Reginald Valerias
Date: June 2
Location: Pokemon Center, Orange Archipelago
Pokemon Team: Emeric the Shiny Haunter, Elvira the Munna, Bob the Shedinja, Large Marge the Drifloon, Missy the Misdreavus, Jones the Frillish, Legion the White-Striped Basculin, Gordon the Mankey
WCS Rank: 72,758
Interactions: Briar Hightower (ThAtGuY101), Adrianne Silvers (Godjacob)
Hearing that Adrianne was alright with making that gym third left Reggie feeling a bit better. Considering the possible path they'll take around the Orange Islands, it would be a better idea if they didn't go there immediately. Especially since the situation needed to die down over there, but he was sure Interpol and the local rangers can deal with it.
Reggie had just a few things to say about misdemeanors not being real crimes, but he didn't argue with her there. If he even got a C in school, his parents wouldn't appreciate it and would ground him as if he did something as petty as a class C misdemeanor. Maybe that contributed to his thoughts on the matter, but he didn't talk about it. He found people didn't particularly agree with his parent's ways of handling his grades.
His eyebrow just raised higher the more numbers Briar said, only for Adrianne to say she probably had some pretty good stories to tell. Reggie chuckled and shook his head. Well, at least that's fine. But if Briar got into any legal trouble, he sure wasn't going to help her run. She also didn't seem too bad now, if she were worse back then Reggie likely left Adrianne's little crew.
With their way plotted towards the park, Briar mentioned something about berry juice after giving Adrianne some advice. Reggie had an idea. "Well, if the locals will allow us, I can take berries from the Park. They are probably a lot tastier over there, and I can make berry juice for you." He, in fact, did know the types of berries that would be good if you spiked it with alcohol, but he wasn't about to tell her that either. He wasn't a mixologist, but he had some knowledge in the topic.
As for Adrianne's need to increase her WCS ranks, Reggie chuckled sheepishly. "Yeah, I need to increase my rank, too. But uh... I'll do that later. It's not like my rank's gonna drop tomorrow or anything. I need to figure out my new Pokemon more." Not totally being reminded that he got absolutely merk'd by a kid with a Surskit and a Magikarp. "But yeah, I'm with you on getting stronger. But choosing our fights would be better so you don't end up hurting yourself or your Pokemon because of rash actions."
Adrianne's realization of her names had Reggie chuckling. He looked down at the Mankey, who had been busy staring at everything else. Then, he looked up at Reggie, making Reggie's blood run cold. What was going on in that head of his?
The Mankey then hopped on Reggie's back and he yelped. "Hey yo, whatcha doin'? Huh?" Reggie noticed the Mankey wasn't trying to tear his hair out or rip his clothes. It was just... hitching a ride on his back.
That's when he realized. He left all of his supplies near the Pokemon Center's battlefield.
The realization hit him hard and he laughed a bit painfully from the realization. "I'll figure out a name later, my stuff's still out, go on ahead without me, and I'll catch up, okay? Okay, see ya!" He bolted towards the Pokemon Center, the Mankey whooping at the sudden rush of wind as he went to collect all of his cooking things and grab his backpack.
Thankfully, everything seemed to be in one piece. Oh...
He needed to clean the plates and bowls...
Surprisingly, the Mankey hopped off his shoulder and began to help clean up. Smiling to himself, Reggie just found a good name, based on the Mankey's earlier pickiness and helping with his food. "Gordon... I'll call you Gordon."
The Mankey squeaked, and this was the first time Reggie had ever seen a Mankey's eyes sparkle with happiness. He chuckled and went ahead in cleaning up, realizing that the Mankey was alright.
Just as long as he didn't do anything to make him angry.
Fluffy the Flareon
Luz, Mewtwo would be my pet if I wasn't blind, Torres
Date: 1 Month Ago (26 years old); June 20
Location: Snowpoint City, Sinnoh
Collabed with Hecotoro
The cold air made the pink feline shiver as the frosty air crept through her silky fur. Having lived so long next to a walking cranky volcano, the cold was something Luz wasn't used to. Lately though, she had begun to like it. It was a welcomed change. Her paws felt cool and made crunchy sounds when she stepped into the cold humid texture known as snow.
Crunch crunch crunch!
Luz joyfully danced on the cold ground, trying to imitate those beats her trainer made when he hit stuff with sticks. She could feel the humans and Pokémon around her feeling a bit confused and some amused by her behavior, but she was loving it. In fact, she was planning on playing outside all day until her nose caught a sniff of something.
The creamy texture came to her mind as the familiar smell of Peanut Butter hit her nose. Luz could use a snack, since Ron seemed to not be in a rush to leave soon. Why was he always comfortable in bad smelling places? Even Furia, their fearless alpha, was pretty upset. Anyways, Luz was going to get herself some peanut butter.
The Espeon let out a small meow and stretched, her claws digging into the chilly snow while her whiskers got a hold of the people around her, giving her an idea where to walk safely. With a goal in mind and the need for yet another adventure Luz walked head first into a stop sign.
The Espeon cried out as she landed on her bottom. She couldn't exactly sense metal, so a street sign was her weakness. What was worse were the audience laughing and feeling sorry for her. What was worse was the intentions coming from a nearby human…
"A blind Pokémon? It was probably abandoned by its trainer, come on Crawdaunt, let's catch it!"
It wasn't long before she heard quick steps heading her way and the feeling of dark energy gathering. Luz wasn't about to get attacked! She swerved around the stop sign and bolted ahead, she couldn't fight with so many around, what if she hurt someone?!
As she gained distance, the sound of the human and their Crawdunt faded. Sadly, Luz couldn't relax, since she could hear some sort of flying Pokémon following her. Of course, they would need a bird to match her speed. She just needed a safe spot, somewhere she could fight without running into a-
Bonk!
Another street sign?! The cold metal left a sting on Luz's forehead, the impact disturbing her senses. It wasn't long before she felt herself swept up and carried away! The darn bird! Rude, rude, RUDE!
The sky exploded with a psychic blast as both the Swellow and Espeon fell into a small park. Luz, as agile as she was, landed on her feet, blasting the damn bird away before it had a chance to get up. She had to escape!
Unfortunately, it seemed more than one human had been chasing her. She heard something heavy land near her, growling as it rushed at her. She wasn't going to be taken down! She focused her psychic powers on the incoming attacker and… nothing?! Was it immune?!
"Now Pangoro!"
Luz squealed as she felt a hard impact on her side, sending her flying and crashing into the ground. Her senses were messed up, her side hurt and she was scared. From the bottom of her heart she let out a loud meow, the gem on her forehead glowing as she prepared to unleash her power.
After being healed by Naka's Hatterene and help from Nurse Joy, Fluffy was feeling better from when he had fought that pesky Houndoom. He stretched and saw his trainer on a bed with the Sceptile near her, so it was time to leave. He noticed that guy his trainer was so fond of had left, so he left and went outside just to see-
Ron being dragged away by a cop and his Scizor, Furia going wild, and Luz-...
What was Luz doing?
There was no reason to focus on Ron because he didn't want to get into human affairs, and there was nothing he could do about Furia, so he left her as is and focused on Luz. She apparently found herself liking the snow and was playing in it, only to get distracted with the prospect of food and then...
Oh... Oh no...
As a trainer tried to catch the Espeon, Fluffy's body melted the snow around him from his anger. He rushed headlong to catch up to Luz, but she was running extremely fast. Using Quick Attack, he managed to catch up to her and the Swellow as they landed in the park, only to see the Pangoro land a well aimed hit on Luz.
Yowling, he rushed forward, his body surging with Fighting energy as he bashed the Pangoro's backside with Superpower (disregarding the debuff despite how it sapped his physical ability), yowling in Poke-speak that nobody can catch them because they were already owned by people and that attacking them was a crime. Flipping about and jumping until he was beside Luz, he growled and yowled more at the Pokemon surrounding them, hoping they'd listen to him instead of their trainers. <"Do you want your trainers to get in trouble for attacking and trying to take already owned Pokemon? Or would you not mind a beat down to show we aren't some abandoned strays?">
Luz felt a familiar warmth in the area and a smell she adored. With a quick hop she snuggled into Fluffy's mane, the warmth felt extra good with the cold weather around them, making the Espeon feel a bit more at ease. It was the perfect moment if she didn't sense the danger from before.
The Crawdaunt was at it again, arriving late to the party but ready to fight, ignorant of Fluffy's warning. It swung its Crabhammer at the fire type, while the Espeon's psychic attacks bounced off the Pokémon.
"Something's not right..." the Pangoro's trainer said as he returned his knocked down dark type.
"Awwww, they're a couple!" a female voice shouted while a Rhydon rushed at them with Drill Run.
Luz was getting overwhelmed once again, her ears flopping down before bolting in the direction of the forest, trying to get away from the over stimulation.
Fluffy growled as the Crawdaunt came forth with a Crabhammer, sneering as Luz left him alone. He used Rock Smash, sliding his body under the Crabhammer to smash into the Dark-Type with a powered up paw, then hopping off the Crawdaunt to avoid the Drill Run so the attack hit the Crawdaunt instead. As he was in the air, he caused the sun to blazen through the clouds with Sunny Day before sending a fully charged Solar Beam at the two Pokemon, the moves being used in quick succession showing just how well trained he was. He was so glad he did some training with Naka during their travels, because otherwise he'd be smoked, and that fight against the Houndoom made him much stronger as that thing was more experienced than he was. He might be even on par with Luz's strength now, if she weren't blind.
Once the two Pokemon were knocked out, he retreated into the forest after Luz, using his ears to seek her out while keeping his distance from her so she wouldn't get found because of him. He yipped at her. <"I took care of the Dark-Types for you, but it still might not be safe. Hide. I'll find you when it's safe.">
With that, he skidded to a halt and waited to see if anybody else would charge after them, keeping his ears out for if Luz got attacked by anyone else while he was shielding her six.
Luz kept running until she heard Fluffy's cry, which distracted her as she ran into a tree. She yipped as she bounced off it and before she knew it, she felt weight on top of her, cold wet weight. The tree had dropped its built up snow and it had landed on top of Luz covering her up entirely. To the blind Espeon though, her senses were basically gone. She couldn't smell or hear past the snow, all she could do was shiver and cry out for help.
Hearing nobody come over, Fluffy was about to relax before hearing Luz's cries. Fur standing on end, he rushed over to her and looked about, only to find... Nothing?
That's when he noticed the snowpile was moving and he rushed over, digging her out of the snow with his forepaws and using his head to hook under her head and then under her body to get her out of the snow, allowing her to stand up on her own as he stood beside her to keep her warm, letting his tail drape over her. <"The snow dropped on you. You're okay.">
His body tensed and shivered, not from the cold but from the fight he just had. Adrenaline still coursed his system and he was feeling the soreness from using Superpower and pulling off two moves in quick succession in Sunny Day and Solar Beam. The sky was warming up this little area of the park, but soon the sun's strength would dissipate with the cold breeze rushing through the park.
Figuring Luz wanted to explore but not getting the ability to explore, he thought for a moment before getting an idea to get a collar on her, to disguise her as an owned Pokemon for the time being. But where to get one, he had no idea.
Still, it wouldn't hurt to get into another fight if Luz wanted to go exploring. <"You wanna explore?">
Luz stretched as she removed the snow from her back. The warmth of Fluffy only made her feel even better. She snuggled up to his tail before proceeding to clean her paws.
<"Explore?"> Luz finally revealed her voice to the Flareon. As a Pokémon that had depended on her psychic powers to connect with others, she had never had the need to actually talk with another Pokémon.
<"Find the peanut butter."> Her lack of words and accent were an issue, but the feelings of craving the creamy goody were better expressed through her psychic powers.
<"After, explore.">
With her wishes set and clear, Luz thanked her savior with a quick lick to his warm cheek and proceeded to skip ahead, trying to find the scent that had set her out on adventure.
Fluffy's eyes widened. She sounded.... So cute... And soft.
She even felt really cute to snuggle up against, and he was glad his fur was the same color as his blush right now. But when she said she wanted food, specifically peanut butter, Fluffy let out an amused huff. He walked beside her, speaking to her again with some concern. <"What if people attack you again, thinking you're some abandoned stray? I could attack them and guard you again, but there's only so much I can do to prevent you from being attacked.">
He sounded annoyed that they even had to attack her in the first place. But of course, no person in their right mind would think to throw a Pokeball at a trained Pokemon, abandoned or wild.
<"It okay.">
Luz walked with her head held up. Sure she had been gotten off guard before and she wasn't used to not having Ron supporting her, but she knew damn well she could put away any threat, even Fluffy wasn't an opponent she would fear. At least for now.
Luz playfully nibbled on Fluffy's ear and ran ahead, searching the fresh scents of the forest, trying to identify the tasty good her stomach was craving.
<"Peanut butter!"> Luz yelled out with a swift hop forward and then breaking into a sprint.
She led the duo towards a small cabin in the middle of the woods. Outside were two children playing, a small girl and an older boy. In the girl's hand was the target, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!
Fluffy had to hand it to her, she was rather resilient and held herself up pretty high. He wasn't so sure if that was based on skill or something else, but he'd like to think it was the former.
Getting nibbled on, he huffed in bemusement before chasing after her, hoping she didn't run into anything. It was then she declared her craving and chased after its scent, Fluffy hot on her heels. That was when he saw what she was smelling. He yipped at her, not wanting her to get into trouble. <"Wait, Luz, that's a sandwich! Someone owns that food!"> He caught up to her, hoping she'd listen instead of going for it. And if she did?
He'll just tackle her to the ground.
Luz giggled and snuggled up Fluffy's chin to calm him down, she knew what she was doing. The Espeon began to walk casually towards the children, purring loudly while skipping joyfully. The children, especially the boy, were a bit surprised at first, but then their faces filled with joy as they noticed the innocent pink Pokémon going towards them.
"It's so cute!" The small girl picked up Luz, hugging her tightly while the Pokémon tried to sneak a bite of her sandwich.
"I'm gonna go get mom!" the boy cried out excitedly before running into the cabin.
Sighing, Fluffy gave a disgruntled grunt before letting her do her thing. He huffed a bit as she tried to sneak a bite, walking up to the kid who had a hold of Luz.
Time to work this charm... Ugh…
He mewled with a hint of a purr, padding up to the girl and sitting beside her feet as he stared up at her. He shivered, and his body became twice as big as his fur fanned out.
<"You handsome!"> Luz joyfully cried out as the kid set her down.
The child took a piece of her snack and shared it with the two Eeveelutions. Luz meowed joyfully and sabored the snack, licking her lips clean.
"Awww it was hungry!" The girl reached down to grab Luz, but the Espeon hopped away, having obtained her meal, it was time to head back.
<"Byebye!"> Luz cried out as she skipped towards the forest, leaving the child confused and sad watching her go.
Fluffy stared with a deadpan at Luz, looking away as the compliment made him feel things he didn't want to feel right now.
As the child gave them a piece of her snack, Fluffy smelled it a bit before wolfing it down. Seeing Luz go, Fluffy shook his head before looking up at the kid. To make the kid feel better, he compensated by rubbing his side against her leg as thanks before running after Luz.
<"She's all sad..."> He didn't care if the kid cried honestly, but it was a bit weird that she'd manipulate an emotional kid only to take food and leave. Then again, they had people to go to.
<"What happened to your trainer?"> He asked, wondering if Luz even knew what happened to him.
<"Huh?"> Luz looked over at Fluffy. <"Sleeping?">
Luz wasn't exactly sure why he was in the big room, but she did recall he was asleep for a while. <"He very angry with mate.">
The Espeon sniffed Fluffy up close, checking for any leftover crumbs by licking his cheek, only to find none. <"Naka? I like her. She is always in heat. But very good human, pretty heart.">
Fluffy snorted. He didn't know what happened in those things either, but he noticed that's where bad people went to, or people who disturbed the peace. To hear he was angry with his trainer though. He chuckled.
He was about to speak when a lick to his cheek stopped him, his ears falling to the sides in embarrassment. And he looked at her, almost appalled, at what she said about Naka. So much so that even his ears twisted back in surprise. But then he took a moment to think on it and he sighed, nodding and huffing in belated agreement. <"Yeah...">
He sighed as he walked a bit more towards the city. <"Naka frustrated with mate, too. He gets angry and acts impulsively, which worries her. But he's got a good heart, just a funny way of showing it. I don't think she'll ever dislike him for anything he'll do."> He at least knew that by experience. <"I'm certain those two will see each other a lot. I bet Ron thinks he's a danger to Naka... Would he leave her?"> A hint of worry in his tone. <"I want to see you again. And for longer."> He shyly said, his speaking becoming quiet due to his embarrassment, even his ears fell back.
Luz felt the insecurity coming from Fluffy, which he had the right to. She snuggled against the fire type, ironically warming him up. <"My Ron is..."> Luz thought hard for the proper words. <"Unpredictable.">
Although the Espeon had known him for years, Luz had seen him take enough unreasonable decisions to make it hard for her to think what he would do next.
<"But if we do leave, we will return."> She said confidently. <"I feel it. Their bond between the two. Not only the need to mate.">
Luz's explanations - while serious and nice to hear - were absolutely silly and he couldn't help but huff slightly in amusement. <"Need to mate? I don't see why humans need to mate so much, especially my trainer. She doesn't even want kids..."> He huffed with another shake of his head, his eyes darting between the snow and the sweetly snuggling Espeon against him.
<"Anyway... Thank you..."> He then felt his ears fall again, but for a different reason. <"If Naka ever sees me be this... way with you, she's gonna get all kinds of unbearable, I can just feel it...">
Luz perked up her ears. <"Be how?"> She tilted her head to the side.
Growing up around an angry badger and a metal head Raichu, the Espeon wasn't quite sure what a normal relationship was.
<"Do you not share time like this with your team?">
Fluffy was confused how Luz didn't know. Didn't that Tyranitar act the same way? Or maybe he was just upset that the Infernape took his rival from him. Either way, he went to explain.
<"I prefer to watch and observe. Too much going on, feels weird getting to know people and Pokemon. I prefer being alone or hidden somewhere. But it feels nice being held by Naka, even if being an alive heated plushie is a bit silly... With you though... I don't feel like I have to be alone... It's weird... Naka would think I'm finally deciding to make friends... I don't mind the doting, but it's not like I'll ever tell her I do... But she always knows when I have an actual problem with it, or if I'm not admitting I like it. She's psychic or something..."> He pouted, already not wanting to hear his trainer's doting, but kind of hoping for it at the same time.
He hated these conflicting feelings.
Luz could already feel Fluffy's conflict. She stopped and sat down, her head tilting to the side. <"Being alone?"> That was an odd concept to her, she hadn't felt alone ever since Ron took her in, which was but a faint memory. <"Make friends?">
The Espeon wasn't easily fooled, as much as conflicted as Fluffy was, she felt that something extra was in the mix. <"You want more than friends."> Luz said with a confident tone. <"I felt your attraction since day one.">
Fluffy was confused how those concepts were so confusing. But before he could try and explain, she outed him. He felt his entire face bloom with heat and he had to check to make sure fire didn't just erupt from his fur.
Thankfully it didn't, yet he felt himself getting rather embarrassed. <"Well..."> No use denying it now. <"Yes..."> His tail swished from the uncomfortable reveal, but he didn't back away either. <"You're.... Really pretty... And funny, even if your dramatic flairs make me think you're hurt.">
<"Ron taught me to lie."> Luz said proudly. <"I accept your feelings. Oh but Ron doesn't trust you."> Luz sighed and dropped her ears. <"I can't be with someone Ron doesn't trust."> She said it in a tone as if it was something normal. <"Or Furia..."> She shuddered at the thought of the alpha of the team getting mad at Fluffy. <"Specially Furia."> She said in a low tone as Furia rampaging flashed in her mind. <"But I like you. So keep secret!">
Fluffy snorted, hoping Luz wasn't lying about any of this. It left him guarded, but he couldn't help but think maybe she was telling the truth. There was no flair, just her being cute and bubbly. Until she brought up that Ron and Furia didn't trust him. He deadpanned, snorting in defiance. <"I saved Ron from becoming burning mince meat from that Houndoom when we were in that cave. I nearly died for him. He should feel grateful."> He huffed in annoyance, then relaxed as his tail swished aggressively. <"I was going to keep it secret anyway... I don't want Naka knowing..." >
He looked away, then looked back at Luz, debating on what to do. Finally, he walked to her and nuzzled her cheek. <"I'll find a way for your Ron to trust me. Because I want you. Even if it means risking my life, I will do it."> Despite how awkward he said it considering he wasn't used to being so open, there was still that sincerity.
Luz purred loudly and shook her head, meowing with delight. <"I know."> She said with a confident smile. <"Now, we need more peanut butter.">
The Espeon returned the gesture with a rub on Fluffy's cheek before moving on. She listened and smelled the air, making sure the humans and Pokémon from before weren't around. After a few seconds, she jumped into the open park, walking directly... Into another street sign.
It was such a common thing for her, she couldn't even feel embarrassed about it. <"Sorry!">
She apologized and waited for Fluffy, <"Careful!"> as if he couldn't see it.
Fluffy felt like a weight lifted off his chest. He had been so worried that she wouldn't return some kind of want for him that it was making it difficult to act normal around her. But now that he knew?
He relaxed a little.
He couldn't help but snicker a little when she hit her third street sign. Sighing, he walked over to her to nuzzle her forehead before lightly pushing her to the side with his shoulder. <"I can see it, Luz. Just follow me. I'll make sure you won't hit another.">
Then, he smelled it.
He didn't know from where, but he was smelling peanut butter.
Luz was a bit confused, Ron always trained her to fend for herself when he wasn't around. But now Fluffy was taking charge, which meant he was her protector.
<"Peanut butter!"> The Espeon called out, sniffing the air. <"Please take me to peanut butter."> She told the Flareon, giving him the benefit of the doubt in leading them both.
To Fluffy, protection was all he could think to do to help. He wasn't the kind of Pokemon to do anything else but protect because he didn't know how to go about the other stuff.
He led Luz to a little storefront, having smelled the peanut butter inside. Upon seeing and smelling all kinds of delectable treats inside, Fluffy just realized they may not be able to get anything without paying.
He groaned. <"Stupid humans and their barring food with weird cards..."> Having never seen paper Pokedollars, he only recalled Naka ever using a card. He looked at Luz, wondering if anyone would even want to give them the time of day and get food.
<"... We can go back and get Naka's card...">
<"Card?"> Luz giggled. <"No. Just go Beep Beep Beep!"> The Espeon tried to imitate the sound of a self checkout. <"Or sometime ka-ching!"> She seemed pretty confident in her word. <"It always works. I know Ron do this.">
Feeling Fluffy wasn't aware of the magic spells, she figured she had to take charge. <"Maybe Naka can do the spell? The more beeps, the more food.">
Fluffy stared at Luz incredulously before yipping in laughter. He patted Luz's shoulder with his paw before facing the hospital, shaking his head. <"It only goes beep beep beep if humans use a card. I've never heard of ka-ching though."> With that, he guided Luz back to the hospital, and snuck through until they got to her room. She was laying on the bed, the Hatterene relaxing against the wall while the Sceptile had taken perch on the bed with Naka, whining softly in his sleep.
Just as Fluffy padded quietly inside to grab Naka's backpack, she spoke. "Fluffy? You need to buy something?"
He yipped in surprise, but huffed as he dug into her front pocket, pulled out some silly harness and her wallet, then hopped on the bed. Naka chuckled, shaking her head. "Don't get too much now. Don't want the beeps to sound bad, don't you?"
The look on Fluffy's face was telling enough that he never heard a machine beep badly. She explained. "Money is stored in a card and you buy stuff with it. When there is no more money, the machine beeps are bad, and you can't buy it." Fluffy understood, thankfully.
He's never heard of a human getting bad beeps though. But it sounded like something he didn't want to do for his trainer. Getting the harness on with Naka's help, she set her wallet on a side pocket, then pulled out a tag from a velcro pocket and spun the metal ring around another metal ring. It had Fluffy's name, species, and Naka's name. She then patted him on the side.
"Good luck out there, hun." With a little kiss to his forehead, he was off, not wanting to get doted on right yet as he didn't want to feel like mush.
He looked like he was ready to trek through urban wildlife humans call cities, wearing what amounted to a TAC harness on a human. Fluffy huffed as he returned to Luz, shaking his head. <"She's pretty tired and out of it. I don't think she noticed you. Still, we got her card. Apparently there's bad beeps, so we should be careful not to make the good beeps too much.">
<"No notice me?"> Luz felt she was being rude by not saying hello, so with a quick swiff of her tail she touched Naka's hand and then followed Fluffy out of the hospital.
Naka felt the touch of the Espeon's tail, chuckling as a form of acknowledgment of her recognition.
<"We need one beep."> The psychic type said after a while. <"Peanut butter is one beep."> She was confident in her words. <"You look like human."> She giggled, watching the Flareon with the bag.
The Flareon listened to her assessment. One beep means one item? Okay, that made sense. But he saw Naka buy many items and it only needed one beep...
So what did this infernal contraption mean? He figured Hanu, Silenus, or even Chu would know how it works a lot better. All he knew was the warning Naka gave him about the amount of currency the card has and not to spend too much. If Luz only wanted one though, then he'd give her one.
Luckily, Fluffy's newly acquired gear really made him look owned, and the Espeon beside him looked owned by proxy, so nobody should mess with them as if they were strays.
Her comment on him looking human gave a sort of weary, half-amused huff. <"Sometimes, I feel like it."> He mused, shaking his head. <"Whatever, this should help with identifying us as having trainers, and we can... go around and get you things..."> He added on the last bit with some difficulty, sounding shy.
<"Things?"> Luz pouted, giving Fluffy a sharp look. <"Peanut butter.">
Her upset mood quickly faded though, she couldn't help but stick close to the warm Flareon. She rubbed against his warm fur to push the cold air brushing through hers. A pleased meow escaped her mouth, before playfully jumping forward to lead the pair.
<"Faster! If Ron leaves the room, I won't find him!">
<"I meant things after peanut butter..."> Fluffy sighed, his ears drooping when Luz misunderstood him. But it was sweet that she snuggled up to him. Maybe being fluffy wasn't such a bad thing. When she expressed hurry, Fluffy yipped and ran with Luz to the sweets shop, where he opened the door for the blind Espeon and found the line had just emptied for them to come up. Fluffy made sure Luz was with him before he went to jump on top of the counter, shaking his pack with the wallet to get the clerk's attention.
Luz joyfully walked into the shop, the different smells bringing delight to her nose as she "looked" around. Once Fluffy jumped up though, she sat down, waiting for her guide to provide instructions. <"Nothing after, just peanut butter.">
The Espeon could spend hours with the treat. It wasn't only the taste, but it made her remember good times. Ron would put peanut butter on her nose, so she could enjoy the treat when she was learning to eat. To make her feel better, he would do the same on himself and the rest of the team to see who could finish first. Poor Monstar always lost, but Luz was the best at it!
A soft meow escaped her as the memories brought joy to her, spreading the feelings unintentionally to the nearby clerk.
The clerk seemed to be in better spirits for some reason, unaware that it was Luz spreading her emotions to him. He smiled upon seeing Fluffy, fishing out the wallet. Fluffy pointed to the peanut butter square, to which the man put it in a nice little box before getting the card out, sending it through the machine, then returning everything to Fluffy.
"You have a good day now, you two." The clerk said cheerfully, with Fluffy giving a soft mewl in turn.
Grabbing the little ribbon handle with his teeth, he jumped off the counter and tilted his head questioningly. Surprisingly - through having his mouth full - he managed to speak. <"Where?">
<"Where?"> Luz tilted her head, location was not important. What was, was that block of peanut butter in Fluffy's mouth. She leaned closed to him, taking the treat into her mouth by bumping her nose to his. <"Thank you!">
With a smile, the Espeon joyfully skipped outside the shop, going towards that odd building where Ron was resting.
Fluffy was oh-so thankful that nobody could see how bad he was blushing, but he was sure Luz picked up on it with how close her nose was to him, as not only did his pheromones give it away, but also his rising heat. He gave a very tiny mewl of flustered surprise, but gave her the box as he looked off and away momentarily.
Then, she left. Her swift departure was almost panic-inducing, so Fluffy ran to catch up with her, not wanting her to end up getting antagonized and so she may at least have a guardian with her so she may eat her peanut butter in peace.
The crunchy snow and the sweet snack in her mouth, Luz was having the time of her life! She skipped along, trying to make the snow crunch as loud as possible, barely missing the steel posts that caused her pain before. Before she noticed, she could sense a familiar mind nearby, her alpha.
<"Furia!"> She called out, running in the direction of the Police Station. It seemed they had managed to calm her down, enough to muzzle her up and start cleaning up the place. With the staff inside busy, Luz simply walked in, with nobody batting an eye. She could hear some woman arguing with one of the officers, but Luz just wanted to get to Ron to show off her earnings.
