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   Ranger feels whatever coloration face still held begin to drain; helplessly watching as Pokemon formed by misconstruction rushes rampant instantly once the glow of pokeball’s release diminishes. Body of one and head of another Dracovish clumsily wobbles forward, and despite its top-heavy form, still manages to gain a semblance of speed--...and use that speed to go directly forward, and directly toward the presence of another.

   “O-oh--...oh no.               Watch--watch out!”

oh no, the party’s really getting started now that you’re here!

Welcome, Idol Alice! Make sure you follow the masterlist, but everyone also please follow Alice!

Ben’s hand rests lazily on the back of the Corsola in his lap, slightly leaned back in his chair as he scribbles down some notes for later.  The runner up to the raffle should be here any minute to take her off of his hands.  When he found out it was somewhat of a celebrity who won the prize, one that had won their raffle previously, he was awfully surprised.  Ben had met a hell of a lot of musicians in his time, but he hadn’t yet had the chance to meet Alice.  This would be a great opportunity to meet her.  She sounded sweet, based on what Mary had told him when she had met the idol before.

When he hears someone step into his booth, he spins around to greet them and– ah, there she is, the woman of the hour with a Dunsparce in hand.  Though Ben wasn’t the one to take care of the Dunsparce before they handed it off to the Idol, he had heard from Mary how the creature had been in a somewhat miserable state when he had come into their possession.  Now, it looked so contented.  What a difference a good, caring trainer could make!  Hopefully Alice could repeat that again here with her new prize, Corsola.

Ben stands up, cradling the Corsola in one arm, and extends a hand out for Alice to shake, grinning wide.  While Alice’s music wasn’t exactly to his taste– being a bit of an old school music snob himself– he did play it on the Music Channel from time to time.  It was popular, what could he say?  And some of those songs were real ear worms, getting stuck in Ben’s head all the time, which wasn’t helped by Mary playing the Idol’s tunes from time to time at home as well.  It was always an honor to meet the people behind the music he played, and this was no exception.

“Hey, great to meet you!  I’m so glad to see that Dunsparce is doing so well with you.  Mary is gonna be so happy when I tell her how happy the little guy is.  She was so worried about how he was going to do when he found his forever home.  Well, we got another project for you.”

The DJ softly runs his free hand over the Corsola’s back.  While most Corsola were a beautiful and vibrant pink and blue, the coral branches on this Pokemon’s back were brown and black– a tell-tale sign that this Corsola was living in unhealthy, polluted water when it was picked up.  Poor thing was doing better than before, but she needed good love and care.  This Corsola was awfully slow, hardly doing much all day, but Ben was certain that once she was feeling better, she’d be much more active and happy.  These Pokemon were so sweet in his experience, so it broke his heart a bit to see it in the straits it was in currently.  At least he knew he could count on someone like Alice to make sure Corsola got just what she needed to recover.

After a slight pause, looking down silently to the Pokemon, he glances back to Alice.  “This Corsola was living in this nasty, polluted bay, so her coral is dying.  Don’t worry, just keep her in some clean, warm salt water for a couple weeks, and keep a good eye on her, and she’ll be good as new!  If the branches break off, that’s okay too.  They grow back as quick as a Slowpoke tail!  And now, she’s all yours.  Take good care of her, all right?  I wanna see her healthy and happy just like Dunsparce here!”

With satisfaction in his heart, DJ Ben leans back in his chair, humming a soft tune to himself.  He was definitely getting used to running these events now-- and what a blast they are!  He can’t wait to see the look on those happy campers’ faces when they realize how much fun the camping event would really be!  Or-- so he would hope.  And if they turned out to be dissatisfied, well... maybe this would brighten their spirits a bit.

Each camper participated in this raffle just the same, so four unhappy campers could be transformed into happy ones with the announcement of that fabulous, magnificent prize of a shiny Pokemon to take home.  Won’t they be so grateful for such a neat gift!  Ben loved giving away those Pokemon.  They deserved a nice home.  And hey, if those campers did well in his little scavenger hunt, then they could get some pretty worthwhile prizes all around!

Mary had her concerns about the event, but Ben just had a great feeling about all of this.  Yes, it would be something to remember-- who could ever forget winning such a cool, shiny Pokemon?

CONGRATULATIONS TO...

LILLIE, COOLTRAINER ASH, and N HARMONIA-- You are our lucky winners for the Summerniversary Event!  Your names were the first to be drawn for our event, so now it’s time to take your pick of any Fire-, Electric-, or Dragon-type shiny Pokemon!  There is no need to wait for the other winners to make their pick; everyone can choose whichever type they desire, regardless of what other types were chosen.

Even world class idols need to have a break now and then. How can we expect them to inspire us and lift our spirits when they are uninspired themselves? It would break the fans’ hearts if their number one gal didn’t give it her all for them. Idol Alice will be placed on hiatus until August 2nd! See you soon!

That’s no problem at all, my friend!  That injury was terrible-- that’ll definitely put a stop to things for a while for sure.  Who wants to deal with roleplay after coming back from a trip and then getting an injury, right?  So we’ll put Idol Alice on hiatus until June 14th, and extend that Surfer reserve to June 6th.  Hopefully that’ll be good time for you to recover more and feel ready to bounce back!  See you then!

With summer rapidly approaching, we’re not surprised to see someone take advantage of those righteous waves. You better enjoy them before the summer traffic takes over. You don’t need HM03 to get around. You’ve got all natural talent, brah! Have him ready to hang ten by May 30th!

Oh no!  I’m sorry to hear that!  What kind of luck is that, huh?  Well, never fear!  While your finger is healing up, we’ve got Emmet on a train to his extension!  Double the time sounds just fine for a double battle aficionado like himself anyhow!  Get the subway prepped, ice that finger, and aim for victory!  We’ll see you here by April 9th!