Poison Point / All Roads Lead Home

(cover art by my sibling, who goes by actionpark52 on tumblr!)

CONTENT WARNING: THIS PASTA HEAVILY FOCUSES ON THEMES OF CHILD NEGLECT, INFESTATIONS, AND CRUELTY TOWARDS BUGS.

a pokepasta about a girl, a bug pokemon, and lashing out with cruelty in response to helplessness.

"She'd already been moving to flee on clockwork when the Venipede sparkled. She felt a complicated mixture of joy and disappointment and frustration. Her first shiny? Her first shiny! ...And it had to be this ugly bug."

hannah hates insects more than almost anything. when this drives her to leave a shiny venipede permanently boxed, the hatred ends up cycling back to her in the worst sort of way.