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Anasui's Hallmark Catch-all Post

WHO: Anasui and maybe you! (But definitely Shoka, Maya, Flamebringer, Kris, Parvati, Bigby, III, Cedric and Noelle)
WHAT: Assorted quests and anything else involving the Bay's most fashionable bird
WHEN: Throughout December
WHERE: Assorted locations.
WARNINGS: Anasui's general warnings are here and may come up during some threads.

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Contrary to what his cold demeanour and aggressive behaviour may suggest, Anasui adores the holidays. While he never had been close to his parents or had many friends, Anasui enjoyed the merriment, the atmosphere, and the energy people had throughout the season. Christmas was also one of the few celebrations they were allowed to have at the G.D. Prison, and while they couldn't do much for it even getting that extra bit of pudding at dinner was enough.

But this year was different. Sure, the circumstances weren't perfect by any means, and he has to be a psychic ostrich for it, but for the first time in forever, he's celebrating the holidays (Pawlidays?) as a free man.

And as someone who didn't feel like they were dead.

It's a delight to be able to celebrate. He's already gotten his house a Christmas tree with Dolly's help and decorated the hell out of it but the spirit of the season has given Anasui a quiet yet notable energy. So much so that he spends much of his free time out and about throughout the month.

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The Oran tunnels

One of the places Anasui can be found in is the Oran tunnels. Anasui rarely (if ever) visits despite having friends there but he'll drop by a couple of times this month, slowly and meticulously decorating parts of the tunnel. Shoka likely will see him pinning up garland and mounting wreaths, a small, notable smile on his face. On the other hand, Maya will see Anasui outright pulling down her decorations and moving them elsewhere...

The only time that Anasui will be in the tunnels and not decorating is when he's heading off to to help Akechi unravel the mysteries of the bay. Not having anything to bring but himself, Anasui shows up dressed in a festive hat on top of his usual one and a nice, knitted blanket with Pawliday symbols on his back like a shawl. As he walks, he notices the familiar shape of Flamebringer going the same direction he is. Having nothing against him, Anasui walks a little faster to catch up, though he does tilts his head curiously once he's close enough to see him...

"Where'd you get that board from?"

When he's not inside the tunnels, he's making soap nearby them. By the time Kris arrives to work with him, he's already started the fire and is boiling water. He looks up at Kris and nods to them.

"Told you that you're able to help the clinic in some way," he says plainly, in a way that could be considered a greeting.

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At the Archives

Another place you'll likely see Anasui is at the Archives. It's more common to see him there than the Oran Tunnels but rather than having his face in a tome, he's actually sitting down in front of record keepers, ready to share his stories. Parvati likely will see Anasui getting comfortable on a rather nice pillow. He'll give Parvati a small nod in acknowledgement.

"You come to share as well?"

Bigby on the other hand, will find Anasui already spinning his tale. He's already started explaining how he and a guy called Weather Report escaped jail, but he pauses when he sees Bigby.

"Ah... You..." He seems... super embarrassed. Probably because of what happened last time they were here in the Archives. "... Hey."

He will be much less awkward when III or literally anyone else comes in to the Archives. Mostly because he has a deep, wistful expression on his face as he tries to find where to start.

"Have you ever met someone that brought you back to life? Someone who just came into your life and saved your corrupted soul? A human so, so beautiful that you could mistake for an angel?" He doesn't expect a response but he does look towards his unexpected guests.

~~He's almost certainly about to talk about Jolyne...~~

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Out in the forest

But the season isn't all fun and games. Noelle's request to look for a strange Deerling still highlights the weird nature of this place. Thankfully, Anasui is in a good enough mood to deal with things... Enough to agree to working again with Cedric, anyway. Anasui nods in acknowledgement to the Murkrow before he looks towards the North towards the Sporest's Troop.

"Intel says it's this way. Let's move quickly before we lose daylight." Maybe he could have used his manners but Anasui isn't a big fan of those. He wants to get moving already...

Not long after that quest is completed though, Anasui will take Noelle aside and ask her quietly if she wants to help him with a quest to... locate moss (She's a grass type, she'd know about these sorts of things, right?). He still doesn't know what Noelle and Kris' deal is but he's glad that Noelle doesn't dismiss him outright when Anasui mentions who requested the moss. He wants to talk to her about things...

When Noelle arrives to their meeting spot, she'll see Anasui listening to a Leafeon. Anasui looks up as soon as he sees Noelle out of the corner of his eye and leaves the Leafeon mid-sentence, though the Pokemon doesn't notice as he's more than happy to talk to himself about the Eevees and Leafeons' storied history with the rock.

"We have a lead on the Mossy Rock - Apparently this guy knows where it is. Ready to go?"

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[OOC: If there's anything/anyone I forgot, please let me know! As always, NPC Pokemon can be controlled by anyone!]

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"... Yep. Me."

His lips press into a thin line. One would think the sheriff would have something to say about a prison break, but all he can focus on is looking at anything but Anasui. He takes a seat with some distance between them, even if he knows he'd be a lot warmer closer to those feathers. As if his intrusive thoughts couldn't sink any lower.

It's a good thing his cheeks are a permanent rosy pink; otherwise, he'd be running bright red. At least the feeling appears mutual.

"Go ahead. I'm listening."

"Oh, I dunno. Mostly came to listen."

Parvati shrugs, arms folded across her chest. She shared stories when holed up during the blizzard, sure, but she's not really sure she has much to talk about. Her own adventures, maybe? Her shows? She takes a seat on a nearby cushion, wiggling a bit to get comfortable. "Just seemed fun."

She frees a hand to briefly adjust her goggles -- she really needs to find a replacement for her bandana one of these days -- as she settles.

Oh- and she'd been just about satisfied with that section, too! Maya gathers up her fresh bundle of decorations and hurries after Anasui- is this the Pokemon who was going to assist her…? "Hello- wait, hold on!" Ugh, she needs a moment to make sure she doesn't trip on a loop of leaves… "Was that the wrong position for them?"

When they accepted the clinic's request they weren't thinking about a conversation that happened a month and a half ago. Now that Anasui's pointed it out, though... they allow themselves a scowl, if only for a moment. They hate that he's right.

"... just soap." They can trust the Soul not to fuck up soap, probably.

"Yeah, um..." Noelle still hasn't stopped feeling guilty since hearing that her quest led Anasui down such a dangerous path. Ever since their last encounter, she's joined him for training a few times, and she knows he's absolutely able to handle himself... but, still! "Are you sure you're feeling okay?"

In the same vein, Anasui is fighting the urge to get up and warm Bigby up ~~because he is a good father, damn it~~. However, he refrains and manages to gather his composure, or at least enough of it that he can turn back to the record keepers as if nothing was wrong and not totally awkward.

"Mm... Where was I? Right, I was describing what a truck was to you people. Well, Weather Report and I were riding in the back of the open truck, going... somewhere. I don't know, I was just following Weather to Jolyne. The trip was long, so while I was waiting around, I took one of the magazines the man had in there. It was a Disney amusement park guidebook but for some fucking reason there were no Disney characters in it. Completely shit. I tossed the book but when I did so, I noticed something scurrying in the car with us.

I grabbed it, of course, and it was a fucking wooden puppet. And not just any puppet, it was from Disney, a character called Pinocchio. I recognised him straight away but him being real meant that something had gone really wrong. I asked him if he was working alone and he lied and said he was. The reason I knew he lied was because the fucker's nose grows when he lies, and it stabbed me right in my cheek. It was then when I noticed the apple on the floor of the car and then I saw Seven Dwarves. From Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Ugh, that's another Disney story I have to explain to you soon enough. And what the fucking Big Bad Wolf is too because he also attacked us. Damn it."

Wait a minute-

"Hmph. Fair enough. I came here to talk - all the things that happened to me before coming to the Bay are so goddamned bizarre that it'd be... a shame that no one heard them. I wouldn't blame you all if you think my true stories were fictional."

The Record Keepers said they'd be happy with any story but Anasui was struggling to figure out where to start. He looks over at Parvati, hoping his new-found audience would give him some direction.

"What are you interested in hearing? Adventure? Fighting? Weird stuff? Something unique to my world? More personal stories?"

Edited 2025-12-11 05:18 (UTC)

Anasui looks behind him. Then, after remembering many Pokemon are much smaller than him, he looks down at Maya by his knees. He huffs but nods and gently puts the assorted decorations down, out of his mouth.

"Hmph... Obviously. These decorations are slightly smaller than the other ones around it. We should swap these with the ones on the other side of the cave, see?"

... Unless Maya could see a 0.5cm difference in diameter, the objects look exactly the same and it really looks like he's taken down Maya's decoration for no reason!

"Well, soap is important. Keeps things sterile, which is good especially when there are literally sentient trash bags and slime puddles running amok."

Anasui doesn't smirk at Kris' scowl but there does seem to be an air of vindication that hangs around him as he uses his powers to grab the tools he's collected. He offers them all to Kris: One is the strainer that they'll need to get the lye out of the ashes using the hot water. The second is a press for the plant oil and the third is a big spoon.

"Take your pick. What do you think you can do competently?"

Anasui tilts his head to the side, as if that would help him understand the question better. It doesn't.

"Why would I not be okay?" Anasui asks, genuinely confused. "Leafeon isn't that much of a pain. I just often walk away from boring conversations, and it's more important for you to be informed of where we're going."

By now, Noelle has probably picked up that Anasui can be a bit thick when he's hard-focused on another task.

Parvati bites back a grin at the notion she could find anything unbelievable. Believe her, she's probably seen things far more ridiculous, and far more difficult to believe. She is from a space dystopia, after all. Plus, the folks doing the recording seem easy-going enough. Strange things happen here all the time, too.

"From the way you word it you have multiple that mix all of those," she offers, tilting her head forward slightly, "maybe start with something fun. Adventure's always a safe bet, I like those."

"Hmmm... something fun?" Surprisingly, his fun stories are limited or would only be 'fun' for him. Anasui clicks his tongue as he runs over the stories he has in his head.

"Okay. I think I do have an adventure," Anasui said. "But I'm not the main character of this story. That would be Jolyne. Love of my life, my saviour." Anasui smiles softly, thinking of his love. Hell, he misses her so much.

"She's such an incredible woman... Strong, brave, fiercely determined. When she put her mind to something, nothing can stop her. I met her in Green Dolphin Prison and it was practically love at first sight. But she didn't notice me when we met... She was too focused on trying to save her father. To make a long story short, or at least shorter, his mind was imprisoned in a DISC and Jolyne was trying to find it. She didn't know where it was but there was an old metatarsal bone that her father's captor wanted somewhere in the Ultra Security Punishment Ward, home of some of America's most dangerous criminals. So working off the only clue she had, Jolyne went in there willingly in order to save her father. And I guess, that's the context for the start of my involvement in this adventure."

Hmmm... should he lead the gory details out? He looks around the room, trying to assess Parvati and the record keeping Pokemon. It should be fine? Maybe?

"... You have plankton where you're from, right?"

He folds his arms, making it a point to fully tune in and not think about how much cozier he'd be cuddling next big bird over there. At least the story seems to be moving right along to the good part. It makes for a good listen, one he can easily follow along and picture in his—

Hold on. Bigby mouths Pinocchio's name with some confusion, almost too stunned to actually speak. It only gets worse from there. His ears start to flick rapidly at hearing Snow's name, which is immediately followed by his. Suddenly, he's uncomfortable all over again, and he can't even begin to explain why. Sure, he's heard all sorts of mundy retellings at this point, but this feels like something else entirely.

"... Anasui," he murmurs, trying hard to keep his voice down. "What the hell kind of story is this?"

A flicker of annoyance crosses his expression, nose scrunching up too while he's at it. Even if Anasui is making up some random bullshit for these Pokémon to listen to, there's no way Bigby can let this slide: "Also, they're fairy tales, not Disney characters."

"Hm?" Anasui looks over to Bigby and tilts his head. "I'm recounting the time I was attacked by fictional characters while travelling throughout Florida. It's not much of a story so much it is a memory. I forgot though I'd have to explain all the cultural context though - Pokemon don't exactly have the same stories we do."

Anasui rolls his eyes. "And they say I'm the pedantic one. It's the same difference; the Disney characters are based off the fairy tales, aren't they? Besides, I'm pretty sure that at least the dwarves and Pinnochio were the Disney versions because they came out of the shitty guidebook. Does it matter?"

Edited 2025-12-12 08:47 (UTC)

Parvati's gonna nod along and pretend she understand what most of that meant. She gets the basic gist, but some of these terms... is this how she sounds to other people? Oof. She shuffles in her seat slightly, trying to work out what to do with her hands.

"I think most places have little fellas like that, yeah." She knows what they are, at any rate. But whether or not there's an active population in Halcyon...? She wouldn't hold her breath, not with all of the weird and invasive fish. It's a bit of an odd question, but Anasui is. Weird. Even by her extremely skewed standards of what constitutes as normal. So who is she to question it? Especially since she's here to listen, after all. "Why?"

Flatly, he reiterates: "You're saying this happened to you. Fairy tales and all."

At this point, Bigby knows the bird is nothing if not direct, but the way Anasui explains it so casually just makes it even worse, actually. His ears droop. What did he get himself into. How long can he just sit on his hands and listen.

"It's not—" It's so hard for him not to sound bothered. He grumbles before trying again. "It's not pedantic. I'm just saying. You've got the Big Bad Wolf there too, and— ... ugh."

Yeah, he knows about the Disney version of him, and no, he's not going to get into it. Maybe he should just leave, but now he has to know what the hell is going on. Like he'd ever be caught dead in Florida.

"Just keep going."

Mayaka is almost done going through the tablets on this shelf. She's made good progress since she first entered the Archives a few weeks ago. The thing is, she's been avoiding reading the books from the top shelves because she can't reach them, and she can't be bothered to find the stepladder. And so, she has strategically decided to read all the materials on the lower shelves first.

While the Sneasel scans the row of tablets, she notices that someone has lazily placed the wrong tablet on this shelf! She has pride as her high school's librarian and cannot ignore this. It belongs on the top shelf.

Maybe if she gets up her tip toes, she can reach it herself?

So that's what she tries to do, even though the top shelf is more than a head taller than her. No dice.

Next, she tries jumping high enough to reach the shelf.

She's so small, one would easily miss her struggling between the shelves, but anyone lingering nearby might overhear the sound of her becoming out of breath as she hops to the top shelf.

Edited 2025-12-13 02:18 (UTC)

She's getting used to the differences in size,but… it would be nice if things were a little more equal.

"Ah… Really?" Maya peers at one side, then the other. "It's hard to tell," she admits. "Will many of the others be able to tell?" She wouldn't have thought so…

Anasui's questioning tone stops Flamebringer in his tracks, glancing over his shoulder and up at the bird Pokemon. He's hauling a medium sized spare wood board with a leather strap through the Oran berry hallways, making steady progress back to his quarters.

He pauses for a minute when he realizes Anasui didn't ask why he had the board, just where he got it from.

"I asked around 'bout scrap materials. This wood is soft, its not great for buildings. But it can be used for other purposes."

He squints at Anasui's rather... festive outfit. Not sure what to make of that just yet. "I don't think I've seen you at this guild before." There had been a lot more foot traffic in and out, a lot of people were invested in decorating the halls for the season he supposed.

"... nevermind, faha." Why bother explaining? He really does seem fine. "Let's find that mossy rock!"

If he departs after that, she'll follow closely along, trying to mark their trail every so often by blooming certain flowers from the snow with Grassy Terrain. (It doesn't seem to grow moss, though.)

At first, Shoka is a bit surprised to find that Anasui is clearly having a holly jolly time decorating. But then she remembers that she was surprised to discover his skill for sand sculpting, too, and figures that sure, this makes perfect sense for him actually.

Skittering over with her own armfuls of decorations, Shoka announces her presence by remarking with obvious amusement, "Well, someone's feeling the holiday spirit!"

As soon as he heard Noelle was looking for help, Cedric practically jumped at the chance. If anyone noticed, they could easily mock him for it - after all, he just met the Deerling, why is he so quick to please her?

His enthusiasm was promptly curbed, however, the moment he was paired with the Obnoxious Ostrich again. Ugh. He'd better not ask about the Psychic thing, he hasn't ~~learned anything yet~~ the time for such nonsense right now.

Instead, he's going to move forward with his beak held high and pretend he's got as much competence as if he were holding the Family Wand. For Noelle's sake, he will deal, dammit. "Just worry about yourself, Mrs. Peacock. I can see in the dark, after all."

He's already flapping off the ground as he speaks.

Anasui sure is... himself. But at least he does seem open to questions, even if he does roll his eyes first.

"Just checking. Some of the places people are from are weird." ~~Some don't even have Disney.~~ "Some people get called to action by some sort of prophecy. I was called to Jolyne's side by a colony of plankton. I'll spare you the details but basically this plankton colony, F.F, was impersonating a dead woman and had befriended Jolyne. After Jolyne went to the Ultra Security Prison Ward, F.F. found out there were assassins after her and she knew she couldn't help her on her own. So naturally, she came to me, one of the only other Stand Users in prison not trying to kill them. Emporio tried to dissuade F.F. from wasting her time because I'm not... inclined to help people. But, naturally, when I heard Jolyne needed help, I jumped at the opportunity and stormed through the prison to get to her side. Security in the regular prison is tight, but I know it well and how the guards behaved. I knew how to take them out and remove the doors in a single kick."

Behind Anasui, one of the record keepers is both trying to write notes and a list of questions to ask him later. They sure are struggling.

You know, Parvati has heard that some people can convince themselves that events they witnessed in serials are reality. Because honestly? Even by her exceptionally low standards and exceptionally high bullshit tolerance, this sounds a bit too out-there. She's keeping that to herself, though. It'd be rude otherwise.

She's also really glad she knows what a Stand is already. Thanks Emporio, you've saved her at least twenty extra minutes before she thinks too hard and gets a headache. "I think every place you haven't been is gonna be weird. That's sort of how that works."

Edited (there were like six billion typos in here hello??) 2025-12-21 00:25 (UTC)

Emporio had been all set to craft a good argument for making Anasui come with him to a hotpot get together. The main one is that he's never tried it of course, and honestly Anasui probably hasn't either, but somehow it went from trying to convince the bird all the way to 'trying to convince the bird to bring less food'.

Anasui has opinions. Good opinions, but expensive if left unchecked in this situation.

That aside, such discussion and argument falls to the wayside when he hears...a sound.

Breathing?? What?

Emporio looks up. "Uh....is someone up there..??"

He's on the other side of it, so he can't see Mayaka...though, given Anasui's height, the Espartha may likely be able to with just the tilt of a head.

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Anasui's Hallmark Catch-all Post

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bizarre you say.

:3 (sorry for the length!!!)

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at the archives / holiday hotpot (Anasui & Emporio)

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The Oran Tunnels!!

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oran tunnels

EHEM

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crawls here from retail like i want hotpot...