~ Meteor Mashed! ~
"Hey, Lopunny!"
"Lopunny, it's almost February 14. You gonna do the Mash-up thing again?"
"Lopunny, I can't wait for your annual Meteor Mash-up!"
...
To say that Lopunny is famous is probably an understatement.
In fact, the rabbit Pokémon is the it-girl in Wish Park. She's gained considerable reputation as the star of Chandelure's Dance Inferno attraction with her slender body, long legs, and cute dance moves, but she's also known all throughout Wish Park as the Pokémon who runs Wish Park FM, the park's radio channel.
If you listen to Wish Park FM, you can get updates about the four attractions (Lopunny even has the attraction masters become commentators), catchy music chosen by Lopunny herself, and up-to-date news ("Ooh! Pansage of the Arbor Area has hit a new high score for the Cake Contraption attraction! Can any of you beat [insert high score here]? We await the best Cake Contraptors at the Cake Zone!")
However, the most-awaited event on Wish Park FM was the Meteor Mash-up, held every year on February 14.
In Lopunny's Meteor Mash-up, ten lucky boys and ten lucky girls get to be randomly paired up. The ten pairs are then supposed to spend time with each other. Some of them choose to just be ordinary friends, but some of the more dramatic ones (probably taken over by the lovey-dovey feeling of Valentine's Day) use it as an opportunity to meet "that special Pokémon".
Everything - the list of the participants and the result of the randomized pairing - is announced on the air. Pokémon from Wish Park, PokéPark, and even as far as Treasure Town and Pokémon Square take delight in listening about the Meteor Mash-up participants' misadventures (and mis-dates, anyway), especially when someone they know is participating. In short, the Meteor Mash-up is the most anticipated event to air on Wish Park FM.
Now, Lopunny was skipping into the Dance Zone of Wish Park. The random Pokémon that had greeted her was right - it was almost February 14, which means it was almost time to admit participants into the Meteor Mash-up. She decided that she would make the announcement on Wish Park FM today.
Once she had reached a back room in Chandelure's grand tent (which also served as the Wish Park FM radio station), she quickly went on the air.
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A few days later
Treasure Town
Siblings Roselio the Roselia and Darwynette "Darwin" the Roserade were sitting in their house listening to the radio when an announcement came on.
"Gooood afternoon, Pokémon! This is Lopunny, and you're listening to Wish Park FM! It's almost February 14 aka. Valentine's Day aka. The Day of Love aka. I'm Going to Meet That Special Someone, and you're in luck! Guess what's coming back on the air...!"
Roselio had actually already heard the announcement before - it had often been played these recent days - but it seemed as if his sister hadn't. Darwin turned up the volume.
"That's right, the Meteor Mash-up! It's what you've all been waiting for! After another year, it's finally here!"
Lopunny went on to explain the steps to apply to be a participant of the Meteor Mash-up.
Darwin snorted. "Another year, another Meteor Mash. I don't know what's so fun about meeting someone you've never met before in your life and attempting to get along with them."
Roselio shrugged. "Well, I get your point. My friend Emolga took part in it last year, and she got paired up with a hotheaded Scraggy. Instead of becoming friends with him, she and Scraggy totally got onto each other's nerves! Maybe it's a given, though - Emolga can be pretty annoying herself at times!"
"It's like they don't understand anything about how love works," Darwin said matter-of-factly in her usual know-it-all voice. "You can't force yourself to love someone, yeah? Most people meet their special friend accidentally, not because they took part in some randomized pairing event..."
As you can see, Darwin is Roselio's older sister. She's well into her teen years, and she's also your typical teenage girl: always stressed out, picky about appearance, thinks she knows a whole lot, and is always talking about Hypno, whom she claimed was her boyfriend. (Like I said before, her real name is actually Darwynette, but you call her that and she freaks out.)
Roselio, miraculously, is the well-mannered kind of younger brother, which is perhaps a rather rare species indeed. He's happy-go-lucky and doesn't seem to mind Darwin's big-sister-ish behavior.
Roselio nodded. He did believe that his sister was quite knowledgeable on the subject of love. After all, she was forever talking about her boyfriend, Hypno. He also understood - pretty well, in fact - that she didn't agree with the concept of the Meteor Mash-up. "That's not how real love works," she'd said.
However, he'd been thinking about it since the first time he heard the announcement. What he was going to tell his sister would surprise her, since she'd always thought they both didn't like the Meteor Mash-up idea.
He chuckled somewhat nervously. "Well, the Meteor Mash-up may sound silly for you, but I'm actually going to... You know..."
Darwin frowned at him. "What? You're going to what? Spill it, younger bro."
"I'm going to participate in this year's Meteor Mash-up."
"You what?!" Darwin gasped. "You're going to participate in the Meteor Mash-up?"
"Well, yeah." Her brother shrugged again. "I think it sounds fun. You don't have to go all romantic with whoever you get paired up with, of course. I just kinda like meeting new people and all."
"Humph." Darwin frowned. "Whatever. Do what you want, little bro. But I'm warning you, that's not how real love works."
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Roselio did all of Lopunny's steps to apply to participate in the Meteor Mash-up. He sent a form to the radio station at Wish Park's Dance Zone. He'd been talking about it with his friends, some of whom were participating in the event, too, including his best friends Froslass Yukimenoko and Staraptor Mukuhawk.
Today was the same. Roselio was talking with Froslass and Staraptor at his house when Darwin went in with a smug look on her face.
"Guess what," she said victoriously.
"What?" Staraptor asked with a sigh. Unlike Roselio, Staraptor usually found Darwin annoying and a know-it-all.
Darwin grinned a cat's grin.
"I'm participating in the Meteor Mash-up after all."
"Really?" Roselio asked. "I thought you didn't like it."
"That's right," Darwin agreed. "I don't like it... unless Hypno's participating."
"So you mean Hypno's participating too?"
"Well, yeah!" Darwin said gleefully. "I'd just known that today. Basically, I'm participating because Hypno is."
"Why? Isn't he your boyfriend, Darwin?" Roselio asked, puzzled. "If you want to spend time with him, why don't you just ask him out the traditional way?"
Darwin didn't answer - she was too busy fangirling. Roselio didn't know it, but Froslass knew that some teen girls already called their crushes their "boyfriend" even if it wasn't official yet. That was just how they were.
"Roselio's right," Staraptor said with a frown. "Why don't you just ask him out if you want to spend time with him? Why do you have to participate in the Meteor Mash-up? I mean, there are nine other guys you can get paired up with. Including me and Roselio."
Darwin did look pop-eyed for a moment considering the fact that she might have to spend time with her annoying brother or one of his annoying friends instead of her crush, but then her fangirling act came back. "I may, but then again, I may not." She sighed happily. "Don't you see? No, of course you don't, you're too small for matters of the heart like this. You see, me and Hypno are already written in the stars. We were meant to be together. That's why even Lopunny's randomizer is going to pair Hypno with me. Because we were meant to be. You'll see."
Rationality-loving Froslass found the explanation to be nonsense - written in the stars, indeed! - but she didn't say that aloud, of course.
"I am warning you in advance that the chance is actually pretty small," Froslass said. "There is a one-tenth chance of you getting paired up with Hypno. Just warning."
"Chance, shmance," Darwin huffed, then went up the wooden stairs to her room. Roselio, Staraptor, and Froslass heard an upstairs door slam.
Froslass turned to her two friends. "I hope she does not regret her actions later," was all she said.
Roselio shrugged helplessly. "Well, we can't do anything about that! Once my sister has an idea, not even a charging Tauros can stop her. Anyway, I heard that a lot of our friends are participating in the Meteor Mash-up also!"
"Yeah, like Breloom and Lombre and Treecko and Cleffy Clefairy," Staraptor said.
"And Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott," Froslass added, finally forgetting about Darwin and her one-in-a-tenth chance.
"Yeah!" Roselio may be a rose-shaped Pokémon, but at the moment he was like an excited golden retriever. "I wonder who the rest of the participants are?"
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That very moment, in Wish Park
Lopunny was leafing through the would-be participants' forms with a small smile. She'd already gotten 7 boys and 5 girls.
She only needed 8 more.
And then the fun can really begin.
She couldn't wait to say with her usual but one-of-a-kind flair:
Let's Meteor Mash!
Submit Your OC!
SYOC is open! I need 3 boys and 5 girls more to participate in Lopunny's Meteor Mash-up. Fill in the OC form below and please submit your OC via review (so I can keep track of the submissions in one place).
OC Form
Name:
Species:
Gender:
Personality:
Likes/hobbies:
Dislikes/pet peeves:
What I look for in that special someone:
Perks of dating me:
If your character gets selected, get ready to see them dive headfirst into the Meteor Mash-up!
Basically, what's going to happen is that the 10 boys and 10 girls will be randomized and paired up. Your character can get paired up with one of mine or another reader's character. Then I will write a chapter about each pairing. Of course, your character will probably not get the Pokémon of their dreams, but that's what makes Meteor Mash-up so... chaotic. ^^
So, I await your OCs! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to PM me.
-Fujisaki Chihiro-
UPDATE: 19/02/2014
Thank you for everyone who has submitted their OCs! For those who haven't submitted, I'd like to announce that the slots for the boys have all been filled. I am only accepting girls now. Also, one person can only submit one character.
Thank you!
UPDATE: 21/02/2014
I've already got 10 boys and 9 girls to participate in the Meteor Mash-up! That means the only slot available now is for one girl!
Once I've got all the characters, let the Meteor Mash-up begin! (Lopunny's getting quite impatient).
-FINAL UPDATE-
OK, I've now got 10 boys and 10 girls, which is exactly how many I'll need! SYOC is now closed! I'd like to thank everyone who submitted their character - we can finally get started! For your information, here are the participants!
BOYS
1) Breloom Kinogassa (mine)
2) Treecko Kimori (mine)
3) Oshawott Mijumaru (mine)
4) Tepig Pokabu (mine!)
5) Roselio de la Verde (mine!)
6) Staraptor Mukuhawk (mine. yeah.)
7) Hypno Silvertrance (you get the message)
8) Nile the Riolu (from shadowssj12)
9) Rem the Whimsicott (from AceScrawl)
10) Gremlin Ombre the Sableye (from RadioactiveSableye)
GIRLS
1) Lombre Raindish (mine)
2) Cleffy Clefairy (mine)
3) Snivy Tsutarja (mine!)
4) Froslass Yukimenoko (mine!)
5) Darwynette de la Verde (again!)
6) Storm the Pikachu (from kitsunelover300)
7) Lizzy the Flaaffy (from Pandawootwoot)
8) Braixen Ter Una (from Volt Tackle)
9) Tori the Gardevoir (from wolfgirl12390)
10) Amelia the Umbreon (from Mizuki1-Kiruri13)
(Hit it, Lopunny!)
Lopunny: "Let's Meteor Mash~!"
(Stay tuned on Wish Park FM!)
-Fujisaki Chihiro-