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

[rotomphone]

Mm... Not usually? It's not common for troublesome wild Pokémon to wander into cities, but it happens from time to time - like I mentioned, us Gym Leaders are usually called on when that happens. Apart from that, they usually stay away from human settlements.

[ Hammerlocke's large walls make it especially uncommon, but there's been a few times where Flying Pokémon have had squabbles over territory near the castle towers. other leaders like Milo have to keep a closer eye out for trouble, thanks to their cities being wide open. ]

But if it's the other way around and you're out on their turf without a way to protect yourself, that's just asking for trouble.

[forwearemany]

Acknowledged. Common means of protection?

(They're curious about how the Pokemon people's world works.)

[rotomphone]

A Pokémon of your own, of course! That's the only way to do it - if you're a rookie Trainer, you'll have at least one partner to call on. If you don't have one, you're better off taking a train or calling a flying taxi to get where you need to go.

[ thankfully, Galar's public transit system is sprawling and convenient! even Raihan himself likes taking the flying taxi every so often - Flygon can get the job done, but there's a certain luxury of letting a cabbie and their Corviknight do the driving. ]

[forwearemany]

If a pokemon must be acquired before entering their territory, how is this possible?

(Are pokemon given to prospective trainers? Do they acquire pokemon from those who enter human territory? Some other method?

At least now they're asking more practicality related questions instead of horribly cynical ones.)