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indigo_events ([personal profile] indigo_events) wrote in [community profile] victory_road2017-06-21 12:36 pm

It's time for the solstice!

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.
hashtagafreakingghost: the secret's not worth keeping (and in the end)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2017-06-26 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
What's got you so...doubtful about it? There's been festivals like this here before. Okay, not like this exactly, but...
charcoalfeather: (My halo?)

[personal profile] charcoalfeather 2017-06-26 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not... mm. [She does sound a little doubtful, doesn't she?] I guess I was just thinking about it. There's so many festivals around here. In Glie, there was only the... one, I think. It's different from what I'm used to.
Edited 2017-06-26 22:28 (UTC)
hashtagafreakingghost: he says ("intuition is awakening suspicion")

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2017-06-27 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
I guess that'd do it. We don't really have "festivals" back where I live. More parties, or celebrations? Not like this.

What was the one in Glie like?
charcoalfeather: (remembering their faces)

[personal profile] charcoalfeather 2017-06-28 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's something a lot of people do, isn't it? [She knows about parties. And celebrations. Her life as a Haibane just didn't... leave much time for things like it.]

Well... it was a festival to celebrate the end of the year. [They're finally reaching the start of the forest, tall dark trees looming over them on both sides. Rakka kept her offering close.] It was about spending time with your friends, and making amends with anything you did in the previous year so you can move on to a fresh start.
hashtagafreakingghost: then i'll tell you mine (if you can keep secrets)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2017-07-03 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[The darker it gets... Ashley looks to her feet, where Agatha walks alongside her. Best to have a walking candle, when you're going through a forest, right?]

Sounds something like a New Year's Eve party, but with less drinking and partying and more actual reflection. That's what a lot of your customs feel like, really. More down-to-Earth.
charcoalfeather: (I uh...)

[personal profile] charcoalfeather 2017-07-04 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[A walking candle is nice. All Rakka's got is her special little Cubone, Ratoru. The little green guy waddling beside her at a good pace. But he eyes the darkness nervously, about as much as his owner does.]

Uhh, yeah. At least for us Haibane. [They were too young to buy liquor to begin with.]

That last festival, I was actually helping someone reconnect with a friend of mine. I guess it was really down-to-earth, but that wasn't what I was focusing on. All I could think about was... Reki.
Edited 2017-07-04 00:12 (UTC)
hashtagafreakingghost: nothing waiting in the silence below (always empty in the house of every other)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2017-07-04 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
Reki...? I think I've heard the name before [because honestly it'd be bullshit if it hadn't come up even once we've been here over a year-] but...who's that? A friend?
charcoalfeather: (The crows?)

[personal profile] charcoalfeather 2017-07-04 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's definitely heard the name before. Rakka likes to bring her up from time to time.]

Yeah, Reki. She was another Haibane. Um, she was the one who took care of me when my wings were growing out, and helped me with a lot of other things. [She steps on a twig, snapping it and sending her Cubone climbing up her back. Oh dear, oh dear...]

Wha-uhh... [Hold on, she's gotta gather this baby up in her arms.]
hashtagafreakingghost: (and my wishes have all come true)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2017-07-08 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, adorable. Ashley pauses, smiling slightly. It's always nice watching baby Pokémon do their thing.]

Like a big sister kind figure? Cute.
charcoalfeather: (Is that heaven)

[personal profile] charcoalfeather 2017-07-08 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
[He still likes to act like a baby, even if he's more then a few months old at this rate. He's Trying.]

Huh? Oh, yeah. Something like that. [Big sister, some kind of soulmate. Rakka didn't often thing about what to call the relationship. But it was one.]

She was there whenever I needed her, she promised me that. [She sounds almost wistful.] I... miss her.
hashtagafreakingghost: i wanna go home (she said i wanna go home)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2017-07-08 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
...I miss my friends too. [She looks down, and sighs. Agatha immediately starts tugging on her socks, because- well, if Ashley dwells on that for too long, she tends to become...mopey.] Do you think maybe...one day you'll see her again...?
charcoalfeather: (remembering their faces)

[personal profile] charcoalfeather 2017-07-08 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nooooo don't be mopey, Ashley. Rakka steps forward and places a hand on her shoulder.]

...Well... [She's smiling, but it's smaller then it used to be.] I do wish that I'll see her again someday... but, right now, I won't be able to see her anymore, even if I go back home.

You see, it's... [She stops briefly.] Kind of hard to explain.
hashtagafreakingghost: we're lying‚ we're cheating (the message misleading)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2017-07-09 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
O-oh...! [She immediately looks like she regrets asking.] I'm sorry, we don't have to talk about it, then, if you don't want to.
charcoalfeather: (My wings?)

[personal profile] charcoalfeather 2017-07-15 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[It's Rakka's turn to look sheepish, which she certainly does while she shakes her head.]

No no, it's alright. I'm better now. I still miss her, but it's okay. [She's made her peace with it, for the most part.]

...To answer your question, I think you might see your friends some day. You just have to believe, Ashley.