Test Drive Meme - September/October

[bestmomever]

Late September/Early October Test Drive Meme!



Fall has come! With September in full swing, the Harvest Festival done and over, the rest of the month has begun and moving into October, the rest of the month is settling in. Pumpkins are coming into full ripeness on Poni Island and Akala Island, and there is much to do. The Music Festival is coming still and there's plenty more to see. Pokemon School's first major school event is coming up and there will be more things to do. And as always, more Fallers are appearing in and around the city.


A. Arrival

Another wave of Ultra Holes have opened up over the Island, alarms have appeared and the Ultra Guardians as well as Bewear has come into play. This time, the Fallers have been asked to intercept the literally Falling people who are coming out of the holes and brief them and bring them to the Pokemon Center, ie Immigration to get checked in. Wicke is there to answer questions but a few volunteers may be there as well. The experienced Fallers can get you up to speed.


B. The Alola Community Visitors Plaza

A venue usually for tourists, new Fallers are given a chance to see the main tourist area for Alola, in order to orient and familiarize themselves with the nature of Alola and Pokemon in general. A far cry from the disorganized mob that was originally there, this time, there are people set up in the stands, ready to receive tourists and Fallers alike. Pamphlets, interviews with locals and tour guides, Ride Pokemon to take you around the island, and various other places are available. Please look around, the choice is yours.


C. The Hau’oli City Markets

This is where the marketplace stands, full of fresh fruit and food. Those who are hungry can be treated to a delicious taste of Alola. Not once, not twice, but more times than they can imagine. Your coin is good here, even if it’s alien in nature. Even if you don’t have coin, you’ll be fine. Ohana. No one is left behind or forgotten. We’re not about to let people go hungry in this world. Nature’s bounty is for everyone, humans and Pokemon alike. There’s no need to steal, just ask the marketplace for some food if you are very hungry. Even if you’re shy, Miss Anela will offer you a snack.


D. Job Board

Odd Jobs have been posted here right now, thanks to the efforts of the people who have decided to help the Fallers out, and it’s also a help wanted board for those who want to earn some coin in the middle of the week before the beginning of the school year. Tasks such as bucking crates of Juice off a truck, to doing some simple paperwork in an office for a few days, and even tending Pokemon in a farm on Akala Island. The choice is yours. Get out and explore.


E. Exploring Melemele

If you wish to explore Melemele, it is a big island, and there is plenty to see. There are Forests, Honey Fields, Hot Springs, Beaches, and many other places. Melemele boasts one of the biggest cities Hau’oli City, and is the capital of Alola. Here, up at the top of a large plateau is the challenge area where Hala offers the Grand Trial. The caves are full of Pokemon, and your Pokemon are eager to prove themselves in a Trial.


F. Grand Trials

The Four Kahuna are accepting challengers once more. Those who wish to participate in the sacred trials are allowed to participate in the Grand Trials once more, to earn the right of the Z. With the goals in mind, you may undertake a Trial to earn a Z-Crystal first, and then take on a Grand Trial for a Z-Ring and a Z-Crystal. The choice is yours which to tackle first.


G. The Music Festival

Musicians from all over the world are coming to Ula'ula in order to play music, and you're invited! You can play music, watch the people enjoy the sights, it's a wonderful festival for all. This week-long festival lasts for a good solid while, and there's various musicians from all over the world coming to this place. Please, soak in the musical styling of all of the international musical bands of the world.


I. Wildcard

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Gwen Stacy: Into the Spider Verse - one closed one ota

[hibana_incursa]

[A: Arrival - For Peter Parker.]

It wasn't like Gwen was a stranger to falling through the multiverse. No, she'd been there. Done that. Got the cellular degeneration for her trouble, thanks. She just wasn't a fan of falling in general. And while this wasn't a dangerous distance to fall?

It was still pretty fall. And she hated it. A lot. She had her webshooters, sure! But there was nowhere to actually fire them off to just yet. And wasn't that some bullshit? Sure, she had her webshooters, and her Spider-Suit (with the mask down because of course it is), but what good was any of it at the moment if 1: she had no idea where the multiverse put her this time and 2: there was nothing for her to latch her webbing onto?!

Thankfully, someone saw her situation and was quick enough to catch the girl before anything really awful happened. Otherwise? This would just really suck.


[D: Job Board - OTA]

Finding a job couldn't be too hard, right? The job board was full of them. But Gwen was being a little bit picky. Was there anything for a drummer? Dancer? Even a graffiti artist. She'd take that in a heartbeat. Looking through the listings and writing down information in a notebook she'd obtained, Gwen had just a few possible leads.

Just a few.

In a second column, she had more. Less leaning towards her interests and more odd jobs she can do with her heightened strength, but those were last resorts. If anyone else has any ideas, she's all ears.

[hashtagparkerluck]

It's patrol time! So Peter's out as Spider-Man with Shelob the Spinarak sitting nearby. The only problem is that everyone is so well behaved that he rarely ever has stop muggings or bike thefts or even vandalism. The last crime he stopped was someone standing on a patch of grass at the museum that was clearly marked with a 'keep off grass' sign. What a mastermind.

The hair on his arm starts to stand up like it usually does when something's coming and he frowns. So his sense wants to work today. That's nice of it. An Aeather Hole opens up and dumps someone out.

"Oh shit." Peter cries out in alarm and fired one of his webs at a slightly taller building and moving to intercept their fall. Which he does, with well... relative ease by his standards.

"I gotcha, I gotcha!" Peter tells her, still in his Spider-Man suit. And then his senses do something weird. They buzz like something's familiar-way different than the danger sense.

"Uh.. you okay?" He sets her back down. "I like your hair. It's all punk rock and fun!"

[hibana_incursa]

There's a huff from Gwen as she's caught, more from impact than indignation. Trust her, she is not upset someone caught her and kept her from getting hurt. She'll heal from it, sure. But getting hurt sucks in general. She likes avoiding injuries.

It's the who that has her surprised. That same buzz that Peter's feeling is coursing through Gwen's head and she's just. Surprised. Into silence. She takes a moment to stare at the guy in the spider suit, blue eyes wide as she's set down and she takes a quick step back, more spider grace than dancer's grace. She's in her own spider-suit, albeit the coloring vastly different, and somehow that makes this situation a lot less weird than it could be.

Not to mention? She's already been here before.

"I'm fine." She finally speaks after a stunned pause, nodding some and then smiling a bit. Running her fingers through her hair, she spares a moment to miss Miles before speaking again.

"Thanks. Just got it done."

With that, she extends her hand as she introduces herself. May as well, right?

"Gwen Stacy."

[hashtagparkerluck]

He recognizes a superhero suit when he sees one but right now he's on patrol and he can't really just give out his real name like that. He takes her hand gently, still confused as to what that buzzing is but maybe...

"Uh, Spider-Man. Glad you weren't hurt. Usually the Ultra Hole's don't uh... appear that high up. Coulda been a nasty fall. Even I'd be a flat Spider after that one." He says casually.

"Anyways, you seem pretty calm about the fact you just fell through space and time so we're gonna save some time with unpacking that big ole case by just tossing it out the window. This is uh Alola-it's a region in this universe and if you talk to Officer Jenny or any of the Gaurdian's they'll get you set up for your time here and get you into a house and stuff. Until they can. Figure out how to send us all home."

[hibana_incursa]

"So, whose idea was it to put the Ultra Hole up there? Not that I wouldn't recover eventually from the fall? But it won't feel good and I'm not big on pain." Gwen asks as she shakes his hand in return, glancing up at the hole and spotting a few Pokemon flying above.

Give her one second, she's staring upwards at the Pokemon in shock, again stunned into silence. She doesn't much care for being stunned into silence, so her nose wrinkles in confusion and mild irritation.

"I feel like the Multiverse put me into my brothers DS."

And it doesn't help that Spider-Man mentioned Officer Jenny. Not one bit. She looks at him again, finally picking up what he's saying. And it's going to register in a minute that he has a Spinarak, Gwen watching the creature with amusement.

"Okay, this is kinda cool."

D

[animbiggen]

Whenever Kamala was needing some spare change, she went to the job board. Sure things paid well, and her Inhuman strength paid off, but sometimes she wanted variety and the islands had a lot of neat things involved.

Today however she was looking for something a little less lift-y and a little more practical. As she arrived at the board, she noticed Gwen there. Pushing past her usual awkwardness, she mustered up a somewhat feeble, "Alola," before standing next to her and looking at the jobs with a nervous grin.

Her Pokemon, Smeargle, nudged her, trying to get Kamala to talk to Gwen. "It's okay, I don't want to bother--no, Smeargle, please!" NUDGE. "H-hi, you're new around here right? There's easy entry weekly jobs on the 2nd and 3rd rows, and there's performing art jobs on the 5th."

Re: D

[hibana_incursa]

"Hi," Gwen replies with a grin, looking at the board again and then nodding her head. She's new.

"I just got here a couple days ago. Fell. I fell in. Through an Ultra Hole. Zero out of ten, would not recommend." Whether the girl gets the reference or not, Gwen isn't phased either way. She looks at where the girl is telling her, giving Smeargle a small smile.

"Your friend is interesting. Are they always like that?"

Re: D

[animbiggen]

"Same way here, although I was pretty close to the ground," said Kamala, shaking her head. "I guess the local recovery team is pretty on the ball here. I can't imagine how she keeps up."

She, being the local Bewear. "Smeargle? He's always trying to get me to talk to people. I'm a little hard up to talk to people. Still getting used to it really."

Della Duck | DuckTales 2017

[nothing_can_stop_me]

A) Arrival

"No... no... nononononono!" While many of the recent arrivals have been human, this one's a little more odd. This one's... a Duck. And she's panicking. Badly.

"Open up! Open up, please! Don't do this to me, please!" the duck pleads to thin air. "You stupid portal, open up and send me back hoooooooome!"

"Fetch'd." And there's a slightly concerned Farfetch'd following behind.

"No, no, you're right. I've gotten out of one situation before, I can do it again." the duck said. "Hopefully this won't take ten years and my kids won't be adults..." And she groans as she flops onto the sand.

B) Community Visitors Plaza

Brochures. Brochures everywhere. Della's a little more adjusted than before, but seeing all of these brochures is driving her a little batty. After awhile, she sighs, then dumps all of the brochures on top of the nearest person.

"Here, you read 'em. I'll find out stuff on my own!"

D) Exploring Melemele

Exploring! That means adventure! And adventure runs through the Duck-McDuck veins! And as much as Della is missing her kids, adventuring is calling to her...

...as is the aggravation of everyone trying to capture her as some sort of weird Pokemon.

"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT?! I'M NOT A POKING-WHOS-IT!" Della yelled out as she chased off a few Trainers, the anger of the Duck-McDuck clan running through her veins now. "AAAAAAAARGH!"

WILDCARD!

(OoC: Hit me up with anything else!

D

[mr_belt]

"Looks like you're having as much luck as I am," replied a voice from near her feet as a Yamper trundled up to her. For a moment it looked like the dog pokemon was talking to Della, but on second glance, on its back was a red belt, and on its faceplate was a amused smile.

Krim chuckled. "They have mistaken Yamper and I for wild Pokemon. However I have let them know that we are partnered as well."

Re: D

[nothing_can_stop_me]

“Huh?” Della turned to see the Yamper with the belt attached to it. When she realized it was the belt talking, she couldn’t help but smile.

“Huh, that’s pretty neat! I bet Gyro would like you.” She said. “Though, I’m glad I’m not the only one mistaken for a Poking-Whos-It.”

Re: D

[mr_belt]

"Pokemon," corrected Krim gently. "But yes, we have been mistaken for one, though through no fault of their own. These people are not accustomed to the things from outside their own worlds after all."

"My name's Krim," said Krim. "This is Yamper."

Yamper yipped at Della delightedly.

A

[serperiority]

That’s a funny looking Farfetch’d. A unique form?

Trip was already reaching for a pokeball in his pocket, raising a brow at her very human-like pleading gesture; he was, hoping to challenge her, when he finally came close enough to hear her speak!

“Your... kids?”

Re: A

[nothing_can_stop_me]

"Yes, kids. Plural. Triples, actually. Huey, Dewey and Louie." Della said. Under her breath, she muttered "...still think it shoulda been Jet, Turbo and Rebel..."

[serperiority]

“... you’re... not—um, you’re... your world, you came from...”

It was difficult to be articulate in such an unimaginable situation, but... Sena mentioned this to him, worlds without Pokemon, and she spoke too much and acted too much like a human, so...?

“Are there Pokemon there? Do you have a human trainer?”

Terribly blunt, he didn’t realize he might offend her.

Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama | Mob Psycho 100 | Ota!

[justlikemob]

[B. The Alola Community Visitors Plaza]

Nearly falling into the ocean had been surprising, but at this point Mob was over it. From what the nice lady in the white suit told him, it was something that had happened to a lot of people beforehand, and everyone had been trying to make him feel comfortable here, so he assumed there wasn't anything to worry about. Mob knew what evil parallel worlds felt like, and Alola wasn't it. Maybe it was just in a different part of the planet, like the Bermuda Triangle (man, now he wished he studied geography a little closer).

For now, Mob was sitting on a bench in the plaza, quietly reading over a tourism brochure that was advertising a bunch of restaurants and other treats. It was making him kind of hungry. "Mm...what's a malasada?" He wondered aloud. The picture made it look tasty.

[D. Job Board]

Mob knew he should probably get some clothes that better suited the weather here, but first he needed money for that, so it was time to try and find some work. However, given the only other "job" he had was basically an after-school charity case that paid in pocket change and ramen, his understanding of money left a lot to be desired.

"Eh? 600 for only an hour of work?! Are they allowed to do that...?" His eyes widened in surprise, Mob turned to the nearest person for confirmation that giving away that much money just for moving some oranges onto a truck was ok.

[I. Wildcard!]

D

[adora_plz]

"Oh that? That's a average paying job," said Adora, who was passing over the jobs and looking for something on the fly. "If you're fit enough, there's something over here at the Pokemon Gym to move some equipment. They're paying 2000 Poke an hour for 3 hours of work."

[justlikemob]

"2000 an hour, and three hours...that's...!" Mob gasped. "Ten whole ramen..." Apparently, the best measure he had for how much things normally cost was how much ramen he could buy. That was definitely enough to get decent clothes.

"Ok, moving equipment? If you have to be fit..." Adora would be able to see on closer inspection that Mob, while not unhealthy, definitely looked small for his age. "Well, my stamina has gotten a lot better from club, so I can probably do that."

Of course, moving it with his ESP would be a lot easier, but he wanted to see if he could handle it on his own first.

[adora_plz]

"I mean," said Adora, taking a moment to look him over. "You're built like Kyle, one of my former Squadron mates, so I'd imagine you could do it. Oh, sorry, being rude. I'm Adora, and I part time there once in a while. The Pokemon Gym isn't an actual Gym-Gym like the Pokemon League, but a fitness Gym. It's for recreation, just to clarify."

She grinned. "But I'm sure you could handle it, if I came along with the big stuff. Want to take the job together? I'm sure it won't be that hard and nothing a couple of teenagers can't handle."

D

[nothing_can_stop_me]

"Wow, if Uncle Scrooge saw that, he'd have a fit." Della said, seeing the job he had mentioned. "I guess they really do, though. I mean, it's nice for something so easy, but there's gotta be a catch."

[justlikemob]

"Oh...you're right. Shishou always tells me to be careful when people offer you easy ways out. But...as long as they don't make us buy anything from them, it should be fine?" Mob seemed completely undeterred by the fact that a duck was talking to him. Pointing out that someone was a duck would probably be rude, after all.

Nozomi Yumehara | Yes! Pretty Cure 5 (Mayfield/MLJJ/Melodies CRAU)

[cureofmanyworlds]

B) The Alola Community Visitors Plaza

After saving the multiverse again, Nozomi's sudden arrival in Alola is probably what she needed. It's a beach. With Pokemon. She's certain Mako would love to know about stuff in Alola. Maybe she should call her now? Either way, Nozomi's busy picking up various packets and treating this place like she's been here before.

Of course, that means she's up to her twintails in packets.

"A little help here? I think I saw something about a Ride Pokemon or something...?"

D) Job Board

Nozomi can't believe she's doing this, but she kinda needs a job. She highly doubts this place handles all the old Gil and Pieces from the other worlds and she's certain she traded in all of her Pokebucks. But, everything looks so rough...

"Uuugh, there's gotta be something easy here!" she groaned. She turned her head and motioned towards a person. "Hey, c'mere. You see something that looks easy to do?"

E) Exploring Melemele

"Go Tepig!" Nozomi happily tossed out her Pokeball as she faced down a fellow Trainer. It seemed that the Trainer was in awe that this Faller was also a Trainer before arriving, so they had to know how they fought. Just one problem.

The Tepig was a little miffed at Nozomi.

"I know, I know, I forgot your name again. I'm sorry. If I had you longer, I'd remember it better. Forgive me?" Nozomi said. The pig nodded a bit before getting ready to fight.

I) Wildcard

(OoC: Got a suggestion? COme at me!)

E

[outtie3000]

A little ways down the road, a young man dressed in blue with short cropped hair was enjoying the bright sunshine as a hyperactive Togedemaru was zooming around in a spinning ball. "Hey, Sonic, don't go too far!" He called out as the tiny hedgehog came rolling up.

"Sonic, hey! Look out!" He called out as Togedemaru came barreling towards Tepig. "Oh geez, sorry, you okay? Real sorry bout that, Sonic has no idea how strong he is. Honest to god it was an accident... sorry. I'm Eddie Banks, Time Force, I'm not from around here obviously. You need my card?"

Re: E

[cureofmanyworlds]

"PIIIIIG!" The poor Tepig squealed, leading Nozomi to sigh and pick up her Pokemon.

"Hey, hey, it's okay! No harm no foul! I think!" she said before shaking her head. "It's alright. Nozomi Yumehara, too many titles to list for me, sorry. I'm also not from here and... I don't think so?"

Re: E

[outtie3000]

"Oh cool, nice to meet another Faller. Normally I'm in a big, Time... Ship... Thing... but now I'm here." said Eddie fumbling for words around a cute girl that wasn't his girlfriend. "So uh, is he going to be okay? Sonic didn't hurt her or him or anything right?"

"But yeah I'm just exploring the island with Sonic and checking things out. Heard there was a huge battle here, some kind of Team Rainbow Rocket invasion? Sounds like something a Ranger would be interested in dealing with."