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route_292014-09-19 10:00 pm
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Plot Used TM26!
Hey, Routers! We hope you've been enjoying your regularly scheduled Swarm September thus far — but now that we're heading into the end of the month, it's time we started shaking things up a little.
...Literally.
That's right, to add to this summer's pattern of Unusual and As-Yet-Unexplained Weather Events™, in the days to come the Johto/Kanto regions will be experiencing earth tremors of gradually increasing severity!
EARTH TREMORS? ARE MY CHARACTERS GOING TO BE IN DANGER?
Nope, not from these minor quakes. Unlike some of our other weather events, these will not be graduating into anything particularly destructive or building-threatening (at least, not at this time). That said, there'll definitely be some noticeable ground-shaking, so it's entirely possible for there to be superficial damage if you'd like to play with that — poorly-mounted structures shaking loose, dishes falling off their shelves and breaking, that kind of thing.
The tremors will last for approximately fifteen seconds at a time — not quite "blink and you'll miss it", but nothing too terribly lasting and disruptive, either!
SO WHEN ARE THESE EARTH TREMORS HAPPENING?
The first one will be occurring mid-morning on September 23; a second will be hitting mid-afternoon on September 28. We'll be updating the calendar to reflect this!
ARE THESE TREMORS GOING TO INTERRUPT THE SWARMS?
Nope, the swarms scheduled for those days will continue on as planned — though of course, the Pokemon appearing that day might be understandably agitated, having been shaken up that way!
SO WHERE ARE THESE EARTH TREMORS GOING TO HIT?
Every part of Johto/Kanto is fair game for experiencing one of the tremors! However, if you would prefer to have your character avoid being shaken up for some reason (they're making an important soufflé that day, etc.), please try to have them out on one of the Routes at the time the earth-shaking hits!
Characters located in the cities will stand a greater chance of noticing the quakes, with the inland cities and areas near mountains and caves most prone to experiencing the shake-ups.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO KNOW?
There is, actually! For those of you who kept a shard of the Mysterious Plot Crystals™ after Fourth Wall back in May, your characters may notice those crystals eerily vibrating for the duration of the ground-shaking.
...WHAT IF I MADE MY CRYSTAL INTO JEWELRY AND GAVE IT TO MY CHARACTER'S SIGNIFICANT OTHER?
We did warn you that might go horribly awry someday, didn't we?
SPEAKING OF THOSE MYSTERIOUS CRYSTALS, WHAT HAPPENS IF I EXPOSE ONE OF THE GEN VI POKEMON TO IT?
Well, they might look at you a little strangely, wondering why you're pushing a vibrating rock into their face like that.
IF THOSE CRYSTALS ARE RESONATING AGAIN, DOES THAT MEAN THAT PSYCHIC-TYPE POKEMON WILL BE EXPERIENCING ANXIETY, HEADACHES, AND AGITATION AGAIN, TOO?
Yes, they will!
(...We're so sorry about your Espurrs.)
SO WHAT HAVE LANCE AND CYNTHIA BEEN DOING ALL THIS TIME?
Well, you can bet Lance has been subjected to constant angry phone calls from Clair about the Mysterious Fairy Types that keep showing up in her city! (Can someone please explain how her dragons are proving worthless against a key ring?!)
Since he's been largely unreceptive to her hassling, she's also been in contact with Diantha over in Kalos (who gave Clair her private cell phone number back at prom), so you can bet the resident Kalosians are starting to get curious about what might be going on over in Johto/Kanto again!
Cynthia also had an excellent time exploring the ruins with Lance back in May and left him her private cell phone number, but he keeps talking himself out of calling her for fear of ending up either doing a magnificent Youngster Joey impression or suffering from Spontaneous Foot In Mouth Syndrome. He'll get over that someday, surely.
I HAVE A QUESTION YOU HAVEN'T ANSWERED YET!
As always, feel free to ask us here!
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IMPORTANT LINKS:
The Original Infopost | Previously Asked Questions | The Swarm Calendar
MORE QUESTIONS? ASK US HERE:
✭ MOD QUESTIONS THREAD ✭
...Literally.
That's right, to add to this summer's pattern of Unusual and As-Yet-Unexplained Weather Events™, in the days to come the Johto/Kanto regions will be experiencing earth tremors of gradually increasing severity!
EARTH TREMORS? ARE MY CHARACTERS GOING TO BE IN DANGER?
The tremors will last for approximately fifteen seconds at a time — not quite "blink and you'll miss it", but nothing too terribly lasting and disruptive, either!
SO WHEN ARE THESE EARTH TREMORS HAPPENING?
ARE THESE TREMORS GOING TO INTERRUPT THE SWARMS?
SO WHERE ARE THESE EARTH TREMORS GOING TO HIT?
Characters located in the cities will stand a greater chance of noticing the quakes, with the inland cities and areas near mountains and caves most prone to experiencing the shake-ups.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO KNOW?
...WHAT IF I MADE MY CRYSTAL INTO JEWELRY AND GAVE IT TO MY CHARACTER'S SIGNIFICANT OTHER?
SPEAKING OF THOSE MYSTERIOUS CRYSTALS, WHAT HAPPENS IF I EXPOSE ONE OF THE GEN VI POKEMON TO IT?
IF THOSE CRYSTALS ARE RESONATING AGAIN, DOES THAT MEAN THAT PSYCHIC-TYPE POKEMON WILL BE EXPERIENCING ANXIETY, HEADACHES, AND AGITATION AGAIN, TOO?
(...We're so sorry about your Espurrs.)
SO WHAT HAVE LANCE AND CYNTHIA BEEN DOING ALL THIS TIME?
Since he's been largely unreceptive to her hassling, she's also been in contact with Diantha over in Kalos (who gave Clair her private cell phone number back at prom), so you can bet the resident Kalosians are starting to get curious about what might be going on over in Johto/Kanto again!
Cynthia also had an excellent time exploring the ruins with Lance back in May and left him her private cell phone number, but he keeps talking himself out of calling her for fear of ending up either doing a magnificent Youngster Joey impression or suffering from Spontaneous Foot In Mouth Syndrome. He'll get over that someday, surely.
I HAVE A QUESTION YOU HAVEN'T ANSWERED YET!
IMPORTANT LINKS:
The Original Infopost | Previously Asked Questions | The Swarm Calendar
MORE QUESTIONS? ASK US HERE:
✭ MOD QUESTIONS THREAD ✭