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The sun was shining brightly in the sky, its bright orange rays hitting the white sides of the edifice before a Riolu and Quilladin, painting it a warm hue.

”Peko Peko Café” reads the sign hanging in front of the door. Usually a café is welcoming and embracing, but for some reason this café exuded a very tense and uncomfortable aura. Looking at his also tense friend seemingly absorbing the tense atmosphere, Gingko thought: “Perfect.” and briskly attempted to walk inside.

”Wait Ko, did you feel that chill in the air? Are you sure we should go in there?” Li says, nervously.

Giving Li a emotionless look for a split second, Gingko walks in side without a word. “Wait for me!” says Li as he pursued his Riolu friend. The ringing of the door side bell resonates in the room.

The inside of this café felt… even worse. While the café has a semblance of warmth and welcome, the atmosphere felt tense and stuffy. The sanguine sunlight poured into the room, filling it with an contradicting convivial ruddiness. The café was also surprisingly empty. No customers, no patrons. Quite odd, considering that it was almost lunch hour.

The spikes on Li’s head stood as he felt a sharp gaze staring at him. A Morpeko coloured grey and purple glared at the two Pokémon that entered the café with his sharp red eyes.

“What the FUCK do you two want, huh?!” the Morpeko yelled angrily. Looks like they found the reason why this place felt so tense and why there was no customers.

“The usual.” Gingko tells Li in a whisper, the Riolu pushing his Quilladin friend forward. Li walks up to the Morpeko standing on the counter and politely says: “A piece of strawberry shortcake please, and a mug of Aspear juice, please.” trying not to look nervous as he could almost feel the Morpeko’s glare start to sting.

The Morpeko stares and squints at Li for an uncomfortable 3 seconds before turning around, jumping down and heading to the kitchen, mumbling: “Damn, customers thinking they own the place, if could…”

Li turns around to see his friend already sitting by the window on a red velvety sofa. He joins Gingko right after. “Must have had a bad day. I feel sorry for him. Having to continue working after something bad happened must be so frustrating.” It’s then and there Li felt mischief exuding from the Riolu. “…You.. something you’re not telling me?”

Gingko shakes his head, closing his eyes. It was obviously a lie, but Li didn’t pry. “I wonder why it’s so empty today. This place is in the centre of town too. I would think there would be more Pokémon here.” Finishing that sentence, Li realise Gingko just sitting there with his eyes closed. Li waves his paws in front of Gingko’s face, but it garnered no response. He shrugs and just sits around waiting for his order.

”Yer STINKIN’ order’s done!” The Morpeko yells after a few minutes, a mug of yellow liquid and a dulce, pleasant white shortcake sits on the counter, the Morpeko right next to it. Li scurries over to take his order. “Thank you, excuse me-“ he politely bows his head down submissively as the Morpeko stares into him. He takes his food and drink and heads back to Gingko. “Fucking kids and their demands..” mumbles the Morpeko as Li walks away.

Going back to his seat, he notices that Gingko is still sitting there, not moving, eyes still closed. He looks up at him, takes a sip of his tart Aspear berry juice, and looks down into the yellow fluid in the mug. The juice gave a sharp sour taste with a hint of honey. The chef really outdid himself. Li drinks his juice while occasionally staring at his friend with his eyes closed. What in the world is he doing? He wondered, as he sits there in silence.

In Gingko’s mind, he expected all this. It’s close to lunch hour and the owner of the café hasn’t his lunch yet, and he couldn’t since he’s the only one attending to the customers, and some people know what happens when Morpekos get hungry…

Precisely why this is place is so empty. The owner has lashed out on far too many customers at this hour for the town to know that this really isn’t the best time to go to this café. Staring out the window, Li sees many Pokémon walking past.

This is the centre of town, after all, and many Pokémon will definitely walk past this café. Gingko sits there with his eyes closed. Peace and quiet, Pokémon walking past this café. This is great opportunity to do some scouting around this town, scanning the auras of everyone that passes by this humble little shop.

“Possible villain, possible villain, possible villain, possible hero but unlikely, possible villain”, Gingko crosses in his mind, categorising everyone that passes by this shop. Gingko lets out a sigh, which startles Li a bit. “What’s wrong? You haven’t touched your cake at all.”

No response at all. Gingko was tired of the ambiguity. As a Riolu his aura sensing abilities are not perfected. While he can sense emotions well, the inner natures of Pokémon is a little bit difficult to determine. He wishes he has better insight. For a few minutes, this Riolu revels in his dichotomous thinking, labelling every passersby with their respective titles. “Strange, why are these two coming towards the shop..?” He thought as he senses a presence coming to the café

Suddenly, the doorside bell rings again. Li looks past Gingko’s shoulder to see a Timburr and a Jangmo-o walking in. They walk in jovially as the Morpeko stares at them angrily.

Li looks over to Gingko. “Looks like we’re not the only one here anymore.”

Gingko raises his eyebrows (?). Such a peculiar, special aura he senses from these two, especially from the Jangmo-o. It feels familiar. It feels a bit like… Li.

His ears were suddenly flooded by the yelling of the Morpeko. “More customers?! What the FUCK do you two want?!”

The Timburr shrinks in horror. The Jangmo-o walks forward, but they were out of earshot. Saying something, the Morpeko responds “Why am I so angry?! Why?! I haven’t had lunch and idiots like you are coming into my shop!” The Jangmo-o widens his eyes in surprise.

Li looks concerned. ”I think I should probably walk over there and-“

Before he could get out of his seat he hears his Riolu friend: “Wait. Just watch.”

The Jangmo-o speaks once again, and the Morpeko says “What did you say?!”
The Jangmo-o speaks yet again, with a face of reassurance. “Hm. Okay.” Even if he wasn’t shouting, the Morpeko’s stern voice could still be heard. “You swear you would?” The Morpeko responds. The Jangmo-o nods his head and turns to the Timburr, saying something. The Timburr, although scared, nods her head. “Typically Pokémon order the special. There’s some in the fridge. The juicer’s out on the shelf there. If they order anything else while I’m gone, call for me.” The Morpeko says.

The Morpeko jumps down from the counter and heads over to the kitchen. The Jangmo-o and the Timburr gets behind the counter. For the next few minutes they are seen just.. standing around, talking to each other. Li looks confused. “I wonder what happened. Did they just get hired or something?”

Li sips his Aspear berry juice and Gingko opens his eyes. He stares at the Timburr and Jangmo-o with intrigue in his eyes. He takes a bite of his cake, eyes still not leaving the two.

After another few minutes, Li and Gingko hears a sigh of relief. “Phew! Much better! Ahhh, thank you two so much!”

Li almost couldn’t recognise that voice. It was coming from the Morpeko. There was some talk between the three and then there was laughter. The Jangmo-o and the Timburr says something and then sits down by the window at the far end. The Morpeko walks over to Gingko and Li and says “Sorry for my behaviour earlier. I was just so hungry… I couldn’t hold my temper.”

Li started to feel sheepish. “Oh, no problem at all, I’m sorry you had to work under such conditions. Why couldn’t you just go on a lunch break? The shop seems pretty empty, I’d hate to assume that it’s like this all the time.”

”Well, it’s usually like this at this hour, but sometimes Pokémon do come in. I don’t have any staff, so I have to keep watch on my shop just in case some funny business goes on. Those two,” he points to the Jangmo-o and the Timburr at the farthest corner, “…offered to keep watch for me while I go and have a snack.”

“That’s so nice of them!” Li says with a smile on his face.

The Morpeko smiles back. “Well, it’s because of Pokémon like those that make me feel safe around Castanet. Anyway, back to work! You two enjoy your meals now!”

The Morpeko bounds off into the kitchen.

Gingko looks at Li and says: “I’m sure you’ll get along with those two really well. They’re your type of people.”

”They do seem like nice folk. I think I’ve seen them in the Explorer’s Guild before.”

Gingko takes half of his cake and gulps it down. He gestures to Li to follow him. Li panics, seeing that he hasn’t finished his berry juice. “Wait, wait! I’m not done!”

Slurping on the last of his juice, he runs out after Gingko. The last thing he hears is the now cheerful voice of the Morpeko: “Orders’ ready you two!”

——————

Trying my hand at writing again, as well as trying to use colour schemes.
I used an analogous colour scheme, using only Red, Orange, Yellow, Lime and Green.

I wanted to feature ‘s characters because.. well, I desperately want our teams to interact. I hope what I wrote wasn’t too presumptuous and was within the realms of what Kaz and Twig would do!

Kaz and Twig (The Jangmo-o and the Timburr) belongs to
Li, Gingko, Kaz and Twig are all from

Pokémon © Nintendo, Game Freak.

Description
The sun was shining brightly in the sky, its bright orange rays hitting the white sides of the edifice before a Riolu and Quilladin, painting it a warm hue.

”Peko Peko Café” reads the sign hanging in front of the door. Usually a café is welcoming and embracing, but for some reason this café exuded a very tense and uncomfortable aura. Looking at his also tense friend seemingly absorbing the tense atmosphere, Gingko thought: “Perfect.” and briskly attempted to walk inside.

”Wait Ko, did you feel that chill in the air? Are you sure we should go in there?” Li says, nervously.

Giving Li a emotionless look for a split second, Gingko walks in side without a word. “Wait for me!” says Li as he pursued his Riolu friend. The ringing of the door side bell resonates in the room.

The inside of this café felt… even worse. While the café has a semblance of warmth and welcome, the atmosphere felt tense and stuffy. The sanguine sunlight poured into the room, filling it with an contradicting convivial ruddiness. The café was also surprisingly empty. No customers, no patrons. Quite odd, considering that it was almost lunch hour.

The spikes on Li’s head stood as he felt a sharp gaze staring at him. A Morpeko coloured grey and purple glared at the two Pokémon that entered the café with his sharp red eyes.

“What the FUCK do you two want, huh?!” the Morpeko yelled angrily. Looks like they found the reason why this place felt so tense and why there was no customers.

“The usual.” Gingko tells Li in a whisper, the Riolu pushing his Quilladin friend forward. Li walks up to the Morpeko standing on the counter and politely says: “A piece of strawberry shortcake please, and a mug of Aspear juice, please.” trying not to look nervous as he could almost feel the Morpeko’s glare start to sting.

The Morpeko stares and squints at Li for an uncomfortable 3 seconds before turning around, jumping down and heading to the kitchen, mumbling: “Damn, customers thinking they own the place, if could…”

Li turns around to see his friend already sitting by the window on a red velvety sofa. He joins Gingko right after. “Must have had a bad day. I feel sorry for him. Having to continue working after something bad happened must be so frustrating.” It’s then and there Li felt mischief exuding from the Riolu. “…You.. something you’re not telling me?”

Gingko shakes his head, closing his eyes. It was obviously a lie, but Li didn’t pry. “I wonder why it’s so empty today. This place is in the centre of town too. I would think there would be more Pokémon here.” Finishing that sentence, Li realise Gingko just sitting there with his eyes closed. Li waves his paws in front of Gingko’s face, but it garnered no response. He shrugs and just sits around waiting for his order.

”Yer STINKIN’ order’s done!” The Morpeko yells after a few minutes, a mug of yellow liquid and a dulce, pleasant white shortcake sits on the counter, the Morpeko right next to it. Li scurries over to take his order. “Thank you, excuse me-“ he politely bows his head down submissively as the Morpeko stares into him. He takes his food and drink and heads back to Gingko. “Fucking kids and their demands..” mumbles the Morpeko as Li walks away.

Going back to his seat, he notices that Gingko is still sitting there, not moving, eyes still closed. He looks up at him, takes a sip of his tart Aspear berry juice, and looks down into the yellow fluid in the mug. The juice gave a sharp sour taste with a hint of honey. The chef really outdid himself. Li drinks his juice while occasionally staring at his friend with his eyes closed. What in the world is he doing? He wondered, as he sits there in silence.

In Gingko’s mind, he expected all this. It’s close to lunch hour and the owner of the café hasn’t his lunch yet, and he couldn’t since he’s the only one attending to the customers, and some people know what happens when Morpekos get hungry…

Precisely why this is place is so empty. The owner has lashed out on far too many customers at this hour for the town to know that this really isn’t the best time to go to this café. Staring out the window, Li sees many Pokémon walking past.

This is the centre of town, after all, and many Pokémon will definitely walk past this café. Gingko sits there with his eyes closed. Peace and quiet, Pokémon walking past this café. This is great opportunity to do some scouting around this town, scanning the auras of everyone that passes by this humble little shop.

“Possible villain, possible villain, possible villain, possible hero but unlikely, possible villain”, Gingko crosses in his mind, categorising everyone that passes by this shop. Gingko lets out a sigh, which startles Li a bit. “What’s wrong? You haven’t touched your cake at all.”

No response at all. Gingko was tired of the ambiguity. As a Riolu his aura sensing abilities are not perfected. While he can sense emotions well, the inner natures of Pokémon is a little bit difficult to determine. He wishes he has better insight. For a few minutes, this Riolu revels in his dichotomous thinking, labelling every passersby with their respective titles. “Strange, why are these two coming towards the shop..?” He thought as he senses a presence coming to the café

Suddenly, the doorside bell rings again. Li looks past Gingko’s shoulder to see a Timburr and a Jangmo-o walking in. They walk in jovially as the Morpeko stares at them angrily.

Li looks over to Gingko. “Looks like we’re not the only one here anymore.”

Gingko raises his eyebrows (?). Such a peculiar, special aura he senses from these two, especially from the Jangmo-o. It feels familiar. It feels a bit like… Li.

His ears were suddenly flooded by the yelling of the Morpeko. “More customers?! What the FUCK do you two want?!”

The Timburr shrinks in horror. The Jangmo-o walks forward, but they were out of earshot. Saying something, the Morpeko responds “Why am I so angry?! Why?! I haven’t had lunch and idiots like you are coming into my shop!” The Jangmo-o widens his eyes in surprise.

Li looks concerned. ”I think I should probably walk over there and-“

Before he could get out of his seat he hears his Riolu friend: “Wait. Just watch.”

The Jangmo-o speaks once again, and the Morpeko says “What did you say?!”
The Jangmo-o speaks yet again, with a face of reassurance. “Hm. Okay.” Even if he wasn’t shouting, the Morpeko’s stern voice could still be heard. “You swear you would?” The Morpeko responds. The Jangmo-o nods his head and turns to the Timburr, saying something. The Timburr, although scared, nods her head. “Typically Pokémon order the special. There’s some in the fridge. The juicer’s out on the shelf there. If they order anything else while I’m gone, call for me.” The Morpeko says.

The Morpeko jumps down from the counter and heads over to the kitchen. The Jangmo-o and the Timburr gets behind the counter. For the next few minutes they are seen just.. standing around, talking to each other. Li looks confused. “I wonder what happened. Did they just get hired or something?”

Li sips his Aspear berry juice and Gingko opens his eyes. He stares at the Timburr and Jangmo-o with intrigue in his eyes. He takes a bite of his cake, eyes still not leaving the two.

After another few minutes, Li and Gingko hears a sigh of relief. “Phew! Much better! Ahhh, thank you two so much!”

Li almost couldn’t recognise that voice. It was coming from the Morpeko. There was some talk between the three and then there was laughter. The Jangmo-o and the Timburr says something and then sits down by the window at the far end. The Morpeko walks over to Gingko and Li and says “Sorry for my behaviour earlier. I was just so hungry… I couldn’t hold my temper.”

Li started to feel sheepish. “Oh, no problem at all, I’m sorry you had to work under such conditions. Why couldn’t you just go on a lunch break? The shop seems pretty empty, I’d hate to assume that it’s like this all the time.”

”Well, it’s usually like this at this hour, but sometimes Pokémon do come in. I don’t have any staff, so I have to keep watch on my shop just in case some funny business goes on. Those two,” he points to the Jangmo-o and the Timburr at the farthest corner, “…offered to keep watch for me while I go and have a snack.”

“That’s so nice of them!” Li says with a smile on his face.

The Morpeko smiles back. “Well, it’s because of Pokémon like those that make me feel safe around Castanet. Anyway, back to work! You two enjoy your meals now!”

The Morpeko bounds off into the kitchen.

Gingko looks at Li and says: “I’m sure you’ll get along with those two really well. They’re your type of people.”

”They do seem like nice folk. I think I’ve seen them in the Explorer’s Guild before.”

Gingko takes half of his cake and gulps it down. He gestures to Li to follow him. Li panics, seeing that he hasn’t finished his berry juice. “Wait, wait! I’m not done!”

Slurping on the last of his juice, he runs out after Gingko. The last thing he hears is the now cheerful voice of the Morpeko: “Orders’ ready you two!”

——————

Trying my hand at writing again, as well as trying to use colour schemes.
I used an analogous colour scheme, using only Red, Orange, Yellow, Lime and Green.

I wanted to feature ‘s characters because.. well, I desperately want our teams to interact. I hope what I wrote wasn’t too presumptuous and was within the realms of what Kaz and Twig would do!

Kaz and Twig (The Jangmo-o and the Timburr) belongs to
Li, Gingko, Kaz and Twig are all from

Pokémon © Nintendo, Game Freak.