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The Indigo League ([personal profile] indigo_league) wrote in [community profile] ohmyarceus2016-10-04 09:14 am
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October-November Test Drive!

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➞ Post with a character you wish to test drive in this game's setting.
➞ Tag other people's starters and thread out shenanigans!
➞ Invite your friends! Try out new characters! Come play with us!
➞ Have fun!


NOT SURE WHERE TO BEGIN YOUR TEST-DRIVE JOURNEY?
CHECK OUT ALL THE LOCATIONS WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN:

JOHTO | and | KANTO


ALSO, AS PROMPTS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, and in the spirit of Halloween: August's GHOST TRICK event!

O-Bon festival: The streets are lined with NPC-run stalls for food, games, and the assorted tchotchkes of every summer festival you’ve ever seen in your animes! There’s Goldeen Scoop, heaping cones of Swirlix Candy, Test Your STRENGTH (there are two different machines for people and Pokémon; HM04 not required); basically, if you can think of it, it’s there. There will also be a yukata rental stall if you want to go full hog on the cultural side of things. Ecruteak boasts a small stage where the Kimono Girls give a short performance once every two hours; the festivities in Lavender Town are a little quieter, but they also have Haunter-shaped ice cream treats. When you lick them, they Lick you!

On the last evening of the festival in either location, there will be a large bonfire and traditional bon-odori dance in which everyone is welcome to participate. In Lavender Town only, they also set paper lamps afloat in the water past the cliffs.

Who you gonna call?: Remember “The Ghost of Maiden’s Peak”? Well, some of the local Gastly, Duskull, and Yamask seem to have gotten it into their heads that this kind of tomfoolery is somehow good medicine. If your trainer had someone in their life, someone now dead, that they have unresolved business with, these ghosties may take it upon themselves to play a little dress-up and follow your trainer around in the guise of said dead person until the issue is resolved. It’s their way of saying thank you for all the spiritual appeasement of the festival.

These ghosts won’t speak; Pokémon don’t talk, after all. So yes, your trainer is going to be followed around by some silent echo of their past who will not leave them alone.

Or, of course, write your own!

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Kira Yoshikage | Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Jojolion

[personal profile] seasalthands 2016-10-04 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
A: O-Bon Festival -- [Paper lanterns. Now this is a tradition he's familiar with. It's surprising how so much of this world's culture clashes with his own. He's never been one for being homesick, always out at sea and all. But being in another world altogether is another matter entirely. And he's still getting his barrings, land legs as it were.

Stuff like this is kind of nice though. It brings back memories from being a kid. His mom would be happy to know he did one at this old age. Even though they were incredibly far apart she'd have that mom tingling and know he was doing something that'd make her happy.

Ugh. Coming here sure made him melancholy. Probably something to do with potentially dying and then waking up in this bizarre world.

He gives his head a shake, pushing back his hat so he can see a bit better without the tassel in his way. Think. He needed to think of a wish. It was the last day and he certainly couldn't spend all night thinking about it. Thinking of one shouldn't take all night. Come on Yoshikage.

Okay. Okay. He has one. He kneels down, pen poised to write on the sheet of paper.

It's a simple tap on his shoulder that spooks him, causing the pen to fly out of his hand, hit the ground, and roll right into the river. Absolutely incredible. He can almost hear those ghosts at the tower laughing at him.

He glances back, tossing a rather icy glare at the one that caused this accident.]


B: Who you gunna call? -- Ghosts, huh? It makes something unpleasant turn in his stomach. Remembering his final moments back at home makes him uneasy to address any of this at all. He's been hearing some strange rumors about what these ghosts are up to and...

He's not sure what he's more concerned about. Seeing these ghosts dressed up as himself or as his friend... his mom. These people he struggled to protect. He's here now and he was content with assuming that everyone was alive and well back in Morioh. If he sees something that tells him otherwise... that everything he fought for was in vain...

Kira stumbles a bit as his current companion headbutts him in the back of the knees. No moping. And no sad faces. Or grumpy ones despite that's his factory setting.]


Alright, alright. I got it. [He turns around to pick up the excitable turtle creature... Squirtle. It's a squirtle. He's learning. He went to medical school and remembered tons of useless crap. He'll quickly learn the names of all these creatures in time.]

Squirtle! Squirtle! [His turtle friend starts flailing excitedly as he is one to do when he catches sight of anyone new. A chance for friends! This time it might not be such a bad thing to run into someone else. He doesn't want to check out this ghost stuff alone. If he's with someone he'll be forced to remain calm and collected no matter what he sees.

He's going to turn around and greet whomever is coming up behind him but Squirtle is wiggling just too much. An eager turtle finally frees himself from his grasp and hurries over to this new person eagerly babbling his name and jumping up and down.

Honestly, even he can't help but smile at the sight. These little creatures just had so much life in them. It really was hard to remain on his default setting with them beside him.

He follows after his squirtle at a much slower pace.]
Sorry. He's pretty excitable. He's not dangerous or anything. He's just got a lot of energy.

B!

[personal profile] tidalforce 2016-10-10 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The trainer Kira's squirtle spotted actually has a sentry trotting along in front of her. Katara's mudkip has a slight droop to his fins and keeps sending furtive glances over at Katara who is trailing behind in a sort of daze. When her mudkip sees the fast approaching squirtle, he takes up a 'ready' stance as if to attack. This seems to rouse Katara a bit. ]

Hey, it's okay. They're just saying hello.

[ Her voice sounds nasally and her eyes are red and puffy. She looks horrible and maybe some of this downtrodden demeanour is why her pokemon is so defensive. ]

Sorry about that. I think we're just both a little spooked.

[ She points to the squirtle. ]

He's awfully cute. Does he have a name?
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[personal profile] seasalthands 2016-10-11 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[He quickly picks up the squirtle so a brawl doesn't start. This is exactly what he was worried about. The blue turtle kicks his legs happily before finally calming down and just allowing himself to be held.]

Name, uh... [Is it bad to not have a name?] Fumi... Yeah, Fumi. [That's an excellent name.]

And it's fine. It's my turtle that's overexcited. [He tucks his newly named companion under his arm, holding onto the shell tightly.] Your guy is really neat looking. Kip... Mudkip. I like their look. He's water based too right? Sorry, I'm still learning.

[He's better off not talking about how ignorant he is to this whole world and focus on something a bit more relatable Not that other people's emotions were something that he was any better at but... Obviously these two were a little stressed. Spooked seemed to be putting it mildly.] It's the ghosts right? I've been hearing all sorts of things. It's why we're stalled out over here. I'm not really looking forward to seeing what's in store.

[personal profile] tidalforce 2016-10-12 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ Katara grins, it's a little watery but it looks genuinely relieved to be distracted. ]

It suits him.

[ Katara nods, moving to pick up her own determined little water pokemon. His serious face dissolves and he seems very content to be in her arms. Katara strokes his fins and looks at him fondly. ]

Yup. This is a mudkip. He's water now, but he'll be a ground type too once he, er, evolves?

[ She thought she sounded like an expert on her starter until she had to start wandering in to unfamiliar terms territory. She shrugs a little, sheepishly. ]

I'm learning too. Good thing we have these shimmery pocket books to help us.

[ Katara's smile drops at the mentions of the ghosts and chews on her lip. ]

We got separated from people. It was so sudden, I didn't know what was happening. Suddenly there was...

[ Having her deceased mother materialize before her had been the nastiest of shocks. She's unwilling to admit she doesn't understand what the ghost pokemon want from her. ]

It wasn't a nice time.
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[personal profile] seasalthands 2016-10-13 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[He offers a faint smile in return at her words.] Yeah, I guess it does.

[Kira can't help but feel a bit of relief as she sounds as uncertain as he does. It's all very new and bizarre. She's right about these nifty cell phone kinda things though. He should be using his more often and maybe he'll actually learn something.] Water turning into a ground type huh? Not sure I'm fond of that. No offense to your Mudkip...

[It reminds him briefly of home and that surfer he harassed. Are you a man of the sea or the land. Be decisive. He never took himself for being a home sick kind of guy considering all the traveling he did. Maybe it was... worldly sick. Something like that.]

It doesn't sound like it. [He glances behind him, feeling uneasy. Sounds like all those rumors are true. All the more reason to avoid all that. He has no idea what he might see and he certainly doesn't want to learn anything unpleasant.]

Well, the only sensible thing to do is get the hell away from all that. No sense in making ourselves sad. Or sadder... Come on then. You can trust me on this. I'm a doctor. Was... was a doctor, I guess. But there's a doctorate with my name out there somewhere and it counts. The point being, doctors know best.[With his free hand he gestures for her to follow. She doesn't seem to be in any shape to linger and this is not the time or place to learn that his mom might have died. Bailing is completely acceptable in times like these.]

[personal profile] tidalforce 2016-10-21 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I think it's more like he gains the ability to use ground moves with his water. Guess he puts the 'mud' in Mudkip.

[ She gives a big pause, letting her joke have time to breathe. She thinks it's pretty funny. Water was always her forte as well, so she doesn't know how she feels about this change, but ground moves reminds her a bit of Toph so she thinks she'll be all right with that association.

Katara nods and follows Kira, anxiously looking over her shoulder every now and again. The coast was clear so far. ]


A doctor. That's pretty interesting. I'm a bit of a healer myself, actually. But it hasn't worked since coming here.