Test Drive Meme - July/August

[bestmomever]

Welcome to sunny Alola! The sun is shining, and it is July! Which means it is the warmest, most tourist-y days of the year! And that means it is fun in the sun and there is plenty to do. As the summer days are out and the Pokemon School has yet to officially begin its school year, let’s give you some orientation prompts for the area.



1. Arrival
You’ve just arrived! While not an ideal prompt for your test sample, it makes for a good testing for your first reaction here! Having fallen, gotten off the boat or plane from another region, your passport is stamped and processed. If you’re a Native, there’s plenty to see, and can go about your day. But if you’re a Faller, there’s a tour guide waiting for you. Just hold on tight!


2. The Sandy Beaches

Perhaps you’ve had the time to acclimate yourself to the area, and just want to relax now. It’s time to relax in the sunny beach, throw yourself onto the sand and surf, and just chill. You’ve had a long,tough time, and now just want to sleep. Or maybe you’re too excited! This is another world, or another region! Perhaps you’ve been planning this trip to Alola for ages, and now its time to play! The choice is yours!


3. Shopping

What’s a trip to Alola without shopping. There’s food, accessories, more food, clothing, and tourism. Ride some Pokemon, find some things to do. Eat some malasada and shop at Aina’s Kitchen and Team Rocket’s Honey Donuts. If you want to escape the heat, there’s always the mall.


4. Pokemon!

Of course! Pokemon are everywhere. And maybe your Fated Encounter is upon you now. The Tapus are urging a Pokemon to come to you, be it in an Egg format to make its way into your hands, or perhaps a bird or a bug or whatever. Somewhere, a partner is waiting for you, you just have to meet them. And then, perhaps, you will be able to make friends! Just remember in this world? You don’t catch Pokemon -- Pokemon catch you.


5. Travel

There’s plenty to see on Melemele even in one day. There’s a lot of places to travel even by foot, and a lot of room, even in this place. There’s forests, hills, the town, the smaller suburbs, and beaches, an island off the coast, and the honey field even within walking range. Take time to explore and get to know the place, you may be staying for a while until the Ultra Guardians can send you home.


6. Battle

What is Pokemon life without Battling? Now that you have your Pokemon, you can battle with them. But Pokemon battles aren’t just about training but about forming a bond. There’s no such thing as levels in this world, the level system isn’t really a thing here. Sure there’s math and science to count the precise numbers of a Pokemon’s strength but we don’t dwell on this sort of thing. What’s important is forming these bonds with your Pokemon, and learning how to communicate with them, making precious ties with them. Eat, sleep and cherish them as your own family. Manalo, and Ohana. No one is left behind, or forgotten.


7. Freeform

Anything Goes! Come at you, this is a wide world, make up your own prompt!

Comments

beach

[blue_ice]

Reading at the beach is so inconvenient. Sand in the pages and all of that. But it's a nice, quiet activity. He'd been sitting nearby with a hat tipped over his face when she arrived, but at the question he flips the brim up and looks over, eyes narrowed slightly.

"...what?"

Not that it was directed at him, but. What a ridiculous question.

[shadowslipping]

"Hmm?" Yuume scarcely even looks up from the book. "Oh...It's just a small passage here explaining a pokemon called 'Yamask'- given the origins noted, I'm curious to see how much research has been done regarding the 'past lives' supposedly represented by the masks. At the very least given their habitats, any number of things could be determined from the construction of a found death mask, which in turn has much to say for the historic culture...."

She can keep going, but just realized what she answered to 'What'. Yuume turns beet red, coughing and turning away. "N...not that this is likely interesting when one is on vacation, I suppose..."

[blue_ice]

Oh. It's more magical nonsense. Kaiba would typically 'harrumph' and go back to his idle oceangazing, but he'd come here in an attempt to get his bearings, after all.

"It's more of a kidnapping than a vacation, and you want to learn what you're dealing with as soon as possible. But I'd think their attack abilities would be more immediately relevant."

He glances down at the Goomy playing in a shallow pool of water beside his chair. "Planning to chase one of them, then?"

[shadowslipping]

"Kidnapping would imply deliberation involved in who was taken..." She mutters more for herself, leaning back in her seat. "And I feel confident enough in my own strength if an emergency comes up here. The atmosphere here..." She flips a page in her book. "...it's peaceful, really... ...I don't intend to get too involved in the battles here, so researching the world around them suits me best, I think..."

She glances up, raising a brow at the Goomy...among others. "...Audino, make sure not to go too far..."

The three foot lop-creature waves serenely. "Di nooooo..."

[blue_ice]

"Heh. My family's been targeted enough times that I tend to suspect it." And he still does, in fact. There are several people who would benefit very much from a vacuum of power at the top of KaibaCorp.

He dips his head to attempt to get a closer look at the book, curious. "Where'd you get the book? The school?"

[shadowslipping]

"Targeted?" Yikes. She doesn't push however, instead nodding. "A few of them- though I was able to acquire one from the 'Pokemon Professor' here, 'Kukui'."

He seemed a little beat up though and frankly she was kinda afraid of being under that roof if anything happened.