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Christmas Treats || Open

"How could this happen?" The girl's whining could be heard throughout the house. She tried to bake cookies, but each batch she made came out wrong. The first time, the batter was missing a few ingredients. The second time, she kept the cookies in the oven for too long and they were too burnt to be eaten. Naturally, she thought she would get it the third time. After all, third time's the charm, right? Wrong. Kotone could have sworn she did everything right. The batter was perfect, she preheated the oven to the right time, and she took the cookies out on time. But no. Somehow, some way, they were burnt.

With a defeated sigh, the young girl leaned against the wall and scrolled through the contacts on her pokegear. She was desperate for help. She wanted to bake the cookies for her mother, who was currently at Goldenrod shopping for presents. Clicking on a random contact, Kotone held her phone to her ear and listened to the ringing. Once she heard the other end pick up, she started talking. "Hi, yes, hello! It would be great if you would come over and help me bake some cookies!" She decided to leave it at that, hoping the person would be kind enough to help her.

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"Come on, Spring!" The girl ran around with her Jumpluff, who was always full of energy. It was pretty early in the morning and the grass was wet, but that didn't bother the girl or her pokemon. The two were filled with a seemingly endless amount of energy, no matter what time it was. Since they were in such a huge field, their energy grew higher than was it naturally was.

The two took turns chasing each other for a while before taking a break to admire the scenery. The sun was raising in the sky, setting an amazing range of colors over the nearby town. It wasn't too cloudy, so you could clearly see the colors in the sky. Before Kotone could fully take in her surroundings, Spring hopped up and started to run expectantly. "Hey, Spring!" The pig-tailed girl called out to her pokemon, who was already far ahead. "You got a head start, totally not fair!" She chased after her pokemon, taking a quick break to stop.

Hearing a voice, Kotone turned her head to see a boy standing there with his pokemon. "Oh!" From the corner of her eye she could see a sign. She moved out of the way immediately, thinking that she was blocking it. "Sorry! I was chasing my pokemon, I didn't notice the sign there!" Seeing Spring hopping back to her, Kotone let out a small giggle. "Speaking of which, here she comes now!"

Mystical Green Mist? (Tierno & Kotone)

The sun was beating down onto Tierno’s bright cheeks as he strolled through the wet, tall grass of the Johto region. He had no idea of where he was, and the morning due that had gathered wet both his legs, and the leaves on the feet of Landan, his Leafeon. It growled in dismay, looking up to his trainer for any signs of sympathy or care.

"Alright, now we’re in the Johto region, we might as well try being tourists!" He said trying not to sound lost or worried about being in the middle of nowhere to his pokémon, despite his true feelings. So to lift the mood he released Rosia, his Roserade from it’s Pokéball, which had a sticker of a flower on the front of it. She danced beautifully as she fell from the pokéball, and into the damp grass, so she cast a ‘Grassy Terrain’ to make the floor more bearable.

The green mist spread across the field, leaving only a distant signpost in far sight, which now caught his attention as there wasn’t any trees blocking the way now.

But before he could read it, a giant hat came in to sight, blocking his vision.

"Uhh… Excuse me?"

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If there was anything Kotone wasn't expecting, it was a call from Silver. Seeing that he was calling her, the girl blankly stared at her PokeGear for a few rings, making sure it wasn't just her imagination. Once she realized he was actually calling, she answered in a heart beat.

She listened to him talk, hearing slight hesitation in his voice. He hung up before she could say anything, causing a small giggle to emerge from the girl. The way he spoke, the way he quickly ended the conversation, it all reminded Kotone of when they first met. He always seemed as if he were in a rush, but never giving any hints to whether he was rushing as much as he seemed.

Realizing that she already spent 5 minutes sitting around, Kotone quickly got up and made her way to the destined city. It wasn't too far from her current location, so she decided to walk instead of fly there. Of course, her walk that should have been short became surprisingly long. She talked to almost everyone she saw on the way, making small talk with them.

She was just outside the city when the 30 minutes ended. She had set a alarm to remind herself, but was hoping it wouldn't go off before she was at the Bell Tower. She quickly turned off the alarm, running over to the tall tower. Seeing Silver already standing there only made her run faster.

Nearly tripping, she caught herself mid fall and stood right next to him. As she started to apologize, she was quickly cut off by lack of air. As soon as she had enough air to speak, she turned to Silver with a sheepish smile on her face. "Sorry I'm late~."

Sure, she was only late by a few minutes, but she had no idea if Silver would get angry or not. Hoping that he wouldn't scold her, Kotone decided to rush inside the building to avoid any arguments. She wasn't sure why he called her or if he even wanted to go inside the building, but she wasn't thinking of that.

"So," she started to speak as soon as he came in. "Why'd you call me?" She tilted her head to the side, having no clue why he wanted to meet with her.

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Among all the things Silver disliked, there stood a particular mousy-headed girl with ridiculous pigtails and a ginormous… head… hat. Kotone was, needless to say, another nuisance to Silver, another buster of his bygone plans. 

As time progressed he saw the light of her and the rest of his her friends. Her voice dripped of honey (which he thought he was allergic to) and joy (another thing that gave him rashes), but her disposition was rather… gah, he didn’t know. He really didn’t want to think about any of them. Kind of.

Sometimes a strange sort of amiable mood crept up his ear and into his system that made him want to thank her for all she’d done (which was virtually nothing but annoy him, he reassured himself). Today was one of those days. 

For some reason he had acquired her Pokegear number and Arceus help him, he dialed it on an impulsive change of heart and didn’t know how he’d take this one back. His Pokemon were lonely, he had no new author’s words to inspect… he was left with no other choice but to resort to the girl’s bubbly company. He wanted to battle.

The device beeped until she picked up. Yes, he was anxious. Why, he didn’t know. Doing something like this, honestly… He froze upon hearing her breath before an instantaneous chain of loud words left his mouth:

"You… Idiotic pigtails… I mean… Kotone…," there was a slight hesitation, "You better show up in Ecruteak City before thirty minutes are up…! Meet me in front of the Bell Tower. OR ELSE…” 

He hung up immediately. 

Silver, genuinely, from the bottom of his heart, wanted to pay back all the kindness he had felt from her and the rest… He was misplaced, however, on warm relations going from heart-to-heart, how to thank people, how to say farewell properly, et cetera. He was so screwed.

The last thing racing through his head didn’t matter, he was making his way toward his designated spot, hoping to find that small figure rushing to his side before making it into the entrance. How terrifying.

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Fire Pokemon

Although Kotone doesn’t have a favorite type of pokemon, she definitely likes fire types. She enjoys the warmth they give and likes to have a team full of fire types to cuddle with during the winter.

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HM03! Surfing~

Kotone loves surfing. She thinks of it as a fun way to be with your pokemon and enjoys feeling the water below her.

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Blue.

Kotone is rather fond of the color, especially lighter versions of it. She owns many blue objects, but doesn’t think much of it.

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Headphones.

Kotone normally doesn’t use headphones since the feeling of something in or covering her ears bothers her. She also finds it ridiculous how expensive some of them can be.

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OOC

But anyways, I'll do more replies tomorrow.

I owe

Brendan

Silver

Ethan

Kris (either a starter or reply)

I think that's it but honestly, I don't even know whoops.

Anyway, if anyone especially johto peeps wanna thread, you can like this and I can message you or you can just message me so we can figure something out~

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Kotone smiled at Cynthia's words, finding them more comforting than anything her father could say. Sure, she knew her father longer, but after keeping such a secret from her, she wasn't sure if she was ready to go running into his arms for comfort. Her thoughts lead to another question. Did her mom know? Her mother never mentioned anything about her father being with another woman. But then again, her father never did either. She looked down at her hands as one thought led to another.

"I should have told you before, you guys had the right to know."

Kotone ignored the rest of his words. She knew it was some excuse as to why he didn't tell them, and she honestly didn't want to hear any of his excuses. No matter what he said or did to try to make the situation better, Kotone didn't think he could justify keeping this a secret. With a quiet hum, she looked at Cynthia and back to her dad. "You know," she started, resting her head on her hand. "I have a really cool sister, and I never even knew it." She let out a small giggle, realization washing over her. She had a sister. She had someone she can grow to trust, someone she can tell everything to, and maybe even someone that can help her save money without spending it all the way her mother did.

"I guess it's fine that you didn't tell us." She was mostly speaking for herself, already forgiving her father. She had no idea whether Cynthia was over it or not, but Kotone was happy that she found out. "I mean, now that we know, we can get to know each other!" She flashed a smile, eyes widened with excitement. She looked at Cynthia, taking the woman's hands into her own. "We should definitely hang out, I want to get to know you! Oh! Maybe you should show me around Sinnoh! Or we can go to a different region!" She was practically bouncing off the walls with her excitement.

Hearing a laugh, Kotone turned to her father. "I'm glad to see that one of you is taking the news well." The young girl watched as he turned to Cynthia, an expression on his face that she had never seen, a mix of concern and happiness. And that's when she realized that Cynthia might not want to accept their new relationship. A small frown formed on her lips as she turned back to the blonde. "Unless you don't want to... I'd be fine if you would rather pretend this day didn't happen."

Family Meet Ups || Cynthia and Kotone

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Get in, Loser, We're Going Shopping || Ethan and Kotone

"Hmm... I don't think this is my color..." The girl looked at herself in the mirror, shaking her head after she spoke. "No, not at all." She quickly changed into something else, smiling at the result. "This is much better!" Once she was back in her normal clothes, she walked out of the dressing room with the clothes in hand. Turning to the male who had been waiting for her, she smile and lifted her hand in the air. "On to the next section!"

When Kotone called Ethan saying they should hang out, she wasn't sure if this is what he had in mind. She just so happened to leave out the details of this "hanging out" idea she had in her head. She may or may not have used this as an opportunity to go shopping with someone else, instead of being alone, but who knows. She walked past clothes racks, making her way towards the shoes. With a small giggle, she picked up some pink heels and handed them to Ethan. "I think these would look very pretty on you!"

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OOC

Cynthia

Waiting on:

Brendan

And I'm pretty sure that's all. I would love to thread with more people, so if you wanna thread like this and I'll get back to you on that <3

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Apologies

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Kotone pouted, rubbing the area on her forehead where she was flicked. Before she could complain, he started talking and she forgot about the small pain immediately. As he motioned over towards his Sceptile. She waved at it, laughing when it did nothing but spit out the grass it was chewing on. She turned back to Brendan, waving her hand around. "It's fine~" She spoke in a cheerful tone, fine with the fact that his pokemon probably wouldn't make contact with her. She knew some of her pokemon would prefer not to, and she would never force them to make friends.

She snapped out of her thoughts realizing she didn't know something. "Didn't hear? Didn't hear what?" She stared at him wide-eyed with curiosity, waiting to hear whatever news wasn't brought to her region. "Champion?!" She clapped with excitement, pulling him into a hug right after. "Congratulations!" She let out a small squeal, quickly turning it into a gasp. "Wait... Why didn't you ever tell me about this?!" She crossed her arms and pouted, shifting her legs so she wasn't facing him. "Meanie!"

At the sound of a girl, her pout left as quickly as it had formed. Kotone raised an eyebrow, seeing how defensive he was about the subject. When he admitted there was a girl, she smiled and nodded. "I knew it!" She listening as he described her, occasionally letting out a small happy giggle. "Neighbors, huh? Bet that means you two see each other a lot!" She nudged his arm, raising her eyebrows. She laughed as he became defensive again, waving her hand around. "Oh c'mon, Brendan, I'm just messing with you!"

"What's going on with you?"

Kotone thought for a while, not really knowing where to start. They haven't seen each other since they were kids, and obviously, a lot has happened since then. "Well," She started, still not sure where to begin speaking. "Ever since you left I've been with my grandparents a lot! I helped them with their Day Care, I'm even thinking about taking it over for them!" She smiled, always loving every chance she had to talk about the Day Care. "But I haven't challenged the League yet... I have all the badges and all, but I don't know what'd I do if I become champion! It's all too much responsibility for me." She let out a sigh, quickly smiling again. "But that's about all!"

Personality Comes From The Hat || Brendan and Kotone

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Kotone’s lips pulled into a pout after hearing Silver’s reaction. She had expected him to say something along those lines and wasn’t exactly sure why the reaction disappointed her. Maybe she hoped that he would support her, no matter what she did. But she knew the chance of that happening was slim.

“Well, unlike you who has been throwing flowers and prancing around the daycare, I’ve been training.”

She could have figured as much. She let out a small giggle, looking over at him. “Aren’t you always training~?” Whenever she asked what he had been doing, the answer was always “training.”

“And I wasn’t throwing flowers and prancing about!” She crossed her arms defensively. “I actually learned a lot! Do you think you’d be able to tell which pokemon was in an egg and tell how close it was to hatching?” She let out a small ‘hmph,’ hoping he didn’t somehow know that information.

For some reason, hearing Silver complain about Lance brought a smile to her face. She giggled as sighed. She just noticed that she, surprisingly, missed his small fits of complaining. She could only imagine his complaining during his training.

Her smile grew, hearing that his team had missed her cooking. They were one of the only ones that actually tried their food and actually liked it. Sure, they may have tried it because they were at risk of making her cry, but they still tried it, nonetheless. "In that case!" She started, smile still in place. "Let me make them something!" She stood up and dragged the redhead out as quickly as she dragged him in.

Once they were at the door, she abruptly stopped in her steps, turning to stare at him. "Heeeeey Silver..?" She laughed sheepishly, looking around. "I don't think there's a place in this city where I can just walk into and start cooking." She let out another small laugh, lowering her head and mentally preparing to be called an idiot or some other form of the word. With a small gasp, she lifted her head and smiled at Silver. "Hey! My house isn't too far away, we can just go there and I can make food!"

Twirling around, she started skipping out of the city, going to her house. She had Arielle with her, but she figured walking would be funner than flying there. She was pretty sure she'd regret the decision later on, but she would deal with that later.

Memories of the Past || Silver and Kotone

“Hey, let’s go talk at the Game Corner!”

"Wait wha- Whoah!" Before Silver could finish his sentence, Kotone had already took his hand and started running toward the said destination. "W-woman stop-!" he gasped, voice chocked and unclear for Kotone to hear.

Then again, even if she did hear him, chances of her listening to him were a big fat nah man.

Before Silver knew it, he was already in the Game Corner. The place was noisy as usual; boomed by the sounds of gaming contraptions and filled with idiotic people who wasted their money in hopes that they would get more. 

His eyes then found her, sitting on one of the table games. A little growl shook his lips, feeling both annoyed and flustered that she could catch him off guard - again.

"You know, there’s a little thing people do when talking, and it’s called waiting for a response," he grumbled sourly as he took a seat in front of her, not caring whether or not his words reached her this time. Kotone’s question about his wellbeing rang in his ears, only to be cut short by her own laughter and realizing that she hadn’t finished her story yet.

He watched silently as she yapped. His eyes trailed to her lips, the corners pulling a cheerful smile that triggered the rate of his heartbeat. He then proceeded to look at her eyes, one that sparkled in glee even at the simplest things. Although the boy seemed uninterested, he was actually listening. Everything about her was kept properly in his brain - whether he liked it or not.

"I still haven’t challenged the League…"

"Wait what?" He blinked dumbly, shocked that she hadn’t face the Elite Four yet. "Kotone, are you kidding me? You not battling them is a waste of your Pokemon’s abilities damn it. It’s like a Pidgey who knows Extremespeed but doesn’t wanna fuckin’ use it." Silver didn’t even know why he cared. Heck, at this point, he just gave up thinking about it.

He watched as she sighed, her reason still tickling his eardrums. Well, having the responsibilities of a champion was very tiring. He could see that from Lance. Still, it wouldn’t hurt Kotone to just go and battle them. The thoughts of handling the ‘Champion’ title could be put-off for the time being.

"Well, unlike you who has been throwing flowers and prancing around the daycare, I’ve been training." He scoffed proudly, head slightly tilted upwards at the thought of his strong team. "That good-for-nothing dragon douche gives a hard training program. And I swore, sometimes most of his activities were just to see me suffer." A hand moving to his hair, Silver sighed heavily. Well, as much as he mocked Lance and hated his training schedule, he had to admit: The results were proven very convincing and satisfying.

Suddenly, an idea came into mind.

"I mean," He looked away, his hand now rubbing the side of his left neck, "my body does ache at times and it sucks…And also, I think the guys miss your stupid cooking so they tend to get distracted during training…"

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