soggypastry | 026 [Video/Action for Cherrygrove PokéCenter]

[Hi, Johto. Hve you been enjoying your...odd weekend? Hopefully so, because it's about to get weirder. Enjoy your view of Lightning hunched over a stove in the Cherrygrove Pokémon Center, stirring something in a pot. It's an odd sight, both with her hair twisted up into a messy bun and the fact that she's...actually cooking. Anyone who knows her knows that's not a good sign. Especially when she's starting to look a little bit frazzled.]

No, no, no...come on. Don't you dare burn.

[Yes, she's talking to her pot of...something. Unfortunately, this doesn't help her with the cooking and it's with a rather frustrated sound that she takes that pot off the stove, camera tracking her movements while she places it in the sink before scrubbing her face, leaving smears of chocolate down her cheeks as she takes a breath to regain her composure. Is she giving up? Not on your life.

She's just turning back to the counter, where there's enough ingredients for one more try along with a recipe book she's looking back at.]

You could always help, you know.

[A startled "Pika!" and...end feed. Spark still enjoys being Camera-chu, it seems.]

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True. It seems that a lot of Pokemon at attracted-- or attached to these devices.

[There's just the slightest bit of amusement in her voice. Just a little.

Aqua hums to herself at seeing the recipe. Simple ingredients were good but, hmm.] Making chocolate from scratch isn't exactly the easiest thing to make. It's easy to burn and you need to have the portions right.

Is there anything else you can make, or... does it need to be chocolates?

Most of them are, even if all they can do is chew on it.

[Her gear's still got teeth marks, after all. As for the chocolates, well, Lightning's shaking her head. Flustered? Oh, yes, she still is.]

It can be something else, but...there's a tradition here, where you give chocolates to the people you care about. I didn't want to just go out and buy them.

[She only blinks. Chewing on it.] Should I... even ask?

[Aqua's trying not to fluster the woman anymore, but she can't help but smile. It was sort of sweet, and kind, and innocent.

...And makes her wonder if she should have gotten chocolates for Ven now. Poor girl has sometimes too innocent of a mind and doesn't know much about love and Valentines.]

A gift both made from hard work and from the heart. That's quite a tradition they hold here.

[And now she's back to thinking, cupping her chin with a hand.] I haven't had much experience with making chocolate. But constant stirring is needed, or else the sugar will burn easily.

Only if you have Pokémon with good teeth.

[Chocolates for Ven might be a good thing. This woman got chocolates from her sisters so it's not just a lovers holiday...not that she's going to mention that.]

They might hold it on other worlds, too. Some people recognized it last year.

[and now a sigh. She's stirring, but..]

I've followed the directions exactly. I don't know why it's not working.

I doubt even a dragon like a Dratini does. Rain hasn't acted like that at all so far.

[She will definitely consider it. After hearing that her little bro has been on his own without her or Terra around, Aqua feels like she owes him an apology somehow.]

I haven't heard of it before, but... I-I suppose if it's just a holiday, there's no harm

[...So long as no one asks her out on a date again.]

Why not take a break? Ease your mind and try again later.

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