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

Comments

[loopsiedaisy]

You'd think you do this every day!

[Was that sarcasm...? If it was, it doesn't have the pointed kind of sting to it that you get when someone's really trying to be mean - Siffrin just can't seem to help the comment.]

[They busy themself with dodging the piles of snow Parvati is shoving off and kicking them to the side to keep the door clear.] How's the ice?

[Dewott listens to the thumps of the hammer being dragged across the roof nervously... but seems to relax as more and more snow topples off the edges. He retreats back inside with his shoulders slumped, but before he closes the door, he offers gratefully:] If you'd like, come inside for something warm to drink when you're done!

[edgewater]

Ha, you think so?

[ she's doing pretty good for a woman who'd never seen snow before her tenure in bottlecap bay. probably. ] It's pretty slippy, but the snow's most of that. I think? [ she tilts her head as she calls down, before glancing back at her work. her feet are cold... ]

Oh! That'd be great! If you wanna do that, Siffrin? [ parvati shoots dewott an eager thumbs up. ]

[loopsiedaisy]

Who would I be to turn down an offer like that?

[Siffrin paces along the bottom, waiting for Parvati to finish up and hop down. They're trying to position themself to catch her if she does slip, though it's unclear what they'd be able to do if both her and her hammer come crashing down. Besides get squished.]

[edgewater]

[ parvati's been doing her best to dodge dumping any snow on siffrin at all, in the meantime. or, at least, not enough to bury them at any rate. she won't squish him! ...hopefully. ]

I dunno, a grouch maybe. [ almost done now... yep. that'll do. she hops back down next to him with an unceremonious thud! ]

How about it?

[loopsiedaisy]

[That thud! might be the moment that Siffrin realizes they wouldn't have been able catch her and her hammer even if they tried... but if so, they don't let themself react to it!]

[They tap the door once to warn that the two of them are coming in, then hook it open with one paw. They head in first, but end up pausing as they see what's inside.]

[Dewott is sitting at a table - really more just a stone slab - with a Quilava, who is steadily heating up a tea kettle with short bursts of Ember. But all around the building - one large room, with some beds at one end - are more stone slabs, covered in little carved and gnawed wooden mechanisms. Some of them are ticking.]

[After a second Siffrin continues onward, shouldering the door so it stays open for Parvati.]

[edgewater]

[ parvati glances around once she's walked in behind them, taking it in. huh. guess the pokemon who weren't people before didn't need much, but it still felt a little weird to see such a simple house now. kind of like home, in a weird way. ]

Hopefully I got all the snow, sorry if I missed any. You building stuff in here? [ of course she'd notice, someone like her obviously would. ]

[loopsiedaisy]

[Quilava glances up, her ears quivering.] Yes, that's - oh! You're the one who was working on the pump in the Spire, weren't you?

[The... oh, that's right. Siffrin very vaguely remembers seeing something on the questboard about that...]

[edgewater]

H-huh? Oh. Yeah. That's me. [ she rubs the back of her head bashfully. ] Wasn't just me though. Whole team effort. Couldn't've done it alone.

[ she hadn't thought it'd be such a big deal? to the folks who weren't in the guild, anyway. she glances awkwardly to siffrin. ]