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012 // action - haruka's misfortunes, union edition

[ Haruka Tenoh is always learning new things. Today's lesson: don't walk your Rhyhorn when the roads are icy. It will slide out of control, sprain people's ankles, and you'll be responsible for picking up their slack on what would happen to be the busiest day of the year at their workplace.

On a completely unrelated note, this dairy booth in the market district appears to be doing a booming business! It's also completely pink - pink drapes, heart-shaped balloons attached to the poles, Miltank plushies lining the shelves, and a Rhyhorn wearing a pink blanket squatting outside with a basket of chocolate in its mouth. Behind the counter (assisted by a Wooper in a pink bow tie) is the most brilliantly handsome salesman ever to grace the street, advertising in a voice that could rattle a packed theater. (She's also wearing a pink apron and a baker's hat shaped like a Luvdisc. Today has a theme.) Her sales pitch goes something like this: ]

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! What you see here's available for one day only: Luvdisc-shaped chocolate for the health of your romance! Strawberry Miltank milk for the health of your body! And, with a purchase of just twenty-five dollars or more, we'll throw in a special four-piece chocolate sampler as thanks for being our sweetest customers! How about it?!

[ A middle-aged woman walking her Snubbull approaches the vendor. Could she have some Miltank cheese and a Luvdisc chocolate, please? Haruka graces her with her very best Divine Theater smile. ] But of course, Madam. If that's what you desire...

[ The woman looks about ready to faint back onto her Snubbull. Haruka would also dearly love to lose consciousness right now. Why is she so good at this? It's absurd to think she might be naturally gifted at spouting nonsense!

At least she's only served strangers thus far. ]

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Here's hoping we all do. And Gigas doesn't end up calling foul on us.

[ But ....ooh... that's so kind of you, wooper!! He stumbles closer, bringing his wings up to try to touch the other ]

[ Wooper watches with a wide, interested smile. Should Delibird happen to touch him, he's a bit slimy but not at all afraid. Giving presents is a nice goal in life, too! ] Woop woop.

[ Haruka nods to the milk in Melaka's hand. ] I'll drink to that.

[ Especially that last bit. For so many reasons. ]

You me, you wold if you weren't working?

[ He will touch him. And feel the slime. Embraces the slime.

But Melaka will rock the milk in her hand ]

Good point. [ So Haruka digs a coin out of her pocket, drops it into her cashbox, and leans across the counter to grab herself a milk. What does this stuff taste like, anyway?

Wooper grins. (It's technically poison slime, but he's a super weak Wooper, so he isn't potent.) He made a friend! ] Woop.

[ Do you want to come in the back where it's warmer, Delibird? ]

Should you be off the clock like this, Sparkles?

[ But she's not going to refuse it - it sounds fun, to lean here and have milk with her. Melaka glances down at her Delibird, who is looking up at her for confirmation - he likes the cold, but this is a friend and he might spread good cheer... Melaka can't read that at a glance, but she nods all the same. Go on and do whatever you want, that's the agreement that they had in bonding. So the bird grins (as much as one can with a beak, it's in the eyes) and nods to the wooper. Let's get warm? If you want! Sure!

But Melaka, pops the cap off the milk, and holds it up to toast ]

[ Haruka clinks her bottle against Melaka's. ] Nothing wrong with advertising.

[ They'll look so satisfied, hanging out and drinking their milk, that other people will want to stop by. That's the line and she's sticking to it.

Wooper, meanwhile, hops behind the counter to show Delibird the storage area in the back. There's not much back here except extra food, but there's a little bench if he wanted to sit and hang out. ] Woop woop woop.

Right. So why'd you go from actress to salesman?

[ Well, let's try this thing! Strawberry milk!!

.... It's not bad. It's honestly sweeter than she usually likes, but she can see a lot of hers and Erin liking this, all things considered. Harth would have loved it. ... Don't dwell.

As for the Delibird, he's just shuffling along behind, a little bit slower, but definitely making the effort. Once in there, well, he's got stuff to look around at - but... nah, he'll - he shouldn't be sitting this isn't his space, after all! ]

Woop! [ Well, if Delibird won't be using this bench, Wooper will! Namely, as a stage for an impromptu shuffle-tap dance performance. Which is his default use for any elevated horizontal space. Enjoy!

Haruka finishes her own sip before she replies. ] That's a long story...

[ Yes. A dramatic fadeoff won't prompt further questioning.

She's so good at this. ]

[ Melaka isn't even going to respond to that vocally. Just give her a look.

Oh man. Oh man though that's a cool performance. Let's see it ]

[ Oh boy, performance time. Here goes Wooper! Singing and dancing on the bench. ] Woop woooop woopwoop woop woooooop...

[ Haruka gives Melaka a sidelong grin back like this is a staring contest, but the longer the silence goes on the more she realizes she's being ridiculous. ] I'm filling in. There was an accident.

[ Super Beauty sneezes. She hears that word a lot. Maybe someday she will learn what it means. ]

You make mistakes?

[ ...

It's an honest question ]

....What d'you think I am?

[ So's that. She seems amused, though. ]

Some kinda Super Sparkles. Fairy queen.

[ Is that a joke.

Is it serious? she was serious before, but now, her cheeks a little tinged to have Haruka react like that, she's just deadpan ]

[ ....Haruka really doesn't look her typing, does she. Well, she's still not sure she gets this, but it's a compliment so she'll take it like one.

She laughs, and decides to answer the question about making mistakes now that her curiosity's assuaged. ] Everybody's judgment is off sometimes. What happens afterwards is what matters.

[ The pink is settling to the bottom of her milk, so she swirls the little jug to get it mixed again. ] That's all.

[ Maybe it's a perception thing - in Melaka's mind, she's never been anyone except for a fighting type. But Haruka...? she shines, she's got to be a fairy. That's just the logic. and she keeps to it while sipping down a long chug of the milk, mostly to make it so she doesn't need to talk as she shrugs.

But when she finishes, a little bit hesitantly, she comments, ] Yeah? Is that saying you're a surprise for people?

And that I mess up. [ Wooper, from the back, recognizes those words. They usually get said whenever he, or other Pokémon, are around. ] Woop woop!

[ ...That didn't really need a fanfare, Wooper. ]

[ ... Okay that was a little bit suspect. Melaka notices it, her Delibird? He does not, because he was just busy hanging out and looking around back here. Mel, though, she was like Oh... ]

Trying to convince me?

[ Haruka drinks her milk. How does she look this cool even drinking milk. ] What you believe is up to you.

[ Super Beauty the Rhyhorn is getting tired of standing here. She lumbers over to Trainer and makes rumbling noises. They started today by running. Why is there no more running? ]

Well yeah, but y'could still get my believing. Could get me all sparkling it.

[ ... Or you know, dazzle. Not sure that never does that - okay she always does that. Still, let's look at the Rhyhorn. Sup guy ]

[ Haruka looks down at Super Beauty, who sits and wiggles her back legs - then notices someone else is over here too. So she gets up and butts against Melaka, lightly, with her horn. Hello. Are you the reason there is no running?

Draining her milk, Haruka keeps grinning, and addresses the Rhyhorn. She reserves quite a different smile, almost a paternal one, for the small walking rock. ] Easy.

[ And Super Beauty lets up further. Hello. Hello. ]

[ Oh.

Wow. Friendly. You know in fact she's going to observe, ] Friendly, aintit?

[ But just to be sure, she reaches a hand down, to tap the Rhyhorn lightly on it's head, to show that shei s, indeed, acknowledging that Super Beauty is there. Hey there ]

She's hoping I'll let her race you. [ Well, that and she's generally curious. But everything that moves is something that can be raced in Super Beauty Land.

The tap pleases Super Beauty, who does look expectantly over at Haruka. She found someone nice! What is this person doing here? Why is everyone just standing? ]

She fast?

[ Melaka - was was proved both in the dreamspace and in that last big racing circuit people were running - is no pokémon racer. She doesn't have the talent for it, not really, because se's far more used to just using her own body and trusting everyone else to do the same. Working close like that doesn't work as well. It's something she might try to overcome, but...

She's intrigued all the same. ]

[ Apparently this Rhyhorn knows that word: Super Beauty stomps her feet in place when she hears the word "fast" and lowers her head as if preparing to charge. Haruka shrugs. ] As you see.

[ To Super Beauty: ] Don't get carried away....

[ Super Beauty looks over at the humans again. Are they not running, then? She is so confused. New human, should she run??? ]

Yeah? You confident in her, Sparkles? [ With her milk done, she looks down at it before she waves out the hand which had the glass in it. It's healed by now, but it's still stinging a little bit. Not bad though, either way, it makes her want to move. ]

Willing to give me that chocolate there if I beat her?

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