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!)🌺

Comments

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!

[ateamrocket]

Ah! That’s—!

[Weenis recognizes Buson and is about to say something to that effect when Mayday holds her hand out to her side in front of him, signaling for the former-Armourwoof to stop. He obediently does as told, watching curiously.]

Let them talk it out. This could be funny.

[Sarge tilts her head to the side, looking Buson over. She laughs lightly.] Haa? What’s the matter, big guy? Seein’ such a pretty girl got you tongue-tied and stupefied? You’re not making much sense. [She glances over her shoulder back to her trainer.] Hey Chief, you know this one? Is he “always like this”?

[Mayday grins mischievously.] The way he’s talking is new but the shamelessness isn’t. [WOW! He can’t even defend himself properly right now, Mayday! Absolutely savage!!]

[1/2; love her, PFFT]

[buson]

Hey! HEY!

[Buson's fuming at Mayday's teasing, turning quite red in the face. Don't embarrass him in front of the pretty lady, Mayday!] Keep going. I want you to keep going!

[Wait, no, he wanted to tell her to stop, not this...]

[2/2; love her, PFFT]

[buson]

UGHHH. You're making me look totally awesome in front of this ugly as hell chick.

[.......... yeah, now he's just going to look shocked, apologetic, shake his head multiple times as he backs off, and then he's just going to bury his face in his hands in despair.]

Best. Day. EVER.

I’m so glad lol

[ateamrocket]

[Mayday meanwhile is having a genuinely jolly good time and is cracking up more and more at Buson’s increasingly fumbled attempts at reining in the situation.

Sarge laughs too, but it’s more of a pitying sort. She reaches out and puts a hand on his shoulder, patpat.]

Don’t sweat it, I know a compliment when I hear one, even when it’s ass-backwards.

[She sounds amused but in good spirits about it, and even offers a playful wink to bolster his spirits. By this point the doubled over Mayday is finally wheezing to a stop.]

Ahahahaaa, sorry, mate, that was just too funny. So what’s the deal? Did you get cursed or something?

[buson]

[He's practically pouting, still miserable, but he does look hopefully at Sarge when she tells him she got what he meant. He smiles a little bit, even!

He looks back at the wheezing Mayday and sighs, walking over to her.]

I don't wanna tell you, not because I can't. My brain and my tongue are going through a messy divorce and it's nothing or nobody else's fault.

[That's so not what he wanted to say... maybe he can mime it? He made an eating gesture and then jerked his thumb in the general direction of where the person handing out petal cookies was.]

I had some great chinsuko earlier. The colourful petal cookies. Totally not related to my current condition. [Head-shaking, expression even more annoyed!]

[ateamrocket]

Oh yeah? [Mayday wipes a tear from her eye and follows his gesture back to the baker. Hmm.] I picked up some of those for these guys earlier.
Ours didn’t do …that, though.
Hehe, lucky us~

There’s still definitely something real fucky going on with the ones I got, though, so I guess I’m not totally surprised.

[She rubs her temples. Man. This place was kind of abnormal on the best of days and now it was just being downright bizarre.]

Like, nonsense opposite speak curses might as well happen at this point, the day’s just already been that weird.

[casual ableism, thanks, Buson]

[buson]

These guys...? I totally met these guys before. [No, his tone of voice is curious and slightly confused.]

I don't wanna get to know 'em, but if I did, I wouldn't ask you.

[... yeah, just tell him who they are, Mayday, if you'd be so kind.]

... reminds me of this one time where I could read minds. [No, that's... okay, kinda close, but no?] Just me an' some people I met. Ultern is, like, the least weird place I've been... an' I've been some weird places.

... did you see Bashou yet? Found him running around, preachin' the life-changing qualities of the biscuits. Talking to strangers of his own free will. Smilin' like he's got part of his brain removed. Y'know, acting totally normal, just his everyday self. He isn't even getting paid for it. I thought he was being blackmailed or coerced into this somehow, I was gonna give whoever's responsible a big ol' hug— [Said in the most threatening tone possible, which just makes it funnier.] ... but, no, it's just these biscuits, man.

[ateamrocket]

Oh. These are, uh, my Pokémon, I guess.
You guess?
I mean, I know, but it’s just so surreal.
It’s the best!!
So yeah, this is Sarge, and this is—

We have met before! When you tried to threaten Boss! By the way, if you ever try that again, [The young man’s cheerful expression darkens, his lips curl back in a snarl.] I’ll make you into ashes.

Weenis!

[His smile returns as quickly as it departed and he makes a show of acting innocent, putting his hands behind his back and humming. He was fond of dry flavors so he’d gotten an extra cookie as The Favorite. He was already very open about his feelings and this just made him even moreso. Mayday sighs and shakes her head.]

Bashou? No, I haven’t. [She listens diligently but…definitely starts to snicker again at that description.] Sorry, I’m sorry. That sounds like a proper mess, it’s just. You know. [It’s really funny hearing you talk like that, okay.] It’s definitely the weirdest place we’ve ever been too.

Those cookies are as powerful as they are unusual.

Mm. I’m tempted to go pocket some to test. Hey, what one did you have? Only being able to tell lies is basically as effective as a truth serum; that could be handy. [Team Rocket rule of thumb: Always Be Scheming.]

1/2

[buson]

Your... Pokemon?! This place can even do somethin' like that?

[Buson is genuinely shocked and amazed. And a little disturbed he just tried to hit on a Pokemon, oh, man... that's weird. That's definitely weird, like... something out of a fairy tale. He got chills just thinking about it!

(He briefly wondered what Evie might look like as a human. She's already adorable as a Pokemon, she'd be so cute human... oh, what about his team? No, man, that's still too weird!)

The dog turned hostile and yeah, he remembers this one, after Mayday reins him in. Buson's moment of being disturbed and shocked switches to trying to intimidate the Pokemon back with a glare.]

2/2 [passing alcohol reference]

[buson]

I don't take insults from guys with such refined names. [Well, interesting he didn't go for the more obvious Pokemon issue and picked on his name, instead. He's smiling and at ease now, but he'd still like to get another jab in.]

Hey, Mayday! Thanks for reinin' in the angry wiener. Totally up for tangling with this guy, s'not like I had enough fights for one day.

[Truth serum?! Buson nodded eagerly.]

The last time I talked about...!

[Was a forced truth one, but he can't say it.]

... wasn't anythin' like that, but...

Yeah, sure. I'll tell ya. I took one spicy one that totally didn't burn the hell outta my mouth, it was weak, I'd crush it up and put it in a baby's bottle, it was just THAT weak.

Tried to get rid of the taste with one that, kid you not, tasted like a sweet wine.

[No, it didn't... it was dry! Like a DRY wine!]

[ateamrocket]

[Sarge, noticing Buson’s shock at her trainer’s words, grins and blows a little kiss.]

Sorry not sorry, big guy. ♥ For what it’s worth, you’re definitely my type.

[Mayday rolls her eyes. Yeah, that tracks. Meanwhile, Weenis doesn’t seem intimidated in the slightest.]

How about beatings? You take beatings? ‘Cause you’re definitely asking for one! You tryin’ to say Boss has bad naming sensibilities, huh?! [She had objectively very questionable ones, to say the least.] I’ll have you know she’s more clever than you could ever hope to be!!

Easy, Ween. It’s fine. You’re both sort of running your mouths a little more than you should be today. [She gives both men a cautionary “watch it” sort of look, reminiscent of a chastising parent.]

Hm. The opposite of sweet wine… that’d be, what, dry? The blue ones, yeah? I gave Weenis one of those too. That could explain that.

[She scratches her chin thoughtfully]

So if the dry ones have you acting reckless and the spicy ones make you lie… then I guess the sweet pink ones are what made this transformation happen. But why? And how?

[1/2; very smart, Mayday!!! ^_^ ... aaand sorry for Buson being Buson]

[buson]

[Buson turned very, very white, then, very, very red.

He looked very confused, swallowed hard, then nearly choked and tried to disguise it as a cough, averting his gaze and scratching the back of his neck. He absolutely still found Sarge attractive, but knowing she's a Pokemon...

Cool it! It's probably just for one day, she'll be back to being a Pokemon.

Then again...]

[2/2]

[buson]

[At the look, Buson went rigid, standing up right and military.

Right, no more messing around! He didn't even look Mayday's way as she went on, standing at attention, but her assessment seemed to be perfectly on the mark!]

... beats me. I don't care enough to find out. [His tone's a bit too stiff and serious to read that well, so he tried to relax a bit...] The last time it happened, totally involved food. There's food every time. I wasn't just walkin' down an alley way or nothin'.

[ateamrocket]

[Many of Mayday’s female pokemon had a penchant for toying around with their targets in battle, Sarge perhaps most of all. She says nothing, simply smirking devilishly back at Buson.]

Hmmm. You think the baker is in on it this time, then? But what angle could they have for doing something like this…

[Mayday seems to be thinking hard about it. Ultimately, she ruffles her hair in frustration.]

Ah, geez, what a pain in the ass.
Why don’t we just enjoy it while it lasts? It’s not every day I get the chance to talk to you!
I guess that's true. I feel kinda bad for Buson and Bashou, though. They definitely got the short end of the stick here.
So considerate! That’s my boss!
[Mayday smiles faintly, looking to Buson.] Last time this kind of thing happened, did it just wear off on its own?

[buson]

[Buson smiled more warmly now, even if it still looked crooked, like many of his smiles, the look in his eyes is gentle and fond.

He noded in response to her question, then went on:]

... do you think you can only have fun if everyone else is too? [He's speaking in a gentle, reassuring tone..]

It's not like this place is an escape, we're not on vacation. You always gotta be responsible for everybody? That sounds a great way not to miss out on all the fun in life! I mean, your Pokemon turning human and talkin'? Bet you see that everyday!

[Firmly and resolutely:]Bashou... isn't someone that needs to be worried about.

I know I don't really look or sound reliable, but...
[Keeping Bashou safe is his duty. He can be relied on to do that.]

[ateamrocket]

[Mayday stares at Buson, blinks, then smiles a little sheepishly.]

…Heh. I know you’ve got things on lock, but that doesn’t mean I don’t worry. What can I say. I don’t really give an toss about most of these randos, but looking out for other Rockets is just second nature to me. Hell, it’s literally part of my job now.

Ahh, you really work too hard, Chief.

[The former water type reaches over and pinches her trainer’s cheek in affectionate admonishment.]

Oy!
He’s right, you know. It’s okay to let loose once in a while.
Yeah! We should go do something fun together!

[Sarge lets go, smiling appreciatively at Buson.]

You should come too. If you want, that is.

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!

[ateamrocket]

Back off!! This doesn’t involve you! [The loyal dog-turned-human swings the clutched Mayday around to the side, holding her defensively out of X’s way. She’s struggling to get free all the while.]

What makes you think it involves you, you absolute maniac!?

Eh? B-boss, you don’t mean that, right?

I don’t know who you’re mistaking me for but you’re about to seriously regret it!

There’s no way I’d regret this opportunity!

[They’re going back and forth like a comedy duo…]

[closedbond]

[X watched the two argue back and forth, crossing his arms. The scene before him was reminding him how Shauna and Y would argue--or just Shauna in general. Maybe it was something like that?]

Hey, hey Mister! You should still let her down! Even if you like somebody you can't force them to do what they don't like! Can't you tell she's not comfortable?!

[He's approaching closer because of course he would while tugging at Pokemon the man's arm.]

[ateamrocket]

At least someone here is talking sense!

Oh? Ohhh! Sorry, Boss. [He sits Mayday back down on the ground, surprisingly gentle considering everything up to this point.] I was just so excited!

Finally. Who even are you?!

It’s me, Weenis!

…What.

Yeah! Isn’t this amazing!?

Are you— [She stammers, brows raising, then furrowing. It was hard to decide between being baffled and being annoyed. Her expression finally settles somewhere in between.] Are you taking the piss out of me, mate? Is that what this is? [She looks the pokéman up and down, then looks to X as if expecting him to have some answers. Are you in on this?!]

[closedbond]

[There's a sigh of relief from X when Mayday had been set down. Although at the reveal of both the name and Mayday's reaction he's blinking in confusion.]

What do you mean? Do you not recognize your friend here? Huh, it must be this region's weirdness spiking up again. Your friend Weenis? What does he look like normally?

[Here he goes with 20 questions not realizing the guy is a Pokemon-]

[ateamrocket]

Oh. He’s about this tall [She gestures about Weenis’ height. The young man nods.] With orange hair [Things are all checking out so far. He nods again.] and he’s a fuckin’ pokémon. [Ah.]

It’s really me, Boss, I promise! Something strange happened after you left earlier!

Well, I guess can’t really imagine any sane human wandering around dressed like that, even in a place like this, so that’s a point in your favor, at least… [She still looks pretty skeptical. Her voice trails off and she turns her attention back to X.] Hey. What did you mean about “this region’s weirdness”?

[closedbond]

[X is nodding along to Mayday's explanation--until the reveal. He blinked, and stared at Weenis who was most definitely not a Pokemon! Huh.]

Hmm...is there another holiday coming up?

[He's crossing his arms looking thoughtfully over at Weenis. At Mayday's question X turned to face her.]

Wait, don't tell me you're new here? There's all sorts of oddities that goes down! Like people forced to spontaneously speak the truth, or people's ages changing..... but that one a Pokemon seemed to be involved. I guess the first one too? Oh, right! Also Pokemon becoming large. Something about a phenomenon... Dynamax? I should have kept notes on the last one since it sounds like it'd be really useful in battles. I haven't had a good battle in a while, speaking of. Oh, except during the summer Festival when a lot of people's ages were changing up.