#mossdeeptate

[mossdeep-tate]

A Wing and a Prayer II Tate and Winona

It was summer in Hoenn, when the sea air is chrisp and the flora is lush. A time when many tourists come to visit the beautiful tropical environment and enjoy the great wonders that Hoenn has to offer; a time when Tate liked to hide out at home and ignore all the commotion going on outside. Though as much as he would have liked to spend his summer on his computer and with his pokemon, his job told him otherwise; dragging him out to entertain challengers' notions of gaining a mind badge.

He opened up his laptop to check his email and sure enough there was an official message from the pokemon league there waiting for him in his inbox. With a heavy heart, he nervously opened it up:

"Attention all Pokemon League faculty. A special tournament will be held in Lilycove in celebration of the beginning of Heonn's, Summer Pokemon League Festival. All faculty are encouraged to participate, though pokemon league gym leaders and elite four members are required to do so. The battles will begin one week from today.

We look forward to seeing you all there! Prize listing and registration will be at the Lilycove Depertment Store."

"Hurray...", Tate let out with a sigh.

Leaning back in his chair, he looked up at the ceiling and let out a grunt. There goes his ideas of enjoying some quiet time before his days were filled with gym matches and training. Messing up his hair in frustration he tried to focus on some silver-lining to his situation. Based on the requirements listed in the email, the only trainers ranked higher than him were Juan, Sidney, Phoebe, Glacia, and Drake. This placed him in the middle of the required participants... so he doubted he would stand out much. Especially if the elite four were also required to attend. They were likely only there to hype up challengers to participate and bring in more registrations. Pokemon League's got to get their funding from somewhere, guess this is a good stunt to get people excited about it.

"Oh...", he said as he realized something. The safari zone was not to far from Lilycove, and it would be a good idea to explore there and better his team before the matches begin.

With a smile on this face, Tate grabbed his things and started packing. A few pokeballs and some basic supplies for being in the safari zone were all he needed. He wanted to arrive in Lilycove as early as possible, giving him the most time to find new pokemon, so as soon as his bag was packed, and he cleaned himself up a bit, he went down and told his mother about the tournament and that we would be leaving for it early. She smiled and wished him luck as he headed out to catch the next the next ferry leaving Mossdeep; Solrock happily floating behind him.

[mossdeep-tate]

Kyogre Shower - Open

Tate found himself dozing off as he tried to pay attention to the live news stream on his computer. He had spent the day at the observatory watching as the astrologists were bustling around in anticipation for a meteor shower that was going to be visible over Hoenn. The shower had caused some fuss though, as it meant that the space center needed to ensure that their current orbiting shuttle and its crew would be safe from any harm. Tate had decided to stay up watching their news feed to see if his father, a member on the shuttle, was going to be safe; though most of the city were gathering together to watch the celestial display. The busy observatory was making him anxious so he decided to separate himself and observe things on his own.

Tate wiped the sleep from his eyes as touched his mousepad to keep the computer from falling asleep; squinting to see if there was any new update on the shower.

Mossdeep Observation Shuttle clear of Cygnus Meteor Shower Cygnus Meteor Shower scheduled to enter atmosphere at 21:34

Relieved, Tate happily pushed himself up from the computer and looked out his window. The shower was going to start up soon, and knowing that his father was safely away from harm he decided to go out and see it for himself. He grabbed a small backpack, his camera, a few pokeballs and headed out to find a good observation spot. 

There were so many cars outside, all trying to drive up to the top of Mossdeep to the open flats. They were all snaking through the streets from the ferry dock up the hillside. Seemed a lot of people had come in from Lilycove, Sootoplis and even other regions for the event; though that made the most popular viewing spots very crowded. Tate did not want to have to deal with large crowds by himself, so he decided to instead head towards Shoal with hopes of it being a little more private.

He arrived there just as the first meteors started to streak across the sky. To his luck he seemed to be the only person there, and he quickly took out his camera and started snapping some photos. It was beautiful, the streaming tails burning up across the great Kyoger constellation. Tate thought his pokemon would enjoy the celestial display as well and sent then out.

"Come on out guys!", he said as he reached into his backpack, sending out Solrock, Reuniclus, and Xatu. 

Upon release though, his pokemon became very tense and alert. This concerned Tate, as he expected them to be excited about the meteor shower. Solrock and Xatu got close to Tate as if protecting him while Reuniclus took lead and squared off to the east of them; all looking out in the distance at the falling meteors. Tate looked up as well and saw a meteor was falling off into the sea close to where they were.