Noelle's Deerlightful February & March Catchall

[holidaygirl1225]

Who: Noelle & Dolly, Emporio, Eleanor, Maya, Kinger, others to be added
What: Quests (Total Whiteout, Tough Luv), and the first meeting of the prospective gaming club?
Where: Icefall Lake, the coast, the Spire
When: February through March
Warnings: Violence (canon-typical, including battling, and maybe beyond), others TBA

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Quest: Total Whiteout (with Dolly)

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Thanks to all the presents she received, Noelle will be more than warm enough for this quest! She arrives with ear warmers, a scarf, and a jacket to protect her from the cold. It's a little dangerous for a Grass-type, but as a member of the Clinic and a Pokemon with Heal Pulse, she feels an obligation to go help those poor Pokemon who were trapped in the avalanche.

They find themselves heading into the storm. She can't help but feel nostalgic, despite the importance of their mission. "Does it snow where you came from?" she asks, all of a sudden.

[autumnrainrunaway]

It's honestly been a while since Dolly was asked about snow as the small Sylveon looked over to Noelle. "It did, Cheddarburg was a pretty hilly small town, so the snow we'd get was pretty decent sized. We had a pretty amazing holiday display when the season came up too in the Main Street area."

The little booties sunk into the snow a bit as Dolly followed along, the capelet keeping her warm while assisting with the rescue efforts, the ribbon feelers wrapped around like a scarf. The fear those Pokemon must have felt when the avalanche happened is something Dolly couldn't possibly imagine. Periodically Dolly would sniff a bit to see if she can pick up a scent.

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"Really?" Noelle asks, her ears perking up. "That sounds kind of like where I came from, too. It was a fairly small town, and we usually went all out on holiday lights and stuff."

Noelle doesn't let herself forget the mission- when Dolly tries to pick up a scent, Noelle tries to do so as well- but she's intrigued by this strange Sylveon. "Cheddarburg is a pretty... cheesy name. Haha."

[autumnrainrunaway]

"It really is cheesy, right? At least it pairs well with riesling and maybe some crackers." Dolly smiles as she jokes a bit. "It used to have a prettier name though before the surprise name change, it used to be called 'Walden'."

So far with the sniffing, it's what Dolly was worried about, the snow is dulled it down. Alright, what's the next best bet to work with? "Hmm...Think we should listen for sounds coming from under the snow?"

Quest: Tough Luv

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Any conversation before the mission is polite, distant, and stilted. Even though she's trying to change, Noelle can't help but feel awkward around Emporio. How should she feel about a strange kid who knows too much-- a kid who, by the way, Noelle blasted directly in the face with an attack last time they met?

All that goes out the window once the Hydro Pump hits him. She screams, and everything goes white.

Earlier, she had been attempting to resolve the situation as peacefully as she can. The next thing she knows, she's gasping for air, the beach is littered with fallen leaves, and nearly a dozen Luvdisc are laying unconscious in the sand.

What did she do? Oh no. No no no-- she can't spiral again. She needs to focus on him.

Running to his side, Noelle uses another Heal Pulse to try and take the edge off his wounds. (Deja vu, she thinks.) "E-Emporio, can you hear me? Are you okay?"

[seacub]

Can someone get the number of that truck?

The battle was going fairly well all things considered, at least for a situation where he's a Ground type fighting Water Types. 'Secret Power', it turns out, is a very handy move when it comes to dealing at least some neutral damage against something he'd otherwise go down hard against.

He still doesn't understand the awkward air between them, though. Maybe it's because of the company he was used to growing up with. Maybe it's just that he's only had company beyond that since coming here, to a place where combat realistically writes so many interactions. Emporio fits in well with the locals, and he picks up a lot from them.

One of those things is how often Pokemon just brawl.

But ah, it seems he wasn't quite as careful as he thought, because one minute he hears the sound of gushing water and the next he's hearing the faint and watery sounds of Noelle's voice.

"Mnhn..." Heal Pulse has helped at least. A little, anyway.

"N...Noelle..?"

The Spire's Gaming Club (with Eleanor & Maya)

[holidaygirl1225]

SINTO brought tons of strange and unique gifts, but word spreads quickly around the Spire about a gift very alien to this world: a handheld gaming console, belonging to one Noelle Holiday. By laying it carefully on the ground, she can still manage to play by very carefully manipulating the buttons and directional pad with her front hooves. Since it still has games pre-loaded into it, she doesn't even need to fumble with cartridges. If it runs out of battery, an Electric-type can charge it!

She's been willing to share, of course (though she makes sure to get her gaming fix). Blue light and chiptune music fills the low-tier communal housing in those dreary Winter days.

Maybe word gets to Eleanor and Maya; maybe they just wanted to check in on Noelle. Either way, they both find themselves watching as she explains to them how to play a turn-based RPG called Dragon Blazers II.

"... so you make a party of four heroes," she says, "each with their own talents. Like a fantasy novel, if you've ever read one. There's the knight, and the ranger, and the wizard... stuff like that. You get into battles, and everyone takes their turn attacking..."

She's fully rambling on and on.

[notyourbloodymessiah]

Eleanor's been more than eager to listen. This sort of technology is entirely foreign to her - even by The Thinker's advanced standard for computing, that has nothing on the small handheld device. And it has pictures, that move! Like a film! And if that isn't exciting, she'd be boring. Dragon Blazers II's pixelly artstyle and bitcrushed music are perhaps the most foreign to her.

"So it's like The Hobbit?" She asks. It's her only real baseline - she's read that. SHe wasn't supposed to, but her mother is never ever going to find out.

[positivestars]

Really, she just meant to check in, and maybe talk a little… But there's something about a game that just draws you in! Besides, this is the one Noelle talked about before, right? She's intrigued. "This kind of game seems to be getting pretty popular back home!" Admittedly, she hasn't played much of them herself, but Coolest has run some articles.

"Hm… in broad strokes, I'd guess? It depends on how the story goes! What part are you up to now, Noelle-chan?"