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Test Drive Meme - November/December

The last week of October into November has come and Halloween has come! With the Haunted House come up, strangely clean, too clean, INTERPOL has decided to leave it open for now while it is under surveilance. However, there has been more movement on the Ultra Guardians side as more information has continued to flow. It seems that there has been a push to discover Plates, that have been discovered in different Regions.

Now with November starting into December, the weather of Alola's daytime, average high temperatures typically range in the mid to low 80s. Evening temperatures usually dip into the upper 60s to lower 70s. Per weather records, November rainfall levels in Alola are higher than average. The ocean temperatures around Hawaii are pleasant enough for swimming which is still very pleasant. However, there's also winter-time adventures as Mount Lanakila also is opening it's Ski and Hot Springs Resort. That greedy Viren has opened up one on the mountain, and while he doesn't like you, he's inviting you all for a trip on the first of November. Which is good, because it eliminates the need for housing for your School Field Trip from the first to the seventh.

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. For the end of the month, it is now decorated for Halloween.

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. This time however, it is now serving Halloween themed treats and pumpkin treats as well.

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. There's also now halloween themed decorating jobs and pumpkin harvesting related things.

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. You can also check out Ula'ula's Ghost Town if you want, the ferry is open this time, and Acerola will show you around her library.

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. Pokemon School Trip

The School Trip to Mount Lanakila might come as a surprise, but there is a big, snowy mountain on Alola! Bundle up for winter time activities and hot spring shenanigans because there's plenty of both! Relax in the hot springs as snow falls gently around your body, play in the snow in the day, view amazing Snow Pokemon, explore the incredible Ice Caverns, and perhaps participate in the PokeJump Competitions which is a long-jump sledding competition with your Pokemon.

H. Melemele General Hospital

Even Angela is working extra hard to make sure everyone's prepared for the winter, and that makes time for checkups, and other such things. If you've got the sniffles, this one is for you. But also, come chat with Angela, and meet some of the more colorful visitors from Overwatch Earth.

I. Aether Labs

Come review the brand new information that makes the Ultra Guardians go on the offensive. Which means, Aether Labs is open to the science community! The scientific community heads can now access the labs, and the resources within. Under the guidance of Wicke, Faba and, Burnet, you're allowed access to Aether's resources to build and invent and upgrade and repair your own equipment.

J. Unovan Togetherness Day

Every November, the people of Unova celebrate a day where they come together together after a long harvest year, and feast with family and friends. Fallers might recognize this as Thanksgiving, but the connotation of thanking the Pokemon is strong in this world, as they came first in this world, and the people of Alola celebrate their families and their friends and their precious partners.

K. Ryme City Anniversary

In the middle of the month of November, there is the Ryme City Anniversary. A week leading up to a parade with floats and celebrations. The Fallers are invited to Ryme City and will be preparing for their first international trip. Pack your bags, we're going on an Educational Field Trip!

L. Wildcard

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"I!" He flung his hood back, as his Lucario did the same almost in tandem. "Am Zeke! Von! Genbu! BRINGER OF CHAOS!"

The pair flipped forward, landing on the ground in front of her, then rising slowly, with hands outstretched. "Behold my Pokemon: ERIS THE LUCARIO!" Zeke said, twisting his hand to his partner. Eris folded her forearms, tossing her head back with a smirk.

"We are the ultimate team! If you want a piece of trainer actions, bite it off and chew it now, but be careful not to choke!"

Great, it's an escapee from whatever passes for an insane asylum in Alola. Renee sighed again.

"Why," she asked the Phanpy, almost rhetorically, "does everyone here talk like a super-villain? I want to know. I was the only one who fell through my Ultra Hole, it's not like I led a fuckin' conga line through it!"

Not that Renee counted herself a super-villain either, or a superhero. Just a mutant teen with a chip the size of the sunken Titanic on her shoulder, maybe.

"And what if I said I didn't give a rat's rear end about being a Pokemon trainer?" The Phanpy gave her a startled look at that, but he glared at the guy and his Lucario. No way was he going with those two!

Zeke jerked back as if stung.

"A rat's end?! But it's the thing to do! And you have one right there! Did you even ask him what his opinion is?!"

Was this dude even serious?? Renee rolled her eyes.

"So if the 'thing to do' was jump off a bridge, would you do that too, buddy?" She did glance over at the Phanpy, then.

"No, and I'll tell you why, sparkles. 'Cuz he's not mine, he's his own strong independent Pokemon who don't need no Trainer. He came over for a scratch and I scratched him. We hadn't exactly gotten past that before you showed up. No agreements yet. Nothing."

Though at that, the Phanpy gave Renee wide eyes and stomped his feet, before trotting over to her and pushing at her with his trunk. Now, she's a tough girl, but even that rocked her for a bit, and it earns the Pokemon a startled look from her.

"Hmph. Seems like you don't respect the wishes of your Pokemon." Zeke pointed an accusatory finger at her, coat swishing behind him dramatically. "That means you should hand him over!"

Thick as a brick, this one was. "He's gonna do what he wants, as he's his own Pokemon. What?" she asks, looking down at the Phanpy, then. "You can stomp all you want, but we didn't come to any agreement yet!"

Not that she's gonna just hand him over either if he doesn't want to go, Trainer or not. But the Phanpy seems to have it well in hand, as he trots right over to Zeke and lets go with his trunk, aimed right at the junction of leg and body.

"Uh, well, yeah, that sure was a thing," Renee admitted.

Zeke had no comment except an agonized wheeze as he bent double, then collapsed onto the ground to twitch feebly. Eris panicked, arms flailing as she looked around for some sort of help for her poor trainer.

Even Renee took pity on the poor guy. There are some things that go a little too far, and she was pretty sure that Phanpy had just crossed a line.

"You might be a little too aggro, there, buddy," she told said Phanpy, pulling another bottle of cold juice out of her lunch bag and moving over to press it against the back of Zeke's neck, holding a finger up to Eris as the Lucario loomed. "Listen, I'm trying to help and I didn't even get him into this mess in the first place--he did it all by himself!"

Mostly by saying he was gonna steal the Pokemon, but Renee guessed that wasn't here or there at the moment.

"Well it's not like you want him!" Zeke whimpered at the touch of the cold, body still shaking where it lay. Oooh, there's the nausea, rolling up like a bilious sea. Hold fast, lunch!

Yes please, hold fast, lunch! Especially since Renee's a sympathy puker!

"Dude. I just fell through a hole. Sure, Fallers orientation said I needed to find a partner and crap, but I don't know how this sort of thing works! If this was a budding partnership, they need to give me a better sign! And so do you," she said, poking the Phanpy in the tip of his trunk. The little snot had the audacity to turn it into a bro-fist.

"He apparently has other ideas, anyway!" Maybe putting the cold on his forehead would be better, so Renee switched it to that location. The Phanpy practically danced in place at her words, stomping his little feet.

"Shit! Stompy, haven't you done enough? Cool your jets already!" Well it's over now, now he's got an actual name. He's not gonna leave now, Renee knows how this works.

"And here I am trying to give you a kick in the pants to get on with it." Zeke managed to stop quivering and just slump, slowly rolling onto his back. His expression looked particularly pale, as was to be expected with the sheer amount of pain he was in. "Couldn't you have just teamed up with him to give us a battle? Did we really need to go down the path of stubbornness and groin shots?"

"You don't know me at all. You deserved what you got for getting into an unfamiliar situation--paid the price." Renee was unforgiving, then. Stubborn? She was practically the picture next to the definition in the dictionary, and nobody ever kicked her in the ass harder than she did herself. She certainly didn't need someone else doing it.

"Thought you were doing me a favor, huh? Well, next time you'll think better of it. I was just trying to do a job. You know, 'cuz some people need to eat?!"

Though now she glanced over at Stompy. "Great, another mouth to feed, come to think of it."

"See, if you're a Trainer, that's a whole other story." Zeke had enough wherewithal to lift a finger. "Plus that little guy's strong enough to help you out even in ordinary life."

"Somehow I don't think he's gonna follow his nose to coin, you know?" Though Renee didn't have a good argument to Zeke's other assertion. It wasn't as if people at Orientation hadn't been very firm on the subject, after all.

"So what, I agree to be his trainer and you try to battle us again? I don't think so, you ought to go find someone else to bully, ya jerk." Renee snarled. Inasmuch as she was trying to help him recover from the Pokemon's vicious assault, she still felt it was his own fault it had happened in the first place.

"Yup." Groaning, he very slowly sat up, then rocked himself forward onto his feet. "Good way to see if you'd be a Trainer worth noting. If you're good to the little guy and invested, that sort of thing."

"You don't look like a native, why do you get to be the judge of that?" Especially not in that spiky black-and-green getup he seemed to be sporting. Renee frowned at him. Frankly, if it'd been red instead of green, she felt like he'd be one of the higher level Team Rocket grunts.

"Or is this some shitty 'might makes right' scenario where you're judge, jury, and Pokemon thief all wrapped up into one?" Renee liked that even less, and it was pretty clear from her expression, as well.

"Someone has to. Otherwise you get people who mistreat their partners and no one jolly stops them." He appeared pretty intent on pouting, and honestly could she really blame him? "Someone's gotta look out for the little guys, especially since who knows who's come here from where?"

That made Renee pause and tilt her head, narrowing her eyes. That...he had a point, there, and one she even agreed with.

"Okay, but I'm not even a trainer yet, and he and I have to come to some sort of agreement. Why d'you even think I'd treat him bad? You don't know me!" That did kind of piss her off, but she tried to remember that this dude did not know her, did not know what she'd been through, and he couldn't know that she'd been where he was trying to prevent this Pokemon from going to. And no one had 'jolly stopped' her father, either.

"I'll give you credit for your heart being in the right place at least." She looked over at the Phanpy, then. "But I think you and Stompy both have a bit of 'thinking before you act' to work on. For crying out loud." Renee handed Zeke the unopened bottle of juice and went to sit back on the step, patting her lap for the Phanpy to come over. She reached into her lunch again and brought out a handful of Oran berries, giving one to the Phanpy and offering one to Eris as well. After all, it was only polite.

"You keep saying you're not a trainer, but he'd made HIS intent clear. If you didn't really want to look out for him, you'd have just turned up your nose and let me take him." Of course, the alternative was that she would've teamed up with Stompy to put an end to his challenge, but no, they had to find a third, groin-pounding way. But his reasoning had been extremely solid! "The best way to know someone is to see what they do, anyway. You might talk all nice and then take him home to the elephant mines! Actions are what matter!"

This dude was not serious. Exasperated, Renee glared at him. "He was acting like he didn't wanna go with you, so the hell I would, trainer or not. We were making acquaintance when you fucking jumped us, or did you forget that part??"

Not a brain trust, clearly. She wondered what horrible wrongdoings she'd perpetrated in a past life to deal with this.

"Listen, I don't think a freakin' Trial Captain would let me get away with mistreating a Pokemon if Stompy went home with me, so I don't know what you're smoking, but there aren't gonna be any elephant mines in his future regardless of what you think!" She folded her arms over her chest and scowled.

"I think better safe than jolly sorry!" He folded his arms right back at her! So there! "What if you'd sent the poor chum packing? You looked like you were tempted."

"Then you probably would've picked him up--assuming he didn't play you like he did not long ago--and I figure I'd've been none the wiser, eh?"

Renee grimaced. "I'm undecided. I'm undecided in a hell of a lot of things, okay? Seriously, who fucking appointed you Guardian of All Pokemon?" This was doing more than getting on her nerves. It was literally pissing her off, now.

"All I wanted was to sit down and take a break from the job you interrupted--not that he didn't, but all he seemed to want was some affection--and here you come in acting like you got rejected from Team Rocket, so you set out to steal Pokemon on your own like some hopped-up Robin Hood! Haven't you done enough?"

"Who was stealing?! Look, I'm jolly sorry for testing you like that, but these little guys need to be looked after. Especially when they're friendly and... well, not kind." Zeke refused to call the Phanphy kind after its stunt! "So yes, I'm going to look out for them. You don't have to be appointed to do the right thing to do it!"

Renee lifted a hand to her chin and affected a thinking pose. "Hmm...okay, let's see. Maybe kidnapping's a better word? He didn't want to go with you." She waved a hand at Stompy.

"That part I'm not arguing with you about!" Of course, a lot of the other stuff, well. Renee was, yeah. "They need to be looked after...if they're not in the wild where I hope they can look after themselves." She wasn't really sure why this Phanpy was in a city to start with, if she was going to be honest with herself.

"Self-appointed is still appointed, you moron!" Renee snapped. Gods save her from fools and children! Or both, because she suspected this one was both, mentally. "I guess he wants me to take care of him. And I'm willing to do that, but I don't really know the first thing about training or battling, so I'm not gonna jump in, no matter what you want! Because I don't want him getting hurt, okay? You're just gonna have to accept my promise I'll take good care of Stompy for now and come back later for a battle! I already enrolled in Pokemon school to get the basics!" Renee was just working to cover some bills. Mostly hers, because she didn't want to eat Kiawe out of house and home. And now she had a Phanpy to take care of, she guessed...

"That's the sort of thing you can learn by instinct," Zeke said, folding one arm over his chest and curling fingers around his chin. "I'd wager good money that as soon as the clash was joined, you'd be giving him orders like a natural. After all, your desire was to protect him, right? That's more important than technical skill any day."

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