Dolly's February and March Catchall~

[autumnrainrunaway]

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.

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[loopsiedaisy]

"Mmph," Siffrin responds. Which seems to be them agreeing.

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?

[autumnrainrunaway]

Woah what was going on with Siffrin? Dolly between noticing and forgetting, wasn't paying attention as the Light Screen breaks....DOWN GOES DOLLY! She tumbles a bit from the sudden drop before looking up...

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?"

[cedricthegreat]

Cedric has been muttering to himself to try and ignore the ringing - but he can't ignore that noise he just heard, so he stops again, turns around, and-

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!"

[loopsiedaisy]

Siffrin... refrains from flinching this time, out of practice. They teeter between the urge to be apologetic (but don't say sorry, they're not supposed to say sorry, they're just supposed to do better) and the urge to get defensive and bite back at Cedric with a distraction.

"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.

[autumnrainrunaway]

"....I thought it was a rogue musician?"

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?"

[cedricthegreat]

Dolly's question is the last straw for him. "NO, WE ARE NOT HEADING BACK!"

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!"

[loopsiedaisy]

Huh? Sing? They don't know what to sing, and the thought of just busting out singing solo - not as part of a crowd - feels terrifying, though they wouldn't admit to it aloud. But -

They remember something else.

It's time for a running gag to suddenly become useful a 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!

[autumnrainrunaway]

There was no way in the Stellar Sea Dolly was singing...no offense but she's stage shy and is often a one person performance! Upside, Dolly opted to go wrap her feelers around the ears, keeping them covered when....

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?

[cedricthegreat]

Cedric visibly flinches when Shinx sparks out that noise. How do they do that? And why does it remind him of that supposed "metal music" Catrina inflicted upon him? Oh well, as bizarre as it sounds, they certainly can't hear the ringing anymore, so he'll take it!

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!"