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"OWL" MAKE YOU A MATCH!

Valentine's Day!

Not typically a huge holiday in the world of Pokemon, but there's still a lot of pink/red colored advertisements, romcoms popping up on VulpixFlix, and abundant chocolates filling the PokeMarts around this time every year. Sometimes even the wild Pokemon get in on the spirit of things with Luvdisc swarms and the like. You know, cute stuff.

As it happens, there's a big event going down at Cerulean Cape (a famous vacation spot for lovers!) on the night of the thirteenth-- the candy company responsible for manufacturing everything from Mahogany's specialty Ragecandybars to humble Sweet Hearts is holding a mini gala for its sponsors (as well as any interested trainers who are willing to buy a ticket-- 'candy' and 'generosity' go hand in hand, publicity-wise!) and making a big show of displaying the enormous amount of pre-ordered lollipops and chocolate boxes that they're about to ship out to Marts all across Johto and Kanto overnight. The trucks are lined up, it's all ready to go!

It's a pretty well-planned event, everything is going as smooth as can be...

Except for just one thing.

Ever since he was a fuzzy little Rowlet, his passion has been matchmaking. His favorite movies are "Luv Actually" and "When Hariyama Met Salazzle". He makes elaborate Valentine's Day cards with lace and stencils. And... he's spent an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out how to apply the move Attract to his spectral arrows. After months-- no, years of experimentation, he's finally done it.

And he's going to unveil his discovery with a bang.



This handsome Decidueye's name is Cupid. He is attending the event with his trainer (one of the sponsors), and he's not only going to be spreading the love among the people attending the gala, he's also going to be very excitedly (and secretly) punching all the candy shipments full of arrows, too. Meaning that even if you don't get knocked clear across a buffet table when a ghost arrow slams you between the shoulderblades at the gala, you might be in for a surprise on Valentine's Day proper while you're munching on the candy you bought from the PokeMart earlier...

INFORMATION

WHAT HAPPENS IF MY CHARACTER GETS... UH... ARROW'D?

First of all, don't worry-- they will not be physically injured! While each arrow does pack a wallop (they might get knocked over, or get the wind knocked out of them), they will not pierce skin or otherwise cause any wounds, external or internal. The arrows will remain visible for a few seconds after impact before dissolving into smoke. Cupid's aim isn't to harm, after all-- he wants you to find your true love! Which, admittedly, uh...

DOES ATTRACT EVEN WORK ON HUMANS?

S... ORT OF... while Cupid took a lot of care trying to make his arrows as effective as possible, the truth is that, sort of like Berries, 'Attract' isn't guaranteed to work on humans the way it does on Pokemon. Rather than necessarily falling madly in love with the first person they see, arrow'd (or... candy'd) trainers might actually find whatever emotion they already felt towards someone amplified. So while the effects will certainly operate as intended if you already thought your best friend was a cutie patootie, if you happen to be looking at someone you thought was mildly annoying... well, maybe now they're the Most Infuriating Person On the Planet and you want nothing more than to toss your drink at them.

WHAT ABOUT MY CHARACTER'S POKEMON?

For Pokemon, feel free to assume that Attract works the same way it would normally!

HOW LONG WILL THE EFFECTS LAST?

The effects will last approximately 24 hours before gradually wearing off.

DOES MY CHARACTER HAVE TO ATTEND THIS GALA IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE?

Not at all! The effects the characters will experience will be exactly the same regardless of whether or not they get arrow'd at the gala or if they eat the charmed candy anywhere in Johto or Kanto the next day. The gala is there as an option in case someone really wants the comedic value of their character going to a semi-ritzy event and winding up faceplanting directly into the fancy cake with a heart-decorated arrow sticking daintily out of their buttcheek.

DOES MY CHARACTER HAVE TO PARTICIPATE, PERIOD?

Nope! If you don't want to take part, feel free to assume none of the candy your character personally encountered was from the shipments Cupid charmed. Sit back with some popcorn and enjoy the chaos from a safe distance!

ANY LONG-TERM EFFECTS FROM THIS EVENT?

For the characters? Probably not, unless you count CR development, but the candy company will be doing some pretty extensive PR management, including issuing an official apology. They are conveniently not, however, paying for any related damages.

SO WHAT DOES CUPID'S TRAINER THINK OF ALL THIS?

Cupid's trainer is a Rich Boy who doesn't really have enough badges to be able to command much authority, so when the arrows start to fly, he's going to be standing there in the middle of the chaos with his hands on his face and just look on with a dismayed cry of "NO! NOT AGAIN...!"