YO IT'S A MINGLEVENT POST

[spiritcrystal]

[It's been a good couple of weeks full of food and freebies!

But now it's a day full of ash. That's right- a light layer of ash lingers in the air and falls down onto the shores of the island. No, not the protagonist from the anime.

Anyone who investigates will find that the shores are full of Lapras that are very eager to take them to the source of the ashy, smoky air- another, smaller, very rocky island with a great big and active volcano! It's absolutely dominated by fire type Pokémon of all kinds. Charmander! Slugma! Magmar! Torkoal! Numel, Chimchar, Darumaka- they've all taken refuge in this heated paradise.

Of course, up at the top of the mountain isn't just a peaceful giant tub of lava. Oh no.

A pair of strange looking Charizard are duking it out.

Welcome to the island's fiery little cousin.]

[ooc: The mega Charizards fighting belong to characters and aren't catchable but rather there to look cool/notice (but if you look around enough, you should be able to find a charmander or mega stone of your own!) OTHERWISE, MINGLE AHEAD.]

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THIS IS THE FIGHTING THREAD SHHH

[amaranserein]

[The black one snarls when it slams into the other Charizard; blue fire dances above its head as it roars, head swinging from side to side.

Then it rights itself, claws at the ready. Your move, bro, or this dragon's going to give you one hell of a Seismic Toss.]

SHHHHHH

[gethyped]

[The sleeker Charizard takes the first blow and takes a precious moment to right itself, but dodges the Seismic Toss by the flame of its tail, flying upwards into the unusually bright sun and barreling downward with Flare Blitz.]

[amaranserein]

[Good hit -- it's really not very effective, thanks to Charizard X's new Fire/Dragon typing, but it still catches it off guard with an undignified squawking sound. Three wing beats keeps it from careening into the bubbling lava, and three more send it twisting across the volcano.

Short Fire Blasts get blasted at its foe; they're blue just like the rest of Charizard's flames, and they're bigger than normal thanks to the gorgeously sunny... sun.]

[howparenting]

[He'd never really got to study Mount Chimney too closely back home, so this is a golden opportunity to learn about volcanic habitats and fire pokemon.

... Like all iterations of Birchs he's learned his lesson about territorial pokemon by now though, so he's giving the quarreling fire..flying types (???) a wide berth.

Professor Birch can be seen in various places, taking notes on the island and its pokemon. If you give him the impression that you're knowledgeable about fire types (example: owning one) he might even approach you with some questions!

Come say hi?]

[torchick]

[ Well, May does have a fire type. And she's sort of like your daughter, so.. close enough? May's already approaching Birch even with a little bit of hesitation. Dad? Or notdad? Whatever, she's just glad it's her dad! Heck, she'd take ANYONE she knows by this point. ]

No way... Dad!?

[ Torchic is teetering behind her, a very rare sight of him to be so confused, but even the strongest pokémon would be so too if they are seeing what he's seeing! Those Charizard!! How come!? He just can't take his eyes off of them. ]

Pretend I have a sad face icon for sad times :(

[howparenting]

Sapphire?!

[Birch stands, then freezes mid step. He's realized his mistake too late.

The voice is the same- that's why he'd responded so quickly. But the accent, and the name she used... those are different. And Toro, no she's- he's small too.]

I guess this is what the others meant when they'd said 'doubles'. [He sighs]

I'm not your dad -at least not technically- ...I'm so sorry. [And it is REALLY HARD to say that to a face like his daughter's]

[torchick]

[ Oh.. Oh.. May stops herself and holds her hands together on her chest, fiddling them together with no particular intention. ]

Oh no, that's okay. I'm... sorry too. [ She forces a chuckle in an attempt to make the situation lighter, at least. She never thought it'd be this difficult facing a double. ]

I'm just glad I meet a familiar face.

[capturespecialist]

[Those Charizard --

she wants them. They're different than the ones she's familiar with - especially the black one - and it's frustrating not being able to get to them. They're fast, furious, and obviously locked in some sort of death match.

So she turns her attention to the other Pokémon populating the volcano island; she's set on capturing them, and woe by anyone who gets in way of Monlee's fearsome punches, or Bonee's on-point False Swipes. Or his Bonemerangs...

Or her Pokéballs -- of all kinds.]

[spiritcrystal]

[Kris is not half as determined as Crys is; she really wants to keep exploring more than she wants to catch, but filling out the Pokédex is something she's just gotta do- and Haunter's the right Pokémon for the job. Isn't that right, girl?

...Or.

Or some super cool other her- that's another her, right? Her hair's darker- but-- Look at how she's catching that Pokémon she's never seen before!

She's so cool...]

[rivalheroics]

[He was going to look around and see if there were any interesting fire-type Pokemon here, but whoa, those Charizards look awesome.

Jun is distracted by the battle at the moment, watching (from hopefully a safe enough distance) on the back of his own Dragonite where he can get a good view of it. If you spot him, feel free to call out to him or even fly up here with your own Pokemon to join the audience in the sky?]