#thetruthorideals

You got it, my friend!  Work can be so much to deal with all on its own.  I definitely know how that feels!  Hopefully everything will settle down for you soon and you can come back to us full-force!  For now, N will be on hiatus until September 8th.  Take care of yourself and we’ll see you soon!

With a soft sigh, DJ Ben puts his back against the door of his booth, hands on his hips, and he surveys the room carefully.  She has to be in here somewhere… there’s no way she got out.  Poor Pikachu, she was just so skittish that the second he let her out of the Pokeball, she ran off out of fear.  Although the Radio Tower didn’t know what exactly had happened to the Pikachu when she was under the possession of her previous trainer, it obviously wasn’t good.  She needed someone with a lot of patience, someone who would understand her better than anyone else to get her to come out of that shell.

Here was hoping their latest winner would be the right choice for rehoming her.  Ben didn’t know much about this guy, but apparently he was great with these kinds of Pokemon, a real expert on rehabilitating mistreated Pokemon.  Pikachu desperately needed a fellow like that.  But the important thing now was finding Pikachu so he could hand the Electric-type off to this guy, N Harmonia.  But she’s nowhere in sight.

And so there the DJ is, on his hands and knees, looking around for Pikachu, till he finally spots here in the corner of the room underneath his desk.  Ben doesn’t get any closer to her.  Nothing will be achieved by him trying to get her to come to him.  She’s not his Pokemon and he doesn’t want to stress her out any more than she already is being here.  Besides, an Electric-type attacking in his sound booth?  Now that would be bad news.

Ben nearly jumps out of his skin when he hears someone enter the booth.  Pikachu whimpers but stays in her spot.  As the DJ stands up, he puts on a smile for the man and greets him with a friendly, “Hey!  Thanks for coming.  I– hang on.”  Ben turns and recalls Pikachu to her Pokeball and hands it off.

“Usually we try to let you get some face time with your new Pokemon, but she’s so scared, I don’t think this is a good place to do it.  You have a lot of work to do with her, but I heard you’re great with Pokemon, right?  She came from a home hoarding Pokemon and… it took a toll on her.  I wanna see her do well, so I’m counting on you, okay?  Please be good to her.”

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.

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Goldenrod’s a big city, and it appears especially so to the tourists who come around the world to see its sights.  The locals are the only ones really adjusted to the scale of the city and its many twists and turns.  Even someone like Ash, growing up in the tiny town of Azalea, was rapidly becoming an expert in navigating the city with ease.  Vince said he always felt more at home here, so she’s spent a lot of time walking around the city already, but now that she was a trainer, there was much more for her to do here-- and so it became necessary to become familiar with the important locations scattered around the city.

After stepping out of the department store with supplies, today feels like a good day to just relax.  She’s been training pretty hard lately, but she knows she might not yet be ready for Whitney and that nightmarish Miltank (and hey-- she’s already tried beating that monster recently to no avail).  And what’s better than training?  Why, procrastinating of course, and so she’s off to the Game Corner to play the slots and some Voltorb Flip.  She deserved a break anyhow.  Who said training had to be all serious all the time anyways?

However, as Ash approaches the Game Corner, she notices a few people out and about-- mainly one tall young man who looks like he is very lost.  It’s just based on the body language; to her, he seems awkward and perhaps a bit uncomfortable.  Maybe he’s just enjoying the sights around, or waiting for someone, but Ash just doesn’t think so.  The Cooltrainer takes one long look at the Game Corner, then sighs softly.  She steps towards the stranger, stuffing her coin case back into her bag.

headcanon free-for-all | tentatively accepting

How Ncredible to have you join us once more! We hope you found what you were looking for on your journey. I bet you have all sorts of Nteresting stories to share.I feel like our world can be a little more harmonious now that you’re here.  No pun Ntended. We know you have quite a bit to catch up on, so get to it by following everyone on the Masterlist!

I am so sorry to hear that.  Losing someone is incredibly hard, and no one wants to deal with stuff like roleplay when that happens, you know?  Don’t feel bad for needing some time away.  It’ll be good for you. We just hope that by the time you’re back, you’ll be ready to jump back in.  We’ll put N on hiatus until March 29th.  We’ll see you then.  Take care, my friend.