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Welcome folks, to Pokémon Rejuvenation!
Pokémon Rejuvenation is a spin-off of Pokémon Reborn, created by a different dev team using the same RPG Maker system.
Is it less edgy? More edgy? Well... that's hard to say, as I've only played Rejuvenation. I will say that I feel like Rejuvenation is trying to take itself more seriously, and the writing is more removed from reality than literally including people's life stories, but... maybe it's a bit too removed. It's a melting pot of just about every pokemon game they could fit in thematically, which can make it feel very confused.
Much like Reborn, the game is praised for it's high difficulty (aka cheap and unbalanced movesets with poor tm availability), intriguing story (that brings to mind Kingdom Hearts in more ways than one), and it's unique blend of shinies and special forms (...we'll get there, I assure you).
This first post will be about the prologue, pre-character selection. I'll end it at the character select screen, and you all can choose what face, name, and gender we're going with here.
For now, back to the prologue!
The game starts with a fable, told only with a black screen. It's not too relevant to the grand scheme of things, so i've double-spoilered it here:

???: Haha. All right, I will.
There once was a lonely Zorua living deep in the darkest forests.
He was a mischievous one. Transforming into other Pokémon and beings that lived around.
He would often use this ability to trick others into handing over food, or using their homes to sleep in.
Because of this, he didn't have many friends. I'm sure you can piece together why?
But one day this changed when Zorua met a powerful Pokémon called "Pangoro".
They were fighting over a rare and coveted golden apple.
Many hours later their fight came to an end and no victor was revealed.
They knew they were evenly matched. One could not take out the other.
With both staring at each other intensely, they knew that they were destined for friendship.
The two became quick companions. They were two peas in a pod, if you will.
They travelled the world together. Overcame hardships. Went on thrilling adventures...

Zorua planned a devious prank on Pangoro.
"I shall transform into Pangoro's fallen mother. That would surely give him a spook!", Zorua said.
"It'll be my best prank yet!" Zorua said.
So while Pangoro left to find food, Zorua put his malicious plan into action.
When Pangoro returned home he was greeted with the sight of his dead mother.
Paralyzed with a mixture of extreme emotions, Pangoro dropped his collection of food onto the ground.
In that collection of food was...
???: A golden apple!
???: Haha, yes, that's right. A golden apple.
When Zorua saw this, he transformed back into his normal state, looked down at the food and said...
"Hey! Where did you find this golden apple? It looks fresh and incredibly delicious!"
Zorua raised his head to see a face filled with fury, sadness, but most importantly, disappointment.
Zorua quickly realized he had hurt Pangoro very deeply and tried to apologize.
But Pangoro wouldn't hear any of it and immediately ran into the forest.
Shaken and worried, Zorua ran after him, but Pangoro was nowhere to be found.
Zorua realized that he repelled his only friend with his selfishness.
Sleep tight. Maria.

We wake up as the Maria from the black screen. Apparently, she sleeps with her head through a hole in the top sheet, bold choice.
*Yawn...* Morning already? Better get up!
Going around her room doesn't reveal too much. The bookcases don't say anything, she can't play her computer games until she's done with her 'responsibilities' (just say chores...)

We can actually look at her trainer card, interestingly enough.
Yes, that's right, there are EIGHTEEEN GYMS IN THIS REGION.
Going downstairs reveals a white bookcase that is interactable. The first one has Advanced Calculus on it, which Maria responds to with:

Mommy and I went through all these books already. We need more books?
...Alright then. Very special, aren't you, Maria?
Going south lets us see Maria's mother for the first time.
Maria: Mommy, I'm up! I'm up!

I'm preparing breakfast right now. Do you mind fetching your father? He's working in his study. Don't take too long! I don't want his food to get cold.
Of course, Maria agrees.

Most notable thing in this room is the large portrait as the centrepiece, image below. The computer is apparently another one that Maria plays on (she's pretending to narrate to someone, which is rather convenient to us). The book on the table talks about the construction of a Kugearen City, and the bookcases in the north have nothing notable on the left and pretty pictures on the right.

Not pictured: the totally innocent cameraman dear old dad's pegged as eyeing Maria, despite the fact he's literally just taking the photo.

Going into the lower of the two rooms on the left reveals stairs down into the basement. We're not supposed to go down there... but it does give us a choice. I save before I go.

This room's pretty empty. Going over to the red book is a little worrying, with our precocious prologue protagonist getting spooked by it.

And that's literally everything in this side path. Back to find daddy.

This bookcase gives us this much. Maria's dad shoos us away from the computer or other bookcase, which has something related to Arceus on it.
How can a girl who's figured out advanced calculus struggle with this?

Maria: Mom said Breakfast is ready so get your butt out of this room and have good food!
Dad: I do love your mother's cooking. Alright, I'll be out in a few moments. Go tell your mother that, y'hear?
Off we go back to Mamaria. She's fine with that, and tells us to head upstairs first.

There's a blue flash, and ominous windchimes start playing. Soon after, we hear shattering glass from downstairs.
Maria: Mom?! ...Mommy?

??? How many times?
Maria: Wh-what...?
???: How many times are you going to make this little girl suffer? How many times are you willing to put her through this chaos?!
Maria: I... I'm... I don't know what you're talking about...
???: I'm not talking to you.
Maria: O-oh... well, do... you know where my parents are?
???: ... They're downstairs.
Maria: Oh...! Okay, well... I'm going to go to them now.
Maria, asking the stranger in red and black anything is probably a bad idea.

Maria: Yes...?
???: No matter what happens. Don't you dare lose hope.
Don't lose who you are and don't forget what's about to happen. You understand?
Maria: Y-yes, I understand!
Welp, if that's not a death flag, I don't know what is.
???: Good. Go to them now. They're waiting.
Maria: O-okay!
Some really intense reverse music starts playing here.
We go back into the basement.
And there, we discover...
WELL THIS WENT FROM 0 TO 100 FUCKING QUICK.

Maria: Mommy wake up! Mommy wake up1 Daddy get out of the way! Get out!
Maria: Why won't you say anything to me?! Why?!
???: Marianette, your father wishes to see you now.
Maria: What... are you talking about?
???: Marianette, your father wishes to see you now.
Maria: What are you doing?!
???: Marianette. Marianette!

Maid: Now, for the fifth time, Marianette... Your father is waiting for you in the East Wing.
You're making him wait longer than he has time for. So get to it.
Marianette: Wh-what? What am I doing here again?
Maid: Marianette, I won't say it again. Just hurry along then.

Marianette, considering how many people in the world of Pokemon have names like Dickbutt. I don't think you should be complaining. The maid just storms off.

Her name has even changed on her card, nice attention to detail.

Along the way, we encounter more maids. These ones also all dislike us. The one in the bottom tells us dad is in the northern wing (not the eastern one?), and won't let us south, but the other two conversations are far more interesting.
Maid 1: What are we going to do about... you know... that problem Indriad told us about.
Maid 2: We'll deal with it when the time comes. For now, someone should stop being an eavesdropper and get to their father.
Maid 3: Can you feel it, Marianette? The end is near... All it takes is one more person. Just one more...
We proceed on to the Eastern/Northern wing, and come across... this:

Marianette: Where's my mom?!
???: Mommy is sleeping with our lord now, Marianette.
Marianette: Stop calling me Marianette! It's Maria!
???: What is with this disrespect? Your name is no longer Maria. Now, as I was initially planning to do-
Maid: No need for explanation, sir. Demonstration may be the key to this girl's mind.
???: Hmph, very well.

The maid on the sacrificial altar(?) disappears. I didn't catch it in time, sadly.
Marianette: ...
???: She's gone now, Marianette. She is with the lord now. She won't need to suffer the calamity that soon befalls the earth.
Marianette, it's your turn now.

???: Maids, bring Marianette to the altar.
Well, we've gone from 'getting breakfast with mom and dad' to 'getting ritualistically sacrificed' in about 10 minutes of gameplay. What the fuck.

???: Enough, Marianette. Go with dignity.
Marianette: I don't want this! Just let me go!
???: Arceus! Capremdum Garuganisu Oru'ma!
Marianette: I hate you, I hate you! Someone please don't let him do this to me!
Someone please help me! Anyone! Mommy!
...Please...!

???: Haha. All right, I will.
There once was a lonely Zorua living deep in the darkest forests.
He was a mischievous one. Transforming into other Pokémon and beings that lived around.
He would often use this ability to trick others into handing over food, or using their homes to sleep in.
Because of this, he didn't have many friends. I'm sure you can piece together why?
But one day this changed when Zorua met a powerful Pokémon called "Pangoro".
They were fighting over a rare and coveted golden apple.
Many hours later their fight came to an end and no victor was revealed.
They knew they were evenly matched. One could not take out the other.
With both staring at each other intensely, they knew that they were destined for friendship.
The two became quick companions. They were two peas in a pod, if you will.
They travelled the world together. Overcame hardships. Went on thrilling adventures...

Zorua planned a devious prank on Pangoro.
"I shall transform into Pangoro's fallen mother. That would surely give him a spook!", Zorua said.
"It'll be my best prank yet!" Zorua said.
So while Pangoro left to find food, Zorua put his malicious plan into action.
When Pangoro returned home he was greeted with the sight of his dead mother.
Paralyzed with a mixture of extreme emotions, Pangoro dropped his collection of food onto the ground.
In that collection of food was...
???: A golden apple!
???: Haha, yes, that's right. A golden apple.
When Zorua saw this, he transformed back into his normal state, looked down at the food and said...
"Hey! Where did you find this golden apple? It looks fresh and incredibly delicious!"
Zorua raised his head to see a face filled with fury, sadness, but most importantly, disappointment.
Zorua quickly realized he had hurt Pangoro very deeply and tried to apologize.
But Pangoro wouldn't hear any of it and immediately ran into the forest.
Shaken and worried, Zorua ran after him, but Pangoro was nowhere to be found.
Zorua realized that he repelled his only friend with his selfishness.
Sleep tight. Maria.

We wake up as the Maria from the black screen. Apparently, she sleeps with her head through a hole in the top sheet, bold choice.
*Yawn...* Morning already? Better get up!
Going around her room doesn't reveal too much. The bookcases don't say anything, she can't play her computer games until she's done with her 'responsibilities' (just say chores...)

We can actually look at her trainer card, interestingly enough.
Yes, that's right, there are EIGHTEEEN GYMS IN THIS REGION.
Going downstairs reveals a white bookcase that is interactable. The first one has Advanced Calculus on it, which Maria responds to with:

Mommy and I went through all these books already. We need more books?
...Alright then. Very special, aren't you, Maria?
Going south lets us see Maria's mother for the first time.
Maria: Mommy, I'm up! I'm up!

I'm preparing breakfast right now. Do you mind fetching your father? He's working in his study. Don't take too long! I don't want his food to get cold.
Of course, Maria agrees.

Most notable thing in this room is the large portrait as the centrepiece, image below. The computer is apparently another one that Maria plays on (she's pretending to narrate to someone, which is rather convenient to us). The book on the table talks about the construction of a Kugearen City, and the bookcases in the north have nothing notable on the left and pretty pictures on the right.

Not pictured: the totally innocent cameraman dear old dad's pegged as eyeing Maria, despite the fact he's literally just taking the photo.

Going into the lower of the two rooms on the left reveals stairs down into the basement. We're not supposed to go down there... but it does give us a choice. I save before I go.

This room's pretty empty. Going over to the red book is a little worrying, with our precocious prologue protagonist getting spooked by it.

And that's literally everything in this side path. Back to find daddy.

This bookcase gives us this much. Maria's dad shoos us away from the computer or other bookcase, which has something related to Arceus on it.
How can a girl who's figured out advanced calculus struggle with this?

Maria: Mom said Breakfast is ready so get your butt out of this room and have good food!
Dad: I do love your mother's cooking. Alright, I'll be out in a few moments. Go tell your mother that, y'hear?
Off we go back to Mamaria. She's fine with that, and tells us to head upstairs first.

There's a blue flash, and ominous windchimes start playing. Soon after, we hear shattering glass from downstairs.
Maria: Mom?! ...Mommy?

??? How many times?
Maria: Wh-what...?
???: How many times are you going to make this little girl suffer? How many times are you willing to put her through this chaos?!
Maria: I... I'm... I don't know what you're talking about...
???: I'm not talking to you.
Maria: O-oh... well, do... you know where my parents are?
???: ... They're downstairs.
Maria: Oh...! Okay, well... I'm going to go to them now.
Maria, asking the stranger in red and black anything is probably a bad idea.

Maria: Yes...?
???: No matter what happens. Don't you dare lose hope.
Don't lose who you are and don't forget what's about to happen. You understand?
Maria: Y-yes, I understand!
Welp, if that's not a death flag, I don't know what is.
???: Good. Go to them now. They're waiting.
Maria: O-okay!
Some really intense reverse music starts playing here.
We go back into the basement.
And there, we discover...
WELL THIS WENT FROM 0 TO 100 FUCKING QUICK.

Maria: Mommy wake up! Mommy wake up1 Daddy get out of the way! Get out!
Maria: Why won't you say anything to me?! Why?!
???: Marianette, your father wishes to see you now.
Maria: What... are you talking about?
???: Marianette, your father wishes to see you now.
Maria: What are you doing?!
???: Marianette. Marianette!

Maid: Now, for the fifth time, Marianette... Your father is waiting for you in the East Wing.
You're making him wait longer than he has time for. So get to it.
Marianette: Wh-what? What am I doing here again?
Maid: Marianette, I won't say it again. Just hurry along then.

Marianette, considering how many people in the world of Pokemon have names like Dickbutt. I don't think you should be complaining. The maid just storms off.

Her name has even changed on her card, nice attention to detail.

Along the way, we encounter more maids. These ones also all dislike us. The one in the bottom tells us dad is in the northern wing (not the eastern one?), and won't let us south, but the other two conversations are far more interesting.
Maid 1: What are we going to do about... you know... that problem Indriad told us about.
Maid 2: We'll deal with it when the time comes. For now, someone should stop being an eavesdropper and get to their father.
Maid 3: Can you feel it, Marianette? The end is near... All it takes is one more person. Just one more...
We proceed on to the Eastern/Northern wing, and come across... this:

Marianette: Where's my mom?!
???: Mommy is sleeping with our lord now, Marianette.
Marianette: Stop calling me Marianette! It's Maria!
???: What is with this disrespect? Your name is no longer Maria. Now, as I was initially planning to do-
Maid: No need for explanation, sir. Demonstration may be the key to this girl's mind.
???: Hmph, very well.

The maid on the sacrificial altar(?) disappears. I didn't catch it in time, sadly.
Marianette: ...
???: She's gone now, Marianette. She is with the lord now. She won't need to suffer the calamity that soon befalls the earth.
Marianette, it's your turn now.

???: Maids, bring Marianette to the altar.
Well, we've gone from 'getting breakfast with mom and dad' to 'getting ritualistically sacrificed' in about 10 minutes of gameplay. What the fuck.

???: Enough, Marianette. Go with dignity.
Marianette: I don't want this! Just let me go!
???: Arceus! Capremdum Garuganisu Oru'ma!
Marianette: I hate you, I hate you! Someone please don't let him do this to me!
Someone please help me! Anyone! Mommy!
...Please...!
So yeah, for a friggin' prologue it's pretty intense!
We have a few options here for character creation. I'll go over it properly in the next screen, but we have quite a few options here.
Because this is a fan game, we have the choice of Boy, Girl, or Other. We also have six profiles to pick from.
Whtie Boy, White Girl, Black Boy, Black Girl, and the last two are supposed to be nonbinary but come on. Their canon names are, in this order:
- Aevis as the white boy in green
- Aevia as the girl in pink
- Axel as the boy in white
- Arianna as the girl in red
- Alain as the second last in Teal
- And lastly, Aero, in their leather jacket.
I can give the list and get specific answers here, or just a general personality vibe.
Of course, whoever we choose, they'll need a name and a gender.
I already have a starter in mind - a bulletproof chespin - but everyone is welcome to make their own suggestions. I'm not doing Speed Boost torchic or Mudkip, though, as one is too OP and the other is Sargon's from the Reborn LP.
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