friendlyflower: (tired2)
Flowey ([personal profile] friendlyflower) wrote in [community profile] bottlecaplogs2025-07-05 03:44 pm

July Catch-All

Who: Flowey & Firepaw, Emporio, Lusamine, and others?
What: Quests (Learning Aides, Growing Harvest), maybe some meetings/interactions
Where: Southern forest, the city gardens, around the city
When: Throughout July
Warnings: Pokemon battling (violence/injury), Flowey's trauma (mentions of/themes of depression, depersonalization, guilt, child death, murder)
seacub: (AnxietyBoy prevails)

[personal profile] seacub 2025-07-06 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Perhaps it's attributed to that ommission for now- that lack of mention of...Mass murder, and all that fun stuff. Even if it's as little as 'he doesn't like Dark Heart! He told me not to trust him!', Emporio seems more ponderous than anything.

He also quietly warns Firepaw not to get hissy. Flowey's being rather polite, only fair to do the same.

But, needless to say, he's expecting a rough go. Rough enough that he hangs back near Tinkaton for a bit in a vain attempt to give the two space.

So much for that though. Once Flowey's grumbling meets his ears... ...well and probably the Buizel's, being honest, hah.

He keeps his voice low, but at least moves close enough that Flowey can hear.
]

...I'm pretty sure this Pokemon is trying to get our guard down... ...It probably isn't actually a Buizel either, given where we are...
firealone: (63)

[personal profile] firealone 2025-07-06 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Firepaw has been trying his best not to be hissy - he's just failing miserably. It seems like every time Flowey talks, Firepaw is rolling his eyes or muttering something under his breath. It... honestly is making him look worse than Flowey.

And honestly, it almost annoys him more than Flowey has a point. They've been walking for ages, surely they would be back by now if Buizel knew what they were doing.
]

Do you think ghost Pokemon can fake otter-smell? They sure stink like one.

["What are you talking about?" The Buizel stops, and gives Firepaw a hard look, before turning a more cheery expression toward Flowey. Although, their tone sounds like a warning. "You have to pass that tree twice to get on the right trail! It's... just a quirk of the forest here, yep!"

Tinkaton seems just as skeptical as everyone else, but it seems she's holding back and letting her bodyguards handle this.
]
seacub: (W H O M S T ?)

[personal profile] seacub 2025-07-07 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[A quiet nod is what Emporio responds to his friend with. The cubone carefully pulls back with the appearance of simply passing something else on to the tinkaton, his helmet firmly in place.

And then it all goes to shit.
]

Firepaw- [He starts, but Flowey's the one who takes the blow. Emporio's expression of worry quickly becomes far more distressed, watching the pieces of the seed fly off.]

FLOWEY!!

[Zorua. Dark type, he knows, because there was so much to compare between Emmet and the form of Zoroark that the subway master knew of. They're being threatened- foolishly perhaps, Tinkaton is Fairy Type, but that's not the point.

The point is, he's rather tired of watching people he cares about get hurt.

Or worse.

A power is building. Focus Energy, ensuring that whatever he does next, he'll do it well.

As far as the Zorua is concerned, all it's going to look like is a small, fragile little cubone hanging back with the adult of the group, its unarmed fists balled tight.
]
firealone: (103)

[personal profile] firealone 2025-07-07 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[It takes Firepaw a little too long to realize that the Zorua is using Illusion... but it clicks as soon as their Buizel disguise fades, and he can smell their scent changing to something similar to Emmet's. Unfortunately, being preoccupied with his own thoughts and feelings makes it pretty easy for the attack to take him completely by surprise - he probably would have taken it at full force.]

Hey-

[Flowey knocks Firepaw out of the way, just in time to get hit with an attack, and Firepaw scrambles to get his bearings. The Zorua is likely going to go after Tinkaton, but Flowey is in much more immediate danger. He glances back at Emporio... just for a moment, before deciding that Emporio can definitely handle this, and he needs to make sure Flowey is okay.

With a frustrated little growl, Firepaw dodges past Zorua to reach the edge of the ditch Flowey fell into. Hopefully it's shallow, but it's entirely possible that Flowey has fallen back into the underground tunnels. Not that it's going to change his course of action - either he's hopping into the ditch to pull Flowey back up, or he's fully jumping underground to look for him.

It will be a while before he registers that Flowey protected him, but he did notice.
]
seacub: (THEN PERISH)

[personal profile] seacub 2025-07-08 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Firepaw has gone after Flowey. The Tinkaton, despite type advantages and being twice everyone's size at the least, is backing away behind him.

But that's fine.

Emporio inhales, gathering any power he can muster, and doing little more than aiming it.

It comes out looking like Fairy Wind. It hits, like a Normal attack.

And it lowers special attack.
]

BACK...OFF! [he shouts, clearly not as scared as anyone would have assumed. That much is obvious when just under the false wind comes a hurtling stone- Fling, dark type though it is, means that stone is flying under as much force as Emporio can muster.

And with Focus Energy being buffed up by natural baseball skills, it turns out that's a lot.
]
firealone: (79)

[personal profile] firealone 2025-07-08 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Thank StarClan, he doesn't have to be away from the battle for too long. Firepaw grabs Flowey by the shell, and drags him back up to the surface. His thoughts aren't quite as negative as Flowey might assume - all he thinks is that Flowey is light and small, and he's incredibly thankful of how easy it is to help him. It barely takes much effort at all, since Firepaw was already a pretty muscular cat and he's become a fairly high-level Litten.]

Be more careful, fluff-brain.

[He drops Flowey off once they're on solid ground, and thwaps him lightly with his tail before running over to try and help out with the Zorua. Or rather, to launch himself at the Zorua after that rock hits, taking advantage of the momentary disorientation to deliver a Fire Fang bite.]
Edited 2025-07-08 11:28 (UTC)
seacub: (THEN PERISH)

[personal profile] seacub 2025-07-09 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
You're not getting away with anything-!

[He can guess what that zorua is thinking. And at the very least, a pokemon like this? He'd rather they apprehend it, than encounter them again. He's in full 'endgame' mode. Charging, grabbing whatever he can off the ground to throw once more.

But something is different this time.

There's no rock, and he isn't thinking about that. Something white comes out from the earth as well, something long and perfectly sized for his hand. Something-

Ah. Tinkaton at least, might recognize this.

This is Bone Rush.

A Ground type move, with potential to hit as many as five times.

It seems Zorua's future is not escape, but fainting, if those connect.
]
firealone: (106)

cw: blood + violence

[personal profile] firealone 2025-07-09 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Those Fury Swipes awaken something primal in Firepaw - he doesn't know much about Pokemon battles, but he knows plenty about cat fights, and he's happy to trade with a few Fury Swipes of his own. A loud yowl escapes him as he tussles with the Zorua, digging claws in wherever they find purchase and trying his best to pin the miscreant down.

That is, until it's time to dodge out of the way and give Emporio room to attack. The new move doesn't mean much to Firepaw (although he'll be suitably impressed later), but he welcomes the chance to catch his breath, instead standing ready to grab Zorua again if it tries to escape. Not that he'll really need to worry, since the onslaught of Bone Rushes are definitely enough to knock them unconscious.
]

...Is it over?

[There's blood streaked through his pelt. He doesn't seem to have noticed it yet - he's still buzzing with adrenaline.]
dripdrive: (Espathra_Glare)

A wild medical appointment appears

[personal profile] dripdrive 2025-07-10 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
[In a previous life, Anasui had studied to be a medical student. Before he ended up in prison for... reasons, he had a part-time job where he worked at the hospital and thus was familiar with the hustle and bustle of a clinic. Despite his natural inclination to dismantle things, Anasui was still somewhat interested in going into medicine, which was why he frequently spent time volunteering at the PokeClinic whenever he wasn't grumbling about the Archive's organisation system.

Today, Anasui's been asked to help out with tending to the day patients - people coming in with wounds or illnesses that don't need emergency medical attention. He's stationed in the entrance of the clinic but when Flowey appears, he raises an eyebrow. Whether Flowey is here by choice or because he's been dropped off here for a checkup by someone else, Anasui stares right at the Sunkern.]


What the hell happened to you?

[Unfortunately, despite his experience, Anasui is not known for his bedside manner.]
ibalsamina: (And oh friends)

[personal profile] ibalsamina 2025-07-11 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Lusamine greets him with a grin full of sharp teeth—pleased, apparently, to find him present and accounted for. It feels like she's hardly seen him since their last quest, after all.]

I do hope you weren't waiting for too long—but thank you. [Her eyes briefly search his. If she finds anything there, she keeps it to herself.] Of course. I thought this sort of work would do us both good... Gardening has a way of soothing troubled minds, after all.

[It feels like it's been a very long time since she last gardened with her own hands, but living in the Canopy has made her feel a bit closer to it.

Before they can really get started, however, she pipes up again:]


How have you been healing, since our run-in with Tatsugiri and Dondozo?
seacub: (who put baby in the trash)

CW: PTSD implications

[personal profile] seacub 2025-07-11 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[For a moment, Emporio is just stunned. Breathing in, and out, not even comprehending that he's holding...a bone? Is this a bone?

There's something wet on it...

The cubone shakes his head, and with still shaking hands picks up the satchel to bring back. He needs to snap out of this. They could have been seriously hurt, or worse, and for that matter he was practicing medical work for a reason wasn't he??

With a numb nod toward Tinkaton, he sets the satchel down and looks over Flowey.
] I... ...I couldn't... ...n...not again.

[He swallows. Blinks, trying to bring himself back to some sense. It's hard though. Flowey's just a seed by all appearances, but...]

W...where does it hurt most still- I can do something to hold you over until we get to the clinic...
ibalsamina: (I hope she spreads her wings)

[personal profile] ibalsamina 2025-07-11 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
As did you.

[She laughs a little—softly, almost self-deprecatingly. She did do a number on them, didn't she? It was hardly ladylike, but what else was she to do, when they were threatening her and her teammates? And she would be lying if she said that she didn't feel gloriously beastlike and powerful in that moment...]

I'm just fine as well, thanks to you and Mx. Siffrin. The both of you suffered far worse injuries than I did... [Her grin becomes more of a grimace as she says this, but she keeps her spirits high.] Considering that, I think it would be best for us to focus on watering and weeding for the time being.

[Weeding is taxing work, of course, but it seems like more manageable work for a Sunkern and Yungoos duo than repairing growboxes.]
firealone: (59)

[personal profile] firealone 2025-07-12 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Firepaw is picking up on something from Emporio, although he's struggling to understand exactly what and how to help. There's something similar that he senses in Flowey - a little easier to understand, the frustration of not feeling helpful enough during battle.]

At least we're all still standing.

[His shoulders relax a bit and, not knowing nearly enough to help Flowey, he just leads his weight against Emporio's side in a way that he hopes is comforting and not getting in the way too much. A quiet purr rumbles out of him.]

...You took that hit for me, didn't you, Flowey?

[He's finally cooling down enough to be able to think about what happened.]

ibalsamina: (With all this beauty?)

[personal profile] ibalsamina 2025-07-13 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Sharp as ever, Lusamine notices the sudden shift in Flowey's mood, but she says nothing about it, choosing to comment only on how clever his weeding method is before starting in on her own work. She allows the silence to settle over them both as she refamiliarizes herself with gardening, with tending to plants with her own hands (or rather paws, now).

There was a time she did this often with Mohn and the children, simply for the joy of it, but in more recent years, care of the vast, lush gardens surrounding the mansion on Aether Paradise had fallen instead to her staff. Still, it all comes back to her easily, even in her new form—albeit not without a distant sting of nostalgia.

Both out of curiosity and to distract herself, she means to ask Flowey what might be on his mind and perhaps convince him to explain his recent, conspicuous absence. To her surprise, he is the first to speak up.

She doesn't mind being called by her first name alone, but the question does give her pause. As she wonders, she takes her time pouring water over the roots of a flower she doesn't know the name of.]


... Why do you ask?
dripdrive: (Espathra_Neutral)

[personal profile] dripdrive 2025-07-13 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Got it. [Anasui doesn't feel the need to tell Flowey that he doesn't have to pay anything for healthcare. He just stares blankly down at the Sunkern] But you look like shit. And you're not going to be able to heal properly on your own without your leaves. So take your damned medicine or I'll force feed it to you.

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