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bottlecaplogs2026-02-16 07:28 pm
offtracks) wrote in bottlecaplogs2026-02-16 07:28 pm
[ Ingo may not much like traveling away from the Bay lately, but he's a Hisuian Typhlosion and an experienced guild member. Of course he was called for something like this - and, of course, he answered.
A Warden would have done this same thing, back in Hisui. But Ingo's never actually overseen any such effort himself. There hasn't been such a large disaster in all that time; the Pearl Clan is experienced in avoiding such conditions, and the merchant caravans do not travel so far north in winter. Seeing the breadth of the devastation chills him in a way that has nothing to do with the cold. How many might be buried underneath there? How many are they likely to find?
Suffice it to say, he's leaving matters of method and strategy to the local Pokemon. He...could make such decisions. He’s been responsible for lives before. It’s a responsibility he doesn't mind abdicating to those better suited. There’s still plenty to do! He still knows how to organize, and understands this kind of terrain well enough. He won't hesitate to flag down any guild members who arrive on the scene and don't seem to know what to do with themselves. ]
I could use another digger here!
A Warden would have done this same thing, back in Hisui. But Ingo's never actually overseen any such effort himself. There hasn't been such a large disaster in all that time; the Pearl Clan is experienced in avoiding such conditions, and the merchant caravans do not travel so far north in winter. Seeing the breadth of the devastation chills him in a way that has nothing to do with the cold. How many might be buried underneath there? How many are they likely to find?
Suffice it to say, he's leaving matters of method and strategy to the local Pokemon. He...could make such decisions. He’s been responsible for lives before. It’s a responsibility he doesn't mind abdicating to those better suited. There’s still plenty to do! He still knows how to organize, and understands this kind of terrain well enough. He won't hesitate to flag down any guild members who arrive on the scene and don't seem to know what to do with themselves. ]
I could use another digger here!
[ One moment, Ingo is trudging along through the snow, sniffing around for traces of buried Pokemon and occasionally digging suddenly into the icy crust. It's the same as he's been doing for the past several days, nearly all day, with few breaks. So maybe it isn't so unexpected, to see him stumble; he's been pressing himself hard.
More unusual is his startled shout, or the fact that he's suddenly trembling. He looks about with wide, wild eyes. ]
What - where - ?!
[ Is he wet. Why is he suddenly soaking wet. ]
More unusual is his startled shout, or the fact that he's suddenly trembling. He looks about with wide, wild eyes. ]
What - where - ?!
[ Is he wet. Why is he suddenly soaking wet. ]
[The sight is overwhelming. They know it's bad to just be standing there, but even so Siffrin is initially paralyzed when they show up, with no idea where they should even start -]
[(Clearly there's a reason why you weren't sent out in the first group, Siffrin, you useless - come on, do something -)]
[It's possible that with another moment or two they'd have snapped out of it and found a place to help anyway - but it's a relief to hear a voice calling them over and giving directions. Siffrin fords over the snow and starts digging furiously opposite Ingo.]
[(Clearly there's a reason why you weren't sent out in the first group, Siffrin, you useless - come on, do something -)]
[It's possible that with another moment or two they'd have snapped out of it and found a place to help anyway - but it's a relief to hear a voice calling them over and giving directions. Siffrin fords over the snow and starts digging furiously opposite Ingo.]
[ eleanor's been spat out nearby, shaking herself off much like a dog. and while she doesn't recognise the nearby voice, she knows it's a voice in distress. she bounds over, stopping a few paces away. ]
Are you all right? What happened?
Are you all right? What happened?
I smell a...a fire-type, I think. They may be using their own heat to stay warm - watch for slush, and be careful with your paws!
[ Ingo himself isn't really worrying about the latter, being a fire-tyep himself! But burning beneath the snow is just likely to destabilize everything. It's risky; he might not do it himself, in their position, but he also knows how panic can drown out logic. ]
[ Ingo himself isn't really worrying about the latter, being a fire-tyep himself! But burning beneath the snow is just likely to destabilize everything. It's risky; he might not do it himself, in their position, but he also knows how panic can drown out logic. ]
If you need a moment, take it. It'll be bad for both of us if you don't reorient yourself.
[ said like she isn't wildly disoriented herself. she doesn't know this area well, let alone well enough to tell where they are. ]
[ said like she isn't wildly disoriented herself. she doesn't know this area well, let alone well enough to tell where they are. ]
Bloody hell. I probably haven't either, then. [ who's to say when she can't tell the bloody difference in all this snow. ]
Does stuff like that normally happen out here?
Does stuff like that normally happen out here?
I certainly felt it.
[ she's wringing her ear out. ] I'm assuming this isn't a typical thing, then.
[ she's wringing her ear out. ] I'm assuming this isn't a typical thing, then.
Not at all...
[ Aaaaaaa, he hated that! Normally he'd just suggest they both head back to camp, but...they're out here for a reason, one too important to just walk away. Ingo slowly lowers his head to sniff at the snow again. ]
Perhaps there's something wrong with the pearls again?
[ Aaaaaaa, he hated that! Normally he'd just suggest they both head back to camp, but...they're out here for a reason, one too important to just walk away. Ingo slowly lowers his head to sniff at the snow again. ]
Perhaps there's something wrong with the pearls again?
Are the pearls capable of doing that?
[ she looks up at him with a disbelieving expression. ]
Like, transferring moves over the network? [ her gaze then looks out into the snow. ] I guess we're lucky it didn't bury us as well.
[ she looks up at him with a disbelieving expression. ]
Like, transferring moves over the network? [ her gaze then looks out into the snow. ] I guess we're lucky it didn't bury us as well.
Is that not what... whatever that was, was?
[ she's going in circles, isn't she. ] Never mind. We need to focus on the task at hand.
[ maybe somebody else out there also experienced that, too. and they need help. ]
[ she's going in circles, isn't she. ] Never mind. We need to focus on the task at hand.
[ maybe somebody else out there also experienced that, too. and they need help. ]
Yes, of course. [ she begins to make her way ahead, before turning around. ] I'm Eleanor, by the way. I don't think we've properly met?
[ she recognises his voice from the network, she thinks? she's still a bit frazzled so it's not a certain guess. ] You're my senior, right?
[ she recognises his voice from the network, she thinks? she's still a bit frazzled so it's not a certain guess. ] You're my senior, right?
[ what eleanor actually meant was a secret third thing: above her in the guild! she thinks she's seen him around, definitely, so it's a fair assumption to make in her mind. ]
It's nice to meet you. I hope we make a good team.
It's nice to meet you. I hope we make a good team.
Just about, I think.
[ she's shaking out her ruffles to be sure. ] I'll live, at any rate. Are you?
[ she's shaking out her ruffles to be sure. ] I'll live, at any rate. Are you?
Oh! I see!
[ eleanor is most decidedly not native nor suited to this climate, but that isn't stopping her at all. ]
I didn't realise we had people so familiar amongst our ranks. Stupid of me to think, in hindsight. [ she raises her flipper to her mouth in embarrassment. ]
[ eleanor is most decidedly not native nor suited to this climate, but that isn't stopping her at all. ]
I didn't realise we had people so familiar amongst our ranks. Stupid of me to think, in hindsight. [ she raises her flipper to her mouth in embarrassment. ]
[ interesting! ]
So you're... from this world? [ not this part of the world, it seems. but it doesn't seem unreasonable to ask. ]
So you're... from this world? [ not this part of the world, it seems. but it doesn't seem unreasonable to ask. ]
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