May Catch All

[nastyboy]

Who: Team Femblemtroika and whoever gets dragged into their nonsense
What: It's time to recover from Prom. Let's hope that works out for a month.
When: The entirety of May
Where: Olivine, Mahogany, and who knows where else

Comments

[demonpuppy]

The good thing about kids and bad experiences is that time is way less relatively compressed and they can bounce back easily from minor traumas. (The bad thing about Chip is that 'being possessed by a ghost and almost hurting people you care about' is a minor trauma.)

Chip beams and grabs Dimitri's hand, letting him heft them down into the boat as well. "I remember! Don't put my hands in or tip it over!" The boat, small as it is, does rock a bit in the water as Chip shifts their weight, and they grip tighter onto Dimitri's hand to keep their balance.

"--whoa!! I-I'm not trying to--!"

[nastyboy]

Dimitri immediately reaches out to keep them steady, a hand on their shoulder, and smiles reassuringly. "I know, don't worry. I didn't think you did that on purpose or otherwise." What he does think is that it's important to reassure Chip for things like this. He doesn't want their first thoughts to be that someone will blame them whenever anything goes wrong.

He just waits for the boat to calm a little, and then ruffles their hair. "Besides, I'm here with you, and so are all our Palien friends. Even if something does happen, we'll be okay. Do you want to let your friends out now, or wait until we're a little further out - ah, hello, Grindy."

That would be his giant murder crab finally scuttling into the water himself, his massive weight sending small waves against their boat.

[demonpuppy]

They hold as still as they can while the boat settles, and manage a little smile when Dimitri ruffles their hair--which quickly turns into a wide grin when he mentions their Pokemon. "Oh yeah! --um, I think maybe its too shallow for Red here, though? She's really big, and letting everyone else out early doesn't seem fair..."

[nastyboy]

"Of course," Dimitri agrees, getting the oars in hand now. "And we have to be fair to everyone, don't we?"

Grindy, obviously, does not count, but he's just here as a deterrent so that they can get out onto the water quickly. As Dimitri pushes them away from the dock, Grindy begins to swim alongside them. For such a massive tank of a crab, he seems to know his positioning well enough. Dimitri doesn't bump into him at all, whether with oar or boat. "You just tell me when to stop," Dimitri tells Chip. "So, are you looking forward to catching another Palien here?"