first channelling - action (Forest Shrine)

[mastermedium]

[Meditation in the forest shrine is always rather peaceful.

You know.

When it isn't cold as balls.

Of course, the cold-as-balls is good for resistance training, which is exactly why Maya is out there, her duskull, Shi, hovering above her head. She wears her usual furisode, crouched on the ground where she's cleared a space of snow.

After a good few hours worth of meditation, she decides that it'd be good to take a walk-- perhaps to encounter some pokémon (or perhaps just to regain feeling in her hands) or to see if anyone else is out walking along the forest path. As Shi slides into her hiding place in Maya's hair, Maya rubs her hands together and sets out to explore.]

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[mastermedium]

Well, Shi...

[She looks toward her duskull, smirking.]

Looks like we've got our work cut out for us, huh? Fifty, then.

[She counts aloud, hands crossed behind her back, staying still. She has to play fair, after all-- and she's not looking to make this deerling too angry. After doing so, she heads out, sending Shi one way and looking another.

Deerling aren't too big, so she crouches low, searching through the foliage as quietly as she can.]

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[The Deerling's tracks in the snow are clear enough to follow -- at a certain point, they become extremely clear and extremely heavy. Right up until a three way fork in the path! Left, forward, and right. But it is here that they puzzlingly seem to vanish... and there are no vague dark-colored boulder things, either.

Around the path are strewn a variety of berry bushes.]

[mastermedium]

...Huh.

[Looks like this deerling's not so bad at hide-and-seek, either. Maya can't contain her grin; a challenge like this is always fun.]

Well, you can't have flown.

[So the path she takes won't go any further-- rather, she follows the path back a little, minding the heaviness of the tracks.

She's rather glad she's had to deal with finding crafty little girls to get them to baths, or she'd be in a much bigger mess.

She approaches one of the bushes-- no thought put into it-- and begins to rustle about.]

[bravenewmods]

[Maya will note that there is a clear point at which the tracks become heavier. ...As if they've been stepped on twice.

The bush she rustles in has nothing whatsoever in it but the poor disillusioned Deerling rises up from behind her about ten feet away and slowly attempts to tiptoe off through the woods.]

[missleadingquestions]

[It's at this point that Maya smirks-- just as keikaku, Fey edition.

She stays where she is for just a little, even putting on a pout and putting her hands on her hips.

The voice she puts on is one definitely modelled after one of the Theatre plays-- as if she's quoting it.]

'Looks like we've hit a dead end, detective.'

[bravenewmods]

[tiptoe faster tiptoe faster go go go]

[missleadingquestions]

[A theatrical spin, a daring point--]

Hold it!

[bravenewmods]

[Uaaaaaaughgughghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Deerling freezes in its tracks. H-How did she find it so quickly!? No one's ever figured out the Double Back! Never!!!]

[missleadingquestions]

...You don't know a lot of little kids, do you?

[Shi slips up from behind Maya, staring down at deerling from atop Maya's head.]

Maya Fey, Ace babysitter.

[Shi, babysitter of the babysitter.]

Aaaaand we're not listening to the ghost gallery today, folks.

[bravenewmods]

[Deerling looks Extremely Upset.

Its life is a lie.

Being discovered so easily twice within the space of five minutes... The forest would have to find a new Deerling Game champion.

It needs to go on a long journey to reevaluate everything. Goodbye world.]

[mastermedium]

[EYEROLL.]

Alright, drama deer, hold on a second.

Don't champs go training when they lose?

[bravenewmods]

[Deerling cocks its head slightly.

Oh yeah. She had said she would play more with it or something if she won, right?]

[mastermedium]

That's right. I can aaalso help you train-- you know, get better at whatever you wanna get better at.

[She crosses her arms behind her back, looking coy.]

I mean... if you want to.

[bravenewmods]

[Deerling solemnly considers the proposition for a few moments before it turns around and totally rejects her.

Wait no it's just reaching down to grab some berries since it never got to eat any after all.

Then it bounds towards Maya's side cheerfully. OK! Hide-and-seek senpai! Let's go have fun.

Maya has successfully bonded with Deerling! It is Level 6, but the other stats may be chosen at your discretion!]

[mastermedium]

[Sweet victory! And it's a good thing she's a kindred soul because holy crap would she have totally busted her warp band trying to do this.]