October Catchall! (a Mix of Open and Closed)

[autumnrainrunaway]

Who: Dolly + you!
What: None Quests Threads first. Will be adding Quest Threads later on :3
Where: Southern Forest, Bay Town, Lum Berry Low Tier Housing, The Archives, and more to be added on as the month goes on.
When: Throughout most of October
Warnings: Animal/Pokemon death that comes with hunting, Wild Parties, and Nerd Violence. Will update more as it goes along.

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[autumnrainrunaway]

"True, we got fur to cover up with." Dolly smiles along as she looks over to Bigby.

Sure, Dolly had fur even before the Pokemon situation, she still had to wear clothing. Sometimes being a Fae Queen sucks like that as Dolly returns her attention to what Bigby is saying. Bigby traveled a lot beforehand? That sounded like how things were beforehand. Then again, going from a pan-dimensional traveling island to Earth, then to Doriene, and then suddenly the Pokemon world...its a lot to unpack.

"Nothing ever stays the same, it changes in some ways or another. It can definitely give anyone whiplash after a while of traveling like that."

[wolfcut]

"... Hm. Definitely took a while for me to settle after I left home." He doesn't exactly frown, but his smile does falter just a bit. Shared sentiments should be comforting, but it's always been a mixed bag for him, one he can't quite reconcile. He misses the Black Forest as much as he appreciates a new start. "Helps to have a reason to stick around one place though."

With that, he finally cuts the last marked notch.

"How's this look, Dolly?"

CW for trauma, island(?)death mention and grieving

[autumnrainrunaway]

"Same, it took a long time to settle in ourselves, there was a lot of new concepts to deal with." Well..Dolly definitely now has a reason to stick to one place. Its dead, it died screaming, and there wasn't a damn thing she could do about it...OH! Right back to topic!

"That looks great. I'll show you how to turn it inside out next. I think the stick is right back the pincushion."

Sewing has always been a great comfort, plus, once the target dummies are ready, it'll be great fun to put through the test drive. The stick, sure enough is close to the pincushion, ready to turn it out for the stuffing.

cws continued (kinda)

[wolfcut]

"You can say that again." If only Bigby knew the half of it; there'd be plenty more for them to talk about beyond the walls they've put up for themselves. The Homelands aren't dead and gone, but they might as well no longer exist for the Fables that managed to cross over. All that's left is a husk of itself, a world taken over by a parasite masquerading itself as its savior. "Sometimes feels like never settling would've been the easier choice."

Easier, and yet not the one he found himself following.

He glances around for the pincushion first before moving closer to pick up the stick and bring it over.

"Got it. Should I watch you do it or..."

cws continued (kinda)

[autumnrainrunaway]

"I couldn't agree more..it was home. It wasn't perfect by any means, but it was still home." There was no way of being able to stay though, Tir Na Nog had been past the point of no return and that was why her entire generation left. Dolly looked over to Bigby, it was nice to talk to someone that understood.

Sure, she didn't understand to what extent, but still, settling is universally the toughest thing to deal with. Back to focusing on the project, they're both getting close to getting the first dummy made.

"Thank you Bigby, I think it's a good idea to watch this one. The stick is going to be used for both turning it inside out and getting the filling in."

With a smile as Dolly goes to getting the first dummy turned inside out, "So, what sort of face should we draw onto the dummy?"

[wolfcut]

He nods at Dolly, understanding her in more ways than one. Just as she told him, he watches her attentively, taking mental note of each motion until this step is complete. Bigby smiles back with a small head tilt at her question. Much to consider when creative decisions are not his area of expertise.

"Ah, well," he starts, paw rubbing the back of his head. Bigby exhales a low laugh, mostly at himself. He's so bad at this. "Something scary, maybe? Or, I don't know... the kind of face you want to hit."

[autumnrainrunaway]

That was a wonderful point Bigby brought up as Dolly went to consider this. What would constitute for a highly punchable face? She had so many to choose from thanks to being around a long time...wait one minute. There was a perfectly punchable face to use!

Not wasting another moment, Dolly went to carefully place a face on the dummy. It was the snobbiest expression ever on that dummy's face, one that would read 'I'm so much better than any of you lot, now worship me as a glorious sun god right this ver moment'. Oddly, it has a rabbit-like appearance to the face, how very odd..

"I think that's a pretty good punchable face, what do you think?"

[wolfcut]

His head tilts, curiosity getting the better of him as the gears are clearly turning in Dolly's head. Whatever her idea happens to be, he's watching it unfold right before his eyes until the final reveal.

Now that gets a real big grin out of him.

"Oh, yeah. Exactly what I was thinking." The rabbit features are an interesting spin, but he supposes it better fits with the theme of everyone being turned into funny little creatures. "Might be hard too hard to stop punching this guy now."

[autumnrainrunaway]

Dolly was thanking the Stellar Sea and Mac Lir that Bigby didn't see the rabbit face as weird, much less have to explain that the rabbit was a literal massive asshole relative back on Tir Na Nog. Upside, the dummy gets a big grin out of Bigby and is a success for punching the living daylights out of!

"I dunno, I think he can take plenty of blows to the face with attacks. I ought to filled him with something hilarious once busted opened, not sure what though."

Truly a new thing to tackle though, should the dummy have a special filling? Dolly was strongly tempted to fill it with rice paper confetti if she can find any.

[wolfcut]

More creative decisions. He tilts his head into the palm of his paw. For a wolf, there's really only one thing to expect when tearing into someone, but that's not exactly hilarious.

Well, maybe it is a little bit sometimes.

"Fake guts and confetti?"

He's so entirely deadpan about it too.

[autumnrainrunaway]

"I'm fully onboard with the confetti and fake guts. I think the chunkier red yarn should work for guts."

This wasn't the first time Dolly had made a plush doll like that as she remembers the interactive mummification doll she helped the Foxlings make for their video.

Came with functional canonic jars fit for a doll too...Dolly your humor...

"Think I should make little plush organs or should it be good with the chunky yarn?"

seems like a cute spot to wrap? c:

[wolfcut]

His ears perk when the idea seems to stick. Nothing wrong with some morbid humor, he supposes, and Dolly doesn't seem much too phased about it either. The fact that she immediately leaned into it with ideas of her own is a plus in his book.

"I mean, just the yarn is fine but... the fake organs might really sell it." He laughs, awkwardly scratching his cheek. "I could help too. Good practice, right?"

I love this for the wrap up X3 this will be my last tag on my end :'>

[autumnrainrunaway]

"That sounds like a deal to me, let's make some fake organs to go with it."

Dolly would go on with bigly helping along with learning to sew and stuff the dummies with fake organs, yarn, and confetti. It would take a long time, but soon, oh so very soon, they would have the practice dummies for the attack training. Thanks Froslass for the dresses! The Dummies are now highly fashionable as they get pelted with attacks.