The Type Specialist will be ending soon.

Kind of.

Eventually.

You don’t need to worry—Alola is still set to be finished. We’re not even halfway through the region, giving us at least a few months to go. However, while I’ve always intended to have four full regions: Hoenn, Sinnoh, Alola, and one other, I’ve decided to have the main story conclude when Alola concludes.

Now, while The Type Specialist will soon come to a close, I won’t be done writing Pokémon. I’ve struggled for a long time to get another story going thanks to having too many ideas for stories bouncing around in my head. To settle on one, I’d like to ask you all for help!

Underneath this wall of text, there’s a poll for you to vote on your favorite Type. From Water to Grass to Normal to Ghost, any possibility is open, even the pair of non-specialist options: the esoteric “Fossil” and the dreaded “Generalist.”

I’m asking for your help now because I want time to be able to build up a backlog. I want to release the next fiction with a small, initial dump and continue with daily chapters after that. However, even though I’ve spent months trying to figure this out, I genuinely can’t settle on only one idea, which is why I’m including this poll now. Please think about what kind of story you’d like to read, keeping the following details in mind:

The story will likely have a slightly more competitive lean The setting will likely be a mix of Kanto and Johto The period will likely be set early in the timeline, before knowledge of cross-region evolutions are spread too far The main character will likely have meta-knowledge in one form or another

I’ve enjoyed writing The Type Specialist, and I still have trouble believing just how many people have joined Alex on this expansive journey. I want to thank you all for your continued support, and I have to say, I’m really looking forward to starting a new fiction with you all!

Signing out,

Incarnated Whisp.

P.S. I may or may not include a set of epilogue chapters down the line after the Type Specialist ends to make up for the loss of that fourth region. I’m still considering this idea, and it depends on how I feel after the next fiction comes out.