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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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You mean white?
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Yes. That.
[They do not say it with great hope that they'll sound convincing and confident. Hahaha uh oh they've been caught being the weirdo]
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Maybe she should keep it to herself—say nothing and move on the same way Siffrin did for her before. But if she's going to offer to sew anything for them, she has to know.]
Just a guess. But are you color blind?
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[She doesn't seem to be asking judgmentally, as far as they can tell, but they still don't like - they don't like feeling like the weird one out. The only one who doesn't get something, who's just missing something important.]
["Color blind." Mmgh.] Maybe...? I don't know what "colors" are supposed to be like.
[...]
I don't think they exist at all, where I'm from. Or... maybe nobody could see them?
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[She might have wondered next if they'd always been like that, or if it was just a Shinx thing—but they answer that question for her before she can think to ask it: in their world, colors might not even exist at all.]
Huh. I mean... Colors definitely exist where I'm from, but there are still plenty of people who're color blind. Enough that there's a word for it. [She shrugs.] No big. As long as the shade or whatever of the material is right, then even a copy will feel like the real deal, right?
[This implies that she's already thinking about recreating the hat for them, because she is (never mind that she isn't a sewing expert at all, really, and she's never made any item of clothing).]
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[They totally haven't realized she's thinking about making the hat yet, because why would she?]
[It does make them wonder what other people are seeing. And now that here's someone who's managed to squeeze their admission of colorblindness out of them, there's no reason not to ask:]
I'm... colors too, right?
[Someone mentioned a color in relation to their fur, early on, and they immediately forgot. No guarantee they'll remember it this time, but they should probably avoid getting into "and at this point I'm too afraid to ask" territory.]
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[After a moment's hesitation, she fishes the crocheted Pikachu doll back out of her disguise and briefly holds it up next to one of Siffrin's ears.]
Yellow's the same color as this. [Then she withdraws it again, holding it up next to herself.] But not the same as me.
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[They squint between Shoka and the doll. Without being able to see any sort of saturation, they really can't pick up much of a difference. Eventually, hesitantly, they decide:] It might be a little bit lighter...?
[Hmm.]
Blue is like the ocean, or the sky during the day, right? I've heard people say that. Even though they're really different shades, unless it's stormy...
[But people say "the sky is so blue today" mostly when it's super bright! It's so weird. Still - whatever it is Siffrin's not seeing, they don't hate being the same "color" as the sea and sky. Sounds kind of nice!]
What else is black?
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[An overcast sky looks more Shoka-colored than Siffrin-colored. As for what else is black... The first examples that come to her mind (her hair back when she was still herself, her Gatto Nero hoodie, her phone, the roads in Shibuya) won't mean anything to them, so she has to think for a moment.]
Well... the sky at night, for one thing. Mightyena's fur, too.
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[They didn't realize, because they weren't thinking of their fur as quite that dark. The night sky is certainly darker. But it's pretty close, isn't it?]
I guess I can live with that. [They still want to be able to see what everyone else can, but at least it doesn't sound bad. Sky and sea, night sky, and, uh... whatever yellow is. That Shoka isn't.]
[They stick their tongue out teasingly.] Not being Shoka-shaded.
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[If white is darkless, then it makes sense for black to be lightless, doesn't it?]
Oh, good. If you tried to be always twinning with me, I'd go get my costume dyed.
[The Pikachu doll disappears back into her disguise, freeing up her hands so she can return to studying the fabric she was fumbling with earlier. Absently, she smooths it out flat, then starts bending and curling it into a vaguely conical shape.]
It's gray, if you were wondering. [Her disguise rag, she means.] Right in the middle of lightless and darkless, I guess?
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[So it's not that they can't picture it, but they don't know if what they're picturing is the same thing as she is... maybe what counts as in between lightless and darkless is a totally different shade.]
[They eye the cone shape, then Shoka again. They might finally be realizing.]
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[They may not be Shoka-shaded, but most of their world is. Sad!]
Anyways, I've gotta hand it to you: a wizard hat is a bold choice. [The shape she's managed to roll the fabric into is more like a dunce cap than a wizard hat, but she's only playing around right now. She'll have to pick out some different—and more—materials once she gets serious, and probably ask Firoza and Spinarak for some guidance...] Unless mage chic is just in style where you're from?
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[Siffrin thinks for a moment, then shrugs, gaze darting away.]
...I had it forever. Maybe where I got it?
[But no, they don't remember running into particularly many people with wizard hats...]
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[Like she said, bold. She snickers.]
Well, fortunately for you, I'm not the Pokéfashion police. And I bet I can make this work. [Eventually. Right now, she's working on novice ability with less than ideal materials, and she's also—very suddenly, just now—realizing that she's starving. How long was she working on that stupid crochet project anyway?] You know what kind of fabric it was made of?
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[Hmm. Isabeau would have known, probably. But all they've got is:] I'm not sure. It held up to weather pretty well...?
[Anyway. They shuffle their front paws awkwardly in place, ears folding back.] You don't have to...
[They don't sound like they don't want it. More like - why go would she go to the trouble?]
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[Regardless of their answer, she makes a mental note of the description and easily dismisses the last comment.]
No big. I just need the practice is all. [There's a hesitant pause before she adds,] And... I kinda get it. The way you miss it.
[She'd kill to have her Mr. Mew hoodie back, after all—even though she's not sure how she'd even wear it now, when being without her disguise rag would send her into a panic. This is apparently too earnest of an admission for today, because she moves on quickly.]
Don't plan on doing it for free anyway. [She telescopes her arm, holding a peace sign right in front of Siffrin's face.] Let's just say you owe me two malasadas now.
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[It's a mystery...]
[(It's really not.)]
[Either way, having something they can get for Shoka in return seems to make them feel less unsure.]
Two malasadas it is! Whenever you're ready to take a break.
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[All right then, weirdo! Keep your secrets.]
How 'bout right now? Just so happens I'm famished.
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Sure. Do you need to put away any of... [They motion generally in the direction of all the sewing and crochet supplies.]
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[Perking up, she moves to gather up the supplies... which, for her, means just scurrying over the fabric and thread and pulling them into the unseen space under her disguise rag. Like a Roomba (whatever that is). The needle and crochet hook, at least, she does pick up with her claws.
If Siffrin wants to give her hand with the few supplies that still remain, she won't say no.]
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[Small things will be getting gently bapped onto another length of fabric, because kitty. They absolutely do not get distracted for a bap or two more than necessary when something is shiny, you saw nothing.]
[Large things get picked up in their mouth and deposited in the center too - in the end they scoop up the edges of the fabric to make a bundle, lifting it with their mouth (again). They don't really have hands...]