Ash: And there's one today!
Me: Right. It's a little far away, but I think it satisfies the travel need.
Goh: And it's got an interesting name too. It almost seems unreal.
Ash: Don't you think? Not unless you use...
Goh: The Psychic Teleport! But even then that's also limited - I think.
Pikachu: Chu pika? ["Maybe?"]
Me: Well, that's a reasoning. Anyway, I wanted to send Ash today at the behest of one of my friends...
Ash: ...who runs (ran) the whole thing!
Goh: Really?
Ash: We talked about it off and on while I was there. But maybe we can save that for later.
Goh: For starters, how did you get there?
Ash: With a couple of our friend's other friends - we met along the way.
Goh: That's pretty nice!
Me: I'll bet that saved a load of effort.
Ash: It did - and on the way back too.
Goh: So, what about the festival, then?
Ash: It was in a hotel! Not where you'd usually find a festival.
Pikachu: Pi pi pika! ["Luxurious!"]
Goh: Ooh!
Me: Well, sometimes you find conventions at a hotel. I've been to ones myself that are such. But that's a different matter.
Ash: Would that be in a big room, just like this one?
Me: Yes! That's all I can say, though.
Goh: If it's a festival, were there communities and food?
Ash: Just one community - Bocchi Noizu - and three food stands. One of them has the exact same name as the festival.
Goh: Oh, your friend must have asked them to come.
Me: I'm sure he did. Oh, yes: I heard from some of my other friends that a hotel in my town also wants something going on as the same name of this festival, but I don't think it's a festival. And they canceled it.
Ash: I'm sure the hotels are all together! I saw a poster for that with lots of hotel names.
Pikachu: Pika chu. ["A good deal."]
Me: I would think so too.
Goh: OK, and I'm sure there had to be competitions.
Ash: A character parade, and a photography one. I got in the first... but your friend wanted me in the second one too. So I came up with something for that with the food they sold.
Me: I saw that. It's exactly what I would make for that myself. It's also an excuse to eat.
Ash: Haha, yeah!
Goh: And then for the character parade, you had your world outfit. ( I wish I was there.)
Ash: Yeah. Our friend told me to "recycle" it from last week. So I "recycled" what I did there too.
Goh: And how'd everything work out?
Ash: Didn't get anything for both - but I did get a certificate from your friend.
Me: That was one of the points my friend sold me on, so there you go.
Pikachu: Pika pika. ["Pretty nice."]
Ash: Oh yeah! I also got in a minigame, and I got a little something - by answering Pokémon questions! They were all about Trainers and their Pokémon.
Me: Well, that would be another point... anyhow, that's pretty good.
Goh: So... entertainment - I'd guess song and dance.
Ash: You're right. There were a couple of dance groups and a bit of singing too.
Goh: Pretty standard.
Ash: I even filled in with "Mezase Pokémon Master" - but I got distracted a bit in the middle...
Me: Huh. Don't worry about it. At least it's not competitive.
Ash: Yeah, I guess you're right.
Goh: So I guess we can call this one a success - what do you think?
Me: I think you're quite right. Hey, maybe that local hotel of mine might just get things rolling.
Pikachu: Chu pika chu! ["Marvelous!"]
Me: Even so, did you tell my friend that it might not be so easy for him to do it all on his own?
Ash: I did. That was part of our talk after the festival.
Goh: Maybe there's something odd about it?
Ash: Um... I hate to say this, but I saw "The Forbidden One" wandering about the festival.
Goh: Wait, so he might have been involved?
Ash: From what I got, he might have put money into it and tried to control it.
Me: Uh-huh. See, that's the kind of threat that my friend might face. Now I think I might know why the local happening got axed.
Ash: Your other friends also stepped in and tried to help a bit - which I think did the trick.
Me: Well, I hope that whatever comes next will be free of his "influence".
Pikachu: Chu... ["Hmm..."]
Me: In the meantime, in the spirit of the festival's title, perhaps 60 seconds might be all you need to think you're somewhere.
Ash: I think that was all in a song there! You just have to close your eyes.
Goh: And then, our friend might just get to Tokyo or anywhere else in the world.
Me: Perhaps for the next World Championships, you and I can be there in person instead of just in spirit.
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