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bottlecaplogs2025-05-08 11:37 pm
outbounds) wrote in bottlecaplogs2025-05-08 11:37 pm
[closed] may quest round-up + other closed prompt(s)
Who: Emmet and ... I am not listing out everyone he's questing with! and others.
What: Cry for Kelp, Scattered Bug, and the get-along sweater (may or may not feature an actual sweater. or: Oran (?) does an intervention) for now
When: May, At Some Point,
Where: Various (Coast, Northern Forest, Spire at current)
Warnings: Animal/Pokemon death, the general implications of the food chain, Teenagers™
cry for kelp (for conrad, ring-spirit, laios, shoka)
What: Cry for Kelp, Scattered Bug, and the get-along sweater (may or may not feature an actual sweater. or: Oran (?) does an intervention) for now
When: May, At Some Point,
Where: Various (Coast, Northern Forest, Spire at current)
Warnings: Animal/Pokemon death, the general implications of the food chain, Teenagers™
cry for kelp (for conrad, ring-spirit, laios, shoka)
[ Tangela was said to have disappeared somewhere along the coast, so that's where they'll go. the coast, though, is ... a pretty long strip of land, all things considered.scattered bug (for siffrin)
... honestly, it's probably best if they just start at one end of the bay and work their way to the other until they pick up on Tangela's trail? ]
The coast is a lot of ground to cover. Could be anywhere along the cliffs or the beach. Or below it, even.
Think most of us can move pretty quickly if we need to though. [ it's ... probably just Conrad who wouldn't? ] Or if we can't, then we can just couple ourselves to someone who can.
[ if you're here for tangela rescue, please tag in under the subheader for it! no real enforced tag order, we'll treat it like a general mingle open for threadjacks i think, is probably the best way to do it when there's five of us and they are presumably going to tackle it in slightly separate ways up and down the beach because imagine corralling that many of us into a strict tagging order. couldn't be me. ]
[ the northern end of the forest is the part of it that Emmet has the least amount of personal experience with, as he wasn't on any of the previous trips to explore and map it out, but he's been paying attention to the chatter over the grumpearls. ... and maybe certain other sources that might be prone to talking about it in shared public spaces, but that's neither here nor there. regardless, in the end, he suspects he knows the kind of general thing to expect.the get-along sweater (for akechi, shoka, ingo)
dark, overgrown. mushrooms and strange plants everywhere. vines that will probably try to tangle you up and trap you and who knows what else. the kind of forest that will eat you, straight out of the stories and movies. agitated grass types all over, apparently, and those are definitely a type you'd have to be careful around for all the different ways to incapacitate or otherwise inflict status they have access to. an odd growth, a heart, that probably indicates the work of some sort of experienced, firmly entrenched grass type ... or just a powerful one.
(life energy into the ground, a twisted mass of bark and vines in one clearing ... an insistent sense of familiarity in another. hmm.)
all in all, a great (?) place to work out restless energy and put it towards something productive, disregarding the various tendencies of the other ends of the woods. that's what brings Emmet and Siffrin both out here after meeting at the questboard, at least. probably. ]
... Have you been through this part of the forest before?
[ they have some of dr. denne's medication for the spores, of course, but. just to make sure they're both on the same page? ]
[ Akechi and Shoka are fighting. or something like it, anyway. all of Oran's probably noticed by now, not just their motley group of offworlders and newbies to the guild, mostly on account of Akechi's continued and quite literal case of ruffled feathers and the fact that the space they're all sharing isn't exactly that big or that private. it's been several weeks and yet the Rookidee has not seemed to simmer down in the least. the Mimikyu doesn't always help, either, even if she honestly isn't acting that different from usual.
(mostly. a.b.a's absence ... probably weighs heavier on some of them than others, huh.)
anyway, it's well into the evening one night when two of the resident ghosts of the group receive a visitor. one bearing... a package (???) of some sort?
"Hey," says the Umbreon through a mouthful of cloth, punctuated with a yawn as they drop it. the Moonlight Pokemon's gaze is somehow no less piercing for it. "You two are some of the new arrivals, right? Or, well, not the newest batch, sure, but you all showed up in that storm a while back?" ]
I am Emmet. We did, yes?
[ the Umbreon nods, before rolling the swaddled fabric in their direction. it wiggles (wait. nope, that's definitely Struggle) as Emmet approaches it with realization dawning on him. "Right, so. Do something about them, will you?" a roll of their eyes as they jerk their head sharply to indicate the bundle, which is... now shaking indignantly? before they start to walk back off. "Before they go and get themselves hurt, or something."
congratulations, Akechi and Shoka, you have apparently discovered what baby jail looks like here. also minor congratulations to Ren for dodging it by way of not constantly riling up the other two in earshot of some of the higher ranked members of the guild. ]
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[Truthfully, Shoka can be surprisingly agile and quick when she wants to be... But right now she's also eyeing Conrad a little too closely and thoughtfully, just to mess with him a little.]
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Conrad. Buddy. Listen. Maybe piggybacking on one of the dog things might not be such a bad idea after all. ]
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Since you— [ meaning Conrad, ] —should be able to float. You might be able to see some things better than us. Can you? We can all spread out and signal the others if we spot something. [ Beat. ] Maybe go in pairs actually since we don't know what happened to Tangela.
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Uhm. I can, sorta, I'm just not that great at it. [Because he has a real fear of heights. Floating very high isn't something he's tried before.] But... I can give it a shot, I guess.
[He turns away from everyone, as he really doesn't like being watched, and he takes a deep breath. He does a fine job of puffing up and begins to float, but he only gets about six feet off the ground when the wind catches him and he starts to drift higher.]
... Uh-ugh! [Yeah, he seems to be in a bit of distress.]
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Hm. Don't suppose anyone brought a rope? If he blows away we'll just be another rescue mission that ends in needing a new rescue mission... I think Tangela was already looking for someone else as things stand.
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[... And there he keeps going. Up, up, and away.]
... Oh, wow. See you, space cowboy. [Not terribly worried for his safety (yet; at least he's just gone straight up rather than out to sea), she snickers. At the very least, by her standards, it's a restrained sort of snickering. Don't suppose anyone brought a rope? asks the Ring-Spirit.] Not me. But no worries—I've got backup.
[She grasps her tail-stick in her claws and holds it at the ready, its narrower end pointed up in Conrad's direction—like a dart, or maybe a harpoon. Does she mean to pop him?!]
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—wait, hold on. [ Laios is not outright discounting that idea, but first: ] Conrad! Do you see anything up there? Is… is he even listening? [ Of all the starts to a quest, this was certainly one of them. He looks between the two Mimikyus. ] Can’t your hands reach pretty far? Maybe just… grab hold of him for a while.
[ It’s a stretch, but to Emmet’s point, having an aerial view at least for a little bit would be useful. ]
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Well. If you are not sure if he can or will hear you. Let me try. [ He isn't Ingo, but Emmet sure is getting a lot of practice with this in his time here...
There's a thrumming growl building low in his throat as he says that, which works its way up to a Snarled out: ]
If you are ready to come down. Breathe out! Let some of the air out! Do not worry about falling too fast, you are verrrry lightweight!
[ Not really for the attack; he's putting very little energy into it compared to how he would in a battle, it's really more so that his voice will carry further and maybe manage to jar the Jigglypuff a little.
Also maybe the Mimikyu can catch him if he comes into reach. Maybe. ]
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He lets out a huff of air and slowly drifts closer, not quite landing, but he's nearer to the group and at least the wind isn't carrying him away. He seems to have somewhat regained control, but if one wants to grab a hold of him that might be helpful.]
It might just be kelp, but I saw some debris on the beach... [He says in a rather breathless voice as he points in the direction they should look. Truth be told he doesn't have great eyesight, but he knows he saw something.]
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[ The Ring-Spirit first peers off in the direction Conrad pointed, then peers back up at him speculatively. Laios claimed Mimikyu have long reach, but the Ring-Spirit hasn't noticed being capable of anything like that... but then again, he hasn't actually thought to try it before either. He should fix that.
So the Ring-Spirit tries swiping a shadowy claw in Conrad's general direction to test his reach and see if he can grab onto a foot or something.
He only bothers trying once, and then starts shuffling his way over towards the patch of beach previously indicated; if he couldn't reach Conrad then the Jigglypuff will be left to his own devices... but if the Ring-Spirit did manage to grab hold, he'll try dragging Conrad along with like a balloon. Very dignified, surely. ]
If it's not kelp - or driftwood or something - debris could be a bad sign. Keep an eye out.
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[She kids; she knows from experience that he can be plenty useful when it's really needed. She just can't help herself.
Shoka, unlike the Ring-Spirit, is already well aware of her increased reach, so when Laios suggests it, she's ready to give it a shot... But the Ring-Spirit beats her to it anyway, while she's repositioning her tail-stick. With a titter, she turns back to Emmet and Laios.]
Guess that leaves me with one or both of you bozos. Unless you don't wanna break up the team after all?
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We could run up ahead a bit to make sure there's nothing to be worried about. Then those two would have more time to investigate around here.
[ He glances between both Shoka and Emmet, wondering if they could sense anything off—other than the missing Tangela, of course. For a moment, his nose twitches, as if trying to catch a scent to follow, but he quietly sneezes instead. ] There... might also be some more clues closer to the cliffs, even if it's a bit steep. Maybe we start around there?
[ He starts to walk up a bit, not quite following Conrad and the Ring-Spirit exactly, but staying close enough to veer back, should it make more sense to regroup. ]