Catrina's Over the Top and Rancid April and May Catchall

[gimmeeyeballs]

Who: Catrina and Anyone Unfortunate Enough to be Around her...

What: Catrina getting into no good tomfoolery and chaos...Mightyena please ground this candle..

When: Throughout April and May....Oh Arceus..

Where: The Bay, PARTS UNKNOWN, and more to be added as the months go on...

Warnings: Catrina being a walking CW of sorts, potential peril, and more to be added as the months go on...

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THIS IS THE STORY OF A BIIIIRD~ *Going UP* (Closed to Cedric)

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This should've been a quiet quest, it really should've been, especially with the gathering and preparing necessary parts. Alas, Cedric had the misfortune of getting a certain candle as a partner for it. Sure, Catrina behaved, FOR TWO WHOLE MINUTES as Spinarak gave the run down of things. It was likely because the giant spiders back home were basically the equivalent of house cats that managed that magical moment of Catrina listening. It's a talking kitty cat in Catrina's eyes...

That moment of peace ended the moment Spinarak went off to take care of other things. Soon enough, gathering parts, Catrina starts singing a song. Upside for Cedric, it's a really good operatic soprano voice singing it, down side...well:

"This is the story of a biiiiird~! Who cried a whole river and drowned the whole world~! Looks so sad in portraits I absolutely love it when he eats his roooocks~!"

[cedricthegreat]

Gathering, Cedric can do, and Spinarak clearly knew this or else he wouldn't be assigned to the task. With the number of Pokémon who are quick to collect items, he's almost certain this job would be without hassle, at most inconvenienced by the terrain.

But of course, he forgot about Catrina. At this point, he should have expected her to not leave him alone, yet here he is flinching violently over the sudden warbling of-

Hold on, is she actually singing... properly? And rather nicely, if he were to admit it to himself. The lyrics, though? Atrocious. Don't even have a proper rhythm, let alone the fact that she's clearly mocking him with those lines. Perhaps in defiance, he refuses to acknowledge them, in the vain hopes she may finally stop pestering him.

Instead he says, as a casual aside, "Where did you learn to sing like that?"

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Well, that was new, at least, this was new to Catrina anyways. Catrina takes her sweet time considering, occasionally attempting to sneak a rock into her mouth.

Eh, what the hell, Cedric was part of this found family unit, he might as well know.

"The donors saw I had talent early in my life at age five and had me training ever since before running away at nineteen."

Catrina shrugs before going back to help with gathering, it was the past and the donors were no longer there. Sure one of the reasons was because of assisted karma, it still wasn't Catrina's problem anymore.

And They Were Roommates... (backdated slightly)

[bugbeverage]

It's been interesting for his first day back in civilization. Mightyena was gracious and accepted him back into her fold as well as buying a few of his one-of-a-kind self portraits. Now he's bushed and he drags himself into the little room one foot after the other, upright as always. This world couldn't make him walk on four legs.

He angles himself for the nearest bed-shaped mass and flops face-forward into it. "Jeez louise..."

Clearly good times ahead for both BJ and Catrina...

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Woah, mysterious stripped creature of unknown origins? Catrina goes to peak out of her Dragon Type PokeSkull bed to check it out. Was it a dog, a cat, or a badger? Catrina wasn't sure what she was looking at as she scrunches up that Litwick face of hers.

Jeez Louise? That might be his name then, totally without doubt.

"Hey Jeez Louise, yah new here or something?"

DIGGY DIGGY HOLE

[ba_boom]

It's perhaps unsurprising that Impmon is already in the caves by the time Catrina arrives, and he seems to be munching something like popcorn- Are those a bunch of tiny still-rock-encrusted pieces of quartz crystals? They sure are. He's got a couple of little red gloves, but he's removed the glove from his right claw-hand to facilitate the consumption of cronchy rocks.

He barely even looks up at Catrina's approach.

"You the one I'm supposed to be diggin' with?"

He sounds more than a little skeptical as he looks her over. She's... a candle? A candle. Huh. Okay, he has no idea how digging is gonna work with a candle, but whatever. They'll make it work. He's honestly confident enough to do this himself, but he knows they like the buddy system around here, it's fine.

And he apparently isn't too polite, because he then crams another mouthful of crystals into his mouth. Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.

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It was no wax off Catrina's core, she was always rather rude herself. So this was the other gremlin Catrina had to work with, eh? Sure it's gonna be a challenge, but yah know what...

"Yeah, I'm here to help out with the cave. You gonna share that?" The grodiest little candle is eying the crystals to munch herself...Kris got Catrina hooked on rock chewing..

Catrina goes to hold out a little stubby wax arm towards Impmon...

Yeah she's gonna pester him for the crunchy rocks of joy.

This is off to a good start, maybe? Catrina isn't the best candle out there, but at least she isn't fixating on the pinecones to eat...again.

[bugbeverage]

Beetlejuice lifts his head from the humble nest. A single blade of straw is stuck to his muzzle. Who said that? He almost misses Catrina on his first pass of the room because of how she was situated in a big skull. She just looked like a regular candle. Candles and skulls went together. It was a thing.

But then he notices her little face and slowly tilts his head.

"You could say that."

[gimmeeyeballs]

Woah...he was giving some soggy vibes as Catrina returns the head(?) tilt. Maybe Beetlejuice was some sort of deep sea fish beforehand? Would explain the soggy energy and they always get funky looking when brought to land.

Oh Beetlejuice, that is indeed a talking candle from within a dragon skull...

"Well shit, nice to meet yah, Jeez Louise. Where'd yah come from?"

[bugbeverage]

Beetlejuice finally catches on that he's been given a nickname. Two feelings duel within him. The first is the urge to be familiar enough, desired enough, to receive the gift of a name. The other feeling is he fucking hates it.

"Hell." His answer isn't boastful, in fact it's a little weary sounding. He's so tired.

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"Damn, well welcome to the material plane then. Which ring you come from?"

Catrina was deadpan serious as she says this for once, it's been a while since Catrina last encountered a demon. Last time was during the rainy season when trying to get even with her brother....wait a minute..

"Say, you didn't happen to be summoned during a massive rain storm, have you?"

[bugbeverage]

Beetlejuice doesn't answer her first question because he can't think of anything funny to say. Her next question, though, he nods.

"Yeah...nearly drowned." Beetlejuice groans at the memory.

He swipes a paw under his nose, looks at his fur, and wipes it off against the rest of his coat. This causes him to start pawing at his sides, then his face, his ears. AUGH IT ITCHES. He starts grooming himself, chomping briars and sticks out of his fur with his sharp teeth. Normally he was proud of his personal seasoning, but he can tell he's gonna need a bath or he'll go insane.

"You show up then?" She's a candle. That probably fucking sucked. Wait. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait. WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE. Did he just...empathize with someone? Sorry, Beetlejuice.exe has encountered a problem and needs to be shut down!

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"Damn, didn't realize the river risen that much. Sorry 'bout that."

Catrina was taking this face value and has completely assumed that Beetlejuice was indeed the demon she was trying to summon before the whole candle thing happened.

Oh boy...yeah this cat-dog-raccoon thing is gonna be needing a bath, Catrina can tell that for sure as a change. At least Beetlejuice didn't smell like her older brother though, that was a very good start for him!

"Yeah, back in September, we had a lot of tall grass all over the place and then ended up workin' as a maid for my ever gorgeous and hot lady, Froslass. Why?" Catrina....Froslass is not going to date yah like ever....please stop Catrina...

......And the sounds of Beetlejuice's brain crashing alerted the Catrina.

"Did I break your brain there or somethin'?"