February catch-all!

[offtracks]

Who: Ingo & OPEN
What: Helping with avalanche rescue efforts, probably some other stuff
When: Throughout February
Where: Icefall Lake, elsewhere
Warnings: Some speculations on Pokemon death, though I don't plan to actually like, find any victims in-thread

Comments

[loopsiedaisy]

[Darumaka holds on even more tightly as soon as they're off the ground, perhaps pulling on Ingo's fur a little too hard. The real problem soon might be to get them to let go...]

[Siffrin trots at Ingo's side for several steps, watching Darumaka carefully for signs of dropping. Then they dart ahead to warn the Noivern, trading a few words, and circle back.]

Noivern will take you! She flies fast, so you'll be in town in no time, [they tell Darumaka, trying to sound upbeat (and mostly succeeding).]

[Their ear folds down as they look at the spread of devastation still remaining, though, and then exchange a look with Ingo.]

[offtracks]

Bravo! You will be able to warm up far more quickly there!

[ Ingo starts sort of...nudging them with his nose to try and encourage them to let go. He feels a little guilty about it, but it really is the best thing; they will find better treatment there, and Ingo himself is...needed here.

(He meets Siffrin's gaze for a moment, though it's hard to read what he's thinking from his ever-present frown.) ]

[loopsiedaisy]

[In the end, it takes Ingo and Siffrin and Noivern to get Darumaka off of Ingo and nestled into Noivern's neck fluff. Noivern gives the other two a nod, then turns to scoop up several other small Pokemon before taking off.]

[Siffrin swallows down a comment and looks at Ingo - seems like what with already having him directing them once, they're treating him as the closest authority figure now.]

[offtracks]

[ Ingo's gaze sweeps over the snowfield behind them once more. His quadrant of the search zone continues for a little while yet, and he needs to make sure he covers it all properly. Turning, he begins to retrace their steps back to where Darumaka was buried.

He's moving slowly, though, and glances at Siffrin. ] Will you come and search with me? [ They can go help somewhere else too, if they want! ]

[loopsiedaisy]

[Siffrin nods silently. They wouldn't know where to start themself - not and trust that they weren't missing things, at least. And it's not like they get do-overs here.]

[(...probably. They don't want to entertain that thought again.)]

[They'll scamper alongside Ingo as he resumes his search, going wherever he directs them and doing their best to listen and sniff out traces of more trapped Pokemon.]