currently a one-off bot, but may be expanded on in the future.

so, what the hell is this?

in short, it's a bot modeled after those academy events in pokémon masters ex, with some features based on the more general mechanics of the game that comes from. that's basically it. in long, however:

1. semesters typically take the course of 12 weeks. over the course of those weeks, students build up a pair into something unique and powerful. choose a type affinity and build it up from there.

2. over the course of those 12 weeks, you are encouraged to fight other students with your pokémon partners, alongside taking on events around the academy. these events range from quiz shows ran by faculty to full-on raid bosses, among many others.

okay, that's cool, but what's the plot here?

it's so open-ended we've got nothing. so take the lore instead:

1. one day, a mysterious man with plenty of wealth constructed an artificial island in the seas, inspired by lear with his creation of pasio. in the words of the man himself, he had wanted to "research push the boundaries of what humans and pokémon can do and be together", this statement being the backbone behind the island's creation.

2. eventually, a paldean man by the name of clavell (known as the director of a prestigious paldean academy) found out about the island, which had by now come to be known as kaiga after its beautiful, diverse landscapes and the progress it represented. he founded an academy, got funding from lear and the man who made kaiga, and the rest is history.

updates are always possible, this may or may not change in the future (case in point: the lorebook)
all characters are 18+, just to clear it up now