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

Comments

[0dchess]

"I've been looking into that!" Kinger says cheerfully, excited to get a chance to explain.

"There's a move called Infestation that covers someone in tiny bugs, but there's no information on what those bugs actually are. I don't know how to study that without getting hit by the move, though, and I might be a bit too itchy for study."

Maybe he could get someone else to volunteer to get hit with the move. No, no, that's silly. Nobody would agree to that, right?

[holidaygirl1225]

"There's a lot we don't know, huh..." It suddenly occurs to her that she's missed at least 6 months of school by now. She's never going to catch up.

... maybe she can make up for that by starting a research project of her own. Pokemon studies won't be useful information if when she returns, but maybe the principle of studying will keep her brain from fully rotting.

"I wonder if the move, like, spawns them or if they were just summoned from somewhere else. My Grassy Terrain move makes grass grow, but grass can grow almost anywhere..."

[0dchess]

"That's pretty amazing if you ask me. Even something like grass has to come from somewhere." Now Kinger is curious about this. "Can you do it anywhere, like on the beach?"

Research is a good way to pass the time through the forest, at least!

basing this off of how it's a temporary effect in the games (1/2)

[holidaygirl1225]

"Yeah, though it doesn't seem to last... maybe it's like if you tried planting grass in an environment that's hostile to it."

It's nice to bounce her ideas off of him. He reminds her of a teacher. She really is a nerd to be missing school, isn't she?

She would love to talk about research with him longer--

2/2

[holidaygirl1225]

-- but that's when they break through into the clearing hosting the Forest's Heart.

It's larger than any tree they had in Hometown. It feels wrong to even try comparing it to anything from her world, sheltered as her perspective was; the thing defies logical understanding. It should be a tree, simple plantlife, but it pulses like a heart. Her heart starts pounding in sync, as if surrendering to it.

Minutes feel like hours. Her eyes actively resist looking at anything else nearby except for the Forest's Heart. Noelle's knees buckle and she struggles to remain conscious.