Petal Cookie Meme

[ulternnpc]

Today in Ultern the delicious smell of Petal Cookies may waft throughout! It looks like there's someone out there already practicing for the upcoming Harvesting Bonds Festival by baking a lot of cookies. Like, a lot! So much so they've set up advertising free cookies for all in a variety of colors, flavors and shapes too!

Why not go ahead and take a few? It looks like there's plenty of Ulternians and Drifters alike already enjoying some without any signs of adverse effects anyway-

Haha just kidding! Once again apologies to any Domeists in the area.

THE COOKIES
1. SPICY
Telling lies?
Whatever you meant to say, it's not coming out! In fact only lies keep piling up! Gosh dang it, why can't you spit out the truth!?

2. DRY
Uncontrollable Impulsive Action
You're just compelled to act out any thought you've got going on in that head of yours! Uh-oh!

3. BITTER
Fortunes have turned
Do you generally have good luck? Well T-O-O BAD! You're in for the worst luck today, and it's the reverse if your luck is generally bad. Have some great fortune!

4. SWEET
Turn into a Pokemon
Won't it be neat to become a Pokemon? Well now you are. Are you already a Pokemon? Well enjoy being human!

5. SOUR
Personality Change
Either your personality went up a notch by like... a 100, or it's completely swapped! Either way it might be a bit unpleasant to be around you for the folks and Pokemon nearby...

6. SALTY
Wild Card Option
Any other ideas and prompts go here!!! Go nuts!

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🌺(OOC: When replying to a thread feel free to RNG or choose one of the prompts below!

Of course, the person being replied to should also partake in any of the cookies for added fun!
Feel free to enjoy more than one type of cookies! All the effects of the cookies can be combined, you know. For fun!

Enjoy!)🌺

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[ulternnpc]

(This is a thread for anyone who wants shenanigans with any of the NPCs~!!!)

[1+2; opposite day for Buson with no self-restraint... + CW passing alcohol references]

[buson]

"Ooh, they're so colourful! Never seen 'em in colours like that before."

Buson, already very fond of chinsuko, snapped up two at once, all different flavours. Dry and spicy easily caught his eye, the orange and blue. He even considered grabbing the yellow sour one, but he had to try these first.

"Nifee deebiru!"

He decided to take a seat right there, not too far from the stand, hoping to go back for more.

"Kuwacchi sabira!"

Sure, he'd use itadakimasu at home, but he'll switch languages to match the locals. He takes a bite. It sure is spicy!

"Whoa... that wasn't spicy one bit!" he said, despite blinking back tears.

Wait, he hadn't meant to say that... was it so spicy, he got confused? He looked at the biscuit again, suspiciously, before taking a bite of his dry biscuit, hoping to counteract the spiciness. It had an astringent taste that made his mouth feel dry.

"It's almost like... wine...?"

These chinsuko were very, very weird. But hey, he's not a kid or a lightweight, he can't get drunk off sweets, this is ridiculous. He ought to complain! Wait, no, he shouldn't? That person's offering them for free and doesn't deserve—no, but, he really felt like he ought to give them a piece of his mind, so, as if compelled, he got up and marched over to the baker.

"Your chinsuko's some of the sweetest, least spiciest chinsuko I ever tasted in my whole life!" he grumbled, in an ill-fittingly annoyed tone, looking more and more confused at how everything he said was the exact opposite of what he wanted to say. "All of this makes perfect sense, I mean every word I say, and I am in PERFECT control of myself and my whole life!"

[twinkletackle]

“Hey! Quit heckling the staff, you weirdo!” Mina, standing nearby and just finishing off her own yellow cookie, snapped at Buson.

Just who did this guy think he was, causing a (admittedly really strange) scene over free food?!

[buson]

"I ain't 'heckling the staff,' you delightful little lady!"

Aw, man, he can't even insult people back.

"I hope you have a GREAT DAY, that's as SWEET as you are! I think you're a nosy, opinionated, little respectable member of the community!"

4 [sweet - an outfit swap is in order...]

[timidlyblooming]

"My...! I didn't know they made petal cookies with different colours and flavours..." Lillie said admiringly, viewing the different petal cookies, as Snowy sniffed eagerly.

Lillie selected a pink one, while Snowy eagerly barked, waving her tails. With a polite bow of thanks, Lillie allowed Snowy to hop down, snapped her biscuit in half, and knelt down to share both halves of a sweet petal cookie.

As they enjoyed the sweet flavour and rich texture of the cookies, they slowly found themselves... changed!

The human girl had shrunk and become covered in short, velvety pink fur, disappearing entirely underneath her white sun-hat, her dress now encircling her lke a mountain. Pushing the hat aside with great effort, as her limbs had all become shorter and stubbier... she found she was a small, pink Pokemon.

"Cleffa...?" Lillie tried to call Snowy's name, then blinked in surprise at her voice, speaking Pokemon language.

The Pokemon she had tried to call had also disappeared, or rather, transformed... the six-tailed, white-furred fox-like Pokemon had lost her white fur and tails, gaining long silvery-white human hair instead that brushed the ground as she sat. She tried to disappear into the long locks, before reaching for the discarded hat, and found her trainer peeking out of the dress.

"... Lillie?!" the Pokemon-turned-human, Snowy, said in surprise.

[doesntevenlift]

Levi’d only just arrived in Ultern when he stumbled across the stand giving out cookies. He was aaabbbsolutely not about to trust and eat suspiciously free food handed out in a totally unfamiliar world he just woke up in, so instead he is passing the time people watching. None of these people looked like he was used to. It was almost like none of them were pokémon at all!

Except… that girl with the glimmering silvery white hair. Something about her felt familiar. Like home, in more ways than one. He shuffles over to her, speaking softly:

“Um. Excuse me? Hey. Alola. This is probably a really weird question, I know, so please don’t get mad if I’m wrong, alright? But... are you a pokémon?”

With black and red hair and yellow sclera, he looked a lot like an Incineroar himself. That’s probably a coincidence, though, right? Especially considering he’s so scrawny.

[ 5. Limited Edition *nice, friendly Bashou*, only available while stocks last... ]

[bashou]

Bashou is usually wary about accepting food, but on the other hand, he does love to get things for free. And since these cookies are free for anyone, he doesn't think they're likely to be harmful.

Well, not deliberately, though baking mishaps can happen...but even so, surely just one cookie couldn't hurt...

He goes for a yellow one, thinking that's the most likely to be plain, or at least mild in flavour. To his surprise, it's sour. Bashou wrinkles his nose and considers finding a discreet way to spit out the cookie, or at least to throw the other half away...

But that would be so rude, and a waste of a cookie that someone worked so hard on!

Even though he wants to wince at the sourness, Bashou eats the rest of the cookie, and finds himself smiling...?

"Thank you, that was lovely." It wasn't what he'd expected, sure, but it's nice to be diplomatic, right? Not the chef's fault that Bashou accidentally picked a cookie he didn't like! "It's so generous of you to give away all these cookies for free. I'm going to go and tell everyone to come and try them!"

And with that, Bashou sets off down the street, announcing and pointing to anyone who comes close.

"Hello, Ulsai, how's your day going? Did you hear about the free cookies? I can take you there, if you want?"

// This gave me emotional whiplash to write lol

[good God, that's jarring]

[buson]

Buson hears that voice and has difficulty placing it. It sounds almost familiar, but who does he know who talks like that?

It's unerringly polite, it's not overbearing, everything sounds like a suggestion, it's not as aggressively insistent as, say, the fishermen... but there's a cheerfulness to it, and the lighter tone makes the usually low and quiet voice sound higher, perkier, in a way he can't really place.

He has to actually see Bashou, chatting up strangers, to recognize him, and his expression's one of shock and alarm.

Since when is Bashou ever chatty? Free cookies? What, the same ones he ate earlier...? Damn, he knew there was something wrong with those cookies...!

He charged forward, shoving and shouldering anyone in his way, to get to Bashou, gaze narrowed. He caught him by the wrist, even though he normally wouldn't have grabbed at him instead of speaking to him first. He hadn't the time to think about it. In retrospect, he shouldn't have shoved all those people, either, but in the moment, once again, he just acted completely thoughtlessly.

What do they have on him to make him do this? He doesn't even like eating stuff prepared by strangers... or did they have a strange effect on him too?

"... Hun! You're as cheerful as ever, I see! No reason to worry!"

That... absolutely wasn't what he wanted to say! That's the exact opposite! It doesn't even match his worried tone or expression, this is a mess... should he try to say the opposite? Is it like an opposite game where he only says the opposite of what he means? Maybe he can overcome it that way...

[dragonbuster]

Georgia initially looked annoyed, believing herself to be accosted by someone selling something, but wait, what's that?

"Huh? Free cookies? Well, no, I haven't, but sure, I'm interested!"

[souldream]

Chris here already munching on cookies as Bashou approached him. He took had been effected by the very purple petal cookie he's chewing on. He's become taller in height, his bangs explosive (he have up trying to fix it) and his clothes too have changed. Otherwise he seemed fine. He slowly swallowed and grinned to the older man.

"Ulsai to ya too! I'm doing good, what about you?" He laughed. "I got some cookies already! This one's salty but I really like it! Which flavor did you get?"

[ 3 & 4: Volo becomes a lucky Togepi!? I guess he must be a shiny... ]

[unchcsen]

"Are these really free? No money, no trade...?"

Volo waits and watches other people before taking two cookies for himself. He's tempted to take one of each, just to try everything! But that seems greedy, so he settles for a green one (his favourite colour!) and a pink one (chosen at random). Then he goes to find a bench where he can sit down, take off his heavy backpack, and enjoy his free treats.

He decides to eat the green cookie first. He isn't picky about flavours, so he doesn't mind the bitterness. With the green colouring, he almost expected it to be bitter, but he can't place the taste. Is it matcha? Or some kind of vegetable, maybe...?

Volo is happy to find that the next cookie is sweet. Sweet things still feel luxurious to him! He should savour it, maybe, but he can't help but wolf it down. Maybe he ate it too fast and got a sugar rush, because suddenly the world seems to be spinning!? Like he's falling over, but how can that be, when he's sitting down?

When Volo regains his 'balance', everything seems to be out of proportion. He can't even tell where he is anymore. Then he catches sight of himself in the reflective surface of his water bottle, which is now just about as tall as he is. He screams. But what comes out is just a frightened chirp.

"Togepi!?"

[poor Volo!]

[etherealdragon]

"AWWW, what a cute little Togepi!" Iris cooed at the little baby. "Are you here all alone? How funny, you're not native to Ultern... were all these your trainer's things?"

Mayday & 'mon | Sweet + Dry | will match format o7

[ateamrocket]

A.
BOSSSSSS!

[That’s what Mayday hears as she walks back to where she’d left two of her most trusted Pokémon. She didn’t have much of a sweet tooth so she’d given the small treats to a couple of them before wandering off to get a drink. Now, that was what she hears. What she feels is getting body-slammed by a six foot tall stranger(?) in plate armor as he scoops the Rocket up into a hug.]

—The fuck are you?! Let go of me!!

B.
[So I guess this is happening now. Mayday’s Pokémon, or at least a few of them, were temporarily human. There’s a blue and orange-haired woman with a spiky ponytail in a skimpy and definitely-not-regulation blue military uniform milling about and the aforementioned tall, fit young man with red-orange hair in plate armor sticking close to his trainer’s side.]

I’ve seen some wild shit but this might take the cake.
It’s like a dream come true!
You should introduce us to your friends, Chief.
My friends, huh…

B [flirting failure]

[buson]

[Did you say military and skimpy? Because Buson beelines over to her, missing Mayday's presence (sorry!), not realizing that the lady was, in fact, a transformed Pokemon.

To be fair, hitting on random women would have been something Buson would do on a regular day, no magical petal cookies needed, but confident swagger aside...]

Heyyy.

[The spicy petal cookie, however, certainly made its effect pronounced.]

I could show you the worst time of your life!

[He blinked and made a face. Aw, man, he forgot about the stupid chinsuko's effects.]

... I am, like, totally in control of my words right now. There was nothing wrong with the chinsuko I ate earlier. I'm always like this! Don't give me any chances, I'll totally blow 'em!

A.

[closedbond]

[X having taken a Sour cookie for himself saw the scene unfold before his eyes. He's grimacing mostly from the sour taste of the cookie that assaulted his tastebuds, but the moment he swallowed it did his sense of courage spike up. He's rolling up his sleeves and rushing right over to Mayday, while pointing straight at the guy crushing her into a hug.]

Hey! You leave that lady alone!

1.

[gold_drum]

"Ooh, free cookies! Yoink!"

Naturally Gold is here, stuffing a spicy cookie in his mouth and enjoying it.

"Mmff, mild! But it's bad!"

He blinks, chewing slowing down, and swallows his mouthful with wide eyes, then touches his mouth. What did he just say? Was that... the opposite of what he was trying to say?

"...Sky's green. Grass is blue," he says experimentally. Yup, he can lie all right. It's like the opposite of that truth effect a while ago. Slowly, Gold grins wide.

"Aw, hell no!" he cheers, pumping a fist up in the air. "This sucks! I hate lying!!"

[golddream]

"Yaaay Chris, Chris!" There's a tiny, spiky blonde hair, bright brown eyes child running over to Gold. He's dressed in a hoodie with red and blue triangles with his arms up high as if ready to be hugged. Thankfully that's put to a stop when Kam lifted the child up from behind.

"Hey, stop that!"

"No, no, no! You can't make me! You didn't even share your snacks with me!" The child will begin throwing a tantrum in Kam's hold.

[buson]

"... heeh, so nobody else got the one I did," Buson says, mostly observing outloud, with a sympathetic air.

But look at Gold cheer! He's enjoying this, isn't he?

"Looks like you're having a bad time of it, at least."

[serperiority]

Trip can't quite make sense of what Gold's saying right now, but he sure thinks he's funny!! He's giggling a lot, watching him.

5. back to being battle brained

[closedbond]

[Oh? Free cookies? Normally X would be wary but it's Ultern. People have been kind and charitable here. He'll take a yellow one--never having seen a cookie so bright before, and...

He's openly grimacing as he chewed.]

Not sure if this is better or worse than Yago Chanpuru.

[Despite his complaint he's sure is eating the rest until it's all gone. The moment he does, X gripped his left hand into a fist.]

Alright, enough moping around! [He's rushing in front of the first person that comes across his way.] Let's have a one on one battle!

5 [sour - have a braver, less timid baby Trip!]

[serperiority]

[Trip's hand hovered between the orange and yellow, having trouble deciding, but then finally opted for the yellow. The boy smiled shyly at the baker, but was too timid to say "thank you" unprompted, and took a few steps away to taste the free biscuit.

As he chewed, he was surprised by how sour it was! Maybe he should have taken a different one, but the sour flavour wasn't bad, just surprising. He felt bolder, all of a sudden!]

Thank you! It tastes like lemons! I don't usually like sour candy very much, but this was pretty good!

[He spoke with such a loud voice, he surprised himself! He felt a little breathless from the effort and unused to it, but it was exhilerating and fun! Maybe he can say even more things! He wondered if the biscuit gave him courage...]

6 and probably others down the thread-

[souldream]

[Free food? Don't mind if he do! He's grabbing different types as he thanked the bakery and chatting them up. Once he's done and gotten a box of cookies (shameless? Never!) He's plopping a flower shaped petal cookie into his mouth.]

Huh...! This is...it's different but it ain't bad.

[As he's digging in he doesn't realize his sudden outfit change or how his eyes are now gold. What he does notice is the fact he's become taller, and how his bangs weren't in his face anymore.]

Whoa, dang! Not cool! My awesome hair is all different!

[He's not even questioning how or why he's like this. Instead he can be seen fiddling with his suddenly explosive bangs.]

[don't listen to her, please]

[dragonbuster]

Wait, there's a free outfit one? ... uh, tacky, though.

[Georgia's staring at the petal cookies and wondering if what happened earlier had anything to do with it. Maybe if she ate one of these, other weird stuff would happen? She doesn't want to cancel out being relatively rich, though!]

That sucks! Try a different kind, maybe you'll fix it! ... or get something cooler.

3 - Bitter

[dragonbuster]

A- Change of Fortune

Georgia chose green simply because it was her favourite colour and she was curious to see what green petal cookies were supposed to taste like. Were they source like green apples? Were they strawberry like those maligned gummies? Or even some totally cursed cookie that tastes like veggies?

She took a bite and made a face. Yeah, she should've known they weren't going to taste all that good.

"Ugh, this tastes awful!" Georgia complained to the baker, as entitled as ever. "You know, if these are supposed to be sweets, I have no idea why anyone would be interested in... oh, what's this?"

Georgia's little tirade was broken by spotting something gleaming on the ground. She picked up a ring with a gleaming orange, white, and green stones set in and arranged to resemble a Ho-Oh's wing.

Before she could say or do anything at all, an Ulternian ran over, took the ring, and thanked her for finding it, saying it was meant to be an engagement ring.

Georgia was stunned speechless and couldn't make sense of anything as she was clapped heartily on the back, thanked, and given a small fortune meant as reward for whoever finds it.

When Georgia finally found her voice again, all she could muster was a baffled and incredulous shout.

"H-HUH?! W... wha... all of that, for me?! For this ring?"

Stunned, Georgia walked off with the check, dubious, and feeling like she's being set up for a very, very cruel prank!

"I... guess it's time to open a bank account?"

B - Repaying a Debt

Sure, Georgia knows how easily she could lose this money, so she doesn't want to spend much of it at all, but compared to how much she got, the stolen device wasn't worth much at all! Still, she felt bad for the lady who gave it up so willingly, so she tracked Miyo down, knocked on her door, and unceremoniously offered the money.
"Ulsai!"
"Yeah, yeah, ulsai. Here," Georgia pushed the money at her. "It should be the right price. Looked it up. Sorry about swiping it, don't let people take your stuff again, okay? Most people aren't gonna bother tracking you down to pay you back."

Miyo looked surprised, but smiled gently, and told her she hadn't expected Georgia to pay in the first place, but knew she clearly needed it. What's worse, she called Georgia "a very kind, honest little girl" which just embarrassed Georgia further.

"Ughhh, what-EVER!" Georgia turned sharply on her heel, pulling the brim of her newsboy cap as far down as she could without blinding herself, and ran off, gritting her teeth.

C - Window Shopping

Georgia knew she shouldn't waste her money, but she did love to indulge and she hadn't had a good opportunity in a while... maybe she could buy just one new outfit or two... Georgia could be found, peering through the display windows of various shops, admiring odd things, even poking around the marketplace (but avoiding most of the street vendors, because she's pretty sure at least one or two have surely noticed fruits tend to mysteriously disappear when Georgia passes through, even if they couldn't pin it on her usually...

A nice suit? Some fancy teas? How about a pretty tea set? No, that might be hard to travel with... what bit of luxury would be okay to spend on?

B.

[radleyslittleevie]

"Hi!" calls a happy Eevee as she literally floats through the air. Evie waves a cute paw as she approaches. She ate a Wildcard cookie and got the power of levitation! How fun!