After making the first, Hana made Cottie a flower crown as well. She was sure to make it with flowers that matched the beautiful shade of Cottie's eyes. Cottie didn't mind it, floating about and twirling this way and that as she soaked up the sun and enjoyed the beautiful smells of the flowers around the forest ground.

Just after making Cottie's flower crown Hana got started on the flower crown that would go on the egg she was currently trying to hatch. She gave a small chuckle as she felt the egg knock and bump her every once in a while. What had really surprised her, was a Sunkern approaching... way faster than she ever realized a Sunkern could move. Was it wild? Was it tamed?

Instinct led her to move a protective inch or two closer to her egg. Cottie had dealt with plenty of wild Pokemon while in the wild herself so Hana could keep a distant eye on her. It wasn't like she was being faced with a Charizard- it was a Sunkern, who if Hana was being honest, looked a little starstruck.

Oh, Cottie seemed to have an admirer. Suddenly, Hana was nearly grinning. She glanced around and eyed the Trainer who probably claimed the Sunkern as her own, giving a friendly wave, her flower crown falling down on her head a bit. She blew it, pushing it into her hair more. She was going to be washing flowers out of her hair for weeks.

Cottie, on the other hand, had been minding her own business, looking for flowers for the flower crowns her Trainer was making. And then along came something that caught her really very off guard. She blinked at the Sunkern, a bit taken aback. The wind wasn't terribly powerful so she could keep herself pretty rooted to the ground. But this Sunkern had caught her off-guard with his compliments.

'Does it?' her voice was unusually high. Again, compliments made her a bit uncomfortable and what else would she do while uncomfortable than sound a bit squeaky and be a bit rude? She was a bit of a brat, after all. 'I wasn't sure about the crown at first, not knowing what attention it might attract....' could that even be considered an insult? She wasn't sure, sounded more like a fact to her.


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'Uuuuuhhh....' Honestly, Cottie couldn't believe what was happening. Just her luck, to find some smitten Sunkern in a perfectly peaceful field of flowers. She'd be a liar if she ever said that his flattery wasn't working on getting her cute little cheeks to flush a bit more pink than usual, but she'd also not be herself if she didn't deny it fully and try to change the subject. But the Trainer whom the Sunkern belonged to seemed to be doing that for her. Thank Arceus.

Hana couldn't even get a word in, that no the Sunkern wasn't bothering her per-say. However, perhaps Cottie might have been. But Sunkern wasn't about to let her speak. Instead, he quickly defended himself and Hana couldn't help but smile softly at him - although a little amused. Her expression read, very clearly, bless.

A slow blink was given as the Cottie watched Leo introduce himself and then... oh, was that some sort of wink sent her way? Was he really going to shamelessly hit on her until she protested outright? Part of her wanted to, part of her didn't, and another part of her was completely confused by what he said. She rotated her puffy little body to eye her Trainer. 'What in Shaymin's name is an Instagram??'

Hana was grinning. "It's an app, where you take pictures and post them for the world to see if they find them. Apparently, Mr. Leo's got a following he's rather proud of and would love for you to join." Oh, why wouldn't she encourage this? And like a good Trainer, she turned toward Emily and offered her hands up. "Do you need some help juggling your eggs?" She gave a small smile. "I'm Hana, by the way."

Her Trainer's answer only had Cottie wanting to ask more questions. Unfortunately, she was promptly ignored by her Trainer and now left to socialize with the thing that kept trying to swoon her enough to get an egg out of her. '....What's an app?' She asked him finally, with a slightly duller tone than usual.


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Slow and calculated blinking was all that Cottie could even bother to manage as she listened to this Sunkern go on, and on, about something that obviously even Hana didn't use at regular intervals. It must have had something to do with an item Hana used in her spare time. But that was a lot of things... was it the 'gear' thing that they were always looking at? 'They' being the Trainers. Like their eyes were glued to them. Mostly the contestant types... because they missed the 'good old days' just as much as they enjoyed the current days.

All that to say that Cottie had seen a fair share of Pokemon who had ventured off with a human because they enjoyed human things but she had never seen one so infatuated with their technology before. But then again maybe she was simply too lazy or tired to care about their technology. Hana had been lucky she was awake enough and enjoyed flowers enough to make flower crowns with her that day, let alone meet new people.

The compliments - that's what she assumed they were from the tone Leo used - were not completely ignored but they did seem to confuse the poor Cottie more than actually flatter her. What did it mean to have 'followers?' Sounded like it would make her a legendary, which she had no interest in. But apparently to those on the 'social media's, it was a big deal... she should probably sympathize with Leo. She should probably try to understand or try to agree with him that she might, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. Instead, her brows furrowed at him and just as she was about to answer him, she heard the Trainer's talking. She hopped away from Leo, just enough to begin floating in Hana and Emily's direction. 'Cottie! I'm Cottie!' Her little leaves flailed while they carried her as if trying to garner the Trainer's attention as much as possible.

Hana was giggling. How couldn't she be? Cottie was trying so hard to understand what was happening simply because she was curious and partly because she knew that she should try and communicate with other Pokemon. But Hana had learned that her more bratty and tired tendencies typically had her short temper boiling all too quickly. She didn't like to have to deal with others, specifically when they were trying to flatter her. So to see her so expertly avoid the conversation and the flattery that was given to her, Hana couldn't help but find amusement in it. Not in the sense that she was making fun of Cottie, but in the sense that Cottie could use the growth and Hana found it amusing.

"I'm not terribly original with my nicknames." Hana admitted, glancing at Leo. "So you're a real hotshot on social media, hm?" She felt a little bad for the Sunkern, not getting much reaction from her Cottonee because she just wasn't interested in that sort of attention at the moment.


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cottie the cottonee • 08 • 39/275
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