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"Well, looks like we've ended up with a little group of weirdos."

To that, Wendy could agree. Thankfully, she was a much-needed dose of normalcy in this collection of strange and unusual characters.

"Myself included, of course! Helena's the name, and this cutie is Jackie. I don't see much of a problem with Mahli wandering off and doing his own thing, it'd just bring everyone down to force someone to go somewhere they didn't wanna go... But we may as well tag along to Levincia for the first stretch, ye?"

"Wendy," the white-haired girl reiterated, for those that hadn't been there when she first introduced herself. "I agree; if only as far as Levincia, we should at least stick together at the start of our adventure." And so the plan was made; meet back up outside the gates of Mesagoza, and from there, once the gang was all there, get this show on the road!

Outside Mesagoza, South Province Area Three - 4:30 PM

Wendy had initially resolved to be outside the gates at four o'clock, on the nose. However, met with some free time before the hour of choice, she'd gone to Naranja's library, to do a bit of research. Or try to, anyway. What was supposed to be "research" ended up turning into "struggling to find any material that could be found anywhere else". She'd been looking for any sort of documentation on Paldea's climate, as per the job that had sent her here in the first place, but the only mentions of weather that seemed unique to the region were listings of pokemon unique to Paldea who interacted with weather - a phenomenon far from unique to this region - and one not-very-academic-looking footnote that mentioned Paldea's rains were generally so short that there was no point bothering with umbrellas or anything of the sort in the first place, which did absolutely nothing to help Wendy in her search.

The only thing that was even remotely connected to her search was the knowledge that Pelipper was a pokemon that existed in this region, which was not only a fact that nobody had ever called into question, but also one that still provided no assistance. Pelipper was far from exclusive to Paldea, yet this was the only region that was... like this. So unless there was some sort of hyper-frequent mass migration of the creatures or some equally unlikely situation, "pokemon abilities" could be ruled out as to why the weather in Paldea could swerve so suddenly.

And then Wendy realized she was late, and that hitting the books was clearly getting nowhere anyway. She wasted no time putting everything back where she found it, ensuring she had her two poke balls with her, then hurrying to the gates of Mesagoza. Generally one to travel very light, Wendy had simply gotten a regular backpack, filling it up with supplies she'd imagined others might want. Not to mention there was that one boy, whose bag surely compensated for the rest of the team if they were light travelers like herself or if they simply neglected to prepare for a journey all around the Paldea Region.

Wendy approached the gates just in time to hear that Aruto boy call out to the rest of his team. It seemed he was just now catching up as well, but rather than from within the city, it seemed he'd already gotten a bit of a head start exploring beyond its safety.

"HEY! Sorry, was exploring a bit...got me a new Pokémon too!"

36 minutes ago, LordCowCow said:

did you drink it?

yeah

i left the tea bag in my mug for way too long and now my leaf water has turned into leaf juice instead

On 1/12/2023 at 12:49 AM, Nathanael D. Striker said:

I bring a gift. Will it fit in your collection?

the irony of this specific stephen he quote being put to a gif that has way too few frames on the first line and being taller than it is wide making it both unsuitable for forum use and surprisingly small on discord is not lost to me

As Abby tried her best to heal the bear, a few facts became readily apparent. Healing a singular cut like she'd gotten yesterday was very different from trying to restore a very wounded bear back to health, big animals were harder to heal than people, and with the rather rudimentary healing abilities she had combined with the other two pieces of information, it overall felt like she was wasting her time with this.

Oh well, I tried.

If she was going to heal this majestic creature back to peak condition, it would have to be after dealing with the drengr. Fortunately, that was something Abby already had some small amount of experience in, not that that sounded like something to be proud of. THe others were already doing a fine job keeping most of the enemies occupied, but Abby's eye caught one straggler that was still unaccounted for. Not on her watch. Giving the bear a pat on the closest non-wounded bit of bear she could find, Abby said "I'll come back to you in just a moment."

Stepping out from the "cover" of the bear's general existence, Abby swung her hammer behind her back, then, putting the whole of her body into it, threw the hammer at the remaining drengr. With her spellcasting hand, meanwhile, Abby called forth an otherwise-harmless blast of wind from behind her, accelerating the hammer's pace toward its target. The drengr, for its part, was fully occupied with the bear, and so failed to notice the shiny magical weapon hurtling toward it. The impact was significant, breaking the drengr's arm, and if Abby had to guess, some ribs as well. However, so eager was Abby to deal with the drengr, she hadn't considered her proximity to the bear.

The injured, thrashing bear.

The bear, not knowing or simply not caring about the fact that Abby had tried to heal its wounds, and/or of the general concept of gratitude, and certainly not in a state to distinguish friend from foe, had been doing as injured bears are wont to do, and was thrashing about to try and clear up anything that would try to harm it. And Abby, unfortunately, was in swinging range of its big bear arms, catching a clawed slap near the shoulder that knocked her off her feet and threw her to the ground.

With the drengr down an arm and Abby herself also injured, the bear was probably the best off out of all three parties. That was why she was fully confident in her decision to back off for a moment, putting that healing spell to use on her fancy new bear slashes while she let the bear and drengr settle their differences for a bit.

The best shot was one that was carefully planned, with a target clear in mind. And Robin definitely had a target in mind. That eye. It had created that mist, and while said mist was now starting to fade thanks to Estelle's efforts, the fact of the matter was that whatever the eye was, it was clearly a greater threat to the party's continued safety than the zombies lurching about in here. And Robin was only going to get one good shot from the relative comfort of invisibility Ziun had provided. Which was why Robin had initially hesitated when Lana found herself face-to-face with a rather hungry-looking zombie. Normally, she'd open fire without a second thought, confident in the ability to hit her target while maybe only slightly grazing her allies at worst. But she wanted her one shot from invisibility to count, and she wanted it to be on that eye.

Luckily, Estelle had things covered, with something far more safe and reliable in these situations than bullets: Magic. Not the explosive fiery kind like Robin used either, which was surely nothing but beneficial to Lana who would have been caught in the blast had Robin interfered with the same methods. Relieved that she could focus on her original goal, Robin raised a pistol, aiming it directly at the eye that had been causing the party some mild inconvenience so far. And then she fired.

A furious exchange of swords & spells was going down just over there! All the while, Morgan, equipped with the flaming arms of bone, was preparing something with the time Trevor's exchange was buying. The zombie girl twisted her torso to the side. Twisted more. More. More. Bones in her body cracked and splintered in response to turning more than their rigid structure allowed, as her body made half a rotation. Then a full one. Another. Another. Soon, it was hard to twist her body any further, and even if she wanted to, she wouldn't get the chance. As a pair of bolts shot out from Grigoriy's attack, one of them caught her square in the leg. With her full attention on further contorting her body, the bolt caused the zombie girl to stumble, which in turn meant it was time to release the built-up tension she'd been building up.

As her body tipped over, Morgan "let go" of her torso's twists & bends, letting physics do the work as her body began rapidly spinning back to normal. And by planting her flaming bone hands firmly on the ground, she was able to turn that rotation into a powerful tool, effectively turning herself into a wheel of fire darting across the battlefield, on a direct crash course with Grigoriy.