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APRIL 2025 EVENT LOG
The sun rises, and a gentle breeze blows. A day like any other arrives in Bottlecap Bay, and for many of the pokemon that so recently arrived it is a now familiar process. Members of the various guilds flock to the Quest Board, in search of tasks to better provide for the town. Others, maintaining businesses of their own within the small settlement, start to open their doors for another day of work.
There is something different about this day however, and it is a difference that defines the next number of them. There is never truly a dull moment here after all, and it’s time to get involved.
DONATION DRIVE
As spring fully settles into the bay, the clinic begins to advertise for additional activities on the Quest Board. A call for donors is made- but donors of what? Pokemon arriving in response to the request will find that answer to mean “anything and everything that can be given” - along with potential medical samples to help with further research into the mysterious illness, there are a great many things that can be made from shed feathers, brushed-out undercoat or trimmed horns and claws.
Or even sweat, alarming as that may seem.
Those willing will be given small interviews in which they determine what to donate, and after the process (however involved), be given a small boxed treat as compensation. And of course, they’ll record the contributions with their guild leaders too!
⟡ WHAT NOW?
Donated materials can be used for a great many things, and throughout the later half of April local businesses will be happily showing their relevant crafts off. Pokemon are invited to try their hand at sewing satchels made using Spinarak threads, spinning yarn from Stufful fur, or stuffing pillows with Ducklett down- and perhaps if they donated anything themselves, they can even make something of their own.
Literally.
NO “I” IN TEAM
With the need to re-evaluate the results of recent expeditions through the surrounding forest before making the move to branch out further, the leaders of the three guilds have come together with some training exercises to better pass the time. Rather than sit and wait between tasks determined by the quest board, the last weeks of April see various events hosted through the city with one goal in mind:
Team Building.
A. ⟡ SHOW-AND-TELL
As part of an effort to encourage understanding and community, the Guilds each host various meet-and-greets in their personal buildings- or in the case of the Lum Guild, the public Archives. It’s a chance for pokemon to show each other where they sleep and eat, to share a little of their lives with their fellows from other guilds.
There are also more awkward sharing activities- tossing a ball in a circle and giving a fact about oneself. Tying each other limb to limb and performing races. Or even gift exchanges with the donor crafts! Nothing says community like a present from the heart.
B. ⟡ STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT
As an extra step from simply showing what each guild room looks like, sleepovers will be encouraged through the remaining month as well. Perhaps it’s time for a repeat of the great Oran Sleep-Pile- or maybe a sequel hosting can be held in the Canopy with the Cheri Berries.
It’s a little trickier with members of the Lum Guild, with each one having their own apartment of sorts, but just ask! Surely a few friends can pile together in their Lum buddy’s house.
C. ⟡ THE GREAT ESCAPE
Polteageist is thrilled with the success of the ‘escape rooms’ from March. As such, the existing courses and challenges have been since repurposed in order to encourage pokemon to work together, improving on the initial project. Once again working in pairs, dangerous (but not lethal!) challenges await those who wish to sign up for them. As with before, there are three different rooms to choose from, and experienced rescue Pokemon will be on call the entire time. Anyone who takes longer than the allotted time will be rescued.
⟡ Ocean room. Two Pokemon are put to sleep and wake up in a small cave beneath the water, with pockets of oxygen for those who need them. Upon waking, they must work together to escape the labyrinth of caves beneath the water and make it back to Bottlecap Bay. Some obstacles along the way may include: a maze-like cave system with misleading routes, paths with less or no sunlight, strange plants that may inflict status effects, agitated or disoriented wild Pokemon, and varying water temperatures/underwater geysers. It has an hour time limit, so good luck!
⟡ Forest room. Two Pokemon are put to sleep and wake up in the center of a dense forest, with tree cover blocking most sunlight. Upon waking, they must work together to find their directions, navigate through thick brush and forest, and make it back to Bottlecap Bay. Some obstacles along the way may include: the fog, collapsed floors into cave systems, sudden steep drops, aggressive Pokemon and plants, vines, thorns, poisons and toxins. It has a two hour time limit, so good luck!
⟡ Cave room. Two Pokemon are put to sleep and wake up far beneath the city, in one of the many tunnels belonging to the mines. Upon waking, they must work together to reorient themselves and find a way out to Bottlecap Bay. Some obstacles along the way may include: unstable sections of mines leading to collapses, a vast assortment of tunnel directions leading to disorientation, extreme temperatures, lava pits, and lessening oxygen levels. It has an hour time limit, so good luck!
OOC NOTES.
⟡ CWS: body horror, medical imagery
⟡ Though dates specified cover only the last two weeks of April, players may assume continued donation drives and crafting projects to be available through the start of May, though less frequent.
⟡ We of the Bottlecap Bay Help Team would like to extend a sincere thank-you to everyone for their patience during the transition of tasks concerning the upkeep of the game. Current events have been taking a significant toll on many, but we are hoping to finalize Exploration Quest responses within the next few days. Thank you again, and happy threading!
⟡ CWS: body horror, medical imagery
⟡ Though dates specified cover only the last two weeks of April, players may assume continued donation drives and crafting projects to be available through the start of May, though less frequent.
⟡ We of the Bottlecap Bay Help Team would like to extend a sincere thank-you to everyone for their patience during the transition of tasks concerning the upkeep of the game. Current events have been taking a significant toll on many, but we are hoping to finalize Exploration Quest responses within the next few days. Thank you again, and happy threading!
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[He's been going along thinking that she just likes them or something!]
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Is that what it is?
[It's hard to tell if she's asking about the Pikachu or the charming part of his observation.]
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Why, yes! I thought you must have been aware of Pikachu already!
[you're dressed like it.....]
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[And the doll does match the description Junpei gave her well enough, despite its imperfections.]
Well, that solves that mystery... But why's it... y'know, here? [In her hands, she means. She doesn't remember picking it up. She doesn't remember anything past picking up the crocheting implements, come to think of it...] Did, uh—you make it?
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[Ingo's frowning immediately, deeper than usual. This isn't how his own memory loss works, but even so...]
Are you feeling quite alright?
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[I didn't, she means to say, or maybe, I couldn't have. She doesn't quite manage to finish the sentence, eyes glued to the lumpy Pikachu doll as she trails off. It smiles innocently back at her.
There's no way, but it definitely looks like she made it. The yarn matches the length she recalls picking up, the crochet hook is still within reach, and there's even a slight, dull ache in her hands (somehow, despite them barely even being solid).
Ingo's question prompts another flinch.]
I'm—fine. Why wouldn't I be? [She bristles, suddenly defensive.] Just... you're serious? You saw me make it?
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[And that's about the size and color of the work he saw her doing! Ingo had been focused more on his own handicrafts, but he does pay attention.]
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[Her gaze falls on the Pikachu again. It's not perfect, but it's definitely better than anything she could have made with her own hands. It's also kind of cute, with a kindly face and a friendly shape. Maybe even lovable...?]
I've never even tried crocheting before...
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[He's not familiar with crochet, but he can see what she's made just now. It definitely looks like some expertise went into it...]
It's rather like your costume. [Well, not really. The doll's much cuter. But they're both Pikachu and all, so:] Maybe it is...some kind of instinct? Mimikyu must make their own costumes, in the wild.
[Even among Pokemon, that's a rather strange idea. Ingo would have imagined they might make costumes of anything they pleased, not that they would be innately driven to imitate specifically Pikachu!]
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[But maybe he's right. After all, instinct is also what drives her to always wear that costume and fly into a sudden, uncontrollable panic every time anyone so much as looks at the part of her that's actually her.
A surge of frustration makes her hiss, and for a moment she considers tearing the crocheted Pikachu to shreds with her claws, or at least throwing it across the venue... But somehow, she can't bring herself to. Another instinct, probably.
She exhales a harsh sigh.]
Where the hell was that instinct when I first tried sewing? Couldn't even thread a needle at first...
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[Maybe items that Pokemon often have can just manifest with them somehow?]
I wonder if you can use it to make anything other than Pikachu?
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[It's said with gritted teeth.]
... Wh-whatever. What are you working on?
[She needs a distraction now—and maybe some inspiration for other things she could be making.]
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[He looks back at his own...sort of mauled chunk of wood.]
I carve as a hobby, at home, so I thought I would try picking that up again! But it is...quite different with paws.
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[Sufficiently distracted, crocheted Pikachu still in her claws, she shuffles over to get a closer look at Ingo's... whatever it's supposed to be.]
So... what's this one gonna be when you're done with it?
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[She tilts her disguise-head again, toward the opposite side... so far that her ear nearly touches the ground.]
... Yeah. I kinda see it.
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[Or even really how to reliably hold it at all? One might think his claws would make him more suited to carving, but his claws are fairly blunt. They're meant for digging, not cutting. Still, Ingo sounds like he's taking the whole thing in good humor.]
But thank you nonetheless!