smoke and ice

He knew without a doubt that Peace Maker would end up getting himself in trouble within minutes of the game opening again. It was impossible for him not to. That was just the sort of person he was after all. But with a Sobble and a Pokemon Egg that had yet to have hatched he was ready to stick his neck out on the line to save him. Again. So when inevitably Nikoli was stuck in the underbelly of some sort of massive Pokemon he had to swing into action.

Movement in this game was easier than it was in real life. He didn't feel himself get winded as he ran after the beast, eyes focused on the flash of pink on it's underbelly as he held the Sobble close on his shoulder. "Bind the legs and let me get closer." Quickly, ropes of water came from the Sobble and wrapped around the massive Pokemon's legs. Freezing as they touched and halting its progress.

Using that moment he offered his hand to Peace Maker to take so that he could tug him from the belly. The creature was now aware of the fact that someone was there. Perhaps more than one someones. But that was fine. They hopefully wouldn't be sticking around for long enough for it to get it's bearings well enough. "Take my hand unless you like being stuck up there." It was harsher than he wanted but he hoped that would push Peace to move faster.

Relieved that Peace Maker had come unstuck easily he managed to navigate himself in front of the other player, the egg in his arms cracking as it began to hatch at the worst of times. A small blue head popping out. Aided by a horn and large teeth. It looked kind of like some sort of rat maybe. He would have to evaluate later. His brain wasn't letting him focus on it despite the fact that it was definitely a Pokemon he knew. Nonetheless he couldn't worry about that right now.

"Stay behind me, I've already maxed some of my stats for this." As the Avalugg roared and finally managed to turn it's slightly glitched out foot clipped partially through the ground and caused it to sink for a moment. An opening. Just what he had been hoping for. His sobble glowed as the upgrades went through. It had taken a moment for the system to catch up which wasn't surprising. Especially with how busy the servers were at the moment. "Sucker Punch."

It would only work since the Avalugg was also preparing an attack. It's mouth opening wide as Sobble leapt forward with it's fist glowing and upraised, catching the other creature in the jaw as it were and sending it skittering further into the ground as well. "Hold this." He knew Peace would feel useless so he gently handed over the half-hatched egg. For him to hold.

There was no telling what Allen saw in him but it at least wasn't anything terrible.

So far the battle had been going well and the glitched out Pokemon hadn't been able to do much damage really. While it was a high level Pokemon there was always the fact that it was glitched and Diva had been working on leveling as fast as possible. But that wasn't the point to it right now. The powder snow of course would make things difficult and as she turned to check on Peace Maker she desperately wished that he'd had a little more common sense to not try and run on ice.

With a sigh she ripped her attention away from the Avalugg and reached out for Peace once more, grabbing his shirt and pulling him back to her. Holding him closer. "Didn't anyone ever teach you not to run on ice?" She scolded him lightly as she tried to get his footing righted again. He probably didn't even have his class properly equipped or his starter in a battle tree. But they could worry about that later. But she felt bolder since Peace didn't actually know who she was.

And never would likely.

"Now be a good boy and hold still while I take care of this." Again she launched the Sobble at the enemy Pokemon, her own footing staying even since ice was just frozen water and the swimming class was in fact good for that. Lightning crackled and shook the air a bit as Sobble used bind once more, this time lashing the Avalugg to itself even further and sending it crumbling to the ground. It couldn't move as lightning struck it again. That was what it got for being the tallest thing on the field t the moment.

Finally it seemed like the battle was finished, with the Pokemon crashing to the ground and disappearing. Something she would want to report to C0D13 eventually. Or whatever monstrosity they had replaced him with. Taking a deep breath she stepped towards Peace Maker carefully, pulling him off of the ice that still hadn't shown a sign of melting. She felt like fussing over him a little bit since they were in game. It wasn't like he could tell that it was him anyways.

"Are you alright?" Carefully she wiped just a little bit of dirt off of his cheek and straightened his jacket. "You don't seem to be hurt, but you shouldn't wander around by yourself like that." It was dangerous after all. She was emboldened being behind an avatar like this. Though really the only difference between this and real life was that she wasn't terrified of touching Peace Maker here.

Of course he was still looking for the tutorials. Though to be fair Diva had skipped most of them as well in order to catch up to Peace Maker and his massive wanderings. But now at least she had an excuse to do them probably. She could hold Peace Maker's hands through them all and make sure he didn't wander off once again. At least as long as she could keep his attention from wandering away from them. She knew how bored he got and how quickly.

"You're a long way off from those. But I'll be happy to help you out with them if you'd like. That way you won't get lost again." It was the easiest way to get him to do them by taking him to them herself. "Oh, I can take that baby back now..." She opened her arms for the egg that had now mostly fully hatched. A horned Pokemon sticking it's head out of the remnants of the shell and making small noises.

She would be more than happy to show Peace Maker around the tutorials. Especially since she still needed to do them herself. It just meant that she would get to help him even more. And that they would get to hang out more in the game. After all, she was playing this so that she could help him. Right? "I'll make sure you get all of them done, don't you worry about it." Even if that meant she had to do every single one herself.

She gently patted the Scorbunny on the head, frowning in confusion at its sleepy nature. "It might be a little bit bugged... You can always send in a ticket to see if there's something wrong with her?" Because she wasn't on the development team and had no idea really. But she also didn't think there was a quest to wake your starter Pokemon up.