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indigo_events ([personal profile] indigo_events) wrote in [community profile] victory_road2019-02-15 10:41 pm

Come alive come alive

Who: Everyone attending the Contest Spectacular! (For more information about this event, check out the info post here!)
Where: Celadon City
When: February 15th-17th
Log:



Valentine’s day may be just past and most cities are relaxing back to normal after all the romance. But in Celadon City, the holiday hype wound up as a lead-in to the month’s main event: the return of the Contest Spectacular!

After Olivine had the honor of hosting in the summer, Kanto’s rainbow city has been eager to draw the event back and truly establish the new tradition. Not that it took much convincing to get Hoenn’s Contest runners back on board—not to mention the Aether Foundation’s assistance as well. They’d heard the city had had an on-and-off issue with pollution, so of course they’re here to supervise and ensure Pokemon safety!

Lusamine having the opportunity to judge more beautiful Pokemon is simply a perk to coming, of course.

Anne and Liz have returned as well, wouldn’t miss it for the world. They’re growing very fond of hosting for this new and interesting region, not to mention getting to meet all the people from entirely different worlds! Whenever they can grab a moment of downtime, they can be spotted out and about with their Plusle and Minun, and are eager to chat people up and hear their otherworldly stories. Just no questions about results!

As for the city itself... Celadon is always flashy, but they really pulled out all the stops this time.

Pink, red, and white tents and booths fill the streets between the towering green-glassed buildings. The fashion center of Kanto apparently didn't get the memo that the fourteenth was over and instead decided on having more hearts, more Luvdisc-themed decorations, and MORE cherry lollipops.

The Aether tents blend right in with the other lovey-dovey colors-- this time they're there to pass out hand-warmers and sanitizer, pamphlets about PokeRus and how to best avoid passing around germs. They're friendly as always (although there seem to be even more of them this time than there were back in August), but Celadon City made sure that there's far more to see than some geeks in white. Now that the Contest Spectacular has two massive successes under its belt, more people than ever want to get in on it.

It seems that every bakery in town came together to outdo each other, and extravagant sweets and pastries are being sold and sampled out at every turn. The usual photobooths and costume-rental stands (that, cough, are definitely not advertising from local fashion companies that want you to stop in and BUY the outfits from their boutiques later...) are present as always-- and the mini-games from last summer are back too!

One booth is surrounded by a near-constant crowd-- manned by a shiny Decidueye and his nervous-looking Trainer-- the regal owl Pokemon is signing copies of his newly-published self-help book-slash-autobi"owl"graphy ("Owl I Want Is You: Memoirs of a Hopeless Romantic") with one of his own quills.
And of course there's the official Contest stalls bursting with merch from the previous contests-- including (but not limited to) colorful additions like:
  • a sparkling necklace whose beads form the shape of an Onix (EXPENSIVE... but so stylin'!)
  • a clunky (but very popular with the Youngsters) action figure that transforms into a lumpy Tyrantrum if you follow a bunch of complicated steps
  • a short newsstrip-style graphic novel about the action-packed adventures of a crime-fighting Wailmer
  • a VERY dapper line of Joltik-themed bowties and cuff-links
  • a dainty music box containing a tiny ballerina Eevee figurine that spins when opened
  • a set of "Ink Blasterz (tm)"-- Octillery-themed squirt guns that come with packets of (nontoxic) black dye so that you and your friends can ruin your neighbor's drying laundry even more once summer rolls back around
  • a set of gleaming opalescent d20's in a Sableye-shaped box, complete with two hollow holes on the lid where the eyes should be where you can stick two of them!
  • a floppy green Deino doll that, when switched on, tumbles chaotically around the floor and emits growling noises.


  • But for those worn out on capitalism the shameless merchandizing, this year the real centerpiece of the outdoor attractions is a temporary but still impressive greenhouse erected in the plaza outside of the main tent. Gym Leader Erika and her underlings have worked throughout the month to feature the fruits of their labor (no pun intended) in the Celadon Gym, and the Greenhouse is a great place for a relaxing respite from the cold, slushy February streets outside. Visitors can learn all about exotic flora and even purchase potted Berry trees, houseplants and bonsais raised by the Celadon gym trainers themselves!

    ~*~


    [IMPORTANT: Please submit your contest entries here! For all other activities, feel free to make your own top-levels!]
    unabates: (pic#12844220)

    cat baby aaaa

    [personal profile] unabates 2019-02-23 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
    ... Does it have to do with what her goo is made of, or is it something grosser than that?

    [ he's not sure how to articulate that better, but egon seemed prepared with an answer and jack can admit to some curiosity.

    kölliker explains herself pretty well, and at least to part of it he says - ]


    Yeah, she's a black hole for food. She's almost worse than the dogs.

    [ and then she says she's tired, and jack glances to egon. ]

    Your kid's sleepy.
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    because she's a cat baby and she scream (aaaa)

    [personal profile] pkemeter 2019-02-23 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
    It has to do with the composure of her cytoplasm, yes. Given that she is essentially an oversized, sentient cell, I think it's safe to say that her cytoplasm is made up almost completely out of water, barring a few exceptions, such as what she eats and absorbs into it. Think of it as an egg white.

    [So what he's saying is he ate the Pokémon equivalent of raw egg whites. He absentmindedly reaches out to Kölliker, then wraps her in his arms like some sort of plush toy.]

    Well, at least you didn't have to spend any money on feeding her this time. Perhaps it is because she is a juvenile and has a faster metabolism than fully-grown creatures.

    [Kölliker blinks sleepily, then says--]

    old white fur soldier man is funny
    unabates: (pic#12844201)

    three months from now jack is like "i never left her alone on the stage. whomst"

    [personal profile] unabates 2019-02-23 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
    [ okay it's significantly less gross than what jack was thinking, all told. ]

    I knew a few guys in basic who swore by eating raw eggs. Still gonna pass on sharing some secondhand sushi with her.

    [ he adjusts his hold on crybaby, who has all but passed out by this point since she's full and warm. ]

    It could be. I think she was the runt of ... I guess they don't have litters, they have eggs, huh. Anyway, in my experience runts tend to eat more, though.

    [ white fur soldier man? jack laughs at that. ]

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    [personal profile] pkemeter 2019-02-23 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
    [Egon, on the other hand, looks somewhat embarrassed by that. He rubs the back of his neck, adjusting his grip on the egg baby.]

    Ah--I apologize for that. She, uh, has some trouble differentiating between fur and hair. [He coughs.] It's better than being called "serious glasses dad". Or "loud screen yell dad". She considers my other partners to be her fathers, as well.

    [He shrugs.]

    ...Perhaps I should be getting back to them, actually.
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    [personal profile] unabates 2019-02-23 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
    It's no problem - I've been called worse things, honestly.

    [ serious glasses dad, loud screen yell dad. jack tilts his head a little. ]

    Venkman and ... Ray, right? I've spoken to them before. They seem nice.

    [ this is jack's not so subtle way of letting egon know he knows and approves?? he doesn't really have a partner to namedrop outside of the guy he hasn't seen in years. ]

    They're probably wondering what's keeping you. I should let Crybaby sleep off her meal.
    Edited 2019-02-23 22:47 (UTC)
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    [personal profile] pkemeter 2019-02-23 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
    That is correct. Perhaps you'll meet them some day.

    [Unfortunately for Jack, Egon's not good at picking up signals and it completely flies over his head. Sorry, man. He's just oblivious when it comes to social situations.

    He inclines his head towards Jack, putting one of his hands into his pockets.]


    Good luck taking care of your small mammal. I'm sure all will be fine with enough discipline and care.

    [...That probably sounded better in his head than out loud.]
    unabates: (pic#12844220)

    /wrap?

    [personal profile] unabates 2019-02-23 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ no one can say he didn't try, and jack grins in response to the comment. ]

    If it works with the dogs, it'll work with the cat, right?

    [ WRONG. ]

    See you around.