bottlecaplogs | FEBRUARY 2025 QUESTBOARD

⋆✩ INTRO EVENT ✩⋆

QUESTBOARD
( SIGN UPS FOR THIS MONTH ARE HERE )

At 7am sharp every morning, the city comes fully alive with the posting and highlighting of new quests! Of course, the questboard is something that should always be checked, with rescue missions always a possibility outside of normal update times, but there's something special and heartwarming about the way the entire city comes together this same time each day, just to see what they can do to help one another.

Upon joining their guilds, newcomers have been invited to take a look at the quests themselves. There are rankings they'll have to concern themselves with, after all. Today is a special day, because the newcomers have now officially all been added to the member ranking roster! They are all listed under their respective guilds at the very bottom, sporting a nice 0 points so far. Don't worry, no one's judging them yet. Currently, the guild leaders are at the top rank of their respective guilds. As far as guild ranking, Lum Berries are the top guild, followed by Oran, and lastly by Cheri.

The quests themselves are pinned to the wooden board securely, hanging in clear view with the following information listed for each: quest giver, difficulty level (1-3 stars), rewards (points and/or items, plot mentions obviously are not there), and a message from the quest giver. As for the currently available quests...

RESOURCE QUESTS

STONE
QUEST TYPE: RESOURCE
QUEST GIVER: Mightyena
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by FEBRUARY 28TH 11:59PM EST.

The clean up after the storm has gone well, but our supplies have run low. We need Pokemon who can help gather stone from the mines. Any gems or other materials you find are an added bonus.

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: You have a chance to find items or special stones while mining.

BERRY HUNGRY!
QUEST TYPE:RESOURCE
QUEST GIVER: Ribombee
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by FEBRUARY 28TH 11:59PM EST.

The Cheri Berries are in search of willing Pokemon to help replenish our food reserves! With all of these newcomers under our wings, we've got to keep the city fed, and berries are an important part of a Pokemon's healthy diet!

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: You have a chance to find honey or some rare items.

EXPLORATION QUESTS

BEYOND THE CITY
QUEST TYPE: EXPLORATION
QUEST GIVER: Dr. Denne
CLAIM LIMIT: 3 teams
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: Yes
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by FEBRUARY 28TH 11:59PM EST.

With the increase in our numbers, it should be the perfect time to scout further out from the city! Polteageist and I are looking for up to three teams willing to head out and push into unknown territory. More information will be given after sign up!

POINTS REWARDED: 200 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: Some plot hints, perhaps!

RESCUE QUESTS

RESCUE TEDDIURSA
QUEST TYPE: RESCUE
QUEST GIVER: Spheal
CLAIM LIMIT: 1 team
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by FEBRUARY 28TH 11:59PM EST.

Please help! My friend Teddiursa and I were playing on the cliffs when she fell into the ocean! She hasn't come back in two days, so I think the rough waters from the storm stranded her somewhere!

POINTS REWARDED: 100 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: No

FIND BUNEARY
QUEST TYPE: RESCUE
QUEST GIVER: Elekid
CLAIM LIMIT: 1 team
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by FEBRUARY 28TH 11:59PM EST.

I haven't seen Buneary around the city since the storms... He was always pretty shy, but I'm starting to get worried. Can you ask around and try to find out where he might have gone?

POINTS REWARDED: 100 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: No

FIND TAILLOW'S MEDICINE
QUEST TYPE: RESCUE
QUEST GIVER: Swellow
CLAIM LIMIT: 1 team
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by FEBRUARY 28TH 11:59PM EST.

I've lost some very important medicine that I need to give to my baby Taillow during the storm. Dr. Denne says he can't make a replacement in time. Someone please hurry! The last time I remember having it, I was scouting near the Canopy.

POINTS REWARDED: 100 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: No

SAVE PURRLOIN
QUEST TYPE: RESCUE
QUEST GIVER: Liepard
CLAIM LIMIT: 1 team
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by FEBRUARY 28TH 11:59PM EST.

Purrloin was injured on a quest we took together. I ran back here to find help. She was attacked by an angry Persian that might still be nearby! Please bring her an Aguav Berry to help her heal, they're her favorite.

POINTS REWARDED: 100 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: No, unless you want to pocket that Aguav Berry.

GUILDS
( YOU CAN OPTIONALLY THREAD WITH GUILD LEADERS HERE )

Many newcomers already seem to be settling into their respective guilds, and it's left the city with an optimistic energy buzzing around! Each guild has their own unique way of handling things, but all three come together in a way that benefits Bottlecap Bay as a whole, and the newcomers seem to be blending in quite well, despite those worrying nightmares from before.

Acceptance comes with new responsibilities, though, and there are a number of things that each guild expects or requests of their new members.

Lum Berries are straight to work recording information about the latest storm, as well as the newcomers and their nightmares. Polteageist requests that the newcomers in this guild pull their weight by gathering as much information as they can about each newcomer in the other guilds and help record this. Physical descriptors are important, but so are their dreams, their personalities, their beliefs, and so on. It can be hard to dump this sort of information on just anyone, so do try and make some friends if that's what it takes. Beyond that, the results of the exploration quest recently posted will become important, as Lum Berry members will be consulted on the next steps.

Cheri Berries first hold a group celebration of their new members in the Canopy where they'll be spending so much of their time. After a lot of great food and silly icebreaking games, Ribombee will personally thank everyone and mention his quest posting, implying that guild members should try to help not just with their own guild quest, but others. In addition to that, duties will be split across the new recruits, and everyone will find themselves with a schedule of berry gathering, scouting, and monitoring the forest growth and ecosystem health. Busy busy!

Oran Berries are having a month long celebration for its new members. Meals are already held together, but they're made extra special and fancy this month, straight out of Mightyena's metaphorical pocket! She's working overtime to provide for her little Oran Berries. Members are encouraged to help out in the mines, but more than that, are told to enroll in fighting classes, as well as potentially host some of their own to fellow newcomers. No one understands the struggles of adapting to a new body quite like someone already going through it, right? The city is relying on you!

NIGHTMARE RESOLUTIONS
( PLEASE SEE THIS THREAD )

As mentioned on the TDM, characters who have not shared their doubts or feelings with another still have had their nightmares vanish by February 10th. Since then, not a single report of nightmares has been sent in to the Pokeclinic or the Archives. Isn't that great?

More perceptive characters may notice a sense of foreboding despite this calm, however. The more the month goes on, the more a nagging feeling surfaces at the back of every mind. Aren't you forgetting something? The feeling gets more intense, overwhelmingly so, and nothing seems to help with it.

Please respond to this thread below indicating whether your character shared their emotions to relieve the nightmares, or whether they timed out. There's a helpful little form, so go ahead and fill it out as soon as you can! Once we have everyone's info, we'll get back to you all with an update.

NOTES.

⟡ Guild and member rankings will be more properly displayed hopefully next month! Since no player character has any points yet, we did not make that a priority. As of right now, we will be tracking your points, but we recommend keeping your own tracking somewhere as well in case we mess up.

⟡ Please keep your eyes open for a temperature check sometime before the end of the month! This will discuss potential changes, player wishes, and other plans for the game as a whole. Because of this, March's schedule is likely going to change as we iron out the details with you all.

⟡ Please review the quest page for more information on each type of quest and how to sign-up.

⟡ Guild leader threads will be limited to five (5) comments from us. Meaning a thread can get up to 10 comments maximum before we stop replying! This is to prevent overloading ourselves on threads, so thank you for understanding!

⟡ Quest replies will be sent as soon as we can, but may not necessarily be same day (at least this time). Apologies for that, and thanks for understanding!

⟡ As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask them here!

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[He startles slightly, although he knows other Pokemon are out and about, and whips around to see Dark Heart. It takes him a second, but he ends up beaming with pride and dragging the Fletchling closer to show him.]

Yeah, not bad at all!

[He's pretty small for a Litten, so this bird is the same size as him. It feels like taking down a very dumb hawk.]

I think this is the biggest thing I've ever caught.

[Dark Heart doesn't have the squeamish reservations that others have about sentience or whatever. Food is food, meat is meat. The Nickit before you has been every creature at one point or another-- it's just not a big deal.]

Ha! I'll say!

[He reaches to nudge at it with his paw.]

A bad gust of wind and this could've taken you out!

[A wrecking ball with wings from up on high.]

[He's had several very hard conversations about morality and Pokemon-hunting, so it feels great to just get praise for his hunting. His fur puffs up with pride, and his eyes are gleaming with delight.]

Do you eat freshkill- er- uncooked prey? I was gonna bring this back to the city to get cooked, but I'm sure no one would mind if we just ate it.

[Even back home, he had a habit of eating before he'd brought food back for the Clan. But to be honest, all kittens do.]

Me?

[Honestly, he doesn't think much about eating. It's not that he hasn't needed to, just that he has to do it far less frequently than humans. This new body has been something to acclimate to, but that may be one of the bigger adjustments.

He waves a hand.]

You earned it fair and square. Go on and take it-- no one'll mind, right?

[In this case it's probably true.]

[He'll take that as a no. Not surprising, although it's been an adjustment to learn he's basically the only creature-turned-Pokemon who eats raw meat. Cooked food is great, but he can't imagine going the rest of his time here never hunting birds.]

Alright - but you're missing out, Fletchlings are the best thing I've found so far.

[He hasn't been as successful hunting here as he would be at home, but animals are huge here. Although now that he thinks about it...]

...You don't seem as troubled about it as the other Twolegs are.

[He guesses he never actually asked what Dark Heart used to be.]

Maybe next time you can show me the ropes.

[Always good to make someone feel important, like you admire them in some small way. People love that. It'll get you far in life.

Dark Heart tips his head, processing.]

Twolegs?

[He hates looking ignorant but he really can't use his context clues for this. Aren't most of them on four?]

Oh, um.. humans. Back home, the cats in the forest called them Twolegs. The housecats I knew before that just called them housefolk. But the folks that ended up here call themselves humans, so I guess that's the right word.

[He's still learning, although he uses them interchangeably now without really thinking about it.]

I guess I assumed everyone who's new used to be a Twoleg, except for me, but I didn't actually ask you. Were you a human?

A cat turned into a cat! Would you look at that.

[He must be adjusting pretty readily to this. Dark Heart feels quite envious of that. Try as he might, he's having a hard time adjusting to this body. Shapeshifting is second nature to him, easy as breathing. It's staying the same that's hard. He feels stuck, like a cramped muscle you can't quite stretch out.]

Me? [What's the harm in a little honesty?] Sometimes.

Sometimes?

[The gears have to turn a lot for that - he had never considered the idea of being something sometimes.]

Have you ever been a cat?

[That's the only important follow-up, apparently.]

Oh yeah, lots of times.

[How great it is! The most luxurious, languid stretches, the best naps he's ever had all sprawled in a sunbeam. People like you pretty well when you're a soft creature in their lap, they'll give you pretty much anything you want. It's a good form. Perhaps not his go-to, but just thinking about it gives Dark Heart this nostalgic ache. Hm. Better not think about that, then.]

It's the best there is, really. [He peers back at Firepaw.] Lucky you!

[It's a silly thing to be proud of, but it does make Firepaw's ears perk up. Every cat he's ever met has been very proud to be a cat, and it does feel nice to know that other creatures seem to agree with their superiority of form.]

Lucky me... it's nice that being a Litten isn't too different. Even though... sometimes I feel a little guilty at how lucky I am. If that makes sense.

[He's the perfect possible creature and everyone else has to be stinky foxes and badgers. It's like the dumbest possible version of survivor's guilt.]

Oh, don't do that.

[Though his words might seem punitive, his tone is light and easy. Dark Heart turns around to face Firepaw.]

If you're ahead of the curve, enjoy it! Luck is luck.

[Usually it's to his benefit for someone to dismiss their natural gifts and advantages. People are easier to sway when they feel there's something within them that's fundamentally lacking. But in this body there's not much Dark Heart can do about that.

What is part of his prerogative is making people feel that he's got their best interest at heart; reassurances are a good way to get you there. It's not like he likes Firepaw or anything. This is just an early investment, building someone up so they'll rely on you. Obviously.]

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