[Spacetober] Day 2 : Trick

It was a warm, beautiful day in Soda Planet to be out for a walk. Cinta, feeling refreshed from her long nap, decided to tread the streets of her neighborhood as jolly as she usually is, occasionally skipping and greeting the folks that she meets. On her path, she came across the street Mandy lives in. She thought it would be a good idea to take the opportunity to pay a visit to her. Afterall, it's been at least a week since she's seen her outside of the house.

Getting closer to her house, she can hear her talking to someone? Or something? It doesn't seem like anybody is in front of her. How curious. She sort of sounds like a coach, a silly one at that. "Hey there, Mandy!" greeted Cinta with her head peeking from behind the fence of the house. Mandy immediately turned her head at Mandy upon hearing her voice. "Oh my god, Cinta, Hiiiiiiii!!!" exclaimed Mandy as she hops her way to greet Cinta. She seemed excited to see her. "What's my favorite Guppermander up to this fine day?" Cinta asked with her chin resting on her paws and fence. "Girl, get inside! I'll show you!" Mandy said as she opened the gates, inviting Cinta in. 

She scanned the front yard as she entered. The first thing that caught her eye wasn't one, not two, but three bear peppers. Cinta stared at the fruit-shaped critters as they played around in a pile of dirt, how adorable! Wait a second… Now that she stared long enough, Cinta came to notice how messy her front yard is. There's dirt scattered everywhere, and a pile of them somewhere around the center of the yard where the bear peppers are playing. Honestly, Cinta isn't quite sure what to feel about this, but she is surprised for sure.

"Ok, yeah, I gotta admit the place is a mess but I promise you I've been working on something real cool!" Mandy said as she brought Cinta closer to the dirt pile. "Alright, Check this out!" Mandy made a noise, something Cinta would describe as a quick hiss. Before she knew it, all three bear peppers stood in a line before her. Cinta was amazed. Then Mandy made another hiss, a different hiss, this time it's softer and slower. In response to this, the bear peppers dug their way into the dirt, leaving only their "stems" sticking out from the ground.  Cinta stared at their "stems" for a while, inching closer to them with each passing second before… "SSSSKA!!!" All three bear peppers launch out of the ground and onto Cinta, startling her enough to tumble down. The bear peppers were hugging her, realizing that Cinta began to giggle.

"I call it: Ambush. What'd ya think of that trick?" Mandy asked excitedly. "This is amazing, Mandy" Cinta complimented her "How did you manage this?". "Honestly, it only takes some time, patience and a bag of one of these" she brought out and shook a bag of treats in her paws. Cinta looked at the bear peppers playing around her and asked "You know, Mandy, I thought you only had one of them. Since when did you have three?". "ARGH I CAN'T HELP IT!!!" she exclaimed in response, "THESE FELLAS ARE JUST SO CUTE UGH".  

"Can they do anymore tricks?" Cinta asks her once with fascination. "Hmm… I guess they know a few basic ones, planning to teach them more cool tricks thought". "Oh! Oh! Can I see them, please!" Cinta said excitedly. Mandy smiled and replied "Of course! They're nothing too interesting though". And so they spend the rest of their afternoon playing with the three bear peppers, doing more tricks and giving them lots and lots of treats.