ohmyarceus | SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER TEST DRIVE MEME

[Action] [ Snowstorm in a cave. ]

All things considered? Mei had been in worse situations.

As the blizzard came down outside and the wind howled along the craggy rocks of the mountain, Mei had found a decent sized cave to wait out the storm. Kneeling on the ground she was attempting to start a fire with the supplies from her bag. Sparks sputtered from the lighter in her hand as she tried to coax a small flame to feed on the twigs and leaves she had gathered into a pile.

"I don't suppose you have a fire pokemon handy do you?" She asks looking hopeful as a blast of air from outside snuffs out her most recent attempt at a fire. Thankfully she's wearing a thick coat but you might not be so well adjusted to the cold as she is.
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[Action] [Frosty just-ice]

"Alright everyone, don't move!"

Nothing ruins a perfectly nice town festival like Team Rocket. A bunch of goons in matching black uniforms arrived right in the middle of the ceremonial dance to commemorate the winter solstice.

Various dark type pokemon have appeared and are glowering at the townspeople and their own pokemon as the Team Rocket thugs scurry around snatching things off stands and stealing things right out of the hands of the citizens.

"Freeze! Don't Move!"

The people start to cheer thinking it's officer Jenny coming to save the day but...no! It's a short woman in a parka who is sternly glaring at the thugs as her Glaceon stands at her side, snowflakes falling from it's lips as a pair of Murkrow fall to the ground frozen solid.

"You bullies give back everything you've stolen and apologize this instant!"

The grunts look at each other, and then at the crowd. Deciding that they still out number the woman and that citizens don't seem ready to rally behind her, they order they're pokemon to attack! Maybe you should lend a hand?

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Ni Hao!

[Oh look it's Mei! She's in the mountains somewhere from the looks of the jagged rocks behind her and her cheeks are rosy from the hike. The stars are much more clear above her then they are in the city.]

I know it's late but I just wanted to share this with you all.

[Turning the camera around Mei treats you to a beautiful panoramic image of a valley stretched out before her. The trees rustle peacefully and somewhere in the distance a canine pokemon howls, answered shortly after by several more howls. When Mei turns the camera back to herself she's beaming.]

This world is amazing isn't it? Somehow they have grown to co-exist with nature in such an effective way. I've been gathering data while I travel and the levels of pollution here seem only to spike in very specific areas. It's like it doesn't even touch the majority of the land mass.

None of us know how long we'll be allowed to stay here, but I want to gather as much data as I can so that maybe when I return home I can use it to help try and protect the environment.

If you could take home anything from this world with you, what would it be?

[She sounds thoughtful and sympathetic.]

I know some people i've met here don't wish to return home, and when I see places like this valley...it's hard to disagree.

The few times Rakka had gone scaling the mountains of the Johto region, there was usually more fire then this. Of course, those were some special occasions, but still, to find herself trapped on the mountain in the middle of a heavy blizzard was a incredibly stroke of bad luck... only counteracted by the appearance of Mei.

And now she sat near the older woman, huddled in her own, fake fur-lined jacket and watching the sparks ineffectually bounce from Mei's lighter. This was harder then it looked. "Uhh, hang on..."

If she needed help, Rakka wanted to provide. She could feel the cold from her toes to her non-existent wing tips.

She reached into one of her pockets, producing a pokeball and opening it on the floor in front of her. Out popped... a Litwick, looking tired but read all the same. "Agatha, use ember on the wood, please?" Her trainer beckoned. Briefly, the ghost candle looked at her, before spitting a few embers on the fire that finally managed to ignite it.

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Mei's eyes lit up at the sight of the adorable pokemon, cooing something in her native tongue before holding her gloved hands towards the flames, more to shield them from the wind leaking into the cave then to collect warmth from them yet.

With the faint flickering light of the fire it's easier to see the beautiful glittering ice around them on the cave walls. While not terribly comfortable to touch, it is keeping the warmth in which will allow them to stay the night without fear of a chilly death.

"Thank you so much Miss Agatha."

It's not anything Rakka will understand, but anyone who thinks that Agatha is cute is already a good person in her books.

It's not long before the flames have started to build up, helped along by Agatha and some assorted wood scraps Rakka found while she was out. It wouldn't be long before they could feel a strong warmth in the cave.

"Yes, thank you, Agatha." She says, the ghost candle chirping in acknowledgement as it spat a few more embers onto the flames.

"I think we might be okay... for now."

"Oh we will be. This storm is bad but it's not the worst I've seen." Mei muses with a sweet smile. She rummages around in her bag before producing some basic supplies, a tea pot, some cups of instant noodles...and inflatable cushions?

"These are usually for people with...medical concerns, but they will also help us keep our bottoms from being directly on the cold ground." She offers her spare cushion to Rakka as she considers how best to set up the teapot without smothering the flames.

"Spheal, can you help us please?" She asked producing a pokeball and summoning out a small round pokemon which barks happily. When she lowers the teapot to Spheal it happily uses a half powered watergun to fill it up.

"I think I have some cooking forks in here...ah yes."

Planting the forks in the ground she manages to hang the teapot over the flames carefully watching it sway back and forth.

"Oh...I just realized I haven't introduced myself. If we're going to be stuck in here together I should be more polite."

She bows slightly from her waist, "I am Mei-Ling Zhou."

[All things considered, he'd been in worse situations too, although the fact that the enemy here were the elements instead of a person did make things very... New for Izuku. But he could manage, right? He had this nice lady he'd run into during the storm with him.

But a fire would definitely help, yes.] I-I do, yeah.

[He layered up in preparation for the cold, but it's still a bit hard to stop his teeth from clacking a little. So he wastes no time pulling out a pokeball and letting out his Houndoom.] Light it up, please.

[And the Pokemon wastes no time, using a quick jet of flames to make a nice and strong fire.]

[ Mei beams at the answer though she is clearly intimidated by the appearance of Houndoom. She's aware that even scary looking pokemon can be quite sweet but it's still taking some time getting used to some that look like they are meant to frighten their enemies rather then fight them.

All the same she smiles and offers Houndoom some jerky from her bag.]

Thank you for your help. My pokemon are mostly ice types so they don't particularly enjoy fire. That's why I don't have a fire type yet.

[Houndoom takes the jerky very gently from Mei's hand and lays down next to Izuku, who's now sitting cross-legged in front of the fire warming himself up.] You're welcome. I usually have matches on me, but I ran out.

And I thought that my lighter might prove more resiliant, perhaps I should have spent more money on it...

[Despite her tendency to splurge on her travel equipment, sometimes she had her priorities a little askew, such as purchasing top quality travel snacks.]

Have you and your pokemon been together long? I'm still very new here.

[Izuku starts scratching Houndoom's ears while he talks.] No, not very long, I'm still pretty new myself.

Well then, I'm glad we can be here to help one another while we learn!

[Turning her gaze to the snow blazing past the entrance to the cave she can't help but smile.]

I've always loved the snow. It looks so clean, it can be soft and inviting or sharp and firm to protect things. It can transform everything it touches, only to melt away and vanish like it was never there."

[Huh... That's a nice way of putting things. Very poetic, too.] Did you work with snow back where you came from?

Often yes!

I was an environmental scientist, studying the radical changes to our climate and making sure the collected data can be used for research into ways to protect the entire world!

[She beams, always excited when she's talking about her work.]

"Sorry, no fire Pokemon. But I do have the next best thing." said All Might, the skeleton-like man pulling out a Geodude.

Knocking a hand against the wall, he added, "There's flint in the cave structure. If we can knock it off and then use it to start a fire with friction, we should be able to get warm."

Because this world was silly like that, having random flint deposits.

"How are you holding up? Do you need my jacket as well?"

"How very clever!" Mei praises with admiration in her voice. She had not yet noticed the flint in the cave having been more focused on the storm outside of it. Then again she still was trying to adjust to this world and it's lackadaisical grasp of what was and was not logical science.

"I'm doing well thank you, compared to my last research center this is mild." She explains trying to sound more humble then the statement actually is.

"Would you like something to eat, I have some snacks in my bag." Honestly just looking at All Might is making her want to cook something. This guy looks like he hasn't had a decent meal in his life.

"That's good to hear," said All Might as he and his Geodude struck the wall and dislodged a bit of flint.

Setting fire to tinder, he smiled a little. "Well, if you don't mind. I have some food in my backpack as well, although my own cooking skills are a little lackluster."

She beamed, a sweet smile on her lips as she started pulling out a traveling tea pot, some instant noodles, jerky and other travel snacks.

"Between the two of us, this blizzard might become a buffet." She wasn't too worried about eating through all their snacks. From all her data the storm itself wouldn't last more then a day or two, and she had more then enough.

"It seems like you might have been in a few tight spots like this before. Blizzards or something else?"

"That's good to hear," said All Might, removing a few items as well from his traveling pack. It was too cold for his Pokemon to be outside their Pokeballs with the exception of Geodude who curled up next to the fire.

"Ah, my previous profession required me to travel into many hazardous areas of the world. I miss it to be honest."

"Oh? Were you a scientist as well?"

Mei's current profession had her traveling around the world to extreme climates, but so did many other jobs she could think of. The thing was...most of those jobs required you to be physically fit and this guy looked like even she might be able to take him in a fist fight he was so scrawny.

As the fire warmed the cave she was able to relax a bit more and nibble on their shared snacks as the tea steamed in the teapot almost ready to drink.

At her question, he chuckled, shaking his head.

Of course in his normal state, he would look like he was unable to do anything, how thin and twiggy he was. In this world he was in incredible shape, thanks to his damaged body being healed.

"Actually I was a hero," replied All Might, breaking a power bar in half. "I didn't look like this much, more muscles and all smiles. I've basically retired now, before I arrived."

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"Yeah, you heard the lady!"

A Pokèball sails out over the crowd, releasing a supremely unimpressed Rhyhorn into the clear space between Mei and the Rockets.

"Get- uh, hang on, 'scuse me, sorry-"

A bulky young man, the Rhyhorn's trainer, is cautiously worming his way out of the crowd to join the battle. He stumbles a bit as he finally gets free before planting himself to face the Rockets.

"Drop the loot before we ROCK- wait, no, 'rock your world' is usually a hood thing, 'get rocked'? No- ah, the moment's gone."

Hunk clears his throat a little before continuing.

"Pretend I said something cool there and get out!"

Nailed it.

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Mei's had tilts slightly to see who's brave enough to stand with her against these crooks, only to giggle a little at his attempt to sound like he's right out of an anime or something.

"You gave it a good try." She commented though that was all they had time for as their pokemon were suddenly under attack by a Raticate, three zubat and a pair of houndoom belonging to the leader of this group.

Glaceon wasted no time going for higher ground, bouncing off the Raticate onto a nearby statue and unleashing another icy blast of snow coating it's fur in frost. The Zubat were having none of it though and immediately swarmed around her making her flail wildly.

"Oh no...don't panic Bean! It's going to be OK!"

"HA! AH!!!" The yell comes from behind the Team Rocket people. "SEVERE PAIN TO EVIL DOERS!" A walking stick goes swinging with exacting precision at the legs of one of the larger thugs and cracks hard.

The man screams and falls to the ground. With an easy swing the staff goes spinning around to slam into the man's head and knocked unconscious.

The walking stick's owner is a teenage girl with brilliant green eyes and unnaturally red hair. She wore a wild grin and laughed. Death might be weird here but she could still injure people. Above her flew a murkrow wearing a sparkly pink ribbon which then dove and harried some of the released Pokemon away from Mei while cawing, "Hello Poopy Head!" in Gaelic.

"Wow..." Mei was so surprised by the sudden rallying cry she almost let herself get hurt by a Houndoom who's trainer had ordered it to attack her directly. Scrambling out of the way she avoided it just in time for her Glaceon to knock the beast back out of the way.

"Thanks for joining in." She called to the newcomer as she tried to get her back to a wall where she could better guide her pokemon through the fight. There were still five or six rockets and their respective pokemon, but already Mei was feeling better about their chances.

While she doesn't have complete access to her magical abilities - her hero's luck - Ceilidh does have a life time of military style combat training to fall back on. It's a short life time but she's been training since she was three so it's still a lot of training.

It's a McCallum thing.

She grins the grin that would make people very nervous back home. "Now it's a fair fight."

Because two young women and their pokemon vs. six rockets and their pokemon is totally a fair fight.

Ceilidh is confident and brandishes her walking staff menacingly. She doesn't back up against the wall more interested in fighting herself as opposed to letting Pickles fight alone.

This does make one or two pause. It's like the old adage, beware a smiling old man. Beware a smiling McCallum - or teenage girl.

Teenage girls aren't supposed to smile in situations like this after all...

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