bottlecaplogs | november catchall

[ On the grand scale of getting snowed in, this is really not that bad. Odile still has access to the archives, so she should have no trouble keeping herself entertained. She can be found in the archives when she isn't venturing outside for stragglers. Really, it's fortunate for others that they're teleporting people in...she can't imagine being trapped in one of the other guild lodgings.

(She's worried about the Siffrins.)

Other Lum Berry members will get a nod, but not a verbal greeting unless they engage her. Anyone who's been brought in specially, though, will get: ]

Where are you coming in from?

[Flowey manages to get himself teleported in. If he doesn't get something to read, he'll really snap. He can only do so much playing nice with new people before he's sick of it--

Oh, speaking of. He's about to give a snarky response and hop away, but he recognizes her somehow. But he can't quite place it.

Well, now he's curious. The books can wait.]

The Canopy! Good thing we got all that weatherproofing done, right? Our lodgings are a little more rugged than yours. [There's just a touch of bitterness in his words.]

That's why I chose Lum.

[ Odile doesn't actually realize, yet, that getting multiple offers the way she had was unusual. ]

You should unionize.

[Not this crap again.] Easier said than done. Half the guild is operating under Ribombee's brainwashing. I had to get everyone to build roofs ourselves so the rest of us who aren't his little pets wouldn't freeze to death.

... You do know that most people get chosen rather than 'choosing' their guilds, right? [Show off.]

...I didn't. [ Interesting. ] I suppose they were particularly disorganized about mine.

[ Or, rather - she suspects Polteageist made that little power play on purpose. Odile sort of knew that from the start, and was a little annoyed to reward it...but, really, she's not living in a treehouse without a roof in the middle of winter.]

[... Interesting way of trying to play it off. He strongly suspects she's thinking something along the lines of "at least I don't have to live in a tree house without a roof in the middle of winter," though (an obvious thought to have) which pisses him off.]

Disorganized is right! That idiot who calls himself our guildmaster mixed up both the Siffrins and has them living together... even though one of them publicly announced they wanted to kill the other.

[As he says that, it begins to dawn on him how he recognizes her.]

... seems like SOMEONE helped them figure it out, though.

Ha! I'm sure they didn't help.

[ Since when are either of those two forthcoming with anything? Odile imagines they just didn't want to make a fuss by pointing out that they were two separate people (literally not even the same kind of Pokemon).

As it happens, she hasn't said anything about that to Ribombee. Odile's not in the business of sharing anything about Siffrin(s) with others. It feel too private, too vulnerable - a family matter, or something like it. More to the point, this little seed has clearly somehow recognized her, or at least her relationship to them. ]

You know the two of them?

Do I KNOW them?! Ha ha... Golly, we're GREAT friends! Just the best! [His stupid smile barely contains his rage.]

The Shinx and I go WAY back. Sure, maybe we had a few rough patches. All good pals do! [He thinks about all the times he tried to bait them into killing him, tormented them about their deepest fears...] ... but we had a great mission exploring recently! Right before... gosh, you know! [Suddenly changing everything about themself right when he thought they had an understanding and then publicly announcing their desire to kill someone!

God, he hates them so much. (No, he doesn't. (Yes, he does.) (No, he doesn'--)))]

The Meowth is just great! [Actually, all he hates about him is their sense of humor. Other than that, they've been fine. A vision of what could have been? (No, it's all part of his master plan to make them like him.)] Quite a jokester, that one!

... But I take it YOU know them better than lil ol' me! [Rather than tell her exactly what he knows, he decides to keep her on her toes. Maybe she'll reveal something interesting.]

[ Odile watches all of this impassively, one eyebrow cocked. What's this kid even trying to do? She's not stupid, she's not missing the obvious strain in that smile. Still, she doesn't see a reason not to respond. ]

Yes, we're from the same world. My name is Odile. You may use "she" and "her" pronouns when referring to me.

[ A very Vaugardian affectation, that. Her use of it tends to give away a little more than she likes, in one way or another, but that's moot in this other world, in these other forms. ]

[Hm? ... Oh, he forgot about gender for a second.]

... Call me Flowey! "He" is just fine by me! [He honestly doesn't care. As far as he's concerned, he kind of stopped being a person when he became a flower, much less a seed.]

So! You were in a party together, huh? Saved the world?

Saved Vaugarde, at least.

[ It actually sounded as though the King intended to stop there. But as curious as Odile tends to be, she never would have had the patience to try interrogating him. That man needed to die. ]

He told you about the King, then?

[ How much, exactly? She very much doubts that any version of Siffrin has been running around talking about that most recent loop - which is the only one she knows anything about. What story are other people hearing? ]

[Who's this "he"...? Oh, right, the other Siffrin uses those pronouns in addition to they/them. That answers another one of his questions. No wonder Loophole was so upset!]

Yup. What a real nasty piece of work. Good thing Siffrin put him out of his misery, right?

I don't know, I might have liked to see a little more misery for him.

[ Joking, but also really not! Also, hm. Clearly one of the loops, if Siffrin was that involved in the fight, but they obviously couldn't have defeated that man entirely on their own. Landed the final blow, maybe? ]

Gee! Sounds like none of you had any mercy for the old fool. [She doesn't entirely seem like she's joking. How interesting.] ... sounds about right, from what I know! Siffrin told me a fun thing or two about you.

Did they? Nothing too bad, I hope.

[ She has her doubts about whether her...hm, less-than-merciful attitude towards the King was actually involved. Still, she's curious. ]

[Wow, this lady really doesn't give up information or get frustrated easily! He has to recognize a true master of bullshit when he sees one.

As for the things Siffrin told him-- it's between zero and none. He remembers seeing the specter of Odile and their friends during Halloween, and he remembers some of Siffrin's assorted memories from the time they saw into each others minds. (You know, as one does.)

Still, she doesn't have to know that. He tries one last attempt to get under her skin.]

Oh, just a little about your 'research'. How's your progress, anyway?

[Notably, this version of Siffrin did not see her find the familytale. Thus, he has assumed she's some kind of tortured academic who's in the Archives because she's madly seeking answers.]

[ Ha! Oh, how fantastic! Odile doesn't bother to hide her amusement. ]

It was going well, actually! Though of course it's had to be put on hold.

[ She waves a claw at the book she's reading, a guide to Pokemon native to the area. Obviously Pokemon weren't her previous "area of research", she'll give him that one for free.

(She’s quite sure Siffrin knows the truth of that. Flowey must have gotten this from...well, the other Siffrin. ]

[Flowey has the distinct feeling that he's losing the conversation, which is absolutely a normal thing for him to think.]

Yeah. Of course. [It makes sense that one of Siffrin's friends would be just as annoying as them.] Well, good luck with all that.

And you as well. No need to go rushing back.

[ She can't imagine anyone wanting to go back to those caves too quickly. But it deems like their conversation is winding down, so. Back to her book! ]

november catchall

snowed in (lum berries / archives)

context: siffrinx had a vision of their party members as pokemon once during a TDM & flowey saw

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