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indigo_events ([personal profile] indigo_events) wrote in [community profile] victory_road2017-08-17 02:26 am

The dog days aren't quite over yet...

Who: Everyone participating in the Dog Days of Summer event!
Where: Mt Mortar, the Bell Tower, OR the Seafoam Islands
When: August 17th-31st
Summary: With the Legendary Beasts running amok, it's up to everyone to help figure out what's wrong and get everything back to normal!
Log:



Bell Tower


Volunteers helping at the Bell Tower will arrive in Ecruteak City and be welcomed into the Bell Tower-- the normally-reclusive monks are still fairly stiff, but in the interest of not driving off the very help they asked for, they will be much more accommodating than usual.

Little studies have been set up all over the archive rooms in the upper floors, allowing volunteers to group up at tables and pore over old tomes and scrolls for any information that might be related to Ho-Oh or the three Beasts-- of course, there’s also a wealth of information about legendary Pokemon from other regions… just don’t let the monks catch you getting off-topic!

Gym Leader Morty will also be present helping with the research, and is using his Indigo League funds to finance inn lodgings in town for all volunteers. As for refreshments, local restaurants have also stepped up, eager to provide free food for all volunteer researchers! Gogoat-drawn carts full of fresh, traditional cuisine will come trundling up to the Tower several times a day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)-- often accompanied by the restaurant-owners themselves. The guy who runs ECRUTEAK HOUSE OF DUMPLINGS will be there a lot-- he and his Emboar are particularly bombastic about stuffing everybody full of delicious fried dumplings at every opportunity. Gotta stay well-fed if you want to study!

That said, anyone wishing to pull an all-nighter will either have to bring their own snacks or rely on the monks’ supplies-- which means plain rice, hot tea, and not much else.

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Mt Mortar


The base of Mt. Mortar is a flurry of activity no matter what the hour-- the center of operations is a large camping area at the foot of the mountain, where a small army of tents have been set up. Rangers and volunteers alike are rushing around, and anyone just arriving will be asked to sign in and mark whatever tasks they’ll be helping with.

Strong trainers can sign up for field work, which can involve anything from patrolling the mountain to evacuate campers to helping corral the panicking wild Pokemon population (bright side: there’s even more rare ones running around than normal, and capturing them is a quick and easy way to get them out of harm’s way!). Trainers with flying types may even wind up helping to carry water over from the Lake of Rage in case of what the Rangers all fear: forest fire.

More inexperienced trainers will lower-leveled Pokemon will be encouraged to stick around base where it’s a little safer-- but don’t worry, there’s still plenty of work to be done! Several meal tents are set up around the base, where you can serve (or be served) quick meals from hot pans, soup kitchen style. Nothing fancy or extravagant, but nothing that won’t taste great after a long hectic day of running around the mountain. And hey, it’s free.

A first-aid tent is also set up where trainers and their Pokemon can have injuries patched up-- the Nurse Joys staffing it can always use assistance to keep up with everything.

Sleeping quarters are provided via cot-filled tents set up around the base-- those ones are first-come, first-serve, so grab one fast! Helping the Rangers out is an all-day-all-night affair, so everyone just sleeps and eats when they get the chance to. Reminders to do both on a regular basis are posted all around-- nobody wants sleep-deprived trainers doing dangerous work, even if, between the constant roars of Raikou and Entei and the constant activity within the camp, sleeping could get pretty difficult.

Fortunately, one of the first things you’ll be handed upon arriving is a pair of heavy-duty earplugs.

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Seafoam Islands


On the shores of the Seafoam Islands, everything is… well, chaos.

The beaches are COVERED in tents of all shapes, sizes, and… raggedness. It seems many folks have shown up in lieu of Greg’s frantic video post, and they’ve more or less taken over. You can barely see the sand! Things are quite a bit less organized than they are over at Mt. Mortar, which unfortunately means that for food and first-aid, you might need to wind up heading over to the teeny tiny little dock town with the inn (booked solid, sorry!) and the shop (Blaine’s beach is less occupied, but he can be seen from time to time passive-aggressively picking up peoples’ trash around the outskirts of the tent army and scowling).

Because out on the beach, there’s no first-aid to speak of and if you go to the ‘food tent’, you’ll just be handed something like this.

Fortunately, unlike their hilariously futile efforts to find Celebi and aside from their clear lack of event-managing knowledge, it seems the Seekers actually are onto something. Every six hours or so, Articuno, Zapdos, or Moltres CAN be seen soaring high overhead and disappearing around the back of the mountain, often with stolen food or shiny things glinting in their talons.

The Seekers themselves are more concerned with getting all their equipment functioning than they are about accommodating all the tourists who just showed up to sit on the beach and stare at the horizon in hopes of seeing one of the Birds-- but if you can actually find them in the chaos, they’ll eagerly put you to work.

In this case, 'work' means 'heading straight into the caves to try and #FindLugia'. Well? WILL YOU?



(Remember to SIGN UP over here!)
11121_assumption: (Assumption)

[personal profile] 11121_assumption 2017-08-26 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Walter permitted her curiosity, although he drew his journal to his chest to hide his notes. With books and scrolls on the legendary dogs, there were also scrolls about 'an emissary to the sun', a Pokemon that lived in an 'otherworld' and, of course, Ho-oh.

On the other hand, Assumption wagged his tail and happily showed Dinah the pictures he had been very carefully drawing from the scrolls. Granted, Assumption's skill was definitely that of a child, but he had done very well and kept his colouring all inside the lines. He got the poses and messages of the pictures across, which was what mattered.
cyan_maid: (Shush!)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2017-08-27 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dinah is super happy to look at these pictures when it's evident Walter won't show his notes - not that she could read anyway. She hums approvingly and nods. Very nice art! Very expressive! She gives Assumption a thumbs up.]
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[personal profile] 11121_assumption 2017-08-27 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Assumption beamed and got an idea. He took a new sheet of paper and, constantly looking up at Dinah, began to draw her. He spoke to her as he worked, telling her that his name was Assumption and this was his trainer Walter! And essentially introducing himself to her and being friendly.
cyan_maid: (Oh boy! Mail Time!)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2017-08-28 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's adorable! Dinah introduces herself as well, and talks about Jane, and the other Pokemon she's gotten to know, and the humans her human lives with...it's all very happy-talk.

It's taking a little time for Jane to get that water. These two can be cute for a while, so no worries about that.]
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[personal profile] 11121_assumption 2017-08-28 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Assumption listened to this all with lots of genuine interest. He nodded, and told her a little about his home. There were lots of ghost Pokemon there, and lots of Murkrows too. He really liked it, and the other Pokemon respected him too. His trainer didn't have lots of friends, not like Dinah's trainer! He only spoke to a few people regularly. That's why he was so shy with Jane!

Once the picture was finished, he gave it to Dinah with a smile. Here you go! Meanwhile, Walter turned back to his work. Claudia curled up by his arm and looks over his writing.
cyan_maid: (Heheh!)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2017-08-29 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ah, are you sure you wanna give the picture over, Dinah asks? Assumption drew it, so he should keep it. She insists, because she doesn't have anything to give in return!

Finally, Jane comes back with three bottles of water, opening them up and giving them to the Pokemon in turn.]
Here we go...and you too, Mister Ghost, I didn't forget.

[She means Gloom.]
11121_assumption: (Simple Halo)

[personal profile] 11121_assumption 2017-08-29 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Walter, and Gloom, thought she meant him; Manaka often called him 'Mister Ghost'. So when Gloom is given the water, it takes a moment for them both to digest the gesture. Gloom giggled and nudged Walter with the bottle, to check it wasn't for him.
"Oh...Gloom is female." Walter explained, pressing the bottle back to her. Gloom beamed and drank it down. At his side, Claudia sniffed at the bottle but didn't drink.

Assumption accepted the water happily and nodded to Dinah. It's for her! He drew it for her, so he wanted her to have it. He didn't need anything in return.
cyan_maid: (Oh my!!!)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2017-08-30 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! Oh golly, I'm sorry - Miss Ghost, then. I can go fetch another if you'd like one, though?

[Dinah smiles, ducking her head, and then chirping an enthusiastic "Thank you!" Watch out Assumption, she will probably find a way to send you SOMEthing in return.]
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[personal profile] 11121_assumption 2017-08-30 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm fine." He assured her. And Gloom held no grudge, finishing her water, eating the bottle, and then floating up to Jane with a bright smile and clapping her hands to show her happiness. Thank you Miss Human Lady! Assumption was oblivious to her intent to return the gesture. He just wanted to be nice! He looked up at Jane and cried out to her, holding up his bottle in thanks too.

At seeing his Pokemon's gratitude, and remembering a time someone had given him something, Walter lowered his head bashfully. "Thank you. For giving them this." He murmured quietly.