For destruction, ice is also great [Noelle November Catch-All]

[holidaygirl1225]

Who: Noelle & A.B.A, Umemiya, Bigby, Parvati
What: Quests, recovering from her crashout
Where: Heavy Downmoor, the Coast, and the Spire's low-tier housing
When: Throughout November
Warnings: Pokemon battling (violence/injury), flooding, themes of unreality and death/murder, others TBA

Comments

[quirkynote]

[Noelle was missing a lot last month, although A.B.A never truly got to learn why. It doesn't matter, all she knows is that something of hers was gone and that isn't allowed. She knows, she knows she promised Paracelsus no more confinement, and she's certain he'd apply that to other people as well, but sometimes A.B.A just wants to take her teammates and lock them in a cellar where no one can find them... Where she'll always know where they are...

She supposes forcing teamwork is a good compromise. The guild sees it as her contributing, a lost Pokémon gets rescued, and A.B.A can keep her eyes on her tiny murder deer. No one can yell at her for this. She is.....behaving.]

Of course we'll be okay, who do you take me for? My affinity is water...it bends to my will...not the other way around.

[As the ground under them gets even softer the closer they approach, A.B.A's talons grip the moist earth.]

Mnn...murky. The water won't be as clear as I prefer it to be. I won't be able to peer into its depths...

[Which would make it difficult to spot any Pokémon. Not that A.B.A is even thinking about that.

She's just upset it won't be the proper shade of blue.]

sorry for my lateness u_u

[holidaygirl1225]

[A.B.A seems comfortable as the ground gets increasingly damp, but Noelle has stopped.]

I'm, uh... I'm not a very strong swimmer. I bet you'll be okay, though! Maybe you should go on without me... I wouldn't want to slow you down or anything. [This isn't entirely a lie. Her favored way to move over water is skating over it when it's frozen. But also, she's still intimidated by A.B.A and trying to find an excuse.]

more like sorry for my lateness

[quirkynote]

[A.B.A pauses. Although she can't disagree most people tend to slow her down, she's surprised Noelle would think she would purposely sabotage herself by forcing asking her nicely to join her.]

Your capacity to swim means absolutely nothing to me... You're riding on my back.

[This isn't a suggestion.]

If we find a body, I need someone to hold it steady while I ferry it back to safety... With any luck, they'll still be alive, but that also means they tend to...squirm more.

[holidaygirl1225]

Find a body?! [That makes it sound like they might be dead already! ... She never even considered. Why is she still so sheltered and stupid?

That renews her determination. Awkwardly, she gets on A.B.A's back, not really able to hold on very well with her hooves. Nonetheless, she tries her best.]

... I can heal them if they're still alive. That might help with the, um, squirming.

[quirkynote]

Oh... I wasn't aware that you're well versed in medicine...

[Mixed feelings fill A.B.A's head. She'd love to talk to Noelle about her favorite bones in the human body, but...........doctors also scare her.

And now there's one on her back.

S-Scary.]

J-Just try to keep your balance, I can't promise I'll go after you if you're to fall off. We'll be submerged soon. Or, well, I'll be... Do keep a look out for anything peculiar, I need to focus on swimming.

[The currents look surprisingly strong, but...A.B.A is fairly certain she's stronger. Yes, she can probably take on a whole basin.]

[holidaygirl1225]

I mean, I wouldn't say... [Is using magic to heal someone really 'medicine'? She certainly doesn't think she's good at it, either!]

O-okay! I'll keep a lookout and try not to fall off!

[Easier said than done; she hasn't figured out how to swim in this new body yet and she doesn't have hands with which to hold on.

Still, somehow, she manages. Maybe it's because A.B.A is as good of a swimmer as she says, taking them through rough currents. Does she use this power to hunt and fight? Or is it for fun? Noelle would love to ask when she's not focusing on clinging on and avoiding a watery death.

And speaking of watery death-- a shining light catches her eye. Floating in the water like an ice floe, half-submerged, a frozen Machamp appears on the horizon. Noelle points eagerly.] There! I think that's the one!

[quirkynote]

[Ah, good eyes. See, A.B.A knew taking Noelle along would be fruitful. She would've totally missed that otherwise, completely lost in the sensation of swimming. Hehe, she loves being a water-type.]

Let's hope so, or else we'll be forced to ask why these waters are littered with bodies.

[And that sounds like an exhausting conversation.

Now with a destination, A.B.A starts swimming at full speed, cutting through the heavy currents like butter. As they get closer, she can't help but grimace. This creature's flesh...already looks rather grey. Perhaps they're too late...]

Eek...

[Very brave, very powerful.]

As soon as we approach, y-you'll have to—

["Grab the body" is what she WANTS to say, but A.B.A pauses.]

...Are you capable of grasping large mounds of flesh?

sfjdlfkjslfkdjs

[holidaygirl1225]

... No. [She should've thought of that.] We're... we're going to have to push them to shore.

[And by 'we', she mostly means A.B.A.]