Summary

Banette is a pokemon that exists to give meaning to abandoned and discarded things. Typically these are dolls, but when an ill-treated boy dies alone a friendly Shuppet he named Diya takes it upon itself to give his life meaning. Diya possesses and revives his body, becoming a Banette, and sets out to make the boy's dream of becoming a pokemon trainer come true.

Along the way Diya makes friends, fights some pokemon, finds a deep and abiding love of scarves, blurs the line between living and dead, accidentally becomes a necromancer, and to everyone's surprise even finds the time to accomplish its original goal and catch a pokemon or three.

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Sengachi writes death and life's little everyday events with equal reverence. -Guile

I really hope this story takes off cause I've never read anything like it and by God do I want to keep reading it. -Tech Priest Gemm

This story is magical. The first chapter made me cry like a waterfall but Diya is so optimistic and happy about the world I cant help but feel the same. -Bloodalchemy

I love this chapter, not only because of the joy and wonder as Diya explores this world through a new perspective, but also, on a sort of meta level, how it mirrors starting up a new game and immersing yourself in that world feels. There's the same kind of curiosity and wonder … I probably felt something a lot like that when I first played pokemon Diamond! -polaris_writes