usedwatergun | ✘ .//. three » text, video; action {goldenrod city}

Hello everyone,

I'd like to let you all know about a special event coming up at the end of this month in Cherrygrove City. It's a fundraiser for Johto's and Kanto's first Welcome Center, and we'll be holding it on Saturday, September 28th, from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.. There will be another next month in Kanto. I'll announce that one once we have more things finalized.

We have all sorts of great things planned! There will be food and drinks, a talent show, an egg raffle, and a lot of opportunities to buy and sell eggs as well as adopt new Pokemon for your teams.

[For the next part Katara switches to video, thinking it would be much easier to share the information she's about to give this way than typing it all out. Despite having never really done this type of event before she seems surprisingly collected rather than nervous. She offers a friendly smile and then gets to it.]

The Welcome Center will be providing free services for new arrivals and returning trainers who need help getting settled. It's a non-profit group, so we'll definitely be looking for volunteers. We could use some help getting together supplies and the money we'll need to renovate the boarding houses, too. Some of the other local businesses have already agreed to help out, and the foster home will be adopting out Pokemon at the fundraiser, too. It would be great if we could get homes for them.

[Now, on to the other stuff. She takes a brief pause before going on, gesturing behind her to where there's already a few bins of supplies.]

We'll be holding a food drive and we'd really appreciate it if anyone would like to come by and make donations. Besides canned food we could also use basic supplies and people who have experience with construction work, if anyone is willing to give their time. Just contact me if you have any questions about anything or if you'd like to volunteer.

[Is that everything? She thinks that's everything. Well then- time to wrap this up.] I really hope that you'll be able to come out and show your support. Thank you for your time!

(ooc: The fundraiser and welcome center have both already been mod-approved. OOC sign up's can be found over here!)

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This is a most noble endeavour, young lady. It would be my honour to assist in such an undertaking. I do not have much to give, but what I can offer is my time and effort. I am not unfamiliar with hard work, and while it has been some time since I have held a hammer, I will do my best.

[That response flusters her a bit by how formal it is, initially, but she's grateful for the offer. Have a very pleased smile.]

Thank you! That will be a huge help. We'll probably be starting the work once we've had a chance to get organized again on the twenty-ninth.

Then I shall wait further instructions. I am currently in Cherrygrove myself, so perhaps I shall extend my stay for a month before I leave to the next town.

My name is Dante Alighieri. A pleasure, young lady.

I'll be making my way there either once the others are done here in Goldenrod, or after I get my badge. I can show you which house we'll be working on.

[She's admittedly kind of excited, because he's her first official sign up outside of Riku, Saber, Minato, and Envy.]

It's nice to meet you, Dante. I'm Katara. [But since he mentioned being in Cherrygrove she's admittedly curious.] Have you been here in Johto for long?

I eagerly await your arrival.

It has been a month. Compared to some here, that is very little indeed. But my journey in Johto has been a much welcomed change in my life. I do not regret it.

It's definitely one of the more peaceful places I've been. Once you get past the things like the constant music, and losing our powers it's actually really nice here.

[Though she has started to really miss her friends again lately.]

The music is but a small price to pay for the peace that I have enjoyed. I do not regret losing some of my skills either; they are ill-suited for a man who has given up fighting. I only wish that my beloved was here to share this land with me. Only her presence could possibly turn this place into Heaven on Earth. But God's will be done, not mine. If she is happier in Paradise, then I would rather she remain there then come down to the earth once again.

A welcome center is a great idea. Do you need help with construction?

I'd appreciate it. We could definitely use any help we can get. [And it is very awesome to be getting responses already. So far so good!]

Awesome. When should I be in Cherrygrove?

Name's Carol Danvers by the way.

It's nice to meet you, Carol. I'm Katara.

I'll probably be heading that way in the next week or two. I just have some things to wrap up in Goldenrod. Anytime between now and then, if you want.

You too.

I'll probably head over in the next week in that case. I'd bug my traveling companions to go with me but one of them is down at the moment.

Edited 2013-09-10 02:02 (UTC)

[Well, it's a good idea. She has to give Katara that much, but...have a headtilt, Katara.]

Do you have any security set up for this?

[Well, she has to admit-]

So far I've had two people agree to help. [It had crossed her mind to maybe ask Lightning, but with the recent activity in Viridian and Goldenrod she worried it would be imposing.] I was hoping this would give me enough time to find more people, but I'd really appreciate any other help or ideas that I can get, if you don't mind...?

[Two people for something this big? Lightning frowns. Sure, there's three weeks to go, but...]

I can make some calls. See if anyone in the Corps can get to Cherrygrove by then. [a small pause, then:] But you'll want to keep trying to get people on your own. I can't make any guarantees with them right now.

[Yes, it's shameful isn't it? Thankfully, at least, one of those people is pretty smart with security detailing, but still.]

Thank you, Lightning. I appreciate it, all the same. I'll try to keep asking around. [If she's honest-] Most of the people I would have asked before aren't here anymore, and I've probably spent too much time focusing on this and not enough time getting to know people.

[She's the first to admit that it's strategy, not overwhelming force, that can turn a battle. Still...it does seem a bit too little given all that's happened in the past.]

We've lost a lot of people lately. It probably wouldn't have made a difference even if you had gotten to know them. [Which is Lightning speak for "you did what you could."] All we can do now is pool our resources and go from there.

Who do you have so far?

[She doesn't speak Lightning yet, but she sort of gets the message anyway.]

A trainer named Envy who I met last year, and another trainer named Robin. He knows way more about this stuff than I do, so there's that, but... [The numbers are still small and there's only so much that two or three people can do- that's absolutely true.]

[She doesn't recognize either of those names, and while she figures Katara's got a good enough head on her shoulders to make these calls for herself, she does wonder. Not much to do about it, though.]

I'll try to get down to Cherrygrove by the time you get started. That'll give us more time to get others for the one you've got planned for Kanto.

This is actually an idea I can get behind. And hey, I'm in Goldenrod looking after an invalid right now.

So I could lend a hand.

Edited 2013-09-09 03:50 (UTC)

Really? [All of this has caught her attention, and she's both curious and... concerned- because an invalid? Someone hurt, or coma-update?]

I mean, great! Thank you! [The more volunteers the better, honestly, and she appreciates the swiftness of the replies.] I'm actually here in Goldenrod, too. We're just finishing some things here before I head back in a week. I really appreciate the offer. [She smiles.] I'm Katara, by the way.

He's fine, he just keeps getting up and not doing as we say.

Tony Stark. And it's no problem, if things were different, I'd be able to offer more, but everything I have is back in my world or on a bed right now. So you're just going to have to have only me.

You still want me to show up?

[He figures he might as well ask, it's been a while since she asked him and maybe she's decided it was a bad idea since then.]

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