The Sisyphean Struggle for Tepig in White2

That would be really funny... It's actually super not a bad idea, since I get sort of "Greek pottery" vibes from shiny Emboar for reasons I cannot even explain, but I didn't want to go for a major god name or anything. The world has seen enough fire starters named Hephaestus <3 If anyone else wants to do that I love you but I think I will skip it this time. Sisyphus might genuinely be in the running, though.

A couple ideas I had were Hope and Tsunami. This hunt has been with me through the Hope Valley area multiple times; when I went in the autumn, I intended to find Tepig among the turning aspens and take a nice picture but we can all see how that went ;-; As for Tsunami, I was thinking of some different oceanic names because of the blue patterns on Emboar, and because I'm obsessed with it learning Scald.

I'm about to cozy in for a hunting session since I'm packing tomorrow and then traveling the next few days, so I want to do absolutely nothing except for clicking buttons <3 Godspeed with Snivy whenever you return to it! I know how it feels to have a hunt that's not even that deep, but it just keeps fighting you. There might just be something about the BW2 starter resets, honestly...

I've done a healthy bit of hunting so far this week! I went to Legoland with legendlinke, so we spent Sunday traveling there and Monday + the beginning of Tuesday in the park. We flew home in the latter half of Tuesday. I hunted on both plane rides, and I did a good amount of hunting at the hotel as well.

Speaking of the hotel, I'd like to get into that, because it may have been the best one I've ever stayed at. We stayed at the Castle Hotel in the Magical Wizard Room. The lobby just smacks you head-on with atmosphere, and it has some sort of cinnamon-vanilla smell that I could not identify but kept commenting on. There's a gigantic wizard amidst a pit of LEGO bricks - which you can play with! - casting a spell that makes up the chandelier. The walls behind the service desk are filled with brickbuilt potions and keys and such... it's such a good room. 10/10 would shiny hunt here.



We dined in both nights at the Dragon's Den, a cute little restaurant which fit right in with the castle aesthetic. I need to emphasize this: I have not enjoyed being inside of a restaurant in a non-concert context in I don't even know how long until we went here. This place rules. They had this Tabasco breaded cauliflower as an appetizer, which we ended up taking to-go both times and enjoying cold later. Miraculously, it was still crunchy after being refrigerated! I know I'm going to be craving this fiercely now. The service was excellent there, and it was just a really nice vibe. I will say, it was really funny being seated near a TV on the first night, since it was just playing baby sensory videos the entire time. This is also where we met one of many kitties.



The elevators and hallways were also a part of the themed experience. When you got in the elevator, there was a voice clip of a wizard that would play, talking about casting a spell to make the elevator levitate. When you arrived, he would say, "Level Three! This is where wizards live. Remember, no spells in the corridors, or else you'll wake the cat!" and then a "MEEOOOOOW" would play every time. It was excellent. The lighting in the halls consisted of brickbuilt torches that would dim and brighten as they sensed you going by... It was truly crazy to me.

The room had a little chest guarded by another brickbuilt kitty! There was a QR code that you could scan to gain access to a page asking you questions, such as, "How many queens are on the balcony in the lobby?" (Paraphrased.) When you put in all the answers, you would get the code! Upon completion, we got some special Duplo bricks with a dragon print, as well as some poly bags of yellow LEGO and a magazine. It was cute :) There was also a little scavenger hunt in the room itself, with no prize except for feeling good about yourself. But the room was soooo cute. There were little owls perched in a corner, and our nightlights ended up being these potions on the shelves above our bed.



I noticed that my experience within the park differed from usual as far as interacting with the general public goes. I'm used to having to skirt around kids having public meltdowns while their parents yell about how embarrassing they're being... But the parents here for the most part were using very kind and supportive language with their kids, and it was refreshing to see. One parent said "I appreciate your patience" when their kid was asking about the wait time for a ride, which I just thought was really sweet. I also noticed that a lot of people would say "excuse me" or "sorry" when diverging into your path, even if they barely disrupted you at all. Very pleasant!

Here are some assorted pictures from the trip~



All things told, I got to 13,457 Tepig seen by the end, which isn't a huge improvement over 13,010, but it's something!

I've not been updating this thread since I've mostly hunting as I fall asleep, so here's a quick update: I've hit 15k :") I will be taking this hunt to its second Wild Party concert tomorrow, so we'll see if my luck changes! I kind of want to bring it to the concert I'm going to on Easter (I'm finally seeing Bobbing!!!), but if I get it first I will happily bring another hunt. Bets on me going to double odds? </3

So. The Wild Party concert! :) That makes it sound terrifying, but trust me, it was awesome. The journey there, however... I swear, nothing went wrong until we got into San Francisco, at which point we hit loads of traffic, among other things... The traffic was at least okay because I could do Pikmin Bloom planting, which is a totally normal and hinged thing to say. (I didn't even finish my Yellow Hyacinth task. That's still sitting there.) But my mom had called a hotel near the venue and gotten permission to valet park despite not being a guest due to the high number of break-ins in the area. But we got there! And the manager totally bit her head off for even asking! Which was just ~great~ :D So we had to find a fenced, paid parking lot and Uber to the boba place near the venue. Our plan was to get there before it closed, order up, and walk the very short distance to the venue like we had the last time we went there. But the first Uber got there and told us we hadn't booked for two people. He had two seats free! But we apparently missed something on the app that he refused to show us how to navigate to, and we were holding up traffic, so we just canceled and let him scram with his other passenger. Then we had to wait for another Uber in the aforementioned traffic, while groups of people kept using the same sidewalk to walk 4 wide like they were the only people out there... BLESS pat nightingem for getting my mom's and my boba before the place closed, because we juuuust missed it. I paid him back in food and merch.

We did survive! And I actually met someone I'm familiar with from the Good Kid Discord in line. Wild Party and Good Kid do have very similar vibes and thus fanbases. When we got in, we found that the section we had been reserved to sit in (ADA seating moment) was a cozy little corner of the bar with a straight-shot view of the stage. We were speaking with some of the staff there, and the lady who handles booking for the venue said it's called the VIP section because it's her favorite spot :) It was nice to be sequestered away from the other people and not terrified to unmask to eat. Which, the food SLAPPED. I'm gonna give you one guess which thing I ordered from here (with the stipulation that it is a semi-suggestive joke).



The atmosphere of the place was great. The last time I had been to see Good Kid, it was decorated for Halloween; this time, it was... still partially decorated for Halloween, as it always is, but now there were Easter decorations sprinkled in as well. There was a TV in the corner of the bar that was playing these insane Turkish knockoff films??? Such as 3 Dev Adam, in which Captain America fights evil Spider-Man. Check this out at your own risk; it wasn't theeee most forum-appropriate LOL But it was a hell of a vibe watching whatever the hell was going on on the TV while doing SRs in between performances!



The concert itself was a blast <3 The openers were Bloody Bananas, which is the drummer of Wild Party's other band, and Buddha Trixie, which is a band I had heard of but hadn't really given a chance before. Both openers were great! I listened to just about Buddha Trixie's entire discography on the way home. Their live energy was fantastic.

The main act was, of course, awesome! I could tell they really warmed up since the last time I saw them, which had been their first concert in like, 8 years o_o I definitely knew more of the lyrics this time! Although, the last song? Second to last? This is why I have to write shit down LOL I'll ask my friend from the line who grabbed the setlist. But towards the end of the show, there was a "bring the mic into the crowd and have everyone sing" moment, except the song is REALLY COMPLICATED (First Two Days With You) so Pat had to pull up the lyrics for both of us after we crept our way into the pit -w- I felt like my voice wasn't as worn out from that as I'm used to it being! Thanks testosterone :)

Once people started dispersing, we scooted over to the merch table. I grabbed a sweatshirt, a tee, a CD, stickers, and a poster from Wild Party's section. (I kinda don't hold back with merch >w<) I also snagged Pat a Buddha Trixie tee, since the one left was his size, and myself the Bloody Bananas mints that look like they're in a pill bottle. Then we just kinda mingled for a bit as we waited for the band to be able to sign our stuff! I had seen Wild Party last year with Pat, and the band recognized us after the show and gave us hugs. It was really sweet ;w;



Overall an incredible experience! The staff were so kind; we even got offered guestlist for any future concerts because the booking lady I mentioned earlier loved seeing us have so much fun ;w; I didn't get Tepig! Buuuut I've been trying. I didn't write down what number I hit after hunting between acts and on the way home, but I believe based on my last post that it was something like 15,200. Maybe 15,175. But I've hit 15,555 in the days since then! That's what I'm sitting at as I write this post. I have some more concerts to bring this to. Maybe I'll even ask someone to bless a reset or something... Stay posted!

Unfortunately, your first sentence was correct, and your hopes were in vain. </3 I have hit double odds. I don't have the energy to do another write-up at the moment, as it involves another concert (this one to see Good Kid!) that I'm currently coming down from. The details will be in the eventual Tepig video! But know that we have hit the double odds milestone. This is my first counted hunt to go this far; I've gone double odds before, but that was in BDSP, so 1/4096. I did receive a luck blessing, so we'll see if that has any bearing on my RNG...

I haven't updated in a while... this is because I hit 20k and I haven't had it in me :') I saw some great concerts! But I'm struggling.

I saw I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME on the 24th. Dallon Weekes is a fantastic performer... he gives me the angriest form of gender envy. I also saw Bombay Bicycle Club on the 30th, which was very close together for concerts and is part of why I've been struggling to post. They're a really, really good act; I don't know if the venue just had great acoustics, but I could feel the drums in my chest. Be careful if you're sensitive to strobing, but I'd definitely recommend checking out both of these bands.

Please tell me I'm not going triple odds...