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bottlecaplogs2025-08-04 10:09 pm
holidaygirl1225) wrote in bottlecaplogs2025-08-04 10:09 pm
[Closed] Quest: Play Nice
Who: Noelle & Shoka
What: Looking for Pokemon to recruit
Where: The Middle Forest
When: Mid/Late August
Warnings: Pokemon battling (violence/injury), likely references to death and disassociation
[It's Noelle's first trip into the Middle Forest, and she can't imagine how horrible it was before the fog receded. Even now, a light haze blocks most sunlight and she keeps tripping over bones that litter the ground. Every time she comes across one, she can't help but freeze in terror, stopping their progress completely.
Be brave, she keeps telling herself. Shoka is with you. But there's a sense of unease that won't go away, a perpetual chill that tells her she's making another mistake.
It's Noelle's first trip into the Middle Forest, but she doesn't feel like it is. Logically, she knows she's never been here. But in her heart, she feels as if she's ventured into the dark unknown beyond the boundaries of her 'normal' world once and never been the same for it.
After almost tripping off a cliff, Noelle opts to stay close to Shoka. How funny of her to cling to something arguably more scary than a little fog and old bones. But Shoka is... the good kind of scary.]
S-sorry if I'm slowing you down. This must be nothing to you, fahaha...
[... It's Noelle's first trip into the Middle Forest, and she's glad she's not alone.]
What: Looking for Pokemon to recruit
Where: The Middle Forest
When: Mid/Late August
Warnings: Pokemon battling (violence/injury), likely references to death and disassociation
Come follow me into the dark
[It's Noelle's first trip into the Middle Forest, and she can't imagine how horrible it was before the fog receded. Even now, a light haze blocks most sunlight and she keeps tripping over bones that litter the ground. Every time she comes across one, she can't help but freeze in terror, stopping their progress completely.
Be brave, she keeps telling herself. Shoka is with you. But there's a sense of unease that won't go away, a perpetual chill that tells her she's making another mistake.
It's Noelle's first trip into the Middle Forest, but she doesn't feel like it is. Logically, she knows she's never been here. But in her heart, she feels as if she's ventured into the dark unknown beyond the boundaries of her 'normal' world once and never been the same for it.
After almost tripping off a cliff, Noelle opts to stay close to Shoka. How funny of her to cling to something arguably more scary than a little fog and old bones. But Shoka is... the good kind of scary.]
S-sorry if I'm slowing you down. This must be nothing to you, fahaha...
[... It's Noelle's first trip into the Middle Forest, and she's glad she's not alone.]
1/2
Good. We've got this...!
[She says it breathlessly, like she's trying to convince herself of that, too, because she barely has any idea what's happening. The bat Pokémon is just as alien to her as the move she just used. Speaking of which, the barrier is dissipating and Zubat is taking to the air again, prompting her to bristle and hiss.
Noelle's observation stops her short. Shoka did notice that the Zubat seemed to be having fun—at their expense. As for it not trying to hurt them...]
Uh, did you already forget that it bit you, or...?
[Still, she does see it: the laugh on the creature's mouth, the exuberance in its unrestrained, swooping movements. It's really getting a kick out of this, isn't it? She can't blame it for that. After all, she's always loved battling herself—back in the UG and here in the Bay (even if it's harder to enjoy it quite so freely now, with the fear of losing control lurking behind every move).
Then again, is it the battle that Zubat's enjoying so much, or is it them? It seems to be waiting expectantly for their next move, watching them without eyes.]
Fine. If you wanna play, then let's play.