TEST DRIVE MEME: APRIL + MAY EDITION

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THIS CYCLE'S PROMPTS
#1 A naughty Castform is following people around and causing rain wherever they walk. Talk about spring showers!

#2 The Flower Grove is well-known for its spring blossoms. Your character has gone to visit, only to discover Gloom have moved in to enjoy the pleasant fragrance! And now the pleasant fragrance...isn't.

#3 This baby Pidgey has fallen out of its nest!!! What do you do? Do you get help? It's squawking and flapping like nobody's business. Might be hard to hang onto without somebody else around to spot you...

#4 Glacier is excited for the Big Spring Thaw! They will tell this to anyone who comes to see them at Citadel, and will even lead expeditions up to the Obsidian Flats to show off the lovely warm weather......while it's still snowing.

#5 Union is still repairing itself after Kyurem's attack. Construction workers are needed at this site. Humans and Pokémon are both welcome, but the supervisor is a Machoke. Communication could get tricky.

#6 Wildcard! Come up with your own prompt!

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[Ah, spring! Minami would be lying if she said this wasn't one of her most favorite seasons. With nice weather at play, it made it even better - the perfect time to take a stroll and admire the fresh flowers blossoming in the Flower Groves. A Squirtle by the name of Shelly plods along in her wake, happily taking in the scents of coming from the springtime blooms.

Of course, those scents are... rather quickly overwhelmed by the intrusion of another smell entirely. One which sends any number of people nearby fleeing, with Shelly rather looking about ready to take off as well, hands held over her face.]

O- oh my...

[She gives a mild sigh, shaking her head.] This isn't going to do at all. [And thus, she begins to move towards the very smelly creatures, who look completely oblivious to anyone else's discomfort, stopping only to - literally - smell the roses.]

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[The Kaidou family are, by trade, businessmen and women. They have been for quite awhile, and such things have filtered down to their children. At the very least, the skills inherent to that - Minami's elder brother certainly took a strong liking to it. Minami herself, is... well. Good at directing people, at the very least. Her family's trade is water - filtration, irrigation, and so forth - and while one might not initially think about that amid reconstruction, damages from some legendary creature attacking your city can mess up the water lines. Of course, Minami isn't there to do anything important - she's still a teenager.

But... help is stretched a bit thin. As such, she's scoping things out, to report back to her brother.

Which is when she noticed the Machoke supervising the reconstruction in this one area. Or, well. Trying.

Somehow or another, after approaching the Machoke and a few moments of bewildered people staring at them later, Minami has a hard hat on and a whistle attempting to help relay what the Pokemon needs people to do.

Turns out, she could do a little bit more outside taking notes here after all, so... who was she to turn down the opportunity?]

[ Flowers are something they can all agree on, no? Aroma, her Fletchinder, darts around taking in his namesake, before suddenly doing a very abrupt about face back to Towa's shoulder, away from the scent. Towa, of course, goes exactly where Aroma came from, leaving the flying type flittering from shoulder to shoulder as she catches the scent as well.

Gloom and Vileplume are as precious as any Pokemon, of course, but... but smelly... ]

[While Shelly hangs behind, not feeling the least bit inclined to approach the awful scent, Minami soldiers forward. It does... stink, but she tries not to show it. It would be rude, wouldn't it?

She then catches sight of the redheaded girl, beaming at her like nothing's happened.]

Ah, hello there! Are you enjoying the blossoms?

[ Any Gloom that lives close to humans should be aware...

Right? ]

They are lovely!

[ ...girl, ur nose broken? ]

Although we seem to have an uninvited guest in the vicinity.

[She continues to smile, and nods.] They are, at that, but...

[Oh, she smells it alright. But smelling it and how one reacts to it are two separate things. She shakes her head, leaning down near one Gloom.] I can't say that though. After all, Pokemon are our friends, aren't they?

[She looks at the stinky little Pokemon.] They should be able to enjoy the flowers, too.

[ Towa could even learn a thing or two about composure from Minami, it seems. ]

It is true. ...I really would not wish to drive them off, so perhaps we should all grin and bear it for their sake... for a bit?

[ It's true that she'd rather not even insult them, but they're only barely tolerable. ]

[Haruka is a young girl, so... labor isn't exactly something she's good at. At least, not as she is normally. Her father, however, has volunteered for the work force, and Haruka feels like she has to at least do her part. Which means she'd worked with her mother and sister to prepare snacks for all the tired workers!

She was in the process of doing so, when... she saw a familiar face. Her face lit up - Minami's family had helped Haruka's family in the process of establishing their sweet's shop, so Haruka definitely considered the older girl her friend. But what was she doing out here?

... Was she in a hard hat? Haruka narrowed her eyes and drew nearer, Crows and Blossom following close behind.]

Minami? What are you doing...?

Edited 2016-04-29 03:42 (UTC)

[Minami meanwhile, is blowing on her whistle. She doesn't actually know a whole lot about construction. It'd be something to look into, but for now she's just getting a feel for what the Machoke foremon wants and trying to guide people who know better than her to it.

The next moment, she notices Haruka and her Pokemon, and smiles.]

Ah, Haruka! Are you out helping, as well?

[Haruka back at Minami, while Blossom waves a vine.]

Ah, well, no, not really! I mean, I'm no good at building things. Mom wanted me to bring refreshments to everyone!

... But ah, I'm surprised to see you taking charge like this...!

Test Drive Meme (April + May)

TEST DRIVE MEME: APRIL + MAY EDITION

Minami Kaidou | Go! Princess Precure | Fairy/Water | Kindred Soul

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