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December Event Log
December Event Log
Dominant Element: Light
Waning Element: Shadow
Full Moon: December 25th - December 27th
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The scattered snow of late November now becomes more consistent as December rolls in, coating Kaisou in a fine blanket of white snow for the holidays. The weather is cold, but nothing unbearable so long as you have proper winter gear. The nights are long this month, but that just means you have more time to enjoy the Spirit Vein's lightshow, which is glowing a cascade of golden and white from the Light element- with the occasional splash of other seasonal colors. Basically as the month goes on, the city will get to enjoy a picturesque holiday season.
The Holiday SeasonWhile the city is still recovering and rebuilding from the yokai attack in November, the residents of Kaisou don't let it hamper their holiday spirit. Holiday decorations are strung up even in the most damaged area, as if in defiance of the chaos wrecked on their city. The normal residents are still convinced it was an earthquake which caused the damage to Kaisou, and are delighted to see the city start to bounce back. Snow covers the ground, making Kaisou look like a winter wonderland. There is skating in Blue Fish Park, with rented skates for those who want a turn on the ice- the Terrible Geese are ready to trip you up or otherwise cause a nuisance as always. The Kitsune are still there too, deep in the park, ready to try and peddle valuables for knowledge- one SWEARS she knows the secret to untangling your Christmas lights in one movement for the low, low price of your deepest secret. This is a scam. This screams scam. Don't get scammed on the holidays.
The businesses around the city are going into overdrive, as they are wont to do this time of year. Businesses in Central Square and the Entertainment District, where the damage was worst are struggling the most, but they still join the city in peddling their wares. Stores are trying to sell items ready for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the Solstice. Expect long lines and holiday music on an obnoxious loop as you try and buy your gifts and food ready for the holiday. Someone will absolutely be ready to get into a fight with you for that last Kugel or bunch of plantains. Undertown also provides plenty of gifts of a more...magical nature. You can find a bowl that self-mixes cranberries or kinaras or menorahs enchanted to keep their candles lit without dripping any wax.
Dotted around the city, a Christmas Market has sprung up- there are maps showing a trail that goes around the least damaged areas of the city. You can find wooden stalls all over- selling homemade crafts as perfect gifts for the season. These also include the enchanted sort you might find in Undertown, some of the peddlers there trying their luck aboveground to maximize profit. Do you want a snow globe enchanted to look like your actual home? Done! How about scarves and hats enchanted to always keep you warm? You got it! Small fairground attractions can also be found- carny stalls, a helter-skelter or a Ferris wheel if you want to have some fun while you shop. You can also find huts selling food and drink. Bratwurst is especially popular, with all sorts of fillings available, but you can also get hot pies, roast chestnuts and all manner of street food. You can also get hot chocolate, and those of drinking age can get mulled wine or hot cider to chase away the chill. There are also stalls offering lessons in gift wrapping or chocolate treat making. This might be the perfect place to get a gift for your secret Santa!
The Masquerade BallOn the 16th of December the Palais Garnier opens its doors to a masquerade ball to celebrate the holidays. It's one of the few buildings in the Entertainment District which didn't get damaged in November- being on the outskirts of the District, and they are going all out to celebrate. Fliers have been posted around the city all month, inviting residents of Kaisou to a night of dancing, drinking and socializing. Entry is free, but formal wear and a mask are required to go inside. The grand building is gorgeously decorated for the season. Mistletoe can be found hung around in quieter corners, encouraging partygoers to enjoy a kiss if they so desire.
Food tables can be found dotted around, with all manner of fancy appetizers for people to snack on. For those with a less sophisticated palette, a sizeable chocolate fountain can be found nearby, with skewering sticks and various treats to dip into it. Please try to fight the intrusive thought of putting your head in it- other people have to eat it, too. A bar sells both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks of all kinds, and waiters wander the building with silver trays, happy to go fetch a drink order for you to save you from moving from whatever primo spot you've found for yourself.
Naturally, being a ball, there's a lot of space for dancing. The foyer is as stunning as the rest of the building- as a live orchestra plays music to dance to. It's largely fancy waltzes, but if you tip one of them enough, you might convince them to play an instrumental version of your favorite pop song. Though that may end up with some interesting results. Either way, the mood is perfect to sweep someone off their feet- so get to the dance floor and show off your moves. For those that want a breather from the throng of people, you can step outside into the beautifully lit grounds. There's still a chill in the air, and snow is on the ground, but it's a great place to take five before heading back inside for the celebration. Events like this don't come every day, so work up the coward to ask your dearest and dance the night away.
♪- I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Regardless of if you celebrate the holiday season or not, you're surely going to end up with some gifts. Even if you do your best to embody the spirit of Ebenezer Scrooge, you'll find wrapped gifts with your name on them. These wrapped gifts will appear in your home, on your work commute, or any place you tend to frequent. If you open them, you will find any random assortment of gifts; some valuable, some useless, and some just confusing. This will happen to you three times throughout the months, and there's no clear indication where they come from. Perhaps it's the spirit vein itself trying to wish you a happy holiday.
[OOC Note: Players can redeem three free gacha pulls for the month of December! If you wish to get those gacha prizes, you can do over here.]
Deck the Halls with HallmarkOn the night of December 4th, Zodiac will send out another message.
ALERT: SPIRIT REALM GATE DETECTED IN THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.
Element Classification: Light
Danger Level: Low
Designation: Christmas Land of Untold Stories
Zodiac has detected a Spirit Gate in the Entertainment District. Based on our investigations, we believe this realm deals with the creation of holiday movies. We have received a formal request to assist them with their creative process. Please stop by the Zodiac offices for more information.
Should you visit the Zodiac office, which is also decked out in typical holiday office decorations, you can find the office buzzed with action. Between helping repair the town, investigating what happened last month, and the usual holiday activities - the Zodiac employees have their hands full. The Professor (fuzzy) is there, dressed up in a santa hat and scarf for the holiday season. He can't really tell you much about what to expect with the Spirit Realm, but he is happy to tell you historical facts about Christmas. He'll even talk about how in his old world, he knew St. Nick! Or rather... his bones. Really. It's just best not to ask.
Luckily there is someone there to help answer your questions. A young, and exhausted looking, intern will introduce themselves. They aren't part of Zodiac, but rather they're part of the production crew that manages the "CLAUS" spirit gate. You know all those low budget Christmas movies that seem to pop up every year on TV? Well as it turns out, many of those were actually created by using this very special realm. And since they've been behind schedule to due to various factors...they want your help to make their movie quota! It doesn't matter if you have no experience, they'll take anything they can get at this point. And don't worry, they promise to reward anyone who chooses to help out.
Should you agree to help, you'll be directed to head to the Entertainment District. Amongst all the damaged buildings, across the street from the Vogue, a brick and iron gate decked out in an absurd amount of Christmas decorations have sprung up where there used to be a dumpster. None of the normal people on the street have seemed to notice it, passing by it without a second glance. Looks like the gate is easy enough to access this month, as all one must do is walk through it.
Holiday Movie Maker Studio♪- Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
When you step through the gate and into the realm, you are hit with the single most Christmas-y environment you can imagine. Perfectly white and fluffy snow falls in picturesque drifts, while every evergreen tree is dusted with just the right amount of snow. Your boots and coats stay perfectly dry despite all of the snow, and the faint scent of fresh gingerbread baking is on the wind. Welcome to the Christmas Land of Untold Stories or: CLAUS.
If you choose to explore before heading to do your tasks, you'll find all sorts of magical sights that lay outside of the movie set area. Christmas elves are tidying up the area and tending to perfectly tame reindeer that roam around the forests. Snowflake fairies flutter about the pristine snowdrifts, happy to play in the snow with anyone who wants to take the time. And don't forget the gingerbread kids who are dashing through the snow on their way to their Grandmother's House. If you go with them, you'll be greeted by an bigger grandmotherly gingerbread creature who is happy to give you treats... including gingerbread, try not to dwell too long on those implications.
When it's time to go to work, you can follow the ice giants as they carry stage lights and other set equipment, lumbering towards a small town just down the path. As you approach the town's entrance (which is literally just called "Small Town, USA"), you'll get a chance to take in where the "real magic" happens. Turns out, they really weren't kidding that this is the place where all those holiday movies get made. Throughout the small town are various sets that you've seen in various films: the family-owned cafe shop, the cozy farmhouse, the Christmas castle, the ice skating rink -- all of it is here. And bustling around these sets are various stagehands, both human and supernatural creatures, trying to product multiple films at once: all of them Christmas films.
Soon as your presence is noticed, you'll be ushered off by some stagehands to meet with the producer. The producer is a bright and cheerful twenty-something Christmas elf who looks a bit out of her depth, with stagehands constantly approaching her with questions or issues. Despite all of that, she is determined to not only make the holiday movie quota, but make sure the movies this year are the best they've ever been! She's so thankful for your help, she really is, and as you all file in she hands out folders with lists of things they need help with. If you point out that you've never actually worked on a movie before, she will insist that it's perfectly fine, this realm's magic will help you out! She even says that if you work hard, she'll be able to get them in to meet a special celebrity if you know what she means.
With that, she sets off to take care of a dozen other fires. Best to roll up your sleeves and get to work. There's a lot to do.
Lights, Camera, Action♪- All I Want for Christmas is You
If you're the acting type or you just happen to look like you'd fit some part, you'll be asked to help act out the movies. Or less ask and more the casting director, another bubbly Christmas elf, will excitedly point you out from a crowd and drag you over to where they need you, excitedly chattering your ear off how you perfectly match "her vision". Once you reach your destination (whatever set needs to be used for this movie), they'll hand a script and encourage you to look over it. Most of these scripts are stock Christmas scripts with the most generic lines ever, but maybe you'll get lucky(?) and get a script written by one of your fellow app users. Either way, it's time to look over the script you've been given! Only when you look at your script do you even find out what role you were given, though all of them are the typical kinds of characters you come across in Christmas movies. Maybe it's perfectly fitting, maybe it's so hilariously wrong that you can't help but laugh. Some will be expected to play as the main character, while other times you might just be an extra expected to clap or give a memorable face at the camera (remember, there's no small roles!).
No matter what role you're given, you have a comically short time to look over the script while sugarplum fairies put on your make up, fix up your hair, and give you proper wardrobe for the scene. As soon as your hair and make up are ready, the director of the film is calling you over to start filming. Next thing you know, you'll find yourself in front of stage lights and cameras- feeling woefully unprepared. Just when you feel like you're about to live out a version of that famous reoccurring nightmare, something magical happens as the director yells "Action!". Suddenly, no matter how little you looked at the scripts, the lines will just come to you. Not only that, but you will truly feel the role you were assigned to play. You will suddenly feel like the plucky protagonist that's returning to her hometown, or the diabolical antagonist that wants to cancel Christmas forever. This magic will even help your own acting skills... to an extent. At most, the acting buff will help you get through your scenes, but those without any acting talent will have either a wooden or an over-the-top performance- allowing folks with true acting talent to outshine them. It's only when the director yells "cut!" that the magic will fade and return you to your normal self. But you got a busy schedule today, so just film your scene and move on to the next one!
In between some scenes when you are given some downtime, you'll be approached by another Christmas elf that's all bundled up. This elf is an assistance and will take you to the actor's trailer for rest. The trailers sit out of view of the Small Town sets and are very fancy. There's an instant-hot-drinks machine that will churn out all the coffee, tea, or hot cocoa you could want at the perfect temperature with all flavors and toppings you could hope for. And food! Do you crave a highly specific soup your grandma made once when you were six? You can have it. Fresh from the oven pumpkin bread? You bet. Pizza? They have that too. And the sofas in these things? Perfect for a nap.
While you're resting and preparing for your next scene, you might be able to overhear the gossip from the stage crew. From the sound of it, many of the Christmas elves here are related to the ones who work at the North Pole, but were more interested in careers in the entertainment industry than working in the toy-making factories. This caused some generational strife with their parents who wanted them to continue the family business, but Santa Claus was happy to help them and created this realm so they could make dreams a reality. This "movie quota" they keep hammering about seems to be a standard they set for themselves. Each movie made and released on Earth powers this realm a little, and if they make enough of them, they can sustain the realm without relying on Santa's power -- proving to their parents they weren't wrong in their life choices.
Seems Christmas Elves and humans are alike in a lot of ways. Though, if you try to suggest maybe finding a life outside of Christmas, they will act like you just suggested something absolutely insane. Just like the North Pole elves, these guys are equally obsessed with Christmas. Oh well.
BackstageIf you don't get roped into acting, you may be asked to do tech. If you have super strength, you may be asked to help the frost giants with the hauling of the heaviest of equipment (frost giants need breaks too!). Otherwise, you might be directed to help with various tasks depending on what the stage crew becomes convinced you're good at. Help with the cameras, clean stage lights, put on the actor's make up, help pick out wardrobe, or just be a general assistant that makes sure everyone is well fed and hydrated. Whatever the task, they will keep you running on your feet as there is much to do.
Should you be enlisted however to help assemble sets, you will be given magical Christmas wands to assist you. Waving these wands will help you put up Christmas decorations wherever you wave it. That house needs Christmas lights? A wave of the wand will handle that. The mugs need to look more seasonal? Tap them with the wand and behold, they now look like holiday-themed mugs! You can even change a person's outfit to look like they've dressed up for Christmas... or just tie them up in tinsel if you rather cause chaos. Really, maybe this power shouldn't be trusted with some people.
Meanwhile if you have a creative writing streak? You may at times find yourself approached by a very anxious young girl in a white dress with a blue satin sash carrying a laptop covered in Christmas stickers. Before you can get in a "Merry Christmas", she'll explain that "--they're starting to run out of scripts and their usual writers have all gone on their seasonal break and if they don't get more scripts soon than the producer will be so very upset and--"
If you get her to calm down, she'll hand you either the laptop or a magical parchment scroll, and ask if you'd please write a few scripts. Not a lot, and there's even a template to follow if you want to do it quickly! Accept, and you'll be given near total creative freedom. Sure, you can follow the template provided if you want and churn out five or six near-identical movies and plots... or you can maybe provide this land with some long-needed variety in their movies. Just remember: happy stories!. Should your script meets the girl's approval (surprise, the bar is set low as long as its Christmas themed and a happy ending), you'll find your work being given to the actors to perform.
Finally, those with some true ambitions might get a chance to snag a director's seat. There's a lot of movies to make, and if someone shows enough confidence, the directors are happy to hand over the magic clapperboard and let you direct your own movie! You're now in full control of the actors and the direction of the film, so make this holiday movie your finest work! Or phone it in, whatever.
Santa Claus: The ReturnAfter a long few days of work, the producer will be really happy about the results. It seems that thanks to the help of the Libra app users, the Christmas movie quota will be met for another year. Not only that, but they're really proud of the films they managed to produce this year! So much so that as a thank you, they want to introduce anyone who helped in the movie making process meet their beloved benefactor.
Sure enough, as soon as the producer hears that, you will hear an iconic "Ho ho ho!" as Santa Claus himself walks in, in all his glory. His appearance matches all the stories about him, from the white beard to the twinkling eyes. However instead of being some feeble old man, he carries himself with a genuine confidence that comes only from having the strength to back it up. Anyone who attempts to get a magical read on him will quickly find themselves being overwhelmed by his sheer power, making even Kaisou's homegrown gods seem weak in comparison.
When you speak to him, he recognizes you and speaks to you with a personal familiarity, like a grandparent that's been receiving letters about you. Those who don't celebrate Christmas will still be treated warmly, as the feelings of giving and wonder are pretty universal as far as he's concerned. He's kind and has a good sense of humor, thanking you for helping the inhabitants of this realm with their dream. In return for your hard work, he will grant you a enchanted present for you to give to someone you care about, as well as one of those magical Christmas wands to help you with your own Christmas decorating. Use them wisely.
The rest of the month passes rather peacefully. The holiday season is in full swing, and you're in no doubt very busy with your own holiday plans. Seems that you'll get to enjoy the holidays without worrying about some big external crisis (though your own homemade crises can always happen). Should you turn on the tv to one of the numerous cable channels playing Christmas movies, or turn on a streaming service that's been bloated with Christmas movies, you might catch one of the movies that you took part in! Boy... they sure are Christmas movies alright.
The dominant element this month is Light! Anyone with an affinity to the light element will find themselves boosted throughout the month. This could mean a boost to their power, having more energy, feeling more inspired with creativity, having better luck on different attempts -- the boost can manifest in all sorts of different ways. By contrast, anyone with an affinity for Shadow will be experiencing the opposite. Perhaps their powers will be weaker, they have less energy, they're having a creative block or general worse luck - again it can manifest in all sorts of way and players are free to play with this mechanic as they'd like.
The original OOC plotting post for this event can be found here. Another Zodiac Post will be going up December 15th to serve as an intro post for new characters and allow characters to react to developments over the network.
RISE OF CHAOTIC CASHMERE & FLEECE FIREBRAND [CLOSED] - NOV 30
Yasuho holds the door open for her friend as they initially step inside. It's an almost cozy atmosphere, and watching the pokemon waddle about only adds to the image. Already she can spot some empty spots at a few tables, bins of yarn and fabric squares nearby.
She turns to Ritsuka, a smile on her face. "Anywhere you want to sit? The posting said we can hop right in, we just need to pick a table."
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She's a complete newbie at this and knows it. Therefore, it's just sensible to keep any inevitable messing up out of the way of anyway who's actually efficiently working, right?
me galaxy braining the best possible way for this to start like `im comin for u stunky`
It takes a moment to glance over the room, but a somewhat empty table- handily accented with boxes that even from here are clearly made for their skill level- catches her eye.
With a relieved sigh, Yasuho points toward it. "There looks good. Oh, and there's a few pokemon there already too..~ I think that one might be baby and parent even..!"
'That one', if Ritsuka looks, are the rather large, almost cat-like ones tucked up near the table. A small litter of small 'kittens', and a much larger, even dog sized contender for parent.
"We should probably try to be quiet while we're working, I think some are napping..."
Which surely can't spell disaster for them in the long run.
Mid run.
Short-
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She'll make her way over to the table and see about getting started. By which we mean picking up a pattern and reading the instructions, though she's careful not to disturb the pokémon, tempting though it might be to want to pet the cute little ones.
Of course, the fact that she has one of the simplest, most basic patterns in hand and still needs to carefully read through the instructions practically screams 'I have no idea what I'm doing,' which doubtless will attract the attention of those looking to pilfer a few choice materials...
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Careful to make sure the chairs don't jostle any sleeping positions- and oh wow, Yasuho notices, there are a lot more than just the 'cats' here under this table- she starts to look over the little paper pamplets and tools.
"I read up on something called 'spool knitting' and might give that a try," she murmurs, carefully picking up a plastic loop with prongs lining it. "It seems the easiest way to get some tube sweaters made anyway..."
A glance at the yarn around them. "That color looks- Oh."
Oh. 'That color' just got grabbed by a somewhat older woman with a set of needles in hand. So much for that.
"...Well, there's probably better colors..."
If those colors last, of course. Just under Ritsuka's nose, more than a few color patches have just vanished. Where did they come from. Where did they go.
Give those right back here, Cotton Thief Jo-
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"... Uh. Don't people have stuff like this at the other tables, too? They shouldn't need to take these ones..."
The ways of the middle-aged Karen are a mystery~
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A jolt, and while the woman who was going for the yarn backs off, the skuntank under the table gives a low warning growl as well. Yasuho tenses, and lowers her voice immediately.
"Sorry... ...Ugh, is this some kind of...hazing thing? Maybe I should put Paisley on this, she's quiet..." she mutters, the Stand already peering out from her phone as she says as much. For the moment, she's not in sight of the pokemon- no startling yet!
That's going to change pretty fast once Paisley actually starts playing lookout though.
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The whole randomly snatching things is somewhat baffling. And while she probably can spot the thieves and thwart them if she tries, that doesn't leave much room for, you know, doing the actual thing she's here for.
"You think that'd work?"
It's probably a reasonable enough solution, right?
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"I noticed that most people can't see her, so it's the best I have- she'd be able to keep an eye out and let me know as soon as she sees someone coming. Plus, she's able to work from my shadow, so I'll have eyes behind us if we need..."
Chewing her lip, she'll acknowledge the obvious flaw here. "It's only a heads up, but it's something right?"
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Because all the thieving attempts are distracting. Ritsuka needs all the attention and focus she can muster to figure this out!
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And then of course, she feels it- well, Paisley does anyway. From behind!
With a jolt, Yasuho swipes out to stand, intent on cutting off their next saboteur's attempt at knitting theft, chair wobbling in her wake. "Hey-! Will you people just knock it off-"
A short growl from the table cuts Yasuho's possible rant short, and she looks back to where the chair is now actually falling over. "OH- No, shoot-"
At which point, the rest of what's happening follows. Paisley, Stand that she is, is tied innately to what Yasuho's feeling and thinking. What she's feeling and thinking of course is that she wants to stop that chair from falling...
...but the problem is, Paisley can't do that. Paisley can barely do what Yasuho wants on the phone right now! She can't catch a chair!
In just a second, there's a loud clatter of furniture accompanied by Paisley's apologetic beeps.
...
Alongside very upset pokemon sounds.
(Uh oh.)
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"Ah!" It all happened so fast Ritsuka didn't even have time to properly react. "Wait, hang on, maybe we can move the stuff it didn't get and then they can clean the rest..."
She's just trying to salvage what she can, really. For... all the good that'll do.
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Oh god.
For all that Paisley is beeping incredibly apologetically, the Stand is being very much ignored in favor of the sudden spooked skunk-likes...which Yasuho is now of course identifying not so much as 'cute cats' and more as 'ENORMOUS SKUNKS'. The 'mama' was already raring to go just over the chair, but once the babies start scattering in fright with nothing more than little stinky air streams behind them, it's on.
Unfortunately, the mini-smoke screen already up just sends the darn thing into the wool while both watch.
For a moment one could almost think that maybe that'll be all. Maybe the wool is even helping to dampen the smell? No? Wishful thinking?
Yasuho coughs, waving a hand in front of her face as she recovers her phone. Some of the staff have already moved to recover the babies, but that big fella is...pretty stuck after all. "Ugh- Kahgk... Y-Yeah..! We- we can probably at least help this one out, it's the least we can do I think..!"
Her calm is very betraying. Or maybe it's clear it isn't calm, actually, because she speaks just a little too quick for it to be calm. The chaos hasn't stopped just because some got stuck after all, and it's only as she tries to approach the now hissing pokemon that she sees it.
"...Uh!"
Namely, the massive pitcher-plant with eyes trying to be as flat as possible under the table, while people scramble to avoid the stench of fleeing stunkys.
"R-Ritsuka...?"
Table Liftoff in three. Two. O-no subject
"What is it?"
She's concerned, and definitely sounding a bit tense--and who could blame her?--but she isn't panicked, at least. She's lived through wilder stuff, it's just a matter of keeping calm and dealing with one thing at a--
And that's when the panicked pitcher plant pokemon flips the entire table over, scattering patterns and materials everywhere, and sending even more pokemon fleeing the scene. And did--did that little orange one just start setting things on fire??
"Uh..."
This may have escalated far beyond any hope of containing it, at this point.
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What it is is just a mess! The table's in the air, and so is everything else. The thickening haze of stink makes it harder to just avoid getting hit, and stumbling backward to try and keep from the Victreebel only ends in Yasuho falling down onto the very skuntank that started it all.
...And it does not appreciate it. "AUGH-"
Stumbling now to her feet, at this point it feels like they should just get away. That's the thought, but the next one is-
"Wait...is that smoke now too..?"
...Yeah. This has officially escalated far too much.
"W...what do we even do..."
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"If there's a fire, stopping it from spreading is a priority, even if we can't put it out yet."
But on the other hand...
"... Assuming it doesn't start any more fires..."
Look, Ritsuka is absolutely doing her best here, she's been through some pretty wild stuff before, but sometimes the situation is just hopelessly out of control.
i can hear nobbu from here...
(It's a shelving unit, but for now, it's stable. She's safe.)
(For now.)
"Wh...what if even staying still makes it worse..!?"
She might be panicking.
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Anyway.
"I mean I think it's at the point that the best anyone can do is try to minimize damage but--"
Said as she puts her prior words into action and tries to just... grab some of the supplies and move them out of the way of the chaos and especially away from the fire. Which someone really needs to do something about. Someone who isn't Ritsuka, as she just straight up has no means to put out a fire.
"--Unless there's some way to get all those creatures to calm down or get them cleared out of here I don't know how much it'll help."
And at that point, one of said pokemon zooms by to go careening straight into the stack of supplies Ritsuka had made, as they had just so happened to be in its path, apparently, toppling the whole thing over into a huge mess. Some of which may or may not have landed dangerously close to the fire.
So much for that, apparently.
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There's no safety from this, and she finds she can't actually think. It's like her head is full of tar, thoughts churning to a halt, the few that manage to get near the front coming dangerously close to Ritsuka's own about the dangers of fire-types and yarn.
And then, Yasuho blinks. Impossibly, things are...quieting. The fires are still burning, but pokemon are beginning to slow down. People have long started fleeing the building of course but...
"...Do you hear...singing?"
Some of the Pokego staff seem to be running around gathering up the quickly slumbering babies- great way to get them to stay still long enough for an evacuation- and behind them, there's a tense cough.
"What are you two doing just standing there! The building is on fire!"
oh they can leave now??
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Ritsuka definitely double-takes at that, but who wouldn't, under the circumstances? It's enough to make her pause in her efforts to try to salvage a least a few things... Until another voice cuts in, that is.
"Wait, it's--?" She glances around and oh. Oh. Yeah, that fire's definitely gotten way out of hand at this point. Though while alarmed, well, a mere burning building isn't enough to make her panic. "... Okay, it looks like we have a clear path this way, come on!"
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Firetrucks are already arriving- ambulances, as well, for anyone who was burned or inhaled too many fumes. Yasuho simply gasps once they're out to safety, doubling over to rest her hands on her knees.
"Hah....hah...how did all of that even come from one jump scare..?"
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"Who knows... It was like everything was just perfect to go wrong the worst way possible, somehow..."
Honestly, she's just going to file that under yet more wild crap that's happened to her, though she does mutter to herself as she ponders it all.
"こん界も１１月はグダグダですね..."
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She pauses, turning to Ritsuka as the other mutters. "...Huh?"
She doesn't really get to ask about it though, as one of the staff is coming over toward them. He just finished speaking to the same middle-aged women who kept stealing their things...and he's got a bit of a frown on his face?
...Surely it'll be fine right?
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Explaining the wild, serially-escalating shenanigans she's dealt with before would probably be a bit much for right now, really. That said, Ritsuka recognizes that look. That is absolutely the look of a disapproving superior about to reprimand a subordinate. She can't help stiffening a bit almost on reflex.
"Uh, yes?"
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She has a very bad feeling.
And it's apparently for good reason- the man calmly, but in a very 'I'm disappointed' tone begins explaining with how in questioning the regulars of their little event, they were pointed to these two for the source of all the disaster. Yasuho of course starts going redfaced immediately- "What?! They were stealing off the table, how does that make it our fault-"
But unfortunately, she's quickly cut off with the continued Verbalized Disappointment. Ouch.
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