holidaygirl1225: (winter deerling)
Noelle Holiday ([personal profile] holidaygirl1225) wrote in [community profile] bottlecaplogs2025-12-10 03:48 pm

Noelle's December Catch-All

WHO: Noelle & Mayaka, Bigby, Kris, Agnes
WHAT: Questing, decorating for the holidays
WHEN: Throughout December
WHERE: Bottlecap Bay, the Spire
WARNINGS: Any Deltarune spoilers will be marked by thread.



pyrodulia: (breathing in)

[personal profile] pyrodulia 2025-12-11 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Agnes comes to answer the door after a moment, giving Noelle a quiet look.

"You smell like pastries." Because she can't figure out what else to say. Her home is dark, definitely not decorated for the holidays, and she herself looks...well, a little scruffier than usual.
heartonachain: you'll never never ever never ever (047)

cw kris is dissociating and that means lavvy gets to write ten billion words of introspection

[personal profile] heartonachain 2025-12-11 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Kris stands in front of the oven, face pressed up against the glass, staring diligently at cookies both of them know they can't see. The lack of sight only makes their body feel further away, something strange and foreign that moves about on its own with only minimal feedback that reaches all the way back to Kris. They focus on the heat against their face, the comparative chill of the tile under their feet. It's not enough to completely ground them, but it's... it's something. It's real, probably. Something has to be.

There's a part of them that still wants to believe last month didn't happen. Maybe they've just... hallucinated all of this. Maybe their soul found a way to make Noelle forgive them without telling the truth. They've seen it manage the impossible before—why not this, too? Isn't this an outcome worth perfecting? Doesn't it have its own secrets to keep?

But the more time passes, the more they realize... they never really know what it's thinking. They don't know what it wants, what it thinks of people like Noelle, what it thinks of them... so maybe this was always doomed to happen eventually. The guitar, the Knight, they should've known it would find more ways to make life difficult for Kris.

... and yet, this scenario isn't playing out at all like the ways they'd imagined it. The Noelle in their mind was more disgusted with them. The Noelle next to them is just... acting like things are normal, kind of. There's an awkward atmosphere that feels different from before, but she still sought them out intentionally. She still talks and laughs and brings up old stories like they're not a husk of their former self. She even made sure they got to eat something. They don't know what they're supposed to do with this information yet.]


Yes.

[They speak, only realizing she'd asked a question after the answer comes. They... haven't really been all that present so far. They stiffly force their legs to move, stepping back from the oven with minimal resistance, half-turning towards her.

Kris nods. They sure fucking do still like gingerbread.]


... don't make it that much anymore.
Edited 2025-12-11 04:57 (UTC)
sharpjustice: (Default)

[personal profile] sharpjustice 2025-12-12 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[After some trekking, the little Sneasel finally arrives at the Spire. This is her first time here, and her first time leaving the heart of town since she arrived! She'd heard that they might need some help, and wants to put in some effort to pitch in instead of spending all day in the Archives.

As she enters the low-tier housing level, she's surprised by how the accommodations here are so different from the Lum Berry housing. This look of surprise is quickly replaced with a big smile as a familiar Deerling walks up to her.
]

L-chan! [Mayaka would normally reach out to shake a good friend's hand when she's excited to see them, but she's still wary about her exposed claws. Also, Noelle has hooves instead of hands. So, she makes do with hopping up and down on the spot to express her joy.]

I'm still settling and figuring stuff out, [she says, not bothering to sugarcoat her words even though she's in a good mood now.] But today, I'm here to help. What're we doing, anyway?
wolfcut: (( comic ) 018)

[personal profile] wolfcut 2025-12-12 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, Noelle.

[ He greets her with a smile, ears perking at the excitement in her voice. Like Noelle, he seems to be far more content than he has been for quite a while. Maybe it's something about the holiday season. Maybe he finally slept on the right side of the bed. Whatever the reason might be, things finally feel at ease for once.

It helps too, getting to tag along on something that he knows means a lot to her. While it might not be like back home, Bigby can at least try to make it a little special.
]

Can't miss a lesson from the expert herself. Promise I won't make that big of a mess.

[ Briefly, he glances at that stale cookie, the suddenly overwhelming feeling of fondness making his smile go just a little lopsided. Funny that. ]
pyrodulia: (side-eye)

[personal profile] pyrodulia 2025-12-15 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
There's a pause that lasts longer than it probably should before Agnes nods.

"Sure. I haven't had very many pastries. Bigby introduced me to pumpkin pie, at least."

It probably shouldn't be a surprise to her that Noelle Holiday has a thing about Christmas. No, that's not surprising at all. It's that she's here to share it with Agnes that's the disconnect.
pyrodulia: (Default)

[personal profile] pyrodulia 2025-12-15 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
Agnes is a Ninetales, surely that means she doesn't need to drink water. Right? Right. Clearly. Bullshit.

Also lacking hands, Agnes takes the cookies with her mouth, setting both down on the floor and tearing into the gingerbread cookie like she might have skipped breakfast. "It's good. Lots of flavor."
sharpjustice: (heh)

[personal profile] sharpjustice 2025-12-15 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Woah! Thanks for preparing all this. Must've been a ton of work.

[Mayaka marvels at the various art materials laid out in front of her. While she's still too shy to show off her drawings, she's been craving for a way to express herself creatively. It would be rude to brush off the invitation after Noelle made all the effort to prepare this.

The Sneasel kneels down and tucks her legs neatly underneath herself before reaching out to sort through the paints and papers. It's all a blank canvas and, for once, it's not something she feels pressured to draw perfectly for a prize submission.
]

Let's do this! [Mayaka says decisively, wanting to assure the Deerling that she's onboard with her idea.] What's the holidays like from where you're from? I mainly think of KFC, fancy Christmas lights and trees.

[As she says this, she glances around the hallways, wondering what would be a painting they could make to add to the festive cheer.]
pyrodulia: (coy)

[personal profile] pyrodulia 2025-12-17 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Agnes has less issue with drinking like a pet dog, though there's a wry look at Noelle, like she realizes this isn't just about a palette cleanser. But she doesn't call it out immediately, instead lapping up a good amount of water.

"Are you looking in on everyone, like this?"
wolfcut: (SHERIFF — (g)050)

[personal profile] wolfcut 2025-12-17 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Well, now we've got to destroy this place. Make that quest worth their while.

[ Definitely more his style, even if much of his time lately has been spent doing exactly not that. Turns out making and finding gifts requires some careful handling. He nods at her instruction, looking over the ingredients all laid out. Certainly easier than scrambling around for everything like he did the last time he was here. ]

Watch my technique, alright? I can handle some feedback.

[ Butter and sugar in the bowl, he goes for one of the wooden spatula looking instruments to start mashing it all together. ]
sharpjustice: (thinking)

[personal profile] sharpjustice 2025-12-20 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
That's true. Where I'm from, there's lots of stuff targeted at couples during this time of year. Fancy light displays to visit on a date, special dining promotions for two, that sort of thing. My family doesn't really have any Christmas traditions apart from eating KFC.

[Mayaka doesn't have any strong feelings towards the holiday because of this, though she takes joy in preparing gifts for friends. Noelle, on the other hand, sounds like she has lots of precious memories associated with the season.] It sounds fun, the way you describe it.

[The Sneasel leans over with curiosity, to see what Noelle had started to paint.]

What were to going to draw?
pyrodulia: (holy and pure)

[personal profile] pyrodulia 2025-12-20 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, it's not like I have any tragic backstory related to the winter holidays. I just...they're not something I've ever had anything to do with, before. The people whom raised me were religious, but not that religion."

Cultish, but she isn't going out of her way to underline the details of what that made her childhood like, today.

"I'm staying out of everyone's way, that's all."
wolfcut: (SHERIFF — (g)091)

[personal profile] wolfcut 2025-12-21 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ Gently, she says, which he translates as slower in his mind. Bigby adjusts with a careful nod. As hard as it is to deal with a new body, he can't say he hasn't been through this before.

Regardless, he's focused on doing this right, so much so he doesn't even notice her pull out the cookie cutters.
]

... Thought they'd be nice to have. Even if they're a little different from home. [ He sighs lightly to himself, relieved to hear the early gift wasn't a miss. ] And that one was the hardest to get. No one knew what the hell I was talking about, but I guess that Pokémon is the closest thing they got to a werewolf here.

[ He pauses from the mixing, giving her a little grin. ]

I think my favorite was the Voltorb though.

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