November+December Catch-All

[loopsiedaisy]

Who: Siffrin (Shinx) + Shoka, Laios, Cedric, Chara, Anasui, Parvati
What: The fallout of the Network Incident, and also quests. Sometimes both at once!
Where: Spire, Canopy, wherever various search quests take them
When: One thread backdated to October, otherwise throughout November (including during the snowstorm) and December
Warnings: Potentially Siffrin's warnings (definitely spoilers & alluded-to suicidal ideation in Shoka's thread), the usual quest peril

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Snow Place Like Home (Parvati)

[loopsiedaisy]

[Parvati and Siffrin have just started on clearing snow in this corner of town, but so far they're doing pretty well! Siffrin's paws are passable for tunneling, you can't say Parvati isn't a hard worker, and the two even have ways to deal with slippery layers of ice when they uncover it. (Siffrin zaps it with bolts of lightning to get it melting, and if that doesn't work - well, Parvati can always just shatter it!)]

[The rhythm of their work is interrupted when a door they've just finished clearing out opens, and a Dewott leans out. He's wringing his hands nervously.] Thank you! But, um, could you take a look at the roof too? I swear I keep hearing it creak, and I'm worried about all the ice and snow on it...

[There's nothing wrong with the request in and of itself, but...]

[Siffrin looks at the roof, which is clearly very far overhead and out of reach - they wouldn't have a chance of jumping up there even if it weren't icy. They look at Parvati, equally way too short to reasonably reach. Then they look back at the Dewott with a smile that seems just a bit sharp around the edges.] Sure, we'll get right to it!

[Though... the next place Siffrin glances is Parvati's hammer. Very speculatively.]

[edgewater]

[ parvati was pretty easy to convince, of course. it's a new kind of hard and healthy work to get the blood pumping and the mind enriched. especially for her. at the dewott's request, she simply nods. ] Yeah, I could probably give that a look.

[ and then back to siffrin. ] I could probably climb up there, I can jump pretty high. You, though... [ hm. well, she wouldn't be averse to doing it herself -- were it not for literally every other hazard that could possibly get her without assistance. tinkatons can jump pretty high to more efficiently hunt corviknights at closer range, she's pretty sure, so. she flexes her shoulders, adjusting the position of her hammer on one of them. ] What're you lookin' at?

[loopsiedaisy]

We might be able to save ourselves a climb if you can just reach it with your hammer.

If it gets a good thump from the side... [Maybe it'll just start the pile sliding off!]

[edgewater]

See I dunno if that'll also take the wall out with it. [ it's about as heavy as it looks, even if she picks it up like it weights nothing. although, the application of that weight... it was definitely possible. ]

Wait, reach it with my hammer?

[loopsiedaisy]

[Okay, fair point. Pokemon homes seem built to handle stray Pokemon moves, but there's still a limit...]

Looks long enough to me! [It's like. Three times her height, right. Maybe that's just their lack of depth perception, while she's holding it at an angle...]

[edgewater]

[ she aquiesces, propping her hammer down -- heavy end to the ground, grabbing onto the end of the handle. she could probably propel herself or- oh. climbing. they mean climbing. ]

Yeah, you're probably right.

[loopsiedaisy]

[Really they meant leveraging it over the edge of the roof and swiping the snow off with it, like a roof rake... but you know what, this works too!]

[They take a step back to give her more room to maneuver.]

[The Dewott eyes the hammer too, and slides a bit further behind the door.]

my autism makes me great at rping parvati i did not pick up on that at all

[edgewater]

[ she props the hammer up - heavy side still on the ground - and pulls herself up as though she was climbing a pole. once she's up, she spins on her heel, and pulls the hammer up with her. ]

Yeah! Got it! [ now she can, uh. push the snow off. with the hammer. yeah. ]