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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!
pastes googly eyes on it like,
I.
It just looked like the dirt from around where they were digging if I'm honest...
[He doesn't understand...]
he can leave it somewhere to take a message while he's elsewhere, perfect
[ most of it has been aimed at figuring out the weird mystery illness, right? maybe they might have some side projects but hmmm. ]
But if it was just the dirt around here. Then I really do not know what they would do with that.
[ maybe it can be processed somehow into the clay they write on here...??? is the soil composition right for that, he's not a ground type specialist you want a guy a city over for that. but even if that's the case then they probably don't need the Diglett specifically to be donating it, unless ... oh. wait. ]
...... crops?
NOBODY SUSPECTS A THING...
Uh!]
Oh- Like...maybe them digging through the soil does something to it that helps plant growth..?
[They are both Equally Lost.]
the resemblance is uncanny (it is just a pile of fur with googly eyes and a smile drawn in marker)
[ beat. ]
I think it would be easier to just do that directly than donate the dirt.
it falls apart and ingo is found in Mourning,
[Unless...oh-] ..Oh.
...A lot of grass types are more like plants, right?
ehhh, he'll be fiiiiiiiine. surely emmet won't accidentally crash his own funeral
[ ... wait. ]
Well, generally it does not. I just remembered that Larvitar does. But that is not a grass type.
pullin a joseph joestar i see...
[Questions have been raised, answered, raised again,] Th...
Then maybe...uh.
...For pokemon that do..? Eat dirt..?
[He's dizzy. This is making him dizzy...]
i understood that reference! (and basically nothing else about jojo-)
[ that is, after all, kind of a recurring thing with pokemon. pokemon are many and varied.
beat. ]
A grass-type specialist would know more on the specifics.
the nice thing abt jojos is the memes transcend understanding-
They may just never know, he guesses.]
...You weren't a specialist in types, right? ...I got the impression that you and Ingo were more...ummmm...
...Combat focused? I don't want to say generalized, that doesn't feel right...
truly it and 'oh, you're approaching me?' transcend understanding
[ Many of them, but not necessarily all of them. See the great ongoing A.B.A question mark for at least one example. ]
More in-depth, routine care and handling of? We were not specialists in any given type. Could not tell you specifically how to get a Lilligant's flower to bloom because neither of us has one as a partner but can tell you that it only happens for those who take verrrry good care of them. Generalized is not the wrong word for it. And fifteen Pokemon— [ actually, would it be 21 now, come to think of it, with the 6 (or more? there's those challenges he mentioned, but maybe the main six are the only ones staying with him on a more permanent basis?) Ingo met in Hisui? ] —is definitely more than the average person tends to live with on a regular basis.
[ Ingo thought that having separate rooms was a lot of space when they'd talked about it; try enough for their entire combined teams at mealtimes or when they have energy to burn. That's before starting on the Joltik, but it's fine. Joltik are pocket sized and don't need that much space in comparison. ]
i hope more memes can reach this level of ascendance one day...
Right- like how you knew a bit about what Cubone are, but it took Akari before I had much to go on about what I should be able to learn.
[Even if that still ended in confusion. It's that darn TM move mucking it all up!]
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[ a half beat, before he offhandedly remarks: ]
Unless Egg Moves get involved. And ... actually. What you will be able to do. That will also vary a bit depending on what kind of Marowak you evolve into, if you want to evolve at all.
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[Well, actually let's focus on the other matter first. Emporio shakes his head, and quickly finds himself frowning.] Akari explained a little about evolution, but I'm not really sure how I'll know enough to stop or even start that process, if no one can explain how I could actually tell...
...a..anyway. Mostly she kept trying to get me to buy clothes for myself, while talking about how it was strange that I didn't know 'mudslap'. I guess cubone normally manage that at a pretty early point... ...early level?
...I'm still unclear what a level is too...
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But there is no hard and fast rule. Anyway.
[ Emmet is relatively quiet when Ingo's there to do most of the yapping, but he sure can go on about Pokemon too when prompted, can't he? ]
She miiiiight have been generalizing. Mud-Slap is a common move, yep. The type of move younger or smaller Pokemon might learn to help get out of trouble without having to rely on being stronger. Like Sand Attack, or Growl, or Tail Whip. So a decent amount of ground types can often learn it at relatively low levels. But that does not mean all of them do. That does not mean that it is in the list of moves you'd naturally learn without having to be taught by someone or something else. Saying all ground types will know it instinctually is like saying all ghosts look like me.
As for evolving. You are not the first to be unsure whether you want to evolve. If you want to hold off. Then there are items for that. An Everstone will let you stay as you are even if you reach that threshold of growth where you would normally evolve. Unfortunately. I cannot tell you what it would feel like to be ready to evolve, or to go through it.
[ Since he kind of showed up here already evolved, and all. Also not entirely sure if there are Everstones in any of the shops here, but he's putting it out there as a possibility since he already mentioned them to Firepaw. ]
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...Well that definitely makes it even harder to tell where I'm supposed to be... [He can't help but mutter, shaking it off with a sigh. As Emmet said, she was probably generalizing a bit anyway.] I know I'm able to use Tail Whip at least. I guess...
...It just feels like there should be something. What happens if I have to fight ghost pokemon? I wasn't able to do...anything, when I went to rescue Smoochum. Not really anyway.
[Sure he slipped in to grab them, but he couldn't really fight at all.
He nods though- makes sense that no one would really have a clue how evolution feels, at least among everyone who came in with him.] ...Well.
I guess, if it happens, it happens. I mean... ...I wouldn't be able to stop growing up either, right?
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[ you are coming dangerously close to the Pokémon breeder special interest, Emporio. ]
As for your other question. Ghosts can be tricky. A good number of Pokemon do not learn that many non-normal moves early on, and beginner trainers are often warned away from them. [ for multiple reasons, really. ] What do you know how to do, right now? Doesn't have to be something you can put a name to. List them out. Maybe we can think of something.
But if all else fails you can probably just start throwing things. Maybe rocks, or, hm. Boomerangs maybe? Marowak are known for it, with their bone clubs. That said. If an opponent isn't a good match there is no shame in allowing a more suitable partner to cover for you.
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[Everyone says the two things are different, but he supposes this is just a weakness of being from a place without a similar process. It's just...hard to separate the two. Hard to separate it from the idea that one day, he'll reach a particular age and that'll probably be...when something else happens too.
...
Uh-] Uh-
...they're known for throwing?
[He's ignoring the rest in favor of that right now.]
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[ Maybe he won't mention that they have a reputation for being pretty ferocious in battle, actually. ]
But they are skilled in wielding bones as weapons and tools, whether bludgeoning or thrown. If I recall they also use them to tap out messages on boulders, or something like that ...
Anyway. Even if you do not decide to use bones. I do not see why you couldn't throw other things instead.
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A baseball?
[Emporio you're so lucky that sports are a thing in Unova.]
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... Sure. If you find or make a baseball here, why not.
[ So this Cubone would be of the Infielder trainer class... ]
If it is familiar to you. That will probably help, actually!
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I used to throw one against the stairwell walls a lot where I lived, at least. Ermes used to say I had the best fastball throw she'd ever seen, too.
[Which was quite the compliment, he felt, as there hadn't been a lot of time for Ermes to see that.
Unfortunately, there is now a problem.] Erm...aren't baseballs normally made with...a leather shell though..?
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[ beat. ]
That said. A number of us here are carnivorous species. You know.
[ Foxes are not obligate carnivores but they sure are still carnivores. Something's been providing at mealtimes... but even if there isn't Tauros or Mudsdale hide available for various reasons, maybe substitute materials might work? ]
If your worry is durability. Maybe you just need to make more balls? And if familiarity— the same weight, the same shape, the same everything— is the issue then I think I need to remind you that you are also not the same now.
me like 'oh god the thread's finally coasting to an end??'
[Hm.
...
Well, they were all chattering about this right in the middle of material gathering across the town so. Hm.]
...I guess...
...I guess I'll just ask Dr. Denne then. About what would be best to make one, I mean. He'd probably know what kind of force it'd have to take, too.
time for five more threads right
Dr. Denne must be a verrrry busy mon.
[ A regular Renaissance Mon, that Dr. Denne. ]
Was there anything else you were wondering about?
excellent perfect yes
I try to make it up to him by helping where I can, [he admits, but that probably means he should get back to helping with what's all being donated too.]
...I don't think there was. If anything, I ended up asking more than I meant to- thanks for humoring me.
[Emmet probably has things he would like to be doing!]
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