49th Recipe [Hisui Catchall]

[cyan_maid]

Who: Jane Crocker and YOU!
Where: Anywhere and everywhere in Hisui
When: July 2022, maybe a little of August
Summary: Listen, sometimes, beyond the fourth wall, someone has to take a month off and help get a new puppy somewhat settled in and calmed down before they can do cool DWRP events...so we get a big catchall log instead
Rating: Shouldn't go higher than a T


[Jane Crocker, after spending that first day and night fuming at the utter irresponsibility of Cara Liss while sleeping on the ground in a very basic tent, bereft of her usual team of Pokemon and in their place caring for a Cleffa equally as confused as she is, gets up that next morning, puts on her brave face, and gets busy to keep her mind off of the big things. The wild, perspective-shattering, being thrown back into the ding dang past sort of things that can drive a stubborn skeptic to things that are very stubborn and lacking in skepticism, if precautions aren't taken.

Or, to put it simply - Jane takes to keeping camp tidy and the cookpot cooking right out the gate.

It's been a good while since she was roughing it on her own, making good on her own personal quests, but that doesn't mean she lacks for experience - you can't not learn how to camp out in the world of Pokemon. This place just has a few less amenities! Or, uh, a lot less of them. But cooking is still cooking, and for the bulk of her time here, Jane takes on the small tasks to make this camp something akin to a home.

So, at any point during the month of July, feel free to come to her with new weird ingredients to try cooking with, or drag her out into the wilderness - she does have the itch to go looking around, once her mind's settled in this new facet of their reality, and her new little Pokemon friend's wistfulness almost seems to match her own! Trouble is, with a place this big and wild, where do you even start...?]

Comments

[cyan_maid]

There's surely enough of us that someone will stumble upon them eventually. [Not that Jane wouldn't mind a veritable treasure hunt under normal circumstances...] I might, too, but part of me wishes the person responsible for all this went and hunted for them herself.

[crystalmaster]

Yeah, no kidding. She does this to all of us, but she doesn't wanna take much responsibility and help fix it.

[Anger flashes in his eyes, but then he sighs and pets Lily.]

I always thought maybe we could hang out, do something fun back in Goldenrod. Here, there's not a whole lot that qualifies as "fun." Look for the parts, possibly get lost, get chased by ticked-off Pokemon....

[cyan_maid]

Hang out...you and Cara Liss?

[The invitation has flown over Jane's head, so fixated as she is on that one frustrating woman.]

[crystalmaster]

... Uh no, you and me. Since we both live in Goldenrod. I didn't even know Cara Liss existed until we ended up here.

[cyan_maid]

Oh - oh! Uh, I suppose we could? We're still not very acquainted yet...

[crystalmaster]

Yeah, this isn't the greatest place to make an acquaintance. Probably talking here in camp is the safest thing. The Pokemon around here are loco! I wonder why, too. Are they angry the humans are moving in?

[That would make sense, really.]

[cyan_maid]

I, uh, I think they're just...you know, actual wild animals? Moreso than usual?

[Jane shifts a bit uncomfortably, looking back down at her work.]

[crystalmaster]

Also possible. I'll admit they act more like wild animals would act back home. I guess I'm just used to most Pokemon being friendlier.

[He picks up on the uncomfortable shifting and starts to get up. He doesn't want to push himself on anyone and he certainly won't stay if he's not wanted.]

Well, if you wanna talk or anything, I'm always open. I know we haven't talked much in Johto, but ... we're all kinda stuck here for now, so ...

[He shrugs helplessly. He just thought maybe trying to bond more would help ease some of the distress of being stuck in the past.]