“Any price, eh? Your mouth better not make any promises your…” she just let the sentence run on, just to make sure that she was responding in kind there. It was fun to tease this woman for some reason. Maybe it was just how she behaved herself, or maybe it was something about her looks – but even Meg could not help but bully her at least a little. Though usually she tried her best to keep it down to not be too mean. Yet, when the other decided to play into her hand like this, she just could not help it.

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Though she honestly didn’t know what to do with this offer. “Eh, I get paid more by bulk than by specifics, so I guess just giving me two for one will be more than enough. I guess I could trade one for one, but you want it baaaad, so that’s just economics for ya.” She wagged her finger lightly, with a grin on her face. Technically, by doing this she was running a system just like the one that had given her so much grief in retail. Was it therefore hypocritical to abuse this strong demand? Probably. But it just kind of felt good to be on the winning side of this, for once.



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“I guess so,” she replied, laughing and scratching the back of her head. At the very least, this boy was not at all mad about her attacking him and his Pokemon. At least she had not seriously injured someone….this time. Best not to think too much about that.
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Though it was probably best to not stick around too long. “I guess I should not overstay my welcome. Our job is to find the culprit, though there isn’t anyone around at all except you. That probably means that whoever did it isn’t around tonight. Though I will survey from the skies for a bit longer at least. Just to make sure that no one is around. That should satisfy the client at least. Can’t find what isn’t there, after all.”


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“With a lighter you can light just about any of them.” Ironically, this time what the other said went straight over her head. To the point where it barely registered with her, and instead she continued on along undeterred. Plus, the other proved that she knew about apricorns. Guess that meant this was a full moon night, where weird things happened. But one look at the other’s basket revealed that even though she might have grown a little, she still had not fully grasped the job in its entirety.
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Which also came down to her selection of clams. Apparently, she had not picked up any razor clams yet, even though there were quite a few of those. “Sure, I got all kinds of clams. But you of all people should know that nothing in life is for free, of course. You gotta trade me something good you collected. What’s that clam worth to you?” Megan laughed saying that, feeling rather sassy about all this. Plus, it was rare that she knew someone ‘good’ enough to actually get to talk like this to them. Without the other party just leaving, of course. Though technically that could still happen. Yet, this woman seemed to seek approval from her, so that was unlikely.



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Ah, yes, apricorns. Those were oddly en vogue lately. She hadn’t heard anyone talking about them for literal years, but recently they kept up a lot more. Odd, really, since they only were good for making Pokeballs. But, eh, all she did was shrug and carry on. “I guess there is some hay-stacking left to do, just to prep for the night. There could be frost tonight after all.” Plus, it was easy work. Simple and just a little bit taxing. It was just an inconvenience for others, which was why she was being paid to do it instead of them.
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Plus, it was better than plucking apricorns. “But other than that, we should be done soon. Then it’s bonfire time, as soon as the others finish preparing that.” The light was already waning after all, so it would soon be time for that.



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“That’s what the culprit would say, too,” she replied, though less accusatory this time around. Honestly, she could not completely see it. Maybe it was because he had established himself as both a bit of a dork and admirer of dragons. He simply did not strike her as some kind of criminal mastermind.
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Plus, to think of it, he was with her down at the Wooloo farm during a time when crop circles appeared. Oops. Best sweep that under the rug. “But I guess your story checks out, at least to a degree. And no, I did not see anything in particular. You guys are the only other people out here. Hence why I went to investigate you of course. Had to be sure.”



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“Well, everyone can make a fire, I guess. Just got to be the right kind of fire,” she shot back immediately. After all, anyone with a lighter could set something ablaze. The trick was to make a proper one even under adverse circumstances like these. I.e. in the rain, as was the case here. But then again, the Unovan had probably not gotten that yet, so she was not going to try and explain this anymore.
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Instead, she focused on more work-related matters, briefly plucking the shell thrown at her from the air and putting it back into the basket on her back. “Yep, working this shift too. Any little bit helps in the end, right?” Then again, that woman looked like she was fairly wealthy, so she probably could not relate. Oh well, could not be helped. “Though I guess you could just go and combine these things. Just bring down a Wingull, roast it and make that a sandwich. Maybe add some Apricorn and you got yourself a hearty meal, one the Wingulls won’t touch and send a message to them that you are not to be messed with. Peak efficiency, if you ask me.”
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Though, naturally, she was seeding a little trick into all this. After all, Apricorns were used to make Pokeballs, not sandwiches. Time to see if the other knew that.



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“Herding in the snow isn’t that bad. As long as you got a horse Pokemon to ride, that is. If you don’t have to drudge through it yourself, snow ceases to be an issue.” Well, there was also the cold. But that they did get in Hoenn regardless. She rather had cold and snow, not just cold and no snow.
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Then again, most people would not be able to relate. Then again, most people had never worked in the soot and ash of a volcano. That was almost like having snow without having snow. Though the notion of a bonfire was good in and of itself. “Yes, yes, there are a lot of celebrations. Makes work during this season the best, really. These kinds of events are way better than just going home after you are done, really.”



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Ah, so it was a ghost after all….well, of course she had known that. After all, she only wanted to scare this person, not outright murder their Pokemon right away. Yes, that was it. Just like one used Will-O-Whisp to inflict burn without directly damaging, she had knowingly used this attack to ruffle this one’s feathers without actually hurting anyone. That certainly was the better interpretation.
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Especially given that she recognized that voice. At first, she thought that it couldn’t be him. Yet there was no denying it – this was a voice she had heard before. Meg had a thing for stuff like that. “Hey, you are the guy from the Wooloo farm. What are you doing out here faking crop circles?” Just because she recognized him did not mean that she would forsake her own interpretation of events. He still was a suspect for sure. Heck, knowing him meant that she had a face to put to the crime now.



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Hah, they hit whoever it was! That startled sound was all she needed to know that her hunt had been a successful one. Well, kind of. At least they had found the culprit by now. But while the human had seemingly fallen – and judging from the lack of bone-cracking noises he had taken that in enough stride that she did not have to feel totally bad about it all – the big Golem thing still stood. She remembered something similar from a bit ago, during another working engagement. Those were probably fairly common.
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“Time to finish it off with a Hyper Beam!” Calling that out, her Hydreigon’s heads prepared that, taking a few moments to gather up enough energy so that it could later-on be unleashed at an unsuspecting opponent. Well, it better be suspecting at this point, to be honest, but she never knew with those big goofy ghosts.


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Yeah, this definitely wasn’t good for tans, rosy skins or the like. But it was the perfect time to put on a good old yellow raincoat, stuffy boots and stomp through the wet snow. This was most definitely not her first rodeo in this regard. Her Empoleon, certainly cut out for the weather, was waddling ahead and picking up sealife here and there to put into the basket that Meg was carrying on her bag. It probably looked silly, but with that huge thing she could collect quite a lot of it and did not always have to keep her hands out of her pockets, meaning things were less chilly overall. In total, she felt pretty decent about all this, whistling a tune as she continued onwards.
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At their quicker pace, they soon overcame another person seemingly doing similar things, who was flicking shells at Wingulls. And she recognized that butt and voice from a previous engagement. “You can always make your own luncheon on the move too, you know? Though your architectural work probably did not teach you how to make a fire and cook on a rainy day, I guess,” she joked in passing, seemingly just taking this all in casual stride.



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