Testrun meme (November & December)

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TESTRUN MEME

1) Harvest time! The Agricultural Tower needs a hand harvesting the crops. How is that working out for you and your Pokemon?

2) It's starting to get a bit chilly out! Snow is now blanketing the ground and as an unfortunate side effect Ice Types are now on a rampage through Union. They seem to be having a lot of fun, but it's inconveniencing everyone else, what do you do?

3) Soulfasting is upon us, and festivals abound. Residents have taken to one of the larger parks in Union to celebrate. There are delicious sweets, performances on stage and other spectacles. Some people from the audience are even being pulled up on stage! How are you celebrating?

4) With Autumn coming to a close, many trees within the Verdant Forest have shed their leaves into enormous piles. Unfortunately, this extends beyond the forest and into Union itself, and there is now a big leaf problem. You get to clean it up, have fun!

5) Wildcard! Come up with a prompt!

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Tohru Adachi | Persona 4

[sleight_of_hand]

[02]
[Ice types causing havoc? Not while Adachi was on the case.]

[Well, he was at least determined to chase them down and keep them from making things worse. Whether or not he was successful remained to be seen, but it didn't look like he would be doing so well. He was running after one before they decided to ice the road at his feet, and needless to say, he lost his footing really fast. A startled yelp escaped from him as he fell over face first, sliding all the way until he hit a snowbank.]

[Once the snow settled, all that could be seen of Adachi was his tie flopped out in the snow, and his little Eevee trying to do his very best to tug him out by it.]

[03]
[Festivals were the best thing known to man and Pokemon, because that meant free food for everyone involved. Even if it was mostly just sweets, it beat Adachi's usual cabbage diet, and him and Magatsu were happily stuffing their faces. He was sneaking some pastries out under his coat when he was grabbed to go on stage. It surprised him so much that he didn't even know why at first, and for a moment the ludicrous thought of someone in this place being the pastry police entered his head.]

Wh-what...? I didn't... you can't prove--

[It took tripping over the first step onto the stage for him to realize what was actually going on. He felt like an ass, but it didn't stop his protests.]

H-hey! No way! I don't do that sort of thing!

2 because haha

[callmewhateveryuwant]

[More people getting stuck in snow? Yu thought those pokemon were gone by now but the little Eevee trying to pull someone out was enough to get both him and Izanagi to dig and try to find out who or what was in there.]

I couldn't resist, because E-rank luck man.

[sleight_of_hand]

[Luckily, it didn't take long to find a hand in the snow that started wiggling as soon as the snow was cleared away from it. A little bit more digging, and with a hand from Yu, Adachi was able to get himself out from the rest of the snow pile. Magatsu lept onto his lap as he sat there in the snow, trying to nose at him as Adachi shook the snow from his hair. He dropped his hand onto the little Eevee after a moment, absently stroking his head to assure him he was okay.]

[After a moment, he turned a lopsided smile up toward Yu.]

Heh... thanks, kid.

[callmewhateveryuwant]

Yeah, they can be real sticklers at times.

[Not much of a talker this one is. Izanagi usually is but he can't help but tilt his head at the other Eevee as Yu held a hand out to him.]

Come on, it's not good to sit in there.

[sleight_of_hand]

[Adachi let out a tired sigh.]

Tell me about it. Every year we've got to go through this...

[At least it wasn't like in the spring, where all the grass types started releasing spores and pollen everywhere, and he was left a sneezing, dribbly nosed mess.]

[He reached for the kid's hand, and Magatsu scurried up onto Adachi's shoulder as he stood up. The little guy circled around until he could curl his tail around the back of Adachi's head, looking more like a prim and groomed pokemon with his little matching tie, like he should have been on a more respectable shoulder than someone that looked like he just crawled out of bed and went to work.]

[callmewhateveryuwant]

Every year?

[Which meant this guy worked for one of the groups here right? Meanwhile Izanagi is gonna sniff the other Eevee because whoa there's another one. While trying to balance on Yu's shoulders.]

Izanagi, don't do that. You'll fall.

[sleight_of_hand]

[Magatsu was in a similar state, trying to strain himself over as far as he could to get a good wiff of Izanagi, to the point where he actually started tilting over. Adachi put a hand on him, taking a step closer to help him out.]

Yeah; you know how it is when the seasons change like this. The corresponding types go bonkers, and--

[He cut himself off; Magatsu suddenly hunched back, his behind wiggling, before he took a flying leap at Izanagi.]

Whoa-- hey! Magatsu!

[callmewhateveryuwant]

[And instead of catching the flying Eevee, Yu missed and saw the little guy slam into his own, who went plop into the snow.]

Izanagi!?

[Whoa what the hell just happened?! Time to dig out both of the little weirdos and ask why the other decided to do something like that.]

[sleight_of_hand]

[Adachi was fully prepared to launch himself into full out groveling mode. He was so sorry, his little guy never did anything like this, ect, ect. Magatsu suddenly popped up from the snow, letting out a happy trill, before hopping around where Izanagi landed happily.]

[...he was... playing?]

[callmewhateveryuwant]

[Yu could see it but poor Izanagi on the other hand sits up and looks like he got the wind knocked out of him. Someone get the number of that Rhyhorn!]

That's a way to greet someone.

[He gives Magatsu a pet on the head as he pulls the dazed Izanagi out and smiles a little.]

I wonder if they met somewhere before.

[sleight_of_hand]

[Magatsu's tail swished back and forth as he was patted, but then a worried look crossed his face as he picked Izanagi up. He trotted over to put his front paws up on Yu's leg, tail swishing back and forth so fast, his entire lower half was wriggling.]

[Adachi just let out an exasperated noise, going to pick him up.]

Man, I'm sorry. He doesn't normally act like this.

[Magatsu wriggled, trying to crane his nose out toward Izanagi as far as he could.]

[callmewhateveryuwant]

He's got energy that's for sure.

[Poor little Eevee, he was too dazed to try and think normally.]

He may have just been surprised.

Veee...

["Someone get me the band of that-" was what he meant before suddenly passing out. Damn, what force did that other Eevee have?]

[sleight_of_hand]

[Magatsu instantly drooped when he saw Izanagi pass out, almost looking like he was pouting. Adachi let out an exasperated noise, shaking his head as he shoved his Pokemon back on his shoulder.]

Sorry about that. I think I got somethin'...

[He went fishing around his pockets, pulling them out only to have lint fall out.]

02

[alion]

[Squall isn't sure why he stopped and watch Adachi get flung into the snowbank. He was minding his own business, walking home from work and trying to avoid any ice-themed havoc. Watching the other face plant was kind of ...funny, if Squall found that kind of thing funny. He was inside the city, so it wasn't really ranger duty to help, but he just kind of sighs.]

[The snow will be (gently) blown off of Adachi, a pretty Froslass sitting on Squall's shoulder doing the work. She gives him a wave when he's out, before going back to snuggling into her trainer friend's fur collar lazily instead. The brunet doesn't seem to notice Shiva making a bit of a spectacle of herself, just giving her a nod in thanks. Then... he just kind of turns and starts walking away. He's not good with gratitude, and he's not expecting any.]

[sleight_of_hand]

[Adachi sat up once the snow was off of him, shaking his head to knock off the white stuff that was still clinging to his mess of hair. Magatsu had just hopped onto his lap to check if he was okay when the thought occurred to him to thank his rescuer. His head snapped up, looking around, before spotting the silent teen walking away from him.]

Hey! Thanks, kid!

[alion]

[Squall looks back at him when he gets up, and sighs heavily. Ugh... He didn't have to thank me. The ranger is just going to ignore it when his Froslass tugs at his collar to get his attention, giving him a small look. ...Fine. He walks back and, after a moment's hesitation, he offers Adachi a hand up.]

... It's whatever. Don't mention it.

[sleight_of_hand]

[He accepted the hand up as Magatsu hopped over onto his shoulder, standing up and brushing himself off.]

Whatever nothin'; it was good of you to stop.

[alion]

[This was why it was annoying. The guy would just keep insisting until he accepted his thanks. What was the point? It was his job to help other people, he guessed, but individually it was ...ugh. Shiva gives Magatsu a wave, floating over to dust off their fur gently with her "sleeves." Squall pockets his hands.]

There's no use being out here without a Pokemon to fight off the Ice types. You should go home.

[sleight_of_hand]

[Magatsu let out a happy noise, his matching tie swishing back and forth as he wriggled happily. Adachi, meanwhile, let out an embarrassed noise, reaching back to rub at his neck.]

Man, you don't pull punches, do you kid? 'Sides, the idea is to get them to stop, not fight them off.

[alion]

[... Isn't that the same thing? Squall tries not to sigh again. Shiva sits (very lightly) on Magatsu's back when she's done, sidesaddle like a lady. Commence Pokemon friendship making!! Too bad she's the sociable one here, Squall is the opposite.]

Fighting, chasing them off... it's the same. If you can't get rid of them, you should take cover.

[sleight_of_hand]

[Magatsu let out another happy noise, glad to have a new friend, even if his human didn't seem to be too happy with hers at the moment. Adachi was trying to remain friendly, but trying to talk with this kid almost felt like talking to a wall: cold, unmovable, and just as much of a conversationalist.]

It's not about chasing them off, either. It's about keeping them from making too much of a mess, like that.

[He pointed to the ice slick that led to his previous predicament.]

'Sides, this is my job; keeping things peaceful inside the city. I can't go around beating up everything because of a season change; that's crazy.

[alion]

... You're a Sword then.

[It's not a question, but he doesn't sound disgusted or anything either. Most Rangers have pretty bad opinions of Swords but if Squall does he keeps them to himself. Squall looks a little quizzical, disbelieving. Shouldn't a Sword be able to keep from getting tossed in the snow? At least the wall analogy is pretty correct.]

Whatever. Get something to melt the ice.

[sleight_of_hand]

[Well, no one complimented him on being the best Sword out there, that was for certain. He kept his brains to himself unless he really needed them. It was easier to act like the hopeless goof anyway; no one depended on you for anything that way.]

[Adachi let out an exasperated noise at that, his free shoulder slumping slightly.]

...you don't do this social thing well, do you?

[Clearly he should be talking to the Froslass; it'd probably be a better conversation.]

[alion]

[Really, they're similar. Squall doesn't take the "hopeless goof" route, but he understands not wanting anyone to depend on you. He just doesn't get wanting people to be disappointed in you when you failed. It's not something he likes to think about.]

No. [It's unapologetic.]

I was just passing by and thought you could use the help. ...That's all.

[sleight_of_hand]

[...well, at least he was honest.]

[Adachi paused at that, and part of him wanted to be annoyed, but he couldn't quite manage it, and he wasn't sure why. The kid probably has some tragic past that made him that way; wasn't his fault, and it wasn't his business either.]

Well... again, thanks all the same. I appreciate it.