the poor poor aggron really didn't stand a chance, four against one. but that's what it took to get the beast to submit. the aggron groaned, the CLOSE COMBAT having done a number on it. reeling back, the beast returned back to the depths of her mountain. lyonel followed her, just to be sure, snorting at her all the while.

louie returned toward francie, sniffing at her belt.

"linc's alright, he's taken worse damage."

she reassured the brother, taking the ball out and looking toward the aggron. lincoln had been the original one to 'pass the territory' line for the aggron and she wanted to be sure the beast was far enough away that taking lincoln out of his ball to tend to him wouldn't offend the beast and rile it up again.

as the midday lycanroc emerged, he whined, a great bit of damage done to him. francie was already reaching for medical supplies, herbs and potions, to apply to the wounds. she probed and squeezed parts of him, to which he gave a low growl as a reaction but not directly at francie.

at the pain itself.

louie, laid close to his brother, wrapping his head around lincoln's neck, to keep him still and comfort his brother.

reaching an arm over, she gave lincoln a kiss and whispered a few praises in his ear before returning him and giving louie some pets as well.

"he's alright, but he's out of commision for today. he needs the rest inside his ball. we'll have to finish this one ourselves, boys."

kole, who had remained steady and quiet, let out a grumble of agreement. lyonel snorted like that'd be no big deal, having returned from his aggron scouting adventure.

@mattis

only once she was standing at kim cole-essam's door did it dawn on the dense blonde that she should have called first. so, instead of knocking immediately, she pulled her phone out and furrowed her eyebrows, pulled up kim's number, and dialed it.

as it rang, she arched her eyebrows up and frowned at herself.

"ya dumbie ya shoulda called first he might be in the shower or working or something... or like, with his wife."

who knew, really, and she felt really silly having just decided to land with her aerodactyl, now in her pokéball, like it was totally cool.

which it was, but she still felt super silly.

kim cole-essam

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the way barnaby spoke was like some sort of ethereal prince and francie wouldn't ever believe otherwise. he was just so regal. he was precise. he knew exactly what he wanted to say and did so. with ease! like he had all his psyducks in a row, y'know?

did francie? hell to the no she didn't. she wasn't even sure she had psyducks, they were probably duckletts, the kind that quack and go cross eyed before drowning in their own bubblebeams, sigh.

"right, light thighs, i can hold here," her hand drift to his sides and then she's suddenly attached to him like a binacle. "and rock hips with rapidash."

no, she thinks nothing of the posture. yes, she's naive and super dense. it's fine. makes for good comedy anyway.

"thanks so much for-- oh watch out!"

suddenly, she's alert. her body language changes from unsure to oddly composed. she lifts a hand and points, sure to lean up a bit on him and even rolls her hips forward to get a bit higher.

"just there, it's a crustle. the coloring and the movements, i can tell. juuuuust a second," her words blur by the end and she's reaching for her belt beneath her sweater and tossing out her lycanroc, lyonel. "see it over there? stone edge, and keep an eye open for me."

the midnight form lycanroc just snorted before sniffing the air. he took off, at a wobbly speed, the thrill of a battle causing him to let out a howl. those glowing red eyes took a shine and he was quickly raising his large front paws up, summoning a STONE EDGE beneath the crustle, as a slight warning, before relaxing and waiting for the creature to either move, or not move.

though, a little torracat was dislodged as he did so, and it had lynoel letting out a grunt of sorts to the rapidash as if to warn it before returning his attention to the crustle. it returned the stone edge with a ROCK BLAST, which lyonel was able to easy grab with his mouth and talons, taking the blows with ease and returning them with a twist of his body and locking into the crustle with an IRON TAIL.

as if by instinct, francie pulled a free ball out of her pocket and tossed it at the crustle, grinning as it hit. she threw her hand into the air with a fist pump.

"nicely done lyonel!"

notes

// capturing crustle, -1 pokèball

BARNABY FINCH

"i'm alright! i'm so sorry i just like, bulldozed you."

once again she is apologizing. because she apparently can't stop apologizing when she does something wrong. but the other woman's offering to help her learn how to stop and francie's eyes light up like a sunny morning sky.

"who really?! that'd be dope, actually."

where she got her lingo is anybody's guess, she's been to too many regions and is far too easily influenced to pinpoint any one region or person to blame.

"like, i can stand, and i can go forward, but coming to a stop still completely confuses me. i see most people like, doing a slide thing, but i always just end up on my keister when i try it."

Nia Acadia

not that it was super surprising, but francie was the first one up that morning in her little cabin/tent arrangement with FERNANDO SILPH. she even made them breakfast and some coffees before they had to go out and about with everybody else that day and brave the world. nothing better to start the day than good food and coffee, after all!

she saw many a faces while getting her gear, some she recognized and others she thought maybe she did but couldn't place. she kept to herself mostly, hair tucked away into her hat covered in the proper gear and loving every second of it. honestly, if nobody recognized her, she wouldn't be surprised.

finally they were within the cave and francie was all too excited to get freakin' started! she pulled out some gear, released louie to keep an eye out, and looked toward fernando with a beaming grin.

"let's get ta diggin'!"

TL;DR

+ woke up nbd
+ coffee & food for her and FERNANDO SILPH
+ partnering with him for dig with dusk lycanroc louie!

TSG_TfQI

ironically enough, francie is aware she relies on her lycanrocs too much. at times, she thinks, perhaps she'll practice existing without them but... why bother? why not cross that bridge if it shows up?

optimistic to the end.

"mmmm, time with you, for sure. but mostly? answers."

the response is honest and she eyes him to see if her words made an impact. because she's basically desperate, but also, seeing fernando flinch under mention of emotions has become a favorite pastime of hers. and until he ordered her to stop, she wouldn't. and even then, she's make faces instead of speaking words.

loopholes ladies and gents.

"i've got a friend who happened seeing a volcanion in here a while back. though also in meteor falls, which makes me wonder if the two caves are connected underground somehow. i've not found any indication in the past, but maybe we will today."

FERNANDO SILPH

"oh wow-- okay."

with curious blinking she'd been lifted and placed on the back of the horse. her eyes flashed a few times, curious, and then she watched as he just casually got on the horse like it was no big deal.

francie was used to riding on top of rock pokémon, really. she'd never sat on one without the use of something to hold on to. so, naturally, her hands wanted to grip something but she didn't want to assume she was supposed to just loop her arms around mr. finch.

but it sorta felt right??

"thanks so much for helping, and complimenting me, and uh stuff but." but? how rude, she didn't even realize. "how am i supposed to hang on? oh? is it in the thighs?"

she didn't want to squeeze her thighs though, in case that meant something she didn't realize.

"i just, usually i've got like plenty of stones to hang onto y'know? now i'm just up here on the back of something else like, 'what do i do with my hands???'"

BARNABY FINCH

"eh?"

the noise that falls from her throat is more of an acknowledgement that she's heard somebody and not much else. when her eyes meet the flirty smile, she gives her own warm smile in return. it's not flirty but that's because francie's not sure how to flirt...

so friendly smiles and warm tones are what greet the stranger.

"are you um..." her brows furrowed, realizing she'd not gotten a name, and instead a drink, before arching an eyebrow. "are you chargacola?"

she felt silly saying it but apparently almost everybody was drinking some concoction made by Zac Ramsay, who she really needed to meet. apparently he had the same kind of energy she did.

a rarity, she realized recently.

Remi Cassel

"for traction." francie mouthed the words, arching an eyebrow at the fact that he was worried about his footing.

truth was, she would be too, but she was already climbing up on kole, her coalossal, and taking a seat near his shoulders where there wasn't any magma. if she planned on walking, she'd be worried about the footing as well. ironically, where she was seated, they were about level height for the first time ever.

"i'll trust your judgement, fernando." the following tease was given with a cheeky grin. "and i'll be sure to watch my step from up here."

kole grumbled before looking to fernando. francie pulled a ball from her holster, releasing her midday lycanroc, lincoln.

"scout ahead for us?"

with a huff, he wagged his tail at fernando and then trotted ahead, his stoney talons allowing him to keep his footing well enough on the frigid stone.

FERNANDO SILPH

riding the coalossal into battle was something she adored. any rock pokémon, really. she obviously just liked piggy back rides, but that's not the point.

stone pathways grind beneath the large coal tower of a pokémon as it barrels forward. francie gave mattis' hand a squeeze before leaping off of the coalossal and watching as lincoln is hit with a harsh IRON TAIL from the beast. the yelp he let out was indication enough that the attack had done a number on him, so she threw her hand out to return lincoln.

"kole, tar shot! lyonel, distract him with a few stone edge, block him in! louie, get a better vantage point!"

her commands were rattled off quickly and, just as quickly, each pokémon followed her words. the coalossal, kole, threw a great amount of tar from his mouth onto the aggron, causing its steps to hesitate. lyonel's STONE EDGE didn't hit the target and, instead, threw a few rocks up behind the beast. louie used his ROCK CLIMB to make his way up the back of the mountain, just behind the stone edge, using each of the newly formed stones to gain access to the aggron from behind.

@mattis