Beach Party Log

[celebrity_commentator]

Who: The people of Union and all their wonderful friends who can be bothered to take a vacation.
Where: The Tropical Island
When: On and off, the second week of June
What: Union's more-than-annual beach party. Open log, tag around!

The sun is shining, the Wingull are squawking, and the beach of the Tropical Island is as beautiful as always. The whole city has more or less been effectively encouraged to come out, especially people who need to recover from the shenanigans in Sanctuary. The air is filled with the sounds and smells of Citadel visitors grilling, the expected murmurs of shock at Calderan fashions hitting the place where they're most practical, and of course, the colorful sights of everyone having a good time. There's lots of places to see and things to do on the island, and now's the time to enjoy them.

Comments

[sparkofgenius]

[She looks up at the speaker, her eye gleaming and her mouth curving into a smirk. Heheh. Well...he's kinda cute in a weird, dorky looking sort of way. Definitely not Calderan though.]

Did I just what? Freeze my ice-chest with my freeze ray? Yes. Yes I did.

[punchesyu]

That....was awesome!!!!!

[Scary! But awesome!]

How the hell did you get one of those things-!

[sparkofgenius]

[She blinks?]

Get? I made it, silly!

[punchesyu]

You made that thing?

[Super scary scientific genius planning to take over the world, got it. It's obviously time to get to know the super cute scary scientific genius.]

Is that what you do for a living, invent things?

[sparkofgenius]

[She adjusts her glasses and smirks. You look like a deerling caught in a floodlight, dude.]

It's more than just my job, dude. It's my life. My passion. I love inventing and working on things. It's like...a calling.

[punchesyu]

So you are a mad scientist.

[And that just came out.]

[sparkofgenius]

Mad? Mad is a relative term, cutie. If you're referring to my sanity, I am completely sane and rational.

[Completely sane, completely rational. She has a device to measure sanity and hers is 100%]

[punchesyu]

[He gets a little flushed in the face at being called a cutie. Wait, isn't he supposed to be the one hitting on her? It's okay. He'll take this.]

I guess so if you're not zapping everyone here with that laser you have. What else have you invented?

[Seriously because this is gun b good.]

[sparkofgenius]

[He's talking to an older girl, in a bikini...all Calderan and stuff. Get used to it.]

Well, the Smashatronic Hammer 9000 was a rousing success, and so are my Sonic Squeakers and Force Field Generators. And my Plasma Gun. [All weapons of war...] And um, the Rotomcycles were mine, Gil's, and Banzu's thing. Also contact lenses and a lot of other stuff.

[punchesyu]

[All of that stuff sounds so badass. So amazing that he wants some of it, but he knows there's no way he can afford it. But. But.

Rotomcycle.]

You...you're the one that made those cycles I've seen in town? I mean, there's not a whole lot of them but they're the sickest things this side of the Plains! How much do one of those things cost?

[sparkofgenius]

I helped design it, yeah. I mean...like I said, Gil and Banzu helped? Team thing. But I'm glad you like our work.

[She grins and quotes a price. It's...not as massively expensive as he might think, but definitely not something he can afford on a single paycheck.]

That's the base price, though I can do extras!

[punchesyu]

[That's a price that he's just going to file in the back of his head. That'll take him months to save up for...]

Extras? Like what? You got some sweet additions you can put on it?

[sparkofgenius]

Yeah, designs and customizations. Also make it more luxurious for you and the Rotom.

[Sorta like a Luxury Ball, but a fancier, shinier Engine Core...]

[punchesyu]

I'll get back to you on that. [And he sounds sincere. He'd love a rotomcycle. He would look so cool.]

Say, you said you invent all kinds of things, huh? You wouldn't of made something for music have you? [He says with a grin. As much as he'd like that to be a thing, he doubts it is...]

[sparkofgenius]

Something for music? Like what?

[Does he want some sort of phonograph speaker for the bike?]

I mean, I haven't done a lot of musical devices other than sound amplifiers.

[punchesyu]

I dunno. I like listening to it a lot, but it sucks when I gotta walk somewhere and can't take it with me.

[He ponders for a second.]

Maybe something smaller. You're the inventor here!

[sparkofgenius]

Um, y'mean like...something portable? Like the Warp Band sorta thing?

[Let's just clarify things...]

[punchesyu]

You think you can make something that small?

[Right now, he wouldn't believe it until he saw it.]

[sparkofgenius]

I...might be able to?

[She smiles, a vague but happy smile. It's a project.]

Though, out of curiosity, what's in it for me, stranger?

[punchesyu]

Uh! [He hadn't thought about that. Partially because he's never talked to an inventor before.]

I'll pay you somehow! If you seriously can think of a way to make some kinda portable music device. Just don't invent it too quick so I can save up...

[He's not moneybags!]

[sparkofgenius]

Well, doesn't have to be money. You're gonna help me with it, first off.

[Her smile sharpens a bit.]

Are you a trainer?

[punchesyu]

Me? You want me to help? What the hell can I do?

[He has no technological knowledge at all.] I am, kinda. I only have a few pokémon though.

What are you getting at... [He peers at her.]

[sparkofgenius]

Well. I'm going to need materials. And if you're even a beginning trainer? You're equipped to handle what I'm going to need. Stuff from the forest, stuff from the mountain foothills and the canyon. Nothing dangerous, just stuff that I need to make this work that's harder to find in Union.

[punchesyu]

That's seriously it? Just go get some things and bring them back? That doesn't sound so hard.

[Well, it doesn't sound hard. Sound being the operative word...]

Sure, I'm your man! Just give me the list and I'll getcha everything you need!

[sparkofgenius]

Basically, yeah, that's exactly what I need you to do.

[Fetch quests! In the land of Rhyhorn and Cubones.]

Also, I'll probably need your help testing things. Various designs and the like.