ones with the most likes will be added to a poll later for you all to vote on! Sounds good?”



Newbie_Trainer_1: GET HYPED!!!

KantoKalos: watch it get names steve or smthn

Cation (MOD): No rest for the wicked!
Anion (MOD): We’ll get it done Iono.



“Great!” She then gasped. “But we’ve slacked off long enough! Onwards! To the Pokecenter!”

There was a clear skip in the highlights, removing the time in between Iono’s announcement and her arrival in the big Pokecenter building. Though there wasn’t much of importance that got cut. The continued clip shows Iono walking into the Lobby, where a Nurse Joy and the ‘Cyclizar’ were waiting. The Pokémon visibly perked up upon seeing the streamer as the two humans began to talk.

“Ms. Iono, I’m glad you’re here.” The nurse greeted.

“Of course! I’d never abandon this lil’ cutie,” She said, cooing at the dragon, which seemed pleased by the compliment.



DragonsRC00l: awwwww



Iono stood up straight and began ruffling through the massive hidden pockets in her jacket. “So, what kinda Pokéball do you think I should use to catch this cutie? I’ve got some Ultra Balls, Premier Balls, Luxury Balls-”

“You can’t catch them Ms. Iono,” The nurse said as the chat started then stopped a vote. “We’ve already tried to capture the Cyclizar to make it easier to transfer to you, but it seems they have already been caught.”

“SAY WHAT?!” Iono shouted.



DragonsRC00l: ayo?

Gyrates_2: someone already owns our cyclizar?

BlipperBugger: THE PLOT THICKENSSSS



“Thats why we asked you to come pick it up in person.” The Joy shook her head. “It’s very difficult to search for the original trainer if I dont have the Pokéball or ID number…”

Iono didn’t seem to hear that bit as she crouched down towards the Cyclizar. “Poor thing, all alone without its trainer…” She reached out a hand to the Pokémon and it leaned into her sleeve. “Well I’m not changing my mind! I’ll take veeeeerrry good care of ‘im. You don’t need to worry ‘bout getting attacked or lost ever again!” Her Pokémon cheered behind her as if affirming what she said.

“Aigas!” The Pokémon seemed to agree with her on that front.


QuaraLeki: AYYYY!!!

BoyfriendLostinHoenn : Lizard acquired

Croagunk4Life: its not a croagunk but this is good too

ILOVEIONO_696969: YOU’LL MAKE A GREAT MOMMY FOR CYCLIZAR LIKE YOULL MAKE A GREAT MOMMY FOR OUR BABIES

Anion (MOD) banned ILOVEIONO_696969 from the stream. Adios!



The nurse smiled, unaware of the shenanigans in chat. “I’m glad.” She went over to the counter and took a folder from the desk. “I’ve compiled all the information we have on the Pokémon and on the Cyclizar species as a whole. The information here is more detailed than whats usually found in the Pokédex, so I recommend reading up on it when you’re free.” She handed the folder to Iono.

“But readings boring…” She whined a little but took the folder anyways. “I’ll give it a looksee later.”

“If you need any help, feel free to stop by at one of our Pokecenters.” Nurse Joy smiled and bowed slightly. “We hope to see you again”

“Thankiesss!” Iono got up and headed to the door. “Come on guys! Lets head home!”

The clip got cut once again, likely to remove the return trip home. Though in the actual stream, it did go black once the quartet of a streamer and her 3 Pokémon entered. Likely to hide exactly where and how to get to her studio.

It starts back in said studio, with all the glitz and glamour normal in the production. All of Iono’s previously unseen Pokémon - Thor the Killowattrel, Kaboom the Electrode, and Thunder the Luxray - were all lounging in the room atop some pillows made for them. Citrine and Buzzbutton were nowhere in sight. The purple Cyclizar looked confused and mesmerized at the colors and all the screens around them, its metallic skin catching all the pinks and blues. And as usual, Iono was front and center.

“Aaaaaaand we’re back!” She posed. Her present Pokémon also acknowledged the camera in their own ways with little cries and waves.

“Sorry for putting you all in the dark there my fansies. But you know I can’t let you see everything! It will ruin the magic of everything!” She shook.



BoyfriendLostInHoenn : well I don’t need to see anything, i already have~

Newbie_Trainer_1: Huh?! You have?!

Iodeino: oh sure we cant but cyclizar cann



Iono laughed seeing the chat. “Of course! I’m in charge of this lil Pokémon now! Speaking of,” She turned to Cyclizar. “Welcome to the Iono Zone! The Place and not the stream! Everyone, say ‘Welcome’ to Cyclizar!”



Cation (MOD): WOOO!

Newbie_Trainer_1: WELCOME CYCLIZAR
Gyrates_2: Welcome welcome!

BoyfriendLostInHoenn: Welcome to hell!

QuaraLeki: >:O



She turned back to the camera. “But what’s a welcome without a feast? I’m sure youre tired of eating all that yucky hospital food. Ugh.” She stuck out her tongue before perking up again. “Which is why we’ve got a whole feast prepared! Come on out you guys!”

Buzzbutton and Citrine appeared again, pushing a trolley that some viewers may recognize from a previous stream. On top of the trolley were sandwiches wrapped in yellow paper with Pikachu picks sticking out from them. Though five sandwiches stood out from the rest, having purple paper and a magical star pick instead.



R4ltssss: oh crap i forgot its lunchtime



“Thanke!” She petted her little servers. “To help celebrate Cyclizar’s arrival, my staff- _ mean- I made some sandwiches for the whole team to share!” Already, Iono’s Pokémon were looking through the pile, searching for the sandwich that had their name on it. “But we dunno what Cyclizar likes, so we’ve made one of each flavor to see what they like!”

Citrine already seemed to have that handles, carefully unwrapping the special sandwiches and setting them in front of Cyclizar. “Thank yee Cici!” Iono said before grabbing her own sandwich and plopping herself on a beanbag. “While we eat, let's have an impromptu QnA session!” She cheered as the chat buzzed with delight. She reached for her phone to read the chat. “Alrighty! Send in your biggest questions and I’ll do my best to answer ‘em!” She scrolled the chat to read, however…



Anion (MOD): Iono, Cyclizar is finished with its sandwiches.



“Pft-! You’re pulling my leg Anion!” She laughed it off. Even though Anion was known to be the more serious of the mods. “There's no way its- Holy mew they’re done eating.” Her delivery was monotone, but the disbelief on her face was clear.

The camera whirled back to the Pokémon where Cyclizar seemed to have finished the last sandwich. It looked satisfied then shrunk in a little mareepishly into itself at the stunned looks the gym Pokémon gave it,

“... Huh. Good thing we got that new budget raise for the gym.” Iono mused, which was probably not meant to be heard by the camera. The clip ended there as the chat joked and memed about the Cyclizar’s penchant for sandwiches.

 

The clip starts out in the middle of Levincia City, right in the middle of the city’s battlefield. Iono is standing center stage grinning as usual. ‘Cyclizar’ is also seen curling behind the streamer’s legs. It seems asleep, judging by the way their LED-like eyes appeared to be turned off.

"Ladies aaand gentlemens! It’s time for the Iono Zone! Hey, hey, heyyy!" She cheered. "Your eyeballs are MINE—caught in my Electroweb! Whosawhatsit? Iono!’Ello, ’ello, hola! Ciao and bonjour!"

PidoveLove: Hello from Unova!
Gyrates_2: I see the baby!
WheezDimadome: Aye!

“We’re once again out and about on Levincia’s battle stage! Home of the most e-LEC-tri-fying battles on the internets!” Iono called in an announcer's voice. “But we’re not here for some ordinary Gym Battle! It’s not even the busy season yet!” She looks up thoughtfully. “Its only a week before the busy season actually, when all the students at Uva start rolling in to try and get some gym badges…” She then strikes a pose and points at the camera. “So mark your calendars! These battles are gonna be as high-volage as it gets! And you can see your no. 1 favorite streamer zap and pwn all these newbs. Nyehehe~!”

BoyfriendLostInHoenn: eh second fave at best
Electro King: why are you even here then!?

“Buuuuut speaking of the academy!” She continues, not aware of the current fight going on in chat. “We’ve got a special guest from there today folks!” She nods to the buzz in the chat. “Thats right viewer fans! We’re amping up the ante like a Toxtricity cause we’ve got a big name entering the stream for the very first time! So come on in friendo!”

The camera moves a bit to accommodate the incoming guest. Iono scoots a bit to the side, careful not to disturb Cyclizar. A young man enters the frame who looked somewhat professional and unkempt at the same time. He had unruly purple and grey hair that spiked on one side, thick hexagonal glasses, and a long white lab coat over a loose purple attire.

CRasintheSUN: GUEST HYPE
Newbie_Trainer_1: MR JACQ?!
QuaraLeki: ayo
Walter-Blitz: so THATS why biology class got canceled today
MeepMoop: whos this nerd

“Hehe, looks like some of my fans already know who you are!” Iono said, taking a quick look at the chat. “But why don’t you introduce yourself anyways for the viewers at home.”

“I guess some of my students are viewers of yours.” He hummed. “As long as they’re not slacking off of class. Anyways,” He turned to the camera and waved. “To those who don’t know me, hello! I’m Professor jacq Zinnia. My field of expertise is in Pokémon Biology and I teach that exact subject at Uva Academy. I also created the Paldean Pokédex app on the Rotom Phone.”

“Thanks for the lil’ intro!” Iono then took over. “We’re getting educational here everyone! Mr. Jacq here’s gonna be helping us with our liiiitle big mystery! Cuz if anyones gonna figure out what we have ova here, its gotta be him.”

Walter-Blitz: man i thought i wouldnt have biology today

“Thank you for the vote of confidence,” Jacq looked around the arena, eyes landing on Cyclizar still soundly asleep. “But I still don’t know what exactly you called me here for. I’m not exactly good with machiner-”

As if on cue, a small booting-up noise could be heard as Cyclizar’s eyes flicked on. “Aigiass…?” It yawned, drowsy from its little nap.

“Oh goodness!” Jacq jumped back. Cyclizar crooned, shaking as it stood up.

Iono laughed at the instructor’s misfortune. “This is what you’re here for Jacq!” She patted Cyclizar’s head, making it look up at her. “This here is my buddy Cyclizar, and we need you to help us figure ‘em out!”

“That’s not a cyclizar…” Jacq said dumbly.

“Well, we needed to call ‘im something,” She shrugged her shoulders.

“Right.” Jacq adjusted his glasses as he took a closer look at Cyclizar. “Fascinating. Its shape looks so much like that of a cyclizar, and yet when you look at it as a whole, it also looks nothing like it!” He began to circle around Cyclizar to get a better look at everything.

“Its purple scales are so shiny, but they aren’t even scales! They look a bit like metal coating. But its not the shiny form of cyclizar because that is more of a beigey-gold color. The shape of its legs are a bit odd… but it’s eyes! I’ve never seen anything like it!” When he got too close to the Pokémon it shrunk away from his gaze. That seemed to remind Jacq to control himself as he suddenly stood up and cleared his throat. “It’s quite the amazing Pokémon.”

BarklyMalarkey: ew nerd talk
Bird_Keeper_Moby: nerd talk is so hooooot

Iono nodded very seriously. “He is. BUT!” She suddenly raised her hand. “We don’t know anything about it! Just that it kinda seems related to Cyclizar!” She then lowered it to point at Jacq. “And thats why YOU need to help us!”

“I see!” He nodded in understanding. He scratched his chin “Well, what have you figured out so far?”

“Just that its kinda related to cyclizar.” Iono repeated. Cyclizar looked a bit confused at how much its name was getting used.

Jacq blinked. “Okay then. Hmm… Ah! Have you figured out it’s typing yet?”

Iono frowned as she tried to recall the file. “No, actually.” She looked mystified at that realization.

“Then we can start there.” He nodded. “Checking types can be a bit tricky, but thankfully we can do it here instead of a lab.”

“Phew, switching studios can be such a hassle!” Iono wiped her brow, she glanced to the side, where you can see the Levincia residents all trying to get closer to the action, but getting blocked by the gym staff members. “So! How do we do that?”

Thankfully it seemed Jacq was undaunted by the growing crowd. “Well, in a setting like this, we can check a Pokémon’s type with battle!”

At the word ‘battle’, Cyclizar made a buzzing, whining noise as it tried to hide behind Iono.

“Woah! Cyc, are you okay?” Iono asked.

Onoi: is he ok
Spriggy: aww hes scared!
RAWR: BBY!!!
Newbie_trainer_1: dont hurt cyclizar!

“Are you afraid of battling?” Iono asked, after checking the chat really quickly.

Cyclizar made a crooning noise, indicating she was correct.

“Aw, don’t be scared, Cyclizar! This will be good for you! I promise!” She tried to cheer it up.

“Well, we can’t force it if it doesn't want to,” Jacq said. “But Iono is right. If we know what your typing is, we can take better care of you and make sure you’re in top-condition.” He adjusted his glasses. “We’ll try to only use status moves in the testing, and use the weakest possible version of an attacking move if there is no choice. But I promise we’ll be as gentle as possible for the experiments.” He laid it all out to help reassure both Cyclizar and the public watching.

Iono began to pet the purple Pokémon, trying to reassure them. “I know you’re scared Cyc,” She started. “Buuuuut! If you get through this, I’ll get you a reeeeally big sandwich!”

Cyclizar perked up at that. “Gias?”

Iono grinned and nodded. “Uh-huh! We can even go to the local Every Wich Way and eat out their stock. How does that sound?”

“Agias!” Cyclizar stood up, now motivated at the mention of food.

SoobwayGooy Superchatted: sigh ill tell my boss to prepare the shop (P200)

Iono grinned even wider. “See? They’re already working on it.”

“Right,” Jacq cleared his throat. “Do you know exactly how we’re going to be checking the types?”

Walter-Blitz: noo i dont want biology
Barkey_Malarkey: im outta here

“To put it simply we’re going to be looking for type effectiveness, resistances, and immunities.” Jacq continued, unaware of the exodus of viewers. “Some type overlaps can make finding types this way a bit tricky, but thankfully we’re not working from scratch. Since we know that Cyclizar here is related to the cyclizar species, we can start by testing it of the species types.” He pulled out a Pokéball and tossed it out. “Fariggiraf, help me out here.”

The long-neck Pokémon came out, looking confused at the current circumstance. “We’re conducting an experiment Fariggiraf,” The giraffe nodded in understanding. “Okay, brace yourself Cyclizar, we’re testing for the normal type here. Fariggiraf, use Astonish on the purple Pokémon.”

True to its word, Cyclizar didn’t leave its spot and took the hit head-on. It yelped in surprise as the ghost-type attack made contact with it.

“Alright, so it’s not a Normal type, cause otherwise, that wouldn’t do anything,” Jacq noted that down on his Rotom Phone.

Cyclizar made a crooning whine at the attack. Iono went up to it and gave it a little pat on the head.

“Hmm… There’s no easy way to test the Dragon-type since it doesn't have any immunities.” Jacq said as he returned his Farigiraf. “We have to use a dragon-type move, since the only type that’s super-effective to itself.” He got out another Pokéball. “Come out Arcanine!”

The ‘legendary’ fire dog came out, already on alert. It must have heard what was going on from inside its ball. “We’re testing for the Dragon type now! Arcanine, do a low-power Dragon Breath please.

Iono quickly jumped out of the way.

The incoming attack didn't have the raging purple, blue, and red flames that came with the move, and it looked more akin to a Dragon-typed Ember than the Flamethrower it was meant to be. But even with Arcanine clearly holding back, the attack clearly hurt Cyclizar as it staggered from the hit. It made a little electronic whimpering noise, at which point, Arcanine stopped its attack.

“And with that,” Jacq continued. “We can confirm that Cyclizar is indeed a dragon type.”

Zeldelf: were sciencing

Iono came back, holding a Sitrus Berry on her sleeve. “Here you go Cyclizar. This will help you feel better.”

Cyclizar looked a bit skeptical of the berry, but ate it anyway. It looked surprised as it perked up, and looked to Iono longingly, as if to ask for another one.

“Later. I’m saving them in case you get more hurt!” Iono says, gently booping Cyclizar’s snout. The lizard looked a little confused at the motion, but seemed to accept it.

Iono then turned to Jacq. “So, we know Cyclizar is a Dragon type. So what's next?”

“Next, we’ll have to see if it's a dual type or not. We’ll do the same process as we did in checking if it had a normal cyclixar’s type, but we have to be mindful about the Dragon type now and its resistances and weaknesses.” Jacq explained. “We could go down the list of types, or we could start by which types seem to fit Cyclizar aesthetically.” He shrugged. “Though that isn’t always the best indicator of types.”

“That's your cue viewer fans!” Iono turned to the camera, realizing the opportunity there. “Aside from Dragon, what types do YOU think Cyclizar is? We’ll be testing those out right now!”

The stream erupted in messages, with nearly every viewer trying to get their inputs in. Some repeated what they were saying over and over again to get their message seen. It was hard to read any of it.

Newbie_Trainer_1: steel!
ChocolateTorchic: Electric
BoyfriendLostinHoenn: i think its just pure dragon
Gyrates_2: STEEL
R4ltssssss: Fairy
Slateport: rock
Malmar: electric

Iono laughed at the madness:

Newbie_Trainer1: steel!
KantoKalos: wat if its poison
Emperoroleon: Steel
PAWNCH: FIGHTING!
WOOPWOOP: its gotta be electric
STR0B3_3FF3CT: psychic
Anion (MOD): Alright I made a link for a poll: Please use this instead!

Once Anion had posted the poll link, things calmed down as the viewers began flooding the poll instead. Soon, two types stood out as potential candidates.

“Okay, Mr. Jacq. It seems here that our peeps think that Cyclizar is either part steel or part electric type!” She reported. Iono then giggled. “It’d be really neat if you turned out to be electric huh buddy?” She patted Cyclizar on the head. It seemed to have a strong reaction to being called ‘buddy’.

“It certainly would be, Iono.” Jacq agreed. “But let’s test out that ‘steel type’ first, because then we can also test for the rock and ground type as well.” He then released another Pokémon, this time a big sturdy Mudsdale. “Okay Mudsdale, use Sandstorm.”

“Hey!” Iono called out as the sand began to swirl. “I don’t want sand in my hair!”

Off to the side, Cyclizar looked equally displeased with the sandstorm, flinching as the sand scraped on its hide.

“Ah! Looks like it isn’t one of the types that's immune to the Sandstorm weather effect! That eliminates steel, rock, and ground as its other type.” Jacq noted, seeing it flinch. “Alright, let's get rid of this now. Arcanine, sunny day!”

Almost immediately, the sandstorm died down, as the sun began to beat down on the arena.

Newbie_Trainer_1: Man I really thought it would be steel!
Croagunk4Life: half of teh chat has to pay up now.

“Blegh. Sand.” Iono made a face. “So… next is the electric type right?”

“Yep.” Jacq returned Arcanine and Mudsdale back to their balls. “To test the electric type, we need to see if Cyclizar here can be paralyzed by an electric move or not.”

“No need to tell me twice! I’m the best electric type user in Paldea! If he gets paralyzed hes not electric but if he does then he is! I can handle this!” Iono boasted. “Buzzbutton, help us out!” She called her Bellibolt out “Do a lil’ Thunder Wave at Cyclizar. We need to test something out!”

Buzzbutton croaked in acknowledgement before firing a little jolt of electricity to him.

The Thunder Wave crackled across Cyclizar’s skin, before fizzling out of existence. Cyclizar crooned and tilted its head, confused about what just happened.

“A-HAH! So he IS an electric type!” Iono cheered with stars in her eyes.

“And the way it fizzled out is different from the way I’ve seen Lightning Rod react.” Jacq nodded with a big smile on his face. “Well, congratulations Iono! You have yourself an Electric-Dragon type. Or jDragon-Electric type as it may well be.”

Iodieno: woooo!
Mimimi: What a cool Pokémon!
BoyfirendLostInHoenn: Man thats such a cool type too.
Newbie_Trainer_1: how did cylizar get even cooler?!

The clip ends with the chat abuzz discussing Cyclizar’s newly discovered types and with Iono flinging herself over him to give him a big hug.