Spring Fling

[bravenewmods]

For those who fear the encroaching flowers herald events of a slightly more urgent nature, perhaps it isn't really paranoia so much as sensibility.

Two days after they first appear, every single flower in Union blooms overnight. The sight is incredible - the entire city is blanketed in rainbow waves of color, and the scent of the flowers themselves is quite fragrant. The strange pink blossoms are particularly attractive.

For many of the residents of Union, however, the flowers may not be the first thing on their minds as things go a bit chaotic.

1. Enlightened with a Bug, Fairy, or Grass typing will become subject to extreme emotion swings. Primarily, the emotions will be positive, like overwhelming ecstasy, a sensation of giddiness, and a desire to spread cheer amongst their friends. These Enlightened may also suffer from confusion, an excessive amount of energy, and general loopiness. When not in sunlight, they'll swing towards the negative end of the emotional spectrum.

2. Bug, Grass, and Fairy type Pokémon have taken it upon themselves to settle into this new paradise, with the Bug types descending in swarms from above, and the Grass and Fairy types wandering in through the gates whenever the guards aren't looking. Though not violent, they'll be generally insensitive to the trouble they cause for the humans and will react negatively to anyone or anything harming the flowers.

3. Other strange Pokémon have also wandered into Union and while most appreciate the gentle sunlight, a few of the more mischievous have decided that the city could use some more variety. Each individual Castform may alter the weather between sun, rain, and hail within a certain area of the city ranging about two blocks. If Castform is creating Rain or Hail, Fairy, Bug, and Grass Enlightened will respond in a negative manner.

4. Allergies will be more fun to deal with than ever.

5. Finally, the following event Pokémon will be temporarily available to be bonded with as an extra bonus for this week. Please respond in the Map and Wild Pokemon post as per the usual to claim these. The level range is 5-8.

Castform
Petilil
Cherubi
Combee
Venonat
Flabébé
Jigglypuff

This event will end on April 13th. You may use this post as an IC mingle or make your own entries as you wish. If your character is a Fairy/Bug/Grass Enlightened and you prefer not to play the effects, you may opt-out.

Comments

[all_onis_are_true]

[As a result of all of this, both Goodall and Martena were super antsy to get out and enjoy the flowers. After much bugging, Hiroshi finally consented, heading out with the two... only to find WAY more wild Pokemon out here enjoying the flowers out here than he'd expected. Uh.]

Takuro, this is... pretty bizarre, isn't it?

[Takuro nods a bit. Goodall and Martena don't seem to mind, though, as they muck around the flowers and the vines in the good old sunshine!]

[kaidont]

Hey. [Have a tired wave]

This is the day to be grateful you're not Enlightened.

[bravenewhelpers]

[The good old sunshine is definitely good! But Hiroshi might regret his "pretty bizarre" remark, because it's about to get even more bizarre.

After about ten minutes of warm, nice sun... something small, round and cold falls down from the sky. And then some more.

It's hailing?!]

Open, around the residential, shopping, and entertainment districts

[niepokonany]

The day after his grandparents' party, Feliks fully expects to wake up exhausted and drained. Like, the food and dancing was fun, but the trying not to end up somehow engaged if he looked at a girl for too long by accident was a bit harrowing, and drawn-out social stuff can be really tiring for him.

But then he opens his eyes with his room filled with sunlight, and wow oh gods everything is just super gorgeous!

Today is a good day. And good days call for good clothes! None of that sensible nonsense his grandparents push him into every time they want to show off. He's way better at showing off! Showing off requires more flowers! Flowers on the white sleeves of his loose, lacy white shirt, flowers bright and eye-catching on the black of his fitted black bodice and the black skirt that falls just beneath his knees... And the skirt is just too black to wear by itself, so he goes ahead and adds a bright, colorful apron and some tall black boots before tearing out the door, petticoats flashing out slightly as he runs, a curious Exeggcute trailing behind him.

Going downstairs makes him a little anxious, but then he's in the sun again, and wow! Gods how pretty can everything be, right? Jadwiga teleports out to hand him Huzar and scold him for forgetting her, but he just smiles at her, wraps the little Dratini around his neck, and continues on his merry way, sticking some flowers in his hair and behind Huzar's ear-thing and on some bystanders, dancing around public squares and chatting with everyone who crosses his path.

[wordsidk]

Ib isn't much for chatting, even in the best of times, she'll listen but she rarely has the need to say much. However she will accept a flower happily and without question.

In return she holds out the flower crown she had just finished making. It's not anything amazing but it is flowers woven into a circle.

A Girafarig wearing her own crooked flower crown watches on carefully.

[moemoetentacles]

[You know that saying about upset people walking around with storm clouds over their heads? It's figurative, of course, but today it seems to be quite literal for Squid Girl. There's a happy little Castform hovering above her head laughing and spinning about as it generates a tiny little hailstorm that rains down on her head.]

Cut it out already! At least rain or something instead!

[It doesn't seem to care, though, and the little hailstones just keep bouncing off her head.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Because this was enough to make him sneeze, and he's been around a particularly strong smelling flower for... a rather long time, Duke has set to being helpful while his floette floats about in this sunshine.

Simple cloth masks. He offers them a little wearily to anyone who looks like they're sniffling. ]

[kaidont]

[Hey Floette, meet another Floette? She's zooming from one flower to the other, giggling and sometimes hiding in them]

open | residential

[wordsidk]

[ It is such a beautiful day. Ib, being part grass but only secondarily, felt perfectly content and happy outside. While she's usually so careful and thoughtful about everything she doesn't seem to be giving any thought to the sudden shift in the city.

Ib is sitting outside Garry's house weaving flowers together while her Bellsprout, Budew, and Spinarak friends scurry about enjoying the sun and flowers all around. At least there's one unaffected among them, a Girafarig who already has a flower crown hanging off her horns. She stays close to Ib and tries to keep watch in case something happens. ]

[strangestbluerose]

[Garry's just arriving home after buying some fruit or something at the market. With bag in arm and Lette on his shoulder he watches Ib on approach and gives her a small pat of the head. It's really warm and beautiful outside.]

Having fun?

[celebrity_commentator]

[There's a Kirlia doing piruoettes all over the city today. And I literally mean all over the city, since her trainer is chasing her and she teleports whenever Rise almost catches up.]

Himiko!

[Rise really wants to stop and enjoy the flowers and sunshine, but right now she's just trying to track down her ecstatic partner.]

[notgloomy]

[ Oh, oh, oh! She remembered her, this time it looked it was the other way around with partner tracking. Due to the cheerful influence of the event, Arietta is much more chipper and social than she usually is. ]

Are you having trouble with your Pokemon?

[footprints_on_your_face]

[Chie's out for a run with her new buddy Gow the Skiddo, who seems to be possessed of nearly endless reserves of energy with all the flowers growing everywhere. As it stops to smell one of them, however, a tiny little Flabébé pops up. Gow hops back, but the fairy seems entirely more concerned with Chie herself.]

Uh... hi there!

[The fairy lets out a squeak, its tiny cheeks flushing pink as it ducks down and hides behind its flower. There's a brief rustling sound, and when it comes back up, it's got another flower in one of its hands, which it offers to Chie.]

...For me?

[The Flabébé nods. Blinking curiously, Chie takes the flower and smells it.]

It's really nice! Thank you!

[It giggles and shyly hides behind the stem of its flower again. Looks like someone's got a crush. Chie, for her part, just looks confused.]

[kaidont]

[... Chie, what is it with you and small pokemon crushing on you?

Kaido's watching from not too far away with a kind of smirk. But he looks pretty dumb with his sunglasses so you can probably pay him back]

[thii2_ii2_2tupiid]

Hmm... I wonder if I could get a two queen hive going. This thing's a different species than Beedrill, though. Would it even work?

[Sollux is busy musing to himself about bees again. He's encountered the rare female Combee, and his mind is already abuzz with new plans for expanding his hives outside the city.

Thankfully, his Beedrill doesn't seem to view the newcomer as competition, and is happily flitting back and forth between the various sweet-smelling flowers around the city while the Combee trails along after it.]

[maright]

[Wow, isn't today just beautiful? Mari certainly thinks so- as does the little Combee that is flitting around her head and cheerfully egging her on. There's a somewhat distant look in her eyes and a huge grin on her face as she walks around with a huge bouquet of flowers in her arm, nodding at the Combee's rather insistent little humming.]

Yes, this is a wonderful idea! I'm sure the house will look much better with all of these~ Everyone will like it, I'm sure of it~

[Her new friend buzzes in agreement, occasionally darting off to pluck up another flower and deposit it in Mari's arms. And no one notices the muffled growling of 'I told you so' in the distance.]

[kaidont]

[You know who notices the growling? Scraggy notices the growling. He's kind of cowering behind Nidoking because oh god fairy types everywhere help.

Kaido, on the other hand, decided to brave the fairy invasion to keep an eye on Mari. He's noticed something was off with Floette earlier (she kind of flew away to god knows where, but he trusts her to find her way back, and if it comes to it he can always use the warp band to call her back), and has been looking for Mari, only to find his suspicions confirmed.

At least he went out equipped this time. By which I mean he's got wide sunglasses on]

... are you getting all of those for the house?

Open!

[silencesamurai]

[Simon never considered himself a gardener, really, but for the past day or so he, Kojiro the Scyther, and Tsurugi the Honedge have been busy chopping vines off Simon's home. Sure, all these flowers were nice and it was great to see so much color (especially since seven years of gray doesn't go away so easily), but sometimes it was a bit... obtrusive. Like the vines directly in front of his door. Not okay.]

[lifeissuffering]

[Ogami approaches, his own Scyther at his side]

It seems we do think alike. I'd expect no less of my senior.

open // near residential district

[withcourage]

[Union is beautiful today! So much color, so many flowers, and everyone seems happy! Well, lots of people seem happy, anyway. There are a lot of new pokemon, too, and Aster is incredibly curious about the phenomenon--not that he has any idea what could have caused it yet.]

[As he looks around the area, his Purrloin, Braea, hops onto his shoulder and dumps a collected mass of pollen on top of his head! This causes him to sneeze and look over accusingly at the pokemon.]

Braea! First there were those bizarre weather changes every few minutes, and now you...

[He sighs.]

[ourlegends]

[ Meanwhile, dude, your travel partner is just over here, miserable. Why? Allergies. She's totally not doing well. But she's out here with you because TAKING A WALK IS APPARENTLY BETTER THAN STAYING INSIDE?

Of course, Braea dumping all that pollen on Aster isn't helping. Cue a very loud sneeze from poor Hilda. ]

Braea ...

Open!

[ember_celica]

[Yang's looking around Union with a screwed up expression on her face. Her lips begin to purse as she takes a couple of steps through the green spaces near the residential district, and then kneels down to look at a flower.]

[One of about thirty different flowers.]

This is kinda crazy, huh, Aura?

[Beside her, a tiny Pichu bobs her head, thoughtfully, before hopping up closer to the flower to take a peak.]

[niepokonany]

There's like, so many of them!

[Hi, Yang, have a cheerful Fairy type trying to throw a primitive attempt at a lei and a pair of skinny arms around your neck! Feliks is dressed up all pretty-like today, and giggling a little from the sheer energy all this sunlight seems to be giving him. His Kirlia, never far behind, is dancing around Yang and Feliks excitedly, followed by a trail of bouncing Exeggcute.]

I've been so ready for this, haven't you? So how's it hanging, anyways?

[actsmagnificent]

[ option 1 ]

[ Well, Union, Haruka doesn't want to say she told you so....but she totally told you so.

Not that it does her much good when she still isn't sure what's going on. Or when she discovers her Sewaddle's run off. ]

That little...

[ She summons her Pidgey and her Murkrow to help her search from midair and sets out. Things are changing around the city! She does not have time for this!

Any wild Pokémon that get in her way will be brushed aside with an absent harshness. ]

[ option 2 ]

[ Meanwhile, in an alley somewhere, there's a raining Castform watering some flowers....with a little Sewaddle curled up on the paving stones underneath them. This rain. It is making him so sad. So, so sad. He wants to go home.

Somebody, help. ]

Sewaaaaah.....

option 2

[timeywimeyorb]

[Funny how she's been trying to avoid the sudden swarms all day and who should she come across but a familiar bug. Normally she probably wouldn't help a bug, but she not only recognizes it as Haruka's bug, but also that it is suffering.

It is times like this that she curses the fact she has analyst abilities AND psychic typing. It makes her far too attuned to these things.

Thankfully, she's not alone. Due to the rise in bug pokemon, Setsuna had taken to bringing Charon around with her. The HootHoot on her shoulder tilts its head at the bug but Setsuna holds up a hand to stop it.]

No. Stop the Castform.

[HootHoot blinks it's big eyes in surprise. That's the first time Setsuna HASN'T asked him to get a bug.]

Hoo?

[She sighs, hoping she won't regret this.]

That one is...a friend.

[HootHoot tilts his head as if questioning her sanity. But, she's never steered him wrong before. HootHoot focuses his gaze on the Castform and sends out strong vibes of Hynopsis to put the pokemon to sleep.]

[inthenameofthemoon]

[ For all her over reactions and spikes in excitement, a truly worried Usagi was a sight to see. She's without any of her pokemon at the moment. They had been acting strange when she had gone to bed the night before, and now that they were missing from her room with her window having been pried open. ]

Pinky?! Turnip?! Where are you guys?!

[ Union City was large, but, she'd search every nook and cranny until she had her partners back. ]

[wisdomslight]

[A mighty sneeze announces the presence of one Rikka Hishikawa. Going out to investigate the strange plant growth has resulted in what were once mild allergies flaring up quite significantly. She has a headache. If the plants are having any effect on her, they can't seem to pierce the sheer magnitude of her misery at the moment.

The older girl calling out for her partners catches her attention, and she approaches, handkerchief in hand.]

...Usagi? [And her voice is more than a little nasally.]

( open )

[ourlegends]

A-choo!

[ And here we have one (1) Hilda, wandering around Union and dealing with allergies the best way she knows how: Not Well. She pulls out a handkerchief and blows her nose. A worried Sam the Mareep is by her side, looking up at Hilda quietly. He doesn't know how to deal with allergies any better than she does.

Really, she should have stayed inside, but she got restless and wanted to take a walk. She's regretting this idea now. ]

[niepokonany]

[Also complicating plans for a nice peaceful walk is the fact that a Kirlia, an Exeggcute, and a boy in a pretty dress with flowers in his hair are performing an elaborate dance routine in the street. The Exeggcute is having some trouble with the Jazz Hands, but this doesn't seem to discourage anyone present.]

[Indeed, if Hilda ventures too close, Feliks will reach for her hand, sparkling excitedly. Actually, literally sparkling, which is an awesome Enlightened ability, ok?]

Hey! Oh my gods, you have to come dance with us, the weather's so awesome!

open!

[darkbreak]

Figures. We get invaded by vines, and now bugs are taking over the city.

[Not that he's complaining exactly. It is a welcome change to see more vegetation around the steel structures, but even the pollen and presence of the flowers and bug pokemon are making Riku sniffle.

But he couldn't very well stay inside the whole day. Clara was practically clawing and charging at the door for a chance to get out. And while he was out, Riku seemed to attract a small admirer in the form of a smaller-than-normal Venonat. The purple bug clings to his leg every once and a while, and even his Skiddo is acting cuddly to Riku now. Normally, she doesn't even like him.

Though when she's not doing that, Clara's prancing around on the streets, going here and there and sometimes not even paying any attention to wherr she is going in her euphoria. So there might be a small chance that you might collide with a perky little grass goat, or just notice her from afar.]

[niepokonany]

[Feliks is sort of blindly reveling himself, and paying no more attention to his surroundings, so probably no one but the two of them are surprised when Clara just sort of bowls him over. He's in far too good of a mood to let it bother him, though, so he just laughs as he dusts himself off, retaliating with an armful of flowers and fairy-sparkles.]

Come on, did you like, seriously not see me there?

open?

[notthatjason]

It's beautiful, huh?

[He looks to the pokemon with him. Bolt sniffing curiously at one of the flowers, Piper huffing from his shoulder and eyeing the bugs with a look of hunger in her eyes, and of course Peter. Peter seems to be especially attracted to the flowers and in a particularly happy mood. His nerves around Piper forgotten for the moment as he enjoys the scenery.]

Well as long as you three are happy. Find anything interesting there Bolt?

[The Pikachu looks up from his spot and cries out.]

Pi! Pika!

[And then Bolt takes off. What is he after?]

[bravenewmods]

[Something in the air feels different in the direction that Bolt talks off in, an almost melodic patter carrying in the wind. Is that hail?]

on the way to the habitat...

[stahlflugel]

Eren regrets that he decided not to attune Fig to his warp band until he was old enough to decide if he wanted to. Because it meant he had to go outside to bring Fig to the daycare at the habitats. Honestly, it was a beautiful day, he shouldn't be complaining.

But he was.

The reason he was even doing this was because he couldn't even stand to take care of the rambunctious baby. Not while he's in this state. What state? Well, it's harder to tell with Eren in his human form, but he looks tired and haggard, and his hair is very disheveled.

He swats at bugs grumpily as he makes his way to the habitat, baby Sigilyph in a backpack-carrier. Fig is not nearly as annoyed by the bugs and chirps happily at them.

[open]

[wisdomslight]

[As Rikka ever seems to be of late, she announces her presence with a massive, mighty sneeze. She groans and after a few days of these looks almost a bit wobbly as she frowns, examining the strange plants.]

I swear, these allergies are going to be the death of me...

[Which means it totally makes sense to be approaching them head on, right? Totally.]

[open]

[ourlegends]

[ It looks like it's a sneeze orchestra up in here, because shortly after Rikka sneezes, there is a sneeze from Hilda nearby. She sniffles and looks up at the other girl, sheepish. ]

You too, huh?

[ Open all over Union ]

[makeitquick]

[ Do you know what Melaka's week has been? Melaka's week has been repairing the corner of her apartment that Trooper is in because the guy has been struggling more than usual to blossom out of his Silcoon shell and following around Willow (her Oddish with moss covering all her leaves) as she goes out, dragging Queenie the baby machop and Shiram the baby Charmander along with her to go out and preach the way of the Moss Rock to anyone who is willing to listen. This has put a huge damper on her ability to go out and do ranger things. So most times of the day, followed by a Phantump (Sneak) she is in turn trying to follow the members of the Legion of the Moss Rock and make sure that they aren't proselytizing to anyone who'll beat them up. Or if they do, she can intervene.

Oh and she's also being inconvenienced by the weather too but hey, so is everyone.

She may or may not end up angering some wild pokemon too by stepping on a flower or two in the midst of her attempts to keep up with the trio of Moss Rockers. Particularly given that Sneak is feeling more impish than usual and is going out of her way to try to scare Melaka, other people in union, or pretty much anyone she can scare.

(so basically there's a lot of potential prompts here have at) ]

[bravenewmods]

[As Melaka and company go about their business, they will eventually hear a strangely alluring melody drifting along the wind. It seems to be coming from down a nearby alleyway.]

open to all

[portraitor]

[Much like her sister, Mary is enjoying the beautiful atmosphere that Union has at the moment, being part-grass type herself. The Oddish and Phantump accompanying her certainly seem to like it, though the Spearow is more or less the same, being a little surlier by comparison to this cheerful little group. Anyone looking for her can find her either making flower crowns, taking a walk around Union, or playing with the Pokemon--not just her own companions, but some of the others, attempting to try to interact with any of them that she comes across. Any passing trainers with their Pokemon might even get noticed by her too--it's such a bright and sunny day outside, why not try to make more friends on a day like today?

Of course, the weather changes caused by the Castform are not too helpful, but as long as they don't cause too much mischief to her, then she seems to be handling them just fine.]

[bravenewhelpers]

[ As Mary goes about the Union, she may catch sight of a large, round bundle of flowers near the side of the building. It almost looks like a hastly made nest. If she stares at it, she might notice that the bundle is breathing or at least something inside of it is.

How odd... does she dare approach? ]