[Closed] Quest: Play Nice

[holidaygirl1225]

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

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.]

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[telewarped]

[If Shoka takes any umbrage with Noelle's pace, she gives no indication of it, acknowledging those moments she pauses or stumbles with little more than a giggle at her expense or the occasional, actually-concerned-sounding, "You good?" Ultimately, without saying anything about it, she slows to match Noelle's pace and let her stick close (though she always keeps a small, subtle space between them, as if wary of getting too close).]

No big. I know this place is creepy as hell. Besides, it's not like we're in any real hurry. If we were just flying through this place, we might miss some of those potential recruits we're supposed to be looking for... So good on you for making me slow down and smell the skeletons.

[Because skeletons seem to be all that's present here. Tittering, Shoka navigates carefully around the half-buried ribcage of a creature that must have been three times her size.

There hasn't been any sign of a single other living Pokémon since they entered the woods, but Shoka's still keeping an eye out, pausing occasionally to scan their surroundings (and give Noelle time to catch up).]

The only reason I'm not completely grossed out is 'cause I've been here before. [And also because she's died before, maybe. The sight of bones isn't much to a Reaper.] My first major quest was to explore this place, back when the fog was still around—with A.B.A.

[She comes to a stop then, eyeing the tall edges of bone as she waits for Noelle to process and work her way past them.]

Come to think of it, maybe I should pick her up a souvenir... [She gives an amused snort.] Or maybe not. She might accuse me of trying to make her other skull jealous or something, hah.