Donald had been at his home in Silicon Valley browsing through social media when his phone pinged a notification from his Porygon-Z (going by the Internet handle ZZ_Polly) about a Pokémon tournament at the Missouri State Fair. All the while his Espeon was purring away on his lap. He would not have normally bothered with any events happening in the Midwest but what spurred him into making plans to attend was two things: the prize on offer was a shiny Honedge and from what he found on Facebook, the rest of his family was also there. "Espeon, Mimikyu, we're going to Missouri!" he announced, sending an email to his own Porygon-Z. Porygon-Z soon materialized while the other two Pokémon started paying attention.

While on a flight to Jefferson City he registered for the Missouri State Fair Pokémon Tournament.