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

[pipers_son]

Care ta give it a try? Ya don't have ta, of course, but, heh, maybe they'll listen ta two if not one.

[agent3]

[She nods. Still got two more bean bags, after all.] Can try.

[But where to start? She holds up a bean bag to the little bug.] Y'gotta throw these 'n hit stuff. Like the bottles? Knock 'em down. Hit 'em, y'got good aim. Knock 'em down, means you're strong.

[Uh...so...basic concept explained...how does the little guy react?]

[pipers_son]

[Slowly, uncertainly, the Larvesta pokes itself out a little more, apparently to get a closer look at the bean bag. Seems simple, in theory...]

[agent3]

[Aww. Good lil bugabeen.]

Get a prize if y'knock 'em down. Like this guy. [She shows it the Slowpoke plushie.] Can win you one, if y'want?

[pipers_son]

[The way it's coming out of his shirt is starting to get precarious, so Joker leans over the small counter for the booth and lets it crawl out, although it still sticks close to where he is. There are a few circling motions and a glance to the plushie, a Pokemon that is clearly wracked with uncertainty, before it makes a small nod.]

[agent3]

[Oh my gosh. It's. It's so cute.

That's it. Thida has a mission. She gives the Pokemon and Joker a firm nod before turning back to the stall to catch the runner's attention. Within five minutes-

WHAM

-the bottles are knocked down again, and the stall runner hands her another little Slowpoke. This one is offered to the Pokemon.]

Got it!

[pipers_son]

[Ash the Larvesta watches with bated bug breath, and makes a quiet trilling sound when the bottles get knocked down again. When Tida hands over the Slowpoke plush, Ash quietly accepts it before just.... folding over it.]

[poke claimed]

[Joker, who'd whooped along with his Pokemon, chuckles as he leans over to lightly pet his new favorite bug.]

See? Plenty of nice people in the world~.

[agent3]

Aaah...!

[so cute]

Happy bug?

[pipers_son]

I think that's a happy bug~. [Chuckling, he scratches along behind the.... horns. Or whatever it is that Larvesta have.] One day, maybe Ash'll be big enough ta play the game, huh?

[agent3]

Yeah! Can try!

[Thida nods eagerly.] Gotta grow up, though! Get strong. 'Kay? Then y'win for little Pokemon, too!

[pipers_son]

[There's a few clicking-grumbling sounds that seem like an agreement, and the small nod Ash makes cements it.]

Heh! Have ya ever thought about bein' some sort of Pokemon confidence trainer or somethin'?