"There are too many people here, Zuzu," Marianne sighed deeply after squirming her way through the enormous crowds amassed by the Vital City Tournament. Her tiny Azurill bounced up and down on her shoulder with a chirp of agreement, and Marianne adjusted her slightly askew glasses, peering around for any place that allowed for sitting.[break][break]

If you weren't a battler here, there were precious few places you could actually relax. Unless you were betting, but Marianne hated risk far, far too much to sit at the betting areas.[break][break]

Also, drunk people were really sore losers! And really loud about it.[break][break]

For this reason, and for the reason that boba tea was absolutely delicious, Marianne wriggled her way to a charming little booth set-up with bar stools. Surprisingly, or perhaps unsurprisingly, it had gotten less attention than some of the stalls associated with a local bar crawl.[break][break]

"Your stall is super cute!" Marianne called loudly to Xiura Balfaltin, hoping she could hear her over the din of cheering and shouting during the ongoing battles. "Do you, um, serve anything that baby Pokemon especially like?"[break][break]

Her Azurill hopped onto the stall counter, peering at the boba selection curiously.

TAGS – Xiura Balfaltin[break]
NOTES – Mission: A Vital City.

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