Test Drive Meme - December - Merry Christmas and a New Year!

[bestmomever]

December has arrived! And it's a festive, very festive time for the people of Alola. You'll find that many local businesses are doing well this time of year as there's brilliant lights being strung up, in preparation of people, both tourists and people. The doors are open, the Christmas Spirit is in the air, and Delibirds have arrived to start taking letters to Santa! Mallow in particular has been a chief advocate of getting your letters into Santa, as this is the second Christmas Vacation coming up for the Fallers, and soon you'll be off school for Christmas Break which starts on the 18th.

You'll have lots to do, but soon, there'll be a aura of business as Christmas begins to loom closer and closer, as a sense of urgency starts pushing forward as the Delibirds seem more and more urgent...




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. This month it is decorated for the Festival of Lights, aka Christmas.


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. There's a lot of holiday treats.


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 a lot of decorating jobs right now.


E. Exploring the entire island chain

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. There's plenty to see now, with Akala island, Ula'ula Island and Poni Islands also opened up for tourism.


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. Festival of Lights

There's actually two Festival of Lights this time around! The Boat Festival where there will be several boats on the water displaying gorgeous lights which shine on the water, and the festival where the land shines with twinkling lights on the seventh. The first is on the 13th. There seems to be a wonderful time coming up.


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. Alolan Steel Guitar Festival

Come listen to the native music of the people, leading into the city. You can listen, try out one of the steel guitars, dance, the choice is yours! Your world is yours to explore!


K. Lighting of the Banyan Tree

In the middle of the city there's a massive tree being erected. This is the Banyan Tree, and on the seventh during the Festival of Lights, it will be lit up! Come check it out!


L. Wildcard

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Comments

[perpetual_underdog]

"How could I forget it?" One doesn't really forget something that massive and ominous. Well- I guess they could if something more massive and daunting showed up to take it's place. "Weird? How do'ya mean?" Listening carefully as Zahra spoke. Sit this boy in a classroom and he likely won't hear a lick of the lecture but something like this was relevant to his interests. "Dat sounds nuts!" Imagining what it must have been like to have that lingering literally over their heads, and with the monsters roaming about never knowing when the next shoe would drop. The anxiety from it had to be ever-present. "Dat's not how it went down in my world at all." Marveling at the peculiarities. He was with her on the company... until she got to Noah and Yami Bakura. "....Eh- look.. I know dat Noah had a change of heart and all.. but I can't say I woulda been able to trust him right away after....... wait! How was Noah even still in the picture at all?! Also... er... no offense since you guys had some kind of friendship and all... but if you're talking about the spirit of the Millennium Ring..... er..... I would suggest picking your friends better. Dat guy can't be trusted and he's using a pal of mine..."

That seemed to be a universal truth at present. "No problem." Returning the smile and retracting his hand after a reasonable amount of time.

"...... I'm really not gonna like.. wake up in a minute am I?" The denial starting to ebb, yet somehow he didn't sound freaked out by the prospect. Their talk was to thank for that.

[bloomingdespite]

"Oh, yeah. He's a terrible bastard who would and did stab me in the back as soon as it was convenient. But the real Bakura got his soul stolen at the beginning, and since the spirit needed his human counterpart for his schemes, we had to work together to take down Dartz." Zahra shrugs, thinking back to the nightly Monster World games and the acerbic barbs they traded with the spirit that ever-so-slowly turned good natured as time wore on. "...there's still something human in him, though. I wish I had been able to draw it out in time." My, that's ominous.

"As for Noa... I wasn't going to let a depressed twelve year-old kill himself in a grand heroic gesture and give Gozaburo the pleasure of not dying alone." Zahra taps the puzzle, smiling. "He's renting out a room in here, so to speak. Noa was able to manifest corporeally once the world of Duel Monsters intersected with our own, and hoooo boy he's real grumpy he can't do the same thing here." His sullen temper tantrums are already giving Zahra a headache.

"If you do, that would have terrifying existential implications for me," Zahra half-jokes, smiling back. They realize that word is probably too big for Joey, but they don't really care.

[perpetual_underdog]

Nodding to that. "Well- least you're aware of dat." It would be worse if she was getting herself mixed up with this guy and didn't have the low down on him. I mean- how could Zahra not since it sounded like she had experienced a lot of the same things the gang had in his own time? "Bet dat as-.... er... jerk loved that." Not really sure why he bothered censoring himself since Zahra seemed perfectly fine with a little swearing. "I can't say dat I'm convinced of dat. Da way he's so eager and willing to sacrifice anyone in his path ta get to his aims..... I mean.. it's not really his best selling point if you know what I mean."

Joey fell silent at this subject. I mean, it could have been argued that Noah had already died in that car crash and whatever remained of him in those hard drives wasn't really representative that the kid that was lost. He didn't though, because a part of it felt too callus to say. Especially when Zahra thought she was doing a good deed here. ".... Dat whole 'ting.... was kinda a mess..." That is all he got out about it. At least the brat kid managed to live on in some timelime but was there really anything that could have been done for him in his own situation? "Oh.. I can imagine. being inside dat puzzle .... I mean it's roomy but it's a labyrinth..."

"Ha ha yeah.... I guess it would," Whatever that means.