hello! i am a new player, with a new character. my name is June, and i have brought along another Cookie guy. this is Elder Faerie, who some people may recognize from a previous event. OH NO. but he's not here to cause trouble, honest. at least, not yet... but your character is welcome to be hostile at him regardless!

Elder Faerie has been humanized, and there's more info about him in his app. please be wary because the app is full of SPOILERS. for those canonblind, let's just say he's not supposed to be around. it's kind of jarring! for him, and for the Cookiecast.

my plurk is ogerpon and you're welcome to add me. i'll also be bumming around on discord later tonight. i'm super glad to be here, so thank you for having me!

Good morning, afternoon, and evening!

We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)

I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.

Ta for now!

[ The video is fuzzy and unfocused for a moment before becoming clear again, a fuzzy purple looking paw lifting away from the PokeGear's lenses. ]

[It looks like the insides of the Sprout Tower as high pitched laughter rang out. Looks like Catrina is having a good time with the Ghost type Pokemon swarm as she gets levitated about like a spectral mosh pit....if that's Catrina over there...then who's holding the PokeGear? Its clear Catrina's rowdy ghostly Pokemon Crew are having a blast at the 'party' with their trainer, except for Annabelle Lee, she looks ready to ditch this hell-scape. ]

OH HELL YEAH THIS IS HOW WE PARTY!

[ If one's eyes are sharp enough, the flock of Shuppets that are clearly having a delightful dining experience on Catrina's negative emotions, it looks like they all raided a Halloween costume shop as they're all wearing hats like little jester hats, pie hats, witch's caps, and that one drinks hats with some ectocooler looking sodas attached. One of the the Shuppets is looking pretty amused by this while enjoying the dining experience. Clearly whatever Catrina is going through, it's like a five star charcuterie board spread to the Shuppets in there. ]

[ ...Maybe it'd be a good idea to rescue Catrina from herself...maybe being the strong word at the moment...but definitely save poor Annabelle Lee! The poor dear is trapped in this weirdo tower with her clearly feral teammates and trainer!]

DW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.

Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.

Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.

Who: Ezell and... you!
What: Canon Update and his subsequent mental breakdown
When: After Silent Hill(tm)
Where: The Grove
Warnings: Ezell's deteriorating mental health, for starters- but tags will have cws in the headers as they come up!
( Pats Ezell, this bad boy can fit so much depression )

Who: Rengoku, Akaza, and You!
What: Kyojuro asks for “his” estate back Unfortunately, because the request is so woefully unspecific, what manifests is a dojo that is at least somewhat unfamiliar. But hey! At least you get lessons now!
When: A week or so after returning to the Grove.
Where: Soryu Dojo
Warnings: Honestly it’s probably going to get gay in here. I’m sorry.
( Together We'll Make Our Sweet Escape )

[Video]
[The camera opens up on a beach, where the Olivine City lighthouse is quite clear in the background. Jotaro grumbles off screen before he adjusts the camera and pans it over to a little Munchlax, who is running around in circles, arms in the air. In the water nearby, Jotaro's Lapras is calmly shaking its head, trying to get the Munchlax to train with it.]

... I'm trying to get my Munchlax here to evolve and learn Fissure. I know it can learn it through egg moves so I've been trying to get it to hold on to the Mirror Herb without eating it so it can learn it off my Lapras. However, the little bastard doesn't want to hold the Mirror Herb unless it's in his mouth. Any suggestions?

Munch! Munch! Lax! [Munchlax waves at the camera and opens his mouth, pointing at it. Jotaro sighs.]

...Additionally, does anyone know if Mirror Herbs work when eaten? These things are rare so I'm hesitant to chance it with mine.

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[Action]
[If you happen to be in Olivine City for the next week or in Cianwood City, you may find Jotaro training his Munchlax. More likely though, you will see the little Munchlax waddling up to you and looking at you pleadingly for berries. Hello, friend. Do you have fooooood?

If you happen to see Jotaro much later in the week, you will see him with a Snorlax instead of a Munchlax. Jotaro stares at it in disbelief before he shakes his head.]

Good grief, you evolved fast, Tinier.

Laxxxxx~

[ The PokeGear is angled correctly for once, no up close faces or the likes as though whoever was operating it took time to consider how to operate the PokeGear properly. From what can be seen, background wise appears to be the insides of Mille's Bakery as the storm starts up outside. Not too far, but not too close, it's a Goldilocks levels of just the right distance as the owner of the PokeGear comes into view. ]

[ She was a pale young woman with freckles, most certainly of college age if appearances were to be judged. The girl's hair was brown with creamy white streaks intertwined in long waves, a red hair bow noticeably tied in the back as she ran a hand over her fluffy bangs for a moment. The glasses glinted a bit in the lighting of the building, hiding her eyes a bit as she takes a deep breath in over the current situation happening. She is dressed in her spare trainer clothing, a white furisode girl outfit as her other clothing is hung up drying after being caught in the stormy weather. Over head, a small Cutiefly goes to perch right on top of the girl's head, looking pretty merry about the situation. ]

I don't mean to cause a buzz, but it'd be the Bee's Knee if I could get an idea of which country I'm at? I woke up in Pallet Town and currently sheltering at Mille's Bakery for the time being till the storm passes by.

[ There was no way in the Stellar Sea Dolly was about to attempt traveling in such bad weather conditions...just a terrible idea really. Even with the catchy, cheery music playing in the background...where was that even coming from anyways?]