Soiled berries

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Honey had been returning to Grassviel, her sack brimming with berries. A heavy rain had settles in, and she was now running to Wisp's shop.

Wisp had been waiting, a very large umbrella, sheltering her from the heavy rain. I swear, that lopunny is as good as a plain seed, she thought, letting out a sigh. As Honey arrived, she was out of breath,"Sorry," she said between a pant," I was taking my time, and trying to pick the ripest ones." She spilled out the contents of her drenched sack, only to find the berries squished and useless."B-but," she stuttered, picking up the berries.

"Useless!" Wisp began to throw a fit,"I knew you would come empty-handed again!" she shouted, packing up her remaining stock."Because of you, I had to sit here in the rain!"

"Oh.." She spoke almost silently,"Do you want me to help with that?" she asked, picking up a berry.
"No! I can handle it by myself!" Wisp snatched the berry and headed back to her home, dragging along a cart crammed with boxes and sacks of berries. Honey let out a sigh and sat on a bench, not caring if she got wet or not.

"I'm sure we can find one if we ask around..." she smiled, "But we should go and wash out that one in the pond or something first... Then It can dry while we're searchhing and you'll have it back for next time you go berry hunting!"

"You'd really help me with all of that? wow, your very kind." She said with a smile and stood up."First we should search for another thing to carry the berries in."

She nodded then glanced around, "Perhaps we could try borrowing one from somewhere?? Which shops are most likely to have any bags...?"

"Um..Maybe Tobi's? All of the others don't seem to be selling anythin clise to a bag." She pointed out, spotting Tobi's shop which was placed close to the guild.

Cobalt smiled, "Okay! Lets try there..."
The Dragonair slithered over to Tobi's store and waited for Honey to join her.

The lopunny walked at her own pace, over to the shop. She watched as Tobi busilly rearranged, and replaced various objects around the tent. The delcatty turned to see the two standing by the counter. He put down a box of berries, and padded over to the two, between them standing the counter."Hello here, what do you need?" He asked, flicking his tail around the shop.

The Dragonair opened her mouth to speak, but then shrunk back and hid behind Honey as her shyness seemed to kick in again. She peeked out from behind the Lopunny and blushed, slightly embarassed for having tried to hide.

Tobi pondered the dragonair's actions."Are you okay?" he asked, leaning a bit closer. Honey was a little surprised at how shy Cobalt had been acting, but decided not to say anything.
"Anyway," she said, cutting off Tobi."We're looking for a sack, or some kind of pack to help us carry things in. Do you have any in stock...?" Honey shrunk back a little bit, noticing the way that Tobi had begun to stare at her. He was a little annoyed, and had been giving her a rather awkward look, since she had cut him off."I do happen to have something." he replied, pulling out a patched bag.

The Dragonair blinked and her eyes looked the bag up and down. "It'll do nicely..." she replied quietly..

"100 poke." he demanded, pulling the sack away, as Honey began to reah for it.
"Well that's quite a price for a bag of such quality.." Tobi simply shrugged,
"It's either pay up, or take nothing." Honey turned to Cobalt,"What do you think?"

"H-how about we just give you 25% of the berries we collect in it?" she suggested.

"Fifty percent." he spoke, raising the amount."But I'm collecting these berries for Wisp, she'll be mad if I only bring back a few." Honey cried, hoping the shop keeper would lower the amount. Tobi shrugged again,"Fine, twenty fivepercent, exactly." he ordered, sliding the sack onto the counter.

Cobalt nodded, "Thankyou.."

"Thank-you.." Honey echoed, a little relieved to see that Tobi had changed his direction of interest, and gone back to what he was fiddling with."Should we wash the sack now?"

"Uhm...okay.. i guess so..."
She smiled awkwardly and then slithered off in the direction of the pond.

The lopunny followed, thinking random thoughts. She felt her paws become sticky wih the berry juice, and began to feel rather irritated.

They reached the pond and Cobalt slithered into it. She dived under the water then smiled as she broke the surface and waited for Honey to join her by the water.

Honey wasn't much of a swimmer, and simply dunked the bag in the water. Once she had finished that, she began to wash her paws, drying them off in the fluff of her ears. She picked up he sack and hung it on a branch to dry."We should come back for it once we've picked the berries."

Cobalt nodded, "Okay!"
She slithered out of the water, feeling refreshed. Her sapphire scales seemed to glitter in the sunlight that she had created.

Honey began to walk away, but paused soon after,"You coming?" She questioned teasingly.

The Dragonair was snapped out of her thoughts as she stared up at the sun. She directed her attention back towards Honey and laughed, "Yea! Sorry..."
She quickly slithered affter her.

Honey hummed a tune or two on their way to Pecha Forest. It was there that she would pick the best looking berries possible. The lopunny had a keen eye for perfect objects. A smudge on an orb would have to go right away, and even the tiniest of bruises on a berry would make it completely useless. She was picky, and always wanted to bring only top quality items with her. Anyhing else would be thrown away.
"Um.." she said in her quiet voice."You never did tell me your name..Or did you?" She began to panick,"Oh no, I forgot..Or did you forget to tell me? Oh..." The bunny-like pokemon was truly forgetful, sometimes even a klutz, but that was just her. She began to flail around, turning her head this way and that, trying to remember.

Cobalt stopped for a second...thinking about it herself. "You know.. I cant actually remember.." she replied quietly.. "Well im Cobalt, just incase I didnt..."

She stopped overreacting, and conducted herself, taking a deep breath and relaxing her tensed muscles.
"I'm Honey," she finally spoke in a normal way,"Just in case I haven't told you yet." The pink fluffed lopunny was a little tured. Suddenly, she sneezed again.
"Oh, sorry," she apologized,"Hey look!"she cried, changing the subject."I think we've made it to Pecha Forest!"

Cobalt grinned, "Well. pleased to meet you Honey!"
The Dragonair looked around and saw that there were pecha trees everywhere.
Cobalt smiled, then asked the Lopunny for sone advice, "How do I choose the berries for you to take back?"