I'd like to help Auntie!
Username + ID: Uni-core - 1051196
Archive: Toyhouse
Pokemon participating: Charlotte!
Username+ID: Uni-core - 1051196
Archive:
ToyhouseChoice of Ingredient(s): (Pick)
Flavor Rhubarb /
Color pinkan Berry/
Aroma Sweet Wood/
Charm Marshtomp GlovePrompt(s):
1. Rhubarb will add a tart flavor to your pie! This one is right out in the garden, but a Drilbur sometimes tries to fight when I try to get some... He really enjoys the rhubarb it seems, hoo!
Charlotte calmly approaches the Drilbur and uses her melotic voice to sooth him as she talks to him. "Hey Drilbur, I know you really like the Rhubarb but I'm gonna need to take just a little bit so that I can make a pie with it! If you like Rhubarb so much I promise I'll give you a slice of it. Does that sound fair?" The Drilbur seems happy with this and even excited to get some pie out of the deal. Charlotte only takes the exact amount she needs before thanking the Drilbur and going to collect the rest of her ingredients.
2. Pinkan Berry adds a pink color to your pie! This berry is imported at the market. Though beware... The merchant will take some heavy bartering. It might be tough to get your hands on one of these berries if you don't find something to offer! You can look around the area before you go if you need something to haggle with.
Charlotte seems a little bit intimidated by the stoic and unmoving merchant she was in line to buy from. She had just seen him deal with the Pokemon a few turns ahead of her and he didn't seem willing to budge over anything! She had no idea how she'd convince him to part with the berries in extange for the few measily coins she had left. Her ears seem to droop even lower than normal if that was possible. Just as she was about to give up she heard the shouting of another merchant in the area.
"Find the coin under the shell, quadruple your money! That's right folks, I said Quadruple! Where else could you ever get this kinda deal from?"
Charlotte glowered a bit at the Pokemon shouting. He was clearly a scammer and not even using a new trick. Not that it mattered, there were always people around who would fall for it. It wouldn't do any good for her to pay attention to him. Unless....
"I'll take that bet!"
Charlotte jingles on up to the scammer sweetly and sits down in front of him, putting all but a single coin in front of her.
"Is this enough?"
The scammer smiles and nods eagerly "Yes yes of course, now watch the three shells as I move them around and pick up the one with the coin under it! If you choose wisely I will quadruple your bet!
Charlotte nods innocently and does as the scammer says. She pretends to be watching carefully but doesn't really pay attention. She knew there wasn't a coin under any of them so she'd just have to get one there herself. As she picks one up she stealthily slips a coin under it so it looks like it had been there the whole time.
It took about half an hour and the pressure of several other pokemon getting involved to finally get the furious scam artist to pay up but eventually Charlotte found herself cheerfully jingling her way back to the merchant's stall, the exact amount of coins she needs in hand.
She went to hand it over to the merchant but he just laughed and waved it away. "I have watched that pokemon cause problems here way too long. He was infuriating. I doubt he will be back here any time soon now that you chased him off. Take the berries as a thank you."
Charlotte thanks him profusely before leaving the market. This pie sure was going to be a good one, she could feel it!
3. Sweet Wood adds an aroma of cinnamon and cardamom to your pie! A friendly colony of fairy type pokemon deeper into the woods cultivate the trees in which this spice bark grows! They don't give this fragrant wood to just anyone though, so try befriending them! Otherwise my reputation with them may get a bit tarnished if they find out i sent you.. Heem...
Charlotte enters the realm of the colony singing a soft and reverent song to show respect to them. As a singer she was talented and before long she had drawn a crowd of fairy type Pokemon to her. She sang of joy and friendship and of longing and magic. She sang of her desire to evolve into a Sylveon some day and join them in their mysterious beauty. She sang to the children of adventure and bravery and to the elders songs of long ago that they hadn't heard in years. By the end of her concert the whole Colony was there to listen and they went wild with their approval. To thank her for her time and effort in entertaining them they were happy to give her as much Sweet Wood as she needed for her pie and she parted as a friend to them all.
4. Marshtomp Glove adds a gourmandian charm to your pie! This is a swampy fungus that you'll have to travel for, but the umami this tasty mushroom brings to the table is so potent that you'll never feel full! I need to make a powder with this as a light seasoning, be careful not to inhale the spores... They smell fragrant too, but you won't be able to help yourself from gorging on these tasty morsels!
On Aunties advice, Charlotte plugs up her nose before arriving to the swamp region to seek out the Marshtomp Glove. The trip itself is uneventful but after arriving there she is unable to find any Marshtomp Gloves! After a frustrating few hours she manages to come across them by sheer chance and not how she was hoping to find them!
A large Swampert was gorging himself on them and generally just making a huge mess of the place. At this rate there wouldn't be any of the Marshtomp Glove left for the pie! There was no way she could fight the Swampert and win but maybe if she strategized she could make it work. She positioned herself in the exact right spot to make her move and then run. Then at the exact right moment.... Charlotte used Covet and caught Swampert off guard! Charlotte managed to steal the Marshtomp Glove! Charlotte fled the battle! Running as fast as she could Charlotte managed to dart out of the area before the Swampert could even turn to face her. Success! Now all she had to do was get the heck out of there.