[Another day, another prank. A particular Mismagius was out and about, going around Nova City causing people to hallucinate with its magic. However, it was high time for a certain Princess to finally put her foot down.

Anastasia caught up to her Mismagius, eyes narrowed and hands on her hips.]

Phantasma! If you don't stop being a bad girl, I'm putting you away in your pokeball for a nice, long grounding! You have on the count of six to end your hexes. One.... Two...

[The Mismagius doesn't look impressed, though. But the hex continued.]

Three.... Four....

[The Mismagius does approach it's trainer, as if it's ready to obey now.]

Five...

[Before she counted to six, Mismagius's eyes glow as it stared into Anastasia's eyes. Her eyes momentarily turned from blue to red, as her body suddenly felt weak, and her eyes heavy. Her eyes shut tight in dreamy sleep as she fell to her knees, then toppled over into the deepest sleep she ever experienced.

Mismagius turned and wandered away, looking to haunt as it pleases.]

(Action - All cities (even Everglade)

[Anastasia is knocked out cold, dreaming pleasant dreams to keep her body unwilling to return to the waking world. It's at this point someone can come and help her wake up.

But once she is awake and back on her feet, Anastasia will venture out to every city with with her phone at the ready, which had a photo of the Mismagius in question.

Nova, Genessia, Fayren, Attleton and even Everglade, Anastasia will be there, stopping just about anyone with a distressed plea for help.]

Please, a moment of your time? Have you seen my Mismagius? She wandered away. She answers to Phantasma. Have you seen her?

[Video]

[The feed kicks on and Ash is smirking a little bit.]

Alright, so I've got some time before I gotta go to work! Is there any place around that I could train with Greninja around here? I mean...some of our attacks are kinda big and I don't wanna break anything.

[Or hurt anyone.]

Or if anyone wants to battle, tell me where to meet ya!

Alright, thanks!

[Feed shuts off.]

[Action]

Ash is wondering around Garden Park, frowning a bit as the morning crowds start to melt into the afternoon crowds. He pouts and leans back on the bench. There was no way he could train with so many people around. Especially if pokemon were a new thing. There weren't any training fields that he'd found either.

"Gah!!! I haven't trained in days!" And he was stuck here, wondering what was going on back home. Then there was Professor Sycamore, who hadn't even seen the League yet. Which meant...he didn't know about the attack on Lumiose City by Flare.

Or that Alain had won the league.

Another big side and he flops back, hanging his head over the back of the bench to stare up at the clouds.

The following rumors are going around as NPC gossip. Your characters are welcome to hear them. The rumors may be true or false, and the subject of the rumor is randomly selected from the taken list. If a character shares the same first name with another character, we will not specify which one it is.

This week's rumors are:

1. Yusuke uses pre-processed ingredients to cook.

2. Ryo was seen making sushi with canned tuna....

3. Miaka tried to trick the shrine priest into giving her donations...

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A VISIBLE POST TO CHARACTERS. IT IS JUST WHAT THEY MAY HEAR GOING AROUND AS CHATTER AROUND THE CITIES.

[The video shows 47 somewhere surrounded by plants -- yet not outdoors, as there's no sky, and the plants don't extend that far into the background, where his Pokemon might occasionally pass by. Perhaps more remarkable, for those who know 47, is that he's wearing something that, for him, is downright casual: An outdoor work shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows and a pair of slacks, similarly more rugged than his usual. There are smudges of dark earth here and there, both on his clothes and skin, but somehow they bring the whole look together instead of just making him look dirty. He looks... not exactly happy, he never looks happy, but... relaxed; less so as he begins to speak.]

To my students, I no longer work at the Red House Foundation. I'll be teaching at the Get Bent studio instead. [Yes, he said that name with a completely straight face. There is nothing funny about it at all. Stop snickering.] Lessons will be at the same time, so you won't have to adjust your schedule.

I'm also opening my plant nursery, Broken Sword Nursery, next Saturday. [It's still a bit cold to be planting things in the ground, but you can get your plants started indoors and move them outside when it gets warmer!] Snacks will be provided if you come in that day. You can bring your Pokemon as long as they're not too big and behave themselves. We're also hiring, if you're interested in working with plants.

That's all.

[NAILED IT. Perfect advertisement.]