6th book; up a creek without a boat or paddle {video/action} (dated to the 10th)

[bamfsecretary]

{So, how bout those hideous weather conditions? Pretty bad time to be at the beach, don't you think?}

{Isn't it a pity that Nanao's house is literally just next to the beach... And the feed shows her staring despondently at the waves lapping at the top of the hastily-erected sandbag wall in front of her porch. A baby Absol is curled on her lap, whimpering unhappily.}

I suppose that even I know when it is more prudent to retreat than to keep fighting.

{Wheeling back inside, it seems that most of the movable furniture has been taken upstairs, but the upright piano sits defiantly in the middle of a bare room. Too big to be taken upstairs, and too unwieldy to really be moved, there is little chance of it surviving the flood. The light flickers overhead.}

I would really appreciate a hand in leaving, given that I'm stuck in a wheelchair, and my lone Water-type is too young-- {A massive crash of lightning rattles the windows, and the light finally gives up the ghost and dies, leaving the room dark.} ...well.

Help would be wonderful, the sooner the better.


{OOC: She'll be replying to video tags ICly an hour later, but action tags would be absolutely fabulous c:}

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[Video]

[freezetheskies]

[...and you wonder why he's appointed himself your keeper...honestly, woman, you really can't stay out of trouble, can you? Have a soaked sonthing staring down at the feed, standing on high ground somewhere while Mizumaru tests the waters behind him. And yes, that's more lightning flashing in the distance. Good grief this is one very angry storm]

I would suggest you be ready to leave, Ise. It's going to take time to get to you and I'd rather not waste more of that than I have to in this mess.

[Video]

[bamfsecretary]

I already am. What is able to be moved has been moved, and what isn't... Well, we shall see what is left.

[Video]

[freezetheskies]

Whenever this storm blows over, at any rate. It's worse than the blizzard two years ago.

[Said as he looks skyward, squinting against the rain before Mizumaru quacks, and he turns back to the camera]

I'll be there as soon as I can. Try to stay out of trouble in the meantime.

[And, before she can protest or say anything...yep. He just hung up.]

[Video]

[bamfsecretary]

I'll say-- Hitsugaya?

...you little!!

{She is really having to resist the urge to throw her 'Gear against the wall. Azrael peers up at her curiously.}

Ahhh, you should go back in your ball... I don't want you to end up like Shinrai.

[Video]

[youngforhisage]

I will be right over. Please hang on as best as you can until then.

[His voice is tight, and the screen is blurring with drops of water - he's already on his way.]

[Video]

[bamfsecretary]

Thank you, Asuma. Please be careful!

{She wheels back over onto the porch, and returns Azrael. This is weather that is most definitely mean.}

[Video > Audio > Action]

[youngforhisage]

Of course.

[With that reassurance, he switches the 'Gear to audio-only. He doesn't want to have to focus on the video while dealing with the storm at the same time, and really, there's no need for it in the first place.

As promised, he will show up at Nanao's house not much later. Between the Lapras crying out over the sounds of the storm from outside and the very same sounds issuing from the 'Gear, it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out who's nearby.]

-Ah. Made it. Still doing alright in there?

[Action]

[bamfsecretary]

{Her feet are getting wet and she can't feel it (bah)}

I'm doing a heck of a lot better now that you're here!

video

[conduit]

[ Damn it, Nanao. Rangiku should really keep a bell on you! ]

Nanao-! I'll be there quickly with Hope, okay? Just, stay still and hold onto something. Or gather up your things you want to take with you! Only the really important things though, like, make-up. [ THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. ] You'll be staying with me as this storm happens. [ And that's final!!!! ]

video

[bamfsecretary]

{How would she attach it though???}

Everything that can be moved has been - it's just me and Azrael, now.


....thank you.

video

[conduit]

Okay. I'm just outside your house. What room are you in? [ A Togekiss's frightened screech can be heard off screen, and a brief flash of electricity erupts in the background. ]

voice;

[usedshooshpap]

When did this start happening anyway?

voice;

[bamfsecretary]

I am assuming that this is caused by one or more of the Legendary Pokemon that exist in these regions - they're basically the Pokemon equivalent of gods.

...to be quite honest I can't blame them for reacting to all this garbage, it stinks.

voice;

[usedshooshpap]

Wait. What makes you think Legendary Pokebeasts are behind this?

[action]

[legendarybeasts]

<sub>[Up the creek without a paddle, you say?]

[Silly humans, so attached to your flimsy little dwellings! Don't you know that such things are only temporary on a landscape that is ever changing?]

[The darkness in the room was soon disrupted by an eerie blue glow from outside-- along with a faint buzzing noise that creeps in over the sound of the water lapping at Nanao's doorstep.]

[What could this strange turn of events mean?!]</sub>

[action]

[bamfsecretary]

{Buzzing noise = electricity = bad things}

{Azrael curls even further into her laps, whimpering fearfully it's a god oh my asdhsdasdjasd IT'S A GOD WE'RE DOOMED ;A;}

Wh-who's there..?

[action]

[legendarybeasts]

<sub>[Especially when flooding.]

[There is no reply.]

[Not one with words, anyway.]

[The eerie flickering grows brighter, and accompanying it is a thump of something solid on the deck of the house. St. Elmo's fire glimmers faintly under the crack of the door, and there is a low, rumbling sound that could easily be mistaken for thunder rolling overhead if its maker wasn't very clearly DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF NANAO'S DOOR.]</sub>

[Text]

[francia]

Are you still there? I can be there in about ten minutes.

[Text]

[bamfsecretary]

Thank you France, that would be so wonderful.

[Text --> Action]

[francia]

Coming over.



[France arrives in front of Nanao's house in about five minutes, riding on his Milotic, Cecilia. He cups his hands around his mouth, raising his voice.]

Nanao! Are you in there?

[Text]

[exeggutorhead]

hey I can be there soon, I've got something big enough to surf on

[That Swampert that Tohru left him is really coming in handy right now, because otherwise all he'd have would be a Vaporeon.]

[Text]

[bamfsecretary]

Please hurry, I can't swim!

{Yeah, she's just... a little panicky right now. HALP ;A;}

[Text --> Action]

[exeggutorhead]

I'll be there, so don't drown

[And he does get there as fast as he can, but he was in the city, and with the heavy rain and flood debris getting in the way, the water's probably gotten higher by the time he does. He cruises up on his Swampert, looking like a drowned rat with all his hair plastered down, and wrestles the door open.]

Hey! You still in here?

[audio]

[greatbigrock]

How the hell are you so calm about it?!

<sub>[WELLP GUESS WHO IS WORRYING AGAIN]

[No but really, he'd been off somewhere when all of this suddenly hit, and now he's practically barking down the gear as he's trying to navigate the streets, trying to track down everyone he .. needs to track down.]

[Congratulations, Nanao, you're on that list.]</sub>

[audio]

[bamfsecretary]

{She is truly honoured. Really.}

Because if I wasn't, it wouldn't be very productive.

{There may or may not be the faintest tremor in her voice, there.}