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DECEMBER LOG PT2
DECEMBER LOG PT2
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→ DESPITE EVERYTHING, YOU'RE STILL ALIVE
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The earthquakes cease and the smog slowly begins to clear. It'll be hours before the sky breaks through and the moon could be seen once more, but the fires of the volcano finally calm down and the screams of terror cease, only to be replaced with concerned shouting. Is everyone all right? Where is so-and-so? Is there a doctor nearby? Both people and Pokemon run back and forth, attending to what and who they can.Although fatalities seem to be low, injuries are high. Some have fallen during their escape while others have been pelted by falling rocks, but nearly everyone is a victim to high levels of carbon monoxide and the thick scattering of ashes. All types of Pokemon pitch in to help - even wild ones - as they try their best to create a shelter for the remainder of the night and escort the young and elderly to the still-functioning boba shop.
No one will be falling asleep anytime soon, however.
→ IT'S TIME TO REBUILD
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Throughout the next few days and weeks, the people of Hami try to rebuild their lives once more. They erect campsites and learn how to survive on their new island. Unlike last time, however, help arrives from different parts of Cassava - Toran, Mango, and Melona. Food and water are passed around while additional medical staff tend to the still-injured. Mari and Konoha have also tagged along, relieved that Tsubomi have made it out all right, but saddened by the state of things. The three gym leaders make themselves available to assist where they can, including being free for gym battles, though they may make a face and, in Tsubomi's case, scowl. A little distraction is good, though, and they will eventually relent to a challenge.As supplies are passed around, volunteers of the support team mention that the HMs for Fly and Surf have been finally located. There were multiple copies held in each city and town's Pokemon Centre for trainers to use, but they've all gone missing earlier that year. No one understands why, but they've managed to find a single copy of each in an old and forgotten box in Toran. With this, everyone can now travel by Pokemon and shorten each day of a trip to an hour, so for a five-day hike, it'll turn into a five-hour flight. Pretty useful, huh?
The HMs are passed around for Pokemon to learn, but with the large amount of people and long line-ups, you'll only have the chance to learn one of the two moves. Choose wisely as they may not be seen for a while again.
→ HO HO HO-LY SHIT
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Despite the grim beginning of the month, the latter half of December is filled with cheer and joy - even for Hami Island, whose people are making the best out of their situation. Christmas is near and everyone is excited to end this hectic year with smiles. Bright decorations are hung and although Toran is the only location with natural snowfall, ice-type Pokemon artifically create snow for everyone to enjoy. Some are nicer about it than others, as Spheals use Powder Snow to create beautiful gusts of snowflakes in the air while Sneasels use Icy Wind when people are least expecting it, causing hats to go flying and for tinier Pokemon to tumble away.Little Delibirds wander through all towns and campsites to spread the joy. They give away presents from their seemingly-endless-void-of-a-bag, chirping happily as they hand over either a gift or a bomb. If you're lucky, it's the former and you'll get whatever material present that you've wanted or needed, even if you didn't know it, but if you're not so fortunate... well, at least it's easy to find doctors in Cassava.
But the Delibirds aren't enough to replace a real Santa Claus. Children beg and yell for one, but in the midst of all the panic and fuss over the volcano and Hami's citizens, every town forgot to hire someone to play the jolly ol' man. Oops. Well, be a dear and sub in, why don't you? It's okay if you don't look the part. They'll just shove you into an itchy costume and use superglue for the fake beard. It's okay if it takes an entire night or two for it to come off. You gotta do it for the children, who are more than insistent on tugging on it for fun.
Christmas eventually comes and goes before it's New Year's Eve. Everyone makes preparations for the fireworks show for their respective town and campsite. By the end of the night, the sky is lit with bright and sparkling colours. It's a beautiful end to the year and everyone peacefully goes to sleep that night. Some dream of a better future while others dream of fulfilling their resolutions, but for each isekai'd traveller, they all share one single dream: an out-of-body experience in darkness with a presence that surrounds them.
"What is your deepest, darkest desire?"
→ MOD NOTES
⬥ Congratulations for surviving the year! Your IC gift is learning either Fly or Surf and one item of your OOC choosing. This item may be a canon regain or simply anything else, but regardless of the choice, please comment underneath the proper top-level to get it approved.
⬥ Happy holidays and an early happy new year!
⬥ Happy holidays and an early happy new year!
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Though he slightly tilts his head when Joss mentions tradition. It's probably from home, and while he doesn't understand how that works, he can offer something. ]
How about if I freeze it?
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Would help. If only for a time.
[...]
My homeland is very cold.
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Try to freeze them, but don't let them stick together. You practiced control, so show me what you got.
[ Spheal looks determined!! She starts using Powder Snow at the fish repeatedly until they freeze. 10% chance is rough, but she is working so hard to freeze them with each chance she gets. ]
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She does succeed, eventually, because it'd be unfair if her efforts weren't rewarded. It's doubtful the dead fish will stay frozen very long, but in the meantime they don't stink up the place.]
Should keep a little better. Thank you.
[It doesn't really feel like a Starlight tree without the fish... even if the other city states of his world don't put any on theirs. His homeland is more mountainous, forested highlands than tundra, but it was cold even before the last Calamity turned it into a frozen hellscape.
... But honestly, it's also very isolationist with heaps of really weird traditions so they'd probably fish it up regardless of temperature. Ishgard is just like this.]
... Do you have Starlight in your world? Or... Cristemasse.
[At least he thinks that's what the locals called it, but... yeah. Maybe Hien also has some winter solstice customs Joss might be able to help with...]
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[ He doesn't mention "his world", because he's still of the belief that he no longer has one. ]
I'm assuming Starlight is similar? Except you hang fish on trees...
[ He slightly tilts his head. ]
But why fish?
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[The other countries think it's weird too...]
Likely started out as a way to make use of the inedible fish in the knights' catch.
[I'm just extrapolating because it doesn't say. Item descriptions for the Ishgard restoration quests are a lot, in general.
Just don't mind the yew log one I swear I wasn't lying earlier, some of the highlands around Ishgard are fairly heavily forested in-game.]no subject
Hien is all for recycling, but like... why fish... Leaving fish out will eventually smell. Maybe they liked the smell of that in Joss's homeland?? He can't tell, but he definitely knows it's not the case here. ]
Of all things, I wonder why that. Are fish important other than it being a source of food?
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Convenient more than anything. Lots of good fishing spots where I'm from. Plenty of sky islands. Good for cloudfishing.
[Glass baubles are nice and all but likely expensive when the nearest source of sand is on the other side of the continent.]
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[ Uhhhh. ]
... ornaments made from trees?
[ ???????
Just... why fish. ]
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[A tree wearing dead tree bits wouldn't feel like Starlight, it'd just look like your average stroll in a dense forest. Joss is uncertain about a lot of things, but this he's absolutely convinced about.]
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[ It kinda sounds like a question, but you know what. This is probably just culture shock. He won't question it any further than he has to. ]
Do you guys have mages to light up the town and stuff?
was so caught up in the euphoria of 2020 being over i forgot i had tags
[People will shove entire stacks of them at you for free every single event. My poor inventory space.]
fair tbh
Do you throw them on the ground and they make a loud noise?
[ Like poppers. ]
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[He likes them better as a reward than the swimsuits... The fireworks he can at least give to his friends who would use them. He doesn't want to be half-naked on a beach.]
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You got better summer celebrations than winter ones?