save our snorunts event log

[indigo_league]

Who: Everyone!
When: January 2-26
Where: Practically everywhere. Maybe not the volcano on Cinnabar Island.
What: Save those Snorunts!
OOC Info: here!

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The hills are alive with the sound of… sneezing?

It’s almost a week into January, and trainers may have started to get nervous about the lack of Snorunts. Whether you’re excited to see them, or just want the metaphorical bomb to drop and be over with - the wait is finally done. Snorunts have started to make their way into town.

But instead of fortunes, what they have to give right now is coughs, bleary eyes, and sad little flops sideways into the snow. They’re not alone, either: every once in a while you’ll see an equally sick Glalie or Froslass. (Be careful - a sneezing Glalie is basically a wrecking ball waiting to happen, prone to launching itself backward! And if you’ve been struck by an odd spurt of bad luck, maybe you’ll be right in the way when it does…)

In cities across Johto and Kanto, and in field camps in between, Nurse Joys are scrambling to treat the miserable Ice Pokemon. But they’re direly in need of more helping hands. Will you pitch in?

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Min-Gi Park | OTA

[outofsynth]

KANTO - FIELD CAMP - 6-12TH JAN

[Although Min-Gi appears to be steering well clear of any patients, he is here with the intent to help. Beat the Baxcalibur is fitted with a special carrier that fastens onto his front, filled to the brim with chunks of ice in varying sizes. Presumably all this was made by himself and his companions. Beat is flanked by a Vulpix and a Sandslash, both of the Alolan variety. Neither seem quite as excited by their task as their larger friend, instead looking from a safe distance to see how the patients at the camp are doing.]

Is there somewhere we should drop this? We're trying not to get too close.

KANTO - FIELD CAMP - 9TH ONWARDS

[Although still bringing ice for the sick Pokémon, Min-Gi also expands his duties to helping transport medicine along with aid from his fire types. As the month goes on, his thanks more and more frequently seems to be some form of minor mishap.

First, it's Ry, only accompanying Min after much insistence. He's perched on his trainer's shoulder, not doing much to help with the delivery of medicine. It's barely within the recipient's grasp before the tiny Plusle lets out a sneeze much louder than seems possible for a creature its size, shocking Min-Gi in the process. He can only hope the medicine is being held securely as he jumps back with a sharp yelp.

Next is Toque, tripping and spilling her pack of ice blocks all over the ground in a way that's extremely unlike the Mabosstiff.

By the time Baby the Fuecoco sneezes a tiny plume of flame that singes a hole right through her mask and his gloves as he tries to take the medicine she's been keeping warm from her he's resigned to it. He sighs, taking the bottles from her before anymore damage can be done.]

Not again...

WILDCARD

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Radley | OTA

[crystalmaster]

Radley has been wary of the Snorunts' arrival, and he wasn't expecting anything like this. But no matter his iffy feelings on Snorunts in general, he can't bear to see animals suffer.

Since he's a good chef, he's been making Pokemon cough drops as well as food for the human helpers. He and his Pokemon have been delivering to the Pokemon Centers and sometimes the field camps they can reach. They can be found anywhere from Goldenrod all the way back to Cherrygrove and New Bark, but more often Goldenrod and Ecruteak. They are pretty tired as the month goes on, and the short bursts of various luck are usually not fun.

There was the time Evie tried to open a bag of flour and instead it poofed everywhere, all over the floor and all the Pokemon in the kitchen, requiring Radley to stop and give all the affected Pokemon a big bath.

Slipping and sliding across the ice when they had to cross a frozen pond wasn't terribly fun either.

And let's not forget the time it was difficult to procure ingredients while shopping because there wasn't enough to go around and some of the other shoppers did not want to give up their claims to the items.

At least there are the occasional times when luck is fairly decent, when batches come out perfect and they're able to deliver them without any hiccups. Very occasional.

January 7th or so

[paladinlost]

One of the nurses mentioned a feeding station behind that blue tent. I assume the ice is kept close by, and hopefully not within sneezing range.

[Cecil doesn't look up as he answers Min-Gi, but in his defense he's trying very hard not to jab a needle through his freezing fingers. His Conkeldurr, who does look up from his own work, suddenly yelps in pain, but forces himself to continue after a nod of acknowledgement towards Beat and the others.]

Harry Potter | OTA

[phoenixwiz]

(This should be a fairly normal winter day for Harry as he leaves the rental apartment he had been staying in Ecruteak City for a few weeks and heads off to run some errands. While it has been fun staying in Mahogany Town, he feels that he needs some more time to make adjustments on his gym battle plans and practice with his team more just to be on the safe side.

For a while, he notices that the fortune telling Snorunts who gave him some trouble in the past have been gone missing and, as much as he is wary towards them especially with the previous year messing his gym battle plans, their lack of presence deeply concerns him too as the new year rolled in. Then out of the blue, he stumbles upon a small group of Snorunts unable to move without sneezing and coughing every 5 seconds.

This left Harry in an odd situation: should he run away from the Snorunts or should he risk getting some bad luck by helping them out? Not wanting to leave the vulnerable in a tight spot, he tries to scramble to scoop up some of them in his arms and run to the nearest Pokémon Center or clinic so they can get immediate medical help.

And even then, there is just one him and he clearly needs a lot of help in taking the Snorunts to a Nurse Joy quickly. Hence why he brought out Molly the Alolan Raichu, Godric the Hisuian Arcanine and Dobby the Furret to assist him with the task.

If you see a very panicky Harry running towards you for help while Godric, Molly, and Dobby, feel free to approach him and ease his team’s burdens in carrying the Snorunts. Just watch out for the sneezing from the Snorunts.)

Isabela Madrigal | OTA

[senorita_perfecta]

“Yikes, this is way more serious than I was anticipating,” Isabela mutters to herself as soon as she and her Ponyta Antonio encounter very sick Snorunts on their path as they had a walk around Olivine City early into January.

She looks on in concern as she witnesses the Snorunts being unable to function well while down with the illness. She proceeds to pull out whatever medicine she has in her bag at this time and tries to administer them to the ill Ice Pokémon. Although she could sure use some assistance to take them to the city’s Pokémon Center right about now.

“Oh how am I going to bring you all to the Center? I really need a lot of help to take you to Nurse Joy as soon as possible.”

[outofsynth]

Not if that's where the food is...

[At least he sincerely hopes not.

He doesn't head straight there though. When the Conkeldurr seems to hurt himself, he'll find himself interrupted from returning to his work by Min's Pokémon. Or at least two of them. The Sandslash hangs back, but both Beat and Fade lean in to check in on him. Min-Gi reaches out a hand to divert the more invasive Beat from getting his nose in there, but lets the gentler Vulpix be as she inquires about his injury.]

Is your Conkeldurr okay?

[paladinlost]

[Cecil looks up at that, because that sounded to him like a perfectly normal sound coming from an amateur sewer working in subpar conditions, and– Oh, right. Min-Gi and his Pokémon haven't seen them spend the last few hours occasionally stabbing themselves; a yelp of pain could warrant some worry!

Yan makes sure to show it was only a little prick. Very tiny! Nothing to worry about! And they made sure to disinfect the needles before they got started, too!]

He'll be fine. We're almost done with this batch of masks, so his fingers should be safe from now on. ...Unless your Pokémon would appreciate some additional protection during their deliveries?

[outofsynth]

[Fade inspects the tiny puncture carefully, her cool nose touching this finger tentatively. She retreats once she's satisfied that Yan is fine, nodding to let everyone else know that, yes, he's okay.

Masks aren't a bad idea, honestly. Especially with a Froslass at home to protect, but it looks like Cecil and his Conkeldurr have been working hard and he doesn't want to put them out.]

I'm sure we can get masks somewhere. It looks like you've been working hard enough already.

[paladinlost]

[He's 100% okay! Yan's had worse really. Of course, when he gets started properly again, he also makes very sure to keep his eyes on his work, but that's just common sense, right? Lesson learned, and all that.]

It'd be no trouble at all! Besides, we get to sit near the tents, while you and your team are walking around lugging all that ice. If we can spare you the trouble of tracking masks down, it'll be worth it.

[Cecil's in a sewing groove right now, he'd be fine going a bit longer. It's not like he really feels the cold or the needles, at this point.]

Fluttershy | OTA

[shiningkindness]

[ Fluttershy was always excited to see the Snorunts, despite the strange effects that their presence can bring at this time of year, but seeing the state that they're in definitely has her worrying. Fortunately the Daycare is understanding of her desire to help, so she spends a lot of time transporting sick Snorunts (as well as some Glalie and Froslass when she comes across them) to the Pokemon Center, helping treat them when she can, and even transporting the sick Pokemon from the Center to the Daycare to rest when there's not as much space for them all to recover.

It's a lot of work, and maybe the Pokemon aren't the only ones looking a little haggard. ]

Vinegar Doppio | OTA

[epitaffio]

1. Route 37, early January

[One must assume Doppio was trying to help. Well, okay, one mustn't assume such a thing. With his luck, he could have ended up in this position in a complete freak accident. But it might be easiest to assume that he was trying to offer help to a lone Glalie just moments ago.

Unfortunately, the Glalie sneezed with impressive strength, and now Doppio's pinned under its weight.]

Hhh... Hnnnghh...!

[Help. He can't even reach his Pokéballs. HELP.

Cristina, his loyal Morpeko, has run off. He's not completely sure if she's looking for help or for food.]


2. Ecruteak Pokémon Center & Goldenrod City, throughout January

[Good news! None of his ribs are broken, this time. Somewhat tedious news: one way or another, he's been roped into sewing Glalie-sized masks - perhaps to ensure nobody else ends up in the same situation as him? By the third week of this, Doppio has a half-dozen tiny bandaids applied on each hand.

When he sets out, it's usually to deliver medicine to the field camps between Goldenrod and Ecruteak. And if some of it vanishes before reaching its destination... Oh, he's just offering it to sick Pokémon he finds along the way. That's what he says, and there is no reason to believe he'd lie about something like that - let alone to think he's skimming off the top for Team Rocket.]

[outofsynth]

[He sort of does feel like it's putting Cecil out, and they're not close enough that Min-Gi's super comfortable with that.

On the other hand there's Boo, and she is vulnerable. Ryan would definitely chastise him if he passed up this offer, and honestly? Min couldn't blame him for it. He'd be annoyed too if Boo got sick because of his carelessness.]

Only if it's really no trouble. It would be good to have them.

2. Goldenrod, later January

[outofsynth]

[It's not like Doppio's delivery is that much smaller than the one Min-Gi's bringing over from Kanto. Especially since the reason he's coming over from a different region is that at least for now Goldenrod seems to have less supplies.

But it is still something he notices.]

Goldenrod's really struggling, huh?

[Min-Gi of all people should probably be able to guess the true reason, but he seems genuine rather than suspicious.]

1.

[crystalmaster]

[Radley is in the area making more deliveries of cough drops and food when he sees this disaster.]

Oh gosh.

[He runs over.]

Hey, are you okay?!

[Bella, his Glaceon who thinks she's still an unevolved Eevee, tries to talk to the Glalie. "Are you okay? Can you move off of him?"]

Re: Harry Potter | OTA

[crystalmaster]

[Radley is often in Ecruteak and happens to be there now. Seeing Harry, he hurries over.]

Hey, what's wrong?

["Eevee-vee!" says Evie.]

[phoenixwiz]

The Snorunts! These poor Snorunts are suffering from some sort of strange illness causing them to sneeze and cough a lot right now. And I could only carry this many of them to the nearest clinic or the Pokémon Centre. There are still plenty of them in need of help.

Sno, Sno-Runt!

(One of the Snorunts in his arms sneezed very loudly that unnerves the usually goofy Godric and a surprised Dobby who are all trying to find as many as Snorunts they could locate so they can rescue them later on. Molly tries her best to stay calm but even she got surprised by the sudden sneezing.)

Arcanine, Nine! Nine.

I really hope that none of my Pokémon has gotten it just yet, especially Pinecone since he is also a part of the Snorunt line. It seems like most Pokémon could gte it at any moment.

[crystalmaster]

Oh wow.

[Radley frowns in concern. He doesn't want his Pokemon to catch whatever it is, but he also doesn't see how he can just leave the Snorunts miserable even though they haven't done him any favors.]

We can take a few in the wagon we brought. We just finished delivering eggs.

[phoenixwiz]

Wow, that is great to hear. For a moment, I thought that my arms could give way at any moment from carrying these Snorunts all day. Here, take some of the Snorunts so we can load them up onto the wagon safely and bring them to the first Nurse Joy we can contact with.

Fur, Furret. Furret. Arcanine, Nine!

Oh also, there are also several other Snorunts as well but I could see that other people are trying to help them out too.

[crystalmaster]

Sure.

[Radley lifts some into the wagon.]

That's good there's others helping. So we'll just focus on these for now.

["Eevee!" says Evie. She's glad they're helping!]

[phdepression]

[There's no warp between Cherrygrove City and New Bark Town. While ordinarily the route is short enough for that it's not an issue, it's a real problem when medicine needs to be delivered hot. That's why Jotaro and Emporio have been focusing getting medicine between those two areas.

However, today Jotaro's on his own, driving his Aurorus-drawn sled towards New Bark Town. He's about halfway there when he spots poor Radley slipping on a frozen pond. Before Jotaro can even direct his Pokemon to either ignore the man or move to help, Jotaro's Aurorus instinctively walks over to on ice. Despite his size, Kosugi walks without slipping over to Radley and nuzzles him with his face. Jotaro frowns.]

Oy... you alright?

[crystalmaster]

[Radley looks up with a start and then smiles to see a friendly Pokemon.]

Yeah, I think so.

[He starts to push himself up.]

Thanks for coming over. We don't usually have trouble like this.

[And he's pretty sure why they are now, although he hopes it's not deliberate on the Snorunts' part.

"Eevee-vee!" says Evie, nuzzling Radley and also greeting everyone. New friends!]

[phdepression]

[It's busy work, going back and forth. Managing Pokemon and transporting them isn't easy work. Jotaro's been mostly transporting medicines but it's still hard work and given how much he's working, he's being forced to take a break by his Pokemon. Something the man quickly realises a lot of people aren't taking either.

It really isn't any of his business, but when he sees a poor haggard woman, he can't help but go over to her.]

You alright? You look exhausted.

[phdepression]

It's fine... Kosugi here doesn't like seeing people in trouble. He's a kind old thing,

[Jotaro leans on the edge of his sled and watches Radley get up. Kosugi the Aurorus gives a small smile and greets Evie politely with a nod of his head. Jotaro also nods back to Evie as well.]

Where are you heading? You need a ride?

[crystalmaster]

[Radley smiles.]

He sounds like Evie.

[He picks Evie up with a free hand.]

That'd be great, thanks. We were trying to get these cough drops and food to New Bark.

[phdepression]

Heh. I'm heading that way too. Hop on.

[Jotaro slides to the side of the drivers' seat so Radley has some more room. Then he picks up a Pokemon that was sitting on the driver's seat- a small Espurr. The Espurr gives a small mewl as she's settled on Jotaro's lap.]

Cough drops? Huh... I may take a couple of those off you. My own Glalie has been coughing up a storm as of late.

[He gestures to a rather frosty looking Pokeball on his belt. Jotaro's Glalie had just fallen asleep, meaning Jotaro could put him safely in his Pokeball. He imagines as soon as Omikuji wakes up, he'll sneeze his way out of the ball.]