GAME OPEN - INTRO MINGLE

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INTRO MINGLE: BOUNTIFUL BUFFET
	NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
	New arrivals will continue trickling in as time goes on, always arriving close enough to the Obsidian Fieldlands base camp to be spotted and shepherded back to the safety of Jubilife, or in the vicinity of a material-gathering party who can gather them up as well. Characters are given a spare set of clothes once they arrive at the village. It's usually something resembling a casualwear kimono and trousers, fitted to them specifically. OOC NOTE: If your character arrived during the TDM, feel free to use that as game canon!
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PLANNING PHASE
As the new arrivals begin to show up in force, the Galaxy Team's leader, Kamado, makes more and more visits to the Wallflower. Soon after, the Wallflower's chef and owner puts out a call for help: Ingredients, of all varieties, and extra hands that can prepare and cook food. It seems a big buffet is in the works - and the whole village is invited! OOC NOTES: ❧ The in game length of the gathering, prep, and meal phases totals 4 days, but feel free to thread well beyond that. ❧ Wildcards and additional prompts are absolutely encouraged here! ❧ Characters who arrived during the TDM may consider those threads canonical to the game if they wish. ❧ Have fun!
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	GATHERING PHASE (DAYS 1-3)
	The request goes out in the early morning on Friday: Ingredients! Food items! As much as you can carry! The reward, the green haired maestro of cooking assures you, will come in time. Though if you can’t be convinced to work for free, he’ll turn over some coin with minimal grumpy mumbling. The ingredients he’s looking for are all easy to locate in the Obsidian Fieldlands - a variety of berries, the ever sweet combs of Dazzling Honey, and the savory Springy Mushrooms that grow at the bases of trees. There are other herbs and plants on the list as well, so feel free to make some up as you go. The largest barrier to progress is the Combee that guard their precious honey and the Paras that hoard the mushrooms, guarding them fiercely. Whether you choose to sneak in, grab your goods, and sneak out, or do battle with these boisterous pokémon is up to you.
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MEAL PREP PHASE (DAYS 3-4)
As loath as he is to admit that he needs help, Beni is allowing folks into his kitchen to slice, dice, and sauteé in preparation for the big day! Ingredients need to be washed, sorted, prepared, and stored safely. Wood needs to be chopped for the cooking fires. New additions to the pantry are still being accepted. Whatever you can contribute helps, Beni assures everyone. If you’re feeling like there’s too many cooks in the kitchen, tables and benches need to be set up outside. The tables inside need to be washed and set up as well. Decorations are discussed - maybe some colorful lanterns or banners…?
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	FEAST (DAY 4)
	When the day comes, tables and benches are set up in front of Galaxy Hall and filled to the brim with food. Rice, great big hotpots of ramen, plate after plate of mochi - potato or otherwise - and a truly incredible selection of clay pots containing quality teas, brewed fresh for the occasion. And that’s just scratching the surface! Between the Agriculture Corps tireless work on harvesting food and all the new arrivals’ hard fought spoils, the feast is truly grand. Kamado appears in front of the table just as the first guests start to draw closer to the wonderful arrangement. He gestures with a sweeping motion at the food, and bows his head respectfully. "If you eat from this table-" he says. "-then you are one of us and we welcome you to our home. We only ask that you work to put food back on our tables moving forward. That you work hard and give Jubilife, and indeed all of Hisui, your best."
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GOOD OMENS (NIGHT)
After the feast, as night begins to fall over the village, characters may look up to see that in the clear starry sky, a meteor shower has begun. The shooting stars come in all colors, too, filling the night with a cheerful rainbow incandescence. Locals stop and point, the superstitious among them exclaiming that this is a good omen. A sign that things are looking up. They say there’s an old legend about this sort of meteor shower - that if you make a wish on the colorful streaks in the sky, it just might come true...
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[caduceusoncall]

Thankfully, the sound of Huff's voice and yelling has attracted some attention. Mercy had been out with a small team of Security Corps guards, looking for new arrivals that might have gotten missed in the initial round up. It's something she was planning to do weekly moving forwards - and apparently that's a good idea. She hears Huff long before she sees her, making her way over the crest of a small hill to see...a small and out of place looking person. Yes, this would be a new arrival.

"Greetings!" She waved, trying to catch her attention as she jogs down the hill to meet her. "Are you injured?"

[huffrunda]

Huff was equal parts pleased and outraged to see someone trotting over from the distance calling out to her. Pleased, because she had been calculating how long it would take for her to go crazy if she were the only person around to talk to, other than the creature she had decided to call Mint; and outraged because this person also seemed to already be aware she was going to be here, which suggested that her kidnapping assumption had been at least partially correct.

Diplomacy and indignation warred in Huff's head before her mind decided to split the difference. "Hello!" She called out politely, hands on her hips. "A pleasure to meet you! Are you the bastards who fucking teleported me here? Because if so we are going to have words." She said, her tone suggesting that those words would start with F, end with U, and lead to some manner of imminent violence.

[caduceusoncall]

"No, but that is a fair assumption." Mercy noticeably slows her approach, in case the irate halfling decides she's lying and tries to attack her in some way. "This is not the work of anyone in particular - not that the locals are aware of, anyway."

Although she can't confirm that, and regrets saying it, because it casts a certain amount of suspicion on the locals. And they have thus far been nothing but pleasant, asking only for their support while they try to assess the situation.

"I am not, to be clear, a local. Merely lending my aid as a doctor to those who might arrive with injuries or be accosted by wild pokemon on their way in." She pauses. "Are you familiar with pokemon?"

[huffrunda]

"Huh." Huff exclaimed, Pocketing the half open orb she realized she was still carrying. "Alright, supposing that is the case, this is probably the deer's fault." She said, nodding to herself. "But no? Not sure what a Pomemon-" She paused, examining the unfamiliar word as she said it, "-is. Though based on context I'm assuming; come over here you..." She wrangled the still circling Mint, marveling briefly at the creature's strangely cool and liquid outer coating, "Is... one of those?"

She considered briefly the possibility that the deer could be one of these Pokemon as well, but decided to shelve the idea for the moment. Gods could probably not be stored in wooden spheres. That, she decided, was just astronomically unlikely.

as discussed - switching to brackets on my end!

[caduceusoncall]

[ Mercy nods, pleased Huff seems to understand. She pulls her own pokeball out of a pouch at her hip to show her. She tosses it into the air where it spins, freezes, and unleashes a little Happiny that stands by her feet and looks up at her expectantly. ]

They're creatures with incredibly unlikely abilities. I know that isn't really a comforting or informational response. It is unfortunately all I have to offer. The people in the village can tell you more than I can, however.

Re: as discussed - switching to brackets on my end!

[huffrunda]

"No that's actually good to know. Biological creatures then, presumably with some form of sub-layer magic." Huff stopped to consider for a moment, her eyes flicking between the egg shaped pokemon on the ground a ways away, and her own Minty fetal companion. "Are they all like, fetuses of some sort, or are there non fetus varietals?" She asked, seeming to slightly dread the answer.

"Oh and, since we seem to have settled on diplomacy, I'm huff." She added with a somewhat distracted wave.

[caduceusoncall]

Doctor Angela Ziegler. [ She nods her head in greeting. ] And no, they are extremely varied in shape, size, and power. There's a Professor in the Village who can tell you what yours is called, but I suspect it will be up to you to figure out what it can do.

Pin! Pinny!

This is Rosa. [ Angela stoops down to pick up her Happiny. ] I'm afraid I don't know much about her, yet. She's a what's called a "Happiny", but she will eventually undergo a transformation into a different type of being. The locals call it evolution but that is a woefully misrepresentative term.

[huffrunda]

"I see." Huff intones, nodding. "Well, this is, Mint? Yeah, this is Mint."

Huff surveyed the happiny, intrigued. "So you're saying that instead of a gradual ecological process they just... transform?" Huff was mildly baffled but she supposed it was not entirely out of the realm of reasonability, after all a number of species on Galn had different 'forms' related to their maturity and growth patterns.

"Well, in light of recent events, sorry about the yelling, don't suppose you might be able to point me in the direction of the settlement you mentioned? I'm getting the impression I have a lot of things to catch up on."

[caduceusoncall]

They undergo a change of physical form, but I don't know the specifics.

[ A few figures appear on the hill behind Angela. Just the security corp members catching up to her, looking rather surprised to see Huff, but otherwise just waiting to be told to escort her back to the village. ]

Yelling is understandable when you are agitated and potentially kidnapped. And yes, it would be poor form for me to leave new arrivals standing in an open field, wouldn't it?

[huffrunda]

Huff considered this point and then walked forward towards the growing group of people.

“Appreciated.” She said simply. “I’ve been kidnapped twice before so you can imagine my irritation.” Having said this, Huff gave the doctor a slightly tired smile, before falling into step in the small crowd.

“And I presume you are all some form of security force? A pleasure.”

[caduceusoncall]

Yes, these are a few members of the Security Corps - they assure safe travel between the settlement and field camps.

[ She does wonder how this person will react to being told about the Galaxy Expedition Team and their expectations. Cross that bridge when they come to it. ]

Wild pokemon, unlike the one you have there, are frequently aggressive.

[huffrunda]

"Huh, I see." Huff said as she walked, her legs working double-time to keep up with the much taller people. "So Pokemon are basically, just, wildlife? Like, very weird wildlife I guess." She mused.

"Guess I've got a lot of things to get up to speed on. World spanning kidnappings definitely open up a lot of new sets of problems." She said, cracking a seemingly rather half-hearted joke.