Shalin’s joy became Johanna’s joy alongside the rest of the onlookers. Now that was what this was about, this whole theme park, to spread joy to others.

Johanna figured Shalin might wish to talk after the show, and so she waited for most of the crowd to disperse. But before she could make her way onto the stage, Shalin’s venusaur extended a Shalin-clad vine toward her.

“As lovely as that sounds, just watching is more than enough for me.” Johanna replied with a bright smile on her lips. Though she had to admit that the thought of sharing such an experience piqued her curiosity.

She didn’t know what was worse. The screaming that had echoed throughout the prison a few hours earlier or the deafening silence. Johanna hadn’t moved from her position. Had she decided to deal with this stress by dissociating into pleasant thoughts about Megan Whitmore? Perhaps. But no more than that the loud banging of Andrea’s mask against bars pulled her out of her thoughts.

It was only then that she truly came to realize how bad Andrea was taking this. She got up from her seated resting place up against the wall and stepped toward Andrea.

She tried to place a calming hand on the PokéManiac's shoulder as she spoke. “What are we going to do?” Johanna repeated her voice as cheerful as she could force it to be. “We are going to get through this no matter what happens.” They had to, she had to get home to Megan. “Remember, no matter what they do it will not be enough to break through our TOUGHNESS.”

A familiar nausea clung tightly to her to her head as Johanna arose from a slumber she did not remember entering. The air she inhaled tasted disgusting and something warm and clammy clung to her face.

As she opened her eyes and realized she had been sleeping up against an unknown wall she felt panic set in. Her hands started to search for her Pokeballs, but she felt unfamiliar fabric against her touch instead and found neither Pokéballs, pockets or even accessories. Only something that upon closer inspection looked like a Kitakami attire.

This was not her bedroom nor was it anywhere she particularly remembered. It didn’t even look like a Rocket Jail cell, even those looked better than this. She took a deep inhalation even though the air made her want to puke, and calmed down the panic that she felt rising. She had trained for capture-situations like these as a grunt of Team Rocket, and finally it came in handy. If they expected her to break easily, they would be sorely disappointed. At least that was what she kept telling herself.

Around her she could hear fellow prisoners rising to the panic, some howling for help others for legal-rights. But Johanna stayed quiet, stayed put. If she wasn’t a problematic prisoner then whoever their warden was would surely feel disinclined to make an example of her. Still, it pained her to hear familiar voices like Ettie’s fearfully calling for help. Even her cell-mate's voice sounded somewhat familiar, as if they had met at least once before.

Too bad the mask hid their identity.

“Hi.” She would reply with as much cheer as she could summon. They had to keep hope high. “So, Tax evasion, huh? Must’ve been some pretty hefty amount for them to send you straight to jail.” Johanna joked.

“Jokes aside. I do not think it is a good idea to cause too much of a ruckus at this point.” She tried to advise her cellmate, but she doubted a panicking person would heed it.

TLDR:
- Johanna awakes
- Johanna stays put and tries to calm down.
- Johanna advises her cellmate to not cause a ruckus.

When news of a monkey related competition reached Johanna’s ears, she quickly and eagerly jumped on the task. But poetry had never been her strong suit, yet somehow after much hmm’ing she managed to write something that could pass for poetry.



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OOC: Yeah poetry definitely isn't my strong suit.

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It seemed Zachary was the first to realize that it might not be wise to chit-chat here amidst potential danger.

“Yeah, let's head back.” Johanna agreed, with an eager nod. While she hadn’t gotten to explore a lot this time, she had met a new potential friend and that was always nice.

“Oh you have a Pokemon capable of Teleportation? Well, I would appreciate that very much then.” She accepted his offer.


Notes: GC EXCURSION A: Explore

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PROMPT:
- n/a

Once again Johanna found herself in the midst of a mochi-related situation. This time a band of Sneaslers’ and Sneasels had surrounded her. Their long nails MANICURED with deadly intent. Was it the mochi or did they simply find her nail polish offensive?

Johanna didn’t know but they wanted a fight and she reluctantly gave them what they desired. Marshadow took point, charging into the fray and dealing with the amateur nail artists as best it could while keeping Johanna safe.

Somewhere along the line Johanna threw a Pokéball hoping to capture one of them or at the very least distract them enough to make Marshadow’s work easier.



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She hadn’t expected the sudden excitement coming from Zachary as Johanna shared the information of her former occupation. It removed her attention from the Slash’ed rock and to the fan.

Johanna accepted the extended hand in greeting. “With hard work and perseverance I am sure you will become one in due time!” Johanna assured.

“And I do know him. I used to work with him as a fellow Gym leader.” Johanna confirmed, even if it hadn’t been for a long time.


Notes: GC EXCURSION A: Explore

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PROMPT:
- n/a

“Gouging Fire? Ozni?” Johanna repeated as she inspected the slashed rock. Admittedly she was no Pokemon expert so she couldn’t identify the species of Pokemon based on the slash. But that didn’t stop her from knowing that it must be some impressive creature. "I must admit that I do not know what either of those are."

“Right! I will admit. I am a hobby explorer at best. Still, opportunities like these doesn’t come around all the time. So I am sure nobody will fault you for being here even if you aren’t supposed to.” Johanna assured the man.

She did find it rather amusing to see how his Pokemon tried to temper the excitement of the trainer. But she figured there was no reason to comment on it. “Yeah Terastelization is pretty cool! Back when I used to be a Gym Leader it was a main feature in my non-traditional challenges.” Johanna remarked.

Notes: GC EXCURSION A: Explore

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PROMPT:
- n/a

Johanna released a small chuckle at the sound of obvious enthusiasm from the explorer.

“Yeah that seems to be the question that is on everyone’s mind.” Johanna mused. “Honestly, I find it hard to believe that there's even a chance something like them could be from this world.” Johanna continued.

It was then that her eyes began to wander around their surroundings. It didn’t take long before her gaze zeroed in some quite large cuts on a nearby boulder.

“What’s that?” Johanna asked in a mumble perhaps more to herself than to Zachary as her attention moved. With quick curious steps, she made her way over to the Boulder and the large Slash that had dug deeply into the solid rock.


Notes: GC EXCURSION A: Explore

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PROMPT:
- ROLL A NUMBER WITH A 3. - Encounter sword-like slashes on various rocks, trees, and more.

A sense of unease welled up in Johanna as she looked at the statue from afar. The ‘monkey of success and pleasantries’ looked nothing like it, especially given the tranced worshippers that were all too busy focusing on it than those around them.

The longer she looked at the display of fanaticism the more unnerved she became. We should end this before it goes any further. Johanna thought before retrieving her Flutter Mane’s Pokéball. With a quick click the ghost fairy popped into existence.

“Destroy that statue with Power Gem.” Johanna whispered and the Flutter Mane went into action quickly. A Beam of red shot at the statue, breaking the rock and angering the worshippers. Or so Johanna had thought, but they seemed to be almost freed from a possession of sort instead, which bathed her in a sense of relief instead.



PROMPTS:
- have your character feel unnerved by the statues.
- destroy the stone effigies/statues; doing so will free the trainers and their pokemon from their toxic chains.

OOC:
- 3x Mochi

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