"Well, it's certainly different from what we had where I come from," Meridiana said, gingerly running her fingertips down the metal frame of a shiny lavender bicycle. "Is the safety bicycle now the standard, then? The shape isn't quite what I remember, but that would be the closest sort."
The bike shop owner rubbed the back of his neck. "Uh, I guess you could say that. You kids aren't from around here, are you?"
"Nnnnnnnnot really," Dave said with a shrug. "You know. All our stories are both very long and, if I may say, complete and utter bullshit no one wants to listen to."
"He's right," Silver whispered to the owner.
Meridiana wandered to another bright blue one. She cautiously rang the bell attached to the display model and jumped back. This knocked the bicycle behind her backwards into another one. Ryouji lunged to grab the next one and pull them up before the domino effect could take down the whole shop.
"Oh, I'm terribly sorry!" Meridiana leaned over to help bring up the bikes. "I didn't mean to, you see. Is cycling popular in Kalos? They all looked like great fun when we saw the cyclists on the hill coming into town."
"It's our town's favourite pastime!" The store owner grinned. "You know, you four look like you travel a lot. I'll tell you what, if you're all looking for bicycles, I could actually knock some off the price, maybe like twenty percent?"
"That's very kind of you!" Meridiana clasped her hands in front of her. "Ah, but wouldn't that still--"
"Deal," Silver and Dave said at once. They went for their wallets and started counting out stacks of money.
Ryouji poked his head over their shoulders. "Hey," he whispered, "how did you get that much money, anyway? We haven't been having that many battles, and the Foundation has barely called us in for missions lately since we're on this journey."
"Legit means," Silver said with a cough.
"Totally legit," Dave added.
"Trainer battles."
"Stock market."
"You know."
"My goodness," Meridiana said, counting the totals out on the calculator app she'd downloaded onto her PSS. "The two of you must be very lucky."
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The bike shop owner rubbed the back of his neck. "Uh, I guess you could say that. You kids aren't from around here, are you?"
"Nnnnnnnnot really," Dave said with a shrug. "You know. All our stories are both very long and, if I may say, complete and utter bullshit no one wants to listen to."
"He's right," Silver whispered to the owner.
Meridiana wandered to another bright blue one. She cautiously rang the bell attached to the display model and jumped back. This knocked the bicycle behind her backwards into another one. Ryouji lunged to grab the next one and pull them up before the domino effect could take down the whole shop.
"Oh, I'm terribly sorry!" Meridiana leaned over to help bring up the bikes. "I didn't mean to, you see. Is cycling popular in Kalos? They all looked like great fun when we saw the cyclists on the hill coming into town."
"It's our town's favourite pastime!" The store owner grinned. "You know, you four look like you travel a lot. I'll tell you what, if you're all looking for bicycles, I could actually knock some off the price, maybe like twenty percent?"
"That's very kind of you!" Meridiana clasped her hands in front of her. "Ah, but wouldn't that still--"
"Deal," Silver and Dave said at once. They went for their wallets and started counting out stacks of money.
Ryouji poked his head over their shoulders. "Hey," he whispered, "how did you get that much money, anyway? We haven't been having that many battles, and the Foundation has barely called us in for missions lately since we're on this journey."
"Legit means," Silver said with a cough.
"Totally legit," Dave added.
"Trainer battles."
"Stock market."
"You know."
"My goodness," Meridiana said, counting the totals out on the calculator app she'd downloaded onto her PSS. "The two of you must be very lucky."