12-16-2019, 02:03 AM
With Karen and Delibird!
Randolph’s can’t help but raise a skeptical and somewhat befuddle eyebrow as the mis-matched maiden and her new festive friend snuggle each other, not quite believing her claim despite the evidence before him, but he soon shrugs it off and firmly nods back to her. After spending some time with an elderly woman of dubious liveliness and hearing ‘her’ spin a yarn about her out of control and Ghostly ‘friend’ (and getting tied up into it, much to his beleaguered consternation), he’s not in the mood to be figuring out how an Ice type is keeping Karen warm instead of frosty.
“Good for ya, lass. Now, did you find anything about that ‘friend’ of the old lady’s while socializing with the penguin, or was all your time spent with it holly and jolly?”
On the Way and Into The Cabin!
To say the bristly blacksmith was relieved to here the champ’s announcement would be entirely accurate. To say he would have been ecstatic, hollering up a storm for everyone to make Extreme Speed towards the cabin and jabbing at it with great fervor, were he not damn near chilled to the bone and huddling close to Amethyst and Brigid for warmth and protection from the cold and the furious flurry of tundra Pokemon mobbing the group/Lucas, would also be accurate too. As it stood, all he had to say to the lad’s course of action was a surely and resounding “Bah and freezing fuck no, of course that doesn’t sound good, ya overqualified and overprotective lad! But what other choice we non-champions have, ‘sides freezing to death out here from the Weather or getting overwhelmed by foul tempered beasties Houndouring us in it?! Graaah, thrice curse and damn this supernatural Tarous shit mystery, to the Distorted World and beyond!! “
Randolph was not happy about the state of affairs, as per usual these days. Never the less, that didn’t stop him from letting Lucas take lead and the role of defender, as even a stubborn old cuss like himself knew when he was outmatched or unprepared for a task at hand. He didn’t get to where he was as a blacksmith or trainer without a good head on his shoulders, after all.
Once he and everyone was safely in the nice and cozy cabin, he all but slumped against one of its walls and his fire goddess (Brigid) in relief after giving a weary nod back to the innkeeper, looking extremely worn out like the Shinjo Ruins and just as inhospitable too. For his dark gemstone Amethyst he left to her own devices in the cabin, besides telling her to behave and not cause any unnecessary ruckus. He took off his gloves and flexed his hands to get the blood in them circulating, and winced as his joints popped and cracked quite audibly and painfully, before he let out a long, drawn out *Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh* and looking down at the floor with a thinly veiled grimace.
“…..Heatran damn it all, I’m too bloody old and under-qualified for all this godawful job. But I got to do it. ‘Cause I promised the Pixies I do it. ‘Cause I have a duty and responsibility to look out for my partners. ‘Cause I promised Rowan I do the job he suckered me into, that old, grey, and conniving Rattatta bastard. ‘Cause it’s my responsibility. If I don’t keep soldiering on and keep doing what I’ve been doing, I’d betray their faith and trust in me, disgrace myself, and leave Sinnoh and the world to be done in like Christmas turkey. I got to do it. *Sighs* ...No, I must do it.”
Ran looked at his open, numb, and calloused hands, then clenched them tightly, gritting his teeth as he quietly bore the agony of doing so and slowly kneaded warmth and feeling back into them.
“ Verdammt noch mal. Verdammt noch mal.”
The midget man hardly had anything to say to his occasion erstwhile companions, other than a gruff and sardonic “Keine heiße Scheiße und kalte Pisse, Junge” to Lucas stating the (to him) bone idle obvious, and retired for the night after his meal to get his long awaited rest from the past frigid and intolerable day. He’d needed it, for the next one tomorrow.
Joy.
If its possible, however, he would attempt a couple of Craft projects, the first being fixing up/improving upon the crude mask he made for Kogeki (or make a new one, if the cyborg ninja wishes/doesn’t give him the mask), and making some fit all snowshoes for his non-Ice and Flying/Floating Pokemon. Seeing them struggle to gain traction and speed in the slush would have inspired him to do something to fix that, as he didn’t want any of his partners floundering on the job and get mollywomped badly for it.
The Next Day!
Concerning Ran’s Pokemon’s Abilities and Held Items for the day (If any), here it is:
Diam: Keen Eye, Sablenite (Might as well be considered her default set-up)
Beethoven: Keen Eye
Puck: Intimidate
Brigid: Drought, Charcoal (Speaking of which, how’s the progress on the one he planted?)
Stymph: Sturdy, Metal Coat
Zorn: Rough Skin, Rocky Helmet
Sekhmet: Sandstream
Belladonna: Stench, Leftovers
Catherine: Forewarn, Spell Tag (Works with Lick!)
Borreal: Soundproof, Life Orb
Amethyst: Pressure, Silk Scarf
Salandit (Kee gave him a free one, if I remember correctly): Corrosion
Delta-Wingull: Keen Eye
For his default line-up for the day, it’ll be Amethyst, Catherine, Borreal, Belladona, Brigid, and Stymph. Amethyst for her prophetic talents and Pressure to scare away small fry/bring in the powerful prawns, Catherine and Borreal because their Ice Types (And for Catherine’s Forewarn Ability), Belladona and Brigid for their respective Fire power, the former’s Stench to help drive off some other Pokemon and the later’s Drought/natural warmth to help alleviate the bitter coldness of the ‘great’ outdoors, and Stymph for her flight, toughness, and Steel typing. Ran’s still plenty irritated/mad at Diam, so she stays in the PC for another day, and he doesn’t want to fool around with his other partners at the moment.
All that stated, the dwarven craftsman is up and at them early in the morning, bright eyed and bushy tailed in his own cantankerous, surely way, sitting down and drinking his morning cup of cocoa (keeping a firm and unwavering eye on it this time) and absentmindedly feeding his Salandit (whom he named Frank, after Frankincense) fruity snacks, picking through his own breakfast and reading the book Uxie recommended to him while waiting for everyone else (Except possibly Lucas and Kogeki) to get up so they could start their day. Regarding Frank, Ran had decided for the time being to treat them like a pet and the baby that they are rather than a true partner, pampering and socializing with them when he could and generally trying to take great care of them. The noxious little lizard was (pardon the pun) frankly far too young and weak to help him out on this insanely perilous job of his, so they get to sit it out for the unforeseeable future in utmost ease, the lucky tyke.
His response to Lucas (during the meeting) was straight to the point and grumpy as usual. “In this strange and horrible situation we’re all stuck, riveted, and saddled with, I’d be more surprised if that weren’t patently true rule of thumb. Me and my team has long since been prepared for another frigid as hell day out in the rough, so we’re ready to set off whenever. The sooner, the better, ‘cause I want this job of ours to be over and done with Licktung split. If not already, if that were only possible. Bah.....”
Before that, though, he’d want to do a check up on Kogeki’s Cyborg Prosthetic to see how it was holding up, and ask both Amethyst and Catherine what their senses tell them of what’s to come. For Ran and his partner’s formation outdoors, he’ll have Amethyst and Belladona out on point to do their duty of pest control with their Abilities, while he’s riding Brigid behind them to keep himself nice and warm. The coal powered tortoise has 3 DEX (+ Shell Smash, if necessary) and has Drought/Heat Wave/INFERNO to clear her path of snow, so she’s and her master were hardly going to lag behind the rest of the group!
As for the scarred sleuth’s attempt to scout ahead alone, he let’s Kee take them to task for it, as they seemed to be/have done a nice job of beating some sense into them without causing to much of a fuss. No need for him to get anymore involved and add to their chastiment if the colorful musician was doing that good enough on their own!
Randolph’s can’t help but raise a skeptical and somewhat befuddle eyebrow as the mis-matched maiden and her new festive friend snuggle each other, not quite believing her claim despite the evidence before him, but he soon shrugs it off and firmly nods back to her. After spending some time with an elderly woman of dubious liveliness and hearing ‘her’ spin a yarn about her out of control and Ghostly ‘friend’ (and getting tied up into it, much to his beleaguered consternation), he’s not in the mood to be figuring out how an Ice type is keeping Karen warm instead of frosty.
“Good for ya, lass. Now, did you find anything about that ‘friend’ of the old lady’s while socializing with the penguin, or was all your time spent with it holly and jolly?”
On the Way and Into The Cabin!
To say the bristly blacksmith was relieved to here the champ’s announcement would be entirely accurate. To say he would have been ecstatic, hollering up a storm for everyone to make Extreme Speed towards the cabin and jabbing at it with great fervor, were he not damn near chilled to the bone and huddling close to Amethyst and Brigid for warmth and protection from the cold and the furious flurry of tundra Pokemon mobbing the group/Lucas, would also be accurate too. As it stood, all he had to say to the lad’s course of action was a surely and resounding “Bah and freezing fuck no, of course that doesn’t sound good, ya overqualified and overprotective lad! But what other choice we non-champions have, ‘sides freezing to death out here from the Weather or getting overwhelmed by foul tempered beasties Houndouring us in it?! Graaah, thrice curse and damn this supernatural Tarous shit mystery, to the Distorted World and beyond!! “
Randolph was not happy about the state of affairs, as per usual these days. Never the less, that didn’t stop him from letting Lucas take lead and the role of defender, as even a stubborn old cuss like himself knew when he was outmatched or unprepared for a task at hand. He didn’t get to where he was as a blacksmith or trainer without a good head on his shoulders, after all.
Once he and everyone was safely in the nice and cozy cabin, he all but slumped against one of its walls and his fire goddess (Brigid) in relief after giving a weary nod back to the innkeeper, looking extremely worn out like the Shinjo Ruins and just as inhospitable too. For his dark gemstone Amethyst he left to her own devices in the cabin, besides telling her to behave and not cause any unnecessary ruckus. He took off his gloves and flexed his hands to get the blood in them circulating, and winced as his joints popped and cracked quite audibly and painfully, before he let out a long, drawn out *Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh* and looking down at the floor with a thinly veiled grimace.
“…..Heatran damn it all, I’m too bloody old and under-qualified for all this godawful job. But I got to do it. ‘Cause I promised the Pixies I do it. ‘Cause I have a duty and responsibility to look out for my partners. ‘Cause I promised Rowan I do the job he suckered me into, that old, grey, and conniving Rattatta bastard. ‘Cause it’s my responsibility. If I don’t keep soldiering on and keep doing what I’ve been doing, I’d betray their faith and trust in me, disgrace myself, and leave Sinnoh and the world to be done in like Christmas turkey. I got to do it. *Sighs* ...No, I must do it.”
Ran looked at his open, numb, and calloused hands, then clenched them tightly, gritting his teeth as he quietly bore the agony of doing so and slowly kneaded warmth and feeling back into them.
“ Verdammt noch mal. Verdammt noch mal.”
The midget man hardly had anything to say to his occasion erstwhile companions, other than a gruff and sardonic “Keine heiße Scheiße und kalte Pisse, Junge” to Lucas stating the (to him) bone idle obvious, and retired for the night after his meal to get his long awaited rest from the past frigid and intolerable day. He’d needed it, for the next one tomorrow.
Joy.
If its possible, however, he would attempt a couple of Craft projects, the first being fixing up/improving upon the crude mask he made for Kogeki (or make a new one, if the cyborg ninja wishes/doesn’t give him the mask), and making some fit all snowshoes for his non-Ice and Flying/Floating Pokemon. Seeing them struggle to gain traction and speed in the slush would have inspired him to do something to fix that, as he didn’t want any of his partners floundering on the job and get mollywomped badly for it.
The Next Day!
Concerning Ran’s Pokemon’s Abilities and Held Items for the day (If any), here it is:
Diam: Keen Eye, Sablenite (Might as well be considered her default set-up)
Beethoven: Keen Eye
Puck: Intimidate
Brigid: Drought, Charcoal (Speaking of which, how’s the progress on the one he planted?)
Stymph: Sturdy, Metal Coat
Zorn: Rough Skin, Rocky Helmet
Sekhmet: Sandstream
Belladonna: Stench, Leftovers
Catherine: Forewarn, Spell Tag (Works with Lick!)
Borreal: Soundproof, Life Orb
Amethyst: Pressure, Silk Scarf
Salandit (Kee gave him a free one, if I remember correctly): Corrosion
Delta-Wingull: Keen Eye
For his default line-up for the day, it’ll be Amethyst, Catherine, Borreal, Belladona, Brigid, and Stymph. Amethyst for her prophetic talents and Pressure to scare away small fry/bring in the powerful prawns, Catherine and Borreal because their Ice Types (And for Catherine’s Forewarn Ability), Belladona and Brigid for their respective Fire power, the former’s Stench to help drive off some other Pokemon and the later’s Drought/natural warmth to help alleviate the bitter coldness of the ‘great’ outdoors, and Stymph for her flight, toughness, and Steel typing. Ran’s still plenty irritated/mad at Diam, so she stays in the PC for another day, and he doesn’t want to fool around with his other partners at the moment.
All that stated, the dwarven craftsman is up and at them early in the morning, bright eyed and bushy tailed in his own cantankerous, surely way, sitting down and drinking his morning cup of cocoa (keeping a firm and unwavering eye on it this time) and absentmindedly feeding his Salandit (whom he named Frank, after Frankincense) fruity snacks, picking through his own breakfast and reading the book Uxie recommended to him while waiting for everyone else (Except possibly Lucas and Kogeki) to get up so they could start their day. Regarding Frank, Ran had decided for the time being to treat them like a pet and the baby that they are rather than a true partner, pampering and socializing with them when he could and generally trying to take great care of them. The noxious little lizard was (pardon the pun) frankly far too young and weak to help him out on this insanely perilous job of his, so they get to sit it out for the unforeseeable future in utmost ease, the lucky tyke.
His response to Lucas (during the meeting) was straight to the point and grumpy as usual. “In this strange and horrible situation we’re all stuck, riveted, and saddled with, I’d be more surprised if that weren’t patently true rule of thumb. Me and my team has long since been prepared for another frigid as hell day out in the rough, so we’re ready to set off whenever. The sooner, the better, ‘cause I want this job of ours to be over and done with Licktung split. If not already, if that were only possible. Bah.....”
Before that, though, he’d want to do a check up on Kogeki’s Cyborg Prosthetic to see how it was holding up, and ask both Amethyst and Catherine what their senses tell them of what’s to come. For Ran and his partner’s formation outdoors, he’ll have Amethyst and Belladona out on point to do their duty of pest control with their Abilities, while he’s riding Brigid behind them to keep himself nice and warm. The coal powered tortoise has 3 DEX (+ Shell Smash, if necessary) and has Drought/Heat Wave/INFERNO to clear her path of snow, so she’s and her master were hardly going to lag behind the rest of the group!
As for the scarred sleuth’s attempt to scout ahead alone, he let’s Kee take them to task for it, as they seemed to be/have done a nice job of beating some sense into them without causing to much of a fuss. No need for him to get anymore involved and add to their chastiment if the colorful musician was doing that good enough on their own!
Like the wind, I come and go as I please... but I am always there to provide a comforting breeze.
Member of Team PUNishment. Pun-pare for Struggle, make it Double Team!
Phantom is my OTP~
Online ID: 000650
Member of Team PUNishment. Pun-pare for Struggle, make it Double Team!
Phantom is my OTP~ Online ID: 000650
