It's time for the solstice!

[indigo_events]

Who: Everyone attending the Azalea festival!

Where: Azalea town and surrounding woods

When: June 21st

Summary: Celebi's come out, so it's time to throw a party in its honor!

Log:

It's Midsummer! Traditional festivities in Azalea are all in full swing, and this year even bigger and better than ever, thanks to the influx of curious tourists and Legendary Seekers drawn by the rumors in hopes of catching a glimpse of the elusive Celebi. Everyone in Azalea is putting out their finest, and the whole town is decked out with flowers in vases and pots, colorful streamers, and bright awnings under which vendors hawk their wares.

The fun doesn't stop there, however. Those time disturbances that have been popping up all over the place? They've become at once more localized and more benign. Flowers open quickly and stay in bloom without fading, a blissful moment seems to stretch into eternity, somehow you've managed to sample the food of a dozen different booths and it still is barely mid-morning. It's like a perfect moment somehow drawn out, suspended in time to savor as long as possible. Those who have a particularly fun few minutes may even find them repeated a few times!

Which perhaps should be no surprise, given that Celebi itself has come out to play! If you're lucky and paying close attention, you might even catch a glimpse of it flitting about from one place to another throughout the town and the nearby forest. It certainly isn't shy, though it is moving quite quickly and doing anything but staying in one place. Anybody who might attempt to catch or challenge it to a battle isn’t going to get anywhere at all—and stubborn trainers might find themselves stuck in a time loop for a few hours. There's simply so much to see and do, after all! Strangely enough, if any of the Legend Seekers are around, Celebi never seems to be anywhere to be found.

Eventually, though, the long day will come to an end, and the festivities with it. By morning, all the hubbub will be gone, and Celebi with it. But not quite without a trace: anyone who came to Azalea Town to participate in the festival will find in their belongings a single fossil as a parting gift from the Time Travel Pokémon.

Comments

[cyan_maid]

[When the pink human twin has been safely retrieved, Dinah returns to Jane's side, plucking the Legendary Seekers pin off of her trainer's bag and fiddling with it. New shinies, very nice~]

That's alright. He seems like he was rambling a mile a minute...these folks sure are enthusiastic, huh?

[soulcomet]

Yeah ... He was so busy talking about all of the different kinds of ... legendary pokémon? He didn't really even answer my question.

[namely, how do you tell a legendary pokémon from a regular one? is her Eevee legendary? and here, Madoka looks rather sheepish.]

I guess he figured it'd be obvious, or that I'd already know.

[cyan_maid]

[Uuugh, those kinds of people. Jane frowns.]

Alright, well, what is your question? I'll bet I can give you something more straightforward to work with.

[soulcomet]

Well ... how do you know a legendary pokémon when you see one? Is it because only one exists?

[Madoka can't help but glance down briefly at the little Eevee in her arms. if that's not the case, maybe Eevee would be more willing to train and get stronger if she were legendary!]

[cyan_maid]

Yes. Generally, the rarer a Pokemon is, the less likely you are to see one. But some of them are just native to a specific area, rather than legendary. For those...you have to just sort of...feel it, I guess. Does the Pokemon have a strong, mysterious sort of presence? Is it doing things to an extent that no other Pokemon has exhibited in front of you? Those are some good things to keep in mind. I've only seen one once, but I definitely know it was legendary.

[soulcomet]

Really? What did the one you saw look like?

[cyan_maid]

It looked like a very large cat...but its fur was so unusual, like shifting galaxies and space. And it had a very distinct presence of strength, even when exhausted.

[soulcomet]

That ... [actually sounds a bit terrifying.]

It sounds a bit like it's a god, or something. Were you afraid at all?

[cyan_maid]

[Well it kinda was.]

Not really. It...had been put through a lot of turmoil when we found it. I don't know if you've heard of, erm, Team Rocket yet...?

[soulcomet]

[Madoka shakes her head apologetically.]

Sorry ... I've been reading so much lately, I think I've already forgotten half of it all.

[cyan_maid]

That's alright. It's a lot, but, you do get used to it. For now, though - Team Rocket is a group of very cruel people. They had somehow captured this creature and were using it for nefarious purposes, practically torturing the poor thing! But we all came together as a group and saved it.

[soulcomet]

[if Madoka hadn't seen Homura straight up trying to fry Kyubey to a crisp, then she wouldn't believe that people could be so cruel to defenseless creatures. of course, she doesn't really know better about Homura. or Kyubey.]

It sounds like it was lucky to have you there to help it.