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bottlecaplogs2026-02-05 05:51 pm
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Dolly's February and March Catchall~
Who: Dolly, you, and Whatever Arceus throws at them~
What: An in general catchall with a side of quests :'3c
When: Throughout all of February and March
Where: The Archives, Skull Town (the dread beast), Bottlecap Bay's Harbor, The Forest, Heavy Downmoor, and more to be added later on.
Warnings: Search and Rescue efforts after an Avalanche, potential peril, Memory loss, auditory hallucinations, and others to potentially be added over time.
What: An in general catchall with a side of quests :'3c
When: Throughout all of February and March
Where: The Archives, Skull Town (the dread beast), Bottlecap Bay's Harbor, The Forest, Heavy Downmoor, and more to be added later on.
Warnings: Search and Rescue efforts after an Avalanche, potential peril, Memory loss, auditory hallucinations, and others to potentially be added over time.
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In any case, up until now - particularly shielded behind Dolly's Light Screen - they've been managing okay. When in doubt, go along with what everyone else is doing until you figure out what's going on! It does mean they've been been fluctuating in how helpful they're being, taking the lead more actively some times than others, but (they hope) not too noticeably.
It's been getting worse, though. As Dolly starts to wander off, taking away the protection of her Light Screen, they shake their head, ears folded back. Then they bound to catch up to her and Cedric, reflexively.
What were they doing again - oh, right, tracking a Pokemon. They can still see those weird streamers through the forest's shadows, they just need to focus on those.
"Hey, gingersnap - it's to the right."
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"I thought it was this way? Weren't we supposed to turn here?"
How odd...how strange. Backing up, Dolly goes to return to the main group of Siffrin and Cedric. There's a moment of Dolly shaking her head a bit, her ears feel off like they've been popped suddenly. Oh well, she's ready and rearing to continue to do...what were they doing again?
...Oh right..track a Pokemon...? Doesn't sound correct...maybe it's the musician, Prince?
Yep, going with that! It felt right..maybe? It's fine, definitely fine, no worries about Dolly here! "Which direction are we going again?"
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Siffrin's statement encourages him to point with a wing for emphasis as he flies ahead to guide her. "Yes, right! Right is right! Can't you see the streamers? We've been following them this whole time!"
Or perhaps her own personal streamers are distracting her? But why?
"Did you not sleep well this morning?"
delivers the Dolly scruffing
Siffrin shakes their head again, more noticeably this time. This is weird. This isn't the part of the woods that's usually the most confusing, right...? This is the part of the woods with the anger-inducing... mushrooms...
A patch of which Dolly is right about to walk through while returning to the two of them. Siffrin makes a startled sound that's almost a "wait" but not quite, but they just can't think of a warning that won't take too long to say aloud. So out of instinct they dart toward Dolly, dodging around the mushroom patch and yanking her off the ground by the looser fur at the back of her neck and shoulders.
They don't exactly make a habit of scruffing people, or even of much physical contact, so they overestimate how heavy Dolly will be and nearly overbalance by putting too much force into it. Fortunately, even with their own disorientation, they still have their sense of balance and manage to stay on their feet.
But having a mouthful of fur does mean they can't actually explain themself. "Mmph."
The Dolly has been Scruffed!
Deep breath in...deep breath out...there we go, Dolly is getting herself grounded from the surprise scruffing. She looks up to Cedric though to finally answer him.
"I don't think anyone has slept well ever since the Grumpearl malfunction...that wasn't very ideal to go through. I still have the pearl imprisoned in the Poffin jar."
Dolly was definitely planning on treating herself to either PokePuffs to Poffins once this was completed...whatever this was anyways...Oh right hunting a musician in the woods.
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The mention of the Grumpearls, however, makes him flap more aggressively. "Oh, don't remind me! What a mess! Had to clean up my whole bed after the last one!"
Is it just him, or is the ringing getting louder? That's probably why he raises his voice as he adds, "L-let's keep going! I can see the streamers now, just follow my lead so we stick together!"
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They trot after Cedric readily enough, though it shortly becomes more and more evident that after every burst of ringing they're slowing, looking around in confusion - and then catching sight of Cedric and racing to catch up, trying to act as if there's nothing wrong.
...it's probably most noticeable to Dolly, still being carried, but then again - is she actually going to remember that in between ringing sounds herself?
The ringing continues to grow. Finally, one round of it breaks through Dolly's Light Screen enough that Siffrin outright stops, letting go of her. They fold their ears down, wincing, and squint their eyes shut. When the ringing settles and Siffrin opens their working eye again, their gaze darts between Dolly and Cedric, confused.
What were they doing...? Are they supposed to be staying here with Dolly, or following Cedric?
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Wait, why was there an awful ringing sound!? Is this an Edgar Allan Poe interpretation gone wrong!? Dolly wished the sound cancelling head phones were here as she starts trying to cover her ears to make it stop. Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop....
Soon as the nightmare fuel sound settles...Dolly looks between Siffrin and Cedric, completely confused....What were they supposed to do again??
Sweet Mac Lir, her ears were ringing big time...So much ringing...
"...Are we supposed to stay here or go somewhere else?"
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Wait, why did Siffrin drop Dolly? Why is her Light Screen gone?
And why are neither of them moving?
"But, you two were just following m- oh, what's wrong with you both? You're acting like you've completely forgotten why we're here in the first place!"
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"We're..."
Their eye catches on a fluttering streamer. Right! See, they do remember why they're here!
"- following streamers." (Why...?)
The bells ring again, even more loudly, and Siffrin braces themself against it. But as the sound ends, their expression goes confused all over again.
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And...damn it here comes those bells again! Hahahahaha! Dolly definitely is wanting her PokePuffs after this is done! What a terrible Edgar Allan Poe loving musician this was! Does the old poet and gothic romantic writer injustice!
Once the ringing was over...Dolly was back to square one of forgetting what they were doing, following the streamers. Clearly it was a rogue pop idol of some kind in the woods, maybe hunting them all for sport.
Curses and drats with a side of tinnitus, this was not a very fun trip to the forest at all and Dolly had no clue why as she looks right back at her two teammates.
At this rate, Dolly might as well accidentally learn Baby Doll Eyes..
"Were we about to head back?"
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Why are they acting like this? They're acting like how he felt when Vor came to Enchancia and put them all under-
Oh. A spell would explain this immediately. Or, more likely here, a Psychic-type move. And for what feels like the millionth time, he laments not having his wand in this wild Pokémon world. Which means all he can do is identify the source and stop it from affecting...
He suddenly caws loudly, reminiscent of his Astonish move but not directed at anything in particular. "The bells! Both of you, cover your ears or sing loudly or whatever you can think of to stop listening to that accursed ringing!"
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They remember something else.
It's time for
a running gag to suddenly become usefula thing they haven't done in a while, what with their relationship with Laios still getting felt out again. They've kept the muscle memory (Craft memory? electric memory?) for it, though.Siffrin sparks up, clearly doing something with their electricity. At first there's just a loud electronic tone, possibly even worse than the bells - then it turns into a tune. A very simple one, but a tune anyway!
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The One Shinx Electrical Band began.
Sweet karmic justice for Edgar Allan Poe's work has prevailed! TAKE THAT ROGUE FOREST POP IDOL AND ENJOY THAT WELL EARN TINNITUS! If Dolly could laugh, she would, but right now, she's just trying to save herself from more loud sounds.
Dolly looks up at Cedric since he's running the team for the what the next move will be or if they wait out the battle of the bands?
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He relieves his uncertainty with a victory caw and starts flying with more gusto. "Follow those streamers!"
And just when he starts to feel droplets. Uh oh. Please don't have that be an omen. Instinctively, he flaps faster. "B-before the rain catches us first!"