[CLOSED] POKEGO Camping Expedition

[whiteshroud]

WHO: POKEGO members on the camping trip, as well as any people they pick up along the way (Ace)
WHERE: Kanto Realm
WHEN: August 30th - Early September
WHAT: POKEGO has decided to take a camping trip into the Kanto Realm to relax and welcome the newbies. It will go horribly wrong.
WARNINGS: Will add as needed.


POKEGO Camping Trip Catch-All

The weather is beautiful in the Kanto Realm, and there's Pokemon all over the place. There's also many bushes of ripe berries spread across the landscape. Be careful of eating them though, unless you want to become a Pokemon yourself.

POKEGO has decided to spend Labor Day weekend in the Kanto Realm to both have a camping trip and map out more of the region. Seems like a nice way to unwind after the last few months, right?

This is a catch-all for all the antics the POKEGO camping group will get up with before getting kidnapped by the Fae! Go ahead and post your own toplevels with your own antics. The Fae will grab them on the first of September, so they will have several days before then to do as they like.

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Yuuki Shinomiya

[killerapp]

[Whatever else you're doing, Yuuki has his headphones on. He hates this.]

Setting Up Camp

[You didn't think Yuuki was going to set up the tents himself, did you? Hell no, that's what Pod is for. He also had Pod carry most of his gear, since he is a scrawny boy with no interest in Muscle and he cannot carry most of the stuff he needs to bring here.

So while Pod is hovering around, setting up the tent, Yuuki is busy setting up a solar-powered charging station, the emergency radio, and the station for the actual cartography supplies. He can do that part, no problem.]

Outdoorsy Stuff

[Yuuki hates this. He hates this so much. He has found a rock somewhere to sit and is catching his breath. It does not matter what everyone is doing. He is out of shape and this is way too much exercise for one spicy kitten.]

Wildcard

[HMU on discord or plurk if you want something special!]

Outdoorsy Stuff

[whiteshroud]

[Jun is not worn out in the slightest. But well understands very few can keep up with him. So when Yuuki moves to sit down, he'll approach him, offering a canteen of water]

Water?

[killerapp]

[Yuuki wastes no time before taking the canteen. His is already empty.]

I'm not built for this.

to camp we go c:

[goldace]

[Man, if Ace knew hethey were going to be out in the wilderness for this long, he would have packed a power bank or something. As it is, his phone is living on 2% and a prayer and he's about this close to seeing if pissing off one of the zappy animals he keeps seeing in the distance will give him any kind of juice.

But thankfully, it doesn't appear that he'll need to be that drastic just yet, because one of the total strangers he foundhis camping buddies seems to have something that'll do the trick!]

Oh, sweet-- you have a cord that works with this, or is it wireless?

[He's just going to wiggle his phone at Yuuki while pointing at that solar charging station, a wide, relieved grin spread across his face.]

[killerapp]

[Yuuki just gives this guy a Look. How to spot the new apprentice: they're trying to talk to him with his headphones on.

He sighs and takes them off.]

It's wireless. You don't bring charging cords with so many people and Pokemon around, they'll just get lost.

Camp

[droptheious]

[ Varian has had to pitch a tent before, so he has no problem with this. He'd still rather be in his lab, but he's a farm boy at heart and the great outdoors isn't that much of a challenge. He does look up from finishing his tent at Pod working on Yuuki's tent. ]

...Y'know that kinda defeats the object.

[killerapp]

How? The point of this whole expedition is to get the newbies familiar with Kanto and map more, not build tents.

Noctis Lucis Caelum | Final Fantasy XV | OTA

[illucesco]

[one: rise and shine]

[Lucis Caelums are not morning people.

Noctis’s little indie gaming company is fully aware of this, which is why it’s something of an event when he does show up before 10 AM. He’s a hard worker otherwise, and reliable in a crisis, but god—when he naps he is asleep and cannot be awoken.

Unfortunately this carries over into camping, even in Kanto. He does not emerge from his tent despite all attempts at waking him up. Come inside, and you’ll be greeted with the sight of Noctis fast asleep, sprawled over his bedding and snoring gently.

Fluvius, Litus, and Fulgur are huddled up outside the tent. Come closer to them, and you’ll see them drawing straws. Fluvius groans when he realizes he’s drawn the shortest straw, then marches inside the tent like a man being sent on a critical mission.

Then: the sound of a Water Gun.

…followed by the sound of Noctis, in seal form, turning over and letting out a snore.]

“Oshawott!!”

[two: the great outdoors]

[After having been chivvied out of the tent and dried off so he can be human again, Noctis is helpful enough when setting up the tents—he’s had some experience with camping, clearly, though he bitches about it killing his back the whole time. But the second they’re anywhere near a lake, he walks off on his own to…set up a chair and cast out a fishing line.]

D’you think there’s any regular fish in there?

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[killerapp]

[Yuuki just watches this going on. When it doesn't wake Noct up, he decides to do the Mentor Thing and go in to get his mentee up.

By nudging him with his foot. He has a back up plan, if this doesn't work.]

[illucesco]

[Noctis, as a ribbon seal, slowly, balefully cracks one eye open as the foot-nudging manages to drag him back from sleep.]

Five minutes, Specs... [He tries to reach an arm up to cover his eyes, except his arms are flippers so all that happens is a wet little slap against blubber. He blinks, more awake now at the sound, and looks down at himself.]

—dammit, I forgot to stuff towels into the Armiger.

2~

[goldace]

[Man.... Ace is hungry. The snacks and sandwich he shoved into his bag before heading into the gate were gone within the first hour of his hike and now... well, let's just say even the bugs are looking a little appetizing.

Which is how he finds himself at the edge of the lake, walking up to plop down on his ass next to Noctis, sadly and weakly casting his own line out into the water.

A line that, upon even a glance, seems to just be a string tied to a stick.]

Ahhhhh I hope so. I don't wanna try eating things that can talk, y'know?

[Ace says with a sigh, acting like he very well might be withering away.]

[illucesco]

Yeah, I'd be a little disturbed too if I had to eat something that could talk. Even if the only thing it could say was its own species name.

[He does pause for a second, squinting at Ace. Is this guy also new? ...ehhhh, whatever, it's a free country and they could use some extra help.]

If you ask around we've got plenty of food.

great outdoors

[droptheious]

[ Varian's hanging out here, studying the plantlife and the rocks to his weird little heart's content. He looks up at Noct's question, then down at the water.]

Uhhhhh, no. This is a whole different world, buddy. The "regular" animals are the Pokemon. You might catch a magikarp though? Those... kinda look like regular fish.

[illucesco]

Oh. [What do they eat? he's about to ask, before he realizes that the answer is they're animals, they eat each other, duh. He just stares off into the distance for a bit before he decides, to himself, that this time he'll just catch and release. Sorry Ghilley.

After a moment, something tugs on the line, and Noctis is quick to reel it in with some effort, coming up with—]

Is this what a Magikarp looks like? [Yeah, that's definitely a Magikarp, flopping around on the hook.]

rise and shine

[anyprice]

[ this isn't even the first time he's had to get Noctis out of bed. It was a regular struggle, honestly--even back when he was a kid--to get him out of bed in time for school, or awake to do his homework when he went for an after-school nap.

Was he the best at it? No.
But has he learned some tricks? Absolutely. Yes.
...Has he dealt with this when the other was in Seal Form? Also no. This was a new avenue of attempts. He watches oshawott do his best and with a sigh, Sampo will come over and plop a hand atop of Fluvius' head. ]

If water worked, little buddy, I'd have had an easier job as a young man. That's not gonna work.

This is easier; watch.

[ out of his pocket he's gonna open a little box of ... very sour candy.

He's gonna shuffle up ... and move to plug Noctis' big ol' seal nose.

The moment he Opens his Mouth to breathe with his mouth instead...

....in goes a super sour lemonhead candy. ]

[illucesco]

[The candy gets spit out, and Noctis quickly struggles out of Sampo's grasp, which is something of a feat considering he's currently a dripping wet ribbon seal. He cracks open one bleary black eye, before—

—rolling over and conking out again. (4)]

Jun Nightroad | Tokyo Xanadu | OTA

[whiteshroud]

I. Daytime
[During the day, Jun is trying hard to pretend everything's normal.

He smiles at the other campers, often offering to help them anytime they're struggling. He laughs at jokes, and makes a few of his own. He's been on a few of these camping trips, so he knows the routine of these trips by now.

But there's signs there's something off. He makes no mention of what happened with the Black Order, or the mission to Asgard. Often times he goes quiet if it gets brought up. And not only that, but he seems to be going out of his way not to use his powers. There's no turning into a bird to scout ahead, no mentioning of sensing things, no using telekinesis to help carry things... none of that this time.

Even when it's time to stop and prepare a meal, despite being perfectly capable of conjuring a flame himself, he's bringing out Koukou his Fuecoco from his pokeball, trying to coax the pokemon to light the fire]

C'mon Koukou, just breath some fire on the--- no, don't look that way, that's the tent area. We don't want a repeat of that.

II. Nighttime
[When it reaches nighttime and people start to turn in for a night, that's when Jun drops the social act and starts keeping to himself more. He'll slip away, opting to find the nearest large tree he can climb up in and sit in while he mulls over his thoughts.

It's not a rooftop, but hey, it'll do.]

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[goldace]

[Ah, what's this? A person and tiny... dinosaur guy... struggling with the one thing that Ace himself is actually good at? Well, he can't just let this go, now can he? After all, how else is he going to make sure this random group he foundhis new good buddies make the best of what seems to be their first camping experience?

So, seeing that little guy starting to turn his eye away from the fire, Ace is quick to move in, crouching next to the bunch of sticks waiting to be lit and raising a hand in greeting.]

Hey, little guy. Why don't you help me out instead, huh? It's just a little... [He brings one hand up to his mouth, curling his fingers into a circle and blowing through it, letting fire spark and flow in a weak but focused stream towards the sticks.] Think you can do better?

[Because what better than a friendly competition to help focus a potential arsonist?]

Nighttime

[droptheious]

[Varian was witness to all the chaos from earlier. It was pretty hard to miss. But what was even harder to miss was that Jun was definitely off. He might not be the most sociable person alive, but this was... different. He knows that Jun has a habit of keeping to himself like a weird little roof hermit, but he figures that's probably the best time to check in on him.

Plus it's not that hard to find his friend. Just find the highest possible vantage point and oop- there he is. Varian is absolutely not going to climb the tree himself- he doesn't want to break his neck, thanks. Instead, he leans on the trunk, looking out at... well, whatever Jun is probably not looking at. After a while of companionable silence:]

So. That sure was a day.

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[beyondtheend]

[Hey, Jun.]

[Remember the last time you went camping? When Fuecoco lit a tent on fire?]

[It'd really be a shame if one of the residents of that tent was on this camping trip too, wouldn't it?]

[When Frieren sees the Fuecoco, she immediately walks over. And starts giving him pets.]

I remember this little guy.

Frieren

[beyondtheend]

[Setting up Camp]

[The last time Frieren went camping, her tent was burned to the ground.]

[She's not particularly bothered by this. In fact, she thought it was rather amusing. But she'd rather not have it happen again, so when she sets up her domicile with her Jirachi, she's going to do it the way that she does best.]

[Frieren pulls up the earth itself in order to make her makeshift tent.]

[Her Jirachi didn't really do much, but he gets a treat and a headpat anyway. Good Jirachi.]

[In the Field]

[Frieren may have been a mage in her past life, but she's a scientist in this one.]

[And she might as well be in heaven right now.]

[As she wanders to and fro, Frieren is writing down everything she can in a small notebook she brought with her. If you're (un)lucky, she may even come up to you specifically with something she's found.]

Did you see this?

[Don't Put it in Your Mouth]

[Everyone told her to stay away from the berries.]

[And that makes her want to try them all the more.]

[Someone please stop this elf before she tries experiments. She does not need to be doing experiments.]

don’t put it in your mouth

[illucesco]

[Almost immediately:]

Please don’t eat the berries and make me have to cure poison this early on.

[heng_like_a_dragon]

A: Don't Eat That (ft. Mom Voice)

[Dan Heng didn't think he'd have to make it a point to not eat the weird berries, but here he is harping on it. Just because he's brought along a first aid kit doesn't mean that he's prepared to help cure someone of poison if they eat anything they shouldn't.]

Just a general reminder to everyone, please do not eat anything in the forest until we've correctly identified if it's safe for human consumption. We have plenty of rations to last the trip and for emergency use. Just because wild berries are safe for Pokemon to eat doesn't mean we're safe to eat them.

If you eat one and they happen to be poisonous, Grandiflora is the only one who can cure it. And I will lecture you while he heals you, with a report to Professor Oak if there's more than one instance.

[...Not that he can do much to dissuade Ace, really, since he's not a POKEGO member, but still. He's trying.]

B: Washing Skeledirge Simulator

[Between checking their map, keeping an eye on everyone, collecting and sorting samples of anything interesting they find, and helping pitch tents or do camping chores, Dan Heng's a busy man. ... Maybe too busy for what's ostensibly a work vacation, but he can't help himself. Right now, though, he's currently in a rare not-busy moment of very carefully washing his Skeledirge, Sang, while Cirrus the Altaria watches from the side.]

I know you don't like it, Sang, but you need to stay still. You'll get a treat for being good.

[The Skeledirge grumbles, but stays still very reluctantly. The fire crocodile does Not like cleaning day the same way a cat doesn't like it.]

Don't Eat That

[whiteshroud]

Aww, but I wanted to try out that wild berry shake recipe the Culinary division published a few issues ago....

[Yes, Jun actually reads those emails. ]

Don't eat that

[droptheious]

[ Varian pauses about halfway through this lecture. He stays stock-still for a moment. Does he have something in his mouth? They both know the answer to that. With what? They both know the answer to that too.

He lets out a muffled "hmm-hm!" And gives Dan Heng a thumbs up.

He. He hasn't spat out the berries yet. He's thinking he can do this stealthily. When Dan Heng isn't looking. Because this is obviously the perfect crime.]