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[awesome_island]

[April 1.

April Fool's Day.

The Island has heard of this day, heard it from people past and present and hopefully in the future. You would think that, with the Island being the Island being a complete and utter whacko who springs all kinds of crazed and insane and out of the ordinary situations on the people and Pokemon that live on it, a day such as April Fool's Day would go down exceptionally well with a landmass that acts the fool. If you were thinking that, you thought wrong. The Island loves CHRISTMAS. The Island loves VALENTINE'S DAY.

Right now, at this present moment in time, maybe the Island could come to love April Fool's Day as well.

Eri has gone. Released his ownership. That is something known for certain; there was that conversation with Touko, that conversation with Soul, the ritual performed. Tina hasn't come back to reclaim what was once hers, either. The Island... is free. Free from being belonged by a Giratina. Free to do whatever it pleases, only increased tenfold. Or hundredfold. Or even millionfold because WHY NOT.

A cause for a celebration.

The first thing to happen is to transform the CMA. In a flurry of purple glitter, red and white shooting stars and pink smoke that smells faintly of raspberries, the CMA as people came to know it since the fifth of May, 2008 is no more. It's not a FIELD anymore. If anything, the CMA now closely resembles a PARK.

A park that is encircled entirely by a city.

A city that has every kind of building imaginable.

Smaller buildings, larger buildings, saner buildings, whackier buildings. All ripe for exploration, discovery and habitation.

That's not all the Island has done.

Bollards have appeared in random locations all across the terrain. They are simplistic and grey, standing roughly four feet tall and have a glowing purple swirl engraved on the top of them. Touching them will take somebody elsewhere on the Island. Azimuth Plain, Aurora Forest, Pivot Mountain, the Seven Lakes, Lake WTF... literally anywhere within the confines.

Down past the rocky landscape that surrounds Umbra Cave, a thick, unrelenting fog has appeared along the most southern edge. It can be touched, yet it cannot be removed no matter what the means.

Then there is the main thing.

With all of its shiptastic might, the Island has duplicated itself right down to the very last detail. While the original stays precisely where it was, the twin, per se, appears in a new dimension, yet still south of a Sinnoh. Perhaps this will help increase the population of humans back to how it once was. Perhaps. Perhaps. Time will tell, for sure.

With changes finished, that precise moment is sealed with a fireworks display. The sky is littered with every colour of the rainbow, scattered in all directions and forming shapes, figures such as past Islanders gone by, flowers, love hearts, you name it. The dazzling arrangement shows no signs of ceasing, either. It's going to remain for the rest of the night, to be enjoyed and cherished.

Finally, now that everything is settled and how it wants things to be for the time being, the Island speaks, a booming voice echoing over the fireworks;]

HEY GUISE! Enjoy the new changes because I love you all! Explore Monday City and the shiny looking new CMA!

[You heard the Island. Can't let it down now, can you?]

(( OOC: Et voila! After many weeks of speculation and dithering on my part, the Dreamwidth mirror of Pokedressing is open! Livejournal's community will remain open for the time being, too.

An entry from myself, Vycksta, on DW!PUD will occur within the next couple of days, listing all the changes that has happened both IC and OOC. Stay tuned! 8) ))

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[breakthecause]

[[ Somewhere in the CMA, Carys is stomping around with a face like thunder. Someone is unhappy to return to Awesome Island! ]]

...I don't care about this new city! I don't care about the fireworks! I am not one to be controlled!

[[ Carys used Low Kick! Wild Trashcan fainted! ]]

[championfire]

...Who's controlling you anyway? { Headtilt, w-was it the trashcan doing it?}

[even_less_fashion_sense]

[ Whoah sis, chill out, that trashcan did nothing. Maybe it was a very nice trashcan, in fact, and you knocked it out. Have some shame. ]

I don't see how exactly we're being controlled.

[inasortofaura]

Hey!

[Looks like Carys' assault on an inanimate object attracted the attention of Rui, whose expression went sterner upon seeing the other girl. She has arrived on Awesome Island for the first time and is naturally confused as to where she is, where her best friend and her Grandparents are, why she is here and who it was that just spoke; a quartet of concerns that can be discounted for the time being.

There is no need for such a violent reaction.]

That trashcan did not deserved to be stomped down because of your petulant attitude!

[nuzlocker]

[Well, have a sleeply Nuzlocke trainer, her Blitzle cowering behind her a little, while her Ponyta looks rather panicked.]
...You're lost too?
[Lost, controlled, whatever.]

[magmaticflamberge]

[This is Edmond. This is Edmond trying not to cry.

You may or may not remember him as that guy who needed Team Magma to be around in order to stay sane.

A large city means technology everywhere. Technology everywhere means a lot of stuff that Edmond can't, and doesn't want to understand. He is just so confused right now.

He really, really hopes that there is a duplicate of his Island house somewhere in Azimuth Plain...]

I... I think I might be lost...

[sparkleminded]

[... we know you. You're the guy who's cool but afraid of water snakes]
Are you okay?

[flameghostgurl]

[Well, someone is nearby...as for whether they're someone you remember or not is a totally different question.]

You're apparently not the only one...

[burning_brass]

[Here is Morty, wandering around the CMA examining things. He's looking a little shell-shocked, having just discovered what the bollards do by means of traveling to the Seven Lakes and back in the space of about two minutes. He's still got some snow on his head. His Pokemon are all out floating around behind him - Gengar, both Haunters, Gastly, and Numina the Misdreavus. Gengar's mostly chivvying Gastly along; old as it is, it's still the babby.]

Well... This is interesting.

((OOC: For reference, this is cest_morty))

[even_less_fashion_sense]

[ ... Well this is new.

Is that older him over there? Yep, that's older him over there all right. He has heard from Gold that there are doubles of people here, but he hasn't met any other him... s yet. This clearly requires investigation! Or maybe just some staring from afar.

Morty, there is now a teenage version of yourself watching you carefully from some distance. His Gastly and Misdreavus look interested, too, because other Ghost Pokemon might very well mean good news for them and bad for the people around. ]

[nuzlocker]

[You!
Cecilia's heard of you. How could she not have? You did make an important appearance in the backstory of her favorite Subway Boss twins, after all. Well, another you.

Even if she doesn't know your name.]
It is!

[iceolated]

[ ........ ok. ]

[championfire]

{ Yo other self.}

[even_less_fashion_sense]

[ ... You look like that guy he tried his best not to get drunk with before the Island changed. Maybe it actually is you. Even if you're not that guy, it still would be nice to make a new acquaintance. Or just try to sort out which Red is which. HANDWAVE ]

Hey.

[rivalheroics]

[...Okay somehow even in the few years that Jun has dealt with this island, it always manages to find some way to confuse him.]

What the heck just happened? [THERE WAS NEVER A CITY HERE BEFORE]

[tsunderespeed]

[[ Confused isn't the half of what Marley is feeling. She's a little scared as well and shies away under her parasol. Cities mean socalising. Socialising is not a thing Marley can do. ]]

[nuzlocker]

[You sound kinda familiar... Cecilia gave a small wave.]
I... don't know.

[flameghostgurl]

[Oh great, Plassica has just no clue what is going on at this point...]

Did I end up in an amusement park or something? Argh...

I am so sorry

[awesome_island]

Well the CMA is now a park

Maybe there's some amusements in Monday City?

Or do you think I'm amusing enough as it is?

[Cue flurry of :awesome: faces shooting out of the ground.]

[championfire]

{ New cities are lame. Why didn't we get a new mountain to explore! Or a tundra! or or somewhere else cold and fun.}

[championnot]

Red, look! It's cool and new!

FINALLY /INSERT HAPPY EMOTE HERE

[even_less_fashion_sense]

[ There is some sort of magic in the air. No, not that kind of magic. Not the fake one either. The Awesome Island kind of magic.

Morty isn't into loud sounds, or big cities, or the surroundings changing overnight, but the fireworks look pretty, and the new city looks interesting - there are all kinds of buildings, apparently, maybe there is a Tower - and he feels strangely excited about all this. He should go explore the city! Yeah, definitely!

And he's about to run off, but then an idea strikes him- maybe it would be more interesting to go with... well, not friends, he doesn't really have those, but someone he knows? Maybe he could find Gold among all these people, or maybe Eusine, but most likely Gold, and then they could go explore the city together. Gold never really finished showing him around, anyway.

tl;dr: there's a teenage Morty walking around the CMA now, looking for any familiar faces, and sometimes going as far as grabbing some shoulders- granted, only if they look like familiar shoulders. ]

Should that be the awesome emote instead?

[inasortofaura]

[After her escapades with Carys, Rui is back to where she arrived; the CMA, via the means of one of those bollards.]

Woah!

[Careful, Morty, she appeared quite close by to yourself.]

[snagemall]

[...Um wow, okay that was weird. And those were a lot of fireworks that went off right now, it's a miracle anyone can even be heard talking over them. Well, at least his Eevee seems to like them, since it's currently keeping him from immediately going to check out Monday City and wants to keep looking at the flowers and heart shapes in the sky... ^^;;]

aaaa oh my god your icon keywords

[cooloutfits]

[ Fireworks are nice, indeed! This young lady here totally shares your Eevee's feelings. She stands not too far from you, watching the sky with a content smile- but notices you after a while, and walks up to you with the same smile. Fireworks are nice, but a conversation would be even nicer! Eespecially since she's still kind of lost. And what was that voice a bit earlier? ]

Hello there. Nice night, isn't it?

[eeveedispenser]

[Wait what I thought I'd been sent home ages ago WHY THIS...]

[championfire]

{ Wave.}

[nuzlocker]

[AND JUST IN CASE YOU WANNA BOTHER CECILIA... she is now laying down in one of the streets of Monday City.

Yes, in the middle of it.

She clearly doesn't have any survival instints.
Her Ponyta - Reshiram in disguise - Ninten was pacing around her, in a bit of a panic.]
Ninten... this might not be where I should be, but it'll be fine.
[Ninten let out a grunt. No, it won't. I fear that his power might have banished you.
Cecilia, of course, can understand her Pokemon friends.]
No, I think it was the voice.
[I think it was Jirachi and him. It makes more sense.]
Well, either way, now we're not getting to Nimbasa. Which sucks - I was looking forward to meeting them.
[She is prime for the stepping on or bothering.]