It was hard not to smile when she seemed so eager talk berries. The way her face lit up was contagious, a beaming smile plastering itself across the man’s stubbly face. “That depends on how many you’re willing to part with. I’ve been playing around with making Poké Puffs back home, and I wanted to see what a few made out of berries would taste like. I’ll take whatever you’re happy with giving me.”
Tilting to the side, Sanji peered past the woman to observe the rest of the trees. “But, I guess a little of each would be great if that’s alright with you. I wouldn’t want to take too many from you, even if they are gorgeous looking berries. Do you take care of them alone?”
“Poke Puffs? I know just the right ones for those!”
She immediately put her notebook away and motioned for him to follow, going straight for the Lum-Persim rows.
“If you’re making sweet as heck Puffs, a Pecha-Oran-Magost powder combo is the way to go. But if you’re looking for a mix of flavors, an Oran-Persim-Lum combination can give you just the right balance.”
She pointed to both yielding trees when she mentioned them, giving the other a warm smile.
“If you’re going for balanced, yet sweet, a small sprinkle of Pecha powder in the batter makes it just right.”
Then, her cheeks went a little pink. She had gone on a tangent again, whoops.
Freckles! So cute! Sanji inhaled deeply when the woman turned, the smattering of freckles across her kind face giving his heart a reason to skip a beat. She was every bit as cute and sweet as the berries she plucked, which would ( hopefully ) make buying berries easier than he thought.
“The pleasure is all mine, Miss Rebecca. I’m not familiar with the area, or the region, actually, but I heard that there was an impressive orchard around here and needed to check it out for myself. You’re the owner? Then you’re the one I’d talk to about buying some of these berries?”
Someone who hadn’t recognized her name right off the bat? This would be interesting, to say the least. Rebecca nodded in response to the question, lighting up even more than when he had said her orchard, the pride of her life, was impressive.
“Yup, I’m your girl to talk to for that! Which ones do you have your eyes on? I’ve got about ten growing here, one per row, from Cheri to Sitrus.”
She looked attentive, ready to jot down notes on the small notepad she pulled from her pocket along with a mechanical pencil.
Send “I got you” to have your muse save mine from a fall.
“Wh-”
Rebecca had fallen from one of her Berry trees after she had climbed up to get one last berry off the top. She had found herself in the arms of someone she had never seen before, blinking in bewilderment.
Send “I got you” to have your muse save mine from a fall.
“S-Sorry, Green. I lost my balance for a bit there…”
One of her chronic problems since the incident with the Hyper Beam had been loss of balance when she had her headphones off. She hated when she lost her balance, when she looked fragile. She wasn’t.
He had spent a large chunk of time simply standing there and watching the other as they worked, the scent of the Pecha berries filling his nose. The smell was subtle but welcome, nostrils flaring as he felt himself relaxing. He loved the smell of his kitchen and how warm it could get when he worked, but there was something calming about the aroma that drifted off trees and their fruits.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t waste the rest of his day admiring the orchard. He had things to do, same as everyone else, and so little time to do it in. “Excuse me! I hope I’m not disturbing you, but I wanted to talk to the person in charge.”
Was that a voice she heard on the edge of her (lack of) hearing? It had been so faint that Rebecca almost thought she imagined it. Then she pulled her headphones up to her scarred ears and looked over at the blond.
“Oh! You’re not disturbing me at all! I don’t get many people coming to the Undella Outskirts just for the orchard. What do you need, sir? I’m the person in charge, Rebecca Bardot. A pleasure to meet you.”
A warm smile on her freckled face as she carefully put the basket of Pecha berries down on the ground next to the tree she had been harvesting.
Rebecca hummed to herself, picking Pecha berries from the trees that almost towered above her and plonking them into the basket she was holding, unable to hear someone approaching her orchard while she worked.
Her headphones were around her neck, scarred ears in full view of anyone who managed to sneak up on her.
almost instantly, green was raising his hands in defense. “ hey, it’s no problem if you don’t think it’s okay, it’s just an offer. ”
he lets out a laugh, waving off the notion anyway. “ it’d still be satisfy- ing enough just seeing the shock on their faces seeing me instead of you. hey, might even make ‘em run away so you won’t have to battle. ”
“I, uh…”
Rebecca looked thoughtful, thinking the offer through for a moment. Green had always been a good friend since she had become Unova champion. The headphoned champion hummed for a moment before nodding in agreement.
“Sounds like fun. I hope we can get their faces on camera.”
Visiting Johto for something like this had been a wonderful idea. Rebecca was chuckling the entire time, completely delighted by the act the performer was putting on.
“Welcome to the Unova Pokemon League. Is there anything I can help you with?”
The champion was in an expert disguise today. Visor sunglasses over her rather distinct eyes humorously made people unable to recognize her, despite the signature headphones over her ears.
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