Somehow, the buckle on the baby carrier he's holding his GREEN APPLIN with snaps. It breaks free and parts from his chest with a gleeful chirp before landing on the paved SLATEPORT CITY boardwalk below. The suddenness of this event causes Remiel to accidentally spill that bag of popcorn he'd been carrying. But he only spares a moment to apologize to some of the passersby who might have a kernel or two in their hair before chasing after his rambunctious Pokémon partner.

"HERSCHEL! Where exactly are you going?!"

The rolling Applin, however, does not seem to hear him— or, at least, pretends he does not hear as he makes a beeline for the petting zoo nearby. The little girl who had offered him a bite of her candy apple was there. He'd been denied this bite on behalf of his trainer, of course, on the basis that he'd already been given a treat prior. But Herschel had not agreed with this decision.

So, squeezing through the wooden fence with the same tenacity of a LIEPARD searching for its prey, the green Applin inadvertently startles all the WOOLOO, SKIDDO, and LECHONK therein. The petting zoo attendant tries to shoo the Applin away by aggressively flapping his apron, but to no avail. Herschel has already found the little girl and she excitedly bends down to feed him.

✨ PROMPT CLEARED!

✔️ Be a troublesome customer

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AHA! APPLIN + ♔
OPEN

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