APRIL 2026 EVENT LOG

[bayhelpers]

⋆✩ SPRING INTO ACTION ✩⋆

Not a single flake remains from winter’s chill. Wherever the land can give purchase to new roots, flowers are beginning to bud and bloom. Leaves are filling in the depleted forest canopy, and with these refreshing signs of warmer days, spirits should be as high as the clouds themselves.

Should be is the key word here. Lingering troubles from February still loom, making it difficult for the motivation and excitement from the Starfall Festival to keep from gradually draining away. Surely not everything is dire, right?

i. PROMISES TO KEEP

FLOWER GIFT(S)

It’s a shame that those researchers from the Lum guild are still unaccounted for. The primary guilds of Bottlecap are in an absolute tizzy over the matter, with all of the higher ranking guild leaders spotted picking up slack where their exhausted superiors find themselves slipping. But while the Bay is a hive of frantic worry, things couldn’t be more different in the settlement of Death Blood Murder Skull Town - in fact, everyone who helped Lurantis with preparing Skull Town for the ludicrous winter they experienced will be called via grumpearl to drop in…

Apparently, she has a gift for them.

It’s doubtful that only those due to receive gifts are showing up of course. Perhaps Lurantis even counted on that, as when Pokemon begin to arrive she has far more than just cute presents in store. Spring season doesn’t mean everyone gets to slack off, and while things aren’t quite as pressing as when the town was first settled they still have plenty to do! Even gift recipients could find themselves recruited for one task or another, but this time they’re not getting anything spectacular.

…though they won’t be leaving without some kind of repayment, courtesy of the small bounty those of the town have been making for themselves. It’s clear that over the course of the half year they’ve had, Skull Town has formed itself into a system determined to stand on their own zero-to-six legs. Where once the only major constructed buildings to be seen were the communal dwelling house, clinic, and mail shack, they’ve since expanded into additional large structures! A windmill works constantly to grind the grain now being cultivated in the many flat fields naturally present. A bridge now spans the stream that cuts through the area, leading to a cleared out training field for Pokemon to spar in. For those who haven’t taken the time to visit since before winter, it’s probably quite the shock!

PLANT-IFUL WORK

⟡ Back at the start of Winter, Lurantis promised a personal reward to those who came to her aid in preparing Skull Town in response to the worrying signs of a particularly brutal winter. Now that spring is here, she’s been able to properly grow what she needs to do for just that - but these aren’t merely plants. Lurantis’ gift is personally crafted pressed flower paper, with the added bonus of small floral soaps. The paper is sturdy enough to use for crafting, not just writing, and can be made into lasting objects like paper lanterns. Each set is one of a kind, and has clearly been customized according to each recipient!

⟡ A similar gift has been prepared for those who assisted with the avalanche!

⟡ More Pokemon from the local regions have come to settle into the buildings at Skull Town, apparently interested in the relative security it brings. In exchange, aside from participating in maintaining the town, they're also willing to demonstrate personal talents; otherworldly Pokemon can take the opportunity to get a good idea of what "trade" here typically looks like! While it's not uncommon for longer-term residents of the Bay to pick up interests and skills that don't necessarily "align" with their species, given the access to a wider variety of equipment and resources, those recently from the wild rely more on personal abilities. Grass types can find tutors for more readily growing certain plants, and fire types could even learn how to hone their flames for better tempered metal!

⟡ Among the various tasks that are necessary to Skull Town at the moment, there’s something for everyone to do; the farm fields need to be prepared for planting, and the buildings need to be inspected for any weather damage in need of repair. The same can be said for the roads of course, but the biggest focus will be out in those fields - Lurantis wants them to be neat and organized!

⟡ With all of this happening, one might wonder what ever happened to Ribombee’s plan for the forest burn-off. Hadn’t everyone been talking about how vital that was to keep fire risks down? Lurantis explains that despite Ribombee gathering the necessary Pokemon and resources, the woods have proven alarmingly resistant to the usual methods. One would hope this means that the wood's fire resistance will hold as summer approaches of course, but the Cheris are looking just a little more anxious and stressed as time goes on through the month - to say nothing of poor Ribombee himself!

ii. SIGNS OF THE TIMES

ROLLING UP FROM THE SOUTH

Every year, Pokemon of certain species engage in migration. Where others get sleepy, or tuck in for a long hibernation, these Pokemon prefer to just get out of town until the weather is more comfortable.

The region of Bottlecap Bay is not part of the common migration routes, but it's also not out of the way enough to find migrating Pokemon remarkable. Locals and otherworlders alike would have spotted the occasional Swanna flying south last year, or a Seel out in the bay making their round trip of the seas, but it previously would only spark as much notice as a rainy day in spring.

This year is different.

This year, the Pokemon are everywhere. It begins at first with the birds: Flying Pokemon of all kinds shed their feathers as they pass overhead, and it’s the first warning that anyone in Skull Town has before there are suddenly Pokemon canvasing the ground just as much as the feathers themselves. The rooftops, fields, river - anywhere that they can fit, they’re flooding in and fast.

To the Pokemon’s defense, they don’t intend to stay; typically when they land here through the spring they file out in a reasonable order, so much so that it’s easy to forget the field acts as a landing pad for any migrations at all! But the recent weather phenomena really messed up their timing and flight paths…and unfortunately that also means not all of them can immediately head for their usual waters.

The main town at Bottlecap Bay isn’t immune to these sudden swarms either; while less of a hot spot for Flying types on their seasonal loop, there are the occasional Water types passing through…and whatever it was which created such hassle for the air has done the same to the seas! One by one, soon to become ten by ten, Spheal and Seel begin to gather at the beaches alongside Pokemon like Carracosta seeking a place for a seasonal nest. The crowded conditions are creating quite the stir down there, and it’s soon clear that without intervention, some fights are going to be breaking out!

MIGRA-TATED CONFUSION

⟡ Pokemon migration is common, and player characters present for some time can have noticed it in the past - but as the native Pokemon who have lived here for years can confirm, it’s never been this crowded! As noted, it seems the weather this past winter really messed them all up.

⟡ The various Pokemon who took part in the migration will confirm this theory if asked; the pinniped Pokemon of the seas remark that due to the extended cold, the currents have shifted into something so unfamiliar and treacherous that they simply had to change routes en-masse to stay safe. Meanwhile, the flying travelers comment that there was ‘bad wind’ farther south. What ‘bad wind’ means is anyone’s guess though.

⟡ While the Pokemon don’t need housing, they certainly need space! Local Carracosta are more than irritated about this encroachment on their usual nesting sites (that’s a private process you know!), and requests to help settle disputes soon begin to flood the Quest Board. Once they are appeased however, Pokemon are in for a potential treat as they hear stories about just what the world is like in the central seas…or even what the seas are like at all, if one is a Pokemon ill suited to that domain.

SPOILS OF LABOR

While the aquatic journeyers have little to offer material-wise - anything they can fish up can be retrieved by locals just as easily - the veritable cloud of feathers from the flocks near Skull Town are a more tangible side effect of this recent invasion.

Well. More tangible than the Pokemon themselves, of course!

While none of the Swanna have been dropping anything like the skill feathers one might have occasionally found in the nearby woods, their feathers are an incredibly downy and soft material - pillows and bedding stuffed with these are something of a luxury, making their shed feathers a hot commodity!

More Pokemon than just Swanna came flying in from the sky however, and it’s largely these feathers that characters will likely be finding. A feather is a feather though, which means that there’s use in anything from stuffing to decoration to even tool creation on the table…and Lurantis is not one to look a gift Horsea in the mouth! (How would that even work!)

As soon as the various birds have been settled - either in their trek off to their actual destinations, or temporarily in beds at the communal building - the town sets to work. A call to gather as many feathers as possible is made, and stations to help clean and prepare said feathers for crafting are quick to follow. It’s more complicated than just washing them in water; these feathers have to be cleaned multiple times, dried, and even steamed before they’re appropriate for use!

Well, unless you just plan on making a necklace or something of course. Then you can have at it.

FEATHER IN YOUR CAP

⟡ All of the feathers available in this event are mundane - that is, they can’t be used to boost anyone’s stats or skills in the slightest! That said, these feathers come not only from Pokemon like Swanna, but also others such as Farfetch’d, Unfezant, Bombirdier, and even Talonflame!

⟡ As varied as Pokemon are, so too are the things that can be crafted with their feathers. The obvious examples involve using the down in bedding and pillows, but feathers can also be used for certain resistant accessories - nothing that would help in a fight, but perhaps with enough feathers you can have a nice rain cloak…or even a cloak that helps you stay cool in the summer heat!

⟡ Players are free to come up with any number of ways to craft feathers into fun accessories and knick-nacks. The majority of the collected feathers will be used toward Skull Town’s own supply, but player characters are welcome to keep and use enough to make themselves one item each! (Or several quill pens.)

iii. DISTANT DISASTER

OUT OF SIGHT…

For the Pokemon aware of but not participating in the plan to rescue the missing Lum researchers, the first sign of something going wrong is an uproar at the Archives. It may take some time to get more information, though, with everyone busy handling... whatever it is that happened. Unless, perhaps, you're in grumpearl contact with one of the teams that was going on the expedition?

Depending on who someone tries to reach out to, you'll either get no response at all... or you'll be informed that the first group of Pokemon teams that was teleported out has vanished. To somewhere unknown, that is! They haven't shown up where Chimecho was waiting for them! Needless to say, there won't be any more teleporting going on today.

Polteageist was already supervising at the Archives, but the other guild leaders are rapidly summoned. For once even the usually even-tempered Mightyena seems very agitated, but she and Ribombee take turns keeping each other on track. For their part, Polteageist steadfastly defends their teleportation specialists to the other two guild leaders, but behind the scenes their questioning is very thorough and intense. A retrieval for a single team of Pokemon should absolutely not be shaping up into a rescue mission for multiple teams of Pokemon at once!

The guild leaders pull together to form a plan, though. Once the teleportation specialists report back apologetically that they're working on tracking where each team could have ended up, the remaining expedition teams are reassigned to retrieve the missing ones - on foot, this time.

For the moment, Polteageist refuses to accept any additional teams; after all, the ones that signed up were the ones prepared to go into unknown terrain, and that seems to be what's going to happen regardless! But that doesn't mean there's no way for others to help. Pokemon loitering near the Archives may be roped into retrieving supplies and otherwise readying the remaining expedition teams. It seems as though the expeditionaries are expected to be gone for multiple days this time, once they do set out...

Or perhaps you could just keep the remaining expedition teams company? Some of them may be a bit rattled, or winding themselves up anxiously over having to wait to head out.

...ON OUR MINDS

⟡ Attempting to contact missing teams over the grumpearls will get no response. Or - hang on, sometimes, a single word or burst of emotion seems to get through? Is that really from your missing friends, though? And are they getting anything like that from your attempts at contact too? There's nothing to do but keep trying…

⟡ Once the remaining expedition teams set out, contact with them also gets spotty, and eventually ceases in the same way.

⟡ While they're too busy beforehand, after the last expedition teams set out the Lum teleportation specialists can be questioned on what went wrong! When asked, Raichu shamefacedly confesses that while they tested teleportation with a wide variety of Pokemon species and types, they didn't realize that there might be something different about the otherworlders, who they've mostly come to think of as just like any other Pokemon. And with how busy the otherworlders are, so many of them constantly running all over on various quests, they never happened to test with one!

⟡ That's his current theory, anyway… it's either that or their testing sample size of Pokemon was still too small.

✩ OOC NOTES.

⟡ CWS: Mentions of extreme weather, missing persons.

⟡ While all Light Quests must be submitted by the 25th of the month, Players may submit their own Player Quests at any time before that point! (Though we recommend saving Player Quests for the next month if it is after the 20th.)

⟡ Have any questions related to the event? Ask them here! If your question is more general for the game, please make sure to direct it to the FAQ page instead. Thank you, and happy threading!

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QUESTIONS

[bayhelpers]

Re: QUESTIONS

[pyrodulia]

So. If someone were to try to start a fire, what would happen? And does the resistance effect only apply to whole trees or deadwood found on the ground? Agnes isn't trying to cause problems, but she would like to investigate. Fire not working is Really Upsetting to her for some reason.

Emporio Alniño | JJBA: Stone Ocean | OTA

[seacub]

[FLOWER GIFT-S]

[Emporio did quite a lot of helping around in Skull Town before the snow made it arguably impossible for him to do so; lots of gathering materials, lots of running around their own clinic in particular...it was enough that he's more than willing to recognize that, yes, actually, he might be deserving of a Special Treat.

So, since there's time before he and his determined team are teleported out for the big Lum Rescue, Emporio heads to Skull Town for just that.

And it's not like he hasn't been there in recent times. When the snow started melting, and when he wasn't stuck in bed recovering from February's disaster, he absolutely made the trip. But March was a mess of mud and sludge. Now, with the plants in bloom and sprouting?

It's a sea of color. It's the constant floral scent on the air. It's...] It's so...colorful...

[He carefully stows the present he got in the skull on his back. Honestly, he sort of wishes he could stay here a little longer now.]

[SPOILS OF LABOR]

[The feathers are everywhere. A more sensitive type would probably need to sneeze at least a few times, there's so many layering the ground. That's not stopping Emporio however, and he's carefully using his skull to gather as many of them as possible- examining each and every one in the process with a frown.]

Hmmmm... ....They said we could keep some for ourselves, but...

[He wrinkles his nose.] I don't really know what I should make, and that's going to affect which ones and how many...

[Hmmmm.]

[FEATHER IN YOUR CAP]

[In the end, it seems the simplest option was the best option.]

This...should be enough for a pillow, right?

[The feathers had to be cleaned. Washed. Steamed, and all that. But, Emporio has his feathers, and he specifically has a lot of them. All told, it's still only enough for a pillow but it's enough for a pillow and that's rather impressive!!]

...Yeah. It should be enough.

[The cubone pauses from his ponderings, to turn to whoever happens to be nearest in the feather room.] ...Do you know where I can get purple fabric?

[.....Hey hold on.]

[[WILDCARD - After the 15th, Emporio will be MIA for...Probably a week! To be safe though, I won't be doing anything with him after that point until we know for sure how his quest concludes. Everything here is before that point!]]

Spoils

[lightofchaldea]

"I have no idea what to make, either..."

A beat.

"And would it be weird to make something with feathers when I have feathers?"

Spoils

[bladeofnymeia]

[Firoza just passing by catching the sound of Emporio mulling over his feather choices as she is just. She's repurposed a whole ass bolt of her fabric to bundle as many up as she can. You don't pass up free crafting materials. Let her impart her wisdom unto you, small child.]

I think the simplest way would be to use them as an outer lining and layer them as one might think scales are layered - but you would need a lot even for something small. Want to account for gaps and all that, and then you don't want the resulting product to be too heavy...

[She's imagining a cloak that's been given an additional feathery layer on top, if a visual is needed.]

feather in your cap

[digitalprincess]

No... [It was a very quick answer. Fabric was one of the more...'human' things. Her clothes on Lyoko had never changed and being a fuzzy orb she'd not needed anything here.]

I've seen some pokemon wearing clothes, so there has to be something though. [She brought her paws up to her chin. Thinking...Thinking.] Don't ghost pokemon have purple fabric.

[DO NOT make a shuppet into a pillow.]

feather in your cap

[telewarped]

[When he asks his question, Shoka is just passing by, a few Taillow feathers in claw.]

Maybe. [That depends, her teasing tone seems to say.] Whatcha makin'?

oko - magic the gathering - ota

[33elk]

flower gifts;

[ The Stantler that many of you have gotten to know as Oko is listening, as everybody is planning for the new year. New growth, new life... but he seems a bit distracted, as he watches a grass-type examining a house and growing comfortable with it. ]

They'd give up their better lives for a little bit more safety, then.

[ Notably, though, the Stantler seems to not be doing much work... and seems to be following and listening to the Dark-types, a lot. ]

spoils of labor;

[ But, for once, Oko is in Zorua form... his body wiggling... as he begins to pounce on falling feathers. He knows he's better then this, but he can't help but pounce at them and jump into newly-dried groups. Thankfully, before he disturbs them too much, Oko manages to stop himself...

...but he clearly Still Wants To. Stop him from accidentally breaking some of the feathers. ]

out of sight; [cw: gaslighting]

[ It seems that 'Jace' the Abra is around, though, with a bit of a frown - trying to fuss and aid with the group, trying to keep people calm. But he is muttering. ] My theory still stands - of course they're different if they've Sparked, how could you not consider that-- idiots! [ Oko is playing the long game with this. He does not seem concerned about any of those missing.

...well. He is a tiny bit concerned about one or two of them, but he won't admit it. ]

out of sight

[notyourbloodymessiah]

[ now, look. eleanor's also perfectly worried about the mishap. her friend was sent out and is just! stuck there! great! but this annoying abra isn't helping, and she immediately sends a hydro pump straight into the back of his head. a weak one, mind you. it's more like she's just spitting water at him -- enough to hurt but not enough to actually do any damage. ]

Ritsuka Fujimaru | Fate/Grand Order | open~

[lightofchaldea]

I. Field Labor

Despite not only being a recent arrival still getting her bearings, but also plunging herself headfirst into any task she could, Ritsuka still couldn't resist visiting the other town to see what all the fuss was about. Which of course also, inevitably, meant being put to work while she was there.

Currently she was busy helping in one of the fields, the Rufflet seeking out and removing rocks and weeds with a methodical and frankly kinda intense focus. Still, she'd notice if approached... Or if someone is blatantly watching.

"Oh, hi, are you here to help too?"


II. Feather-ful

It admittedly felt a little weird to be gathering feathers when she was covered in them already, herself, but the things really were everywhere. Ritsuka had managed a fairly impressive haul, and was just about to add it to the piles waiting to be sorted and washed, when something somebody said caught her attention.

"Wait, we can keep some to make something with for ourselves?"

A pause. A glance at the gathered feathers, then at herself.

"I don't know what to make, though..."


Wildcard

Have another idea? Want a custom thread starter? Feel free to hit me up in PM/plotting post/Discord (Altocumulus), or just go ahead and toss a tag my way!

QUEST TIME - Closed to Anasui and Firoza

[lightofchaldea]

When it first became known that the teleportations had gone awry, Firoza had been quick to suggest simply walking out to investigate. And while it took a while for the leadership to come around on the idea themselves, that really had just meant the team was already more than ready to go when the time came to set out.

The first leg of the journey was long, but not too terribly arduous. Even Ritsuka, who was a recent arrival to this world, had had plenty of prior experience navigating difficult terrain, and the group having both a flying type and a psychic in its makeup most certainly didn't hurt. No, it was only after they'd been sent on their way by Chimecho to search for the researchers that things even began to get tricky.

Even then, it had started out seemingly simple enough. Following alongside the base of some cliffs until they found the lush-looking valley they had been told of. That it had proven to be marshland was inconvenient, to say the least, but still tolerable. All three were primarily focused on succeeding, after all, and minor annoyances were easily overcome by realizing what steps were necessary for that success.

And then had come the fog. Thanks to Firoza's quick thinking they were able to keep from being separated with a little rope, but that did little to offset the strange effect the fog had on the mind. Even with Ritsuka's suggestions for marking their path, the sheer confusion induced by the the sudden voices was, at least at first, just enough to disorient the group. Thankfully not enough to devolve into constant bickering, if only because of deliberate efforts to stay focused on the goal (and more than a little willingness to shrug off the occasional nasty remark), but the problem was that it only took being sufficiently distracted to get turned around in the fog.

And ultimately find themselves emerging back at the stand of bamboo where they'd first entered the marsh.

"Oh." Ritsuka blinked, looking around. "So it's like that, huh."

Dolly Mancer | Original Character | Sylveon | OTA

[autumnrainrunaway]

A. Paper Lantern Crafting is a GO!(Flower Gift(s))

Dolly hadn't been expecting something like this, she truly hadn't after helping Noelle out with the Avalanche situation some months ago, but here it was. It simply was the prettiest paper Dolly had ever seen, it was so bright and colorful, like confetti. Maybe Skull Town wasn't so horribly cursed after all? There was some trades demonstrations going on from what she understood and Dolly did want to learn how to turn this insanely pretty paper into a lantern.

TIME FOR AN ADVENTURE IN SKULL TOWN~!

Dolly can be seen wandering about checking out what's available, pretty impressed by the fire type demonstration on how to temper fire to melt metals with as she passes by. Now...where to find a place to learn how to make a paper lantern at...?

B. Well Hello AGAIN Crafts Club! (Spoils of Labor)

THE BIRDS! So many BIRDS have flown in from migration and goodness...there's plenty of feathers to go around from it. This truly has turned into a craft happy sort of season for Dolly as she goes to help with collecting the fallen feathers that are laying about. With the feathers Dolly does get to keep, she's making her merry little way back to the crafting club for making something magical with the feathers. Question is though, what should a Dolly make with these feathers?

A boa for the Clue game nights or accessories? Decisions, decisions.. One could easily walk up onto Dolly while she's debating on what to craft with the feathers. Just, a little Dolly there is very deep in thought and good for a spooking...maybe.

C. Okay, so Maybe Spring Might be a very CURSED THING (Out of Sight)

It should've been a normal day at the Archives, it should've been a normal moment of seeing 'see, nothing bad is going to happen with the teleportation system and it was just you being silly', but that was not how things played out at all. Dolly had come by to the Archives to see some of her friends that she's made off on the Quest as some reassurance that nothing bad was going to happen. a mere few moments later, the Archives is up in panic as Dolly just stares blankly at what just unfolded.

Why did this even happen? Seeing Polteageist and the other guild masters arrive to the scene did bring some relief before things got reorganized as a rescue effort for both the missing Lum Berries and the first groups that were sent off.

Because Dolly was at the Archives (well of course, this goober pretty much hangs out there, a lot), she is currently helping out getting the second teams ready for walking off into the unknown or even keeping those company as it seems like they too are rattled by this big time like she is. If you happen to come later after the second teams left, Dolly can be seen helping with gathering materials, just anything to keep her mind off the situation or attempting to calling with the grumpearl...it's giving off Blair Witch vibes from the brief bursts of images or sounds....

D. Care For a Cup of Tea?(Wildcard! Please feel free to drop something else in, PM me on my Character Journal, or PP me over on Dolly_Mancer to brainstorm on something else to thread :'>)

D. / Steel Yourselves

[holidaygirl1225]

[Noelle thinks that gathering resources will suit her just fine this month, especially with a quest partner she's already worked- and baked- with before. Having explored the Spire in her free time, Noelle is able to lead Dolly through the tunnels and deeper into the caves.

While it's maybe ill-advised for dirty mining work, Noelle is wearing one of her new outfits-- one of the ones Dolly helped make, with Wooloo wool and the attachable antlers. Once, she accidentally bumps them on a stalactite and laughs at herself. Her new Spring coat- bright pink fur having replaced the previous brown- stands out like a sore thumb in the caves.]

I can't thank you enough for helping with my new look! D-do you really think it looks good on me? [She's definitely asked this before. This is so far off from how she usually dresses!]

B

[bladeofnymeia]

Spoiled for choice, I see.

[Hello Dolly! Firoza has come to the crafting club with - oh good gravy that is just a bundle of fabric full of feathers. Just. Look. Look. She couldn't help it.]

Do you mind if I join you? I'd like to sort these out before processing them for later.

[A shame they can't turn the feathers into actual fabric, there's apparently at least speculation you might be able to do that with chicken feathers.]

C

[dripdrive]

Technically, Anasui is ready to go into the unknown. He's equipped, and his team is on standby, waiting for the 'all clear' from the Guild Leaders. However, it's clear that he's immensely anxious about the teleporting situation, though Dolly may pick that up less from knowing him and more from the five tables Anasui has dismantled in the last hour. Anasui doesn't even look at Dolly as she approaches him to try and keep him company, he just untwists another leg off.

"... Don't walk there. There are nails in that spot," Anasui says off-handedly as he digs his talons into the wood. Sure enough, there is a perfect stack of twelve nails.

spoils of labour

[digitalprincess]

Of the jobs Aelita had been trying, collecting items had been the most frequent. Normally she was limited. Dedenne were rather small, she couldn't carry much.

But feathers were so lightweight she could carry bundles of them. So the tiny rodent was running in with sack of them dragging behind her. There was also a good chunk of them tangled in her fur, sticking out in all directions.

"Hello, delivery!"

As loudly as she could yell. She was only little so it was best to make sure someone noticed her. She didn't want to nearly be stepped on again.

B

[swordarc]

Thinking about what to do with the feathers?

[III asks politely, in a good mood from the nice weather and feather collecting.]

I was thinking of making a cloak for next time it gets cold. [He's small, so a cloak for him shouldn't take a ton of feathers!]

Mayaka Ibara | Hyouka | OTA!

[sharpjustice]

1. to poison or not to poison ? [spoils of labor]

Hearing about all the changes and the help needed, Mayaka doesn't hesitate to pay a visit to Skull Town. She feels a genuine sense of accomplishment seeing how the settlement is shaping up. She did spend a lot of time here during the winter shoveling snow, drawing up road plans, and huddling by the fire.

Today, she's dashing about to gather feathers! It truly feels like a new season is here. The Sneasel gamely stuffs her bag with fallen feathers retrieved from bushes, trees, roofs, and unsuspecting Pokemon. Did a bunch of feathers fall onto you or get tangled in your fur? Mayaka will snatch them off you, without bothering to ask!

She does all this with her claws covered by her trusty pair of gloves, earning the close attention from a Skorupi who's noticed her running back and forth around town. When Mayaka finally takes a break outside the communal house, he'll scuttle up to her and start to berate her for hiding her claws.

"It's simply not befitting of a Poison-type!" he says in a haughty tone.

"I'm being careful." Mayaka replies with a frown. "I don't want to accidentally poison someone."

"Such meekness! We show our fangs and barbs proudly so that others know not to cross us. A sting is never accidental. It must mean you don't possess control of your poison yet. You do know the only way to gain control is to use it, don't you?"

"... Are you asking me to poison someone?!"

==

2. she's never liked the beach episode ! [rolling up from the south]

"Urgh! What a loooong day."

Mayaka plonks herself near the shore, tossing her satchel and gloves aside so that she can lie down on the sand to rest. Judging by where moon hangs in the sky now, it's already pretty late at night.

The sun was still up when she exited the Archives earlier today, her manga drafts packed safely in her bag. She'd been working on finishing touches to the story in a secluded corner of the library, and had intended to head straight home without bumping into anyone. However, with the sudden arrival of the migrating Spheals, she couldn't ignore the calls for assistance and headed straight down to the beach.

The crowd control, ration distribution, and babysitting for the younger Spheals lasted far longer than Mayaka had expected. There might still be shops open for her to grab a quick supper, or else it'll be just berries tonight. She slowly sits herself up, groaning about her aching muscles. That's when she notices that something is missing.

"Where's my bag?" She gets up and spins around on the spot, starting to panic. She only has one copy of her manga drafts!

A cheeky little laugh alerts her to the culprit. One of the baby Spheals has wandered away from where the rest have chosen to sleep for the night, and is holding her satchel in his mouth.

"Put. That. Down."

With childish defiance, the Spheal begins rolling down the beach with her drawings. Towards the sea.

"OH MY GOD NO NO NO NO NO!!!!"

3. wildcard !

feel free to poke me in the plotting post here or dm me!

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[irregularbeat]

[ At this point, Tomoro walks up carrying an armful of feathers, to the point it looks almost absurd. ]

...Hey Mayaka, I saw you running around collecting these. I don't really know what they're for, but if you want 'em, you're free to have the ones I just snatched up.

[ He blinks at the Skorupi. ]

Uh. Is this guy bothering you?

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[lightofchaldea]

Ritsuka had missed the first part of the conversation, but the shouting about poison definitely caught her attention.

"What about poison?"

Perhaps it might seem weird for a Rufflet to be so curious about it (then again maybe not, given this was Rufflet after all) but Ritsuka had her reasons.

Nico Robin | One Piece | Cofagrigus✨ | OTA

[voidcentury]

1. The South Blue

After some of the quarrels have been settled and the water Pokémon have shared their stories, Robin can be found standing at the beach looking south towards the ocean. The unusual weather and storms mean that strange occurrences are happening beyond this island, and that means arrivals might be there too.

Anyone who comes to see what she's looking at will be greeted cordially and then asked: "Have you ever been out to sea?"

2. Birds of a Feather

Anyone working at one of the stations, or just dropping off feathers themselves, would see Robin approach and think she is coming empty-handed. As she gets to the table however, she opens her lid and reaches inside, pulling out handfuls and handfuls of feathers from within her sarcophagus body.

3. ...Out of My Mind

Anyone who is unfamiliar with Cofagrigus will think there is a new grim decoration outside the Archives: an unmoving silver and pink sarcophagus stationed directly outside. Robin is waiting and ready for the moment she gets word on where Emporio, Catrina, and Seto are. Emporio is just a boy who has suffered too much too young, just like her, Catrina is a free spirit whose light should not be snuffed. She has not met Seto Kaiba, but a friend of her friends needs to be rescued too.

4. Wildcard

Drop a starter or hit me up on Plurk at hollyfrosty, Discord at hollyfrosty, or by DM at 0dchess. (I check Kinger's inbox more often because he's a paid account and I just have him follow Robin's threads.) I'll accept Plurk or Discord friend requests from anyone I'm in a game with, just let me know before you add me on Discord unless your Discord profile makes it obvious I know who you are.

Also, probably just going to be tagging out with Kinger on this one, so if you want him anywhere in particular let me know! Robin and Kinger are both from the second half of the quest groups, so they will be available for panicked planning after the first group teleports out.

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[holidaygirl1225]

[Robin and Noelle aren't guildmates and haven't really spoken, but it's possible that they saw each other in passing. Robin would have seen a brown Deerling who tends to wear cute and simple accessories.

Today, that same deerling (undoubtedly the same one, with those buck teeth) has a totally pink coat of fur and is wearing a gothic lolita dress. Her yellow flower has turned purple, though close inspection will reveal that's the result of berry dye.]

... Does it feel weird to, like. Have stuff in you? [Noelle is more concerned with Robin than her own appearance in that moment, though.]

Noelle Holiday | Deltarune | OTA

[holidaygirl1225]

i. Mon Makeover! (Mid-quest/post-quest chatter)

[Early in the month, Noelle posted a quest asking for help changing her style. Thanks to people's contributions, she's made great strides!

Her new springtime coat- a vivid pink- stands in contrast with her new gothic outfits and accessories. From spiky bracelets to gothic lolita dresses to fur markings like tattoos and dyes for the flower on her head, she's like an entirely different Deerling!

... now it's just a matter of embracing it. Noelle wants to have a rebellious phase, but now she's second-guessing herself. Maybe you're in the middle of helping her dress up, or maybe it's after the quest and you're helping hype her up to wear her new clothes into the world. Or, if you didn't participate in the quest, maybe you're reacting to seeing her new style as she's out and about on the town.]

ii. Rolling up from the South

[Noelle chose to stay behind from the Heavy Quest this month. Besides the fact that she's still tentative about fighting- despite her training with people like Anasui- she wants to focus her full attention on healing Pokemon who need it. Additionally, she's taken up a new hobby: studying Ghost-type Pokemon, their 'biology' and lore and the many secrets they hold!

Unfortunately, they don't tend to migrate, often staying in their haunted houses and spooky forests. The closest she gets is a few Drifloon floating through the air, but they're more concerned with trying to get various kids to hold onto them than answering questions... maybe you can help her somehow?

So, Noelle settles into handling disputes and any injuries that may arise from them. At one point, a group of Deerling and a Sawsbuck pass through town. They all suddenly surround her and start sniffing her!

"Hmm... it smells like her, but..."
"She doesn't look anything like the Angel."
"It can't be her. Oh, well."

Noelle gives a sigh of relief. A while ago, she might have accidentally started a cult... you know, as girls do.]

iii. Out of Sight...

[Several of Noelle's roommates are attempting to hold her back. As soon as she heard several of the guild Pokemon- including Shoka- went missing, she immediately wanted to bolt out there on her own. Polteageist already said they won't let anyone else go out, but that doesn't stop Noelle from wanting to go anyway!]

I need to do something... [Instead of resting after her shifts at the Clinic, she spends long amounts of time retrieving supplies. She refuses to speak with the 'teleportation specialists'-- she holds back from saying anything, but it can be inferred she blames them for this. It's only from Emporio's warnings about how dangerous Polteageist seems to be that she doesn't go up there and give them a piece of her mind.]

iv. wildcard.ogg

[Have another idea? Feel free to reach out at friendlyflower]

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[pyrodulia]

[Agnes didn't participate in dressing Noelle up, but seeing her out and about, she stops to give her an appreciative once-over.]

That's a lot of a look, there. How are you liking it?

ELeanor Lamb | Bioshock | Brionne | OTA <3

[notyourbloodymessiah]

1] We Saw The Sea

Eleanor combs along the edge of one of the crowded beaches with a frown, a crumpled up and slightly water-sodden list in one of her flippers. Primarina has been equally irritated by all of the migrating Pokemon coming into space that just isn't theirs - some of the Spheals have come dangerously close to injuring some of the younger Popplios. The pod aren't a blood family by any means, but if you cross one of them, you cross them all. And Eleanor would really rather avoid any feuds in the next few weeks if she can help it. Especially since she isn't going to be in the Bay for a few days -- she signed up for the teleporter expedition, after all.

The young Brionne lets out a huff, glancing out at the crowds once more before looking back at her list. It's a set of rough descriptions for some of the ruder newcomers, but Eleanor suspects she'll be dealing with more than just them. "What to do..." she murmurs.

2] Out of Sight

Hand it to Polteageist to confidently announce something only to fuck it up spectacularly afterwards. That teapot has far more hubris than it suits them and Eleanor can't help but be reminded of several figures from her life back in Rapture. Thank God she isn't in Lum, because she's been at the mercy of people with more power than sense before and it never ends well for anyone. Granted, her opinion on the guild leader is more mild than most. They're up their own arse and extremely irritating, but on account of having never interacted with them personally her opinion isn't too strong.

If any of her friends sent out in the first group come back injured, though, her opinion is going to change. When she overhears some of the researchers say they never even considered testing the otherworlders, she lets out a frustrated groan. She wouldn't have volunteered, she's sick of being a lab rat, but the fact that it never crossed their minds at all winds her up to no end. "I thought you people were supposed to be the smart ones." She mutters, rolling her eyes.

3] Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition

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[seacub]

Eleanor isn't the only one looking at the current mess and feeling things to be something of a pickle. Like her, he's signed up for the teleporation related mission- he's well aware of how absent he'll be in just a matter of days- but he can't help but eye the various 'last minute' requests on the board, and that in turn means he's eventually here on the beach looking out at the same crowds she is.

It's not looking great.

"...A lot of them aren't here to stay, but that's really just a different kind of problem, huh..."

How do they resolve this kind of fight when half the issue is just needing a place to recoup before moving onward?

Parvati Holcomb | The Outer Worlds | Tinkaton | OTA!

[edgewater]

1] And Get Back In The Action--!

Count on Parvati to be busting her ass collecting feathers. They're not the feathers her gremlin instincts want her to be collecting, but she seems to be having fun. She's giggling to herself as she picks them up and adds them to her bag, at least. She's in her own little world, it seems... maybe you want to talk to her and bring her back to reality?

2] You've Tried The Best, Now Try The Rest

You'd think a group of smart researchers would know what they're doing. She's observed people who're supposed to be smart scientists making bad decisions before - it's more common in a colony where science doesn't have much restraint put upon it aside from profit. And she's known even the most eccentric of scientists - an alleged terrorist at that. Welles was far more careful in these matters, to her understanding. She's been attempting Grumpearl contact the entire time, aggressively shaking the device as if that'll do anything.

Loud bursts of static followed by incoherent voices come through occassionally, making Parvati wince. It's hard to tell if the signal interference is being caused by the teleporter or by something else. Emotions are running high and that can't be good for establishing contact.

3] The Unplanned Variable

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[bladeofnymeia]

[Firoza is set to go out with a team at some point...eventually. When those higher in the chain of command realize that, you know, convenient mode of travel that is walking. Those crackles of static from Parvati's pearl - she's catching them in her own big ears, too.]

Augh, gods...

[A shiver. Hate that noise, damn. Like a linkpearl on the fritz.]

Even if we're getting interference, I wonder if the missing team is getting anything at all...

Narciso Anasui | Espathra | I'm sorry he's dismantling in most of his prompts

[dripdrive]

A. Field and Flower
There's only one time in Anasui's life that he cared for a reward for his services, and that was when FF promised him that she'd bring Anasui and Jolyne together in exchange for his help protecting Jolyne. For everything else, Anasui doesn't care. He's a servant to his own instincts and does things on a whim, rather than for gifts. Still, Anasui can't say that coming to Skull Town with Emporio was a complete waste of time, especially when he gets such a nice bit of card out of it. He would have preferred pink and fishnets but orange and purple feathers is nice too.

But now he's here, Anasui's not going to sit around and do nothing. Skull Town needs things to be done and Anasui feels gracious enough to help out, especially if it needed organising.

"... This is already done all wrong," Anasui growls, looking out at the fields. Without another word, he stalks out and begins digging up already planted plants. Oh dear, he's just going at it and the poor poison-type Wooper is being ignored as they try to protest him pulling apart his work. Hell, maybe he's even undoing your work.

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B. Beat them up to break them up
Ordinarily, Anasui wouldn't care about what was happening at the beach and would have preferred to read at the Archives. However, when the request appears on the quest board, Anasui makes it his problem. Just breakup some fights for a little reward... How hard can it be?

Unfortunately, Anasui is not trained in conflict resolution. Not even ten minutes after arriving at the beach, Anasui's status as 'conflict escalator' makes itself known and the tense but minor disagreement has devolved into all out violence. Should anyone arrive at the beach, they'll see Anasui low-kicking a Carracosta, before swiftly turning around and letting off a Disarming Voice at a squawking Farfetch'd.

"No wonder you're so insufferable. Shut up and play nice already!"

However, Anasui is severely outnumbered as a Spheal shoots an Ice beam at him. For the most part, it bounces off Anasui's Light Screen but the large bird grunts as it hits all the same.

The only saving grace from this whole fiasco is that the violence is directed at Anasui and the migratory Pokemon are not going at each other. Maybe help a guy out? Or just watch and see how long he lasts...

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C. Fair-feathered friend
Anasui isn't just causing problems. Once the bird-situation has been settled and Anasui has been reprimanded for putting more than a couple of Pokemon into the clinic (that he has been specifically requested not to attend to), Anasui begins to help with the feathers around town. And he's good at it. Anasui is more than happy to carry bundles of feathers for smaller Pokemon or meticulously clean and steam the feathers, and it'll go without incident. Feel free to come up for a pleasant chat with him if you see him around town - Anasui's not in an awful mood.

However, if you encounter him in the building in Skull Town that's dedicated to sorting out the feathers, Anasui's not nearly as calm. He is diligently sorting out the feathers, however, the second you put down a feather in any of the piles, Anasui's head will snap up and he'll glare at you.

He won't shout but he will deliberately pick up the feather up in his beak and put it in a different pile. Then he'll stare at you some more, as if daring you to make another mistake.

...Okay, maybe he's causing a couple of problems.

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D. Ostrich dads are super protective
"What the fuck do you mean I can't go looking for him? Just send me to wherever the hell they went!" Everyone in the Archives and the general Lum guild's general vicinity should have been able to hear Anasui's loud screeching. However, while frazzled and panicked, Raichu explains very clearly to Anasui that they're not sending his team to go and search for Emporio and they're certainly not going to send him alone after the others - There won't be anymore teleporting today. Instead, he's to wait while he's loaded up with supplies and be on standby, giving time for the teleportation specialists to figure out where the first team could have been sent to.

Anasui wants to kick Raichu. He wants to hurt that stupid fat rat and the other researchers so badly but he knows it won't do him any good, especially when they're already being hounded by Polteageist. Ordinarily, he would storm off and go home but he knows he's to remain at the Archives.

So naturally Anasui does the only thing that can calm him down in this situation... and why almost all the tables and two of the shelves have been dismantled (suspiciously, all of the furniture is out of eyesight of the Guild Leaders...).

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[sharpjustice]

Anasui will notice at some point, a Sneasel trailing behind him and fixing the tables he's dismantled.

She's dealing with her own frustrations about the whole catastrophe (she doesn't even know Emporio's gone with the first lot!) and having something to keep herself busy is better than sitting around while she waits for an update.

By now, Mayaka knows it's pointless to reason with Anasui when it comes to taking things apart, but she likes putting things back in order, so she doesn't complain.