a delightful picnic day.

[thunderwave]

Who: Everyone!
What: PokeBalls are now functional, and there are a lot more friends in Tabula Rasa.
Where: Outside of Heavenly Blanc! It's a picnic, baby.
When: You know, now-ish.
Content Warnings: Cute. Dragons. Birbs.

It seemingly happens at random, for the trainers of the creatures they call Pokemon. Sudden bursts of light, and out emerge quite a few new friends. Pokemon of different Types, shapes, and sizes are now wandering around . . . sticking close to their trainers, probably.

There's a small gathering outside of the Heavenly Blanc, with various snacks and food set out on tables outside. Feel free to come by, play with Pokemon, and have a bite to eat! It's a random assortment of food and drink, all "foraged" and/or made by the Pokemon crew in order to celebrate their partners being released and to also introduce them to their friends they've made in Tabula Rasa!

Be careful of the rumbling storm nearby, though . . . but on the bright side, at least your phones seem to be working, if you have any? Time to take selfies with your new friends, or maybe a TikTok that just stays on your phone forever.

(Trainers will have top levels, if they want, so if you want to interact with a specific trainer, you can wait for their level! Otherwise, have fun at the picnic.)

Comments

[halloflamer]

Hmmm. Yeah, in case you didn't notice, my guy- we also went a huge while without eating or sleeping until this point, [Blue shrugs, leaning against his dragon casually.] So I can't say I'm super surprised that my Pokémon can't even use their abilities. Anyway, I already knew that, since 'vee hasn't been able to, either.

Buuuut, suuure, just keep underestimating them! I'm pretty sure Gyarados here can eat you in one gulp, and now that we've all got appetites, maybe I'll even let him!

[...He wouldn't. But he can totally dream of it.]

Sure, [Blue agrees, and walks up to the creature with a friendly smile and a hand outstretched to let it inspect him before petting it.] Hey there, pal! Sorry you've got such a jerk trainer, but you're pretty cool, aren'tcha!?

[blue_eyed_obsession]

[It wasn't much to go on, but it did give Kaiba a little insight as to the nature of Pokémon. Apparently they, like effect monsters possessed various ways to influence combat. Eh- or was it like effect monsters or something more elemental based. That would be basic- more along the lines of something Blue could handle.] .. and what abilities are those? [If these skills were so great then Blue ought to be able to expand on them]

Whether you want to admit it or not, I'm sure your monsters have their weaknesses. It would just be a matter of figuring out what those are. [The Gyarados's mouth was certainly large enough to pull off what Blue proposed, but Blue himself didn't seem to have that murderous edge within him.]

[When approached the giraffe leaned it's long neck down, giving the extended hand a sniff before allowing the contact. The creature was much friendlier than it's current owner. It even went so far as to press it's head into Blue's hand. It was odd but Kaiba found himself feeling oddly betrayed by the familiar exchange.] ... [Blue had his own monsters besides, let him pet one of them. Though he didn't voice this, he just shot the two a look before his eyes darted back over to Gyarados. With it's trainer currently distracted, Kaiba felt more comfortable giving it another once over. He didn't wish to appear too impressed while Blue was paying attention, but dragons were appealing to him..]

[halloflamer]

Of course they all have weaknesses, [Blue scoffs, like he's tolerating the silly questions of a child. Not that he isn't enjoying lording his knowledge over Kaiba....] But, well, none of them can use any of their attacks, really. They're much weaker physically, even- a Tackle from Eevee normally would have you laid out on the floor!

[And boy would he love to do that. Hmph.... Anyway, he gestures to the enormous dragon floating nearby.] Obviously Gyarados is a Water-type, right? But he's not able to summon any water, or use his energy beams... Even Arcanine can't use his flames like usual...

None of it even makes sense, since it's just their basic biology to do so, [Blue huffs, folding his arms.] At least Gyarados and Pidgeot can still fly just fine.

[While Blue is busy petting and cheerfully cooing at the cute not-Girafirig, Gyarados meets Kaiba's curious stare with a wary, but patient one of his own. He knows this human doesn't get along with Blue at all.... But Gyarados, despite his species' nature, was quite peaceful around most humans. So, as long as Kaiba didn't try anything fishy around him.....] Rrrrrr? [He gives a curious rumble of a greeting after a moment of them staring at each other.]

[blue_eyed_obsession]

[As usual, Kaiba didn't care for the attitude, and he doesn't see the need to sound so smug when the next thing Blue admits is that his creatures are severely weakened below their usual standards. Why would you ever divulge something so critical to anyone, much less someone you actively despise?] Another side effect from courtesy of this environment, I can't say I'm surprised.. [Or that torn up about it. So Pokemon only had their size, bulk, and flying abilities.. placing them on a more even playing field than they would be otherwise.] So you claim.

[Not that the words could be backed up.] They're color-coded? [Sounding less impressed and more like, 'you know this has to be a kid's game'. Blue for water, red/orange for fire. Brown for...refuse.]

Other people have made similar claims, about the inability to utilize their innate abilities, that's the one thing that does make sense, since it's an established patten. [Not that he believed in these abilities and their existence. There had to be a logical reason for why they could or would exist in some form in the first place.] The bird I get, the sea serpent.... [didn't have anything on it that looked like it had the means to generate that sort of lift]

[Part of him wants to tell Blue to get over himself, and stop fussing over his monster, he just shakes his head and tries to ignore it. The winged-giraffe appreciates it anyway, trying to communicate with chirps and coos of it's own. At that size Gyarados could do some significant damage with force and momentum- you know something real, physics. For his part, Kaiba didn't attempt to do anything at all, he just observed and mentally assessed, which seemed to garner that row rumble. Maybe it didn't liked being stared at? He didn't really get that it was a greeting, but it wasn't threatening either. Trying to be accommodating the brunette looked elsewhere at the other monsters milling about or playing. What he wouldn't give to see his Blue-Eyes again. His first love, lol]