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Gwendolyn ([personal profile] sleepingvalkyrie) wrote in [community profile] bravenewworld2016-03-11 11:51 pm

Second Feather ✪ [Video]

Greetings, Union!


[ It's Gwendolyn! With a burbling Firesong the Fletchling on her left shoulder, and a shivering pile of Cherrim leaves poking over the right. She's smiling, trying her best to look as much the diplomat as possible, but it's clear that she's excited in spite of herself.

Dressed as formally as ever for the Valkyrie, there is one key difference in her appearance today - three feathers are attached to the left side of her hairband, a bright contrast to her silver hair: two yellow feathers flanking a longer blue one.
]


Some of you may have noticed some excitement amongst the Valkyrie and others from Citadel in the past few days. Well, that is because this coming week marks the start of the Citadel Games! These are an annual tradition throughout the months of Spring, where athletes show off their athletic prowess in a number of activities, and the preliminaries will be held at the Great Tree all next week!

You have everything from relay racing to Caldera rules rugby to wrestling to gymnastics, as well as an exhibition match of the Dragonite Races! Both humans and pokémon have their own events, in addition to traditional doubles and partnership matches, along with sports from both Caldera and Union being on display. And this year will also feature the debut of Griftorb as an official pokémon-only sport!

[her hands clap together before her, eyes shining with excitement] Rumour also has it that the annual endurance race, which is always held prior to the start of Summer, will be ending in Caldera proper this year. And the victor will be crowned on the Day of Fire! So that should prove exciting, if true.

Anyway, number of us are planning to travel there tomorrow to attend for the week. Should anyone else wish to go, you and your bond mates are welcome to travel with us!
vulcanblazer: (Confident)

[personal profile] vulcanblazer 2016-03-25 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
[He smiles, easily picking up that determination.]

I know you'll pick it up quickly. You strike me as the kind of person who will give whatever they try their all no matter what. I have zero doubts about that.

Just make sure to eat plenty of protein after a workout. Should build the muscles faster. Worked for me doing farm work, anyway.
vulcanblazer: (Feelin' Normal)

[personal profile] vulcanblazer 2016-03-27 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. I come from a pretty small village outside of Caldera. Wasn't a whole lot to do there but farm. Still, it was honest, hard work. We more than got by, though.

Besides, now my younger brother is old enough to help out around the farm, which is why I got permission to go out and help Union... and explore, really. I'll probably need to go back home for awhile later in the year to help with harvest, but other than that, I was given pretty much free reign to come and go.

It's a good chance to grow stronger too. Think Mom had that in mind too when she told me to go. She probably knew something I didn't. Which she always did, being Psychic and all.
vulcanblazer: (Neutral)

[personal profile] vulcanblazer 2016-03-29 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Herd work? That's gotta be rough. Handling a grumpy Miltank or Tauros is really, really rough going when they don't want to do what you tell them to. Worse yet if the Miltank decides Rollout is a good way to complain. A whole herd of angry, rolling livestock is not a fun way to spend an afternoon.

But you're right about Union. I've seen more powerful Enlightened here than I even imagined it would. It's truly exciting.
vulcanblazer: (Idea)

[personal profile] vulcanblazer 2016-04-03 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Bouffalant? I've never seen one of those in person before. I've heard they can be pretty ornery themselves... and that their charge is even more dangerous than a Tauros. Sounds... rough.

[But he can't hide a tinge of curiosity in his voice.]