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My OCs (art by me!)

I’m Ribombee-anon, and I’m making this page to compile the work I’ve done for the Clover Guild collaborative fiction project. I’ve contributed a lot of stories and art, and they tend towards the serious side instead of being comedic or edgy, though it can vary from piece to piece. If you check out my stuff, I hope you find something to enjoy!

To learn more about the project, see our main page at https://cloverguild.com/

  1. Characters
    1. Team Brave
      1. Booker
      2. Sneasel
    2. Team Buckler
      1. Cooper
      2. Testa
  2. Artwork
  3. Stories
    1. A Ribombee’s Arrival
    2. Gathering
    3. The Echo Chamber
    4. Cotton
    5. Learning To Fly (IN PROGRESS)
    6. Map
    7. The Dock of the Bay
    8. Slingshot
    9. Enter the Federation — Thunder Dome
    10. In the Dead of Night
    11. Sorting Things Out
    12. Seeing Red
    13. Sorbet
    14. Sneasel Goes Too Far
    15. Flowers
    16. Waggle Dance
    17. Gone
    18. Sentimental Value
    19. The Shine of a Sneasel’s Gem
    20. A Small Sparring Match
    21. Buckle Up
    22. Up a Tree
    23. Samaritan
    24. Booker and Kiyo’s Halloween Adventure
    25. A Midwinter Feud
    26. A Ribombee’s Anniversary
    27. Summer Festival — Project Lead
    28. Summer Festival — The Prize

Characters

My main characters in the Clover Guild are Team Brave (Booker the human-turned-Ribombee and a native Sneasel), but I also have a secondary team, Team Buckler (Cooper the human-turned-Torchic and Testa the native Squirtle).

Team Brave

One of the founding teams of the Clover Guild, Team Brave consists of the shy human-turned-Ribombee Booker and his tomboyish partner Sneasel. Despite being opposites in almost every way, the two of them have completed many missions and gradually developed a deep affection for each other.

Team Brave Art by Ninetales-anon

Booker

Booker was once a human (like many members of the guild), and became a Ribombee upon entering the Pokemon world. He is tiny and timid, but also polite and intelligent. While initially unable to fly or use moves, he has been training to acquire these skills. He plays a support role in dungeons, riding in his partner’s bag and providing items and advice.

Sneasel

Sneasel is a native Pokemon who hails from a tribe on a distant frigid island. A headstrong and mischievous tomboy, she is one of the best fighters in the guild, though she is also not the sharpest tool in the shed. She sometimes struggles with feelings of self-doubt, but she will fight with all her strength to protect her newfound friends in the guild.

Team Buckler

A skilled and experienced Platinum Rank rescue team from Pokemon Square on the Air Continent. They arrived on the Grass Continent via a dungeon shift, and decided to join the Clover Guild until finding a way home. Cooper and Testa are devoted to their work, and primarily take rescue jobs, but will perform other duties as well. They are very close and care deeply for each other, and they cooperate well and cover each other’s weaknesses, making them a formidable team in combat. The team slogan is “the shield that saves those in need”, which Testa invented. Cooper isn’t a fan of it.

Team Buckler Art by me

Cooper

A human-turned-Torchic who arrived on the Air Continent two years ago and formed a rescue team with Testa. At one point, they were betrayed and falsely accused of a horrible crime, which caused a lynch mob to chase him and Testa through many hazardous places across the land. As a result, Cooper developed PTSD and began suffering from crippling trust issues. With Testa’s help, he’s been trying to overcome this. He still tends to act wary, cagey, blunt, and aloof, but has a good heart and tries to do the right thing. In combat, he takes the role of a glass cannon: frail, but also swift, agile, and powerful.

Testa

A friendly and playful native Squirtle who lived on the Air Continent and formed a rescue team with Cooper. She recovered from the pain and shock of their betrayal much quicker than Cooper, and has been trying to help him recover as well. She always tries to help those in need, even if it requires breaking the rules. She is optimistic and supportive, though she also has a mischievous streak. In combat, she acts as a tank, frequently using her remarkably sturdy shell to block attacks and protect her allies.

Artwork

The Clover Guild inspired me to learn how to draw digitally with a mouse (and later a drawing tablet), and generally get more serious about my art. I’m still an amateur, but... I’m working on it. My artwork can be found on our booru here: https://cloverguild.com/booru/posts/query=ribombee-anon

Here are a few samples of my work:

Tunic Booker Forest Rest Sleepy Bill

Stories

This is a list of all my stories. They’re listed by chronological order instead of release date, but each story’s publishing date is also provided. Although the guild project’s timeline is not particularly concrete, I tried organizing the stories in a way that made sense.

Please understand: there might be some inconsistencies/contradictions between my stories. I’ve written a lot, and I’ve come up with new ideas along the way, which sometimes means newer stories don’t perfectly mesh with older ones. But I’ve tried keeping this to a minimum, and made in-universe explanations for the differences where possible.

Also note that I have a sort of anthology called “Booker’s Journal; or, My Time at Capim” (https://rentry.org/RibombeeJournal), which was my attempt at making one single page to hold a bunch of slice-of-life stories. I may cancel that idea and split the included stories up into individual pages, but for now, I'll keep it as is. The journal stories are included individually in this list.

A Ribombee’s Arrival

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeArrival
  • Synopsis: Booker’s origin story. An average man wakes up in a world of talking Pokemon, transformed into a tiny and weak Ribombee. He encounters a tomboy Sneasel willing to get him out of the wilderness and into a safe town, but she greatly values strength and determination, so his physical weakness and timid nature irritate her. Even so, they must overcome their differences and cooperate, because they both have valuable lessons to learn from each other.
  • Word Count: ~8,000
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Sneasel
  • Timeline Placement: About 2 days before The Gathering
  • Suggested Reading: None
  • Genre/Themes: Action, Drama
  • Published: 3-11-23

Gathering

  • https://rentry.org/h3fdu
  • Synopsis: The origin story of the entire guild. In an unexpected series of meetings, many humans-turned-Pokemon encounter each other for the first time and vow to form a guild together.
  • Word Count: ~2,800
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Sneasel, Gus, Lliam, Nick, and many cameos
  • Timeline Placement: At the beginning
  • Suggested Reading: None
  • Genre/Themes: TBD
  • Published: 3-6-23

The Echo Chamber

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeEcho
  • Synopsis: To raise funds for the newly founded guild, Booker and Sneasel take a job to defeat a monster deep in Waterfall Cave.
  • Word Count: ~6,000
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Sneasel, Taillow
  • Timeline Placement: About 2 days after The Gathering
  • Suggested Reading: “Gathering” (https://rentry.org/h3fdu)
  • Genre/Themes: Action
  • Published: 3-17-23

Cotton

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeCotton
  • Synopsis: Booker and Sneasel discuss cotton, beds, and coziness with their guildmate Chespin.
  • Word Count: ~2,400
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Sneasel, Chespin, Wooper
  • Timeline Placement: Concurrent with the ending of “Go to Bed”
  • Suggested Reading: “Go to Bed” (https://rentry.org/mo6os)
  • Genre/Themes: Slice-of-life
  • Published: 3-26-23

Learning To Fly (IN PROGRESS)

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeFly
    • Current Number of Chapters: 9
  • Synopsis: Booker has been unable to fly ever since becoming a Pokemon, but his eyes turn ever skyward. The open air beckons, and he must answer—no matter what it takes.
  • Word Count: ~37,500 (as of Chapter 9)
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Sneasel, Taillow, Gus, Linoone, KFC, Casey, Chespin, Wooper, Macom
  • Timeline Placement: Begins a couple weeks after The Gathering, and will extend over the course of the guild's first year
  • Suggested Reading: None
  • Genre/Themes: Drama, Action
  • Published: 4-19-23 - present

Map

  • https://rentry.org/e9e5p
  • Synopsis: Booker struggles with his tiny size as he tries to retrieve a map from a tall place.
  • Word Count: ~1,300
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Lliam, Macom
  • Timeline Placement: Early on; potentially a couple weeks after The Gathering
  • Suggested Reading: None
  • Genre/Themes: Slice-of-life
  • Published: 3-4-23

The Dock of the Bay

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeDock
  • Synopsis: At the Capim Town docks, Sneasel chats with the lonely Gus about what it means to have a partner.
  • Word Count: ~1,800
  • Featured Characters: Sneasel, Gus
  • Timeline Placement: A few weeks after The Gathering
  • Suggested Reading: None
  • Genre/Themes: Slice-of-life
  • Published: 4-6-23

Slingshot

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeSlingshot
  • Synopsis: Sick of his pitifully weak Ribombee form, Booker decides to build a slingshot to enhance his combat ability.
  • Word Count: ~5,500
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Sneasel, Natu, Kina
  • Timeline Placement: Probably a few weeks after The Gathering, after Booker begins training with KFC (which occurs in Learning to Fly)
  • Suggested Reading: None
  • Genre/Themes: Drama?
  • Published: 4-14-23

Enter the Federation — Thunder Dome

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeThunder
  • Synopsis: My entry to the “Enter the Federation” project. Booker, Sneasel, Charm, and Natu team up to complete the Federation’s test. They delve deep into their most dangerous dungeon yet, battling powerful enemies and their own anxieties.
  • Word Count: ~15,300
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Sneasel, Charm, Natu
  • Timeline Placement: Immediately after “Enter the Federation—Introduction”
  • Required Reading: “Enter the Federation—Introduction” (https://rentry.org/EtF_Intro)
  • Genre/Themes: Action, Drama
  • Published: 5-11-23

In the Dead of Night

Sorting Things Out

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeFlashSorting
  • Synopsis: Sneasel and Toge have an impromptu talk one night. Although they got off on the wrong foot, maybe a little chat will help them sort things out.
  • Word Count: 993
  • Featured Characters: Sneasel, Toge
  • Timeline Placement: Shortly after “Training!”
  • Suggested Reading: “Training!” (https://rentry.org/9sy7z#training)
  • Genre/Themes: Slice-of-life
  • Published: 10-24-24

Seeing Red

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeRed
  • Synopsis: Confronted with an old pain, Sneasel feels a desire for revenge burning within her, as hot as the sun above the prairie. Despite the risks involved, and the warnings of her friends, the allure of payback may be too strong to ignore.
  • Word Count: ~10,900
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Sneasel, Linoone, Skiddo, Gus, Lliam, Debby
  • Timeline Placement: Several weeks after “Enter the Federation”
  • Required Reading: None
  • Genre/Themes: Action, Drama
  • Published: 6-28-24

Sorbet

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeJournal#sorbet
  • Synopsis: Booker and Sneasel visit an ice cream shop to get relief from the summer heat.
  • Word Count: ~1,800
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Sneasel
  • Timeline Placement: Early summer (whenever that is)
  • Suggested Reading: None
  • Genre/Themes: Slice-of-life
  • Published: 5-28-23

Sneasel Goes Too Far

  • https://rentry.org/c5e2a
  • Synopsis: Sneasel reluctantly responds to the question “Have you ever gone too far teasing Booker?”
  • Word Count: 966
  • Featured Characters: Sneasel, Booker
  • Timeline Placement: Indeterminate
  • Suggested Reading: None
  • Genre/Themes: Drama, Pathos?
  • Published: 6-3-23

Flowers

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeJournal#flowers
  • Synopsis: Booker chats with the guild’s gardener Minun about one of his new favorite topics: flowers.
  • Word Count: ~1,900
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Minun; also including Sneasel, Raichu
  • Timeline Placement: Sometime after “Enter the Federation”
  • Suggested Reading: None
  • Genre/Themes: Slice-of-life
  • Published: 7-4-23

Waggle Dance

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeDance
  • Synopsis: Despite the encouragement of his friends, Booker is just too shy to dance—but a conversation with his partner may be just what he needs to take a risk and try something new.
  • Word Count: ~3,200
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Sneasel, Charm, Natu, Kaiji, Kris, Linoone
  • Timeline Placement: Sometime after “Enter the Federation”
  • Suggested Reading: None
  • Genre/Themes: Slice-of-life
  • Published: 3-3-24

Gone

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeGone
  • Synopsis: Sneasel remembers the island and family she was torn away from, and she and Booker discuss what the future may hold for them. It is a difficult choice: leave each other and go back to their respective homelands, or abandon their old lives in order to stay together.
  • Word Count: ~4,000
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Sneasel
  • Timeline Placement: Shortly after “In the Dead of Night”
  • Suggested Reading: “In the Dead of Night” (https://rentry.org/RibombeeJournal#in-the-dead-of-night)
  • Genre/Themes: Drama, Pathos
  • Published: 9-3-23

Sentimental Value

The Shine of a Sneasel’s Gem

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeGem
  • Synopsis: Booker learns about the purpose of the gems on a Sneasel’s chest and forehead—and gets more than he bargained for.
  • Word Count: ~5,100
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Sneasel; also including Macom, Clara
  • Timeline Placement: A couple weeks after “In the Dead of Night”
  • Required Reading: “In the Dead of Night” (https://rentry.org/RibombeeJournal#in-the-dead-of-night)
  • Genre/Themes: Slice-of-life, Romance
  • Published: 10-22-23

A Small Sparring Match

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeSparring
  • Synopsis: Booker has always wanted to have a proper sparring match, but as a tiny Pokemon in a big world, it can be hard to find a fair opponent. Fortunately, a certain guildmate has a plan to help him.
  • Word Count: ~5,900
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Sneasel, Ross
  • Timeline Placement: After “Smoke Break 2”
  • Suggested Reading: “Smoke Break 2” (https://rentry.org/SmokeBreak2)
  • Genre/Themes: Slice-of-life, Action, Comedy
  • Published: 5-18-24

Buckle Up

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeBuckler1
  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeBuckler2
  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeBuckler3
  • Synopsis: Team Misfits meets Team Buckler, a Torchic and Squirtle torn away from their homeland during a dungeon shift. Cast away from the Air Continent, they must adapt to this unfamiliar land and make new friends. But an agonizing betrayal in the Torchic’s past left him with PTSD, and he struggles to put his trust in new people. As he and his partner meet the Clover Guild and consider joining them, the Torchic needs to decide whether this quirky group is trustworthy. And time is of the essence, as an old enemy may be lurking in the shadows.
  • Word Count: ~37,800 total
  • Featured Characters: Phanpy, Torchic, Totodile, Cyndaquil, Cooper, Testa, Booker, Sneasel, Chespin, Wooper, Lliam, Charm, Jimmy, Ross, Toge, Kaiji, Kris, Dewott
  • Timeline Placement: Shortly after “Reunion”
  • Required Reading: “Reunion” (https://rentry.org/72x5v) ... in addition, note that this story contains spoilers for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team
  • Genre/Themes: Action, Drama, Pathos, Mystery
  • Published: 6-11-23 (Part 1)

Up a Tree

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeFlashTree
  • Synopsis: A flash fic in which Cooper and Testa help someone stuck in a tree.
  • Word Count: 976
  • Featured Characters: Cooper, Testa
  • Timeline Placement: Sometime after Team Buckler joins the guild in “Buckle Up”
  • Suggested Reading: None
  • Genre/Themes: Slice-of-life (?)
  • Published: 10-9-24

Samaritan

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeFlashSamaritan
  • Synopsis: A flash fic in which Booker and Sneasel help a stranger in a dungeon.
  • Word Count: 997
  • Featured Characters: Sneasel, Booker
  • Timeline Placement: After Booker learns Reflect (perhaps 6+ months after the Gathering)
  • Suggested Reading: None
  • Genre/Themes: Action, Comedy
  • Published: 9-27-24

Booker and Kiyo’s Halloween Adventure

  • https://rentry.org/Booker_Kiyo_Halloween
  • Synopsis: When their partners go missing on Halloween night, Booker and Kiyo set off to find them. Their search is harder than they expected, but if they can survive the perils, they just might find a valuable treasure in the end.
  • Word Count: 20,400
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Kiyo, Sneasel, Cassie, Macom, Torchic
  • Timeline Placement: The guild’s first Halloween (approximately 6-8 months after the Gathering)
  • Suggested Reading: TBD
  • Genre/Themes: Holiday, Action, Drama, Slice-of-life
  • Published: 10-31-24
  • This story is a collaboration between myself and Kiyo-anon (https://rentry.org/kiyoStation)

A Midwinter Feud

A Ribombee’s Anniversary

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeAnniversary
  • Synopsis: It’s the first anniversary of the day Booker arrived in the new world and met Sneasel. The duo revisits a special place to celebrate, but as stress and distraction creep into their minds, the special occasion veers towards a disaster. But if they can overcome the challenge and make it through, the reward will make everything worthwhile... and change their lives.
  • Word Count: ~11,200
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Sneasel, Cooper, Testa
  • Timeline Placement: Exactly 1 year after “A Ribombee’s Arrival” (and therefore almost 1 year after the guild’s founding)
  • Required Reading: A Ribombee’s Arrival (https://rentry.org/RibombeeArrival), In the Dead of Night (https://rentry.org/RibombeeJournal#in-the-dead-of-night), The Shine of a Sneasel’s Gem (https://rentry.org/RibombeeGem), A Midwinter Feud (specifically Chapter 4) (https://rentry.org/RibombeeMidwinter)
  • Genre/Themes: Drama, Romance, Slice-of-life, Action
  • Published: 3-11-24

Summer Festival — Project Lead

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeeLead
  • Synopsis: Reluctantly, Booker volunteered to be in charge of organizing the Clover Guild’s Summer Festival. The job is bigger than he thought, and failure is not an option, so he can’t help but get anxious.
  • Word Count: ~2,100
  • Featured Characters: Booker, Sneasel
  • Timeline Placement: During the week following “A Summer Festival”
  • Required Reading: “A Summer Festival” (https://rentry.org/SummerFestivalPrompt)
  • Genre/Themes: Slice-of-life
  • Published: 5-30-24

Summer Festival — The Prize

  • https://rentry.org/RibombeePrize
  • Synopsis: It’s time for the Clover Guild’s Summer Festival! Team Brave set up a dart game, and they hope the event will be smooth sailing. Sure enough, things go well at first... but when Booker runs into trouble, it’s up to Sneasel to prevent a disaster.
  • Word Count: ~15,000
  • Featured Characters: Sneasel, Booker, Percival, Kiyo, KFC
  • Timeline Placement: The day of the Summer Festival (1.5 years after the guild’s founding, and one week after “A Summer Festival”)
  • Required Reading: “A Summer Festival” (https://rentry.org/SummerFestivalPrompt)
  • Suggested Reading: “A Ribombee’s Anniversary” (https://rentry.org/RibombeeAnniversary), “Summer Festival — Project Lead” (https://rentry.org/RibombeeLead)
  • Genre/Themes: Action, Drama, Slice-of-life, Romance
  • Published: 5-31-24
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