Noelle's September Quest Ho-ho-home [Catch-All]

[holidaygirl1225]

Who: Noelle & Shoka, Archnemon, Bigby
What: Quests! (Scholastic Decisions, No Pain No Grain, A Dour Struggle)
Where: Icefall Lake, around Death Blood Murder Skull Town, the woods
When: Mid/Late September
Warnings: Pokemon battling (violence/injury), potential references to death/disassociation

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(1/2) oh noelle, top of the nice list for you

[wolfcut]

[ His eyes start to widen once the realization finally dawns on him: this is really it. Of all the ways he could go, it had to be to a pack of wild dogs licking their chops ready to have a taste. The Fates must be laughing at their most perfect of ends for the lonely Big Bad Wolf.

Except, he's not alone. Not this time.

He lets out a deep breath, watching the Houndour fly off him with the solid kick. But it's still too painful to move, even when he hears her collapse beside him. There's more dogs coming in, the last of the group from the sound of it, and all he can do is close his eyes and angrily wait for the inevitable. Then, a sudden warmth runs through him, soothing, gentle. It's enough. It's more than enough.

Though feeble, he stands, turning toward the Houndours. He can't bring himself to rush in, can't build up enough electricity, but he stomps in place as a warning, heavier and heavier, until it cracks the ground beneath him and sends a flurry of rocks right at them. Cutting their losses against another super effective attack, they finally back off for now. Bigby looks over at Noelle. ]

I'm... I'm okay... [ His whole body is trembling now. The shock of the burn is finally taking effect, the last of his adrenaline now completely gone. Against the pain, he's struggling to stand tall, for her sake, if only to keep her from worrying.

He falls face first. ]