ten (text/action) ♊ this is the dance of the pokémon advance!

[viiru2alert]

[Early on the morn of the seventeenth, this anonymous text message appears on the Network:]

PFC. Since I haven't heard anything about stopping the meeting in light of that rampage at the Department Store, it'll still be happening. Just be ready to move somewhere else if they tell us to; I'd say Route 35 would be a good place. So yeah, if you like Pokémon battling, come on up to the top of Goldenrod Depot in a few hours.

[And a few hours later, lurking on the rooftop of one Goldenrod Department Store is a kid with stupid glasses who seems more interested in his Pokégear than anything else. But that's really because people haven't showed up yet!! There's not a lot to suggest that there is even a thing still happening here, to be honest, no banners or anything. He... didn't really put in much effort to get snacks or anything, because there are vending machines right over there, and all the money people win can totally be used for food! ...And for the people who lose, they should have brought more money.]

[There's gonna be two subthreads below: mingling and battling. If two characters meet and want to duke it out, one of them should make a new thread under the battling comment, just to keep it neat.]

Comments

[friendyousohard]

That's what Tesla's for. My spaceship's got all the room they could need.

[buckyouup]

An' you're sure he can fit Jessie, Buck an' Dozer on board? Them magnets are stronger than they look.

[friendyousohard]

It's all just a matter of getting off the ground first. Once it's up in the air, it's really hard to stop.

Of course, Jessie might be a bit too energetic. Spike would have to calm her down first.

[buckyouup]

[She laughs.]

An' now we're just goin' in circles.

[friendyousohard]

That's what happens when you have such widely varied teams as ours. We can counter pretty much anything either of us can do.

... I never did get to use Starswirl though.

[buckyouup]

An' I didn't get t'use Lasso, either. But... it looks like you'd have the advantage there, Sugarcube.

[friendyousohard]

We'll have to see who really has the advantage over who when you catch up to me in levels, huh?

[Playful nudge.]

[buckyouup]

It won't be long now, Sugarcube. We'll have ourselves an even battle soon.

[She nudges right back.]

[friendyousohard]

I'm looking forward to it. And I promise, no holding back.

[buckyouup]

I wouldn't let you, if you wanted to.