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Based on this textpost I saw like yesterday:

Sushigumi: Living Spaces

This AU is a bit too much fun— but don't worry! I won't be drowning my blog with it. I still have other posts lined up, after all!

Remember: everything related to this AU is tagged as “sushigumi au”.

You can find the first Sushigumi post here!

— Psychic

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In General

The Sushigumi all have their separate residences around the city.

However, during extended filming sessions, for ease of transport, the chefs stay in a mansion not too far away from the studio.

There are also other mansions scattered about the country— just in case Shishi-Cooking ever decides to shoot a few episodes in different areas.

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Ibuki

a picturesque house just outside the city.

Ibuki has a lovely, well-maintained hedge that wraps around his property.

He doesn't need anything big— he thinks that he would grow lonely in a larger home, anyways.

It's barely big enough to host his co-workers, if they ever need a place to crash.

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Dolph

owns a penthouse in the city which overlooks a large park.

Has a professional kitchen with high-end equipment and ingredients at his disposal— he likes to cook outside of the studio, after all.

Invited Agata to stay with him after his parents kicked him out the house. The younger lion has been living with Dolph ever since.

Agata has his own designated room and bathroom— this is useful, considering that Agata likes having his privacy . . . it was something he didn't have much of when he was younger.

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Free

originally crashed with Ibuki, but missed the business of the city (read: Ibuki kicked him out after he broke his fine china twelve too many times) so he found himself somewhere within the heart of the city

He has an entire floor to himself, which is great, because he needs all of the space.

Free’s apartment is very clean— having bunked with Ibuki for so long, it was inevitable that Free would pick up on the other's cleaning habits.

He calls Ibuki up regularly, especially when he needs help figuring out what brand of laundry detergent is best, and how to get food stains out of clothes.

Free's bathroom is littered with a variety of mane products . . . he makes it look easy but maintaining a mane of his texture and style isn't easy work.

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Agata

he used to live with his parents.

When he dropped out of university to study cooking, his mother kicked him out the house.

His father was sympathetic to his son's plight (but powerless against his wife), so, he arranged for Agata to have an apartment in the city.

Since becoming a chef on Shishi-Cooking, Agata has moved around a lot.

He’s lived close to the beach, within the heart of the city itself, and in a few gated communities.

Nowadays though, he seems more than contented to stay with Dolph.

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Dope

lives close to the beach.

His home is nothing fancy, but Dope considers the early morning sunrise and late evening sunset to be the most beautiful he’s ever seen.

Living close to the water has given him ample opportunity to talk with aquatic animals

Through them, he learns new recipes and finds more content for his segment on the show.

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Jinma

he has a regular apartment in one of the better parts of the city.

The location was chosen because of its proximity to book stores and libraries.

Jinma doesn't know everything, but having easy access to books is key to him having ample content for his part of the cooking show.

Especially since not all books can be found online.

Maintains a steady relationship with Ibuki. Jinma’s search for knowledge has left him acquainted with several publishing and distribution houses.

If Jinma doesn't know where you can find a specific book, he knows someone that does.

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Hino

couldn't decide on renting a penthouse or buying a place out in the country.

He opted for the latter, seeing as it's quieter there.

He lives in a small town.

By all accounts, he's very invested in the community there— even if he is more active at night.

Local children are convinced that the nice, rich lion who hardly comes out during the day is a vampire.

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Sabu

lives in the city, but in the outer areas, where there's less hustle and bustle.

He only really leaves his home to go grocery shopping, or to do light exercises with Miguel to keep in shape.

The neighbours assume that he's part of a gang at first, but then they see him on Shishi-Cooking.

Sabu is sometimes accosted by older folks in the grocery store— don't worry, though! They just want his autograph :)

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Miguel

lives close to Sabu; the local area has several parks and recreational centres where he can work out.

If he isn't cooking or sleeping, then Miguel is exercising.

Cycling, jogging . . . he's out so often that most of the local shop owners know him on a personal level.

He frequents the beach, too, so he often spends his days with Dope.

He is not inmune to big-cute-goofy-ass goat men 😦

Humans have an odd perception of what is “Friend Shaped” to the rest of the known universe.

If you step back and remember that humans will viciously pack bond with anything from tiny robot vacuums to giant apex predators, and that they come from a death planet, it can make some sense why a beast like the Riivoma could be seen as “cute”. Riivoma have short fur in a beautiful array of colors, ranging from shimmering whites and pastels to rich and earthy greens, and their anatomy isn’t all too different from that of shepherd dogs from Earth, but the difference comes in the size and sheer danger these brutes present. Riivoma generally stand at around 2.0 to 2.3 meters at the shoulder, with protruding canines that are designed to dig into a creature’s skull and not come out… and they’re the apex predator of Eurydice (Original planet name cannot be translated to English due to missing characters in alphabet.)

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Naturally, as a born and raised resident of Eurydice, Malou knew to avoid these slumbering beasts, but when her human traveling companion saw one and instantly started fawning over it, she knew that it would cause trouble.

“Look at it’s widdle ears and toofers!” Human Xavier whispered in awe, instantly shrinking a little closer to the ground as though he were a predator stalking his prey.

“Xavi, do you have any idea what that thing is,” Malou hurriedly whispered, having seen this same thing happen with many of her previous human companions. “You cannot approach that thing. It’ll kill you, and then use your scent to find and kill those you love.” Malou had to admit, Riivoma are rather relaxed after a meal, being content to leave things be, but Xavier didn’t need to know that.

“But… Mally… look at the guy.” Xavier whimpered, green eyes already shifting into something that humans call “puppy dog mode” or something along those lines. “It’s just schnoozin away, harmless as a kitty cat back home… if not friend, why friend shaped?”

Malou could admit to seeing the resting Riivoma as beautiful and awe inspiring, with flecks of gold spattered across a brown and white body, but she couldn’t see anything friend shaped about the beast’s muscular limbs and claws designed to make climbing up sheer cliffs Childs play. “There’s nothing friend shaped about that beast!”

Xavier stops for a moment, still low to the ground and watching the sleeping Riivoma with the same focus as an old man watches golf before he speaks again. “… try and stop me.” With those words hanging in the air, Xavier begins forward at a quick pace, moving in a wavy pattern so Malou would have a harder time grabbing him if she tried to give chase… but she didn’t.

Malou stays planted to the ground, frozen in shock, tinged with fear as she watches her newest friend march to his death unflinchingly. The Riivoma shifts slightly in its slumber as Xavier draws ever nearer, hands extended towards the beast’s chin and neck. Malou closes her eyes and turns away, not wanting to see what fate will befall her compatriot, but knowing that she’ll hear the resonant crunch of bones being ground to powder within the beast’s maw.

Xavier, now right up close to the resting Riivoma, can see all of the taught muscles hidden from a distance by the bright colors and soft appearances, as well as the 18 inch fangs protruding from the sides of the snoozing monster’s maw. This doesn’t deter him at all as he gently runs a hand along the underside of the beast’s head, gently scratching up and down with his gloved hands. Very quickly, a sound like a running motorcycle breaks the relative quiet of nature, and Malou flinches from behind her cover of foliage.

Though the sound of crunching bones and satisfied snarls over a meal well had don’t follow like the Eurydice native expected, instead she hears quiet chatter from the human. She whips back around, eyes flying open to see the single most dangerous creature on her home planet gently kneading the soil and purring happily as her insane human engages in “baby talk” with the monster.

Xavier slowly shifts as he watches the giant animal melt into his hand, with its heavy head leaning down into his palm, and razor sharp claws ripping up the ground like a cat making biscuits. What little fear was within him is now all gone as he sees the Riivoma as a harmless little creature. The man leans his side against the shoulder of the beast and moves his second hand to gently scratch between its shoulders, keeping the other hand focused beneath the chin of the beast. The Riivoma is entirely content to stay in contact with Xavier, moving slightly to allow for pettier scritch giving.

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A good half an hour later, and Xavier begins to move away from the beast, the weight he leaned against its side moving away as the gently scratching and massaging fingers slow to a stop and eventually pull away. The passive purr from the Riivoma quickly stops, though the beast’s breathing does seem to hasten. Xavier takes this as a bad sign, and quickly retreats to the tree line, where Malou has been watching and taking notes for the past 15 minutes.

When Malou speaks, her voice is barely higher than a whisper. “What in the name of Unn is wrong with you? We have to go, right now!” Despite the quietness of her voice, the urgency held within isn’t lost on Xavier

He follows his friend and coworker away from the resting place of the apex predator that have already begun to stir with life.

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Malou’s eyes dart around anxiously as her and Xavier make their way back to the local village where they’re staying between jobs. Every snap of a twig beneath their feet or flap of an odd bird’s wings sets her on edge, like something is going to fall from the sky and end her life.

Xavier has never before been more glad that they aren’t handed weaponry beyond a baton for self defense between jobs… he gets the feeling that if Malou had a gun at the moment, the whole forest would be gone in a flash.

As the duo round a turn to enter the small village, Malou turns around, club drawn and held out before her like it is a firearm, and she speaks in a shaking voice. “Come out, wretched beast. I know my partner upset you, but I don’t care… stop stalking and just attack already!” Despite having worked together for more than a half dozen years, Xavier has never heard his partner so actively scared, and they’ve been in shootouts with space pirates before.

As soon as Malou begins shouting, the Riivoma gracefully trots out from the tree line, eyes fixed firmly on Xavier instead of the one actually threatening it. The hulking beast begins forward, and Xavier for the briefest of moments realizes what he was snuggling with… this beast has earned the title of Apex Predator, as it saunters forward, he can’t help but realize just how big it is.

Malou’s hands continue to shake for the briefest of moments, but Xavier places a hand on her shoulder before stepping forward and giving the beast a closed mouth smile. The man’s voice speaks again in the same soft tone he used while speaking to the same sleeping beast. “Heya there, big buddy. Sorry I left earlier.” In a move that Malou could only assume was suicide, Xavier raises a hand for the Riivoma to smell and continues to slowly step forward.

The hulking beast takes another step forward before quickly bunting it’s forehead against the gloved hand of the human. Xavier chuckles before beginning to scratch all around the beast’s head. “Good boyo…”

“IF NOT FRIEND, THEN WHY FRIEND SHAPED!?” the human cries out after you denied to let them pet your homeworld’s most dangerous predator.

“Dragons respect the strong,” the dragon said. “Okay, so if that’s true why do you never attack that one old farmer outside the city.” Asked the adventurer. “I’ll repeat, Dragons respect the strong.”

I think it’d be a neat addition if after maxing out your bond with a teacher or other notable character, they have a chance to show up as an NPC helping you with a raid.

I just feel like it’d add some gameplay meaning to do the bonds, which I did enjoy doing for the stories, but they lack other practical points unless you’re going for 100% completion.

The only thing I know I want to see in the DLC is a scene, like a finale battle or something, where all the teachers you befriended and interacted with, come and help you and the Area Zero squad. I need it.

My Stoutland was my first Pokémon. I found him abandoned behind the snack shack at a pool near where I lived, and he just started following me around.

He was already chipped when I finally got the allowance to catch him, but he’d been abandoned for about half a year by that point, so we never looked into it too deep.

Aight, I want to ask something to Rotomblr 'cause I'm actually curious.

How many of y'all had an actual, Prof-given starter, and how many just... got a random wild one?

A human crash lands on an alien world and has to fight off the individuals hunting them. The “hunters” are actually an underfunded wildlife rescue team who are very worried about this human’s safety.

Thank you very much!

I’ll be over to discuss adoption and maybe have a meet and greet with the other boys soon!

Have you rehomed that Tauros pair from a while back?

I’ve been looking to expand my herd from a pair of brothers my grandpa bought at the fair one year but didn’t actually have room for in his backyard.

We were able to find a suitable home for one of them on a ranch in Paldea, but Duque is still here with us if you're interested! I actually recently posted a picture of us, if you want to check out how he's doing.

If you'd like to adopt him, feel free to drop by the ranch sometime soon and we can discuss it!

TAUROS IS BALLING!!!!