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[So while all y'all are getting excited over evolving, Ran is... still herself. Sure, she got a Fire Stone, but there was no sense in cutting off her own training before she was ready. So here she is out at the shops, Vulpix tails still present, shopping. She doesn't seem to mind, really.]

Hold that basket carefully now, Orange. We must be careful not to drop our shopping! That would be rather unfortunate.

[Orange is... Well, she looks a lot more mature now that she's a Meowstic and not an Espurr. Honestly, Ran rather misses her cuter first form, but she still loves Orange all the same, and despite the famously apathetic look on female Meowstics' faces, she still seems to have some of that youthful eagerness to please. She responds with a cheerful "nya."]

Now, what shall we get today? Do you suppose the Kasib berries are in season yet?

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[Coincidentally, Jinxie is also out doing some shopping. She's got a baby Duskull to help raise, after all, and babies need plenty of care and attention. So here she is today carrying a small basket filled with various berries and medicines and things.]

Oh... hi, Ran. And... is that Orange? Did she evolve?

Hello Jinxie! Yes, this is Orange. She had nothing left to learn as an Espurr, so it was time for her to evolve.

[Weird, Ran sounds a little wistful.]

Congratulations, Orange.

[Jinxie smiles over at the linefacey cat thing.]

Are you out shopping too?

I am, yes! Well, just for some groceries. Would you like to accompany me?

I'd love to!

[Not an expression she uses often, but Ran is a Vulpix, after all. Jinxie's more than a little biased here.]

All right! I am heading over to one of the main markets now. Tell me, are there any berries you like a lot?

I like aspear berries a lot, but today I'm actually shopping for sweeter berries.

Oh, that does sound nice. Orange, doesn't that sound nice?

[Line-face nyas cheerfully.]

Perhaps I will make a pie with some myself.

Mine are for our new Duskull. He just hatched the other day.

Oh my! Really? How adorable! Have you given him a name yet?

That's up to Dokuro and Shi. They're having a hard time deciding on a good one.

Oh, Ran...

[Tiki is carrying a basket of her own in the corner, though she seems to be having some trouble.]

I shall never understand why it is that humans insist on trading with worthless paper and metal...

[For some reason, she has stacks of pennies.]

Hello Elder Tiki. I suppose that is their custom, in order to create a more quantifiable worth to something. I can see some value to it myself. Do you require assistance?

They say that this is only equal in worth to one berry, but I've picked up as many coins as I could find. It is more metal than can even be easily held in a hand.

[How does an economy work?]

Ah... Yes, that is a lot of metal. But that particular coin is worth only one hundredth of a single dollar, Elder Tiki.

((Going to be out of town for a few days, just as a heads-up!))

And yet it weighs more than the one that is supposedly ten times as much in value. This arbitrary value serves no purpose.

*sigh* As much as I understand your frustration, I feel it does little good to rally against such things. We have chosen to live among humans, after all.

Is it really so unacceptable to trade my goods for their own?

I suppose my years of slumber have done me no good in this particular matter...

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