October Catch-All

[friendlyflower]

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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[heartonachain]

[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?]

[friendlyflower]

[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.]

[heartonachain]

[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.]

[friendlyflower]

[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.]

[heartonachain]

[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.]

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[friendlyflower]

[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!

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[friendlyflower]

... 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.)]