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October Catch-All

Who: Flowey & Kinger, Tenna, Cedric, Kris, Impmon, and maybe more!
What: Quests, quests, quests! He's a busy boy!
Where: The Woods surrounding and beyond Death Blood Murder Skull Town, Umemiya's future garden
When: Throughout October
Warnings: Pokemon battling (violence/injury), Flowey's trauma (mentions of/themes of depression, depersonalization, guilt, child death, murder), others TBA

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[Despite their lack sight, they are staring at Flowey dead-on, a faint flicker of red within the shadows of their mane. Hello best friend.]

For some weird reason. [uh huh, like he had nothing to do with it?

They're not happy about this assignment... but whatever. They're here anyway. The aura of malice fades, and they simply walk past Flowey towards the pumpkin patch without another word. The sooner they get this over with...]

Edited (like they didnt... see.... wait,) 2025-10-08 03:01 (UTC)

[Why is that stare so familiar? It's like Chara just discovered he ate their last bar of chocolate.]

Right... hee hee.

[Flowey sits there awkwardly before hopping after them.]

... Say, maybe we got off on the wrong foot! I'm Flowey! Flowey the Sunkern!

[For some weird reason, they abruptly stop. This is, apparently, a very important introduction.]

Don't care
♥︎	It's good to see you again			That's a stupid name, you're not even a flower

Good to see you again?

[They try to say it sarcastically, but mostly they're just very confused. Why would that be a good thing? This jerk teleported them to the middle of the woods? He wanted to do that to Ralsei? Why is it happy to see him???

Maybe it just has a sense for assholes... or something.]

["Good to see you again?" Did they just change their mind about being mad at him? Why did they say it like that?]

Uh, same here?

[There's little time to ponder that, though, because two Pumpkaboo try to jumpscare them with a loud "boo". Flowey only flinches a little bit.]

Here we are! Hee hee... watch and learn!

[Flowey immediately tosses a Blast Seed at them which bursts a pumpkin wide open in the crossfire. Seeds and pumpkin goo fly everywhere. When the smoke clears, the Pumpkaboo are both down. Flowey lets out a maniacal laugh.]

[They're so distracted by their own words that the boo actually gets them—their whole body poofs out, even if their legs stay rooted stubbornly in place. It's enough of a shock that they don't catch what Flowey's up to until it's already too late.

At least the seed in their cake wasn't one of those, damn.

They shake off their surprise, immediately turning to put a claw on Flowey's..... head? body? most of him?? It's not important. Please do not throw another seed grenade.]

They're only scaring people. We don't have to fight. [But the Pumpkaboo don't seem like they want to listen to reason... hmm.] We can scare them back. Get them to leave that way.

[In a near-perfect imitation of Kris's voice, he says:] Ummm, ACTUALLY, we can just scare them off! Better yet, we can be NICE to them and SPARE them! Isn't it great when we all get along?

[The imitation distorts into a gravelly sound as he distorts his face just a little more.]

You idiot. These Pokemon aren't LIKE the ones from town. Did you learn NOTHING from your months out in the woods? The wild ones don't listen to reason. They'll attack if you give them the chance.

[His voice turns back to normal.] Don't worry, I won't KILL them. Just make it so they'll NEVER come back.

[If he was hoping to get a reaction from that, Kris just stares blankly. Pumpkaboo already got them once, they're not gonna get spooked twice in a row... alas, the cool faces are also wasted here. Flowey puts in so much work, and for what.]

... If you don't give anyone a chance, you'll never know who will listen to reason. These guys don't seem like they're trying to hurt anyone.

[Just kind of annoying. Kris isn't opposed to fighting, but their Soul is channelling their inner Ralsei... and they also agree fighting should be saved as a last resort, in most situations. This doesn't seem like the sort of life-or-death peril that would call for first strike.

Flowey might be the one who doesn't want to listen to reason, though. Hmm.]

Guess you can't do it anyway. Not very scary. [poor Flowey has so little aura he has to resort to violence to be noticed... sad.]

[Oh, he KNOWS what's happening here. And the worst part is that it's working on him.]

You wouldn't know scary if it was right in front of your bowl cut. But FINE. I'll take the bait. But DON'T think you've won, idiot.

[Way to remind him about the virtues of being a 'kind person' when he was having fun destroying some Pokemon. They're just like Frisk. (Fortunately for them, he's too mad to examine THAT thought further.)]

Howdy, you stupid gourds!

[Once he's got the Pumpkaboos' attention, he puts on his most evil face and lets out a scream. Several of them yelp and vanish.]

It's more of a mop cut. [not that they can see it anymore???

The shriek doesn't scare them either, but it does make them crack the tiniest, smuggest smile. Wow, that barely took any convincing at all. Maybe he's more like Susie than they thought... they can work with this.

They can't make him do all the work, though. They step aside of Flowey, walking a bit further into the patch... then, they take a deep breath]

[and Roar.

They've had some practice with that one. Worked pretty well while they were stuck in the middle of nowhere. Also worked on Noelle. Susie would be proud.

A few more of the ghosts scatter, shrieking with fear(?)(or maybe it's delight at being bested?)... although, it's not as effective as it could've been. The strongest of the Pumpkaboo, undeterred by speed drops and a low-level Roar, merely cackle back at them and pop back into their hiding spots.

... but are they actually hiding?]

[Flowey continues with his scary faces, sometimes taking time to describe the gruesome ways in which he would carve them out like real gourds if he had the chance. But while he and Kris have been distracted, neither of them have noticed a Gourgeist vanish.

It reappears with a blood-curdling shriek, scaring the life out of Flowey before knocking him out. The Phantom Force attack leaves Flowey badly wounded. The Pumpkaboos laugh with delight.]

[They were almost starting to have fun with this, too. The shriek is loud enough to make Kris jump even from a distance, followed by the thunk of a large sunflower seed toppling onto its side. They can't see what's happening, but—]

Hey! [pain in the ass or not, that's still their teammate getting attacked. They charge in, putting themselves between Flowey and the band of gourdly specters.] The joke's getting stale, get some new material.

[Stubbornly, they are still not attacking... but if one of them decides to push their luck with the Deino, it's simply in their nature to bite anything that comes within range. Prepare to get auto-parried, losers.]

[The Gourgeist isn't as easily deterred. It takes a look at Kris's jaws and decides to play keepaway, aiming a Leech Seed at Kris instead. From the ground, Flowey's too weak to get up, but he looks up enough to shout a warning.]

Watch out!! [That's one of his favorite attacks. What a nasty trick.] Kris, fight back, you stubborn idiot!

[Even as he says it, he's sure that they're not going to.]

[There's no way they would see the seed coming—but they feel their body tense, ready to dodge.

... yet, they still hesitate. Because if they moved now, Flowey would be undefended.

Their feet stay rooted in place, making the split-second decision to try deflecting it instead. It doesn't go as planned. The seed latches onto their body, the only thing they have to block with, vines rapidly sprouting to dig into their fur. They can't even reach it with their teeth from this angle. Bad.

The Pumpkaboos on the sidelines laugh even harder. No way are they gonna lose to a bunch of clowns.]

Was that supposed to be an attack? I barely even felt it. [Is Taunting them going to help? Maybe?? If they can beat up the ringleader the smaller ghosts might leave, but they need to get the damn thing in biting-range first—and Kris is decidedly Not leaving Flowey to fend for himself.]

[Flowey doesn't clock the fact that Kris is waiting for it to get in Bite range-- he just thinks they're being stubborn. He grumbles to himself as the Leech Seeds take root in them. They're worse than golden flower seeds; they don't just stick, they plant themselves in you. That nastiness is why it's his favorite.

... Is it so painful for the enemies? He knew that on an intellectual level, but seeing Kris suffering from it is making him rethink a few things.

Well, if they want to play it that way, he can work with that. He'll beat them at their own game.

Shakily, Flowey manages to pick himself up. He has an idea. A stupid idea, but better than nothing.]

Hey!

... Why did the pumpkin stay home from school? Because he didn't feel so gourd!

[Dead silence. That was so darn STUPID, I need to reset so freaking bad, Flowey thinks. And then a Pumpkaboo laughs. If nothing else, Gourgeist is so perplexed that it doesn't attack.

Thanks, Toriel. (That was NOT one of Sans's. He'd rather die for real.)]

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flowey used scary face! not very effective against kris. super effective against pumpkaboo?

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