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

{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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{Best not!son ever ;3;}

It was ridiculously fluffy, like yours. And you're both roughly the same height.

And yes, I'm feeling fine, if only a little emotional.

{And exhausted. But at least she's not worrying?}

Almost all of my friends were too. It sucks big fucking shame globes is what it does.

Then if you weren't human, what were you?

{Shame... globes? WHAT ARE THOSE}

A troll. An alien troll.

{She'll just... shuffle back a little. This is a creature that shouldn't be messed with - and it makes her wonder just why anyone would want to taunt such a dangerous creature.}

{It reminds her a little of a Zanpakutou spirit; that weaponised extension of a Shinigami's soul. Certainly, the literal aura of energy surrounding it was familiar - even without her ability to sense the strength of it, it quite literally took her breath away.}

{Legendaries are called that for a reason, she supposes.}

Alien troll. Alright.

...that's possibly one of the weirder varieties of sapient creature that have ended up here.

Laaa!

[Nanao may be getting some Lapras nuzzles once they get back to the Pokémon center. Speaking of, isn't that a light up ahead?]

Looks like we've nearly made it!

Thank goodness - the sooner we get out of the rain, the better.

Yes. I think I'm soaked through at this point...

[Aaaaand they have arrived! Kana moves as close to the Center as possible, and Asuma is quick to get off.]

I'll be right back with a wheelchair. Do you mind staying with Kana a moment?

[ Rangiku's used to it by now. She zooms out the window without a second thought thanks to Togekiss's light speed traveling. ]

[He tries. Really, he does.

Also, not paying attention to that first bit. Fluffy and short? fiiiine. He'll just ignore that.]

Then rest. I don't we're going anywhere else today.

[Said with a glance out the doors, where the storm is still crashing down. What a mess...]

_{[Interesting. VERY interesting!]

[Well, one thing was for certain.]

[If this human cared about Pokemon, it likely was not the one who was keeping the blue brother locked away.]

[Without so much as a flip of its puffy tail, Raikou turned abruptly away from the window and trotted lightly off across the floodwaters, leaving a few crackles of static electricity and trails of Legendary Snot on the window in its wake.]}

Way to make me feel pretty fucking exclusive.

[France twists slightly on Cecelia's back to look back at the house. It's in such a nice location, and he's been a little envious of it up until now. When he speaks, his sympathy is sincere.]

I hope the rain stops before it does any lasting damage to it.

[He smiles a little at the mention of the Feebas.]

As Feebas, they require a lot of gentle and loving handling. This is not situation for anyone, let alone such a delicate creature.

It's what brothers are supposed to do, isn't it?

[Although when a moment later he actually thinks about what he just said, he quiets down immediately. For all he's completely accepted her as his sister, thinking of himself as a brother...he can't help but be reminded of the Elrics. And how he used to think he would never, could never, have anything like that. How he'd been so convinced that he didn't want that sort of thing.]

[And yet here they were. He keeps on holding her hand for the rest of the ride to the hotel, but doesn't say anything else. He slides off Kip's back when they get through the doors, and the Swampert follows him inside with Nanao still on his back. The lobby is crowded and dark, but the only water comes from the puddles people are tracking in. Envy manages to lead them to a back corner, out of the way.]

{NOPE STILL SCREAMING}

[ OKAY THEY'RE OUT NOW.

Will Nanao-chan stop screaming if Rangiku hugs her closely and gently brushes her arm as Togekiss slows down? ;; ]

{Y-yes ;A;}

{Don't mind her, she's just... clinging.}

{She has... no real reply to that, and instead she stares out at the surreal sight of Goldenrod under water. Her human family was absolutely massive (hey, it was the 1850s), but she'd been such a solitary creature for such a long time that actually allowing herself to recognise that she really, honestly did need a family rather than just subordinates or friends was like rain to a desert - she hadn't realised just how much she needed that emotional closeness and investment in their wellbeing that was part and parcel of being someone's sister.}

{She only just manages to beat back the tears.}

{Once there, Nanao just slides off Kip's back to puddle onto the floor in a vaguely boneless heap, slumped against one of the walls. Emotional exhaustion hurts, man.}

Thank you, I appreciate the sentiment.

Indeed it is not - and thank you for the advice.

{She shrugs, but... ah, it's on voice. Drat.}

In any case, it's nice to meet you.

{She'll just. Lean against him a little.}

Not with that weather.

{That was the tiniest of yawns concealed at the end of her sentence.}

I can wait!

[Envy recalls Kip, since they were definitely getting some dirty looks for having a big amphibious Pokemon in the lobby, and sits down next to her with a thunk, leaning his head back against the wall. Now that he's resting he's realizing just how soaking wet and tired he is, but he doesn't feel like moving yet.]

[For a few more long minutes, he even stays quiet, a testament to how exhausting the past week has been.]

Can you swim when you're not in a wheelchair?

[He doesn't want to get back on the siblings topic just yet. Too many feels and confusion in that direction.]

{When he sits down, she lets her head rest on his shoulder, and she stares down at her probably freezing and definitely soaking legs.}

No. I never learned how - never really needed to.

{A pity that wasn't the case any more.}

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