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

[buson]

Somehow, with all the opposite speak, this isn't as embarrassing as it would be normally or maybe, he doesn't mind Gold teasing him that much. A wonder, coming from someone as insecure as Buson.
Grinning, he places his hands on hips, puffs up his chest, raises his head high, and says: "I'm the greatest there ever was! Nothin' I can't handle!!"

Okay, apparently, exaggerated self-confidence in the face of evidence to the contrary is actually funnier and easier on Buson, apparently.

[gold_drum]

Gold... blinks, smile fading. He doesn't know how to respond to that being spoken as a lie. He's kind of mentally parsing things as opposite speech, and that's worked so far, but... That statement in opposite speech isn't something somebody would just admit, right? So how is he supposed to take Buson's words, then?

After a short silence of stunned staring, he just goes: "Huh?"

1/2

[buson]

Why'd the kid stopped ribbing? Buson blinked and eyed Gold curiously, but as the silence stretched on, realized with a sort of mortification that the sentence might've been interpreted on its own. It's certainly a lie on its own, isn't it?

... oh, this isn't fun anymore.

"I... was just talkin' about handlin' spicy food," he focused on the ground at his feet, kicking over dirt, because he felt looking at Gold any longer might embarrass him further.

Even saying it the way he intended to made it sound like a lie. Great.

Well, maybe he's lucky it's just some kid. Or maybe that wasn't really the truth, he did kind of see Gold cry (and, as awkward as it was, been the one to comfort him) that one time, so... maybe he isn't just some kid.

2/2 [well, he certainly didn't INTEND to dump his insecurities on Gold, but that slipped out...]

[buson]

"Oops, haha! Totally meant to say that," Buson grinned, although it was too wide to be natural and didn't reach his eyes. "This cookies sure are normal, everyday, uninterestin', an' borin'!"

He (somewhat aggressively) ruffled Gold's hair, sorry about your cap!

"See ya never, kid! It's been real fun talkin' to ya, totally not terrifyin'!"

Oh, great, time to start backing away because the other cookie he took just made him more reckless and unfiltered, he doesn't want to admit to any of this, but, the words are spilling out...!

"Everybody just LOVES a wet blanket, total killjoy, so, I'll stick around!"

No, he's definitely not trying to do that, he plans to run away, thanks.

[gold_drum]

Well, this is awkward. Gold grimaces slightly as Buson accidentally reveals a bit too much about his issues. He knew people who ended up in Team Rocket probably had messed-up stuff going on with them, or they wouldn't be in Team Rocket, but this is not how he'd want to find out about Buson's baggage. (He'd rather not find out about it at all.)

He stays quiet and lets his hair get ruffled (though he gives a bit of a pout at that) since he figures talking right now wouldn't do any good. If he says something as worrying as what Buson said, it'd just make things more awkward.

...Did Buson just admit he finds talking to Gold terrifying? That piques Gold's interest. If Gold can get people to be scared of him, that'd be useful when he has to talk to other dangerous people. Maybe he should ask Buson about how he managed that sometime. Sometime when neither of them are affected by any kind of an effect.

"Yeah, let's never talk about any of this again," he says flatly with a wave, before grimacing. He meant to say the opposite of that, but since he actually wanted to talk about something, that failed. Welp. Still, if Buson wants to run away, good! Gold doesn't want to hang around him any longer either!