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JUNE 2026 EVENT LOG
⋆✩ DRAGAFLOAT REDUX ✩⋆
The weather is unseasonably warm, even though it's not yet officially summer. A thick blanket of humidity hangs in the air and leaves even heat-tolerant Pokemon feeling sticky. Despite the conditions being pleasant to few, perhaps this is good news: dark clouds gather offshore. If there's rain to come, perhaps it'll help with the risk of wildfires?
But for now, the Pokemon of Bottlecap Bay let their enthusiasm for the Dragapult Festival fuel them in braving the heat! It's once more time for the city of Bottlecap Bay to celebrate its arrival on the shore, and in preparation for the Festival banners and signs start springing up across the streets.
i. TELEPORT, MKII
FROM A TO B
Thanks to all of the additional testing last month, as well as whatever mysterious conclusions the teleportation specialists in the Lum Berry guild drew from everyone's survey answers… the teleportation points now work reliably, even for otherworlders! No, truly. They really do promise this time!
In fact, in the leadup to the Dragapult Festival that everyone's anticipating, there's a much smaller event to celebrate this - or perhaps to reassure otherworlders? There's a finalized version of a teleportation point room that's just been finished near the Bottlecap Bay Questboard, and Raichu and the others have set up to answer questions and offer demonstrations. Thanks to everyone's work over the past several months, another of these has been built and staffed in Skull Town - so step in with a group of your fellows and experience getting teleported back and forth safely!
…or watch other Pokemon try it out and just hang out near the snack table. There's a wide variety of berry-based treats laid out, and while all flavor profiles are represented, there's a heavy concentration of sweet and spicy ones. (Is that what that one survey question was about, or is this just a bonus?)
Still not convinced? Later in the day, Raichu and the others lead basic lessons on staffing a teleportation point so people can participate on the other end and see it's not all that scary! In order to be eligible, a Pokemon must know at least one Psychic-type move. In fact, those who don't use multiple Psychic moves regularly will find that they can only contribute to a couple of teleports before they've burned through their energy for the day.
Even so, it's a useful skill to have! And as long as you've taken the lesson, you're now allowed to take shifts working the teleportation points (alongside the more experienced specialists, of course).
In fact, in the leadup to the Dragapult Festival that everyone's anticipating, there's a much smaller event to celebrate this - or perhaps to reassure otherworlders? There's a finalized version of a teleportation point room that's just been finished near the Bottlecap Bay Questboard, and Raichu and the others have set up to answer questions and offer demonstrations. Thanks to everyone's work over the past several months, another of these has been built and staffed in Skull Town - so step in with a group of your fellows and experience getting teleported back and forth safely!
…or watch other Pokemon try it out and just hang out near the snack table. There's a wide variety of berry-based treats laid out, and while all flavor profiles are represented, there's a heavy concentration of sweet and spicy ones. (Is that what that one survey question was about, or is this just a bonus?)
Still not convinced? Later in the day, Raichu and the others lead basic lessons on staffing a teleportation point so people can participate on the other end and see it's not all that scary! In order to be eligible, a Pokemon must know at least one Psychic-type move. In fact, those who don't use multiple Psychic moves regularly will find that they can only contribute to a couple of teleports before they've burned through their energy for the day.
Even so, it's a useful skill to have! And as long as you've taken the lesson, you're now allowed to take shifts working the teleportation points (alongside the more experienced specialists, of course).
ii. THE DRAGAPULT DISASTER
SHAKE THE HEAVENS
Preparations for the Dragapult Festival grow more cautious as the clouds offshore continue to build. Some Pokemon tuck their banners and decorations back inside their doors temporarily; street food vendors watch the sky in case they need to make a run for it.
When the storm finally breaks, though, it's with wind rather than rain. What starts as a persistent strong breeze escalates into furious gusts that send smaller Pokemon rolling - or outright into the air! And the tempest is still intensifying. While only a drizzle of rain reaches land, the wind blows it and the sea spray so fiercely that it hammers into walls sideways, rather than falling down. Thin-trunked trees bend almost at right angles. Seawater covers the beach and laps almost at the edges of the city. Lightning arcs across the sky with barely moments between strikes.
Pokemon hurry to hide inside, and guild leaders quickly call a pause on quests until the storm ends. In the Spire there's a tense balance of discomfort; the entrance building at the top is taking the heaviest beating of the entire city, with wind blowing down into the tunnels, and the rising ocean outpaces a single pump's valiant efforts and floods into the mines and lower levels. But the middle tunnels are safe. The Archives and Canopy have no such guarantees; everyone battens down against the wind and hopes there won't be too much damage.
Offshore, the ocean tosses furiously. This is where the rain's truly pouring, but that's the least of anyone's worries - between the winds and currents, it's not safe even for Water Pokemon. If you get swept out, will anyone be able to retrieve you?
When the storm finally breaks, though, it's with wind rather than rain. What starts as a persistent strong breeze escalates into furious gusts that send smaller Pokemon rolling - or outright into the air! And the tempest is still intensifying. While only a drizzle of rain reaches land, the wind blows it and the sea spray so fiercely that it hammers into walls sideways, rather than falling down. Thin-trunked trees bend almost at right angles. Seawater covers the beach and laps almost at the edges of the city. Lightning arcs across the sky with barely moments between strikes.
Pokemon hurry to hide inside, and guild leaders quickly call a pause on quests until the storm ends. In the Spire there's a tense balance of discomfort; the entrance building at the top is taking the heaviest beating of the entire city, with wind blowing down into the tunnels, and the rising ocean outpaces a single pump's valiant efforts and floods into the mines and lower levels. But the middle tunnels are safe. The Archives and Canopy have no such guarantees; everyone battens down against the wind and hopes there won't be too much damage.
Offshore, the ocean tosses furiously. This is where the rain's truly pouring, but that's the least of anyone's worries - between the winds and currents, it's not safe even for Water Pokemon. If you get swept out, will anyone be able to retrieve you?
CLEAN SWEEP
The storm has passed. It's still quite windy for the remainder of the month, and the ocean remains unpredictable, but Pokemon stepping outside are no longer at risk of being sent tumbling or whisked into the sky… more or less. (You're not a Drifloon, right?)
But that doesn't mean Bottlecap Bay has escaped unscathed. While more inland areas like Skull Town were protected by a buffer of woods and geography, the main city and Archives have taken quite a beating! Roofs are stripped of tiles or thatch, windows are broken, anything left outside has been blown who knows where…
The Spire, of course, is primarily underground - but the entrance building requires heavy repairs, and the pump below couldn't keep up with the entire storm. While it helped a great deal, and everything's now drained again, many caverns now have to be cleared of silt. In addition, items that were rapidly moved out of the flood zone and dropped any which way now have to be reorganized and returned.
The Canopy has its own problems. While all the trees that actually support any structures were carefully chosen for their sturdiness and survived unscathed, there's a lot of indirect damage. Surrounding trees have toppled sideways into walkways and rope bridges, causing damage and obstruction; large fallen branches have done the same. Other trees are scarred by lightning and must be inspected for the impact on their health, though fortunately nothing was set alight.
Clean up is going to take some doing. But the quicker everyone starts, the quicker it'll be over!
But that doesn't mean Bottlecap Bay has escaped unscathed. While more inland areas like Skull Town were protected by a buffer of woods and geography, the main city and Archives have taken quite a beating! Roofs are stripped of tiles or thatch, windows are broken, anything left outside has been blown who knows where…
The Spire, of course, is primarily underground - but the entrance building requires heavy repairs, and the pump below couldn't keep up with the entire storm. While it helped a great deal, and everything's now drained again, many caverns now have to be cleared of silt. In addition, items that were rapidly moved out of the flood zone and dropped any which way now have to be reorganized and returned.
The Canopy has its own problems. While all the trees that actually support any structures were carefully chosen for their sturdiness and survived unscathed, there's a lot of indirect damage. Surrounding trees have toppled sideways into walkways and rope bridges, causing damage and obstruction; large fallen branches have done the same. Other trees are scarred by lightning and must be inspected for the impact on their health, though fortunately nothing was set alight.
Clean up is going to take some doing. But the quicker everyone starts, the quicker it'll be over!
iii. THE DRAGARAFT RACE?
COME RACE AWAY
While Bottlecap Bay's cleanup is proceeding at a steady pace, it does mean the Dragapult Festival is getting delayed… possibly delayed indefinitely, as it turns out. Tatsugiri and Dondozo have surveyed the bay and are insistent that while the winds on land have died down to merely "strong," offshore is still incredibly dangerous! The Dragafloat Race can't be allowed to go on in good conscience.
Fortunately, Lurantis - taking the opportunity of working teleportation points to visit Bottlecap Bay for the first time in seasons - has a solution to propose. The Crowncork Valley has plenty of open space, and Skull Town was spared any real damage. Why not refit the floats with wheels, teleport them over, and have a cart race?
The Pokemon of Bottlecap Bay jump on the idea with way more enthusiasm than even Lurantis expected. It's not long before there are stations for preparing the former rafts and decorating them set up outside of Skull Town, all lined up in one long row. A wide, looping course is marked out with sticks jabbed into the ground.
Even with wheels, the floats are much harder to pull on land than on the water… which means that there's a rush to construct sails to take advantage of the winds still whistling through the region. Rather than a Tow and a Passenger, this year teams will be worrying about a Passenger and a HelmsPokemon! Pokemon that aren't interested in racing can help re-engineer the floats, and everyone who wants to can help decorate.
Of course, just like last year, the floats aren't the only thing getting decorated. On the day of the race, aspiring artists set up with pigments once more to decorate their fellow Pokemon. Grafaiai, Smeargle, and others are just as happy to share their inks with other artists as they are to paint you! And this time the pigments can be water-soluble so that Pokemon can rinse off afterward. Perhaps the easy cleanup explains why a handful of pranksters can't resist tossing paint at any killjoys who haven't already gotten "dressed up!"
Fortunately, Lurantis - taking the opportunity of working teleportation points to visit Bottlecap Bay for the first time in seasons - has a solution to propose. The Crowncork Valley has plenty of open space, and Skull Town was spared any real damage. Why not refit the floats with wheels, teleport them over, and have a cart race?
The Pokemon of Bottlecap Bay jump on the idea with way more enthusiasm than even Lurantis expected. It's not long before there are stations for preparing the former rafts and decorating them set up outside of Skull Town, all lined up in one long row. A wide, looping course is marked out with sticks jabbed into the ground.
Even with wheels, the floats are much harder to pull on land than on the water… which means that there's a rush to construct sails to take advantage of the winds still whistling through the region. Rather than a Tow and a Passenger, this year teams will be worrying about a Passenger and a HelmsPokemon! Pokemon that aren't interested in racing can help re-engineer the floats, and everyone who wants to can help decorate.
Of course, just like last year, the floats aren't the only thing getting decorated. On the day of the race, aspiring artists set up with pigments once more to decorate their fellow Pokemon. Grafaiai, Smeargle, and others are just as happy to share their inks with other artists as they are to paint you! And this time the pigments can be water-soluble so that Pokemon can rinse off afterward. Perhaps the easy cleanup explains why a handful of pranksters can't resist tossing paint at any killjoys who haven't already gotten "dressed up!"
✩ OOC NOTES.
⟡ CWS: Extreme weather/Natural disasters
⟡ 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!
⟡ 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!
QUESTIONS
RACE SIGN-UPS
Please include the name of your partner if you and another are signing up as a team - Those who do not will be paired with an NPC for the final draw!
As well, please note if you are either a Passenger or a HelmsPokemon.
Mayaka | Hyouka | Hisuian Sneasel | OTA !
After the brunt of the storm passes, Mayaka can be found distraught outside her little Lum Berry townhouse. No, it's not because her windows are cracked and need to be replaced. It's not because the plants on the porch need repotting. No... it's the fact that Catrina's cursed doll which was left outside has somehow survived the storm. It looks like it got a good bath! This thing is definitely haunted! Help!
Mayaka will also be paying an unannounced visit to the homes of her fellow Lum Berries to check if they need help patching things up. You'll hear her knocking forcefully on your door and shouting: "Are you okay??"
ii. paint me like one your shoujo characters (come race away)
If there's anything that can help Mayaka feel better after a long expedition, it's a day where she can just take her mind off things and indulge in what she enjoys: art! Even better, the various activities offer something nice and purposeful to focus on.
She might spot you and call you over to help her as she touches up a cutesy, pink-coloured float. She will ask for the opinions of those she knows, as well as complete strangers: "Hey! What paint do you think I should use next?"
Mayaka will also be offering face and body painting services for Pokemon. She's done stuff like this all the time for school festivals and has built up a good database to draw from. Butterflies? Animals? Shapes? Your favourite food? Mayaka's got you covered. This Sneasel is still a bit shy about her skills, so she won't be advertising her services, but you might find her sitting beside the more chatty Smeargle and Grafaiai, quietly doodling in her sketchbook, coming up with cute graphics she can offer to draw on you.
iii. wildcard
Open to shenanigans! Mayaka could have huddled with you to wait for the storm to pass (in the Archives?), and she will also swing by the Spire and Canopy to check in on and help out any friends. Otherwise, feel free to inbox me, or poke me in the plotting post or on plurk
It didn't wash away...
Mayaka should be thanking Catrina for such a strong good luck charm in keeping safe during that storm.
"Damn..I did good. I wonder if they'll use my design for building houses with?" CATRINA NO!
Ritsuka Fujimaru | Fate/Grand Order | Open!
Most of the time, being a (relatively) small bird had a lot of advantages. Being able to fly, obviously, but also perching in high places and generally a wide range of mobility.
Not so much when confronted with truly intense winds, however. Suddenly, rather than being able to convenient fly where she pleased, Ritsuka had to fight just to keep from being blown about. And when there was a particularly strong gust... Well, someone walking on the ground might easily pass the Rufflet right by, the winds being so strong she looked like she was basically flying in place, or perhaps even moving backwards.
"... This isn't working, is it?"
II. Time to Rebuild
Once the storm had died down, Ritsuka was quick to help wherever she could. She might not have been the largest or strongest of Pokemon here, but that was no excuse not to help out wherever she could.
a.
Unsurprisingly, a good amount of her time was spent around the town. Often this meant flying up to high places, carrying supplies to Pokemon working on repairing roofs, for example, or helping to remove debris from the same. She also pitched in more directly where she could, but deferred to those who seemed to actually know what they were doing.
Either way, though, she was nearly constantly in motion, perhaps little more than a blur of feathers speeding by on one task to another.
b.
The rest of the time, she was just as busy, but assisting in the Canopy. Being well-acquainted with the importance of rest when carrying out difficult tasks, and thus the necessity of shelter for that, ensuring that everyone at least had the basics they needed was a high priority in her mind. Plus, this was precisely the sort of environment a bird like her was suited for, with her flight coming in handy when it came to getting up to places where the bridges and walkways between trees had been damaged.
That said, every now and then one might find her paused for a moment, looking over some bit of the Cheri Guild's buildings or another with a thoughtful gaze...
III. To the Races
With as focused as she'd been on other things the past few months, Ritsuka hadn't been paying as much attention as she probably should have to the upcoming festival. Which was why now, she was walking amongst the various floats-in-progress with wide, appreciative eyes. Taking in the elaborate shapes and colors.
"People are really putting a lot of work into these, huh..."
Who knows, perhaps someone would even rope her into helping out, herself!
IV. Dress for the Occasion
Ritsuka hadn't hesitated to cash in the voucher she'd gotten from the Lum survey, and naturally was wearing the colorful cloak she'd received to dress up for the festivities. Apparently, however, some of the Pokemon didn't seem to think that was dressing up enough, to judge by the Grafaiai who was absolutely adamant that Ritsuka would look so much cuter with a bit more decoration.
"Uh. You think so? I dunno..."
Wildcard
Have another idea? Want to plot or do a quest? Feel free to message me on this journal or Altocumulus in discord, or just throw a tag my way!
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"Uwah!"
When she realises it's only Catrina, she's overcome by a slew of emotions: relief that her strange friend was unharmed by the storm, confusion at what she's doing here, and belatedly -- anger at the trouble she caused for Emporio during the last expedition.
"Cat-chan..." Mayaka grits her teeth, trying to figure out how to react.