Kalos 002 - I Pray That The Water Will Drown Out The Din

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[Coumarine City - The city where bay and butte are bound!

Fresh from the Lumiose Badlands, our heroes find themselves in the calm, oceanside town of Coumarine. Home to what most consider the fourth Gym in the Kalos League, Coumarine City boasts many stalls, a luxury hotel and cool ocean breezes found almost nowhere else in the region.]

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[Cornelius glances up from the menu and gives Celeste a small and a wave.]

Hello, welcome back. Don't worry, you haven't missed much.

[He looks back down to his menu.]

There are many items on it that sound very good, I'm having trouble deciding what to try. I'm wavering between a pasta dish or soup dish.

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Oh, good!

[She picks up the menu and begins looking over it herself.]

Oh you're right, I'm not sure what to order. Help me, Corny.

[Return of the world's biggest pout.]

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[Cornelius just stares blankly at her, completely immune to the pout. He's not even sure on his own choice, why are you asking him--

After several more seconds of this awkward silence, he manages a smile.]

Very well, two pastas then.

[And he relays that to waitress when she appears. That's right, no objections now since she wanted him to pick!]

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[And she has none! She smiles at the waitress when she appears, and stays quiet until she's gone.]

Thank you Corny~

[She stares out the window at the view, the last of the sunlight slowly disappearing on the horizon.]

You know, for all the trouble the Badlands bought us, I'm glad we finally made it to Kalos.

[SUDDEN SERIOUS TAG WHAT.]

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[Cornelius follows her gaze and admires the last bit of the sunset. Soon, the stars will reveal themselves. He's not sure if they're in a dark enough to place to properly observe them, but it's definitely something to check out when they're done eating.]

Yes...I am too. Hopefully not all the routes are like that, though.

[He offers a small chuckle for that. But really though, they better not be.]

I am eager to see what the night sky looks like from Kalos.

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[She saw a good spot to see the view while she was out, but she'll mention it later as a surprise.]

Well~! From what the people at the PokeCenter said, the next route is nice and easy. There's even a Skiddo ranch.

[Soon enough, the waitress returns with their food. Flashing a smile, Celeste is quick to start eating. She goes to start talking, but whoops her mouth is full of food. Quickly swallowing, she grins at Cornelius.]

Then I have a surprise for you~!

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That is good to hear. That's about all I want to deal with after the Badlands.

[Cornelius thanks the waitress when the food comes and also digs right in. He didn't realize how hungry he was until he started eating.

He gives Celeste a look for that. He remembers the first time she tried to do that after they met back in Unova. Well, at least she's learning that it's not such a good idea to talk with your mouth full.

Still, he's pleasantly surprised by what she says.]

Do you?

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[She slows down her eating, she's learned the hard way what happens if you eat too much too quickly.]

I do~! But you have to wait until we're done here.

[To illustrate her point she slows her eating down even more.]

But you'll like it, I promise.

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[He's onto you already, Celeste. 8T But luckily he's a patient guy, so he just nods and continues to work on his pasta.]

Teasing me, are you? Well, I look forward to what you have in store for me.

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Consider it payback.

[Said with a sickly sweet smile. SHE DIDN'T FORGET CORNELIUS. That'll teach you to make fun of her for eyefucking Lysandre.

But she quickly laughs and gives him a normal smile.]

I'm serious though, you will like it.

[And soon enough, they're finished eating.]

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[He gives Celeste a dumbfounded stare.]

Payback? Payback for what...?

[He's genuinely confused, because he's forgotten all about that by now. Apparently he didn't think what he said back then had that much of an impact.]

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For the cafe~! But it doesn't matter, I was kidding anyway Corny.

[She taps her chin, thinking for a moment.]

Did you want to get dessert, or just go?

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Oh. M-my apologies. I didn't realize what I said was inappropriate...

[Even though Celeste said she was kidding, he still feels kinda bad now.

He considers the dessert proposal.]

Depends. Do you have room for any?

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[Every. Single. Time. Why do they never learn.]

It's fine, Corny. We were both being silly, no harm done.

[She thinks his question over.]

We could always get one and share, less wasted that way.

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[Because they're silly and awkward with this stuff apparently.

Cornelius nods at her suggestion and begins browsing through the menu.

... Dessert for two? The waitress is gonna be like YOU TWO ARE FOOLING NO ONE.]

That sounds wonderful. Are you craving anything in particular?