Post by Valentine on Nov 16, 2022 6:14:52 GMT 9
"So I'm still kind of new to... all this... but I know there's a lot to explore in this world, even right here in our backyard! Want to go berry hunting, Nova?
"Sounds like a plan!"
Valentine and Nova worked together to scout out a bit of forest near the Professor's Lab. It was a bit of a cool day, and Valentine had to stop herself from shivering with some of the heavier breezes, but the good news was that all that wind moving the trees around made it easy to find berries that had dropped on the ground. Before long, she'd grabbed a handful of berries and went to check on Nova's progress.
For a brief moment, Valentine didn't see the Rowlet, and her mind filled with all sorts of things that might have unfolded while she had been looking elsewhere... but then the bird Pokemon let out a quick "Over here!, and Valentine craned her neck to find Nova sitting on a tree branch well above her head.
"Did you find any berries up there, little one?"
"A couple, yeah." Nova flitted down and revealed a couple of berries that were tucked away under her wing, leaving her feathers lightly stained with colorful berry juices.
However, a closer look at the Rowlet's body, and particularly her face, made it clear that her wing wasn't the only area that had been stained with berry juices...
"...Nova, did you eat most of the berries you found?"
"What? No, of course not!"
Valentine just stared back at Nova.
"I mean... yeah, kind of. Is that a problem?"
Valentine let out a brief snort of amusement. "Not a real problem, no, I suppose not. But let me know next time you're feeling peckish, and I'll give you some better treats than that, alright? And don't lie to me, either. We've got to trust each other, you and I, you know? We've got to work together, if we're gonna be the best there ever was!"
"Yeah, you're right." Nova nodded, a bit ashamedly, before nonchalantly licking some of the berry juice off of her wing.
"Sounds like a plan!"
Valentine and Nova worked together to scout out a bit of forest near the Professor's Lab. It was a bit of a cool day, and Valentine had to stop herself from shivering with some of the heavier breezes, but the good news was that all that wind moving the trees around made it easy to find berries that had dropped on the ground. Before long, she'd grabbed a handful of berries and went to check on Nova's progress.
For a brief moment, Valentine didn't see the Rowlet, and her mind filled with all sorts of things that might have unfolded while she had been looking elsewhere... but then the bird Pokemon let out a quick "Over here!, and Valentine craned her neck to find Nova sitting on a tree branch well above her head.
"Did you find any berries up there, little one?"
"A couple, yeah." Nova flitted down and revealed a couple of berries that were tucked away under her wing, leaving her feathers lightly stained with colorful berry juices.
However, a closer look at the Rowlet's body, and particularly her face, made it clear that her wing wasn't the only area that had been stained with berry juices...
"...Nova, did you eat most of the berries you found?"
"What? No, of course not!"
Valentine just stared back at Nova.
"I mean... yeah, kind of. Is that a problem?"
Valentine let out a brief snort of amusement. "Not a real problem, no, I suppose not. But let me know next time you're feeling peckish, and I'll give you some better treats than that, alright? And don't lie to me, either. We've got to trust each other, you and I, you know? We've got to work together, if we're gonna be the best there ever was!"
"Yeah, you're right." Nova nodded, a bit ashamedly, before nonchalantly licking some of the berry juice off of her wing.